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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Schools of Nangtong, Jiangsu Province start the morning classes an hour later than before. That’s, they begin the first class at about 8:30 a.m. This helps students feel less tired. The students are happy about the change.
Liu Ming said,“I’m glad that we don’t have to get up so early.”
Wu Hongli feels the same. She said that would be good for her health. “I used to get up at 6:30 a.m. I had to drink coffee every night, or I would feel too sleepy to finish my homework, ” said Wu.
Many teachers agree that the change helps students learn better. “Students used to doze（打瞌睡） in the first two classes in the morning,” said Huang Shan, an English teacher. “But now they are full of energy in class and learn much better than before.”
However, some parents are worried that more sleep means less learning. There used to be five classes in the morning. Now there are only four.
In fact, every coin has two sides. So does the change in the school timetable.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”。（10分）
【小题1】Schools of Nantong used to begin the first class at about 7：30a.m.
【小题2】Some students and parents feel worried about the change in the school timetable.
【小题3】Wu Hongli enjoys drinking coffee at night.
【小题4】The English teacher thinks the new timetable does good to the students’ study.
【小题5】“Every coin has two sides” means “凡事皆有利弊” in Chinese.

During my second year of nursing school, our teacher gave us a test. I was a hardworking student and I did well in all the subjects. I finished the questions successfully until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?”
Of course this was a joke. I saw the cleaning woman every day. She is short and about 60 years old. She has dark hair. But how would I know her name? I had never talked with her before. In fact, I’d never even thought about talking to her. I stared at my paper and started to feel rather guilty. Finally, I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank.
Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our grades.
“Absolutely,” the teacher said. “In your life, you will meet many people. All are important. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is to smile and to say hello.”
I’ve never forgotten that lesson. Everyone deserves my attention and I should get to know all of the people who work and live around me. That was, perhaps, the most important lesson of my life. I also learned the cleaning woman’s name was Dorothy.
【小题1】How was the writer at the nursing school?

A．There are art books in a library

B．A library is a quiet place to read.

C．A librarian works in a library

D．Libraries have big dictionaries.

(3)What does “literature” mean in this passage?

阅读理解

　　School education is very important and useful. The students both learn knowledge and get an education. Yet, no one can learn everything from school. The scientists, such as Edison, Newton, Galileo and Einstein, didn't learn everything from school. They learnt a lot of knowledge outside school or in practice by themselves. A teacher, even he knows a lot, can't teach his students everything.

　　The teacher's job is to show his students how to learn, how to read and how to think. A good teacher with rich experience in teaching can teach his students the methods(= ways) of study. Through these methods the students are able to learn and get a lot of things by themselves.

　　Usually it's very easy for the students to remember some knowledge, but it is difficult to use it for problems. If a teacher really shows the students the ability(能力) of how to use knowledge, it means the teacher has learned lots of knowledge by himself (or herself). The success in learning shows he or she knows how to study.

(1) From the passage we know ________.

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A. the students are taught everything at school

B. a teacher can't teach the students everything

C. school is really not important and useful

D. Edison learned lots of knowledge at school

(2) A teacher's job is __________.

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A. to help the students with their lessons

B. to teach the students everything

C. to show the students how to study by themselves

D. to tell them to study

(3) Choose the right order of this passage.

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A. How important are the study methods for students?

B. What does the teacher's experience of success in study mean?

C. Where should the students study?

D. What is the job of a teacher?

(4) Which of the following is right?

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A. If we know how to learn, we can get a lot of knowledge.

B. We can learn everything from our teachers.

C. The writer tells us that practice is more important for the students than learning.

D. it is the only job for the students to learn knowledge.

(5) Which of the following is the best title?

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A. A real job for teachers

B. Study in and outside school

C. Practice--the only way of learning

D. How to learn language