Good parent – teacher communication is necessary for a child’s success in school. Recent studies show that the more actively parents are involved (参与) in the child’s school life. The better the child does in his studies.
Like all relationships, parents and teachers affect each other, but the person who is most affected is the child. What they need to understand is that the educational success depends on many things, including the ability of the parents and teacher to know his needs and what he likes, and encourage him.
When a child’s teacher and parents work together in the best interests (利益) of the child, he may feel able to learn, but, more importantly, also feel supported.
Education is about much more than just academic (学术) success. We must use the parent-teacher relationship to help a child grow and learn. So, how should parents and teacher work together?
It doesn’t require a change in the school subjects. It simply means that they should work together to help make lessons practical (与实际结合) . For instance, if a child is learning about money at school and the teacher takes the time to communicate this to the parents, the parent can take the child to the store to practice what he is learning at school. At the store, he has to pick out a thing he can afford to buy, take out the right amount of money to pay for it and check to make sure the clerk has given him the right amount of change. Doing this can help him to learn about the world in which he lives. This is how good parent-teacher communication supports the parent, teacher and, finally, the child.
1.Who is most affected by the parent-teacher relationship?
A. The child B. The parents.
C. The child’s friends. D. the teachers
2.Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?
A. To develop a good parent-teacher relationship, some school subjects need to be changed.
B. Education is just about academic success.
C. It is only teachers’ duty to teach children about money.
D. With parent and teachers caring for the child, he may feel supported.
3.The underlined word, “change”, in the last paragraph means in Chinese.
A. 商品 B. 课程
C. 变化 D. 零钱
4.The author’s purpose of giving the example in the last paragraph is to tell us that .
A. parent and teachers should work together to help make the child’s lessons practical.
B. Parents play an important role in educating children.
C. children should not learn about money at school.
D. Parents should take the child to the store often.
Environmental pollution is the biggest problem for human being today. We all know that the environment includes the earth,water, plants and animals.If they are polluted or hurt, oour life can also be harmed.
It is true that more and more trees are being cutting down. The earth is becoming warmer. If the problem continues, the world will become a desert, and people will have no place to live.
The smoke produced by cars, factories and homes is polluting the air. Poisonous gas is letting off into the air , too. The polluted air make people sick.
Then there is the sound pollution. Our world is not quiet, even at night, because of the noise made by cars and people’s daily life. Too much noise has a bad influence on our hearing. It has been reported that many people in a village near an airport have lost their hearing because of the noise made by planes.
The water and the earth we are living on have also been polluted. The rubbish people throw away and the waste water poured by factories make the water and the soil polluted. When we drink dirty water or eat crops planted on polluted soil, we can get sick easily.
Just imagine what will happen if this continues. I ‘m sure it won’t be a pleasant result.
1.What does the underlined word mean in Chinese?
A. 大量的B. 稀有的C. 有毒的D. 刺鼻的
2.What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?
A. Sound pollution is harmful.
B. The water is polluted.
C. We should plant more trees.
D. The polluted air can make people sick.
3.What is the writer’s opinion on the pollution today?
A. It has been stopped B. It is very serous
C. It is not important D. It is interesting
4.The best title of this passage is .
A. what is the air pollution
B. the harm of the soil pollution
C. the environmental pollution.
D. how to deal with the environmental pollution.
Dolphins (海豚) are not fish, but warm-blooded animals. They live in groups, and speak to each other in their own language. In this they are like other animals, such as bees and birds. But dolphins are very different from almost all land animals. Their brain is nearly the same size as our own, and they live a long time - at least twenty or thirty years.
Like some animals, dolpins use sound to help them find their way around. They also make these sounds to talk to each other and to help them find food. We now know they do not use their ears to receive these sounds, but the lower part of the mouth, called the jaw.
Strangely, dolphins seem to like man, and for thousands of years there have been stories about the dolphin and its friendship with people.
There is a story about sailors in the 19th century. In a dangerous part of the sea off the coast of New Zealand, they learnt to look for a dolphin called Jack. From 1871 to 1903 Jack met every boat in the area and showed it the way. Then in 1903 a passenger on a boat called The penguin shot and wounded Jack. He recovered and for nine years more continued to guide all ships through the area－except for The Penguin.
Today, some people continue to kill dolphins, but many countries of the world now protect them and in these places it is against the law to kill them.
1. Dolphins are different from many other animals in that they _____.
A. are warm-blooded B. have large brains
C. live in groups e D. have their own languag
2.Which of the following does the dolphin use to help it find its way around?
A. Its nose B. Its mouth
C. Its eyes. D. Its ears..
3.Why did the sailors off the coast of New Zealand look for Jack?
