1 . Educational authorities have asked schools to make sure students have 10-minute breaks between classes after hearing complaints that some school students are not allowed to leave classrooms during breaks-unless they need to go to the toilet-- to ensure their safety.

Some students said teachers often overrun by a few minutes, and that some start their classes a few minutes before the breaks are scheduled to end. In these cases students do not even have time to go to the toilet.

A mother of a primary school student in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province said her child’s school does not allow students to leave the classroom building during breaks. They are also forbidden to jump, run around or speak loudly.

The issue has caused a heated discussion on social media platforms.

“Teachers do not want to supervise students during class breaks. However, if students have accidents, some parents will still hold schools accountable,” said one netizen in a comment that received more than 10,000 likes. Another said, “Teachers are also tired, but the school makes such a requirement, and they have to follow.”

An official from the Ministry of Education said that it is important for schools to ensure students have time to rest during class breaks, which can help students relax, be healthy and avoid myopia (近视).

The ministry attaches great importance to class breaks, the official said. Apart from breaks between classes, schools should also make sure students have a 30-minute break each day for exercise. The ministry will urge local authorities and schools to implement the policies and prevent the practice of restricting class breaks in the name of “ensuring students safety”, the official said.

1. According to some parents, who is to blame if students have accidents during class breaks?

A．The children.	B．The schools.
C．Educational authorities.	D．The parents.

2. Why are students not allowed to leave classrooms during 10-minute breaks between classes?

A．Because they have a lot of homework to do.

B．Because the teachers often end the classes late than scheduled.

C．Because schools want to ensure the students’ safety.

D．Because the students are told to do so by their parents.

3. What is NOT the advantage of having a rest during classes for the students?

A．relaxation for students.	B．avoid being short-sighted.
C．wellness of the students.	D．playing happily.

4. What can we infer from the passage?

A．Schools will be urged to ensure students to have moderate class breaks.

B．Although tired, teachers are willing to supervise students during class breaks.

C．Students do not have time to go to the toilet because teachers often overrun by a few minutes.

D．Parents are in favor of not allowing the students to leave classrooms.

3 . 假定你是李华，为强化教育育人，你校正在开展习惯养成教育活动，请你为学校英语报写一篇题为“Good habits shape a new life”的报道，内容如下：
1.列举不良习惯及危害；
2.指明习惯养成的重要性；
3.提出呼吁。
注意：1.字数80字左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯通顺。

Good habits shape a new life

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5 . “Great progress and achievements on education have been made in Xinjiang,” Rahman said, adding she is one of the many people in Xinjiang to benefit from the country’s fair education policies.

Rahman has seven younger brothers and sisters, and her father passed away when she was 15. Life had been difficult for her family. With the help of the local government, Rahman and her seven siblings completed their nine-year compulsory education. She and her three sisters graduated from colleges and now work as teachers.

“It is the fair education policies that created a happy life for us,” said Rahman.

Rahman has been working with two classes of Xinjiang students in a senior middle school in Changqing district of Jinan, Shandong province since 2020.

“Children here have free accommodation and meals. In addition, they have subsidies for medical care and a student grant of 50 yuan ($7.50) every month,” said Rahman.

Almost all of these children are able to be admitted by colleges and most of them return to Xinjiang after graduation, becoming an important strength in the development of Xinjiang, she said.

Rahman is now taking care of 65 girl students from Xinjiang. For these students, she is not only a teacher but a relative.

“The first thing that I need to do with the students is to change their attitudes on studying, as well as their parents’ attitudes on education to let them understand that only knowledge can upgrade their lives,” said Rahman.

“To care for the students is not to educate them with empty talk but with every detail and specific event in our daily life,” she said.

What kind of people we should cultivate, how and for whom — these are the fundamental issues that education must address, Rahman quoted from the report.

1. What is Rahman’s job?

A．a school teacher	B．a college student
C．a young teenager	D．A government worker

2. What does the unlined word “fair” in the third paragraph mean ?

A．普通的

B．晴朗的

C．公平的

D．温和的

3. What do we know about the Xinjiang students studying in Shandong ?

A．All of them can go to colleges.

B．They can have a student grant of $7.0 every month.

C．they don’t have subsidies for medical care.

D．They can have free accommodation and meals.

4. What is the best title of this passage?

A．Issues of education in Xinjiang	B．Importance of education promoted in Xinjiang
C．Students who are studying in Xinjiang	D．Teachers who are working in Shandong Province

6 . The following chart is provided by Elizabeth Weise from《America Today》. It shows the growth of the immersive schools in America.

Immersive (沉浸式) Schools in America In recent years, there have been quite a few Chinese immersive schools in America. Full Immersion: Pre-k children aged 2 to 4 are fully immersed in Chinese all day — 5 days per week. Part Immersion: Children (in kindergarten through Grade 5 in primary schools, from Grade 6 to Grade 8 in middle schools) learn all subjects in both Chinese and English.

