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　　A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present．On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin(顽童)was walking around the shining car．“Is this your car，Paul?”he asked．Paul answered，“Yes，my brother gave it to me for Christmas．”The boy was surprised．“You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing?Sir, I wish…”He hesitated(犹豫)．Paul thought of course he knew what the boy wanted，but what the boy said surprised him greatly．“I wish，”the boy went on，“that I could be a brother like that．”Paul looked at the boy in surprise, and then he said again，“Would you like to take a ride in my car?”“Oh yes，I’d love to．”The boy answered．

　　After a short ride，the boy turned and with his eyes shinning，said，“Paul，would you mind driving in front of my house?”

　　Paul smiled a little．He thought he knew ．He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car．But Paul was wrong again．“Will you stop where those two steps are?”the boy asked．

　　He ran up to the steps．Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast．He was carrying his little crippled(残疾的)brother．He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car．

　　“There she is，Buddy, just like I told you upstairs．His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent．And some day I’m going to give you one just like it，then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas windows that I’ve been trying to tell you about．”

　　Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car．The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride．

1．Why did the urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house?(Please answer within 15 words．)

2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

My friends Paul got an expensive car from his brother for Christmas．

3．Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within ten words．)

4．Translate the underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph into Chinese．

5．What is the best title of this passage?(Please answer within ten words．)

　　I am Martin from Cameroon, 26 years old and one of the foreign teachers in Number thirteen middle school．

　　Actually, I really want to tell you how fascinating China is for those who enjoy discoveries, traveling and others．You really can’t imagine how much you can do in China without speaking Chinese．Most foreigners have a wrong opinion(概念，看法)about China because of the media perhaps．But I think you should give it a try．

　　Liuzhou is a small city in Guangxi Province．The city is clean enough and the atmosphere is pure．I guess that makes it a nice place to live．Also the cost of living is cheap．The people are friendly, less crime and all you need to make you feel at home．

　　I have been teaching in number thirteen middle school for about one year now．Our leaders are great to us(foreign teachers)．They always make sure we get everything we need．For the students, they are disciplined(守纪的)and well groomed(整洁的)．They will respect you no matter your gender(性别)，skin, color or age．Their level of English is also better than you could find in other schools．

　　In a nut shell(总之)，isn’t all this what we need to pull on with a smooth life?I guess so．I bet you would find every reason to feel at home here．

想一想：Do you think it is necessary for schools to invite foreign teachers to teach English in China?

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　　Mrs．Thompson noticed Teddy didn’t play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy(脏乱的)，and that he constantly need a bath．And Teddy could be unpleasant．

　　At the school where Mrs．Thompson taught, she was required to review each child’s past records(记录)and she put Teddy’s off until last．However, when she reviewed his file, she was shocked．

　　Teddy’s first grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh．He does his work neatly and has good manners…”

　　His second grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness…”

　　His third grade teacher wrote,“His mother’s death had been hard on him…”

　　Teddy’s fourth grade teacher wrote,“Teddy is withdrawn and doesn’t show much interest in school…”

　　A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling her that she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life．

　　Several years later, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he’d stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors．

　　The story doesn’t end there．You see, there was yet another letter one spring．Teddy said he’d met this girl and was going to be married．He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering if Mrs．Thompson might agree to sit in the place at the wedding that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom(新郎)．

问题导入：教师是一份富有挑战性的职业，因为他不仅向学生传授知识，还得时刻关注着学生的思想发展。对待学生不仅要因材施教，还需要无微不至的关怀与奉献，在一个人的成长过程中，教师起的作用是非常重要的，甚至是至关重要的。你认为什么样的老师才是好老师呢？请你阐述自己的观点。

A student from a college：I think, a good teacher should show passion to his students first．That is, he must be active enough in his class, thus his students will give him great responses so that he will feel his students are enthusiastic about his way of teaching．Of course this will drive him to work harder for his students, because of his passion to work and his students’ passion to his work…So I think, I would like to have a teacher who is passionate．

A young student from a city：I think a good teacher should be knowledgeable, and teach us not only his own subject, but also something else．He should also be amusing, energetic, and not be very strict．

A student：I think a good teacher should know how to encourage his students to study hard and also care his students a lot, just like a mom．Of course, at first, he should be intelligent, kind, patient and knowledgeable．

