1 . As we all know, Chinese students are hard-working. But they’re
At school, they have to follow the strict school
And at home, they’re always busy with their homework and they don’t have any free time to do what they like. Once (一旦) they don’t do well in exams, their parents will lose
On weekends, their parents tell them to take part in different classes they don’t like. They always feel
“Many students can do nothing
“This is a serious problem. It’s necessary for us to think it over and solve it well,” said another expert.
1.| A．glad | B．unhappy | C．kind | D．healthy |
| A．time | B．teachers | C．rules | D．classmates |
| A．mustn’t | B．can’t | C．shouldn’t | D．may not |
| A．future | B．home | C．school | D．hope |
| A．excited | B．tired | C．active | D．sad |
| A．lose | B．show | C．have | D．take |
| A．believe | B．stand | C．love | D．wonder |
| A．mind | B．tell | C．talk | D．call |
| A．with | B．without | C．in | D．except |
| A．where | B．how | C．why | D．whether |
2 . Which do you prefer to use when you are studying, ipads or books? Here is
But
3 . The reason of success
A professor told his students to go into the city slum (贫民窟) to study the life of 200 boys. He asked them to write reports about each boy’s life and future. Every one of the students wrote, “He doesn’t have any hope.”
Twenty-five years later, another professor read about the earlier study. He told his students to find out what had happened to these boys. Of the 200 boys, 20 had moved away or died. Nobody knew what had happened to them. They tried very hard and found the other 180 people. Among them 176 had become successful as doctors, teachers, and scientists.
The professor was very surprised and decided to study it further. Luckily, all the men were living near the place and he was able to ask each one, “What made you successful?” Each one answered with feeling, “There was a teacher.”
The teacher was still living there, so the professor found her and asked the old woman what she had used to pull those out of the slums, and change them into ________ people.
The teacher's eyes began to shine and she said with a sweet smile, “It's really very easy. I loved the boys.”
1题完成句子；2～3题简略回答问题；4题将文中横线处空缺的一个单词填写在下面的答题线上；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. The students went to the slum to
2. What changed the boys’ life?
3. Why was the second professor surprised?
4.
5.
PowerPoint Presentations(PPT)are taking the place of writing on the blackboard with chalk. Someday, will robots take the place of human teachers?
In Japan, a robot is going to enter classrooms to help teachers. Last week the Japanese company Honda Motor Co. showed the public its robot at a Tokyo museum. The robot's name is Asimo. Students will see Asimo in science classes and learn the wonders of science.
Asimo is 130 centimeters tall with a round head. It can jog, walk up stairs and wave. It can also avoid things on its way and have simple talks with you. Asimo is an experienced worker for humans. It has worked as a guide in showrooms. But this will be the first time it works as a teaching assistant in classrooms and in formal teaching!
How will Asimo help in class?A teacher explained the way Asimo worked to students in last week's show. Asimo has sensors(感应器)inside its body to keep its balance.
The smart Asimo tilted(倾斜)its body when it stood on a shaking platform(平台). Asimo kept its balance. But a wooden person beside Asimo fell(See the above picture).
When you walk, you pass your weight from the heel to the toe. The Japanese teacher explained this with Asimo at the museum. He moved the robot in slow move. Asimo made learning science more interesting for students!
Asimo will soon help teach thousands of primary students and junior high schools in two Japanese cities. Hopefully, robot teachers will arrive in our classrooms in China one day.
阅读短文, 根据短文内容回答问题。
1. What's the name of the robot?
2. What does the robot look like?
3. Why can the robot keep its balance?
4. What will students think of learning science with the help of the robot?
5. According to the passage, will robots take the place of human teachers someday?
5 . “It hurts me more than you,” and “This is for your own good.” My mother used to say so years ago when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework.
That was before we entered the permissive period in education in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school. The schools and the educators made it easy on us. They taught that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy (不干预政策), We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them computers, turned on the television, left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.
Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are realizing we've made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who says of her students-“so passive”- and wonders what happened. Nothing was demanded of them, she believes. Television, says Klompus, contributes to children's passivity. “We're talking about a generation kids who've never been hurt or hungry. They have learned somebody will always do it for them. Instead of saying 'go look it up', you tell them the answer. It takes greater energy to say 'no' to a kid.”
Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. It's time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work. It's time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it's for their own good. It's time to start telling them “no” again.
1. What can we infer from the first paragraph?| A．The writer's mother is strict with him | B．The writer developed himself naturally |
| C．The writer didn't have to stay home | D．The writer's mother used to let him learn Latin |
| A．allowing behaviour | B．providing help |
| C．accepting opinion | D．having discussion |
| A．It's time to be more strict with kids | B．Kids should have more activities at school |
| C．Parents should leave their children along | D．Kids should have a good example to learn from |
6 . 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 term is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most children are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.
High school students take only five or six subjects each term. They usually go to the same class every day, and they have homework for every class. After class, they do a lot of interesting things.
After high school, many students go to colleges. They usually have to pay a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get money for their studies.
1. American schools begin in __________.| A．September | B．July | C．May | D．February |
| A．has to stay at home | B．can go to high school |
| C．is old enough to go to school | D．always plays at home |
| A．do the homework | B．go to work |
| C．play basketball | D．do many interesting things |
| A．help their parents | B．get money for their studies |
| C．help others | D．learn some useful things |
| A．Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. |
| B．American students have three terms in a year. |
| C．High school students take seven subjects each term. |
| D．American students don’t like to go to school. |
7 . American schools are quite different from those in China. In America, at the beginning of the term, students must select (挑选) their subjects and teachers first.
Selecting is very important for your marks in America. So at the first term, don’t select too many subjects, or you’ll feel very nervous and tired. Then you have to ask for some teaching plans. There is some information about subjects, time arranging, marks and textbooks. At the same time, you must choose the teachers. Different teachers have different teaching methods. If the teacher is called “killer” by the last grade, many students will give up choosing him, because this kind of teacher will leave too much homework, too many exams and give too low grades. There is another thing after you select the subjects and teachers. How to buy textbooks makes each student feel hard. The textbooks in America are very expensive. Each one is about $30–50. In order to save money, many students buy some used textbooks, and some students usually borrow textbooks from the school library.
In class, discussing is very important. The teacher encourages you to ask questions or show your own opinions. They don’t usually ask you to sit well. Instead they allow you to sit or stand anywhere you like.
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Students | At the first term, students can’t select too many subjects, or they’ll feel very Students can’t select teachers called Many students buy some used textbooks |
Teachers | The teachers encourage students to ask questions or show their opinions. They allow students to sit or stand anywhere they like instead of |
