A teacher says music education in schools has kind of turned into amusement, Classroom lessons focus heavily on pop while understanding the classical （古典的）art form and its history should be paid attention to.
A professor in music and music education at the University of NSW, Robert Walker, argues that all students should study the works of Western classical composers such as Haydn and Tchaikovsky.
Professor Walker says students are missing out on an important part of the culture heritage （遗产）because they fail to study classical music, as the little music that children learn at school is mainly pop. The lack （缺乏）of music teaching is serious, especially in government schools where there are not enough specialist （专业的） music teachers.
A national review in 2005 made 15 suggestions, but Professor Walker said it still failed to deal with the lack of classical music taught in schools.
"I'm not against pop music, but it's very simple, and not difficult either to play or to sing, " Professor Walker says. "But classical music is challenging and although it is part of Australia's culture heritage, most children learn it only through Hollywood films. "
"At least children ought to know what's happening in Western culture. It's part of culture heritage," he says. "Asian students know more about Western classical music than most children in the West. "
Professor Walker has taught music and music teachers in Britain, Canada and Australia and is a former chief （首席的）examiner for the International Baccalaureate and a former chairman of the research committee of the International Society for Music Education. Professor Walker says no school curriculum （课程）in Australia lists a piece of music that children should study , such as the Mendelssohn's.
"This lack of standard texts means that some children can be brought up totally on Western classical music, others on Elvis Presley, or on any music the teacher wants to teach. The situation should be changed as soon as possible, " he says.
1. What's the problem in music education in Professor Walker's opinion?| A．Children know nothing about their culture heritage. |
| B．Classical music education isn't valued in schools. |
| C．Pop music is simple and not difficult to play and sing. |
| D．Australian schools need more specialist music teachers. |
| A．part of culture heritage | B．good for their growing up |
| C．difficult to play and sing | D．popular only in Asia |
| A．Haydn. | B．Tchaikovsky. | C．Mendelssohn. | D．Elvis Presley. |
| A．He worries about the music education in schools. |
| B．He thinks pop music teaching shouldn't be allowed. |
| C．He is well known in Western classical music teaching. |
| D．He has worked in Britain, Canada and Australia. |
| A．music teachers should teach anything that they like |
| B．most children today are brought up by their music teachers |
| C．music teachers shouldn't teach the music of Elvis Presley at all |
| D．children's music education today depends on their teacher 's taste |
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It’s none other than (正是) David and Victoria Beckham’s youngest son—Cruz Beckham.
In earlier December, Cruz released his debut single(单曲) called If Every Day Was Christmas
online. It quickly captured the public’s attention attention with its catchy (朗朗上口的) tune. “It’s amazing to combine two of my favorite things together—singing and Christmas.” Said the young singer during an interview. And he also wanted to give the money he earned from the sale of the single to charity(慈善机构)。
Cruz’s superstar dad couldn’t have been prouder. He posted a video of his son hearing the song
being played on the radio for the first time, and wrote on Twitter(推特)：”Proud of my little man
with his new song and also helping other people.” Besides(除了) his talent for music, Cruz Beckham is also considered the most promising(有前途的）footballer of the three Beckham boys. He is enrolled(加入) in a local football club in England and often plays with his two elder brothers.
As an 11-year old, Cruz Beckham has a bright future in front of him.
1. Who is Cruz Beckham?
| A．He is the head of a charity | B．He is the best friend of Santa Clause |
| C．He is a famous football star. | D．He is David Beckham’s youngest son |
| A．Parents | B．Christmas | C．Football | D．Charity |
| A．On the radio | B．In an interview | C．On Twitter | D．In a magazine |
| A．Playing football | B．Singing | C．Making interviews | D．Taking photos |
| A．Cruz has a little sister. |
| B．Cruz’s father is proud of him |
| C．Victoria Beck ham is Cruz’s mother. |
| D．Cruz is better at playing football than his brothers. |
The Chinese version of Lonely Warrior（孤勇者）, the theme song of the film Arcane: League of Legends, came out last November. Tang Tian writes the lyrics , and Eason Chan(陈奕迅) is the singer of the song.
