Never try to work when you are hungry. If you decide to do your homework right after school, you may get something to eat before getting to work.

      Always do your homework before you get too tired. Don't wait until very late in the evening, or your homework will seem much harder than it really is.

     If you have more than an hour's work, give yourself a break after an hour. On the other hand, don't break it up so much that you can't get anything done. You should be able to work at least a half hour at a time without stopping.

      Don't put it off until the last minute. If you put off doing your homework, you will have it on your mind, and you won't enjoy your free time so much. If you put it off until the end of the week or until right before a test, you will have too much catching up to do. A little bit each night, enough to keep up with what is happening each day in school, will take the fear out of tests and keep you on top of it.

     Do your homework at the same time every evening. This will help you make it a habit. It will make it easier to do, and it will make your free time more enjoyable, as well.

1. If we wait very late in the evening, our homework will _________.

     A. become a bit hard

     B. seem much harder

     C. look very easy

     D. get us into so much trouble

2. Some students in schools won't enjoy their free time so much because they______.

     A. have to do their homework each night

B. will have too much catching up to do

C. never finish their homework in time

D. want to keep up with what is happening in school

3. What does the underlined word "habit" mean in Chinese?

    A. 制度    B. 风格     C. 传统     D. 习惯

4. How many main ideas are mentioned in the passage?

     A. Five       B. Three      C. Four.       D. Two

5. Which could be the best title for this passage?

     A. Do Your Homework at the Same Time    B. A Must for Doing Your Homework

     C. Don't Try to Work When Hungry         D. Some Don'ts and Dos in Schools

       Never try to work when you are very hungry. If you decide to do your homework right after school, you may get something to eat before getting to work. Always do your homework before you get too tired. Don’t wait until very late in the evening, or your work will seem much harder than it really is.

       If you have more than an hour’s work, give yourself a break after an hour. On the other hand, don’t break it up so much that you can’t get anything done you should be able to work at least a half at a time without stopping.

       Don’t put it off until the last minute. If you put off doing your homework, you will have it on your mind, and you won’t enjoy your free time so much. If you put it off until the end of the week or until right before a test, you will have too much catching up to do. A little bit each night enough to keep up with what is happening each day in school, will take the fear out of tests and keep you on top of it all.

       Do your homework at the same time every evening. This will help you make it a habit. It will make it easier to do and it will make your free time more enjoyable, as well.

1. If we wait very late in the evening, our work will ___________.

       A. become a bit hard                           B. seem much harder

       C. look very easy                               D. go to so much trouble

2. Some students in schools won’t enjoy their free time so much because they ___________.

       A. have to do their homework each night

       B. will have too much catching up to do

       C. never finish their homework in time

       D. want to keep up with what is happening in school

3. How many suggestions are mentioned in the passage?

       A. Five.                 B. Four.                C. Three.               D. Two.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

       A. How to spend your free time.

       B. How to do your homework.

       C. Some good habits at home.

       D. Some don’t do and do in schools.

　　　 We take most of our photos when we travel, but teens from Massachusetts, US, took photos of every corner of their own communities. And they found things they didn’t know before.

Gang graffiti（青少年团伙涂鸦）on public walls, a mother hugging her son, and abandoned（废弃的）buildings—these are photos teenagers took in Smerville, a city in Massachusetts.

It’s part of program to ask teenagers to care about the safety of their communities. They took photos and found problems.

“I found I was a photographer and I wanted to show people what I saw.” said Faith Blass, 15. Blass found some leaves with holes burned by cigarettes on a street, which expresses a possible smoking problem among teenagers.

“Even though I’ve lived in Somerville my whole life, from this program I got to see a new side of the town,” said Judcine Felix, 16. “I saw it more carefully and saw things I hadn’t seen before.

Felix took pictures of broken benches and a broken light bulb in the area where she used to live. She said she was shocked to see how bad the condition of the area is, compared with where she lives now.

More than 400 photos are on display in a city hall. One police officer said the photos were wonderful and caught people’s attention.

“This project taught us to read between the lines. Everything is not simply what it seems. Blass said. She said that the project is more than just adults getting children to do things instead it gave them a voice and taught them responsibility.

53. What did the teenagers from Massachusetts really do?

A. They draw pictures on public walls.　

B. They helped clear the abandoned buildings.

C. They worked for their communities as volunteers.　

D. They took photos of their communities and found problems.

54. When Blass found some leaves were burned with holes, she suggested that ____.

A. the area might not safe because there have been a fire.

B. it was done by some teenagers and they might smoke.

C. no other photographer had ever found this problem.

D. the cleaners on this street didn’t work hard.

55. From the story, we know that Felix _____________.

A. took pictures of the communities where she lives now.

B. doesn’t like the area where she lives now.

C. once moved from one community to another.

D. couldn’t believe the bad condition of her living area is.

56. What does the phrase “read between the lines” mean?

A. To learn how to read and memorize the lines.

B. To watch the blanks carefully between the lines.

C. To try to understand one’s real feelings from what they say or write.

D. To learn what responsDoes working out a math problem give you a headache?

Reading Oliver James'Affluenza, I thought about what often happens at home. My 12-year-old daughter is in tears."I have so take a test tomorrow. I don't understand any of it," she cries out. After shouting and shutting her door, she calms down enough to go through her notes. The following dry I ask her how the test went and the just says "OK,I got a nine".

