1 . For Canaan Elementary’s second grade in Patchogue, N.Y., today is speech day, and right now it’s Chris Palaez’s turn. The 8-year-old is the joker of the class. With shining dark eyes, he seems like the kind of kid who would enjoy public speaking.

But he’s nervous. “I’m here to tell you today why you should … should…” Chris trips on the “-ld,” a pronunciation difficulty for many non-native English speakers. His teacher, Thomas Whaley, is next to him, whispering support. “…Vote for …me …” Except for some stumbles, Chris is doing amazingly well. When he brings his speech to a nice conclusion, Whaley invites the rest of the class to praise him.

A son of immigrants, Chris stared learning English a little over three years ago. Whaley recalls (回想起) how at the beginning of the year, when called upon to read, Chris would excuse himself to go to the bathroom.

Learning English as a second language can be a painful experience. What you need is a great teacher who lets you make mistakes. “It takes a lot for any student,” Whaley explains, “especially for a student who is learning English as their new language, to feel confident enough to say, ‘I don’t know, but I want to know.’”

Whaley got the idea of this second-grade presidential campaign project when he asked the children one day to raise their hands if they thought they could never be a president. The answer broke his heart. Whaley says the project is about more than just learning to read and speak in public. He wants these kids to learn to boast (夸耀) about themselves.

“Boasting about yourself, and your best qualities,” Whaley says, “is very difficult for a child who came into the classroom not feeling confident.”

1. What made Chris nervous?

A．Telling a story.	B．Making a speech.
C．Taking a test.	D．Answering a question.

2. What does the underlined word “stumbles” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A．Improper pauses.

B．Bad manners.

C．Spelling mistakes.

D．Silly jokes.

3. We can infer that the purpose of Whaley’s project is to _________.

A．help students see their own strengths

B．assess students’ public speaking skills

C．prepare students for their future jobs

D．inspire students’ love for politics

4. Which of the following best describes Whaley as a teacher?

A．Humorous.

B．Ambitious.

C．Caring.

D．Demanding.

2 . Anyone who cares about what schools and colleges teach and how their students learn will be interested in the memoir (回忆录) of Ralph W. Tyler, who is one of the most famous men in American education.

Born in Chicago in 1902, brought up and schooled in Nebraska, the 19-year-old college graduate Ralph Tyler became hooked on teaching while teaching as a science teacher in South Dakota and changed his major from medicine to education.

Graduate work at the University of Chicago found him connected with honorable educators Charles Judd and W. W. Charters, whose ideas of teaching and testing had an effect on his later work. In 1927, he became a teacher of Ohio State University where he further developed a new method of testing.

Tyler became well-known nationally in 1938, when he carried his work with the Eight-Year Study from Ohio State University to the University of Chicago at the invitation of Robed Hutchins.

Tyler was the first director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, a position he held for fourteen years. There, he firmly believed that researchers should be free to seek an independent spirit in their work.

Although Tyler officially retired (退休) in 1967, he never actually retired. He served on a long list of educational organizations in the United States and abroad. Even in his 80s he traveled across the country to advise teachers and management people on how to set objectives (目标) that develop the best teaching and learning within their schools.

1. Who are most probably interested in Ralph W. Tyler’s memoir?

A．Top managers.

B．Language learners.

C．Serious educators.

D．Science researchers.

2. The words “hooked on teaching” underlined in Paragraph 2 probably mean ______.

A．attracted to teaching

B．tired of teaching

C．satisfied with teaching

D．unhappy about teaching

3. Where did Tyler work as the leader of a research center for over 10 years?

A．The University of Chicago.

B．Stanford University.

C．Ohio State University.

D．Nebraska University.

4. Tyler is said to have never actually retired because _________.

A．he developed a new method of testing

B．he called for free spirit in research

C．he was still active in giving advice

D．he still led the Eight-Year Study

3 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

I am Li Hua, the Senior 1 student. Recently, I’ve been busy prepared for the coming exam. Unluckily, I find quite hard to devote myself on study. I meet some problems what trouble me a lot. So I’m writing to ask you for help.

I have to spend so very much time on my homework that I hardly have time to take part in sports. Beside, the high expectation from the teachers and my parents made me extremely stressful (有压力的) because I don’t want to let them down. What troubles them most is that it’s difficult for me to fall asleep every night. Could you please offer me some advices on how to solve these problems?

