South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions. It has 11 official languages. If you want to say hello, it's "sawubona" in Zulu, and "hallo" in Afrikaans. Now, South Africa's school children may start using "ni hao" to say hello.
The country's education minister says, the nation is adding the Mandarin language teaching in some schools. Mandarin is the official spoken language of China. That country is a major trading power for South Africa.
A recent agreement between the two nations centers on five areas of cooperation. They include development in basic education, school books and lessons, mathematics and science, teacher training and career education and research.
South Africa officials have not said how much they teaching Mandarin will cost. Troy Martens is an officials with South Africa's Ministry of Basic Education. She says the new partnership is extremely valuable.
A public opinion study last year found that South Africans have mixed feelings about China. The survey showed 46 percent of South Africans do not like the spread of Chinese ideas and customs in their country, the results also showed that 60 percent dislike Chinese music, movies and television.
But Ms Martens said Chinese trade is more important than those feelings. She said it is extremely helpful to learners in South Africa to study Mandarin as well as Chinese culture. And she said not every school will offer Mandarin.
“Now this will not be compulsory, it will not be for every school, and it will not be for every child. But for schools that feel they have the capacity to offer Mandarin as a subject, we think it is a great opportunity for South African learners to be exposed to this international type of language,” said Martens.
Lisette Noonan heads the 80-year-old Pretoria Chinese School in South Africa's capital. The school serves about 500 students from kindergarten to grade 12. Every student studies Mandarin.
Ms Noonan says the school welcomes the new cooperation between South Africa and China. She said it is in the best interests of children to study Mandarin. She said that especially true with China becoming what she called “a huge economic power in the world”
1.We can learn from Paragraph 1 that .
A. South Africa introduces Mandarin into its school curriculum
B. South Africa has 11 official languages
C. "ni hao"is easy to say than other languages
D. students in school must speak all official languages
2.The underlined words “the new partnership” in Paragraph 4 refers to .
A. a recent agreement about trading cooperation B. five areas of cooperation in education
C. teaching official languages D. career education and research
3.From Paragraph 5,we can know that .
A. South Africans are familiar with Chinese music, movies and television
B. all South Africans aren’t interested in Chinese ideas and customs
C. the spread of Chinese ideas and customs is popular among South Africans
D. Chinese culture has a great influence on South Africans
4.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Every school in South Africa will offer Mandarin to their students.
B. 60 percent of South Africans want to learn Mandarin.
C. It’s 80 years since Pretoria Chinese School in South Africa’s capital opened.
D. Mr.Noonan isn’t interested in the new cooperation between South Africa and China.
Teachers say the digital age has had a good influence and a not-so-good influence on this generation of American teenagers. More than 2,000 high school teachers took an online survey.
75 percent of the teachers said the Internet and digital search tools have had a “mostly positive” effect on their students' research habits and skills. But 87 percent agreed that these technologies "make the students not have enough attention.” And 64 percent said the technologies “do more to distract students than to help them academically.”Many students think “doing research” now means just doing a quick search on Google.
Judy Buchanan is a director of the National Writing Project. Ms. Buchanan says digital research tools are helping students learn more, and learn faster. Teachers really like these tools, because they are ways to make some of learning exciting. Young people enjoy using these tools. And the goal is to help them become creative students of meaningful work, and not just that kind of copyist.
But one problem the survey found is that many students don't have a good understanding of how to use the digital knowledge well. In other words, they trust(信任) too much of the information. Judy Buchanan says these students have not developed the skills they need to tell whether the online information is good or bad.
Another problem the survey found is something that might not seem like a problem, at all, being able to quickly find information online. Teachers say the ability of their students to work hard to find answers is becoming weaker. They say students depend too much on search engines (引擎) and do not make enough use of printed books or research, librarians.
Besides, many teachers are also worried about the problem that the Internet makes it easy for students to copy work done by others, instead of using their own abilities.
1.Most of the teachers might agree that .
A. the digital age only has had a good influence on teenagers.
B. digital search tools have had a positive effect on students’ research.
C. the digital age has had a bad influence on students’ study.
D. technologies can only distract students.
2.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Google can do all the job for students.