It becomes very popular especially among Chinese children in a few months. If you sing the song on the street, lots of children may sing with you. Once, a kindergarten teacher set the song as an alarm, and children who were taking a nap（午睡）woke up simultaneously（同时）and began to sing it when they heard the song playing.
So what’s the secret to this song’s success? This song has a moving melody, and more importantly, the lyrics are so heart-touching, inspiring and encouraging. Children may not be afraid of the difficulties in their life after hearing this song. A boy called Xiao Nan says, “I’ll be a man like a lonely warrior and I am not afraid of all the difficulties.”
This popular song tells the encouraging story of Tang Tian. For Tang Tian, the song was quite important and it gave her a second life. When she was 29, she knew that she got cancer of the nose and larynx（咽喉). Her biggest dream is to hear Chan, her idol, sing one of her songs. Now, her dream has come true. Maybe because of this, she tried her best to fight with the cancer. Finally, she beat the cancer and regained her health.
1. ________ wrote the lyrics of Lonely Warrior.| A．Tang Tian | B．Eason Chan | C．A kindergarten teacher | D．Chinese children |
①it has a moving melody
②it has heart-touching, inspiring and encouraging lyrics
③it is Chinese children’s favorite song
④it tells the encouraging story of Tang Tian.
| A．②③ | B．①③ | C．①② | D．③④ |
| A．This song was Tang Tian’s second life, so it was important |
| B．This song was important because it helped Tang Tian to live two times |
| C．Tang Tian beat the cancer and got her health back after writing this song |
| D．Tang Tian was a different person because she wrote the song |
| A．A person who can write the most popular lyrics. |
| B．A singer who can sing the most popular songs. |
| C．A person who is not afraid of any difficulties in life. |
| D．A person who has inspiring dreams. |
【推荐3】Whether dancing around the living room on a rainy day or singing along to the radio, school-age kids love listening to music and taking part in music activities.
And there are a lot of good reasons to encourage the love for music. Study shows that kids who play it or sing it often:
◆ do better in reading;
◆ can get along well with people around them;
◆ are more possible to do better in math and science because music helps build reasoning skills（推理能力） which are important to both;
◆ are more possible to go to college.
One study showed that among second-grade students, after they got keyboard training classes, they scored much higher on math tests. And after the students joined the public school music programs, the study showed that they could score higher on their exams than before.
But the best reason to encourage the love of music might just be that it’s fun. Kids enjoy few things more than singing, dancing, and listening to music.
1. According to this passage the kids who __________ can do better in reading.| A．play music often | B．love listening to the radio |
| C．sing along to the radio | D．take keyboard training classes |
| A．The students with many kinds of skills. |
| B．The students who are in public school music programs. |
| C．Hard-working students. |
| D．The students who can play musical instruments. |
| A．of all the ages, school kids love music best |
| B．singing along to the radio is the best way to learn about music |
| C．being fun may be the best reason to encourage the love of music |
| D．kids and many parents have lots of hobbies in common |
| A．learning to love music |
| B．good reasons to encourage the love of music |
| C．how to help students score higher |
| D．new hobby |
【推荐1】Perhaps the best way to start thinking about your career (职业) is to think deeply about yourself.
| A．If so, you may like a job making things. |
| B．It is helpful to know what kind of person you are. |
| C．Then you need to think about how long you want to study. |
| D．There are lots of useful books and messages on the Internet. |
| E．If you choose those subjects, you will find it easier to pass the exams. |
| F．If you are still confused (迷茫的), you can also ask your family members and friends for advice. |
【推荐2】Teachers are often considered to be engineers of the human soul. They are expected to spread knowledge, ideas and truth. There’s one person in China who is called the “teacher of teachers”. He is Tao Xingzhi, a Chinese educator.
