Little Mary is a good girl. She began to go to school last year and now she's in Grade 2.Her home is not far from school，but she is often late for class because she likes watching TV and listening to music in the evening and goes to bed very late. So she can't get up on time in the morning.
This term Mr. White，Mary's uncle，works in her school. He teaches Grade 2 history. He is very strict with students，of course，with Mary，too. He often tells Mary to follow the school rules and come to school on time.
Today Mary got up late again. When she went to school，it was 8：15.Her uncle was waiting for her at the school gate. “You are ten minutes late for the first class.” Mr. White said angrily（生气地）. “Why are you often late for class？”
“Every time when I get to the street corner，I always see a sign（标志）．It says SCHOOL—GO SLOW!（慢行），” said Mary.Mary is a ______ year student.
| A．fifth | B．second | C．first | D．three |
Mary is often late for school because ______.
| A．she likes watching TV | B．she can't sleep well at night |
| C．her mother isn't at home | D．she can't get up on time in the morning |
What does Mr. White do？He is a ______.
| A．worker | B．doctor | C．policeman | D．teacher |
The first class begins at ______.
| A．8：10 | B．8：00 | C．8：05 | D．8：15 |
．The sign on the street corner is for ______.
| A．drivers（司机） | B．Mary | C．students | D．teachers |
Researchers in the 1960s found bilingual （双语的）people scored higher on intelligence （智力）tests than monolinguals﹣﹣people who speak only one language． The latest studies show that being bilingual does not necessarily make people cleverer， but it probably does make you better at certain skills．
Imagine driving down the highway． There're many things that could attract your attention and you really need to be able to watch all of them． Why would bilingualism make you any better at that？
The answer is that bilingual people are often better at controlling their attention﹣a function （功能）called the executive control system． It's quite possibly the most important system we have because it's where all of your decisions about what to attend to， what to ignore（忽视），what to process are made．
The best method to measure（测量） the executive control system is called the Stroop Test． Suppose you would have the word "blue" written in red， but you have to say the colour red． But "blue" is so eye﹣ catching， and you really want to say"blue"． You need to ignore it so that you can say the colour red． That's the Stroop Test．
Bilingual people continually practice this function． They have to， because both languages are active in their brain at the same time． They need to ignore one to be able to speak in the other． This exercise might help in other ways， too． Researchers say bilingual children are more likely to have friends from different cultures． Bilingual adults are often four to five years later than others in developing Alzheimer's disease．
（1）What did the recent research find about bilingual people？
A． They can safely drive their cars．
B． They can well manage their attention．
C． They can have a better control of imagination．
D． They can easily pick out the colours they want．
（2）What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 4 refer to？
A． Red．
B． Blue．
C． Test．
D． System．
（3）What can we learn from the last paragraph？
A． Bilingualism may do harm to people's health．
B． Bilingualism helps children make more foreign friends．
C． People must practice speaking two languages continually．
D． People use more active words from their mother languages．
（4）What might be the best title for the text？
A． How does the Stroop Test work？
B． What is executive control system？
C． Are monolingual people smarter？
D． Are bilingual people better at some skills？
（1）Who plays the leading role in making decisions？
A． Cat．
B． Marc．
C． Iggy．
D． Barney．
（2）The underlined word "awesome" probably means ．
A． awful
B． crazy
C． nervous
D． fantastic
（3）What do we know about the Island Club？
A． It's a new place for the three friends．
B． It's one of the top clubs of UK．
C． Coffee is always free there．
D． Iggy prefers to eat there．
When she was just 9 years old， Katie Stagliano planted a cabbage seed（卷心菜种子） in a garden outside her house． She cared for it every day by watering it， weeding it and giving it plant food． It grew to be HUGE! Forty pounds huge!
Katie wanted to do something special with this very special cabbage． With her mom's help， she decided to donate（捐赠） it to a local soup kitchen to help feed the hungry in her community of Summerville， South Carolina．
When she arrived to make her donation， she saw a long line of people waiting for food． Then， Katie served her cabbage to the guest． As the many people thanked her， she knew she could and should do more to help．
With the help of her parents and school， Katie's Krops was born! Katie's Krops plants gardens to grow food that is donated to local soup kitchens to feed the hungry．
Katie's dream is to end hunger around the world． So， after she created several gardens in her community， she decided to do more． She wanted to help other kids create gardens in their communities!
