US teenagers may be facing a challenge (挑战) today. A recent survey suggests (表明) that they are less honest than previous generations (上一代人).
The survey was done among 29,760 students at 100 US high schools. The results suggest that in the past year, 30 percent of US high school students have stolen from a store. And 64 percent may have cheated on a test.
However, 93 percent of the students said they were satisfied (满意) with their honesty. And 77 percent said,“when it comes to doing what is right, I am better than most people I know.”
Some teachers were unhappy about the survey results. Some, however, defended (为……辩护) today’s students.
“The competition is greater and the pressures (压力) on kids have increased greatly,”said Mel Riddle, who was a high school teacher and headmaster for 40 years.“It is the pressures that make it easy for students to be dishonest.”
“I think these students are better than other generations,”he said.“I find them more active, better to work with and more thankful for support.”“ We have to create situations where it’s easy for kids to do the right things, ”he added.“We need to create classrooms where learning is more important than having the right answer.”According to the survey, what challenge do US teenagers face today?
| A．They have trouble getting pocket money |
| B．They don’t get along well with teachers |
| C．They are not so honest as older generations |
| D．They have too many tests to take each week |
We can learn from the survey that children in the US nowadays .
| A．behave worse |
| B．work harder |
| C．are less healthy |
| D．are busier at school |
According to the survey results, _ percent of the students are satisfied with their honesty.
| A．30 | B．64 | C．77 | D．93 |
What’s Mel Riddle’s opinion about the idea that students are dishonest?
| A．He gets really angry about it |
| B．He thinks parents must do something to stop it |
| C．He thinks the students should change their behavior |
| D．He thinks there are some reasons for being dishonest |
What advice does Mel Riddle give on improving the honesty of students?
| A．Do not let students do anything |
| B．Make it easier for them to learn |
| C．Ask students to find right answers |
| D．Give students more free time to have fun |
Welcome to the zoo
| Tickets |
Opening time |
| Adults:＄2.00 Children:＄1.00 Under 12: Free |
9:00a.m----4:00p.m. |
| Keep the zoo clean! Do not touch (触摸), give food to or go near the animals. |
How many kinds of animals are talked about in the passage？
| A．Four | B．Five | C．Six | D．Seven |
Now Mr. Smith is in the zoo with his two sons, one aged 14 and the other is 10.How
much are the tickets altogether(总共)?
| A．＄4.00 | B．＄2.00 | C．＄3.00 | D．＄1.00 |
Which of the following can we do in the zoo?
| A．Take a few nice photos. | B．Give some food to the fish. |
| C．Touch the monkey on the head. | D．Throw things everywhere. |
“A friend walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” Sometimes in life, you find a special friend: someone who changes you life just by being part of it; someone who makes you laugh until you can’t stop; someone who convinces( 使相信 ) you that there really is an open door just waiting for you to open it. This is forever friendship.
When you're sad, and the world seems dark and empty, your forever friend lifts you up in spirits and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full; Your forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times, and the confused times.If you turn and walk away, your forever friend follows; If you lose your way, your forever friend guides you and cheers you on; Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be ok.
And if you find such a friend, you feel happy because you need not worry. You have a forever friend for life and forever has no end.
| Forever friendship |
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| What’s a __ |
★ ___ ★ Make you laugh until you can’t stop. ★ Make you___ |
| What’s forever friendship like in time of____ |
★ When you are not ___ ★ Your forever friend can help you turn the ___ ★ With the help of your forever friend, you can go through the difficult and sad times more ___ |
| ★ Wherever you go, he will follow you. ★ You can turn to him for help even when you lose your way. ★ Nothing can worry you if you find a ___ |
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| Conclusion(总结) |
It’s ___ |
I have known Ting for a long time. She was a friend of mine in high school. Ting used to see me as her best friend in my class because, as she said , it was easy to be friends with me . Therefore ,when we had time in school,she often came to me and we would talk about many things. Though I didn’t have special feelings about this friend, I was fine with this because I didn’t see the reason why I should say “no” to a friend I didn’t hate.
But there was a while when she came to me, and usually said nothing meaningful. I started to feel tired and then tried not to meet her. After that she never came to me. Though guilty, I started to feel free about my life and never thought of anything about her feeling.
After a month or two, I heard from other friends that Ting’s father had passed away six months before. I was so shocked! Then I suddenly realized why Ting had often come to me but said nothing special. She needed my company (陪伴). I felt so bad about myself that I went to find her the next day. But I only found that she had moved away to another place.