Born in Anhui province, China, in 1891, Tao studied abroad for educational philosophy. When Tao returned to China in 1917 and began his own career as an educator, he did not blindly follow western education methods or theories. In fact, he changed the saying of “Education is life itself” to “Life is education”. Similarly, instead of “school as society(社会)”, he saw it as “society as school”.
For Tao, education is an active experience in real-life instead of telling and being told. He supported “unity of teaching, learning, and reflective(反思的) acting”.
Besides developing education methods, Tao also tried his best to improve mass education. After doing surveys in Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai in 1921, Tao was surprised to learn that in China more than 70% of the people in the city didn’t know how to read or write.
To solve the problem, Tao organized young workers and farmers to study while working. To deal with the shortage of teachers and money, in 1927, Tao set up Xiaozhuang Normal College in Nanjing to train teachers and educators, most of whom became teachers at schools in the countryside.
In January 1934, he started the “Little Teacher” movement in which young students were encouraged to serve as teachers to others, even to those older than themselves. Under Tao’s guidance, over 18,000 “little teachers” were invited in Shanghai within 10 months. It later included 28 provinces and cities as a key nationwide education movement. Even in the fight against the Japanese army, Tao never forgot his dream. He founded a middle school in Chongqing and offered free education to poor children.
Maybe Tao’s motto is the best explanation for his life. “Giving a whole heart, yet taking nothing in return, not even a leaf of grass.”
1. What is the correct order of Tao Xingzhi’s life experiences?a. He did surveys in different places in China.
b. He went to the US to study educational philosophy.
c. He began to build colleges to train teachers and educators.
d. He called on young students to be teachers to others in need.
e. He returned to China and started his own career as an educator.
| A．a—c—b—d—e | B．a—d—c—e—b | C．b—e—a—c—d | D．b—c—e—a—d |
| A．young children | B．ordinary people | C．kids with great talent | D．poor workers |
| A．School is the best place to learn knowledge and values. |
| B．Students should learn from the real life. |
| C．Education is telling and being told between teachers and students. |
| D．It is the most important to teach students practical skills in school. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．Life is Education | B．Little Teacher Movement |
| C．How to be a Good Teacher | D．An Engineer of Human Soul |
【推荐3】When children are badly ill, they’ll sometimes stay in hospital for a long time. So they often miss school or talk less with their friends. This can make them feel lonely. That’s why the global nonprofit(不盈利的) organization, TEACH, which stands for Together Educating All Children in Hospitals, appeared.
Seven years ago, students from 15 universities volunteered in about 30 hospitals around the world to bring an educational program to sick children, which helps develop their interest in science and nature. And most importantly, they cheered up the sick children and made a big different to their lives.
Isaac Snyder, TEACH Executive Director, said that it’s heart-warming to watch the older students help the sick children with some of the more useful activities, such as engineering experiments(实验). Unlike other programs, the program of TEACH makes children experience more than just reading coloring books, watching movies or playing online games. It teaches kids how science can be used for their own health problems. Besides cheering up kids to see science in a new light, it helps kids understand the health problems that are putting them in the hospital. “It can make sick children not be afraid and help them have a positive attitude(积极态度) towards science,” Isaac explained.
Isaac knows TEACH can also cheer up volunteers to start a new life in medicine. Take Isaac as an example. Though Isaac started out as just a volunteer, he finally studied medicine and made a difference to the lives of sick children. When people asked Isaac, “What did he see as those sick children joined in the program of TEACH ?” he shared, “The parents told the volunteers that this was the first time their children had smiled in days, and they were so happy.”
1. What is TEACH?| A．A hospital room. | B．A travel program. | C．A volunteer organization. |
| A．To help them understand hospitals. |
| B．To cheer them up to be hopeful. |
| C．To offer them medical education. |
| A．Giving them knowledge (知识) of health problems. |
| B．Reading coloring books. |
| C．Playing online games with them. |
| A．Easy but unhappy. | B．Boring but important. | C．Creative and happy. |
| A．Sick children can have a lot of fun in the hospital |
| B．How to make sick children feel less lonely and sad |
| C．TEACH uses an educational program to help sick children |
【推荐1】When you run into someone, will you say “Sorry”? When you get help from others, will you say “Thanks”? You will if you are polite.
