If we sit near ______ front of the bus，we will have ________ better view．
A．不填；the B．不填；a C．the；aD．the； the
假如你叫李军，是一位成绩优秀的学生，你班班主任在安排座位时，让成绩好的学生和成绩差的学生做同桌，这在你们班成绩优秀的学生中引起了反响，班会课上大家就此进行了讨论。现在请你根据下表把讨论结果向班主任写一封信反映一下，并说出自己的观点。
赞同 | 1．人人有长处和不足，成绩差的学生也有可取之处； |
2．相互学习，建立友谊； | |
3．在学习上帮助学习差的学生，从而使他们建立自信。 | |
反对 | 1．部分成绩差的学生常常上课说话、违反校规校纪； |
2．担心自己会受影响，会养成坏习惯； | |
3．他们老是问问题，使自己不能专心学习。 | |
自己的观点 | 1．… 2．… |
注意：1．词数：120-150词左右，短文的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
2．短文需包括表中所有要点，内容可适当发挥，使行文连贯。
3．参考词汇：成绩差的学生：a slower student长处：strength 缺点：weakness
Dear Mr．Zhang,
We have held a discussion about whether it is good or not for a top student to share a desk with a slower student．
阅读下面的短文，并根据文章后的要求答题。
[1]We are told breakfast is the most important meal of the day，and dinner the most enjoyable．It is an occasion to socialize and spend time with the family．But what about lunch?
[2]In today's fast-paced society，few people take time to enjoy this midday meal．Most of us just rush right through it．We grab a quick salad，or buy a sandwich and eat at our computers．Sometimes，if there is a deadline around the corner，we just ．
[3]The development of technology hasn't done our eating habits much good either．We are constantly troubled by e-mail，social media，and 24-hour news．Even When we do sit down for lunch，we are more connected to our hand-held electronic devices than ourselves．
[4]Long working hours can cause all kinds of health problems，and many developed countries have put in place labor laws specifically regarding the lunch break．These regulations give employees the right to take a break during a long work shift，but it's up to them whether they do so or not．
[5]Frank Partnoy，a former Wall Street trader，says that employers should encourage workers to take time off for lunch．This is because long lunch breaks can benefit both individuals and society．Writing in The Guardian，Partnoy says that one obvious reason to take a lunch break is to slow down and gain some perspective．A break from work allows us to think strategically and outside the box．It also puts our daily tasks into a broader context．If we sit down at a proper restaurant and chat leisurely with colleagues，we are more likely to slow down，something that hardly can be achieved in a noisy and over-packed fast food chain．
[6]Despite these benefits，some employees might still be unwilling to take time off for lunch．Partnoy's suggestion? Make skipping lunch difficult：Employers could ask workers to fill out a form stating their reasons for skipping the meal．
1.What's the purpose of the text?
2.Fill in the blanks in Paragraph 2 with proper words．
3.Many developed countries have issued labor laws in order to ．
4.List three benefits of taking long lunch breaks．
①
②
③
5.Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese．
All parents know that one of their most important tasks is to prepare their children for an independent life，but any parent can tell you that it’s hard to let go of your children．That balance between keeping your children safe and allowing them to learn from their own mistakes can be heartbreaking．Years of experience means that parents often do know best，but on the other hand，the young，being less bound by tradition，are often more creative，more able to find new solutions to old problems．Revolutions are led by the young．
Good teachers make the growth of critical （批判性的） thinking easier in their students，only to find that this can lead to a questioning of the teachers’ basic beliefs．Schools encourage parents to become involved，but are often embarrassed when parents have reservations about some of the educational methods being used．Governments encourage unimportant groups to empower themselves in order to participate fully in the development process．And they are often surprised when the new leaders of these groups turn around and attack the policies of that same government．The rebellions （叛逆的）young and the newly unimportant groups are important in social development．They are not necessarily representatives of those they want to represent or not realistic in their demands，but their voices must be heard．
Good parents know that just forbidding particular behaviors does not prevent their children from finding ways to engage in these forbidden activities．Indeed，sometimes the forbidden fruit is more inviting，just because it is not accepted by authority．Parents must work with their children to educate them on the facts，know as much as possible about he lives of their children，provide a good example，encourage more wholesome activities but also support their children when they don’t follow what is expected of them．But the most important point is that they also need to learn how to let go．
1.By saying “Revolutions are led by the young”，the author indicates that young people are more___________________．
A．conventionalB．creative
C．realistic D．heartbreaking
2.From the second paragraph we know__________________．
A．the voice of the rebellious young should be heard by the government
B．schools encourage parents to question their education methods
C．movement is satisfied with the new leaders’ attack on the policies
D．teachers’ basic beliefs should be questioned by students
3.In order to educate children well，parents should_________________．
A．forbid particular behaviors in their daily life
B．know as much as possible as their children
C．educate them with facts and expect much of them
D． know them well and set a good example to them
4.From the passage we can learn that the author prefers ___________________．
A．free parenting B．traditional parenting
C．smart parenting D． critical parenting
5.What is the best title of the passage?