A. He was seriously wounded.
B. They enjoyed playing with him.
C. They wanted his help
D. He was lonely and liked to be with people.
4.By telling the story of Jack the writer wanted to show that _____.
A. Jack is different from other dolphins
B. people are cruel to animals
C. dolphins are friendly and clever
D. dolphins should be protected by law
Once upon a time there lived two friends in a small village. Jay and Victor had been friends since they were little children. Now they were studying in a school which was far away from their village. They had to cross a river, climb hills and go through sandy areas on their way to school.
One rainy day, the two friends went to school as usual. They were chatting while walking. Perhaps they were discussing something important, but the two had different opinions, which led to a big argument. Things got so bad that Jay suddenly hit Victor. Then Victor looked at his friend and wrote in the sand, “ Today, my best friend hit me.” They both continued walking without saying anything . Later, they reached a river. Victor was not a good swimmer. By accident, he fell into the river and was going to be carried away by the water. Jay saw this and jumped into the river at once. With difficulty he pulled victor out of the river when Victor became safe, he wrote on a stone, “Today, my friend saved my life.”
Jay, who was watching all this, asked,“So way did you write it in the sand when I hit you, and why did you write on a stone when I saved your life?” Victor replied, “ we should soon forget the wrong done by our friends as words in sand get erased easily, but if they do something good for us, we should always remember their kindness, just as words in stones are kept forever.” Then the two friends walked on as if nothing had happened.
1. According to the passage, which of the following is right?
A. Jay pushed Victor into the river.
B. Victor would remember the good things his friend did for him forever
C. Jay hit Victor because Victor didn’t say anything on the way.
D. Jay and Victor broke off their friendship in the end.
2.From the first paragraph, we can infer that .
A. Jay and Victor were good students at school.
B. Jay and Victor had to walk a long time before they got to school.
C. Jay and Victor were good friends.
D. Jay and Victor didn’t do well in their schoolwork.
3. According to the passage, the underlined word “ erased” means in Chinese.
A. 消失 B. 删掉 C. 刮走 D. 抹掉
4. This passage mainly want to tell us .
A. we shouldn’t go to school if the school is far from our home
B. we should remember the good things others have done for us, and forgive others easily
C. good friends shouldn’t argue with each other.
D. we should turn to our friends for help when we are in danger.
National day is coming next month. Our city will hold a large number of activities in many theatres and parks during the vacation. In order to book tickets ahead of time and have a good holiday, Lily and Tom are planning their holiday by looking for information on the Internet. Here are some choices for them.
Apple Club | Your children are sure to enjoy interesting stories and fun games. They can play games in the Apple Club from 9:30 on Sunday morning. It is free for everyone. |
Films in the Museum | Two European films will be shown on Saturday morning at the museum theater. For further information, call 34978289 |
International Picnic | Do you like different food every day? Come to Ren Min Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. It is delicious and not expensive. You can come from noon to 5:00pm. |
“ Big Bang” is waiting for you | This popular rock group from South Korea will give their first concert this Sunday evening. You can come at 8:00pm to Roase Hall, City College. |
1.On Sunday morning, children can .
A. go to a concert at Rose Hall, City College
B. play games in the Apple Club
C. go to Ren Min Park for a picnic
D. see two films in a museum
2.You can eat all kinds of food from all over the world if you .
A. buy tickets online B. go to see a film
C. go to Ren Min park D. go to the apple club
3. “Big bang” is .
A. a park with many birds in it.
B. a rock group
C. a kind of food
D. going to give their last concert.
4.Lily and Tom get the information from .
A. a poster B. the Internet
C. a magazine D. a book
Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often sad and lonely.
One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very .
“Thank you for me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.
The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be !”
The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the kind little girl grew up, she was ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the of their happiness. She always smiled and , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind when I was a little girl.”
When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbors in the all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”
The lovely old woman still and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they , no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or young. She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”
1.A. found B. thought C. felt D. sounded
2.A. squirrel B. bird C. butterfly D. snake
3.A. as B. but C. or D. so
4.A. up B. into C. on D. down
5.A. mad B. tired C. angry D. surprised
6.A. saving B. catching C. beating D. killing
7.A. energetic B. happy C. active D. humorous
8.A. never B. seldom C. always D. hardly
9.A. power B. success C. secret D. lesson
10.A. hoped B. answered C. asked D. refused
11.A.fairy B. princess C. ghost D. witch
12.A.town B. world C. city D. village
13.A. glad B. afraid C. excited D. pleased
14.A. cried B. jumped C. smiled D. shouted
15.A.seen B. seemed C. heard D. saved