Based on The Daily Advertiser’s report, foreign children at the age of about 5 are having Chinese lessons like this:

Zhaoting Xia, a 29-year-old teacher, holds paper copies of Chinese currency and invites kids up one at a time to use the “money” to purchase something from her pretend fruit stand.

One of the students, a 5-year-old boy, picks out his money and greets Xia with “ni hao”, starting the conversation as he has been taught. Then he works in some vocabulary words to ask for a plastic ear of corn. Xia tells him the price, and he counts the money in his hand before making the exchange. They finish with “xiexie” or “thank you”.

In this one exercise, they’ve practiced a lot in such a “real situation”. And all of this takes place in Chinese.

1. What can we learn about the immersive schools in America based on the chart?

A．Children in them are aged 2 to 4.

B．They accept only Chinese children in America.

C．All the teachers in the immersive schools come from China.

D．The immersive schools have greatly increased in America since 2007.

2. Which of the following can children practice in this one exercise mentioned in the text?

A．Vocabulary, sentence structure, math and culture.

B．Knowing about “Chinese money — renminbi”.

C．Counting the number from 1-10 in Chinese.

D．Greeting by saying “Hello!” to each other.

3. What might Elizabeth Weise be?

A．A teacher.	B．A headmaster.
C．A reporter.	D．A director.

7 . More schools around the USA are using online classes when communities run into troubles like wildfires, storms or water shortages.

In Jackson, Mississippi, a problem with the public water system left the city without safe water for several days. As a result, schools had to go online for one week in May. The time in online learning did not last long for the 20, 000 students in Jackson. Earlier this month, children went back to in-person learning when the city said water was safe for normal use.

However, online learning caused problems for children and teachers. At home, children attending online classes often had their whole family in the house. Early in 2020, school officials had high hopes for online learning. Since then, the problems with it have become clearer. The change to online learning has caused many students to fall behind where they should be in their studies. And it has added to new worries about students’ health.

In 2018, two powerful storms hit the same area, causing schools in some places to close. Some students were out of school for weeks. There were attempts(尝试) at online learning, but many children did not have laptop computers or other technology. For this reason, most schools tried to move students to other in-person buildings.

“Schools now will look first to online learning,” said Gary Henry. He is head of the University of Delaware and has been part of a research team studying online learning. For a period of a few weeks, he said it could be a step to keep students on schedule. But the pandemic(疫情) showed that it was not a good way over a long period of time. “It’s a difficult start,” said Henry. “It’s better to have the kids in the classroom so you can see how they are doing, and provide timely support to them.”

1. How long did the students in Jackson attend online courses in May?

A．For two days.	B．For one week.
C．For two weeks.	D．For one month.

2. What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A．The disadvantages of online classes.

B．Added worries about students’ health.

C．A challenge school officials must face.

D．High hopes parents have for their children.

3. What did most schools do when two storms hit Jackson in 2018?

A．They developed an online learning system.

B．They handed out computers to every student.

C．They tried their best to have in-person class.

D．They encouraged parents to work from home.

4. Which statement will Henry probably agree with?

A．The storms cause all the schools to close every year.

B．Many schools in Mississippi were burned in a fire.

C．Online tests are more popular among students.

D．In-person learning is better for students’ study.

8 . It has been known for some time that children are able to learn at breathtaking speed. But how does it work? That’s what researchers have now found out. Using an artificial intelligence tool and an eye-tracker that tracks the movements of a baby’s eyes, scientists from the Thunders Research Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior investigated one of children’s greatest mysteries and came to a surprising conclusion.

It may seem very different, but babies are certainly not lying around randomly. “Babies don’t explore the world by chance, with their eyes falling on it. Babies have a strategy if they want to understand the world. First, they look for those pieces of information that allow them to understand other information faster and more efficiently. On the contrary, if they see an object or event from which they can learn nothing further, they simply reject it. Only the information useful to them, they select.” says Dr Francesco Poli.

That sounds easier, even for a baby, than done. But how does a baby know what is important and what is not?

“Let’s take a good example: learning to talk. What we see as always is that babies who are about to say their first word begin to investigate a few weeks before how to use their mouths to talk. Instead of looking at the eyes in faces, they study carefully for weeks the mouths of the people who talk to them. So they are in a constant state of maximum learning capacity!”

“Babies build their knowledge. They are like little scientists who like to see their idea challenged. For example, they learn very quickly that objects fall down and don’t just disappear. And this is why they love bubbles (泡沫) so much: they do float up and then disappear!”

1. What is the surprising conclusion about children?

A．They explore the world purposefully.	B．They are attracted to all information.
C．They are breathtakingly fast learners.	D．They possess exceptional intelligence.

2. What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Studying further.	B．Observing the world.
C．Learning strategically.	D．Understanding information.

3. Why can bubbles fascinate babies greatly?

A．They make little scientists’ life colorful.	B．They challenge babies’ existing cognition.
C．They prove what babies have just learned.	D．They float up quickly and don’t just disappear.

4. Which word can best describe baby learners according to the author?

A．Confident and optimistic.	B．Observant and capable.
C．Consistent and persistent.	D．Dynamic and responsible.