"Wow. well done!" I say, before she finishes with "But I never get a ten!"

According to James, this obsession with getting top marks has been a bad development, which encourages people to think of education in terms of work and money. To test this, I asked my daughter why she was so worried about her tests. She looked at me as if I was thick. "Well, if I don't get good grades, I won't be able to afford nice things like a car and stuff."

I was quite surprised, because I don't consider myself a pushy parent. But James suggests and it leaves students feeling failures even if they are very bright. He points to the Danish system（体制）of education as a better model. Creating happy citizens who have good social skills is seen as more important than high achievements at school or the needs of business.

For me, I cannot remember the last time I had to work out the area of a circle, recite a Shakespeare poem or grammar rules, yet I have lived a happy life. What I really needed to learn at school was how to make polite conversations, or how to avoid getting into debt or how to develop good personality.

This is in fact similar to what Oliver James really has in mind. And he is looking for schools where students are encouraged to find and follow their own interests, something more like Tongjon. Tongjon has been developed in some Korean private schools. It is quite different from the more rigid system of learning things by heart that is used in Korea, and indeed in many other school systems around the world.

As the Russian poet Pushkin said," Inspiration(灵感）is needed in geometry(几何学）just as much as in poetry ",and inspiration does not come from endlessly revising for tests or getting worried about them .

1.What does the writer probably think of his/her daughter?

A. She sets herself a goal too high to reach.

B. She should be more polite to her parents.

C. She is hard-working but not very bright.

D. She takes her grades much too seriously.

2.What does the word "obsession"in paragraph 3 mean?

A.A plain and unavoidable fact.

B.A satisfied and very proud state.

C.A practical and widely-used way.

D.A fixed and often unreasonable idea.

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Social skills are as important as high grades.

B. Interest in grades can shake self-confidence.

C. The writer regrets not having studied hard at school.

D. Danish educational system is for very smart students.

4.The writer wants to tell us that____.

A.learning happily is the key to self-development.

B. top marks may be helpful to increase one's interest.

C. tests should be improved to give children inspiration.

D. education should meet one's needs for word and money.

 

Reading Oliver James'Affluenza, I thought about what often happens at home. My 12-year-old daughter is in tears."I have so take a test tomorrow. I don't understand any of it," she cries out. After shouting and shutting her door, she calms down enough to go through her notes. The following dry I ask her how the test went and the just says "OK,I got a nine".
"Wow. well done!" I say, before she finishes with "But I never get a ten!"
According to James, this obsession with getting top marks has been a bad development, which encourages people to think of education in terms of work and money. To test this, I asked my daughter why she was so worried about her tests. She looked at me as if I was thick. "Well, if I don't get good grades, I won't be able to afford nice things like a car and stuff."
I was quite surprised, because I don't consider myself a pushy parent. But James suggests and it leaves students feeling failures even if they are very bright. He points to the Danish system（体制）of education as a better model. Creating happy citizens who have good social skills is seen as more important than high achievements at school or the needs of business.
For me, I cannot remember the last time I had to work out the area of a circle, recite a Shakespeare poem or grammar rules, yet I have lived a happy life. What I really needed to learn at school was how to make polite conversations, or how to avoid getting into debt or how to develop good personality.
This is in fact similar to what Oliver James really has in mind. And he is looking for schools where students are encouraged to find and follow their own interests, something more like Tongjon. Tongjon has been developed in some Korean private schools. It is quite different from the more rigid system of learning things by heart that is used in Korea, and indeed in many other school systems around the world.
As the Russian poet Pushkin said," Inspiration(灵感）is needed in geometry(几何学）just as much as in poetry ",and inspiration does not come from endlessly revising for tests or getting worried about them .
【小题1】What does the writer probably think of his/her daughter?

A．She sets herself a goal too high to reach.

B．She should be more polite to her parents.

C．She is hard-working but not very bright.

D．She takes her grades much too seriously.

【小题2】What does the word "obsession"in paragraph 3 mean?

A．A plain and unavoidable fact.

B．A satisfied and very proud state.

C．A practical and widely-used way.

D．A fixed and often unreasonable idea.

【小题3】What can we infer from the passage?

A．Social skills are as important as high grades.

B．Interest in grades can shake self-confidence.

C．The writer regrets not having studied hard at school.

D．Danish educational system is for very smart students.

【小题4】The writer wants to tell us that____.

A．learning happily is the key to self-development.

B．top marks may be helpful to increase one's interest.

C．tests should be improved to give children inspiration.

D．education should meet one's needs for word and money.