1 . Parents often find children watch cartoons for three to four hours a day. Studies show that children start watching cartoons on TV at an early age of six months, when they reach the age of two or three, they become cartoon fans and they would like to spend much time on it. Parents often see this as a problem because most of the children are found to become addicted (上瘾的) to watching cartoons. Parents think if children spend too much time on cartoons, they will fall behind (落后) in study.
Some people think cartoons are worth watching. It helps the working parents a lot because they can do much work by making their children watch cartoons on TV.
When they watch educational cartoons, they can learn many things. They also help to improve their language Educational cartoons help them to try different languages. Children can learn English well with the help of those cartoons. At the same time, some children can learn about the friendship and teamwork from the cartoons.
So sometimes we needn’t stop kids from watching cartoons, but parents should make sure that their children are watching the right things.
1. When do children start to watch cartoons on TV?| A．When they are six months old. | B．When they are two years old. |
| C．When they are six years old. | D．When they are three years old. |
| A．Because their parents don’t take care of them. | B．Because they have nothing to do at home. |
| C．Because they are not cartoon fans. | D．Because they like to watch cartoons. |
| A．Different languages | B．Friendship |
| C．Teamwork | D．History |
| A．Teachers | B．Children | C．Parents | D．Cartoon makers |
| A．Children can’t watch any kinds of cartoons. |
| B．It’s useful to stop children from watching cartoon. |
| C．Children can spend time watching cartoons on weekend. |
| D．Parents should let their kids spend some time watching the right cartoons. |
| A few days ago, I was walking down the street when I met a group of students in uniforms. I was shocked to see that the girls’ skirts were very short and they were wearing a lot of make-up. The boys looked very untidy. Their shirts were dirty and some of them even had their shirt fronts open. I noticed that some of the students had their ears and noses pierced, which should not be allowed at school. And the other day, I was on the subway when I saw some boys wearing uniforms of the same local school. Instead of sitting quietly, these boys kept making noises and saying dirty words. All the other passengers were looking at them and wondering how it was possible for students like these boys. They were really showing a bad image （形象）of their school, which was shameful. I am a mother of two teenagers of the same school. After seeing those boys and girls, I am worried if my children also behave like this. I don’t know about it. Do students in this school know what is allowed when they are wearing the school uniforms ? I think the school should be stricter with the students. And I think all the students should be taught how to be polite. |
1. Why was the writer shocked at about the girls’ skirts?
2. Where did the writer see the badly-behaved boys?
3. What bad image did these badly-behaved boys showed?
4. How many children did the writer have?
5. What does the writer think all the students should be taught?
3 . 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 |
What do you think of different kinds of reference books(参考书>? We did a survey. Here’re some of their answers.
Liu Yang
In some ways, reference books (参考书) are useful. They help us understand textbooks better. For example, if we can’t learn a language point well in English class, a reference book can help us to review the point. So I think it’s better to have such books.
Wang Qian
Reference books have some disadvantages. Some reference books show answers to the exercises in textbooks. This isn’t very good. Students will just copy the answers directly instead of thinking for themselves. Day after day, students won’t listen carefully in class.
Zheng Xia
Sometimes, reference books are useful. Some reference books show something a little bit more difficult than the textbooks. They challenge us and let us reach a higher level in our studies. So if you want to learn more, reference books are needed.
Liu Wei
I don’t think reference books are very helpful. If we listen to our teachers carefully and solve the problems at school, this is enough to grasp (掌握>all the knowledge. Besides, the school has already gives us a lot of homework. More reference books will only make us sick of studying. And for some subjects like English , if you want to learn well, the best way is to speak, not just to do exercises.
For your reference books | ||
| Liu Yang | In some ways, they are useful because they |
Zheng Xia | Reference books can help us learn more and challenge us to | |
Disadvantages | Wang Qian | Students won’t think or |
Liu Wei | More reference books aren’t very helpful. They will only | |
