About 21,000 young people in 17 American states do not attend classes in school buildings.
Instead, they receive their elementary and high school education by working at home on computers. The center for Education Reform says the United States has 67 public “cyberschools(网络学校)” and that is about twice as many as two years ago.
The money for students to go to a cyberschool comes from the governments of the states where they live. Some educators say cyberschools receive money that should support traditional public schools. They also say it is difficult to know if students are learning well.
Other educators praise this new form of education for letting students work at their own speed. These people say cyberschools help students who were unhappy or unsuccessful in traditional schools. They say learning at home by computer ends long bus rides for children who live far from school.
Whatever the judgment of cyberschools, they are getting more and more popular. For example, a new cyberschools called Commonwealth Connections Academy will take in students this fall. It will serve children in the state of Pennsylvania from ages five through thirteen.
Children get free equipment for their online education. This includes a computer, a printer, books and technical services. Parents and students talk with teachers by telephone or by sending emails through their computers when necessary.
Students at cyberschools usually do not know one another. But 56 such students finished studies at Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School recently met for the first time. They were guests of honor at their graduation.What do we know from the text about students of a cyberschools?
| A．They have to take long bus rides to school. |
| B．They study at home rather than in classrooms. |
| C．They receive money from traditional public schools. |
| D．They do well in traditional school programs. |
What is a problem with cyberschools?
| A．Their equipment costs a lot of money. |
| B．They get little support from the state government. |
| C．It is hard to know students' progress in learning. |
| D．The students find it hard to make friends. |
Cyberschools are getting popular because__________.
| A．they are less expensive for students |
| B．their students can work at their own speed |
| C．their graduates are more successful in society |
| D．they serve students in a wider age range |
A boy was going to study at the best school in town. In the morning, his grandfather took him to the school. When they went into the playground, the children came up.
“What a funny old man,” the boy said, making a face.
“Hey, fatty（胖子）,”another one shouted.
The children jeered at the pair（对，双） and jumped up and down.
Without saying a word, the old man took his grandson（外孙） out of the school gate.
“Wonderful! I don’t have to go to school!” the boy said.
“You do, but not this one,” his grandfather said. “I’ll find you another school to go to.” Grandfather took his grandson back to his house, asked Grandmother to look after him, and then went out to look for a school alone.
Every time he got to a school, the old man went into the playground, and waited for the children to come out at break time. In some schools the children completely ignored（不理会）the old man, and in others, they made fun of him. When this happened, he would turn sadly and leave. Finally, he went into the very small playground of a very small school, and stood tiredly against the wall. The bell rang, and the children came out into the playground.
“Sir, are you all right? Shall I bring you something to drink?” said a voice.
“We’ve got a bench(长凳) in the playground. Come and sit down,” came another voice.
Soon a young teacher came out into the playground. The old man greeted him and said, “Finally, I’ve found my grandson the best school in town.”The underlined part “jeered at” in the passage probably means“ ”.
| A．listened to | B．laughed at | C．cheered up | D．fought against |
How did the grandson feel when his grandfather took him out of the school gate of the first school?
| A．Worried. | B．Happy. | C．Calm. | D．Afraid. |
The old man went into the whenever he got to a school.
| A．teacher’ office | B．classroom | C．school library | D．playground |
When the old man was in the very small school, the children there him.
| A．shouted at | B．made fun of | C．cared about | D．paid no attention to |
According to the old man,the best school should have the best .
| A．students | B．teachers | C．library | D．playground |
阅读下面表格，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
| Name |
Personal Information |
| Norman Bethune |
Born in 1890，a doctor Canada，died in 1939 in China，came to China in 1938． |
| Celine Dion |
Born in Montreal，Canada，a singing star，in 1997 sang My heart Will Go on for film Titanic． |
| Thomas Edison |
Born in 1847，Kentucky，the U．S．made over 1,000 inventions，died in 1931． |
| Mark Twain |
Born in 1835 in the U．S，a writer in the U．S，died in 1910，wrote The Adventure of Tom Sawyer． |
| Bill Gates |
Born in 1955 in the U．S，wrote Business@the Speed of Thought，owns Microsoft Corporation． |
___________ is from Canada.
| A．Bill Gates | B．Mark Twain | C．Thomas Edison | D．Celine Dion |
The ________ was born in 1835.