4 . For centuries, dolphins have got our admiration, and it is easy to see why. They are beautiful, cute and smart sea animals. Dolphins are not fish, but warm-blooded animals. They live in groups, and speak to each other in their own language. In this way, they are like other animals, such as bees and birds. But dolphins are very different from almost all land animals. It is said that dolphins are the world’s second brightest creatures after humans and have many brain features related to intelligence. Their brain is nearly the same size as our own, and they live a long time at least twenty or thirty years.

Like some animals, dolphins use sound to help them find their way around. They also make these sounds to talk to each other and to help them find food. We now know they do not use their ears to receive these sounds, but the lower part of the mouth, called the jaw.

Strangely, dolphins seem to like man, and for thousands of years there have been stories about the dolphin and its friendship with people.

There is a story about sailors in the 19th century. In a dangerous part of the sea off the coast of New Zealand, they learnt to look for a dolphin called Jack. From 1871 to 1903, Jack met every boat in the area and showed it the way. Then in 1903 a passenger on a boat called The Penguin shot and wounded Jack. He recovered and for nine years more continued to guide all ships through the area－except for The Penguin.

Today, some people continue to kill dolphins, but many countries of the world now protect them and in these places it is against the law to kill them.

1. Dolphins are different from many other animals because they _____.

A．live in groups

B．have large brains

C．are warm-blooded

D．have their own language

2. Which of the following does the dolphin use to help it find its way around?

A．Its nose.

B．Its ears.

C．Its jaw.

D．Its eyes.

3. Why did the sailors off the coast of New Zealand look for Jack?

A．He was lonely and liked to be with people.

B．They enjoyed playing with him.

C．He was seriously wounded.

D．They wanted his help.

4. By telling the story of Jack, the writer wanted to show that _____.

A．dolphins are friendly and clever

B．people are cruel to animals

C．Jack is different from other dolphins

D．dolphins should be protected by law

5 . Every people（民族）uses its own special（特殊的）words to show its ideas and feelings. Some expressions are commonly used for many years. Others are popular for just a short time. One such American expression is “Where’s the beef?” It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be. In the early 1980s “Where’s the beef?” was one of the most popular expressions in the United States. It seemed as if everyone was using it at the time.
Beef, of course, is the meat from a cow, and no food is more popular in America than a hamburger（汉堡包）made from beef. In the 1960s a businessman named Ray Kroc began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price. Kroc called his restaurants “McDonald’s”. Ray Kroc became one of the richest businessmen in America.
Other business people watched his success. Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company（公司）called “Wendy’s” said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McDonald’s or anyone else’s. The Wendy’s Company began to use the expression “Where’s the beef?” to make people know that Wendy’s hamburgers were the biggest. The Wendy’s television advertisement（广告）showed three old women eating hamburgers. The bread that covered the meat was very big, but inside there was only a bit of meat. One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef. “Where’s the beef?” she shouted in a funny way. The advertisement for Wendy’s hamburger restaurants was a success. As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expression “Where’s the beef?”
1. ________ started Mc Donald’s restaurant.

A．Ray Kroc

B．McDonald

C．Wendy

D．Three old women

2. Other people wanted to open hamburger restaurants because they thought ________.

A．they could sell hamburgers at a low price

B．hamburgers were easy to make

C．beef was very popular in America

D．they could make a lot of money

3. Wendy’s made the expression known to everybody ________.

A．with many old women eating hamburgers

B．by a television advertisement

C．while selling bread with a bit of meat in it

D．at the McDonald’s restaurant

4. We can learn from the passage that the expression “Where’s the beef?” means ________.

A．the beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said to be

B．the hamburgers are not as good as they are said to be

C．something is not so good as one says

D．Wendy’s is the biggest

6 . They were a happy family: four daughters were allin the same school in different grades. The youngest, Janice, who was in my class, seemed to be glued to her mother’s skirts．Theirthree older girls took the bus to school everymorning, but Janice was always driven to schoolbyher mother.

One Friday, Janice's mother asked for a talk with me. She said in a soft voice,"My husband is going to Europe on business for two weeks, and heinsists that I go with him. I have tried to explainover and over that Janice needs me here. But he thinks that she will be fine without me, so I have no choice, I have to go. I have told the babysitter todrive her every morning. Will you please giveJanice special attention and help her? I want to besure everything goes well for her."