A new survey shows students seem to less and less polite as they grow up and middle school students aren’t as polite as primary school students. They started to swear (说脏话) and laugh at their classmates.
Wu Lin, 13, of Fujian, learned to swear in middle school. “More than 10 of 22 boys in my class often swear,” Wu said. “We just swear for fun most of the time. But later, I understood that it was bad for me. So I stopped.”
Li Fangfang, 13, Beijing, knows that laughing at others can really hurt. “Once, a classmate put up her hand to answer a question. But she didn’t give the right answer. Then some classmates laughed at her,” Li says. “From that day on, she never put up her hand. Those laughing kids hurt her a lot.”
“Impoliteness comes from students’ growing pains(痛苦),” says Wang Yamin, a teacher of Xiamen University. “Some middle school students become impolite because their classmates or parents do things that way. They think it’s cool and funny. But our people are famous for politeness. Every student should speak and do things politely to respect others and let others respect you.”
1. What does the survey show about middle school students?| A．They don’t know how to be polite. | B．They are less polite than before. |
| C．They are more polite than parents. | D．They laugh at polite students. |
| A．13. | B．10. | C．22. | D．32. |
| A．It may hurt the person a lot. | B．It is really cool and funny. |
| C．It is nothing serious. | D．It is part of growing up. |
| A．They should stay away from growing pains. | B．They shouldn’t do what others do. |
| C．They should ask others to respect them. | D．They should be polite and respect others. |
These days, teenagers are heavily influenced by the media. Many of them have watched thousands of hours of TV. That's more time than they spend with teachers at school. And we haven't yet considered the hours they spend using the Internet and reading newspapers.
However, several studies have shown a serious problem: today's teenagers lack media literacy (媒体素养). In other words, they have difficultly critically thinking about the information they see. One study that was done on middle school students showed that more than 80 percent of them couldn't tell the difference between real stories and ads that looked like news.
Standford professor Kevin John teaches a class called Media Effects. He tries to help his students learn media literacy. The professor gave an example that shows why media literacy is important. In the example, two news stations report a snowstorm. One focuses on (关注) the terrible road conditions. The other focuses on kids playing in the snow. "With a news story. news stations tell you what they feel are the important details (细节). These details mostly depend on the opinions of the news director." said John. "A person who has media literacy would realize that each story is about one side at this time. There is more going on."
Some experts think shoe is the best place to teach media literacy. Other believe everyone—form parents to reporters—should help teenagers learn the skills.
As for the best time to start learning media literacy, many experts suggest the age of 12. But some basic ideas can be taught even earlier. "It's never too early to start learning media literacy," John said.
1. From the first paragraph, we can learn that teenagers today spend more time ______.| A．using the Internet than watching TV |
| B．watching TV than studying at school |
| C．studying at school than reading newspapers |
| A．缺乏 | B．质疑 | C．误解 |
| A．should have the same opinions as others |
| B．could think about is good and bad sides |
| C．must know about all the important details |
| A．everyone is supposed to help children learn different skills |
| B．children should be taught media literacy as early as possible |
| C．news directors should report the news children are interested in |
| A．how to develop teenagers' media literacy |
| B．where teenagers should be taught media literacy |
| C．why teenagers are supposed to have media literacy |
March 5 is a special day for Chinese people because of the name—Lei Feng. Lei Feng was an ordinary young soldier. His only goal was to serve the people. He was born in 1940 in Changsha, Hunan and died at the age of 22 because of an unfortunate accident. In 1963, Chairman Mao Zedong designated(命名) the day as “Learn From Lei Feng Day”.
Most people born in the 1960s or 1970s admire Lei Feng and regard him as a good example to follow. What about young people today? The following examples may answer the question.
