Question

Ted, my little brother, is in Grade One. Last Friday he came back from school with a letter. The letter was from his teacher. “I got a red flower today. Could you please sign this note?” he said to mum. The note showed that he had been talking in class.

Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is “OK”, but he often gets “You can do better than this.” Mum knows what it means. She tells me “You can do better than this” means “Extremely bad” in China.

In the USA, teachers never say anything too bad about their students, even if the students are making trouble in class or not working hard enough. The worst they might say is “Please be nicer tomorrow”. Many parents are satisfied with a B-grade for each subject.

But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their children. I sometimes felt that my second-grade cousin spend more time on homework than I did when I was 6^th grade in the US! Yet his parents and teachers didn’t think he worked hard enough.

Is it too strict in China? Or is it not strict enough in the USA? Maybe both are true.

1.Why did Ted come home with a letter last Friday?

A. Because the teacher wanted to visit his mother.

B. Because he did something wrong.

C. Because the teacher was happy with his progress.

D. Because the teacher thought he was too lazy.

2.If a student in the USA gets “OK” in his schoolwork, it means ________.

A. he gets top scores

B. he gets medium scores

C. he gets extremely bad scores

D. he gets the worst scores

3. American parents will be ________ when their children get a B-grade in their school.

A. excited        B. sad          C. angry         D. happy

4.The underlined words “high expectations” in this passage means “________”.

A. 很高的待遇    B. 很多的自由

C. 很高的期望    D. 很多的关爱

5.The writer mainly wants to tell us ________.

A. the differences between Chinese education and American education

B. Chinese students are better than American students

C. American parents are not strict enough with their children

D. what’s the best way to educate child

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：短文前面提到了美国的教育情况，接下来提到中国的教育方式，明确对两个国家的教育方式进行了比较，发现许多的不同。美国家庭对孩子们的成绩的要求并不高，而中国的家庭对孩子的成绩要求较高。

1.1】细节理解题。问题：为什么特德在上个星期五带回一封信？联系原文：The note showed that he had been talking in class.句意：该报告指出，他在课堂上一直讲话。分析：从另一个角度讲他做了一些错事。故选B

2.2】细节理解题。问题：如果一个美国的学生在学校的功课中得到了“OK”，它有什么意义？结合短文的描述与实际情况，我们得知OK只是一个中等的成绩。故选B

3.Many parents are satisfied with a B-grade for each subject.句意：孩子的每个学科为B，家长们也满意。从而得知，在美国，孩子在学校得到的成绩为B，他们的父母也会很开心。故选D

4.But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their children. 句意：但是，在中国的学校的情况有很大的不同。父母对孩子的期望很高。结合生活实际，第三项最符合题意。故选C

5.A

考点：社会现象类短文阅读。