At that time, I found myself so selfish that I only thought of myself but didn’t even try to ask a friend what happened in her life.“I was fine with this because ….” What does “this” mean here?
| A．Ting’s coming to the writer. | B．The things Ting said. |
| C．The writer’s own feeling. | D．Ting is easy to be with. |
What did the writer think of Ting in the beginning?
| A．The writer didn’t like Ting. |
| B．The writer felt bored with Ting. |
| C．Ting was considered the best friend. |
| D．The writer had no special feelings about Ting. |
What is the story about?
| A．About happiness. | B．About friends. |
| C．About the meaning of life. | D．About how to be with friends. |
Which is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Ting is not the writer’s best friend. |
| B．Ting told the writer that her father died. |
| C．The writer didn’t care enough about her friend. |
| D．The writer is sorry for what she has done to her friend. |
Though the ways of teaching have come a long way, the ways of communicating between teachers and students are almost the same. But now, a European country is trying to change that by building schools that have no classrooms, no subject lessons and best of all, no grades.
The idea behind the special school is that children are creative. And researchers also think that kids’ learning and ideas are as important as those of the CEO of Google, so why not give them a similar environment? Kids may be successful in such an environment.
To make kids more creative, the schools are built with special learning areas instead of traditional classrooms. And even the lessons are taught in a special way, with mobile phones and computers.
There is no “right” or “wrong” kind of education. The school believes that everything is a learning experience, whether it is about a serious science project or making a movie inside the school’s recording studio.
One of the special schools opened in August, 2011. It has five learning areas. The Cave is a secluded place where students fix their attention on individual (个人的) projects without being bothered (打扰). The Lab is a place where students can do all kinds of experiments and test their ideas. Kids can work in groups in the same projects in The Camp Fire. The Show Off is where kids can show their inventions. And if the kids need a rest, they can visit The Watering Hole, which has all kinds of fun activities.
Sounds great? And the coolest thing is that the school is free! I hope more schools like this will appear in the world!What is the idea behind the special school?
| A．The children are creative. |
| B．All the students need to be taught. |
| C．All the students must be successful. |
| D．All the students must have high grades. |
From the passage we can infer (推断) that in the special schools.
| A．students are bored | B．students are tired |
| C．students learn freely | D．students learn from their teachers |
“The Cave is a secluded place ….” The word “secluded” probably means “ ” in Chinese.
| A．清静的 | B．固定的 | C．吵闹的 | D．混合的 |
Paragraph 5 mainly tells us that .
| A．the school doesn’t have grades |
| B．the school has clever students |
| C．the school has five learning areas |
| D．the school doesn’t have classrooms |
Paul and I live in the same building. His room is on the sixth floor but mine is on the fifth. He’s very careless and sometimes he gets into trouble.
Last Friday afternoon the young man and his friends went to spend the weekend on a wild island. They could swim, fish, play the guitar and sleep in the quiet place at night. They enjoyed themselves there. On the third morning they decided to get back to the land. But their boat hit a rock and soon went down. With the villager’s help, they swam to the bank. Luckily none of them was hurt. They took a taxi and half an hour later they arrived at our town, but it was two in the night. The young man was hungry and thirsty. He wished to get home as soon as possible. Something was wrong with the lift, so he had to go up the stairs. He stopped by my door and brought out a key. Of course he could not open the door. Half an hour passed but he failed. He became angry and shouted, “I’ll cut you down with a knife!”
The noise woke me up and I opened the door. I understood at once what was happening and said, “You’re trying to open a wrong door, Paul!”
“Sorry, I can’t agree with you, Charlie!” said the young man, “It’s my room. You’ve entered it by mistake!”Paul and his friends enjoyed themselves on the island because ______.
| A．It was very quiet there |
| B．there were many fish there |
| C．they could forget all the trouble |
| D．they could do what they wanted |
Paul couldn’t open the door because ______.
| A．it wasn’t his room | B．he couldn’t find the right key |
| C．he didn’t find the keyhole | D．he was too hungry to do it |
Charlie opened the doorto ______.
| A．help Paul | B．stop Paul making the noise |
| C．see what happened outside | D．call the police station |
Which of the following is WRONG?
| A．Paul thought he did right. |
| B．Paul didn’t know where he lived. |
| C．Paul stopped by a door on the fifth floor. |
| D．Paul thought he had reached the sixth |
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