1 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容用英语回答问题。

“What is the most enjoyable part of your senior high school life? ” when asked this question, many students replied that club activities interested them most in school life. They enjoyed being with the club members who shared the same hobby with them.

In most of the schools, students are free to choose the clubs they are particularly interested in. Some students join one club, and some join two or more. Only a very few do not take part at all. The students run all the clubs themselves without the help of teachers. There are a number of sports and arts clubs that students may join. Sports clubs include football, volleyball, basketball, handball, hockey, tennis, badminton, gymnastics, judo and kendo（剑道）. They take place in the school gym or the school playing fields. There are also arts activities such as the painting and calligraphy club, dance club, the school orchestra and the school choir（合唱团）. The clubs meet two to four times a week after school. Sports coaches and club leaders are often school graduates who come back to help.

Club activities after class play an important part in students' school life. Young people spend a lot of time together in club activities and they often become true friends. These friendships often last a long time after graduation. Some become life-long friends. There is a popular belief that true friends are people who have had similar life experiences. Many graduates say that their best memories of Senior High school life are the days they spent in the mountains during the summer vacation, practicing and training with other club members.

1. Who runs the school clubs?
2. Where do sports club activities take place?
3. How often do the members of the school clubs meet?
4. Why are the school clubs important?
5. Which club will you join? Give your reasons.

2 . Zhong Kaitong, a fourth-grader from Guangzhou, enjoyed a fun vacation this summer. Instead of attending English or math training courses, she played badminton and basketball most of the time.

A new guideline introduced by central authorities on July 24 helped Zhong enjoy some free time during the summer holiday. Aiming to ease(减少)the schoolwork burden(负担)on primary and junior high school students, the guideline calls for reducing homework, improving the quality of education and regulating(规范) after-class activities, Xinhua reported.

According to the guideline, children below the third grade will not have homework anymore. It should take no more than 90 minutes for junior high school students to finish their homework.

Off-campus tutoring institutions(校外培训机构) are not allowed to offer overseas education courses or advanced(超前的) teaching. No subject-based training will be allowed on weekends, national holidays or during winter and summer vacations.

More than 75 percent of children in Chinese cities from grades 1 to 12 are taking private tutoring courses, Global Times reported.

“Parents are worried that if their children start behind, they will stay behind. Some training institutions have taken advantage of parents' anxieties(焦虑) to make money. ” said Chen Xianzhe, a professor at South China Normal University. “The guideline is meant to calm the anxieties of parents and society as a whole. ”

“But this does not mean the tutoring courses will completely disappear, since exams still exist. ” said Chu Zhaohui, a senior researcher at the National Institute of Education Sciences. One-on-one or one-on-two tutoring might see a rise due to this need.

“Therefore, schools should improve their education quality, take the main responsibility for students' education and not push them into tutoring courses.” Chu added.

1. The aim of the new guideline is to ______.

A．make vacations longer for students	B．ease the pressure put on teachers
C．ease students' schoolwork burden	D．help students become more competitive

2. Which of the following matches the guideline?

A．All tutoring institutions are asked to close.

B．Homework is not allowed for primary students.

C．Tutoring institutions should offer advanced teaching.

D．Junior high schools should reduce their homework.

3. According to the guideline, students can't take ______ courses in tutoring institutions during vacations.

A．sports	B．math
C．computer programming	D．public speaking

4. What is Chen Xianzhe's attitude toward the guideline?

A．He supports the guideline.	B．He thinks the guideline is useless.
C．He is against the guideline.	D．We can't tell from the story.

5. Chu Zhaohui might agree that ______.

A．the guideline will stop off-campus tutoring courses

B．schools should be responsible for students' education

C．education will become even more unfair

D．the guideline will end in failure

3 . “Where is the light?” My dad used to ask me the question when I was little. It’s one of those questions that parents often use to find out how smart their young children are. During my teenage years, my dad jokingly told me that he thought I was going to be dimwitted(愚蠢的) because I pointed at him whenever he asked me where the light was.

Dad is from a rural area about 230 kilometers north of the capital Manila, and where most people live off the land, raising and selling livestock and poultry. His father, an artist and street magician, died when he was very young. To make ends meet, his mother went about town and washed laundry in various households. My dad found himself alone—lack of nurturing (养育) and love, short of family bonds.

Dad loved reading and always looked for opportunities to educate himself. One day, when my father was 16 and out of work, a stranger saw him sitting under a tree, absorbed in a book. He approached Dad and asked him why he wasn't in school. Dad replied that he had no money for college. The stranger saw his desire to study and recommended him to University of the Cordilleras as a working student. He also gave Dad a job in a local factory. Thanks to the warm-hearted stranger, Dad got his Bachelor of Arts degree, then went on to study law and became a successful lawyer. He wrote a widely-read textbook on Philippine law.

Looking at my father now, I can see how he was able to overcome so many obstacles. He is by nature a hardworking man, pouring his energy into his career without forgetting his family. He values education—when we were younger, he would tell me and my brother to constantly seek improvement in ourselves through learning.

Like a light, he shines with dignity and respect because of his achievements, but his light radiates the brightest for maintaining our family as a cohesive (有凝聚力的)unit with love and faith as its foundation.

There are times when my dad kids around and asks me, using my childhood nickname, “Sasi, where's the light?”

I just smile, and point at him.

1. What joke did Dad play on the writer?

A．He considered her a little foolish.	B．He treated himself as the light.
C．He turned the light on to be dim for her.	D．He asked her to answer many difficult questions.

2. It can be inferred from the second paragraph that ______.

A．Dad got along well with his father	B．Dad didn’t have a happy childhood
C．Dad was particular about his clothes	D．Dad used to wander in the market

3. How did Dad finish his college education?

A．He got much money from a stranger.	B．He won a scholarship by studying hard.
C．He paid his fees by doing a part-time job.	D．He earned money by writing books on law.

4. In the eyes of the writer, her dad ______.

A．chose careers for his children	B．taught his children by himself at home
C．acted as the light in his children’s lives	D．worked too hard to look after his children

5. What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

A．To stress the importance of the light.	B．To recall a question asked by her dad.
C．To introduce the benefit of a close family.	D．To praise her dad for his effort to achieve his goals.