At the age of 40, Tom Bloch was the head of H&R Block, a huge company that 'helps people do with their tax(税) forms. He was very successful. Although Bloch was very rich, he wasn't very happy. He spent too much time at work and didn't have enough time to spend with his family. Suddenly he left H&R Block and became a teacher in a poor neighborhood. "I want to help people who didn't have the chances I had." Bloch explained.

 Learning to teach the students was hard at first. But the results are great. He helps children and hears students say he's their favorite teacher. And Bloch is able to spend more time with his family.

1. When was Tom Bloch the head of a big company?

2. What does Mr. Bloch's company do?

3. Why did Mr. Bloch become a teacher in a poor neighborhood?

4. How was Mr. Bloch's teaching at first?

5. Is Mr. Bloch able to spend more time with his family now?

Mark Twain’s First Money
Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he ever earned．
He thought a long time and then said , “Yes, it was at school．I can remember everything about it ．School boys in those days did not take good care of their chairs and desks．There was a rule in our school that if anyone damaged his desk or chair, he would have to pay five dollars or  the teacher would beat him in front of the whole school．”
“One day I damaged my desk in some way, I had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school．My father said it would be too bad to have our family disgraced in front of the whole school．He agreed to give me five dollars to hand over the teacher．But before he gave me the money, he took me upstairs and gave me a beating．”
“But as I had one beating and I decided I would take another beating at school and keep the  five dollars．So that’s what I did．That was the first money I ever earned．”
【小题1】Mark Twain earned his first money _________．

The students in Shanghai No. 3 Girls’ High School have a flower-arrangement lesson every week. The course is the  41  of its kind among middle schools in Shanghai．It’s a new start. It helps the students to enjoy the  42  of flowers better. That’s  43  the course has become very popular among the students.
The teachers of the course are all  44  trained. They are good at this art and work hard at passing on the skill  45  students. So far, many students in the school  46  a lot of prizes in this field. In order to further  47  the students’ skill, the teachers usually play  48  while students are arranging flowers. Students 49  the music, and then they can  50  more good ideas for flower-arrangement.
Besides, the teachers  51   teach the students other skills at the same time, for example, they ask the students  52 compositions about flowers. In this way, students not only get art education but also improve 53   writing skills.
Several months ago, some foreigners visited the school. When they saw common flowers become more  54  meaningful, they got amazed and interested. They made  55  and would play them for their own students after they returned home.

Last week, 169 students at No.35 Middle School of Shenyang took their first no-teacher exam. After the teacher handed out the exam paper, he left the room and never came back. A student collected in the papers when the exam ended.
“That test was not only a test of knowledge, but also a test of moral (道德). We wanted to show students how important honesty is, ” said Mr. Cai, the school’s headmaster. The school says no cheating happened in the test. Next year, it wants 80% of its exams to be without teachers. But students have different ideas.
“I was happy and excited during the exam because my teachers trusted me,” said Lang Yudan, a 13-year-old girl in Class 11.
“Schools must trust students a lot not to use invigilators(监考人). But I think it is too early. Some students will cheat if there are no invigilators. And the students will not be able to ask for help when needed,” said Hua Sha.
“I don’t like having invigilators in exams. When they walk around the classroom, they make me nervous. I would get higher marks without them in the room because I would feel more relaxed,” Liu Qingxi said.
“I think it’s very important to have invigilators in exams. Many students want to check their answers with each other after they have finished papers. And they can also keep the classroom in order when something unusual happens. They may make me nervous, but I still think we need them,” Shangguan Yan said.
Not using invigilators may be a good idea. But before using it, schools must tell students the importance of honesty and try to find ways to solve something unusual in exams.
【小题1】The passage mainly talks about ________.

Many people go to school for education. School education is very important and useful ,but no one can learn everything from school. A teacher ,no matter how much he knows ,cannot teach his student everything .His work is to show his students how to learn .He teaches them how to read and how to think . So much more is to be learned outside school by students themselves.

  It’s always more important to know how to learn by oneself than to learn some facts or formulas （公式）by heart. It’s quite easy to learn some facts in history or a formula in maths, but it’s very difficult to use them. Edison and Einstein didn’t get everything from school, but they were all successful. They invented so many things. The reason for their success is that they knew how to study .They read many books outside school .They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. The most important thing is that they know how to use their brains（大脑）。

1.__Students can’t learn everything in school because _____________.

A. the teacher doesn’t know much

B. the teacher can only teach them how to read and write

C. the teacher would not like to teach

D. there are still many things for the students to learn outside

2.__A teacher’s work is ________

A. to teach all subjects

B. to teach everything

C .to teach the students how to read and think

D. to work hard

3.__To know how to _____is much more important than facts or formulas by heart.

A. work out math problems          B. remember all the facts

C. study science                    D. study

4.__Why did the famous scientists become successful ? Because______

A. they know how to study    

B. they remembered  all the formulas

C. they didn’t get everything from school

D. they didn’t know how to use their brains

5.__Which is WRONG according  to the passage?

A. Outside school study is as important  as school study

B. It’s more important to know how to learn than only remember some facts and formulas.

C. It’s very easy to use a formula in working out a math problem.

D.It’s helpful to read more books outside school.