I told her that we would make every effort tosupport Janice. I even volunteered to meet Janiceat her car so she would see a familiar face. As amother myself, I'd like to help. Janice’s motherthanked me for our understanding.

On Monday morning, expecting a tearfulanxious child, I planned a special program of funand games. I waited outside to greet Janice, butjust then the bus arrived and not three, but fourgirls got off. Janice skipped along joyfully, saying“goodbye” to her sisters as she ran with two friends into the classroom. I walked slowly into theclassroom and called Janice over to ask how thebus ride went. Impatiently she said, “Oh, I alwayswant to take the bus with the other kids. ButMother needs to be with me. You see there won’t be any more babies, so I have to be a baby a littlelonger. While she is away, I'll just ridethe busevery day. I am five, you know.”

1. Why did Janice’ s mother want to have a talk with the author?

A．To ask her to help Janice with her homework.

B．To ask her to pick up Janice every day.

C．To ask her to give Janice more attention.

D．To ask her to meet Janice at her car.

2. What did the author not do for Janice?

A．Plan a special program of fun and games.

B．Wait for her outside the school.

C．Greet her when she got off the bus.

D．Ask about her bus ride.

3. What did Janice look like on Monday morning?

A．She was tearful and anxious.

B．She was worried about her mother.

C．She missed her mother very much.

D．She was happy rather than sad.

4. What do we know from the passage?

A．Janice is too young to go school by bus.

B．Janice likes taking a bus to school.

C．Janice doesn’t like her babysitter.

D．Janice is no longer a child.

7 . One of my favorite high school teachers was Mrs. Ide. She was my _______ teacher and the leader of our choir (合唱团), in which I was a member during high school in France. It was Mrs. Ide who asked me to_______ the school choir. Mrs. Ide was a great teacher, _______ she didn’t play favorites, believed in all of us and was a musical genius (天才).

First of all, Mrs. Ide always had_______ topics for her music class. She had_______ to make them fun every time. We _______ in groups in class. We studied for musicals (like Cats, My Fair Lady)_______every one of us had a part to act and sing. When we_______studying our parts, we had a “creative evening”, where all our families, friends and teachers came and watched our_______.

Secondly, Mrs. Ide __________ our musical talents (才能). She taught us to be self-confident (自信的) with our __________ and how to use different skills to__________ our singing. She told us every week that we all have great talent, and it felt really__________that she had such confidence in our musical__________

Finally, I can__________ that Mrs. Ide was the best teacher and she__________cared about us. She helped everyone in her class to improve our __________and be more self-confident.__________she taught us skills, so that we were able to__________at home alone. She was the person who encouraged me to study singing. I really__________ that there are other teachers like her, who are an inspiration (鼓舞人的人) for students and their future.

1.

A．music

B．history

C．science

D．language

2.

A．direct

B．visit

C．join

D．help

3.

A．when

B．because

C．if

D．though

4.

A．interesting

B．serious

C．useful

D．difficult

5.

A．excuses

B．examples

C．senses

D．ideas

6.

A．danced

B．asked

C．worked

D．waited

7.

A．but

B．and

C．for

D．or

8.

A．finished

B．tried

C．kept

D．practiced

9.

A．study

B．films

C．photos

D．play

10.

A．thought of

B．believed in

C．made use of

D．made up for

11.

A．hearing

B．future

C．plans

D．voices

12.

A．change

B．improve

C．find

D．check

13.

A．nervous

B．strange

C．good

D．stupid

14.

A．taste

B．culture

C．traditions

D．abilities

15.

A．say

B．agree

C．expect

D．remember

16.

A．hardly

B．truly

C．finally

D．already

17.

A．singing

B．reading

C．writing

D．painting

18.

A．Soon

B．Again

C．Also

D．Once

19.

A．train

B．stay

C．eat

D．pay

20.

A．realize

B．promise

C．suggest

D．hope

8 . Do you worry about entering senior high school? Everything, from study to environment, has changed. Can you adapt yourself to it?

You’re not alone. Remember that everybody else in your year is in the same boat. You may not notice it, but they’re just as nervous as you are.

Moving to senior high school is a chance, not a problem. Things are different, and all you need to do is to be polite and learn the new rules.

The teachers will help. If you don’t know what to do or are worried about something, then ask for help. Teachers are probably the best people to turn to, because they have experience in helping new students. Pay attention to what your teachers say.