As of 2017， 7 years after she started， there are now 83 Katie's Krops gardens growing across the United States! All of the gardens are led by kids between the ages of 9 and 16．
（1）What is "something special" Katie did at last in Paragraph 2？
A． Building her first garden．
B． Giving the cabbage plant food．
C． Helping mom in the local soup kitchen．
D． Donating the cabbage to people in need．
（2）Who runs the 83 gardens？
A． Hungry people there．
B． Katie Stagliano herself．
C． Teenagers from 9 to 16．
D． Parents and schools together．
（3）Katie's Krops ．
A． creates a lot of jobs for local people
B． has its own soup kitchens everywhere
C． is now all over South Carolina， the US
D． helps fight hunger in their own communities
（4）Katie's story sounds ．
A． encouraging
B． relaxing
C． boring
D． tiring
Sara wants to buy a motorcycle． She sees an ad in the newspaper for a used one． She calls the telephone number in the ad． The person who is selling the motorcycle lives on Flag Street in Clifton， about 15 miles from Fairview where Sara lives． She'll take a bus to get there on Sunday．
At the bus station， Sara looks through the bus schedules（时刻表）． She sees one that says "Fainiew． Clifton" on the front． That's what Sara needs．
Please look at the bus schedule carefully． Then help Sara make her decision， and answer the following questions．
Bus Schedule
（1）Why does Sara want to go to Flag Street？
（2）What bus can Sara take according to the schedule？
（3）Sara decides to arrive at Flag Street before 12： 00 by the No． 7 bus． What time should the bus
leave Fairview Station？
（4）When Sara gets on the No． 7 bus， she finds that Flag Street stop has been closed because of the street repairs． She has to get off at another stop． Look at the schedule again． Where should Sara get off the bus so that she can have a shorter walk to Flag Street？
（5）Now Sara is on Flag Street． She wants to visit a friend on her returning trip． Her friend is around the corner of Church and North Street． Which is the proper bus for her to take and where to get on the bus？
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Bangladesh（孟加拉） is an agricultural country between India and Burma． Storms from the Indian Ocean sweep across the country every year， and large areas of farming land are flooded（冲毁）． The people are very poor．
Fewer than half of the country's children complete their primary education． When they are six or seven years old， many children leave school to work in the fields or at home． The rest of their "education" consists of looking after cattle， collecting firewood or doing household jobs．
Not long ago， an experimental school was opened near the capital， Dacca， to help poor children． There are only 120 children in the school， which has three classrooms． In each class， forty pupils are divided into four groups of ten． Each pupil is free to decide which group he or she wants to join．
The most able pupils do a great deal of the teaching． They act as group monitors． Their duty is to ensure that all pupils in their group understand and practice what the teacher has taught．
There are a number of unusual features in the Bangladesh school． Children do not move up a class automatically when they grow older． Each group is promoted （升级）only when EVERY pupil in it has succeeded in getting to the right standard． As a result， all members of a group work hard to help the less able pupils． Nobody is left behind．
Lessons are extremely practical and include work on farming， carpentry， health and running a home﹣as well as lessons on the basic skills of reading， writing and arithmetic． At school， pupils prepare for adult life by learning to carry out almost all the tasks which they will face when they grow older．
If pupils have to look after cattle or young children， they are allowed to bring them to school． If a child has to stay at home to help his parents， there is no scolding or punishment （责罚） at school． Children enjoy their lessons and the school is cheap to run． It is so successful that other schools in Bangladesh are beginning to imitate（模仿） its methods．
Visitors are even coming from other agricultural countries to see if they can use a similar method．
（1）Many people in Bangladesh work on farms．
（2）Most children in Bangladesh complete their primary education．
（3）In each group， the biggest or oldest pupil is made a monitor．
（4）At the end of each school year， all the pupils move to a higher class．
（5）At school， pupils learn to do almost all the tasks needed in adult life．
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