1 . The Tiger Mother, Amy Chua and her book named Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother are famous all over the world, especially in America and China.

Amy Chua is a Chinese American, born in the USA to middle-class Chinese parents who moved to the US from China. She was born in the year of the tiger, so she called herself Tiger Mother. Amy Chua is very famous because of her parenting styles （养育方式） . She has two daughters, Sophia and Louisa. She is very strict with them.

From the moment her daughters were born, she had set targets for them. She decided that the two girls would play instruments, Sophia the piano and Louisa the violin, and what is more, they would be the best at it. At the same time, they had to be the first in study.

The two girls always get an A in each lesson. Sophia could read books and began to play the piano when she was 3 years old. Once, Louisa got the second place in a maths test when she was in Grade 5. After that, Amy Chua made Louisa do 20 pieces of paper and there were 100 maths problems on each paper. A week later, Louisa got the first place and she is the first all the time from then on.

1. Why does Amy Chua have the name Tiger Mother?

A．Because she wrote the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.

B．Because she was born in the year of the tiger.

C．Because she likes tigers very much.

D．Because she is a tiger's mother.

2. What is Amy Chua famous for?

A．Her name.

B．Her book.

C．Her parenting styles.

D．Her job.

3. The underlined word “target”means______.

A．目标

B．模板

C．规则

D．竞赛

4. Sophia could read books and began to play the piano when she was______.

A．two years old

B．three years old

C．four years old

D．five years old

5. How many exercises did Louisa do after she got the second place in a math test?

A．20 maths problems

B．80 maths problems

C．100 maths problems

D．2,000 maths problems

6. What can we learn about Amy Chua?

A．She learnt parenting skills from her mother.	B．She was born in China.
C．She doesn't love her children.	D．She is a strict mother.

2 . More and more Chinese students are putting study tours in foreign countries on their plans this summer.

Including language courses, sightseeing and international communication(交流), study tours meet the needs of Chinese parents and students for a long and fruitful holiday.

A recent report showed most study tour participants (参与者) were teenagers in middle schools. According to the report, 73 percent were middle school students, 11 percent primary school students and only 3 percent college students. And it’s getting more and more popular in middle schools.

According to a blue book about study tours, developing children’s horizons(视野) was the No. 1 reason for parents, while improving language skills, experiencing independence(独立) and different cultures were also popular.

Zhan Fuman, a 14-year-old girl from Guangzhou, is now on a 15-day study tour in Australia with a price tag of 32,800 yuan (about 4,870 U.S. dollars), and she went to the United States for her first study tour last winter. “She has been much more confident (自信) and independent since her first tour in the U. S. and learnt to use knowledge from books and real life communication,” said Zhu Wanxia, Zhan’s mother. “Going on a study tour does not lead to going to a foreign university in the future,” Zhu said, adding that she preferred her child to go to a top Chinese university instead.

1. Which of the following is NOT included in a study tour according to the passage?

A．Language courses and sightseeing.

B．Meeting friends in foreign countries.

C．International communication.

2. Who is more likely to have a study tour according to the report?

A．Jenny, 3 years old.

B．Mike, 14 years old.

C．John, 22 years old.

3. What is the most important reason for parents to let their children have a study tour?

A．Developing children’s horizons.

B．Improving language skills.

C．Experiencing independence.

4. Zhan Fuman has been much more confident and independent after ________.

A．she went to Australia for a study tour

B．she went to America for a study tour

C．she went to school in Guangzhou

5. Which of the following is NOT true about a study tour?

A．More and more college students want to have a study tour.

B．One may know more about different cultures from a study tour.

C．It may help to learn to use knowledge from books and real life communication

3 . On a small farm in Mexico, there are no schools. A bus is the school. The driver of the bus is the teacher. It's a school bus, but it doesn't take the children to school. It just goes round from place to place, and sometimes it comes to this farm. The bus will stay here for three months. The farmers call it a school on wheels. Every time when the bus comes, the farmers will be happy and warmly welcome the school bus.

When the bus is on the farm, in the morning, the teacher teaches the small children. In the afternoon, the bigger children come to have their lessons because they have to work in the morning. At night, the fathers and mothers come to school. They want to learn, too. How the farmers hope that some day they can have a real school on their farm!

1. The driver of the bus is _________.

A．the teacher

B．the student

C．the farmer

D．the boy

2. When the bus school comes, the farmers will _________.

A．stop working	B．warmly welcome it
C．be happy	D．both B and C

3. The bigger children have their lessons in the afternoon because _________ in the morning.

A．they can't get up early

B．the teacher wants to teach the small children first

C．they have a lot of work to do

D．they have to do their homework

4. Which is true?

A．The school bus is a real school for farmers' children

B．The bus school has no teacher at all.

C．The bus school has no students.

D．The children and their parents on the farm all come to the bus school to learn.

4 .

A boy got into a fight at school. Most schools would have sent him to the principal’s office. Instead, he was sent to a quiet room. It was a safe place where he could cool down.

The boy is in third grade. He goes to Robert W. Coleman Elementary, a school in Baltimore, Maryland. The school is trying something new. It is not putting as many kids in time-out (计时隔离). Instead, the school is helping kids practice mindfulness.

Mindfulness is a way of thinking. A mindful person only thinks about what he is doing at the moment. He does not let bad feelings get in the way.

When students at Coleman need to cool down, they go to the Mindful Moment Room. It is a peaceful space. The room is decorated (装饰) with bright curtains and beanbags. Teachers there ask the students to explain what happened. They help them talk about their feelings. They tell the students to take deep breaths. These are all mindfulness exercises. They are part of a new program at Coleman.

