Mr. Ma, a famous mental doctor from Beijing once said at an important meeting, “Now many young students can have problems with their minds. Some students become worried because they have to study very hard. Others have trouble getting on well with people around them like their parents and classmates. Parents and teachers should care more about this problem.”

Then Mr. Ma gave some examples. One patient, a middle school student from Xi’an, was doing? badly in his lessons. He thought his teachers and friends often laughed at him, and he became so nervous and worried that one night he left his home without telling his parents. Another student, a 14-year-old school girl form Shanghai, was very afraid of exams. While she was reading the exam paper, she couldn’t think of anything to write.

A recent report from Jiefang Daily says about 18% of young students in Shanghai have mental problems. They often feel worried and very unhappy. Unluckily many of them won’t go and ask for help. Some think they will look stupid if they go to see a doctor. Others won’t talk about their secrets.

At the end of the meeting, Mr. Ma offered some good ideas to young people:

●Talk to your parents ore teachers often.

●Take part in group activities.

●Try to get on well with the people around you.

●Go to see a doctor if you often feel unhappy.

1.The students who often become worried or have trouble getting on with others may have ______

A. no parents???????? B. poor memories??????????? C. mental problems

2.The school girl’s problem happened whenever she ________

A. studied very hard??? B. had exams?????????????? C. talked with her parents

3.Some of those with metal problems won’t ask for help because _____

A. they don’t’ want to tell their secrets to others?

B. their parents are too busy to look after them.

C. doctors can’t help them with the problem

4.The underlined word “stupid” in this passage means ______

A. studying???????? B. happy??????????????? C. not clever

5.According to the last part, which of the following is a good idea?

A. It’s important for children to live with their parents.

B. It’s useful for students to keep quiet in class.

C. It’s not necessary for young people to have more group activities.

There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his spare time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competitions, he tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup(银杯) for the Rose of the Year.
Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses were very close to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen years of age were often tempted to throw a stone(石头) or two at one of Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses. So Mr. Flower did his best to be in or close by his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.
But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing had been useful. He had been to report to the headmaster, but this bad not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boys when they threw stones. He had even picked up all the stones around his garden, so that the boys would have nothing to throw, but they soon found others.
At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice. It was made of good, strong wood. It was some meters away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After that, Mr Flowers had no further trouble: The boys were much more attempted to throw stoned at the notice than at the glass-houses.
【小题1】It was Mr. Flowers’ hope to ____

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Mr. Ma, a famous mental(心理的)doctor from Beijing once said at an important meeting, “Now many young students can have problems with their minds. Some students become worried because they have to study very hard. Others have trouble getting on well with people around them like their parents and classmates. Parents and teachers should care more about this problem.”

Then Mr. Ma gave some examples. One patient, a middle school students from Xi’an was doing badly in his lessons. He thought his teachers and friends often laughed at him, and he became so nervous and worried that one night he left his home without telling parents. Another student, a 14-year-old schoolgirl from Shanghai, was very afraid of exams. While she was reading the exam paper, she couldn’t think of anything to write.

A recent report from Jiefang Daily says about 18% of the young students in Shanghai have mental problems. They often felt worried and very unhappy. Unluckily many of them won’t go and ask for help. Some think they will look stupid if they go to see a doctor. Others won’t talk about their secrets.

At the end of the meeting, Mr. Ma offered some good ideas to young people:

u     Talk to your parents or teacher often.

u     Take part in group activities.

u     Try to get on well with the people around you.

u     Go to see a doctor if you often feel unhappy.

1. The students who often become worried or have trouble getting on with others may have _______.

A．no parents                            B．no secrets

C．poor memories                         D．mental problems

2.The schoolgirl’s problem happened whenever she _______.

A．studied very hard                       B．had exams

C．talked with her parents                   D．went to see the doctor

3.Some of those with mental problems won’t ask for help because _______.

A．they don’t want to tell their secrets to others

B．their parents are too busy to look after them

C．doctors can’t help them with the problems

D．they can do with the problems themselves

4.The underlined word “stupid” in this passage means _______.

A．pretty            B．happy            C．not clever         D．not friendly

5.According to the last part, which of the followings is a good idea?

A．It’s important for children to live with their parents.

B．It’s helpful for people to see doctors every day.

C．It’s useful for students to keep quiet in class.

D．It’s necessary for young people to have group activities.

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A young girl sits at her desk, reviewing her homework for the evening. English: Read three chapters and write a report. Math: Complete 30 problems. Science: Do a worksheet, front and back. French: (A) Study new words for tomorrow’s test. It’s going to be a long night.

This happens to students in America. Now it’s time to start a homework revolution(变革).

Do students in the United States receive too much homework? According to the National Education Association, a student should be assigned (布置) no more than 10 minutes per grade level per night. For example, a first grader should only have 10 minutes of homework, a (B)  grader, 20 minutes, and so on. This means that a student in my grade—seventh—should have no more than 70 minutes of work (C) each night. Yet this is often doubled, sometimes even worse!

It’s no good giving students too much homework. According to research, kids are developing more illness at school, such as stomachaches, headaches and sleep problems than before.

Everybody (D)  that teachers are the ones who assign homework, but they are not the only ones to blame (受责备). “Many teachers are under greater pressure (压力) than ever before,” says Kylene Beers, President of the National Council for teachers of English, “Some of  (E) it comes from parents, some from the wish for high scores on tests.” Teachers who are under pressure feel the need to assign more homework.

Some people have different ideas, saying that homework prepares kids for doing better in high school, better in college, and (F) 今后找到更好的工作. But too much homework is sapping students’ strength, curiosity（削弱学生的个性和好奇心), and most importantly, their love of learning, is that really what teachers and parents want?

1.写出文中划线部分（A）和（C）的同义词或近义词:                          

2.在文中（B）和（D）的空白处分别填入适当单词:                          

3.文中划线部分（E）指代的是:               

4.将文中划线部分（F）译成汉语:             

5.从文中找出能说明本文主旨大意的中心词: