A recent documentary produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has caused a stir in China and in the UK.
The documentary, titled Are Our Kids Tough Enough? focuses on five Chinese teachers who are sent to teach 50 UK teens at a school in Hampshire.
The teachers instruct the students for a month. The pupils are then tested, and the results are compared to the ones of those who have continued in the regular UK education system. The idea is to see if the Chinese method improves academic performance.
The Chinese teachers use their own teaching methods but receive strong resistance from the students. A clip from the documentary online shows some problems, with Chinese teachers calling their students lazy and lacking in discipline, while the students say the high pressure and harsh teachers are driving them crazy.
This has aroused a new debate in both China and the UK, with some arguing the teenagers need more regulation and discipline. Others say Chinese methods encourage rote learning (死记硬背) instead of independent thinking. For instance, Chinese language teachers should do more than pass on knowledge about words and characters. They should inspire students, helping them feel the sentiment from Chinese literature. This is a higher level of teaching.
Yang Dongping, dean of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, says, “The Chinese teaching methods are designed to strictly train the majority. Foreign teaching methods, however, are more natural and relaxing, and designed to inspire students’ interest in learning. Education methods are based on culture. That is why a successful education method in one place may not work that well when simply ‘transplanted’ into another place.”
Yang Dongping says, “The documentary does reflect some problems rooted in traditional Chinese teaching methods. Nobel prize winner, Yang Zhenning, gave a very fair comment on this issue. He said the Chinese-style education method works for most ordinary qualified students effectively, helping them reach high standards. However, it may weaken the training for high-potential outstanding students.”
1.Why are five Chinese teachers sent to teach 50 UK teens?
A. To test the intelligence of the UK teens.
B. To help the school improve their teaching efficiency.
C. To do some practical research into the UK education system.
D. To test the effectiveness of Chinese teaching methods.
2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “harsh” in the fourth paragraph?
A. Extremely strict B. Quite friendly
C. Rather cold D. Very attractive
3.According to Yang Dongping, Chinese teaching methods ______.
A. fit all countries B. could be improved
C. are the best in the world D. are not as good as British methods
假定你是李华，你的英国朋友 Chris来信询问你校开展“最美校园”活动的情况。请给他回信，内容包括:
1. 活动目的；
2. 活动内容(打扫卫生、办墙报、礼貌待人……)；
3. 活动意义。
注意:
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
I would like to have a smart robot that can do plenty of the things for me. For example, it can clean my room and make the bed, keeps everything in order. I hope it will be programmed to do homeworks without making mistakes. In that way, I can turn to it wherever I need help with my study. Beside, it can take care of my little brother, who often bothered me much. Then I can have more free time to do what I’m fond. It doesn’t matter much whether it is shaped like, but it must be able to communicate with me and understand its feelings. How wonderfully life will become with such a magic robot!
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个单词或括号内所给单词的正确形式。
I had always considered acupuncture (针灸) old-fashioned. But the drama of my recent strange illness and recovery changed my mind 1. (complete).
Last month, after sleeping through a flight, I discovered I couldn’t move my right arm and fingers. The doctors diagnosed me with neural (神经的) injury. I was scared. Luckily, Richard, an acupuncturist, offered 2. (help) me.
I started my acupuncture treatment. Dozens of tiny needles 3. (insert) across my arm and fingers. I dared not move, because even a small change of position could cause a sharp pain. After a few days, I could move my fingers. Two weeks 4. (go) by before I could eat a meal with chopsticks. Within a month, my arm and fingers were almost back to 5. (they) normal functions.
In that clinic, I made friends with many other patients and heard their 6. (story). One lady, who became deaf two months ago, has recovered her hearing abilities. I was very surprised at 7. magic these tiny needles are.
Acupuncture originated in China 2,000 years ago. Essentially, it functions 8. improving the smooth flow of life force energy, 9. (know) in Chinese as “qi”. Although acupuncture may not cure all illnesses, at least it creates a good starting point for a healthy body. I hope the 10. (wise) of acupuncture will continue to bring health to more friends.