Everything changes. There are lots of differences between junior high school and senior high school. You will have your lessons with different teachers in different rooms. You will have homework for different subjects on different days, so make sure you get organized. Make sure you know which rooms your classes are in and which days you have your different subjects on.

Other points:

If you’ve got an older brother or sister at the school, then ask them for advice.

Be yourself! It sounds simple, but things will become better if you just act naturally.

Having early nights makes a difference. You’ll also find it easier to get up in the morning!

1. What does the author think of entering senior high school?

A．It sounds simple.	B．It is a difficult problem.
C．It’s a good chance.	D．It’s worrying.

2. When you don’t know what to do, you can _______.

A．turn to your teachers	B．follow your younger brother
C．write your problems down	D．go to bed early

3. Which of the following does the author suggest you do?

A．Ask your classmates for help.	B．Don’t be shy.
C．Pay attention to others.	D．Just act naturally.

4. The main purpose of the passage is to _______.

A．teach students how to organize themselves

B．tell students a story

C．help students that are going to senior high school

D．tell students how to make full use of time

9 . Welcome to Adventureland!

Everyone loves Adventureland! The Parks and Exhibitions were built for you to explore (探索), enjoy, and admire their wonders. Every visit will be an unforgettable experience. You will go away enriched, longing to come back. What are you going to do this time?

The Travel Pavilion

Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different ways of life. Visit the Amazon jungle (丛林) village, the Turkish market, the Tai floating market, the Berber mountain house and others. Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives, and things they make. You can try making a carpet, making nets, fishing ...

The Future Tower

This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives. It allows us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we’ll be living then. Spend some time in our space station and climb into our simulator (模拟装置) for the Journey to Mars.

The Nature Park

This is not really one park but several. In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers: see lions, giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to the Ocean Park to watch the dolphins and whales. And then there is still the Aviary to see ...

The Pyramid

This is the center of Adventureland. Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps? For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping center. Come here for information and ideas too.

1. The Travel Pavilion is built to help visitors ______.

A．realize the importance of travelling

B．become familiar with mountain countries

C．learn how to make things such as fishing nets

D．learn something about different places in the world

2. If you are interested in knowing about what people’s life will be, you may visit ______.

A．the Travel Pavilion	B．the Future Tower
C．the Safari Park	D．the Pyramid

3. If you want to get a toy lion to take home, where will you most likely go?

A．The Pyramid.	B．The Nature Park.
C．The Future Tower.	D．The Travel Pavilion.

10 . I am a strong believer that if a child is raised with praise, he will learn to love himself and will be successful in his own way.

Several weeks ago, I was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair to go over the math lines. I kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he would concentrate better. He sat but seconds later, as if he didn’t even notice he was doing it, he got up again. I was getting frustrated, but then it hit me. I started noticing his answers were much quicker and accurate (准确的) when he stood up. Could he be more intent (专心的) while standing up?

This made me start questioning myself and what I had been raised to believe. I was raised to believe that a quiet, calm child was a sure way to success. This child would have the discipline (纪律) to study hard, get good grades and become someone important in life.

Now those same people perhaps come to realize that their kids are born with their own sets of DNA and personality traits (特点) and all you can do is loving and accepting them. As parents, throughout their growing years and beyond that, we need to be our kids’ best cheerleaders, guiding them and helping them find their way.

I have stopped asking my son to sit down and concentrate. Obviously, he is concentrating just in his own way and not mine. We need to learn to accept our kids’ ways of doing things. Some way may have worked for me but doesn’t mean we need to carry it through generations. There is nothing sweeter than being individual (个人的) and unique (独一无二的). It makes us free and happy and that’s just the way I want my kids to live their own life.

1. At the beginning, the author tried to keep his son seated in order to make him _____.

A．pay more attention to his study	B．keep silent in the room
C．finish his homework on time	D．get right answers

2. Inspired by the case of his son, the author began to doubt ________.

A．the importance of parents	B．the old form of education
C．the relationship between kids and their parents	D．the good grades of some kids

3. According to the passage, which of the following statements is right?

A．We should help kids correct their wrong ways.

B．Parents should study their kids’ DNA.

C．Kids should be taught to behave themselves.

D．Parents should love and accept their kids.

4. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A．Study hard and you’ll be successful

B．Be friendly to your children

C．Children’s success in their own style

D．Parents’ help with their children’s study