1 . The end of the school year is in sight - Christmas cards， candy canes and of course， end of year reports．

While most parents welcome an assessment of their kids' performance， they do not expect their own input to be evaluated． But a school in the UK is changing that． As well as assessing their students， they are dishing out grades to mums and dads． Parents that are really involved in their kids' education are rewarded with an A， and parents that haven't done their bit get a disappointing D．

The school， Greasley Beauvale Primary in Nottinghamshire， uses standard such as whether mums and dads have attended school events such as plays and parent teacher evenings to decide on the grade． The school's principal， Donna Chambers， said that the scheme had been well received．

"There were some critics． In spite of it， between 15 percent and 20 percent of parents started out in the lower categories but now that has been reduced to just two per cent，" she explained．

Chambers hopes that the scheme will help motivate parental involvement． "The system is important because you have got to get the parents on board from day one． That one hour initial conversation saying they could improve will make a difference to the rest of that child's academic life"， she said．

But while the scheme may be well intentioned， it is likely to be connected with parent shaming． There are lots of reasons why some mums and dads might not be involved in school activities such as work commitments， looking after younger children or caring for elderly relatives．

And of course， being involved in your kid's education doesn't begin and end at school． There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes from helping with homework to keeping uniforms freshly laundered． And what about all the parents who stayed up sewing special costumes at the last minute？ Surely that earns a gold star instead of a grade!

1. What do schools usually do at the end of the school year？ ______

A．Evaluating kids' performances．

B．Making Christmas cards．

C．Dividing candies．

D．Grading parents．

2. What does the school's principal Chambers say about the scheme？ ______

A．It uses a new way to evaluate kids．

B．It has gained much acceptance．

C．It gives parents further education．

D．It improves kids' motivation for learning．

3. What does the author think of parents being involved in kids' education？ ______

A．It adds to parents' burden．

B．It brings shame to parents．

C．It means far more than being graded．

D．It increases parents' commitment to education．

4. What is the passage mainly about？ ______

A．There is too much stress for parents about their children's academic life．

B．Parents as well as their children are on the list of the year school report．

C．Parents should be involved in children's school life．

D．Whether a parent is excellent depends on the grade he gets．

2 . 假如你是学校学生会主席，请你以学校学生会的名义给全校学生写一封倡议书，主题为"校园拒绝零食"
要点提示如下：
1．目前学校里学生吃零食现象很严重，有些同学每天花很多钱买零食吃；
2．吃零食是一种浪费；
3．大多数零食是不健康食品，容易使人发胖，甚至生病；
4．有些同学乱扔包装袋；
作为高中生，我们应当养成良好的饮食习惯，拒绝零食
注意：
1．词数100左右，格式已为你写好；
2．内容可适当发挥，注意行文连贯．
参考词汇：现象phenomenon零食snacks包装袋wrapper
Dear fellow students，
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The Students'Union．

3 . 假定你是李华，是一名高二学生。最近，你校广播站向全体学生招募两名英语播音员。你很想尝试一下，请根据下面的要点写一封自荐信。
1.自我介绍和写信的目的；
2.自身优势；
3.希望被录取。
注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头语已为你写好。

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am Li Hua, a student in Class 1, Grade 2. I have read the notice

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Yours,

Li hua

4 .        We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class.
       “You could win prizes,” our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing, “The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster. ”
       We studied the board carefully. Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard, rocking the sheets to the right or left while we conjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten-dollar grand prize, each and every one of us. I’m going to spend mine on candies, one hopeful would announce, while another practiced looking serious, wise and rich.
       Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins, while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of us used big designs, and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one corner of our poster and let the space draw the viewer’s attention to it. Some of us would wander past the good students’ desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the sort they seemed especially fond of, making all of us believe we had a fair chance, and then always — always — rewarding the same old winners.
       I believe I drew a sailboat, but I can’t say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen, and then I turned it in.
       Minutes passed. No one came along to give me the grand prize, and then someone distracted(扰乱注意力) me, and I probably never would have thought about that poster again.
       I was still sitting at my desk, thinking, What poster? When the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me.
1. What was the teacher’s requirement for the poster?

A．It must appear in time.

B．It must be done in class.

C．It must be done on a construction sheet.

D．It must include the words on the blackboard.

2. The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 most probably means “_________”.

A．formed an idea for	B．seek some suggestions for
C．made some space for	D．chose some colors for

3. After seeing the good students’ designs, some students _________.

A．loved their own designs more

B．thought they had a fair chance

C．put their own designs in a corner

D．thought they would not win the prize

4. We can infer from the passage that the author _________.

A．enjoyed grown-up tricks very much

B．loved poster competitions very much

C．felt surprised to win the competition

D．became wise and rich after the competition

5 . A new study shows students who write notes by hand during lectures perform better on exams than those who use laptops(笔记本电脑)．
Students are increasingly using laptops for note­taking because of speed and legibility(清晰度)．But the research has found laptop users are less able to remember and apply the concepts they have been taught.
Researchers performed experiments that aimed to find out whether using a laptop increased the tendency to make notes “mindlessly” by taking down word for word what the professors said.
In the first experiment，students were given either a laptop or pen and paper. They listened to the same lectures and were told to use their usual note­taking skills. Thirty minutes after the talk，they were examined on their ability to remember facts and on how well they understood concepts.
The researchers found that laptop users took twice as many notes as those who wrote by hand. However，the typists performed worse at remembering and applying the concepts. Both groups scored similarly when it came to memorizing facts.
The researchers' report said，“While more notes are beneficial，if the notes are taken mindlessly，as is more likely the case on a laptop，the benefit disappears.”
In another experiment aimed at testing long­term memory，students took notes as before but were tested a week after the lecture. This time，the students who wrote notes by hand performed significantly better on the exam.
These two experiments suggest that handwritten notes are not only better for immediate learning and understanding，but that they also lead to superior revision in the future.
1. More and more students favour laptops for note­taking because they can ________.

A．write more notes	B．digest concepts better
C．get higher scores	D．understand lectures better

2. While taking notes，laptop users tend to be ________.

A．skilful	B．mindless
C．thoughtful	D．tireless

3. The author of the passage aims to ________.

A．examine the importance of long­term memory

B．stress the benefit of taking notes by hand

C．explain the process of taking notes

D．promote the use of laptops

4. The passage is likely to appear in ________.

A．a newspaper advertisement	B．a computer textbook
C．a science magazine	D．a finance report

6 . 书面表达
昨天，你们对800名中学生的未来理想职业进行了一次调查，请根据以下表格，写一篇英语短文：

职业	百分比	原因
老师或医生	40%	能帮助人
演员或歌手	20%	能出名，受人崇拜
做生意	30%	能挣大钱
你想从事什么职业及原因

注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

7 . 书面表达
假如你是校报负责人，急需在学校内聘一位同学任英文版的编辑，请你用英文以“An English Editor Wanted”为题目写一则招聘启事。内容要如下：
(1) 该工作主要包括两部分：一是从英文报刊杂志及互联网上选择适合学生的文章；
二是选择与编辑同学们的来稿。
(2) 希望该同学满足下列要求：
① 乐意奉献出一些业余时间为同学们服务；
② 英文与美术皆好；能熟练使用电脑。
③ 感兴趣的同学请在本周内与学生会（Students’ Union）联系。
注意：（1）词数100左右；
（2）不要逐字翻译，要组成一篇通顺连贯的短文。
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