Many schools have established successful home visit programs. Home visits by teachers let parents and children know how much teachers care. Also, it is a way for teachers to learn more about their students , get the parents to pay more attention to their children’s education and bridge cultural gaps that might exist between students and teachers. Most teachers report that their home visits have a lasting effect on the child, the parents and on parent—teacher communication.

   The Head Start program has used home visits for many years. Head Start teachers are required to make at least two home visits for each student, regardless of their ability, during each school year in addition to regular parent-teacher conferences at school. Many U.S. kindergartens also require home visits by teachers before school starts.

The visit approach varies from school to school and usually depends on the funding the source. In some schools, teachers prefer to visit in pairs. They feel more comfortable that way and sometimes need a translator in order to communicate with a child’s parents. Other teachers visit one-on-one with parents. Some interact with both the child and the parent. Many teachers may bring along learning activities for the child that also involve the parents participation. Normally, visits can last from 30 to 90 minutes, depending on the teacher and the activities.

 When teachers get to know their students and their students’ families, the parents become more active in their children’s education. Home visits, not unnecessary as some people think, can give teachers the ideas they need to help all students succeed.

Home visits by teachers can          

A. bridge cultural gaps existing between parents and teachers.

B. get students know that their teachers care about their parents.

C. get parents involved in their children’s education.

D. help establish good relationships between parents and children.

From the second paragraph we know that home visits       

A. are not a new idea

B. are traditionally done by teachers before school starts

C. are meant for students with low marks

D. have replaced parent-teacher meeting

What is the third paragraph about?

A. Reasons for home visists

B. Forms of home visits

C. Advantages of home visits

D.Tips for home visits

What is the effect of home visits?

A. Parents have more opportunities to play with children

B. Students can succeed more easily through their own efforts.

C. Parents play a decisive role in children’s education.

D. Teachers can learn more about how to help students.

This morning I picked up         wallet in         surprise on my way to school.

  A. A;a     B. the;a        C. a;\     D.  \;the

He raised his voice in order to make himself ________ by all the people present.

   A. hear              B. hearing              C. to hear              D. heard

Mr. Stanton became _____ of the _____ speech, so he began to read a novel. 

A. tired, boring        B. tiring, bored        C. tired, bored         D. tiring, boring

The fresh air _____ our health and we _____ it.

   A. benefits from; are beneficial to    B. benefits to; benefit

C. benefits; benefit from           D. benefits; are benefited by

He was 11 years old and often went fishing. On the day before bass (鲈鱼) season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening.

When his pole doubled over, he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully worked the fish. Finally, he lifted the tired fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass.

Lighting a match, the father looked at his watch. It was 10 pm — two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy, saying, “You’ll have to put it back, Son.”

Looking around, he saw no other fisherman or boats. Even so, the boy could tell from his father’s voice that the decision couldn’t be changed. He threw the huge bass into the water. The boy thought that he would never again see such a big fish.

That was 34 years ago. Today the boy is a successful architect (建筑师) in New York. He often takes his son to fish at the same place.

And he was right. He has never again caught such a large fish as the one he got that night long ago. But he does see that same fish… again and again… every time he has an ethical (道德的) decision to make. As his father had taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult.

Seeing the boy skillfully pulling a big fish out of the water, the father felt __________.

A. admiring                                                     B. nervous

C. worried                                                       D. shocked

On seeing that the big fish was a bass, __________.

A. they discussed how to deal with the fish

B. the boy threw the bass back into the water gladly

C. the father made a decision that the fish must be set free

D. they were worried that other fisherman might know what they had done

From the passage, we can learn that __________.

A. the father was an architect

B. the son never forgets the lesson

C. the father used to catch a big bass

D. the father made his son feel regretful all his life

The passage mainly wants to tell us that __________.

A. an ethical decision is not difficult to make

B. it is hard to tell right from wrong sometimes

C. fishing helps you to make right ethical decisions

D. it’s easier to make an ethical decision than to carry it out

He was a member of a dining club, the Bullingdon Club, ______ was famous for its hard drinking and bad behavior.

   A. that             B. which                 C. who                   D. where

The weather turned out to be very good, _________ was more than we could expect.

    A. what             B. which                C. that             D. it

After the earthquake, the poor girl was found _________ under the ruins of a church.

  A. burying     B. to be buried     C. buried         D. being buried

I have the same opinion as yours _____ we should carry out the experiment at once.

　 A. that          B. which　　        C. whether      D. where