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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：短文大意：短文介绍了美国的教育依靠学生的自觉性与自主性。同时又介绍了中国的教育特点，家长对孩子的要求严格，并且学校给学生的作业量上也是较大的。

1.B细节理解题。根据文中The note showed that he had been talking in class.（信笺上写着，他已经在课堂上说话了）结合上文得知他在学校做了错事，那就是在课堂乱说话。所以选B。

2.B细节理解题。根据文中Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is "OK".（泰德几乎得不了很高的成绩在他的学校学习。他得到最好的评语是“OK”）联系下文，因为他的表现不好，所以他经常得到的是“你能做的比这次好。”因此体现当学生在学校成绩中等的时候，评语为OK.所以故选 B。

3.D细节理解题。根据文中Many parents are satisfied with a B-grade for each subject.可知孩子在学校得了B成绩，许多家长是满意的。与满意相近的词汇为happy，所以选D。

4.C细节理解题。根据文中But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their children.可知事情在中国的学校有很大的不同。父母对孩子有很高的期望。同时结合实际情况，中国的父母对孩子的期望很高。因此划线部分为’很高，有期望”。故选C.

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考点：教育类短文阅读。