Some students, parents and teachers in Shanghai were surveyed last month. According to the result of the survey, the generation gap (代沟) between students and parents as well as teachers is becoming wider. Here is what they said.
Voice of the students:
“Our parents hold too high expectations（期望）which put us under lots of pressure. They care too much about our lives and studies,” one student said.
“It’s impolite that some students’ parents read their children’s diaries without permission!” one student said angrily.
“Some of our teachers are so serious that we can’t make friends with them at all,” another student said sadly.
Voice of the parents:
One mother said, “After school, my daughter usually locks herself into her room and spends lots of time talking with others on the phone. And I can’t stand（忍受） her clothes and hairstyle!”
“I thought my son was doing very well in his studies. I didn’t realize I was being cheated by him until I got a call from his teacher,” said a father.
Voice of the teachers:
An English teacher said, “Today, the role of the teacher is to put knowledge into students’ brain. The power (权力) teachers have kept students away from them.”
“Some parents pay too much attention to their children’s grades instead of creating a lively and colorful environment at home,” another teacher said.
“In the past, teachers and students often played games together or talked with each other. Today, only studies and grades are talked about,” said a teacher. “A school should be a place where students can learn not only knowledge, but also how to face failure and frustration（挫折） bravely enough.”
1. What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?
A. Students like telling how they feel to their classmates.
B. More and more students don’t like to be surveyed.
C. Some parents don’t like their children’s clothes and hairstyle.
D. There has been a great distance between students and parents as well as teachers.
2.The underlined word “cheated” in the passage means ___________.
A. 欺骗 B. 批评 C. 表扬 D. 揭露
3. What can we infer (推断) from the teachers who were surveyed?
A. Teachers feel what they are doing for students is good.
B. Parents, teachers and educational rules all influence students greatly.
C. Teachers should care more about excellent students.
D. Now teachers and students communicate better than before.
4.Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A. Unhappy Teenagers B. Educational Rules
C. The Generation Gap D. Serious Parents
People often say that the earth is like our mother. She gives life to all the living things on the earth and provides us with air, food, water and other essential things we need for living.
Once she was beautiful and rich, but now she becomes dirtier and dirtier, poorer and poorer. It is due to what we have done to her. Please have a good look at her: polluted rivers and lakes, growing deserts, the destruction of the forests and wild life, and the depletion (消耗，用尽) of the ozone layer (臭氧层)...
Can she bear to see her children putting the waste here and there? Can she bear to see her children cutting down the trees and destroying the grassland, to see the acid rain destroying everything? Can we bear to see our mother suffering (受苦) so much? Isn’t it time for us to ask ourselves whether this is the way to treat our mother?
Floods, droughts, acid rain..., these are the punishments (惩罚) from nature. Everyone should know that there is only one earth. If we go on treating her like this, it won’t be fit for us to live in any longer. It’s time for us to love her, take good care of her and cure her. We should save the earth so as to save ourselves.
1. What does the earth look like now?
A. It has clean rivers, lakes and green forests.
B. It is like a beautiful girl.
C. It is more beautiful and richer.
D. It is dirtier and dirtier, poorer and poorer.
2. What is the meaning of the underlined word?
A. Know B. Stand C. Imagine D. Hear
3. What is the best title of the passage?
A. The earth—our mother.
B. Defenders of the Earth (地球卫士).
C. The earth is very beautiful and healthy.
D. The water on the earth is very clean.
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在家庭里、在社会中，只要我们从自身做起，我们的行为就可以为实现和谐社会（harmonious society）起到推进作用。你们学校的English Newsletter正在以Doing Our Part（从自身做起）为题举行征文活动，请根据下列表格提示的内容，用英语写一篇征文。
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在家庭里 |
⑴ 帮助父母做家务事 ⑵ 和父母多交流 |
⑴ 让父母不太累 ⑵ …… |
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在社会中 |
⑴ 不乱扔垃圾 ⑵ …… ⑶ …… |
⑴ 使环境美化 ⑵ …… ⑶ …… |
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展望：如果我们每个人…… |
要求：1）表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯；
2）必须包括所有相关信息，并作适当发挥；
3）词数：100词左右（征文的开头已给出，不计入总词数）；
4）不得使用真实姓名、校名和地名等。
Doing Our Part
We have grown up and it’s time for us to do something for our family and society.
At home, _______________________________________________________________________
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Have you heard about “Survival （生存）Holidays”? “Survival Holidays” is for children to go into the lonely place for exciting activities. Now about 1,100 companies are allowed to take children into the great outdoors without their parents.
The reason why people like “Survival Holidays” is that they think being close to nature is good for children. Many children in big cities spend all time watching TV and playing computer games. “Survival Holidays” gives them an important change.
Is “Survival Holidays” a wonderful idea? Maybe it is. Children need more free time to play. They need to be left on their own, without adults disturbing(打扰) them. Parents care too much about their children. They like to see the children being busy with activities that are controlled by adults, but children don’t know what to do when they are in danger. Even something like crossing a small river seems to be a hard challenge. Children are not comfortable with danger. Even small danger like getting their feet wet or falling down seems very terrible to them.
Many people think the survival activities are good for children. Even years later, they will still remember what they have learned. Some have learned to stay calm in different times. Some have learned how to keep safe. Others have learned how to work in a team. All these skills will help them a lot in their lives.
1.Is “Survival Holidays” for children or parents?
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2.Why do people like “Survival Holidays”?
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3.What do the children in big cities usually do?
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4.How do children feel when they are in danger?
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5.What can children learn in the survival activities?
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请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。
You’re standing with your classmates. E 66 ___ is talking except you. Perhaps you’re afraid they will laugh at when you say. Maybe you just aren’t b 67 enough to speak. Shyness is like a snake that crawls（爬进）into our mouth and s 68 us speaking. But we shouldn’t let it stay there.
I am 29 years old. Even today, that snake still sometimes v 69 me. When I was in high school, I was so shy that I wouldn’t talk to anyone except my parents and best friends. If a stranger asked me the w 70 to a local shop, it was as if I’d forgotten how to talk. One summer, I got a j 71 in a restaurant and that helped a lot. It meant I had to talk to customers（顾客）. I had to tell them how m 72 their meal cost. I had to ask them if they want to drink Coke or Sprite.
This job taught me how to speak with people. You may be too young to find a part-time job. But you can look for other c 73 to speak with people. You can offer to help an old woman carry her heavy bag. O 74 you can go to get a newspaper for your family. If you do these things for a while, the ‘shyness’ snake will soon begin to l 75 you alone. It’ll look for another mouth to crawl into.
