Bullying（欺凌）at school is a problem around the world. Most schools have. tried to reduce bullying by- making more rules. And many schools even have made their teachers supervise（监督）their students' behavior more strictly But one school in Auckland, New Zealand has done something different. Instead of making more rules for the playground, they reduced the number of rules. What happened? There's less bullying and other injuries.
At Swanson Primary School, during playtime, students can play in the mud, climb trees, ride skateboards, and do many such things that aren't allowed at other schools. If they promise that they do not hurt others and do not make trouble for their classmates, they can do just about anything they want.
“They may accidentally hurt themselves, but that's 0K," the teacher Bruce Mclachlan says. " We want kids to be safe and we look after them, but we end up wrapping（包裹）them in cotton wool when in fact they should be able to fall over. " Because students are able to do almost anything they want, they are happier. And happier students are less interested in making trouble. That makes parents and teachers happy.
Playtime freedom all helps the students learn the dangers of rude behavior. This will help develop the part of their brain that measures risks. This can be helpful when they are older. For example, if a kid does something rude on a skateboard and gets hurt, he or she will be less likely to repeat the rude activity. And if kids learn not to be rude on a skateboard, they are less likely to be hurt later in life when they're driving cars. Safety is important, but as Swanson Primary School has shown, more rules don't always mean more safety.
1.What happened when a school reduced the number of playground rules?
A.Students were out of control completely.
B.Teachers took on more responsibility.
C.Less students were bullied or injured.
D.More parents worried about school bullying.
2.What rule should students obey if they want to do something freely at Swanson Primary School?
A.They do not hurt anyone else.
B.They're being strictly supervised.
C.They study carefully in the classroom.
D.They do not make trouble for their teachers.
3.What does Bruce Mclachlan mean by saying “we end up wrapping them in cotton wool” in Paragraph 3?
A.Students get hurt easily.
B.Students are overprotected.
C.Students can't wear what they like.
D.Students are given too much freedom.
4.According to the last paragraph, playtime freedom helps students .
A.avoid driving cars
B.make safe decisions
C.learn how to obey rules
D.become more confident
Doing voluntary work is becoming more and more popular nowadays because it benefits the individual volunteer, people in need and our society.
When helping others, we are enriching our lives as well. First, doing voluntary work is our responsibility and duty. Second, we can enlarge our life circles so that we get more chances to learn deeper about the present situation of our society, which is very important to our future development. Last, when doing voluntary work with others, we are improving our ability to cooperate with different people and build up team spirit. As for us students, doing voluntary work is an effective way to participate in social activities. In other words, it gives us the chances to prepare to fit into the society in advance.
Through voluntary work, the living conditions of people in need are improved. For example, lots of children in remote areas don't have access to enough food and clothes, let alone education. Some people donate money and clothes while some volunteers go to these areas to teach these children, bringing them knowledge as well as the latest information of the world. In this way, these children's qualities of life are improved and they'll integrate into the society more easily and get a sense of belonging.
The more voluntary work we do, the more steady and harmonious our society will be. Volunteers spread warmth and care all over the world, strengthening union and trust among citizens. As Ban Ki-moon once said, “Volunteerism is a source of community strength. It can bring positive social change by promoting respect for diversity, equality and the participation of all."
In conclusion, by doing voluntary work, both volunteers and people in need get the precious life experience, and it benefits our society to a large degree. We should keep on doing and appeal to more people to take part in this meaningful activity.
1.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.Doing voluntary work is becoming popular at present.
B.Doing voluntary work takes much energy and money.
C.Doing voluntary work can make more people live a happy life.
D.Doing voluntary work is beneficial to others, our society and volunteers themselves.
2.Why does the writer say it also benefits individual volunteers while they are helping others?
A.It can improve their ability to get along with different kinds of people,
B.It helps them win recognition and respect from others.
C.One can become famous for doing voluntary work.
D.One can make more friends while helping others.
3.Which of the following can best replace the underlined phrase in the third paragraph?
A.Break into. B.Look into.
C.Adapt to. D.Contribute to.
4.From what Ban Ki-moon said, what did he disagree with?
A.Voluntary work makes our society a big family full of love and care.
B.Voluntary work is a bridge connecting all kinds of people together.
C.Voluntary work is so necessary that we should stick with it.
D.Voluntary work contributes to people's leading a wealthy life.
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High school is regarded as best time of my life. Besides classes and homework，there's something more that I especial treasure. To leave school without regret, I'll make the best of my limiting time to go over the lessons I've learned from. At the same time, I'd like to show my thanks to all the teacher who have given me so many help. For the purpose of improving me, I'll ask my classmates for some advice, that may be of great value to me. Last and not least, doing some good deeds for my classmates was also my plan. With these things being done, I will have no regret in my high school life.
Informal conversation is an important part of any business relationship. 1.Latin Americans enjoy sharing information about their local history, art, and customs. They expect questions about their family and are sure to show pictures of their children. The French think of conversation as an art form. 2.For them, arguments can be interesting---and they can cover pretty much or any topic---as long as they occur in a respectful and intelligent manner.