An official：I think, first of all, a good teacher should be eloquent and make his class well organized, make knowledge clear; mark and return homework quickly．Second, he should love his teaching career, meanwhile love his students and treat every one equally．

My view：________________________________

阅读表达

　　Maybe you are an average student with an average intellect．You probably think you will never be a top student．This is not necessarily so, however．Anyone can become a better scholar if he or she wants to．

　　The following suggestions may be helpful to you：

　　1．Plan your time carefully．When you plan your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do．Be sure to set aside enough time to complete the work that you are normally assigned each week．Of course, studying shouldn’t occupy all of your free time．Don’t forget to set enough time for entertainment, hobbies and relaxation．

　　2．Find a good place to study．Look around the house for a good study area．Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials．No radio or television!When you sit down to work, concentrate on the subject!

　　3．Make good use of time in class．Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says．Really listening in class means less work later．Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says．

　　4．Study regularly．When you get home from class, go over your notes．Review the important points that your teacher mentioned in class．If you do it regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer．

　　5．Develop a good attitude about tests．The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject．Tests do more than ________; they let you know what you need to study more, and they help to make your new knowledge permanent．

　　There are other techniques that might help you with your studying．You will probably discover many others after you have tried these．

1．What is the passage mainly about?(Please answer within 10 words．)

2．What kind of place is a good place for studying?

3．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

If you listen to the teachers carefully in class, you can do less work after class．

4．Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph but one with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)

5．Do you have any other techniques that you find helpful in your studies?(Please answer within 30 words．)

　　BEIJING, April 12－Improvements in rural schools hold the key to advancing education in China．

　　Indeed, 400, 114 primary and junior schools, or 93 percent of the total on the Chinese mainland are located outside city areas, according to “Essential Statistics of Education in China 2005,”a document report by the Department of Development and Planning of the Ministry of Education．

　　These schools have a joint enrolment(注册)of some 143 million rural students, which accounts for 84 percent of the total enrolment．

　　To improve the efficiency(效率)and quality of rural education and boost(提高) the sharing of educational resources between urban and rural areas, China started a strategic(战略的)national educational project in 2004 called the“Modern Distance Education Project in Rural Primary and Secondary Schools．”

You can do it as the following steps：

1．Divide your classmates into several groups．Some are citizens, and others are officials．

2．Each group talk about their opinions about rural education in China and write down what they say．

3．Each group chooses a student who is good at expressing himself and lets him give his opinion．

4．The journalist can ask a few questions during the period．

5．Fill in a form．

　　The University of Cambridge is one of the oldest universities in the world, and one of the largest in the United Kingdom．It has a world-wide reputation for outstanding academic achievements and the high quality of research in a wide range of science and arts subjects．The University pioneers work in the understanding of disease, the creation of new materials, advances in telecommunications and research into the origins of the universe．It trains doctors, vets(兽医)，architects, engineers and teachers．At all levels about half of the students at Cambridge study arts and humanities subjects, many of whom have gone on to become prominent(杰出的) figures in the arts, print and broadcast media．The University’s achievements in the sciences can be measured by the sixty or more Nobel Prizes awarded to its members over the years．

　　The University is a self-governing body：the legislative(立法的)authority is the Regent House, which consists of the three thousand or so members of the teaching and administrative(管理的)staff of the University and Colleges who have the MA(or MA status)or a higher degree．The principal administrative body of the University is the Council, which consists mainly of members of the academic staff elected by the Regent House．The General Board of the Faculties co-ordinates(协调)the educational policy of the University and the Finance Committee of the Council supervises(管理) its financial affairs．

问题导入：现在，随着大学的扩招，许多大学毕业生要找到理想的工作比较难，有些大学毕业生甚至卖鞋或者开出租。所以有些人说，上不上大学已经无所谓。你对此的观点如何？

A father from the countryside：I want my son to go to college．Nobody in my family has gone to college, so I want him to be the first．

A student from the countryside：I want to go to college but my family can’t afford it．Life is hard for my family．But I think it necessary to go to college．

A naughty boy：I don’t want to go to college．I think college life is still hard for me．I have no interest in study．

A successful manager：I think college life will play an important part in your life．College is a great place to meet new kinds of people with different lifestyles．And the more people you understand and feel comfortable with, the better prepared you’ll be for the world after college．

My view：________________________________

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　　Should there be separate science classes for boys and girls?It might be a wise idea, because it is difficult to satisfy all tastes, researchers at Leeds University in the UK found last week．