In 2011, 27-year-old Zhang Liangliang and his friends made a movie named Lei Feng Xia. In the movie, an ordinary guy tries to become a superhero by emulating（模仿）Lei Feng. Millions of people have seen the movie online. “We can see great things from what Lei Feng did, even though they were just small things. It’s our duty to learn from him.” said Li Huanyue, a student from Wen Yuan Middle School.
With the development of society, learning from Lei Feng should be more realistic（现实的） and modern. So Guangdong government announced the new slogan（口号） “do each other a favor”. And in Changsha, Hunan, the slogan was also updated （更新）from “devote yourself to benefit others” to “do my duty”.
1. What was Lei Feng’s only goal?| A．To make a movie. | B．To serve the people. | C．To be an ordinary soldier. |
| A．April 5 | B．March 15 | C．March 5. |
| A．They watch the movie online. |
| B．They watch the movie on TV. |
| C．They watch the movie in a cinema. |
| A．They don’t know who Lei Feng is. |
| B．They think it is a duty to learn from Lei Feng. |
| C．They want to save Lei Feng. |
| A．Changsha changed the slogan from “do my duty” to “devote yourself to benefit others”. |
| B．Guangdong’s slogan is doing each other a favor. |
| C．Now, it becomes more realistic and modern when people learn from Lei Feng. |
【推荐1】New research suggests that our DNA helps us to decide whether we prefer coffee or tea. Researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia studied how our genes (基因) influenced our tastes and why we liked some tastes more than others.
Following the research, researchers believe they know why some of us prefer coffee while others like tea more. The researchers have found that people who like more bitter tastes are more likely to drink coffee.
The researchers say they find something strange in their research. People who are more sensitive (敏感的) to the bitter taste of caffeine are more likely to prefer coffee to tea. They were also more likely to drink more coffee than those who are not so sensitive to caffeine.
Researchers looked at the study on more than 400,000 men and women in the United Kingdom. They also looked at an Australian study that compared the tastes of 1,757 twins (双胞胎) with their siblings. The researchers say genes aren't the only factors (因素) influencing people's tastes. Other things like our changing environment, social factors or the influences of taking medicine can also turn us on or off coffee or tea.
The researchers said we can learn to like coffee. Dr Liang-Dar Hwang said, “Bitter taste is influenced not only by genetics, but also environmental factors. Even though humans naturally dislike bitterness, we can learn to like or enjoy bitter-tasting food after being influenced by environmental factors.”
1. The research suggests that ______.| A．our DNA helps us to prefer coffee |
| B．the University of Queensland in Australia influenced our tastes |
| C．it's more possible for people who like more bitter tastes to drink coffee |
| D．it's impossible for us to know why we like some tastes more than others |
| A．have the tastes of all | B．have no taste of bitter |
| C．are more likely to like tea better than coffee | D．are more likely to feel the bitter taste of caffeine |
| A．brothers or sisters | B．aunts or uncles |
| C．friends or relatives | D．teachers or classmates |
| A．environment can't influence people | B．environment can influence people, too |
| C．coffee is the best drink in our daily life | D．we should drink more coffee instead of tea |
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| A．help students do their homework |
| B．make students’ skills better |
| C．show students some rules of the physics class |
| D．teach students to speak bravely in class |
【推荐3】Look at this. What’s this in English, do you know? Ah, it’s a photo. Who’s that in the photo? It’s Li Yan. Li Yan is my good friend. She is a beautiful(美丽的) girl. Who’s that? The boy in black? It’s Jim. He is an English boy. He is very cool. He is my friend, too. We are all in the same(相同的) school. I like Jim and Li Yan.
根据短文内容选择正确答案。
1. What is this? It’s ____.
| A．a school | B．a friend |
| C．a photo | D．an English friend |
| A．a good boy | B．a cool boy |
| C．a beautiful girl | D．an English girl |
| A．Red | B．Yellow | C．Orange | D．Black |
| A．I | B．Jim | C．Li Yan | D．Jim and Li Yan |
| A．Jim and Li Yan | B．Jim and I |
| C．Li Yan and I | D．Jim, Li Yan and I |