The school principal is Carlillian Thompson. She said the exercises help her students clear their minds. Then they are more ready to learn.

Carlillian has seen many signs of success. She says the students think more about how they behave. They pay more attention to their feelings.

Each school day starts with a message over the loudspeaker. It guides the students through breathing exercises. They take 15 minutes to practice mindfulness. Then they go to class. At the end of the day, they do another 15 minutes.

Many students go to the Mindful Moment Room. On one day in November 12 kids visited. One was the boy who had been in a fight.

By the time he left, another boy had walked in. Soon there were four boys in the room. There were two teachers there to help them.

One started the breathing exercises. “Inhaling deep,” he said aloud. “Lock your chin to your chest. Exhale and out.”

There are no time-outs at this school, but deep breathing instead.

1. According to Paragraphs I and 2, if a student at Coleman gets into a fight, what will the school probably do?

A．Send the student to the principal’s office.

B．Send the student to a quiet room.

C．Put the student in time-out.

D．Ask the student to communicate with his or her parents.

2. How is the Mindful Moment Room different from normal time-out?

A．It gives students a quiet place to explain their feelings.

B．It is a place where students get in trouble for their actions.

C．It makes students say they are sorry for fighting.

D．It is a place where students do noisy exercise.

3. Which is NOT the way the teachers help the students to cool down?

A．Ask the students to explain what happened.

B．Help the students to talk about their feelings.

C．Tell the students to take deep breaths.

D．Ask the students to think about the result of making trouble.

4. How long will the loudspeaker guide the students to practice mindfulness on each school day at Coleman?

A．For 15 minutes.

B．For half an hour.

C．For an hour.

D．More than 2 hours.

5. According to the passage, which sentence explains why practicing mindfulness can cool students down?

A．The room is decorated with bright curtains and beanbags.

B．Many students go to the Mindful Moment Room.

C．They are part of a new program at Coleman.

D．She said the exercises help her students clear their minds.

5 . Laboratory（实验室）word is your chance to learn science firsthand. It can be fun but you must be careful to prevent injury. Listen closely when your teacher reads and explains the rules before your first lab lesson.

LABORATORYRULES
Throughout the Lesson	● Do not enter the science lab without the teacher’s permission. ● No food or drinks are to be allowed in the science lab.
Before the Experiment	● Read all instructions carefully before every experiment. ● Prepare all equipment and organize them so that you will not knock them over while doing the experiment.
During the Experiment	● If you are unsure of how to use any equipment or how to use, ask your teacher for help. ● Never smell or taste chemicals unless your teacher gives permission.
After the experiment	● Wash all equipment after use and return them to the places where they were. ● Throw waste materials in proper waste baskets.
First Aid	● Report all accidents to your teacher immediately. ● If you spill any chemicals onto your body or clothing, wash with plenty of water and report to your teacher.

1. Before every experiment, you should ______.

A．taste the chemicals first	B．clean all the equipment
C．read all instructions carefully	D．report all the accidents to the teacher

2. It is clear that you can ______.

A．bring food into the lab	B．enter the lab anytime
C．smell chemicals as you like	D．learn science directly in the lab

3. If you get chemicals on the clothing, you can find ways to solve it in the pert ______.

A．Before the Experiment	B．First Aid
C．During the Experiment	D．After the Experiment

6 . “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

2. What does the underlined word “permissive” mean in the passage?

A．allowing behaviour	B．providing help
C．accepting opinion	D．having discussion

3. What's the main idea of the passage?

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

7 . 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

2. When a boy is six years old, he __________.

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

3. In American high school, students __________ after class.

A．do the homework	B．go to work
C．play basketball	D．do many interesting things

4. In order to (为了) __________, many American college students work after class.

A．help their parents	B．get money for their studies
C．help others	D．learn some useful things

5. Which is RIGHT?

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.

8 . 下面文章中有五处（第31-35题）需要添加首句。请从以下选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中选出符合各段意思的首句。选项中有一项是多余选项。

Where you sit and how you fit

    1     For more than seventy years, researchers and teachers have studied the link between the place where students choose to sit in class and what they are like as people and learners. Where do you usually decide to sit? Have you ever really thought about the reasons for your decision?

    2     But is this really true? Well, some researchers say it is not. In fact, shy students often choose the back row because it is fare away from the teacher and they don’t want to answer questions. At the back, students probably won’t speak much, but in big classrooms, it can be hard to see the board and hear what the teacher is saying. This could be the reason why students who sit here often get lower grades on tests and exams. For students with poor eyesight or hearing, a seat at the back of the classroom is not a good choice.

    3     However, they like watching and listening rather than joining in. These students are usually also very good at taking notes. Next time you miss a class, borrow notes from someone who sits here. On the sides of the classroom you will generally find modest and thoughtful people. These people usually get good grades in school and are interested in learning.

    4     Then the statistics (统计数据) say you probably like your teacher. You probably also have a good relationship with your classmates. Caring, outgoing, and cheerful people usually sit in the middle. They are normally serious about learning and feel disappointed with low grades on tests and exams.

    5     Students who sit here usually want to discuss things with the teacher and are often very interested in the subject. They want to be in the best place to see and hear everything the teacher does and says. The only problem with sitting here is that it can be difficult to see and hear what other students do and say in class. So, if you really want to hear what everyone says in class, choose a different place to sit.

A．You probably sit right at the front of the class if you’re longing for knowledge.

B．Research suggests that the seat you choose in the classroom says a lot about you and your personality.

C．Do you sit in the middle of the classroom?

D．This means it’s a good idea to sit in a different place every day.

E．People often think that students who sit at the back are lazy.

F．Students who sit at the side of the classroom are normally interested in class.