一、单项选择

( )1.Why did Tony______the match? He always does best in our school.

A. lose B. get C. make D. beat

( )2.Tom’s mother asked him ______some washing after dinner.

A. did B. does C. to do D. do

( )3..This story______us a little girl’s school life in the small village.

A. leaves B. takes C. hopes D. shows

( )4.—______will Linda stay in the country-side with her grandparents?

— Maybe two weeks.

A. How long B. How old C. How much D. How far

( )5.Pete______some beautiful postcards for his friends yesterday.

A. gave B. ate C. bought D. Sent

( )6. — I phoned you last night. Why didn’t you answer

— Sorry. I ______TV at that time and didn’t hear it.

A. am watching B. was watching C. watch D. watched

( )7. These are little rabbits lovely, ______?

A. aren’t they B. are they C. don’t they D. do they

( )8. —Whose book is this?—It ______ Carter’s. It has his name on it.

A. might not B. can’t be C. could be D. must be

( )9. —I failed the English test again. —______! But work hard, and you can do well next time.

A. Good luck B. Bad Luck C. Congratulations D. Don’t worry

( )10. There is _______ supermarket and ______ church near my house.

A. a; the B. a; a C. the; a D. / ; /

二、阅读理解

A

Ted, my little brother, is in Grade One. Last Friday he came back from school with a letter. The letter was from his teacher. “I got a red flower today. Could you please sign this note?” he said to mum. The note showed that he had been talking in class.

Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is “OK”, but he often gets “You can do better than this.” Mum knows what it means. She tells me “You can do better than this” means “Extremely bad” in China.

In the USA, teachers never say anything too bad about their students, even if the students are making trouble in class or not working hard enough. The worst they might say is “Please be nicer tomorrow”. Many parents are satisfied with a B-grade for each subject.

But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their children. I sometimes felt that my second-grade cousin spend more time on homework than I did when I was 6th grade in the US! Yet his parents and teachers didn’t think he worked hard enough.

Is it too strict in China? Or is it not strict enough in the USA? Maybe both are true.

( )1.Why did Ted come home with a letter last Friday?

A. Because the teacher wanted to visit his mother.

B. Because he did something wrong.

C. Because the teacher was happy with his progress.

D. Because the teacher thought he was too lazy.

( ) 2.If a student in the USA gets “OK” in his schoolwork, it means ________.

A. he gets top scores B. he gets medium scores

C. he gets extremely bad scores D. he gets the worst scores

( )3. American parents will be ________ when their children get a B-grade in their school.

A. excited B. sad C. angry D. happy

( ) 4. The underlined words “high expectations” in this passage means “________”.

A. 很高的待遇 B. 很多的自由 C. 很高的期望 D. 很多的关爱

( ) 5. The writer mainly wants to tell us ________.

A. the differences between Chinese education and American education

B. Chinese students are better than American students

C. American parents are not strict enough with their children

D. what’s the best way to educate child

B.

Most Americans don’t like to get advice from their family. When they need advice, they don’t usually ask people they know. They often write letters to newspapers and magazines. And these newspapers and magazines can give advice on many different subjects such as family problems, language learning and how to buy a house and so on.

Most newspapers publish (刊登) letters from readers with problems. And they would also publish the answers to the letters. There are many writers giving advice to newspapers. Some of these writers are doctors, and some are teachers or lawyers (律师). One of the best writers is a woman. Although she doesn’t have special learning for this kind of work, experience helps her a lot to give advice. She is named Angel. She started writing advice for newspapers at the age of ten. Her advice to young readers now is in a column (栏目) called DEAR ANGEL in the Philadelphia Bulletin.