You may feel curious (好奇的) about students in other countries: Do they also have so much homework? What do they do in their free time?
On April 8, a report came out on the lives of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report.
Who studies hardest?
Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day. That’s much more than students of the US (26.4%), Japan (8.2%) and South Korea (5.2%).
Who sleeps most often in class?
Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them said they sometimes doze off in class. In South Korea, it’s 32%; in the US, 21%; and 5% in China.
South Korean students don’t like taking notes. About 70% said they write down what the teacher says in class, much fewer than in Japan (93%), China (90%) and the US (89%).
Who is the most distracted (分心的)?
American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted: 64.2% said they chat with friends in class; 46.9% said they eat snacks in class; and 38.9% said they send e-mails or read unrelated (无关的) books in class.
What do they do after school?
In their free time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do physical exercises. Most Korean students watch TV.
1.The report is about ___________.
A. the countries B. the subjects C. the students’ lives D. the high schools
2.What country isn’t mentioned in the report?
A. The US B. South Korea C. Japan D. India
3. ______ of the Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework.
A. 26.4% B.8.2 % C. 5.2% D. 48.6%
4.The phrase doze off means ______.
A. be half asleep B. get up C. eat snacks D. send emails
5.What of the following sentences is Not true?
A. The survey from the four countries was made last year.
B. Most Japanese students do physical exercises after school.
C. About half of the American students chat with friends in class.
D. The students in South Korean don’t like taking notes in class.
Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does
the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies someti
mes
not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the
world with your warm heart , you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you.
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever
noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine. Just before you want to go out, it
suddenly starts to rain . Maybe you would 
feel
very sad and start complaining about the weather. But dear friends, why don’t
you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And
with the timely rain , crops in the fields will grow better and better and
farmers will have a good harvest.
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can’t be avoided（避免）. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope .
When we face failure , we must be confident in
ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have
to do. As a popular saying goes , “ Failure
is the mother of success .”
Attitude decides everything . With an optimistic(乐观) attitude life is easy and pleasant . Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us .
1.People sometimes complain____________.
A. the sky is always dark B. their studies are successful
C. they see the world with their heart D. life is tiring
2.According to the passage , in school , ______________ .
A. the students don’t like their lessons
B. the teacher will be happy if the students do the good jobs
C. the teachers don’t like their teaching
D. the teachers are tired of their work
3.If there is a timely rain ,___________.
A. you want to go out B. you can listen to a concert
C. crops in the fields will grow better D. farmers can’t have a good harvest
4.When we face failure , what should we do ?
A. We must be confident in ourselves . B. We shouldn’t be afraid of it .
C. We shouldn’t give up hope . D. All of the avbove .
5.The best title of this passage is______________.
A .Smile and the World Smiles to You B .Complaining about life
C. Failure is the Mother of Success D. It is Very Hard to Success
One Friday Mrs. King asked her class to write a story. “Use your imagination!” she cried, “You can write your story about anything.” Kenny looked worried. “A story?” he thought, “What could I possible have to write about? I don’t know any stories.” The bell rang and all the kids went home.
The next day, Kenny sat at his desk at home, thinking and thinking. The warm sun was shining through the windows, making him drowsy. And soon he fell fast asleep. As he slept, Kenny began to dream about fantastic things.
First he dreamed that he was a world-famous doctor,
saving whole cities and curing diseases. Then he dreamed that he was in a UFO.
He was talking to strange but friendly space
creatures. Then he dreamed that he had become as small as a mouse by a bad
scientist. He had to find a way to stop the plot（阴谋）of
the mad scientist!
Kenny dreamed wonderful and exciting things until his
little brother woke him up. “What were you dreaming about?” he asked. Kenny
told his brother the wonderful dreams. His brother enjoyed the stories.
Suddenly, Kenny knew that he had his kinds of stories
in his imagination.
1.What did the teacher ask the students to do as homework?
A. To act as a doctor B. To read some stories
C. To help family members D. To write a story
2.How many dreams did Kenny have?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four
3.What was Kenny in his first dream?
A. A great doctor B. A mad scientist
C. A visitor on a spaceship D. A good student
4.The underlined word “drowsy” means_______.
A. unhappy B. sleepy C. upset D. awake
5.The best title for this passage is _______.
A. A strange dream B. Mrs. King's class
C. Writing a story with imagination D. An evil scientist
I had said goodbye to my husband, Joe, so often, but this time was ____.
We now had our first child. After
nights of talks, we made the difficult ____ that Joe would go by himself to
Alabama for the six-month training course, and I would stay behind with our new
son. It was important tha
t
I ___ my teaching position near our home at Fort Hood. Also we were part of a
strong network of friends ____ I could turn to for help.
On Joe's ____ evening at home, I bathed little Joey, got him into his sleeper and was heading to the bedroom when Joe gently touched ___ on the shoulder. Lifting the baby from my arms, he said he wanted to put Joey to bed tonight.
They headed down the hall, and I busied myself with meaningless tasks, ____ Joe to turn up from the bedroom within a few minutes. A half hour went by, and ___ he had not come back. Thinking he was having ____ getting our son to fall asleep, I walked quietly to the baby's room and ___ into the dimly-lit（灯光暗淡的）room.
Sitting in the rocking chair,
moving slowly back and forth, was my husband with ____ in his eyes. He was
holding our baby in his arms ____
he had fallen asleep long before. When his pained eyes met mine, he said,
"I just can't put him down."
That night we stood over Joey's bed, holding each other and saying over and over that we would make it through this leaving and be ____ again soon.
Joey is six now, and he has a four-year-old brother named Jack. There have been many goodbyes ____ that night, yet my soldier still fights back tears when it's time to ____ once again in service to his country and give his boys that last, long hug goodbye.
1.A. dangerous B. different C. impossible D. terrible
2.A. promise B. wish C. suggestion D. decision
3.A. miss B. keep C. get D. accept
4.A. whom B. whose C. which D. what
5.A. first B. next C. other D. Last
6.A. us B. them C. me D. her
7.A. expecting B. remembering C. agreeing D. allowing
8.A. again B. still C. then D. ever
9.A. excuse B. fun C. trouble D. chance
10.A. moved B. talked C. turned D. looked
11.A. colors B. tears C. joys D. fears
12.A. even though B. as if C. so that D. now that
13.A. sure B. proud C. alone D. together
14.A. on B. for C. since D. through
15.A. visit B. sleep C. leave D. play
---Could you let me know ________ yesterday ?
---Because the traffic was heavy .
A. why did you come late B. why you came late
C. why do you come late D. why you come late
---How do your parents usually go to work?
---My mother usually goes to work _________ bus while my father ________ a bike to work.
A. takes, rides B. take, by C. by, by D. by, rides