　　According to their report, British boys want science lessons to be about weapons of mass destruction and the effects of chemical weapons, while girls prefer to learn how to keep fit or the meanings of their dreams．

　　The study among 15-year-olds aimed to discover how science might be made more popular．The researchers, who contacted 1200 English students, say most did not like science as much as other subjects．The difference in results has curriculum(课程)planners considering separate classes for each sex．“The responses show a strong interest among boys in destructive technologies,”say the researchers．Girls, by contrast, ________ their own bodies．They want to know how to deal with eating disorders, are interested in how to beat cancer and what to do to keep fit．The differences make teaching a mixed-gender class a difficult job．

　　There was, though, agreement on what boys and girls least wanted to learn．Both sexes were bored by the thought of studying the benefits and possible dangers of modern farming methods．Neither wanted to study “famous scientists and their lives”．

1．What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

Boys would prefer to learn knowledge about fighting and wars．

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3．Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)

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4．Both sexes hate learning “famous scientists and their lives”．What do you think of this point of view?(Please answer within 30 words．)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese．

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阅读理解

　　In 1871 my great-grandfather, Fong See, left his village in southern China for California, in search of his father, who had disappeared during the building of a railroad．After years of hard work, Fong See became the owner of a factory．When an American woman, Letticie ,came to Chinatown and asked Fong See for a job, he hired her．Once they understood more about each other, they decided to get married．

　　It was against the law in California and many other states for Chinese and American people to marry．It was also against the law for Chinese people to own wealth in California, and unlawful for Chinese people to become American citizens．But with a contract(合约)marriage drawn up by a lawyer, my great-grandparents finally got together．Fong See and Letticie raised five children and ran five antique stores(古董家具店)in southern California．He was the first Chinese person in the U．S．to own a car and was one of the few Chinese people to do busincess with American people．

　　I am only one-eighty Chinese, with red hair．The number of the Chinese side of my family in Los Angeles is close to 400, with only a few of them looking like me．It has been 130 years since my great-great-grandfather left China, and we’ve become educated, changed our style of dress and lost our ability to speak Chinese．But there’s a Chinese tradition that ________ our ancestors(祖先)．I tell my sons never to waste anything, no matter whether it is food or money．I also often cook them rice．

　　Intermarriage(通婚)is common now．You certainly can’t tell the ethnicity(种族渊源)of my own sons, who are only one-sixteenth Chinese and otherwise Irish, English, Scottish, Spanish, Russian, German, Austrian and Polish．I tell them it’s up to them to choose their own identities．

1．What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)

2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

I allow them to choose any identity they want．

3．Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 5 words．)

4．What have you learned from the passage about Chinese-American lives?(Please answer within 30 words．)

5．Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese．

　　Humor adds bright light to your conversations．People like and trust with a good sense of humor．In order to make others laugh, you have to be fun and relaxed．It’s hard to be funny when you’re stressed out．(心力交瘁的)

　　When you feel tense(紧张的)，your humor will disappear．You have to find ways to bring your humor back and feel relaxed．

　　Here are some ideas to keep your humor：

1．_______________________________

When you feel tired, you can just open your favorite book of humor writing or cartoons to lighten the moment．

2．_______________________________

Maybe you have a picture of your kids at Disney World．Maybe it’s a picture of your last year’s Halloween costume．Perhaps a photo will remind you that your dog makes you laugh．The photo will also open the door to fun-filled conversations with visitiors to your office．

3．_______________________________

If you’ve been with people, spend some time alone．If you’ve been sitting, take a walk．If you’ve been in a quiet environment, go someplace exciting．If you’ve been indoors, step outside．

Whenever, you’re stressed, your body is usually telling you that you need to do something different．You want to keep yourself in a humor-ready state．

4．_______________________________

This will provide a place for you and your co-workers to have a mind-vacation．Find some fun posters to decorate the room．Put interesting things, like games and puzzles in the room．Design a notice board for fun photos, cartoons and contests．The idea is to fill the room with fun and make people forget about the stress．

根据短文内容，选择下面的句子填到适当的地方。

A．Consider breaking the pattern(模式)when you’re in a bad mood．Do something different．

B．Have a fun photo of something that recalls wonderful memories on your desk．

C．Help design a better room．

D．Keep something that makes you laugh or smile near you．