2 . What will the future school look like is difficult to make clear, but most experts agree that the school will be electronic in the future .

" Present-day schools will no longer exist in the next century," says a report in The Age. "At that time, future schools will become community-style centers, which run seven days a week,24 hours a day. ” At the same time, computers will surely become a central part of the school in the future.

According to The Age, the distant learning will be popular and students will listen to teachers on computers. Going into classrooms on their computers, students will study at any time, which is very easy for them. However, it is necessary for students to go to the actual school in order to develop some social skills.

The Seashore Primary School is an imaginary school in the future created by the Education Department of Australia. At this school, all the teachers and students have laptop computers . Teachers check messages and call students back on a special telephone system and students use telephones to search for information or speak to their experts who teach their lessons. Besides, all the lessons are related to all sorts of subjects and all the students have their own learning plans created by teachers .

As one headmaster says, a laptop computer is students⁵ library, data storage （数据存储）as well as the bridge to a wider world. Technology has changed the emphasis of future learning. Thus, well pay more attention to the learning of kids rather than the teaching.

1. According to the report in The Age, students in future schools will _______.

A．have no teachers	B．study at a set time
C．mainly study online	D．never go to actual school

2. The example of the Seashore Primary School is given to show _______.

A．telephones are important in Australia

B．how future schools will work

C．every student needs a learning plan

D．students enjoy getting in touch with teachers

3. Which of the following is the best title of the text?

A．The Schools in the Future

B．Great Changes in Technology

C．The Seashore Primary School

D．Actual Schools to Be Replaced

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

The United States has a wide     1     (various) of institutions that provide higher education. There are so many options that it can be difficult for international students     2     (understand) the different choices. One of the more common questions     3     (ask) by international students is: What is the difference between a public and a private university?

A public university     4     (fund) by the public through the government of that state, while a private university is not. The most obvious difference is the price. Public universities are     5     (expensive) than private universities. Private universities can cost well over $100,000 for a four-year degree. But compared to public universities, private universities tend to be more geographically “diverse”,     6     (draw) students from many different states as well as other countries because the tuition is     7     same price for students regardless of whether or not they live in the state     8     the university is located.

There are many     9     (high) reputable private and public universities throughout America. According to US News Best Colleges rankings, the first 19 institutions ape private universities. That does not mean that there aren’t reputable public universities in the USA. Thus, don't focus only     10     the rankings.

4 . 假设你是晨光中学高二（ 1）班的班长李华，得知美国学生Chris作为交换生，下学期将到你班学习。请你根据以下提示， 给他写封邮件：
1.表示欢迎；
2.介绍与本地生活相关的信息（如天气、饮食）；
3.介绍本班情况。
参考词汇：交换生exchange student
注意: 1.词数 100左右；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数
Dear Chris
I'm Li Hua, the monitor of Class One Grade Eleven.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely

Li Hua

5 . I can well remember that I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life” before the whole class at the age of 9. You can imagine how     1     (terrible) shy I was with so many eyes     2     (fix) on me. I had no choice but to prepare for it, though. First of all, I was to draft the speech, which     3     (be) just a piece of cake for me, a good writer. But the hardest part     4     (lie) in my oral presentation from my memory — for to read from the paper was not allowed. The real moment began     5     I stood on the platform with my legs trembling and my mind blank. But my listeners were waiting patiently without any signs of rushing me.

Gradually I found myself back,     6     (deliver) my speech with difficulty. After what seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding — I made     7    ！ From then on, my fear of talking before a big audience disappeared. Actually with my     8     (confident) building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way     9     success is our fear. Overcome it     10    we will be able to achieve our goals.

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Harvard is older than the United States. In the early 1630s, some settlers recommended that a university     1    (found) just to improve the quality of their descendants (子孙) so that they could better build the new home. Thus, it was established in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Like many other universities at that time, Harvard at the early stage often ran into     2     financial crisis. The school board often had to go to Europe to raise     3    (donate), but as you can predict, they often came back     4    their hands empty.

    5    (fortunate), in 1638, John Harvard, pastor of Charlestown, passed away. He left his library and half his estate (财产) to the institution,     6    were the biggest contribution ever since its establishment. Therefore, the university was named after his name. Today, you can find a statue of John Harvard     7    (stand) in front of the University Hall in Harvard Yard, and it is perhaps the University’s best     8    (know) landmark.

It is universally     9    (acknowledge) that John Harvard was respected and remembered by the people in the USA owing to    10     he did.