Like schools in China, American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January and the second is from February to the start of June. Usually, American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. When they are eleven or twelve years old, they go to middle school. Most of them are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.
But unlike middle school students in China, high school students in America usually take only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day and have homework for every class. After class they do many interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college (大学). They may go to a small or large one. Studying in colleges is a little expensive. So lots of students work after school to make money for their studies.
1. American schools start in ________ after the summer holiday.| A．January | B．February | C．June | D．September |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．The school life in China. | B．The homework of American students. |
| C．The school life in America. | D．The interesting things in America. |
| A．Not cheap. | B．Not healthy. | C．Useful. | D．Colorful. |
| A．American students want to make more friends. |
| B．The school life is the same in America and China. |
| C．Many students in America have to get money for their studies. |
| D．Chinese students want to see interesting things. |
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【推荐1】Hi! I’m Alex Greenall. I’m thirteen and I go to Park School in Oxford, England. I go to school on weekdays, but not on Saturday and Sunday.
This is my school day. I get up at half past seven in the morning, and then have breakfast.
My school is next to my house. I go to school at half past eight and see my friends. We start work at nine o’clock. We have three lessons in the morning. My favourite subject is art.
At eleven o’clock, we have a break in the playground and I talk to my friends. They go to the playground and play football, but I don’t like football.
We have lunch in the dining hall at half past twelve. I like school lunch! We have meat and rice with vegetables, or hamburgers. I drink juice or water.
We start lessons in the afternoon at half past one. We have two lessons in the afternoon. Then we go home at half past three.
In the evening, I watch TV and have dinner with my family. I do my homework and go to bed at ten o’clock.
1. What time does Alex go to school?| A．7:30 a.m.. | B．8:30 a.m.. | C．9:00 a.m.. | D．10:00 a.m.. |
| A．3 | B．4 | C．5 | D．6 |
| A．休息 | B．打架 | C．游戏 | D．比赛 |
| A．family. | B．school day. | C．friends. | D．favorite things. |
【推荐2】①Will your school change a lot in the future? What will your school life be like in 50 years?
②When you get to the new school, you will find that there is no teacher speaking at the front of the classroom. There will be a big screen playing a video of the teacher. A classroom robot may walk around and help you with your problems. You can get the best teaching there. You will listen to the teacher for only 20 minutes. Then you will work in groups to solve problems together.
③You will have a special desk to keep your things. It can be like a fridge to keep your lunch and a microwave (微波炉) to warm it up. There will also be sofas to sit on when it is time to read a book.
④Your classroom will always be cool in summer and warm in winter. There is solar and wind power on the top of the building. Each room can keep at a comfortable temperature(温度).
⑤You can join in community(社区) life as part of your school life. If you need to learn about cooking and washing dishes, you can go home and spend time in the kitchen with your home robot. If you need to learn about selling things and talking with others, you can spend time in a shop or a market.
⑥The school in the future will be quite different, and it is sure to be a great place to stay in.
1. In Para.1 the writer uses _________ to start the passage.| A．examples | B．numbers | C．questions | D．pictures |
| A．Who will teach in the classroom? | B．What will the classroom be like? |
| C．How will the classroom be warm? | D．Why will students use special desks? |
| A．Future | B．Health | C．Problems | D．Hobbies |
| A．①/②/③④⑤/⑥ | B．①②/③④/⑤⑥ |
| C．①②③/④⑤⑥ | D．①/②③④⑤/⑥ |
【推荐3】Usually, there are a lot of school rules for students to follow. However, in New Zealand, there is an unusual school called Deep Green Bush School set up by Moncarz. In this school, there are no lessons, no homework and no tests. “We don’t do things like telling kids it is time to write or learn. When they get interested in doing it, they do it,” says Moncarz. Read on to see what people think of this school.
