When the teacher asks a question in class, Wang Xiaobin never raises his hand. The 15-year-old Beijinger always waits for other classmates or the teacher to give the answer. “What if my answer is wrong?” Wang asks.
Wang is typical (典型的) among students who don’t put their hands up to answer teachers’ questions. At middle schools, this situation is very common.
Wang told that there are 53 students in his class, only six or seven raise their hands when a question is asked. “I think it’s a problem that might affect our studies, but I am afraid of making mistakes in front of my classmates,” he said.
This problem has attracted teachers’attention. Hu Wei, a teacher from Yibin No. 6 Middle School, Sichuan, listed some possible reasons to explain why students don’t raise their hands: they lack confidence；they are afraid of showing off or they’re afraid of losing face by giving a wrong answer.
To encourage students to raise their hands and get more involved (参与) in class, Hu suggests that teachers should repeat the question, then try to guide and encourage students to offer their answers.
Hu also advised students not to be shy, but confident and brave enough to try. No matter whether your answer is right or wrong, being active in class can help you understand the information better.
Sun Pin, 16 of Fujian, always raises her hand as soon as she comes up with the answer, even if she isn’t sure she has gotten it right. Sun can’t understand why some of her classmates keep silent in class. She enjoys raising her hand a lot. “It keeps me enthusiastic (热情) and confident to express my idea,” Sun said. “Raising my hand has really made me outstanding.
阅读短文，完成下列任务。回答问题：
1.Why does Wang Xiaobin never raise his hand in class? (2分)
2.请列出学生们在课堂上不举手的三条原因。 （3分）
1)
2)
3)
3.请将划线句子译为汉语。 （2分）
I think it’s a problem that might affect our studies.
4.What’s the best title of the passage? （1分）
A. Hands up, please. B. Love your teachers.
C. Class activities. D. Silent students.
5.What has really made Sun Pin outstanding? （2分）
One day, while I was sitting in my car in a parking area, I f___1.____ a young boy in front of my car. "What is the boy doing?" I asked myself and looked closely. "Oh, he is p__2.___up a coin(硬币) from the ground. " When he s___3.______up, we saw each other clearly , He was not o___4._____ than ten and was wearing one blue glove(手套) and one brown glove. His coat was too small for him.
As he walked away, I saw his shoes which were too old to w___5.____, I rolled down my window and called him over.
1 asked him if (是否)he n___6.____some money. He r_7.____, "No. That's okay. "
The parking area was wet, 1 could tell that his f___8._____were cold because he kept moving his weight from one foot to the other,
"Please," 1 held out a five-dollar bill(钞票). "It's not much, but when the money is shared, it is much more useful. " I said.
He took off one of his gloves and took the money from my hand. His small hand was red and cold.
He smiled and went away after saying"Thank you!" to me. That smile made me feel warm in the cold winter.
单词拼写 (共7小题，计分7分)
根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在句子空缺处写出各单词的正确形式（每空只写一词）
1.The girl picked up some fallen__________ (树叶)from the ground.
2.Last night I _________ (花费)half an hour working out the problem.
3.We saw a group of ducks swimming _________ (慢慢地)across the lake.
4.August is the ___________ (第八个)month of the year.
5.He says that __________ (加拿大)is a large country in size.
6.Her brother is standing ___________ (在……后面)her.
7.Driving on mountain roads always makes me ___________ (紧张).
Perhaps the only test score that I remembered is the 55 when I was in high school.
The test was the final for a course. I remembered waiting anxiously as my teacher Mr. Right passed out our papers one by one. It was a rather difficult test. I heard my classmates groaning, and I could tell by the groans that the scores weren’t looking good.
Mr. Right put my paper on my desk. There in big red numbers, circled to draw attention, was my score, 55!
I lowered my head, and covered the score up quickly. A 55 is not something that I wanted my classmates to see. “The scores were not very good, none of you passed,” Mr. Right said. “The highest score in the class was a 55.”
A 55. That’s me!
Suddenly my sad look didn’t look so bad. I had the highest score. I felt a lot better.
I walked home alone that day with the low but high score. My father knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home, “How did you do in your test?” “I made a 55,” I said.
A frown(皱眉) now stood on my father’s face. I knew I had to explain immediately. “But Dad, I had the highest score in the class, ” I proudly stated. I thought that explanation would make a difference. “You failed!” my father replied. “But it’s the highest!” I insisted. “I don’t care what scores others had, but you failed. What matters is what you do!” my father firmly said.
For years, my father was always that way. It didn’t matter what others did, it only mattered what I did and that I did it excellently.
We often don’t understand the wisdom（智慧）of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parents’ shoes. My father’s words have carried me throughout life.
1.The word “groaning” is the closest in meaning to .
A. singing B. laughing
C. complaining D. quarreling
2.In class, to hide my score from my classmates, I .
A. lowered my head B. covered my score up
C. walked home alone D. explained immediately
3.A frown stood on my father’s face because he thought .
A. I did a bad job in the test B. I gave a good excuse
C. I became the worst student D. I stood in his shoes
4.We can infer from the passage that .
A. the father was strict with his child
B. the writer was always poor in tests
C. Mr. Right was worried about the writer
D. the writer was always happy with his scores
5.Which is the best title of the passage?
A. The Final Test B. That’s Me!
C. My Strict Teacher D. Scores, Important?
Last week, all the teachers and students of our schooll watched a special performance（表演）by a group of disabled people. The first program was a dance named“The light of life”. To my surprise, all the dancers had to face so many difficulties. However, they showed us an amazing performance.
The two people who came out next shocked us all. The first one was a singer. He was very young. But unluckily，he had lost both of his hands in a big fire. The song he sang for us was “Late Autumn”，and he sang it in such a low and sweet voice. Though it was warm spring, I felt a little cold when I heard the song as if it was really late autumn.“How much love and feeling is hidden in my heart? I wish to hold your hands again.”Hearing this，I couldn’t keep back my tears.
The other one was also a young man. He lost both of his arms when he was six. From then on, his feet became his“hands”. He could do a number of things with his feet. The two words“Flying High”expressed his wishes.
“If your wings are gone, your heart can still fly,”said Zhang Haidi, a disabled writer. In the world, there are many disabled people, yet most of them don’t give up. They have strong wishes and beautiful dreams. Disabililty doesn’t mean failure. Once you try hard, miracles（奇迹）will happen sooner or later.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.The teachers and students last week.
A. saw a film B. held a party
C. watched a performance D. watched a football match
2.The underline word“shocked”probably means“ ”.
A. excited B. relaxed
C. interested D. surprised
3.Why did the writer feel cold when he heard the song“Late Autumn”?
A. Because the writer was moved by the song.
B. Because it was late autumn.
C. Because he had a bad cold.
D. Because it was cold at that moment.
4.“Flying High”expressed the wish of .
A. a deaf person B. a person with no arms
C. a blind person D. a person with no legs
5.What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Do not do to others what you would not like yourself.
B. Learn the new while reviewing the old.
C. Where there is a will, there is a way.
D. When I walk along with two others, I may be able to learn from them.
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A. supermarket B. hotel
C. restaurant D. cinema
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A. Marsha’s House B. Country Life Market
C. Wawa Village D. Next Wave Music Store
3.Arnold Swenson may be a(n) .
A. musician B. athlete C. film star D. doctor
4.If you want to get a present from Next Wave Music Store, you should .
A. get there before 7:00 a. m
B. be the first person to get there
C. call 543-616
D. not get there later than 50 people on Saturday
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A. novels B. four pieces of news
C. advertisements D. essays
