Wang Jiaming from Beijing Chenjinglun High School says he is a lucky boy .He’s happy that he’s sitting the senior high school entrance exam in2014 instead of 2016.

On October 22,Beijing Municipal Commission of Education* announced that, from 2016,the English scores in the senior high school entrances exam will be reduced* from 120 to 100.Of the 100 points, the listening ability scores will increase to 50.Meanwhile, the points for Chinese will increase from 120 to 150.

“The change won’t affect me. I fell so lucky because English is my strongest subject,’’ said Wang. Why such a change? It places the importance on Chinese in our study and reduces students’ pressure, said Li Yi, a spokesman of the commission.

“The change will also push us to pay attention to the practical usage of English.,’’ said Li. “Students will be encouraged to learn to understand English menus and read English news on mobile phones.”

There isn’t news that other cities will have the same change. But several places are making changes to English tests in the college entrance exams.

For example, Shandong is considering taking out the listening part of the English exam in its Gaokao. But, “ being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” Bai Ping wrote in China Daily.

English has long been the world’s most commonly used language. Wang Jiaming said he understood the change.

“Chinese, not English, is our mother tongue*,” he said. “ but still, I think English is both interesting and useful.”

1. In the Beijing senior high school entrances exam of 2016, the English scores will be cut down to __________.

A. 50                 B.  100            C. 120           D. 150

2. Wang Jiaming feels lucky because _______

A. the exam change from 2016 doesn’t affect him

B. he doesn’t need to take the important exam

C. Chinese is his strongest subject

D. he is not good at chemistry

3.The sentence “ being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” in the passage means ______________

A. the students can spend less time on English.

B. it’s harder to for the students get a high score.

C. English is not as important and useful as before

D. studying English is still important for the students.

4. What is the main purpose of the change?

A. To encourage students to learn how to order meals in English.

B. To make students to learn to read English news on mobile phones.

C. To ask students to prepare for the college entrance exam.

D. To make students pay more attention to learn Chinese.

As a teacher，I think it is right to tell my students to write about their true feelings and real experiences．I always taught my students how to learn by experience．And I also found that it helped me a lot to get on well with the students．

    One day after explaining a tex，I asked my students to write a passage about their families．I encouraged them to write about their real experiences with their closest family members．All the students wrote quite well but the best one of them was written by a little girl．She was Hao Fang．I was deeply moved by her story．In her passage，she said her father had died years before and her mother had to work hard to support the family．Many times she had seen her mother work deep into night but never seen tears on her face．She also wrote that she needed to stay strong and she would do the best to give her mother an easier life in the future．Like her mother, Hao Fang also worked hard at her lessons and she was really good at any of them．I don’t know anything about her unlucky family till then．She always appeared happy and never showed that she needed anyone’s help．

    In order to make her an example to the class．I read this passage to the class．When I finished reading it，I found my throat choked and my students’ eyes full of tears．After class nearly all my other students crowded around Hao Fang and gave their money to help this girl．We knew her family needed money very much．Many students decided to offer her more help．To tell the truth，I was really proud of my students．

    But to my surprise，this student of mine didn’t express her thanks to her classmates and left school without even telling me the next day．I was puzzled about this．

    Was it right to tell her sad story to the class? Why did she refuse to accept the donation? These questions crowded my mind．

1．The teacher mentioned in the article always __________．

    A．made the students feel sad

    B．asked the students to make up stories

    C．helped the students learn from the real life

2．Hao Fang wrote about her family’s hard life in order to______．

   A．tell her real experiences

   B．show how strong she was

   C．ask her classmates for money

3．The underlined“choked”means________ in Chinese．

  A．哽咽                B．激动             C．疼痛

4．By reading the article，we know that Hao Fang__________．

  A．appreciated the donation

  B．was frustrated at her hard life

  C．wanted to improve her family’s life by working hard

5．We can learn from the article that __________．

  A．the ways of helping people should be well chosen

  B．it’s wrong to ask students to tell their real experiences

  C．donating money to the poor is the only better way to help them

In most parts of the world, many students help their school make less pollution. They join “environment clubs” in an environment club, people work together to make our environment clean.

Here are some things students often do.

a. No rubbish lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again. Every week they will choose the classes that make the least rubbish and report them to the whole school.

b. No-car day. On a no-car day, nobody comes to school in a car, not only the students but the teachers as well. Cars give pollution to our environment.

So remember: Walk, jump, bike or run! Use your legs! It’s very fun.

c. Turn off the water. Do you know that some toilets can waste twenty to forty cubic meters(立方米) of water an hour? In a year, that would fill a small river. In environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets.

This is the end of our radio program. Wish you have a good night. This is Buddy Thomas.

(　 ) 66. Where is this passage from?

A. A newspaper.　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. A magazine.　　

C. A TV program.　 　　　　　　　　 D. A radio program.

(　 ) 67. Every week they will report the classes that________to the whole school.

A. make the least rubbish　　　　　　 B. make the most rubbish

C. throw away rubbish　　　　　　　　 D. bring lunches in a bag

(　 ) 68. On a no-car day, ________don’t drive cars to school.

A. the students B. the teachers

C. nobody　　　 　 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Both A and B

(　 ) 69. How much water can some toilets waste half an hour?

A. A small river.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Twenty to forty cubic meters.

B. Ten to twenty cubic meters.　　　　　 D. Half a small river.

(　 ) 70. Why did Buddy Thomas read this passage?

A. To use his legs to walk, jump, bike and run.　　　　　　　　　　　　　

B. To fill a small river.

C. To ask students to make less pollution.

D. To have fun.