Do you know what school life is like in Singapore? In Singapore, a class only lasts half an hour, but there are no rests between classes. The students only have a 30-minute tea break after 3 or 4 classes.
They do not do eye exercises. Yao Suyu, a Singaporean student said our eye exercise were new to her. “I’d like to introduce them to our school,” she said. “They’re very useful.”
In Singapore school ends at 1:30p.m. But students join other clubs after school, such as dancing clubs and singing clubs. Yao said she joined the dancing club twice a week and it lasted from 1: 50 to 5:30 p.m.
Its population includes Chinese, Indians, Malays and Westerners. But there is no school for any one of the groups. The students in Yao’s school are Chinese, Indians and Malays. “The Indian students take Indian language classes when we study Chinese,” said Yao, “but if an Indian student is interested in Chinese, he ore she can study it, too.”
In Singaporean schools, teachers teach in English. It’s the official（官方的）language in Singapore. Singaporean students have to take different courses after school. Like most Singaporean students, Yao takes other courses in Chinese，such as math and English.
1.判断正误（T，F）：A class lasts an hour in Singaporean schools.
2.完成句子：The students don’t do ____________ in Singapore.
3.完成句子：In Singapore school ends at __________.
4.简略回答问题：What does Singapore’s population in clude? ______________________________
5.找近义句：在文中找出并写下与下列句子意思相近的句子。
Singaporean teachers speak English in class.
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Have you ever had an embarrassing experience? Last week we asked readers to tell us about embarrassing experiences. We received thousands of letters! Here is a selection.
Tony:
My most embarrassing experience happened when I had just left university. I had just started teaching in a Liverpool middle school. One morning my alarm clock didn’t ring. I woke up at half past eight and school began at nine. I quickly washed, dressed, jumped into my car and rushed to school. When I arrived, the students had already gone into class. I didn’t go to the office, but went straight into class. After two or three minutes the students began laughing, and I couldn’t understand why! Suddenly I looked down and understood. I had put on one black shoe and one brown shoe!
Henry:
The most embarrassing experience I’ve ever had happened two years ago. After seeing a film, my wife and I had lunch in our favorite restaurant in town. Then we decided to take a walk along the street. The street was very busy and we started holding hands. Suddenly my wife saw a dress that she liked in a shop window, and stopped. I started looking at some watches in the next window. After a minute or two I reached for my wife’s hand. There was a loud scream, and a woman slapped my face. I hadn’t taken my wife’s hand. I’d taken the hand of a complete stranger（陌生人）!
1.Tony arrived at school late that morning because .
A. he couldn’t find hid shoes B. his alarm clock didn’t ring
C. he washed and dressed slowly D. his car went wrong on the way
2.The students began laughing when they saw Tony .
A. wearing a wrong shoe B. his alarm clock didn’t ring
C. looking down suddenly D. rushing into the classroom
3.Henry and his wife held hands .
A. at the cinema B. in the shop
C. at the restaurant D. along the street
4.What does the underlined word “scream” mean in Chinese?
A.尖叫声 B.笑声 C.哭声 D.呼救声
5.Henry was embarrassed because he .
A. slapped the woman in the face
B. took the hand of a complete stranger
C. heard hid wife screaming in the street
D. knocked over some watches in the shops
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A.www.tudou.com B.www.youku.com
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A. Let the whole world watch us .
B. Show yourself like a superstar.
C. Join us more, and you will get more .
D. Watching micro-videos on the C2C service platform.
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A. You can edit what you like on Youku.
B. Tudou was founded two months earlier than Youku.
C. We can know five kinds of information of every website.
D. The idea of Youku is “Join us more, and you will get more .”
There are many things we need to know that we do not learn at school. For example, if we want to use our money wisely(智慧地), we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare the prices of the thing in different shops. We need to be able to compare the quality of different brands(品牌). We need to know how to make a choice(选择) when we shop.
Knowing how to make such choices is a “life skill”, and we need these skills if we want to live useful and happy lives.
Some of these choices are small. For example, will I take an apple for lunch or a pear? Will I go to school by bus or on foot? Will I wear the red T-shirt or the blue one to the movies? Other choices are more important. For example, will I eat healthy food for lunch or will I eat junk food because it is nicer? Will I work hard in all my classes or will I only work hard in the classes I enjoy? We make choices like this every day.
We have to realize that the choices we make can affect(影响) the rest of our lives. Just as importantly, our choices can also affect other people. The next time you decide to waste time in class, play a joke on someone or talk loudly at the movies, think about this: Who else does your choice affect?
1.This passage mainly tells us that it’s important to _____________.
A. make the right choices
B. know how to compare prices
C. know how to shop carefully
D. learn everything at school
2.We need “life skills” if we want to ____________.
A. know how to choose a part-time job
B. compare brands and prices
C. live useful and happy lives
D. learn things at school
3.Which choice is more important according to the passage?
A. Which fruit to take for lunch.
B. Which kind of food to eat, healthy food or junk food?
C. Which T-shirt to wear to the movies.
D. How to get to school.
4.From the passage we know that our choices can affect ______________.
A. nobody B. the people around us
C. just ourselves D. the prices of the things
5.According the article which statement is True?
A. We face all kinds of choices every day.
B. We can learn everything at school.
C. Knowing how to make choices isn’t necessary.
D. Our choices won’t affect others.
We have an English corner in our classroom. Every morning many of my classmates come to the corner. My teacher Miss Zhang comes here, too. At the corner, we all speak English.
The corner started last year. At first, there were only__ students because many were ____to speak English. After several weeks, more and more students came here. At first, some students just _____to the other students. I was one of them. I was afraid to speak English. I thought someone would ______me, but I wanted to speak. I always spoke English in my heart. My teacher went on saying, “Don’t be afraid. Open your mouth.” I tried and tried to open my mouth. At last, I said, “Hello!” to the teacher. The teacher was very ____. She said “Hello!” to me at once. From ___on, I began to speak English. I work hard at English and I try my best _more. I learn __my teacher and my classmates at the corner. Now I can speak a little English. Every Sunday morning, I come to the corner ___.
It’s a good ___ to speak English. Please join us.
1.A. a lot of B. a few C. a little D. a bit of
2.A. excited B. interested C. angry D. afraid
3.A. talked B. spoke C. listened D. came
4.A. help B. laugh at C. stop D. fit into
5.A. happy B. interesting C. sad D. afraid
6.A. then B. now C. today D. that
7.A. saying B. of talk C. to speak D. telling
8.A. to B. at C. for D. from
9.A. late B. often C. early D. too
10.A. room B. place C. home D. school
I’ll have an interview tomorrow, so I need to get my shoes _________.
A. cleaned B. cleans C. to clean D. cleaning