| A．inventor | B．singer | C．doctor | D．writer |
My Heart Will Go On is the name of ___________.
| A．book | B．song | C．story | D．film |
Doctor Bethune worked in China about _______ years.
| A．Two | B．Four | C．six | D．eight |
Which of the following is true?
| A．Mark Twain wrote Business@the Speed of Thought |
| B．Bill Gates started working for Microsoft Company in 1995 |
| C．Thomas Edison made over 1,000 inventions. |
| D．Celine Dion stopped singing in 1997 |
Bruno was a boy of eight. His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a shop. He lived not far from his school. He always walked there and walked home. On his way to school he had to pass a playground. It was very wet after it rained. One day, when he got home, his clothes were all wet. His mother became angry and said, “Don‘t play in the water on your way home from school!” On the next day Bruno came home with wet and dirty clothes. His mother became even angrier. “I ‘ll tell your father if you come back wet again.” said his mother. “He will punish you, you know.”
The third day the little boy was dry when he came home.
“You ‘re a good boy today.” His mother said happily. “You didn’t play in the water.”
“No, ”the boy said unhappily. “There were too many older boys in the water when i got there this afternoon. There wasn’t any room for me at all.”Bruno went to school __________ every day.
| A．by bike | B．by bus | C．by car | D．on foot |
The playground was between ____________.
| A．two classrooms | B．the cinema and shop |
| C．Bruno’s house and school | D．the shop and Bruno’s |
The little boy liked to play on the playground ___________.
| A．when it snowed |
| B．when there was some water there |
| C．when the children played football there |
| D．When his father was busy with his work |
Bruno was afraid of ______________ the most.
| A．his father | B．his mother | C．his teacher | D．the older boys |
That afternoon, the boy’s clothes were dry because __________.
| A．nobody made room for him in the water. |
| B．there was no water on the playground |
| C．He took off his clothes before he played there. |
| D．He played in the water carefully. |
阅读下文并回答问题。
Yang Cangxu has recently become hot on the Internet. He is considered as a hero, and known as "A Professional Life Saviour", because he has saved 24 people's lives during the past 26 years. Yang, a typical Chinese farmer, lives in Baoji, Shanxi Province. He is good at
swimming, which is also his favorite. When he was young, he joined the army. The life in the army had a great influence on him. It also helped to form one of his characters(性格) --being ready to help others. Just seven to eight meters away from his home flows a channel(水渠). The water is very deep and flows fast. There is a bridge over the channel. Walking across the bridge is not an easy thing. From time to time, people fall into the water. If this happens, the person must be saved in time. Otherwise, he or she will be washed away by the water.
Yang Cangxu is always the first one to rush to the channel to save the drowning (溺水)person. We must learn from him.What does Yang Cangxu do ?__________________________________________
Why is he considered as a hero? __________________________________________
Does he like swimming best? __________________________________________
A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the correct time and is never late for anything.
An unpunctual man never does what he has to do at the right time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be got back. Time is more useful than material things. In fact, time is life itself. An unpunctual man is always wasting his most important things as well as others'. An unpunctual person is always saying unhappily that he finds no time to answer letters or return calls. But the man who really has much to do is very careful of his time. He knows that he can not finish all his work unless he carefully does every piece of work.
Being unpunctual is the sign of disrespect (不尊重_) towards others. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the time when he should be there, he keeps all the other guests (客人)waiting for him. Usually this will be thought as a great disrespect to the host and all the other guests.
Not like a punctual person, an unpunctual one can't do his duty wonderfully, whether it is public or personal. Imagine how it would be if those who should do important tasks failed to be on time. A man who is known to be often unpunctual is never believed by his friends or fellow men.The Chinese meaning of the word "punctual" in this passage is probably “ ”.
| A．守时的 | B．听话的 | C．守纪律的 | D．能干的 |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．An unpunctual person often has more time. |
| B．A punctual person often does his work wonderfully |
| C．A punctual person often has a busy life. |
| D．An unpunctual person has more work to do. |
When you are invited to dinner, you'd better arrive there .
| A．in a hurry | B．after the host |
| C．at the decided time | D．before other guests |
From the passage, we learn that an unpunctual man usually in the end.
| A．saves time for others |
| B．leaves his family and friends |
| C．gets his chances and knowledge |
| D．loses his time and good name |
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