A．Teaching Methods – for Teachers and Schools
B．Parents’ Tasks – in Children’s Development
C．Way of Growth – for the Young Groups
D．Letting Go – for Children’s Independent Life
However urban life strikes you，cities worldwide have been growing even more rapidly．Some of this growth has occurred in the developed world，but the most dramatic increase has been in the Third World．Almost all the world’s population growth over the next 30 years will take place in the cities of developing countries
By the year 2030，for the first time in history，60 percent of the world’s people will be living in cities．
This is actually good news in some ways．“Cities are the fundamental building blocks of prosperity,” says Marc Weiss，chairman of the Prague Institute for Global Urban Development，“ both for the nation and for families．” Industrial and commercial activities in urban areas account for between 50 and 80 percent of the gross domestic product （GDP） in most countries of the world“ there’s the crazy notion that the way to deal with a city’s problems is to keep people out of them,” Weiss continued．“But the problems of the rural life are even more serious than those of the city．” For better or worse，urban-watchers are clear on one point: The quality of life for most people in the future will be determined by the quality of cities．Those cities will be bigger than ever．And yet，population numbers by themselves don’t determine a city’s prospects； after all，Addis Ababa，Ethiopia，and Hamburg，Germany，have the same population．Nor is explosive growth necessarily the determining factor．“City problems,” one authority points out，“mostly have to do with weak，ineffective，and usually unrepresentative city governments．”
1.The passage mainly discusses ______________．
A．Big cities．B．City life．
C．Population．D．Gross Domestic Product．
2.According to the passage，in the year of 2030 _______．
A．there will be 21 cities having a population of more than 10 million．
B．rural area will be extinct．
C．most people will live in cities．
D．the third world will keep abreast with the developed world．
3.In the author’s opinion，_________．
A．better city，better life
B．both urban and rural areas have a larger population
C．the larger population，the faster a city develops
D．both urban and rural areas have larger gross domestic products
4.Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?
A．The developing countries develop faster than the developed countries．
B．Cities contribute more to the GDP than the villagers．
C．Some problems are more easily solved in cities than in country．
D．It’s impossible to solve urban problems by getting people out of cities．
5.The last paragraph implies that ____________．
A．public services are ineffective．
B．cities are increasing too fast．
C．population is not linked with development．
D．government should be responsible for the problems in the cities．
“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence．When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email，I laughed．I thought it was a perfect example of Chinglish．
Obviously，it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greetings with a ruled English grammar and structure! Later on，my friend told me that it is a standard American greeting．I was too thrilled to believe her．Her words could not convince me at all．So I did a research on google．com．To my surprise，there are over 60 thousand web pages containing “Long time no see．” This sentence has been widely used in emails，letters，newspapers，movies，books，or any other possible places．Though it is sort of informal，it is part of the language that Americans use daily．Ironically，if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word，the software will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected．
Nobody knows the origin of this Chinglish sentence．Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies．In the 1930s，Hollywood moviemakers successfully created a world wide famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens．Detective Chan likes to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom by quoting Confucius．“Long time no see” was his trademark．Soon after Charlie Chan，“Long time no see” became a popular phrase in the real world with thanks to the popularity of these movies．
Some scholars refer to America as a huge pot of stew．All kinds of culture are mixed in the stew together，and they change the color and taste of each other．American Chinese，though a minority ethnic（少数民族的成员） group in the United States，is also contributing some changes to the stew! Language is usually the first thing to be influenced in the mixed stew．
You can have some other examples than adoptions from Chinese，such as pizza from Italian，susi from Japanese，and déjà vu from French etc．There is a long list! Americans do not just simply borrow something from others．They will modify it and make it their own，so you would not be surprised to find a tofu and peanut butter hamburger in a restaurant，or to buy a bottle of iced Chinese green tea with honey in a grocery store．Since Americans appreciate Chinese culture more and more nowadays，I believe more Chinese words will become American English in the future．In this way the American stew keeps adding richness and flavor．
1.The writer himself felt surprised at ______．
A．the Chinglish expression “Long time no see”
B．“Long time no see” used as standard American English
C．so many literal translation of the expressions used in America
D．finding out Americans use the expression every day
2.The word “stew” in the 4th paragraph probably means ______．
A．mixture literature B．Confucius’ words
C．a kind of cooked dish D．American changing cultures
3.According to the passage，it can be inferred that ______．
A．detectives translate the phrase “Long time no see”
B．Hollywood made “Long time no see” popular
C．the huge pot of stew greatly affects all kinds of languages
D．cultures can be changed in the huge pot of stew
4.The main idea of the passage is that ______．
A．some Chinese expressions are introduced into English
B．you’ll not be surprised at a tofu in a restaurant in America
C．some American expressions can be used in China
D．American English keep being enriched from different cultures
5.According to the passage，which of the following statements is not true?
A．Informal language sometimes doesn’t go with grammar and structure．
B．Languages are always ruled by grammar and structure．
C．“Long time no see” has been used in at least four media mentioned in the passage．
D．There are four languages mentioned to be adopted in the American stew．