| Wang Qiang, 13, China The school sounds wonderful, but I don’t think it’s a good idea for students to study in it. The society is developing so fast. If we study at such schools, we may not catch up with others one day. |
| Jackie Green, 14, England What a great school! If my parents allow me to study in it, I will definitely go. However, they always tell me that I should follow rules at school and that if I break school rules, they will punish me by making me to housework. |
| Bob Smith, 15, America How exciting the school sounds! If there is a school like Deep Green Bush School in the neighborhood, I will go. And I believe my parents will support me. In their opinion, I’m old enough to make my own decisions. |
| Amy Fisher, 12, Canada I’ll never ever go to study in such school. We go to school to have knowledge, not to play. And there’s no doubt that my parents won’t allow me to go to schools like Deep Green Bush School. |
| A．Its classrooms are green. | B．There are a lot of rules in it. |
| C．It’s the best school in New Zealand. | D．It’s quite different from common (普通的) schools. |
| A．hardly | B．widely | C．certainly | D．recently |
| A．Wang Qiang | B．Jackie Green | C．Bob Smith | D．Amy Fisher |
| A．China | B．Canada | C．England | D．America |
| A．Terrible | B．Exciting | C．Wonderful | D．Unusual |
Recently a video on Bilibili attracted widespread attention.About 1,000 students across China talked about what they didn’t want to be in the future.
Well, it turns out that most of the students are unsatisfied with the world as it currently is. There are lots of big problems. Some have easy Wildly Impontant Goels solutions and others don’t.
When I was a teenager, my parents told me I could do anything and be whatever it is that I wanted to be.
But how can you achieve what it is that you want to do? According to one of my favourite books, The Four Disciplines of Execution, there are four steps. Focus on your“wildly important goals”(your “WIGs”), measure your progress, and finally check your progress. So what’s your WIG?
| A．This was a bit unusual. |
| B．I always encourage them to try to help make the world a better place. |
| C．Don’t be afraid, think positively and dream big! |
| D．I usually laughed and thought this was a bit silly and impractical. |
| E．Most adults have become tired and bored. |
【推荐2】Tony is from New York. His father has a store there. And his mother is a reporter（记者）. He's six years old now and begins（开始）to go to school this year. It's very near their store and his father doesn't drive a car to take him to school. He walks to school early every day. So he's not late for class and his teachers like him.
It's Tuesday today, Miss White is teaching them to count from one to ten. Tony is studying hard. Soon he can count them. Miss White is happy and asks, "How many people are there in your family, Tony?"
Tony stands up and begin（开始）to count with his fingers, and then says, “Two, Miss White.”
“Who are they?”
"My father and my mother."
"Oh?" Miss White is surprised（惊讶）, "Two people in your family?"
"Because now I'm not at home."
1. Where does Tony live?| A．In China. | B．In England. |
| C．In America. | D．In Australia. |
| A．In his father's car. | B．By car. |
| C．On foot. | D．By bus. |
| A．计算 | B．散 | C．数 | D．读 |
| A．There are two. | B．There are three. |
| C．There are four. | D．There are five. |
| A．Tony's mother works in a store. |
| B．Tony is often late for school. |
| C．Tony isn't at home on school days. |
| D．Only Miss White likes him. |
【推荐3】A 14-year-old student from the UK is preparing for the next day of school: textbooks, notebooks, pens, 250 grams of flour, an egg and some cooking oil. Wait, what? It’s not a joke.
Cookery（烹饪）is a compulsory course（必修课程）for the kids aged 7—14 in the UK. Primary school students learn to make simple and healthy food excitedly. At high school, students then master a lot of different meals. They also learn some cooking skills such as baking.
The UK is famous as a country with bad food and unhealthy eating habits. These new courses are part of the country’s plan to bring healthy food back onto the table. “One in four families from the UK no longer has a table that everyone can eat around. One out of every two meals is eaten alone. Only 40 percent of us enjoy eating meals with our children.” The UK writer Joanna Blythman wrote in her book. Instead, ready meals have become the first choice for many kids in the UK, because their parents are so busy that they don’t have time to cook meals for their kids.
The Department for Education（教育部）hopes the cookery courses can help children to learn about good food and reduce childhood obesity（肥胖）.
“It’s important that children can develop an interest and a better understanding of good food,” said a spokesman for the department. “The courses can help them to develop a love of healthy food and cooking them as they grow up.”
1. Primary school students feel ________ about learning cookery.| A．nervous | B．excited | C．sad |
| A．the UK is famous for its healthy food and eating habits |
| B．most people from the UK love to eat with their children |
| C．parents in the UK are too busy to cook meals for their kids |
| A．乐意的 | B．即食的 | C．愿意的 |
| A．develop an interest of doing housework |
| B．enjoy eating and cooking healthy food |
| C．dream of being excellent cooks |
| A．Education. | B．Travel. | C．Sports. |
【推荐1】Bikes are popular in the Dutch(荷兰). In fact, nearly half of all travel in the Dutch is by bike. Now, one Dutch bike designer(设计师), Thomas, has taken the country’s interest in bikes by making a school bus bike.