In the United States, business people like to discuss a wide range of topics, including opinions about work, family, hobbies, and politics. 3.They do not share much about their thoughts, feelings, or emotions because they feel that doing so might take away from the harmonious business relationship they’re trying to build. Middle Easterners are also private about their personal lives and family matters. It is considered rude, for example, to ask a businessman from Saudi Arabia about his wife or children.
4.This can get you into trouble, even in the United States, where people hold different views. Sports is typically a friendly subject in most parts of the world, although be careful not to criticize a national sport.5.
A.Instead, be friendly and praise your host’s team.
B.You may feel free to ask your Latin American friends similar questions.
C.Before you start a discussion, however, make sure you understand which topics are suitable in a particular culture.
D.In Japan, China, and Korea, however, people are much more private.
E.In addition, discussing one’s salary is usually considered unsuitable.
F.They enjoy the value of lively discussions as well as disagreements.
G.As a general rule, it’s best not to talk about politics or religion with your business friends.
Traditionally, across the world, boys and girls attend a mixed school, where they study together. But boys’ schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music.
Boys at single—sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to correspond to（和……相符）the “boy code” of hiding their emotions to be a “real man”.
The findings of the study go against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls.
Tony Little, headmaster of Eton, warmed that boys were being failed by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls. He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls.
The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when girls do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.
But in single-sex schools teachers can tailor lessons to boys’ learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study’s author, Abigail James, of the University of Virginia.
Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with “boy-focused” approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them. Because boys generally have more acute vision, learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given “hands-on” lessons where they are allowed to walk around. “Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine（女性的）and prefer the modern genre（类型）in which violence and sexism are major themes,” James wrote.
Single—sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel that they had to be “masterful and in charge” in relationships. “In mixed schools, boys feel forced to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means,” the study reported.
1.The author believes that a single-sex school would ________.
A.force boys to hide their emotions to be “real men”
B.help boys to be more competitive in schools
C.encourage boys to express their emotions more freely
D.naturally strengthen boys traditional image of a man
2.It is commonly believed that in a mixed school boys ________.
A.behave more responsibly
B.grow up more healthily
C.perform relatively better
D.receive a better education
3.According to Abigail James, one of the advantages of single—sex schools is that ________.
A.teaching can be tailored to suit the characteristics of boys
B.boys can focus on their lessons without being distracted
C.boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in
D.teaching can be designed to promote boys' team spirit
4.What does the underlined word “acute” in Paragraph 7 mean?
A.lovely.. B.sharp.
C.serious. D.dull
If you ever travel to Italy, don't miss a chance to eat the pizza in Rome.At least, that's what Ayonnah Tinsley would probably tell you. "The cheese is totally delicious. In fact I think it is the best cheese there is!" Ayonnah wrote.
She wrote this review on a kid-friendly travel website—a website she started herself. And in the past three years, it has taken off like a transatlantic flight. She started a travel blog when she was only eight. The website, called YaYa Stars, grew out of that blog. "YaYa" is Ayonnah's nickname, and" Stars" refers to her five-star rating system. She made the site for kids who want to go to places and kids who have been to places.
Ayonnah and her family have travelled a lot. But when she looked for information and reviews about their destinations, she didn't find any that was written by or for kids. At first she just wanted a website where she could write about the places she had visited. But her friends wanted to share their adventures, too. So now, she lets other kids rate the places they've been to as well.
" The website has taken off beyond our wildest dreams," said Ayonnah's mother. " We get anywhere between 25,000 and 75,000 unique visitors in a month worldwide. This was all her idea. She was young and that was great for that age and we just gave her our basic support.
Ayonnah's website contains shop and restaurant reviews, too—including her views about the pizza in Rome. But she was not as impressed by a restaurant at a major U. S. theme park. She discovered a toothpick inside one of the French fries. However, she did soften the review by calling the restaurant's decoration' wonderful",
Ayonnah has a number of other hobbies, but she.still finds time to write and post her reviews. "To all you kids everywhere—YaYa Stars is for you," she says. " Hope to see where you have been!"
1.What do we know about Ayonnah's website according to the passage?
A.She writes all the reviews on her own.
B.A free transatlantic flight is offered to its users.
C.It acts as a platform for kids to make friends with others.
D.Users can rate the places which they have visited on the website.
2.Ayonnah's website came into being mainly because .
A.she had a lot of words to write about her travelling
B.no travel websites were written specially by or for kids
C.she found nothing about the destinations she visited online
D.kids didn't like to review the destinations they had ever visited
3.What is implied in Ayonnah's mother's words in Paragraph 4?
A.Ayonnah's mother is worried that she is too young to operate the website well.
B.Ayonnah knew her website would be successful at the beginning.
C.More adult visitors are welcome to the website from now on.
D.Ayonnah's mother takes pride in her achievement.
4.Ayonnah's review on a restaurant at a U. S. theme park was written in a tone.
A.critical B.favourable
C.mild D.frank
5.All the following reviews may be seen on Ayonnah's website except .
A.reviews on transportation
B.reviews on restaurants
C.reviews on destinations
D.reviews on shops
