often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States and Australia.
They also want their children to take extra-course activities such as musical instrument learning or ballet
classes, or other classes. They think these will give them a good future. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend much unreasonable(不 理智的 ) money on education. Even poor parents will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, most parents don"t understand that the best early education they can give their children is
usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children are very good in some areas while poor in others. Parents also
can see some children are good at these skills and others do well in others. Most parents don"t realize
that today"s children lack self-respect and self-confidence(自信).
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take tests and how to study
well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need to be confident, happy
and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking needs patience and
time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he
will learn to work hard and finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much
satisfaction and lots of self-confidence.
Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make
him curious and improve his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them. Your child
might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
B. Today"s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
C. Today"s children lack of skills for tests.
D. Taking extra-courses is useful for children"s future.
B. have nothing to do with their education
C. may be different from child to child
D. have much to do with their marks in the exams
B. learn how to become strong and fat
C. learn to work hard and be full of confidence
D. make their parents believe that they are clever
B. the country"s education system
C. the children"s skills
D. the children"s hobbies
also be very helpful. When you read, you can not only learn some new words, but also learn how to
use them. When you read a passage, it gives you a good example for writing.
Here are some good reading tips.
Firstly, try to read at the right level (水平). Read something that you can understand. If it is too
hard for you, it is not interesting.
Secondly, try to understand the new words. If there are four or five new words on a page, don"t
use a dictionary. Instead, try to guess their meanings as you read. Mark (作标记) them with a pencil.
Then look them up in a dictionary when you finish reading, and write them in your own vocabulary
book. Try to remember them.
Thirdly, try to read for a short time once a day. Fifteen minutes or half an hour every day is better
than two hours every Sunday. For example, you can read before you go to bed, or after you get up
or at lunchtime.
Lastly, read something that interests you. Choose a newspaper, a book or a magazine about a
subject that you like. It will be easy enough for you to understand.
B. 小费
C. 处所
D. 建议
B. Five.
C. Four.
D. Three.
B. guess the meanings at first
C. write them down at once
D. look them up right away
B. It is useful for you to read for long once a week.
C. When you read, you can only learn some new words.
D. Try to read something hard to make your English better.
B. How to make reading better
C. How to remember new words
D. How to choose something to read
exam. After the teacher handed out the exam paper, he left the room and never came back. A student
collected in the papers when the exam ended.
"That test was not only a test of knowledge, but also a test of moral. We wanted to show students
how important honesty is." said Cai Wenguo, the school"s headmaster. The school says no cheating
happened in the test. Next year, it wants 80% of its exams to be without teachers. But students have
different ideas.
" I was happy and excited during the exam because my teachers trusted me," said Lang Yudan, a
13-year -old girl in Class 11.
"Schools must trust students a lot not to use invigilators(监考人). But I think it is too early. Some
students will cheat if there are no invigilators. And the students will not be able to ask for help when
needed." said Hua Sha.
" I don"t like having invigilators in exams. When they walk around the classroom, they make me
nervous. I would get higher marks without them in the room because I would feel more relaxed." Liu
Qingxi said.
" I think it"s very important to have invigilators in exams. Many students want to check their
answers with each other after they have finished papers. And they can also keep the classroom in
order when something unusual happens. They may make me nervous, but I still think we need them."
Shangguan Yuan said.
Not using invigilators may be a good idea. But before using it, schools must tell students the
importance of honesty and try to find ways to solve something unusual in exams.
B. how to make students honest
C. whether there is cheating in exams
D. whether invigilators are needed in exams
B. teach the students in a better way
C. help all the students pass the exam
D. find whether the students were honest
B. all of them think it is a good idea
C. something unusual never happens in exams
D. not all of them agree with the headmaster
B. If there are no invigilators, the students will certainly get lower marks.
C. Exams without invigilators will never be held since students are not honest.
D. She thinks it"s the best way to show that schools trust their students a lot.
"they" refers to ________.
B. headmasters
C. invigilators
D. schools
programme works because everyone"s eyes are different. So in the future you won"t have to remember a
number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You"ll just have to look at the
machine and it will be able to tell who you are.
The eye-recognition (眼睛识别) programme is already being tested in shops and banks in the USA,
Britain, Spain, Italy and Turkey. Soon, this technology (技术) will take the place of(取代)all other
ways of finding out who people are.
However, scientists are working on other systems (系统). Machines will soon be able to know you
from the shape of your face or hand or even your smell! We already have machines that can tell who you
are from your voice or the mark made by your finger.
Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don"t change as you get older, or get dirty like hands or fingers. And even twins have different eyes, so the programme can be up to 94% correct,
depending on how good the technology is. Some programmes may only be right 51% of the time. In
Britain, it was found that 91% of people who had tried it said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition.
In the future your computer will be looking you in the eye. So smile!
B. You show your ID card.
C. You look at the machine.
D. You say your name.
B. Because hands or fingers can get dirty.
C. Because people like the idea of the programme.
D. Because the programme is widely used around the world.
B. Machines with other systems can also tell who you are.
C. 91%of people like the idea of the programme.
D. Computers can remember you by looking at your clothes.
B. Advantages of the programme.
C. The places where the programme is tested.
D. The way how the programme works
1._________Many people write on paper only one side .Why not try using both sides? Some students only use half the pages in their notebooks before getting new ones. Try to set up all the paper. People often give cards on festivals. How about trying sending e-mails instead .
2._________There"re many poor families in China. You may ask your parents to keep your unwanted clothes. Then you can pass them to poor kids. You"ll feel happy that you are helping someone else. Also, you can see if your friend wants them before throwing them away
3._________In San Francisco of the US, there is a beautiful bridge. It took more than four years to build it, and it was finished in 1937. You can cross the bridge by car or on foot, but you must pay. Do you know the bridge? Yes, it is the Golden Gate.
4._________Many people can use computers, but few of them know how to use them correctly. Remember the following when you use your computer. Keep your computer in a cool, dry room; don"t put water or food near your computer; keep your screen clean and not too bright
5._________E-mail means messages sent from one computer to another. It is becoming more and more popular. You can send and receive e-mail everywhere. It is quick to use e-mail, and it is much cheaper than long-distance telephone call .
The first Nobel Prizes were given on December 10, 1901,five years after Nobel"s death.Since then many famous people from all over the world have been given Nobel Prizes for their achievements. Each prize has three parts.The first part is a gold medal.Second,a winner of a Nobel Prize is given a diploma, saying that he has been given the prize.The third part of the prize is a large amount of money---about$40,000.
Often a prize is given to just one person,but not always.Sometimes a prize is shared.Itmay be given to two or more people who have worked together.It is also sometimes true that a prize is not given at all if there is no great achievement.In 1972,for example,no Nobel Peace Prize was given.
B.He was a poor, unhappy and unlucky man.
C.He was a rich, but unhappy and unlucky man.
D.He was a poor, but happy and lucky man.
B.to his children
C.for helping the poor people in Sweden
D.for setting five prizes
B.letter
C.ticket
D.card
B.Two persons.
C.Only one person.
D.Three persons
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