The big bike has eight sets of pedals(踏板) for kids, a driver seat for an adult, and three other seats, comfortably letting little kids for their trip to and from school. The bike even has a motor, which can help with high hills or at times when few kids on it.
So far, Thomas tells Fast Company, he’s sold 25 school-bikes, at a price of $ 25,000 each—less than it would cost to buy a traditional school bus with the same number of seats. Along with the traditional color, the bikes, are colored yellow so that they can be seen easily.
Thomas says he’s sold school bus bikes to neighboring countries such as Belgium, England and Germany, but so far, the school bus bike hasn’t been sold in the United States. If the U.S. agrees to buy this kind of school bus bike, it could do a lot of good to improve exercise for a young age and help them keep healthy.
1. How do people in the Dutch usually go to work?
| A．By car. | B．By bus. |
| C．By bike. | D．On foot. |
| A．Three. | B．Eight. |
| C．Nine. | D．Twelve. |
| A．the color yellow is easy to paint |
| B．yellow buses can be seen easily |
| C．yellow is the national color of Dutch |
| D．it’s the designer’s favorite color |
| A．America. | B．Germany. |
| C．England. | D．Belgium. |
| A．Thomas made a new kind of school bus. |
| B．A school bus usually costs $ 25,000. |
| C．Thomas sold bikes to Asian countries. |
| D．Riding school bus bikes helps keep kids healthy. |
| Summary (概要) Write a summary of the book. 1st paragraph—Write about the setting (when and where the story takes place). Introduce the main character or characters in the story. Discuss what problems the main character faces in the story. You can also answer the questions of what and how. 2nd paragraph—Summarize what happens up until the high point of the story. (Don’t give away the ending. ) Use some of the connecting words below to help you write you review first, second, third, last, also, between, finally, after that, because, next, as a result, later, during, for example. |
| Opinion 3rd paragraph—Give your opinion on the book. Use these guidelines (准则). Write about why you like or dislike the book. Give details, for example: Is the book fun? Is it too easy to read or too hard? Is it believable? Do you like the ending? What is your favorite part? What connections do you make with your life or other books? Talk about the writer’s style of writing and give examples from the book. |
| Recommendation (推荐) In this last paragraph—Explain whether you will recommend this book to your classmates or not. Rate (分等级) the book from 1 star to 5 stars, and give reasons why you give it the stars. Examples should include a quote (引述) or quotes from the book or a summary of the part of the book that you like or don’t like. |
1. According to the passage, your book review should include ________.
| A．two paragraphs | B．three paragraphs | C．four paragraphs | D．five paragraphs |
| A．summary | B．characters | C．opinion | D．recommendation |
| A．the problems of the characters | B．the ending of the story |
| C．some quotes from the book | D．your favorite part of the book |
| A．Did the writer tell us advice on writing books? |
| B．Did the writer tell us ways about reading books? |
| C．Did the writer tell us how to write books reviews? |
| D．Did the writer tell us reasons why people like book reviews? |
【推荐3】If you or someone near you is in danger, how will you do the first aid? Mr. Zhang, a doctor in Beijing First Aid Center has some useful suggestions.
Check the environment. Watch the situation carefully. Is there anything that might do harm to you? Will you or the victim be hurt by fire, harmful smoke, a broken building, electrical wires or other dangerous situations? Do not rush into a place where you could be a victim yourself.
If being close to the victim will put your life in danger, search for skilled help at once. Skilled people have received special training and know how to deal with these situations. First aid isn ‘ t helpful if you do it but hurt yourself.
Call for help. Call the police or some other first-aid services immediately if you believe someone is seriously injured. If you are the only person on the scene，try to restart the patient，s breath before calling for help. Do not leave the victim alone.
Care for the person. Care for someone who has just gone through serious hardness. Remember to stay calm, encourage him (her) and you should be reassuring. Let the person know that help is on its way and that everything will be all right.
1. Mr. Zhang ________.| A．is a policeman | B．works in Beijing First Hospital |
| C．has some helpful first-aid advice | D．helps the writer out of danger |
| A．an injured person | B．a broken building | C．harmful smoke | D．electrical wires |
| A．rush into the place where the victim lies at once |
| B．deal with all situations by yourself |
| C．restart the patient’s breath after calling for help |
| D．stay calm and encourage the victim |
| A．令人焦虑的 | B．令人安心的 | C．令人怀疑的 | D．令人兴奋的 |
