When a___________the house, they found something unusual, so they stopped to have a look.

I am sorry it’s ________ my power to make a final decision on the project.

　 A．over　　　　 B．above　　　 C．off　　　　　 D．beyond

There is a discount ______ you pay in advance.

The joke told by Tom made us _____, so the teacher couldn’t make himself _____.

A. to laugh; hearing       B. laughing; heard   　C. laughing; hear      D. laughed; heard

Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children．Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia．They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will learn a musical instrument or ballet or other classes which will give them a head start in life．The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is．So the parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education．Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter．

　 However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap．

　 Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others．What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack （缺乏） self-respect and self-confidence．

　 The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents aren’t teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever．

Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing housework．

　 Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life．Cooking demands patience and time．It’s an enjoyable but difficult experiment．A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually to finish his job successfully．His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence．

　 Some old machines , such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him curious （好奇） and arouse his interest He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up．These activities aren’t merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind．And that is more important．

1．Parents in China, according to this passage, _________．

　 A．are too strict with their children　　　　

　 B．are too rich to educate their children

　 C．have some problems in educating their children correctly

　 D．are too poor to educate their children

2．Generally speaking, children’s skills_______．

　 A．come from their parents　　

　 B．have nothing to do with their education

　 C．may be different　　　　　　

　 D．have something to do with their marks in the exams

3．The writer of this passage doesn’t seem to be satisfied with_______．

　 A．the parents’ idea of educating their children

　 B．the education system

　 C．children’s skills

　 D．children’s hobbies

4．Doing some cooking at home helps children_________．

　 A．learn how to serve their parents　　　　

　 B．learn how to become strong and fat

　 C．benefit from it and prepare themselves for the future

　 D．make their parents believe that they are clever

5．According to the last paragraph, we can conclude that_________．

　 A．broken radios and television sets are useful　

　 B．one’s curiosity may be useful for his later life

　 C．an engineer must fix many broken radios

　 D．a good student should spend much time repairing radios

— It’s a warm day, isn’t it?

　 　 — Yes, it’s __________ cold. I just wear a jacket.

　 A. not a bit　　　 B. a bit　　　　　 　

C. a little　　　 D. not a little

Why not ____ the teaching method and relation between you and your students?

　　A. try to improve B. to try to improve C. trying to improve D. trying improving

If a man _______ succeed, he must work as hard as you can.

A. will　 B. is to　 C. is going to　 D. would

As the world watched the twin towers of the World Trade Center come under attack,a common phrase was repeated:“It looks like a movie.”?

?　1　? The attack destroyed one of the world’s highest skyscrapers and left 5000 people dead or missing.?

?　2　?.The Empire State Building,the White House,New York City and even the American president himself have all been threatened(威胁) by terrorist attacks in these exciting films.?

The film“True Lies”,released in 1994,is considered to be a good ?example? of this kind of movie.?　3　??

“Independence Day”in 1996 took this type of movie one step further by blowing up the White House.?　4　?In the movie,the World Trade Center towers are destroyed.?

Violence has become a major part of Hollywood movies.And this is what people enjoy.Soon after the attacks,many famous film companies stopped the planned releases of some of their new movies,?　5　? But the movie’s story was frighteningly similar to the Sept.11 disaster.The film would have been stopped in American and British cinemas after the ?attack.??

A.The special effects,including explosions and missiles,make the action look like a real thing.?

B.This science fiction(科幻) movie is about a war between human beings and aliens from another planet.?

C.Movie fans have become used to such events after years of Hollywood films showing disasters,terrorism and danger.?

D.But this time there was no superman to save the people or the famous building.?

E.But it’s unlikely that Hollywood will stay quiet for long.It is already waiting for the feeling in America to calm down.?

F.especially if their films showed terrorist attacks or plane crashes.“Swordfish”was top of the American box office in June.

 John is very ____    ——if he promises to do something he’ll do it .
 A. independent B. confident C. reliable  D. flexible