Do you know what school life is like in Singapore? In Singapore, a class only lasts half an hour, but there are no rests between classes. The students only have a 30-minute tea break after 3 or 4 classes.

They do not do eye exercises. Yao Suyu, a Singaporean student said our eye exercise were new to her. “I’d like to introduce them to our school,” she said. “They’re very useful.”

In Singapore school ends at 1:30p.m. But students join other clubs after school, such as dancing clubs and singing clubs. Yao said she joined the dancing club twice a week and it lasted from 1: 50 to 5:30 p.m.

Its population includes Chinese, Indians, Malays and Westerners. But there is no school for any one of the groups. The students in Yao’s school are Chinese, Indians and Malays. “The Indian students take Indian language classes when we study Chinese,” said Yao, “but if an Indian student is interested in Chinese, he ore she can study it, too.”

In Singaporean schools, teachers teach in English. It’s the official（官方的）language in Singapore. Singaporean students have to take different courses after school. Like most Singaporean students, Yao takes other courses in Chinese，such as math and English.

1.判断正误（T，F）：A class lasts an hour in Singaporean schools.

2.完成句子：The students don’t do ____________ in Singapore.

3.完成句子：In Singapore school ends at __________.

4.简略回答问题：What does Singapore’s population in clude? ______________________________

5.找近义句：在文中找出并写下与下列句子意思相近的句子。

Singaporean teachers speak English in class.

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It’s your job________ the pop stars.

你想邀请你的笔友Tim 来你的学校参观并介绍你的一个好朋友给他认识。请给他写一封邀请信，内容包括：

1、  介绍你的学校：花草丛生，一间大图书馆，一个游泳池。

2、  介绍一名你的好朋友给Tim，并描述你朋友的性格特征。

3、  来学校的交通方式，见面的时间、地点，计划哪些活动。

注意：1、要点全面，80字左右。

2、信的开头和结尾已经给出。

Dear Tim,

I am writing to invite you to visit my school. I hope to introduce__________________

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I’ll make it a really fun day for you. If you want to come, please let me know as soon as possible. I really hope you can come to visit my school.

Yours,

Sam

I don’t have to introduce him to you ________ you know the boy.

1. A.
   until
2. B.
   unless
3. C.
   since
4. D.
   but

   
Apple’s logo is one of the most familiar icons(图标) around the world. But what’s the story about the Apple logo? The image of the apple is obvious, because that’s the name of the company. What about the bite? The famous story is that the logo shows respect and honour for Alan Turing. He was the father of computer science. He researched artificial intelligence(人工智能) and unlocked German wartime codes(密码). However，after the war, he was put into prison，because of his beliefs. He could not stand the looking down and chose to bite a poisoned apple to end his life in the prison.
However, Rob Janoff, who designed the famous Apple logo, said, “It’s not the truth, but only a legend(传说, 传奇). The real reason why I designed it with a bite is very simple. I wanted people to get that it was an apple not a cherry (樱桃). When I go to markets to buy apples, I always mistake apples for cherries. It really has nothing to do with the scientist.”
Are you kidding? An apple is much bigger than a cherry. It’s very easy to tell. But if you use an apple to design a logo, some people may mistake it for a cherry.
【小题1】Both the apple and the cherry are almost the same actually in ________.