When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. I’ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark wouldn’t let that happen.
Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, the scores of our whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down.
Mr. Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat; those students would go with him to Los Angles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names, Mr. Clark said, “You’re all going.”
On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didn’t want his class to end. In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education, and created a bestseller based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55. In 2003, Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages （孤儿院）. It was the most amazing experience of my life. It’s now my dream to one day start a group of women’s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.
【小题1】Without Mr. Clark, the writer _________.

Last month I went to Kate’s school in the UK.It was really different from my school in China.

    Girls wore grey skirts and white shirts, boys wore grey trousers, and everyone wore the school tie.

    Some of Kate’s lessons were a bit strange for me. We were reading Shakespeare in the English lesson, and there were quite some old words like “thou” and “thee” to mean“you ”. In history we studied 20th Century China. It was strange hearing a foreign side of history-and hearing English people trying to say all our Chinese names!

Classes were also a lot more relaxed than in China . Teachers were called “sir ” or “miss”,everyone shouted answers and raised their hands in classes. It was more like a debate than a class. A bell rang at the end of each lesson and everyone jumped up to go to the next class.

    At break we bought potato chips and cookies in the dining room. Lunch was later than in China at 1 o’clock.We had big plates of pie with carrots. For dessert there was hot sweet rice called rice pudding.

    It was good that I’d had an excellent lunch, because at Kate’s school Monday afternoons are taken up with sports.

    I played my first game of netball— a bit like basketball, but with some differences. Luckily I’d had a quick look in the rule book before I tried to join in the game.

Kate’s weekly schedule of classes

1 The underlined word debate_ in Paragraph 4 means ________.

 A. study                  B. discussion                C. exam            D. suggestion

2 What do they have for lunch at Kate’s school ?

    A.Bread.        B. Carrots.              C.Potato chips  D. Pie and sweet rice.

3How many hours do they have for foreign language study ?

    A.4 hours.       B. 2 hours.              C. 3 hours.     D. 6 hours.

4What’s the best title for the passage ?______.

   A. A Day in Kate’s school

   B. Clothes, Food and Sports in a UK School 

   C.Relaxed Classes in the UK 

D.Strange Lesson in Kate’s School .

In most schools，all students must wear school uniforms when they are at school．But not every student likes the school uniform．

Li Jia，a 13-year-old girl from No．9 Middle School，said，“I don't like my school uniform at all．It is too ugly．I think young girls should wear some colorful clothes．But，I have to wear it every day．”

However，Su Yang，also a middle school student，has different opinions．He said，“I like my school uniform．It is very beautiful．It is a symbol（象征）of my school and I like my school very much．”

Mr. Chen，a teacher，told the reporter，“It’s good for the students to wear uniforms．It saves a lot of time and money．In the past，my daughter spent much time on her clothes．But now，she seldom（很少）asks me to buy clothes for her because she has to wear the school uniform．”

Do you like your school uniform? Welcome to write to us．

1．Most middle school students must wear the school uniform because ________．

A．their parents ask them to do so

B．the uniforms are beautiful

C．they don't have money to buy other clothes

D．it's the school rule

2．What do you know about Li Jia?

A．She doesn't like the uniform because it is expensive．

B．She is an ugly girl．

C．She doesn't like her school uniform at all．

D．She never wears her uniform．

3．What does Su Yang think of his school uniform?

A．He thinks it is very beautiful．                     B．He thinks it is very ugly．

C．He doesn't like it．                                      D．He likes a symbol．

4．The word “opinion” probably means ________ in Chinese．

A．校服                   B．看法                   C．情况                  D．成绩

5．From the passage，we know that ________．

A．most students like their uniforms

B．most students don't like their uniforms

C．different people have different opinions about their uniforms

D．uniforms are very popular in China