Chuck Wall teaches management and human relations at Bakersfield College. He walked into class one day and told his students that their homework was to perform one act of random kindness. His students did not understand the homework and didn’t know what to do, but the professor would not answer their questions. He encouraged his students to work it out for themselves.

       One week later, the students entered the classroom excited to share their stories. One student told of giving away blankets to the homeless. Another reported on helping a dog to find its owner, and another student had been trying to find a long, last friend. Students were engergized by the homework assignment and wanted other people to be kind too. With the support of local businesses, the students made stickers to put on cars that invited people to do something kind for others. They sold the stickers and decided to donate the money to a center for the blind—not surprising as Professor Wall is blind.

       Since then, similar knidness activities have been started in schools around the world. Many schools organize a Random Acts of Kindness Week, around November 13th, to celebrate World Kindness Day. Some schools use each day of Random Acts of Kindness Week to perform a different kind act, such as making a new friend, helping someone, doing community service, or raising money for a charity. Students learn to consider other people and think about how small actions can make the world a better place.

61. The professor’s homework was to ask his students _________.

A. to write about kindness

B. to be kind to strangers

C. to spend time helping others

D. to go out to raise money.

62. We learn from the passage that __________.

A. Chuck’s students are not clever enough

B. the students didn’t do Chuck ‘s homework

C. Chuck Wall is an unusual teacher

D. no students enjoyed Chuck’s homework.

63. It is certain that ___________.

A. the students got good grades in Chuck’s class

B. kindness activities are not widely accepted

C. Chuck Wall was not good at designing homework

D. the students only helped people they knew

64. In kindness activities students learn ___________.

A. to deal with difficult things

B. to do great things every day

C. to know about the world

D. to consider other people

65. Which is the best title of the passage?

A. Learning Kind Things                                   B. Teaching Kindness

C. World Kindness Day                                     D. Bakersfield College

What do you eat every evening? Do you eat meat? Do you eat vegetables? Do you eat fruit or dessert after dinner? We asked online 55 students of Class 1, Grade 7 in Sunshine School. Here is the result.

【小题1】How many girls are there in Class 1, Grade 7?

A．Twenty.

B．Thirty-five.

C．Thirty.

D．Twenty-five.

【小题2】In the class, 10 students don’t eat           for dinner.

A．meat

B．vegetables

C．fruit

D．dessert

【小题3】How did the writer get the result?

A．He went to Sunshine School to ask some students.

B．He got it from the newspaper.

C．He asked some students on the Internet.

D．Somebody else told him about it.

US teenagers may be facing a challenge (挑战) today. A recent survey suggests (表明) that they are less honest than previous generations (上一代人).

The survey was done among 29,760 students at 100 US high schools. The results suggest that in the past year, 30 percent of US high school students have stolen from a store. And 64 percent may have cheated on a test.

However, 93 percent of the students said they were satisfied (满意) with their honesty. And 77 percent said,“when it comes to doing what is right, I am better than most people I know.”

Some teachers were unhappy about the survey results. Some, however, defended (为……辩护) today’s students.

“The competition is greater and the pressures (压力) on kids have increased greatly,”said Mel Riddle, who was a high school teacher and headmaster for 40 years.“It is the pressures that make it easy for students to be dishonest.”

“I think these students are better than other generations,”he said.“I find them more active, better to work with and more thankful for support.”“ We have to create situations where it’s easy for kids to do the right things, ”he added.“We need to create classrooms where learning is more important than having the right answer.”

1.According to the survey, what challenge do US teenagers face today?

A．They have trouble getting pocket money

B．They don’t get along well with teachers

C．They are not so honest as older generations

D．They have too many tests to take each week

2.We can learn from the survey that children in the US nowadays         .

A．behave worse

B．work harder

C．are less healthy

D．are busier at school

3.According to the survey results,   _ percent of the students are satisfied with their honesty.