B. Google helps students do research.
C. Students just use something they found online when doing research.
D. A quick search on Google means a success in research.
3.Which of the following is NOT the disadvantages of digital age?
A. Online information may not be reliable.
B. Students can easily find the information they needs.
C. Copying work may arise among students.
D. Students won’t use their own abilities.
To me, inspirations mean to put my thoughts, heart, and creations into my jewelry. Sometimes I become so inspired with what I’m working on that I can finish one or more sets in less than an hour. Because of that feeling, I have named my jewelry collection “Inspirations”.
I am a 17-year-old student with sickle-cell anemia. With this, I am in and out of the hospital a lot. So I started making jewelry a year ago when I was in the hospital. I really needed something to do, so I was introduced to jewelry making by a child life expert.
One day while lying in my hospital bed, I decided to get up and go to the patient’s playroom ,and look through the craft designs. That was when I became inspired to design my jewelry collection, and named it “Inspirations”.
When I’m not sick, I try to keep a positive attitude through reading, schoolwork and craft activities. Even though there is a lot of work, I try to stay focused all the time. When I need a break or just to be free I turn to my craft activities. This is a way to ease my mind and it always helps me to especially get through those stressful times.
I am getting very excited about graduating next year and preparing myself for college. Who knows my collection of “Inspirations” would take me to the places I always dreamed of? I may see celebrities I admire and even sell them some of my beautiful “Inspirations”. If they wear my “Inspirations”, it will be well known and in great demand. What a great way to make some extra money for college! I never thought being sick would bring me “Inspirations”. I want people to look beyond my illness and see the creations I’ve made in my collection called “Inspirations”.
1.What does “sickle-cell anemia”refer to?
A. A hospital. B. An illness.
C. A place. D. A doctor.
2.What can we infer from the passage?
A. The writer plans to be a jewelry designer after graduation.
B. The writer wants to be a doctor in the future.
C. The writer will graduate from college next year.
D. The writer is a senior high school student.
3.What is the best title of the passage?
A. Create “Inspirations”.
B. How to Get Through Bad Times.
C. My Jewelry Collection.
D. My Illness.
假定你是山西大学附属中学的高中毕业生李华，母校将为高一新生举办主题为“What to learn in senior high school?”的英语沙龙活动，特邀请你结合自身经历谈谈自己的体会。请根据以下提示准备一份英语发言稿。
1.学会学习：方法，习惯等；
2.学会做人：真诚，友善；
3.学会其他：考生自拟。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.发言稿开头和结尾已给出，不计入总次数。
Good morning, everyone! It is my honor to be here to share with you my opinions on what to learn in senior high school.
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英语课上,老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下小作文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。文中共有10处错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加,删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（^），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
3．必须按答题要求做题，否则不给分。
The day before yesterday, I went to the bookstore which is near our school to buy the reference book. It was Saturday, so there was many people. With the helps of the shop assistants, I quickly got the book I needed. I was about to leave while I found someone trying to steal a man’s money. Although I was nervous, but I tried to think of a way to help. Suddenly, a good idea occurred me. I stepped on the man’s foot deliberate. As expected, the man’s scream gives the thief a fright, who quickly walked out of the shop. After hear my explanation, the man smiled and showed great gratitude to her.
1.I broke the vase during an _________ (争论) with my husband.
2.The artist drew Mickey Mouse or some other cartoon _________ (人物) on his T-shirts.
3.Barcelona is the second largest city of Spain and is ________ (位于) on the northeast coast.
4.The Great wall of China is a _________ (象征) of ancient Chinese civilisation.
5.Lisa is completely _________ (独立的) and receives no money from her family.
6.It is unbelievable that there are still many people in rural areas living below p______ line.
7.The water in the river has been p________, so it isn't fit to drink.
8.The architect turned around and walked in the o_________ direction.
9.Education shouldn't be m_________ only by examination results.
10.Harbin is a famous old i__________ center in China, but its new industry also develops very quickly.
