Dear sir,

I read your story (of the 4^th February) about the cost of living in the country rather than in the town, and I agree with most of your opinions.My husband and I lived in the middle of Horlton until two years ago a seaside (海边) town of nearly five hundred thousand people.When my husband stopped working, we moved to our present house in a small village at the foot of Roland Hill, and there is no doubt (疑问) that our costs are higher now.

I have to do my shopping in small shops, where the food is more expensive than in city supermarkets; it costs more to travel by bus; and because the men who come to mend the television or the washing-machine, have to come further, we have to pay them more.

But it does not cost us much to enjoy what is beautiful in the country; and peace and quiet are cheap.It takes many people a lot of time and money to drive into the country to enjoy the simple things of life; yet we can enjoy them just by going out of the front door.It costs more to live here than it did in Horlton, but now life really is worth (值得) living.

Yours faithfully,

Edith Randall (Mrs)

1.Horlton was __________.

A．a very big city

B．a small village beside the sea

C．a town of nearly 500,000 people

D．a small village at the foot of Roland Hill

2.It costs more to live in the country because __________.

A．the men who mend the television have to come by bus

B．food costs more in small shops

C．the television goes wrong more often in the country

D．Mrs Randall has to travel by bus to the city supermarket

3.Although it costs less to live in a town, __________.

A．life is more worth living in the country

B．we can’t enjoy the beautiful view

C．it costs more to live in Horlton

D．life is worth living only when you live in a small village

 

用所给词的适当形式填空。
【小题1】The bags are those _____________ (tour). They will come back soon.
【小题2】We ____________ (plan) a day out for Nancy at that time.
【小题3】We all hope to live in a __________(noise) environment.
【小题4】My parents ____________(marry) since 1980.
【小题5】The line of people outside Space Mountain _________ (be) endless last Sunday.
【小题6】The swallows often fly to the _____________ (south) countries in winter.
【小题7】------ Where are your parents?
------ They aren’t at home. They_________ (go) to Shanghai
【小题8】It’s __________ (correct) to kill the endangered animals.
【小题9】It is five years since Uncle John ________ (leave) his hometown.
【小题10】Tree-planting Day is on the __________ ( twelve ) of March every year.
【小题11】Daniel can’t open the door because he____________ (forget) to bring his key.
【小题12】 Disneyland is _______________ (famous) theme park in the world.
【小题13】There are a lot of good _______ ( shoe) shops in the new shopping mall. 【小题14】Mr. Chen and his friends often enjoy ________ ( they) when they play cards in the new park.
【小题15】The water in the river is_______(harm). You can drink it without cooking.

Most middle school students find it boring to learn English. But students in Yat Sen middle school in New York, US, don’t think so. Why? Because they are in the school of One Program, which asks students to work on their own or in small groups on computers to have math lessons.

“The program gives the students a new learning style. No traditional classroom can compare with it. We give each lesson according to the students’ interest and their strong and weak points,” said JoelⅠ. Klein, the school’s head teacher, “we’re looking for a new way that interest students children.”

Students enjoy these math lessons, especially lessons with video games. They must find out the answers to math problems to get through the game. One such game is Dimension M. As students move through mazes(迷宫) with their keyboards, some questions come up.

Caleb Deng had to answer the question: What is 5+ (6×3)? He calculated on paper quickly because there was just a minute left to play.

“ I was right,” said Deng, 14, as he ended the game with a high score (高分). “this really makes math lessons more exciting, since we are fighting to learn better.”

1.Students in Yat Sen Middle School like math because __________.

 A. they work in large group

B. they can work on computer

C. the teachers are interesting

D. math questions are easy there 

2.Which is NOT true of the program?

   A. It is very successful.

   B. It is boring to most students.

   C. It makes learning math more interesting.

   D. It gives the students a new way to learn.

3.The underlined word “calculated” in Paragraph 4 most probably means __________.

   A. worked out    B. wrote down     C. threw away    D. gave up

4.Caleb Deng’s story serves as an example to show ___________.

A. how students work in small groups

B. how to end a game with a high score

C. how the question 5+(6×3) should be solved

D. how students learn math through video games

5.This article is mainly about ___________.

   A. how to learn math well

B. an interesting math lesson

C. a new way to learn math

D. kids in Yat Sen Middle School

 

 阅读下面短文，在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。（每空一词）

（本题共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

In China, more and more middle school students are getting shorter sleeping time than before. Most students sleep less than nine hours every night ___66___they have much homework to do. Some homework is given by their teachers, and some by their parents. Also, some students don't know how to save__67__. They are not careful enough while they do their homework, so it takes them a lot of time. Some students ___68___too much time watching TV programmes or playing computer games.  They stay up(熬夜) very late. Some students have to get up __69___every morning on weekdays to get to school on time by bus or bike. It can be a long way from home to school.

Schools and parents should cut down some of the homework so that the children can enjoy more than nine hours of sleep every night ___70__their health. As we all know, children are our country's future. They should be well cared for.