1 . 第二节书面表达
随着电脑普及率的提高，老师、家长和学生对字迹的重视程度降低了。据一项调查显示，有85.8%的中学生说自己的字迹不好看，而他们又不想改善字迹，其理由有很大差别。
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2 . Whenever anyone measures educational success, East Asian countries are always top scorers. But in a recent league table, a European country, Finland, was top of the class.   South   Korea   was   still   in   second place, though. Britain was at number 6.

In Korea the school day is long­typically 7 or 8 hours, followed by hours of private tutoring in the evenings.   All_this_hothousing leaves Korean students so tired, they sometimes fall asleep in class next day. Worries about the effects of late night cramming (填鸭式) led the government to force cramming schools to close by 10 pm.Finnish children spend the least time in class in the developed world, often finishing just after lunch, with about one hour of homework a day. Private tuition is uncommon. The British and American school day is quite   long   in   comparison,   around   6 hours, and secondary school pupils do 2 or 3 hours of self­study a night.

The Korean education system,   like many in Asia,   is intensely competitive, with students even competing to get into the best cramming schools, to help them get ahead. Finnish education is far less cut­throat. Classes are all mixed ability, and there are no league tables.   British schools again occupy the middle ground, with quite high levels of competition for places at university, and schools and universities battling to come top of league tables for everything from exam results to student satisfaction. Korea and Finland both do well, yet their education systems are so different.

However, there are some similarities in Korea and Finland. In those countries, teachers have high status in society, and education is very highly valued. Those attitudes can't change quickly.   But it can be done. They might be the star pupils now, but until the 1970s, Finland's educational system was poor. Their thoroughly different approach to schooling has taken them to the top in just a generation.

1. The students spend the least time in school in ________.

A．the UK	B．Finland
C．the USA	D．Korea

2. The underlined phrase “all this hothousing” in Paragraph 2 probably   refers to ________.

A．private evening tutoring

B．self­study at home

C．long­hour study

D．school study

3. From   Paragraph 3, we can know that ________.

A．Finnish students are less stressed in study

B．there're also many cramming schools in Britain

C．students in Korea are the most competitive in Asia

D．British schools are less competitive than universities

4. According to the author, the key to improving education is ________.

A．the attitude

B．the schooling time

C．star pupils

D．new teaching approach

3 . As I made my way to my office last Thursday，I noticed an A4 poster stuck to the lift door.Then I noticed one on the wall，one on the noticeboard，and then one on my classroom door.In fact，they were stuck to nearly every available surface along the corridor.And they all had the same statement：“All I’m asking for is a little respect seeing I pay you ￡9,000 a year.”

I still don’t know what led to this flyer campaign—it is said that it’s linked to a group of students who were not given extra assignment grade for their examination—but I could not help but become annoyed at the impolite language.

I started to think about the ways that my students act and speak，and the way I acted and spoke during my time at university.I will admit that I didn’t do all of the readings，and yes，I may have missed a couple of lectures throughout the year，but I completed all assignments and followed the guidelines presented to me，without expecting my lecturers to chase after me.I wish I could say the same for my students.

As I walked through the car park with a colleague at the end of the day，we discussed the unrest(不安) that the posters had caused：“If you ask me，” he said，“all universities are going to need a customer services department before long.” And there it was，plain and simple，the issue that I hadn’t been able to explain：these young people weren’t behaving like university students，they were behaving like customers.I recalled the student who told me he was disappointed with his low grade because he had “paid so much money”．My colleague topped it：when one of his students was asked to leave a seminar for not completing the reading，he responded，“I pay you to teach me what’s in the article，not the other way around.”

Last week I sent out the first round of grades for a module and had 12 emails of complaint within an hour.One in particular stood out for its misunderstanding of what it means to be a scholar.The student said the grade must be incorrect because he had turned up to all the lectures—as if simply hoping what I had taught him deserved a 70＋grade.As I attempted to make a polite and supportive response，I considered a few things.When did it become an expectation that turning up to lectures is worthy of reward in itself？Moreover，when I was studying would I have ever had the balls to contact my lecturers and not only question their ability to grade my work appropriately but imply that my low grade was their fault?

I find that as time goes by，my students become increasingly reluctant to engage in any academic behavior that does not have a direct effect on their assignment grade.That is，after all，what they are paying for.And so I am not regarded as an academic.I am not an expert in my field，a person with 10 years’ worth of industry knowledge.I am a service provider.

I wish I’d had the gusto(热忱) to reply to those posters，“Hey student—all I’m asking for is a little respect，seeing how much you pay makes no difference to my wages，yet the level of support I am forced to offer you takes up 80% of my time in spite of the fact that teaching is still only equal to 33% of my workload.But I’ll be in the office until 9 pm anyway because if I don’t publish two papers by the end of the year，I’ll be fired.”

1. What did the students really want to say through the flyer campaign?

A．They hoped less homework would be given.

B．They were upset about what they had done.

C．They wanted to be respected by their teachers.

D．They received much less than they had expected.

2. How does the author feel about the students’ words in those posters?

A．Angry.	B．Excited.
C．Relieved.	D．Moved.

3. What the author’s colleague said actually implies that         .

A．university students have gone too far

B．he faces a lot of challenges from his students

C．university students think little of their teachers

D．university teachers face more pressure nowadays

4. Among students complaining to the author，the one standing out questioned his score because         .

A．he paid the author more

B．he used to get good grades

C．he had studied very hard

D．he had attended every lecture

5. Which word can replace the underlined word “balls” in Paragraph 5?

A．Right.	B．Ambition.
C．Freedom.	D．Courage.

6. Why do students now show less respect for teachers?

A．They are spoiled and impolite.

B．They consider their teachers unqualified.

C．The teaching style doesn’t appeal to them.

D．They think it’s they that pay their teachers.

4 . Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how.
1).Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time.
2).Find a good place of to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television! When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.
3) Make good use of your time in class. Listen to everything the teachers say. Really listening in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.
4). Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes. Review the important points that your teacher mentioned in class. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material. This will help you understand the next class. If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.
5). Develop a good attitude about tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be over worried.
There are other methods that might help you with your studying. You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.
How to become a better student

General methods	How to	Advantages
Plan your time carefully	Make a list	Force you to realize    1    is happening to your time
	Make a     2
Find a good place to study	Free of everything but Study    3	You can    4    on the subject
Make good use of your time in class	Listen to everything the teachers say	Really listening in class means    5    work later.
	Taking     6
Study regularly	7    your notes	Help you    8    it better, remember it longer
	Read the new material
Develop a good attitude about test	Don’t be     9    worried	Remember your new    10

5 . The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light，I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff they call “books”．
I was going to have my examination the next day. “When can I go to bed？”I asked myself. I didn't answer, in fact I dared not.
The clock struck twelve. “Oh, dear！”I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed！”We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite desperate (绝望的) now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
1. When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were ________.

A．asleep	B．working in bed
C．outside	D．quietly laughing at him

2. Reviewing his lessons didn't help him because ________.

A．it was too late at night

B．he was very tired

C．his eyes lids were so heavy that he couldn't keep them open

D．he hadn't studied hard before the examination

3. What do you suppose happened to the author?

A．He went to a church to pray again.

B．He passed the exam by sheer luck.

C．He failed in the exam.

D．He was punished by his teacher.

4. The best title for the passage would be ________.

A．The Night Before the Examination

B．Working Far into the Night

C．A Slow Student

D．Going Over My Lessons