—You seemed not to be interested in the story yesterday.

—Yes. I      it in a magazine before.

A．read B．was reading  C．have read    D．had read

The British government plans to build more games sites in universities ______ resources after the  Olympic Games ______.

 A. avoid wasting; will have finished  B. to avoid wasting; has finished

 C. avoid wasting; have finished        D. to avoid wasting; have finished

On the outside Betsy Lueth’s school looks like any other in Minneapolis. Yet inside, it is

Yinghua Academy, a public school where elementary（小学）students study subjects ranging from

math to American history in Chinese.

    Yinghua, the first such immersion（沉浸式）program in the Midwest is on the leading edge (前沿) of a movement that in recent years has seen Chinese language programs spread rapidly throughout the U.S.

The idea behind Yinghua is to introduce kids to the language and culture as early as possible —ideally, before age 12. Kindergarteners and first graders are taught in Chinese and a single period of English is introduced in second grade. By sixth grade, kids are learning half in English and half in Chinese, with the expectation of fluency in both. In Yinghua’s classrooms, the walls are covered not with ABCs but with pictures and Chinese characters.

There are many challenges at Yinghua. Most teachers come from Taiwan or mainland China, and cultural misunderstandings are very common. Lueth’s teachers are learning to be tolerant of local customs — as well as a lot more parental input (家长看法) than they are used to. “In China, teachers are respected. They are not questioned,” says Luyi Lien, Yinghua’s Taiwan-born director. “In America, parents are more expressive of their opinions.”

Research has shown that in the long run, immersion programs can provide benefits, including more flexible, creative thinking. Though students from the programs fall behind for a few years in English, by fifth grade they perform as well as or better than their monolingual（单语言）peers on standardized reading and math tests. For multicultural families, the psychological (心理上的) help can also be important. Lueth, a former teacher, co-founded the school as a way to expose her adopted Chinese daughter Lucy to her native culture. Lucy used to be annoyed when cousins asked why her skin color was different from theirs; before she started at Yinghua, she resisted exploring anything related to China. Now, Lueth says, Lucy proudly answers her cousins, “Yeah, I was born in China.”

Yinghua is different from other schools in Minneapolis in the way that_________.

    A．it offers subjects to students mostly in Chinese

    B．its language program is popular in the U.S.A

    C．kids there begin to learn Chinese at the age of 12

    D．its students learn subjects half in English and half in Chinese

．One of the challenges at Yinghua is that_________.

    A．most parents do not respect its teachers

    B．teachers need to get used to the local culture

    C．its students are mostly from nontraditional families

    D．there is misunderstanding between teachers and students

We can learn from the last paragraph that immersion program _________.

    A．enables students pass tests more easily

    B．benefits students in learning psychology

    C．helps some students accept the local customs

    D．contributes to the better development of students

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    A．Teachers in Yinghua have difficulty in understanding the local culture.

    B．Parents are discouraged to speak out their opinions of the school in Yinghua.

    C．The students in Yinghua are expected to speak English and Chinese fluently.

    D．Yinghua is the first school in the USA to introduce Chinese culture to students.

根据课文，完成句子（满分10分）

1. 他想：“再也没有比这些更好吃的了。”

“__________could be __________,” he thought.

2. 他可不能让雍慧哄骗人们后跑掉。

He couldn’t__________YongHui__________  __________  _________telling people lies.

3. （节日里）整个过度到处是盛开的樱花，看上去就像是覆盖了一层粉红的雪。

The country, _________  _________cherry tree flowers, looks _________  __________ it is covered with pink snow.

4. 在这个重要的节庆日子里，人们会吃制成颅骨形状的食物，和装点有“骨头”的蛋糕。

On this important feast day, people eat food __________  __________  __________  __________ skulls and cakes with “bones” on them.

5. 这样，他们减少了饭菜中脂肪的含量，增加了纤维素。

In this way they _________  __________ the fat and increased the fibre in the meal.

6. 最富有生气而又最重要的节日，就是告别冬天，迎来春天的日子。

The most energetic and important festival are the ones that __________  __________  __________the end of winter and the __________of spring.

—Mum,  why have us eat much vegetable?

—Because it is _____ to our health.

A. benefit                      B. benefited

C. beneficial                    D. benefits

You ____ television．Why not do something more active?

A．always watch     B．are always watching

C．have always watched D．have always been watching

His album won several awards at the music festival, _______ was beyond his wildest dream.

　 A. which             B. that                 C. where            D. it

…    you got the news that the rocket was sent up successfully?

……From the radio.

A. How was it that B. How it was that C. What was it that D. What it was that

完成句子(共3小题, 每题3分, 满分9分)

根据相关要求准确补充完整以下句子；完全正确方可得分。

Rather than take a bus to go downtown, they preferred to go there on foot. (同义句转换)

?? They ________ __________ go downtown on foot ________ take a bus.

Although he did his utmost, he failed, which made him so upset about himself that he felt like crying. (同义句转换)

?? ____ ____ ____ all his efforts he failed, which made him so depressed that he felt like crying.

The librarian put the ______ (换回来的) books ______ _______ (放回原处).

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

Time is valuable but limit. There’s a famous saying,      1.         

“Time is money”, this shows the importance of time. When      2．       

time has gone, it will never return back. It is a pity      3．       

when many people make poor use of time. They spend their        4．         

precious time oversleeping, drinking and traveling. We don’t   5．         

realize wasting time equal to wasting part of their life.       6．       

They always regret having made little achievement so far.       7．          

Therefore, we should form the habit of value time. Do not       8．         

put off what can be done today until tomorrow. Lazy         9．         

will not only bring us failure, but also lead us on the road    10．         

of poverty and even death.