A．30               B．64               C．77               D．93

4.What’s Mel Riddle’s opinion about the idea that students are dishonest?

A．He gets really angry about it

B．He thinks parents must do something to stop it

C．He thinks the students should change their behavior

D．He thinks there are some reasons for being dishonest

5.What advice does Mel Riddle give on improving the honesty of students?

A．Do not let students do anything

B．Make it easier for them to learn

C．Ask students to find right answers

D．Give students more free time to have fun

 

Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. If I ask you “what is the most important in your life?” maybe you will say “Computers and the Internet.”

  The first computer was made in 1946. It was very big but it worked slowly. Today computers are getting smaller and smaller. But they work faster and faster, What can computers do? A writer has said, “People can’t live without computers today.”

  The Internet came a little later than computers. It is about twenty-five years later than computers. But now it can be found almost everywhere. We can use it to read books, write letters, do shopping, play games or make friends.

  Many students like the Internet very much. They often go into the Internet as soon as they are free. They make friends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends. They don’t know their real names, ages, and even sex（性别）. They are so interested in making the “unreal friends “that they can’t put their hearts into study. Many of them can’t catch up with others in many subjects because of that.

  We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world. But at the same time, we should remember that not all the things can be done by computers and the Internet.

1.The Internet can not be used for______.

A.  studying

B.  shopping

C.  thinking

D.  playing

2.When the computer was invented, it was______.

A.  large and worked quickly

B.  small and worked slowly

C.  large but worked slowly

D.  small but worked quickly

3.The Internet was born in about______.

A.1960    B. 1970     C. 1980     D.1985

4.Which of the following is true ?

A.  Few students like going into the Internet.

B.  Students use the Internet to make “unreal friends.”

C.  These “unreal friends” often meet each other.

D.  Students know the friends on the Internet very well.

5.What does the writer think of the Internet?

A.  It is wonderful.

B.  It can make students study harder.

C.  It is not good for students.

D.  It is helpful, but we can’t do everything on it.

 

 

Wang Jiaming from Beijing Chenjinglun High School says he is a lucky boy .He’s happy that he’s sitting the senior high school entrance exam in2014 instead of 2016.

On October 22,Beijing Municipal Commission of Education* announced that, from 2016,the English scores in the senior high school entrances exam will be reduced* from 120 to 100.Of the 100 points, the listening ability scores will increase to 50.Meanwhile, the points for Chinese will increase from 120 to 150.

“The change won’t affect me. I fell so lucky because English is my strongest subject,’’ said Wang. Why such a change? It places the importance on Chinese in our study and reduces students’ pressure, said Li Yi, a spokesman of the commission.

“The change will also push us to pay attention to the practical usage of English.,’’ said Li. “Students will be encouraged to learn to understand English menus and read English news on mobile phones.”

There isn’t news that other cities will have the same change. But several places are making changes to English tests in the college entrance exams.

For example, Shandong is considering taking out the listening part of the English exam in its Gaokao. But, “ being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” Bai Ping wrote in China Daily.

English has long been the world’s most commonly used language. Wang Jiaming said he understood the change.

“Chinese, not English, is our mother tongue*,” he said. “ but still, I think English is both interesting and useful.”

1. In the Beijing senior high school entrances exam of 2016, the English scores will be cut down to __________.

A. 50                 B.  100            C. 120           D. 150

2. Wang Jiaming feels lucky because _______

A. the exam change from 2016 doesn’t affect him

B. he doesn’t need to take the important exam

C. Chinese is his strongest subject

D. he is not good at chemistry

3.The sentence “ being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” in the passage means ______________

A. the students can spend less time on English.

B. it’s harder to for the students get a high score.

C. English is not as important and useful as before

D. studying English is still important for the students.

4. What is the main purpose of the change?

A. To encourage students to learn how to order meals in English.

B. To make students to learn to read English news on mobile phones.

C. To ask students to prepare for the college entrance exam.

D. To make students pay more attention to learn Chinese.