Christopher Garrett was an engineer with the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division. While serving in Afghanistan, Christopher was shot and ______. He was hospitalized and then medically ______.
Christopher was ______ to be returning home to his wife, Brittany, and was looking forward to getting back to normal life. Soon, ______, it became clear that “normal” was going to have a new ______.
Christopher’s ______ made things difficult. Things that had once come ______ to him-like mowing the lawn (修剪草坪) — now seemed almost impossible. Even still, Christopher was ______ not to let his injuries get the best of him. Even though he only had an old-fashioned, non-motorized push mower, he ______ to go out and mow the yard, working through the ______ until the job was done.
It was ______ for Brittany to watch her husband go through this pain. When she saw Christopher threw himself down on the ground in tears one day, she ran to him, thinking he was ______ an emotional breakdown. When she got out to the yard, however, she saw the ______ of Christopher’s tears Sitting in the yard was a(n) ______ riding lawn mower. Attached was a note: “I hope this ______ time for the things that matter most in your life. Thank you for your ______ and for my freedom. A grateful American.”
Though the Garretts have no ______ who left the mower in their yard, it is clear a neighbor had seen Christopher ______ and wanted to help. That person may never know just how much the ______ meant to the Garretts, but for this couple it was life-changing.
Christopher still has a long ______ ahead of him in the recovery process, but thanks to this generous stranger, the journey is now a little easier.
1.A. caught B. wounded C. trapped D. killed
2.A. recovered B. refused C. retired D. removed
3.A. fortunate B. disappointed C. happy D. unwilling
4.A. though B. therefore C. meanwhile D. instead
5.A. story B. direction C. result D. meaning
6.A. disability B. strength C. fear D. appearance
7.A. steadily B. quickly C. naturally D. easily
8.A. forced B. determined C. astonished D. persuade
9.A. continued B. preferred C. promised D. intended
10.A. hunger B. sorrow C. pain D. anger
11.A. embarrassing B. unusual C. annoying D. difficult
12.A. suffering B. imagining C. overcoming D. performing
13.A. source B. outcome C. purpose D. power
14.A. special B. ordinary C. strange D. new
15.A. takes B. saves C. occupies D. leaves
16.A. honesty B. service C. kindness D. attention
17.A. doubt B. question C. idea D. way
18.A. searching B. complaining C. struggling D. crying
19.A. note B. gift C. reward D. solution
20.A. life B. experience C. wait D. road
Some people think working overtime means you’re a hard worker. You have to sacrifice your personal time to stay at work, produce something, help the company, and be a more devoted employee. But is that right? 1. This means it takes you longer to produce something than someone else.
A good manager knows how to encourage his employees to work to their full potential instead of expecting them to work late even if they don’t have something to do. People who stay in their office until late hate their jobs. 2.
Overworking may negatively influence the level of productivity and efficiency(效率). Any company that makes their employees work those hours is not being managed well. The fault lies with management, who should take a good look at themselves. 3. And the boss would prefer you work efficiently 7 hours and then go back home than 8 hours with poor efficiency.
4. The fact is the competition is so fierce that if you don’t work hard someone will easily and willingly replace you, especially in the IT industry. Employees are told they need to work longer hours or they don’t belong or are denied promotions. It is time to abandon the culture of overworking, to work smarter, more efficiently and have a balance with personal life.
Nowadays, it’s hard for a young person to build a good future, for pressures are on his (or her) shoulders: housing, children, parents, themselves, etc. But everyone must keep working hard to have ourselves on the way to the good future, which is not certain. 5.
A. No one wants to work overtime.
B. The boss thinks highly of overworking.
C. Working too many hours only means you are inefficient.
D. And it affects their performance, as well as other aspects of their life.
E. What’s sure is that if you’re lazy and don’t work hard, no good future will come.
F. Managers believe that overworking is an evidence of devotion from their employees’ side.
G. In many countries, overworking would be criticized because it reflects poor work efficiency.
