Maggiano is an award-winning teacher in the Social Studies Department at West Springfield High School in Virginia. He has taught in public and private schools for 25 years .In a piece on his blog called “The Classroom Post,” he calls for more males to enter the profession(职业).

Men Teach, a non-profit organization that encourages men to enter teaching, reports that in 2008, 18.8% of all elementary and middle school teachers were men. At the high school level during the same year, men comprised（构成） 44% of the work force.

Why are there so few men in teaching? Men Teach says low pay and lack of prestige（声望）, as well as a perception in our culture that teaching is for women. As a result, there is no organized effort across the country to attract men into the teaching profession.

A study in 2008 by the National Education Association showed that the number of male teachers hit a record 40-year low. Males comprised 24.5 percent of public schoolteachers. States with high percentages: Kansas (33.6 percent), Oregon (31.6 percent), Alaska (30.9 percent) and Indiana (30.5percent).States with the lowest percentage : Arkansas (16.2 percent), Virginia (17.4 percent), Mississippi (17.5 percent), Louisiana (18 percent), South Carolina (18.5 percent) and Georgia (19.7 percent).

     There is no definitive(确定) research that male students--or female students, for that matter-- learn better from a particular sex.

But as Maggiano put it, “Kids today, both boys and girls, must have the same opportunity to learn from outstanding, devoted men that I did. However, I have heard little discussion about this problem coming from our national leaders.

1.What worries Maggiano is that_______.         

A. nobody will take his place when he retires

B. male teachers are not so excellent

C. men are not interested in teaching

D. there is not enough teachers in the schools

2.According to the text , we can infer that______.      

A. the number of male teachers hit a record 40-year low in 2008

B. it is not sure students will learn better from male teachers

C. male teachers get a higher pay

D. organized efforts have been made to call on men into the teaching profession

3.In which state are male teachers most badly needed?

A. Alaska   B. Virginia    C. Georgia   D. Arkansas

4. What does the last paragraph suggest?

A. The government doesn’t pay much attention to the shortage.

of male teachers in the school.

B. Students find it easy to learn from male teachers.

C. I’m glad to hear the discussion about the shortage of male teachers in the school.

D. The shortage of male teachers in the school has no effect on students.

Funny English Errors and Insights

Laugh... And Learn!

Welcome to the website for Funny English Errors and Insights (2010), a new book of unconscious humour published by the National Library of Australia.

Funny English Errors and Insights will be launched at the National Library in Canberra on 29^th, October 2010.

In the meantime, explore this website for other collections of real-life English language mistakes, including funny answers to exam questions, media misprints, and silly signs.

See Funny English Errors: The B List for more than a hundred examples of funny English gaffes（失言）. For more funny English errors, read author Troy Simpson's blog. For still more examples,, join this website to download a free PDF version of English As She Is Taught, which lists our top 250 funny English language mistakes from that classic howlers book.

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Features

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o   Includes quotes(引文) that have never been published before in this way

o   Includes more than 30 carefully selected funny photos

o   Topics include English, science, history, geography, religion, mathematics, and more

o   A perfect gift for students, teachers, parents, grandparents, public speakers, doctors, lawyers, journalists, clergy and religious, and anyone with a sense of humour!

1.The word launched in the second paragraph is closest to the meaning:

A. sent up for the first time.                     B. written for the first time.  

C. for sale for the first time.              D. printed for the first time.

2.On the website ,you can do the following things except      .         

A. read some funny news

B. know something about this book previously

C. find a lot of examples about English errors

D. express your opinions freely

3.About this book, you know that       .

A. it only includes English, science, history

B. it is quite different from Howlers books

C. all the quotes in it are familiar with us

D. it is intended for people all walks of life

4. The text is aimed at introducing      .

A. a popular website   B. some selected funny photos

C. a new book        D. some funny English errors

（BBC）The "father of the personal computer" who kick-started the careers of Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen has died at the age of 68. Dr Henry Edward Roberts was the inventor of the Altair 8800, a machine that led to the home computer age.

Gates and Allen contacted Dr Roberts after seeing the machine on the front cover of a magazine and offered to write software for it. The program was known as Altair-Basic, the foundation of Microsoft's business. "Ed was willing to take a chance on us - two young guys interested in computers , and we have always been thankful to him," the Microsoft founders said in a statement.

 Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak told technology website CNET that Dr Roberts had taken " a critically important step that led to everything we have today". [来源:学,科,网Z,X,X,K]

Dr Roberts was the founder of Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS), originally set up to sell electronics parts to model rocket hobbyists. The company went on to sell electronic calculator parts, but was soon overshadowed by bigger firms.

In the mid-1970's, with the firm struggling with debt, Dr Roberts began to develop a computer kit(配套零件) for hobbyists. The result was the Altair 8800. The $395 kit (around £1,000 today) was featured on the cover of Popular Electronics in 1975, resulting in a flood of orders.

Amongst those interested in the machine were Paul Allen and Bill Gates. The pair contacted Dr Roberts, offering to write software that would help people program the machine. The pair finally moved to Albuquerque - the home of MITS - where they founded Micro-Soft, to develop their software.

Dr Roberts sold his company in 1977. He died in hospital on 1 April after a long period of pneumonia．(肺炎)

1.Why did Dr Roberts probably decide to sell his company?

A. Because he was in heavy debt in the mid-1980's .

B. Because he wanted to take a chance on Gates and Allen.

C. Because he wanted to develop a computer kit for hobbyists.

D. Because he had difficulty competing with big companies. 

2.What do we know about MITS?

A. It was set up by Steve Wozniak.

B. It sold electronics parts to big firms.

C. It is located in Albuquerque.

D. It is a technology website.

3.We can learn that Popular Electronics is likely to be  ____.

A. a newspaper   B. a magazine   C. a Website   D. an organization

4.What is the best title of this passage?

A. The story of the Altair 8800

B. The founder of MITS

C. Father of the personal computer died

D. The story of Dr Roberts

Scientists say they have discovered a promising treatment for sleeping sickness, a killer disease that infects(感染) about 60,000 people in Africa a year.

British and Canadian experts say drugs could attack the parasite（寄生虫） causing the illness needs to survive. They say the drug could be ready for human medical test in about 18 months.

The disease, spread by the bite of a fly, is caused by a parasite attacking the central nervous system. It has similar symptoms（症状） to malaria（疟疾）, making it difficult to diagnose. Left untreated, it moves to the brain, resulting in mental confusion and final death

The "breakthrough" came at the University of Dundee in Scotland, where scientists were offered money to research diseases ignored by major drugs companies.

Professor Paul Wyatt, director of the programme, said: "This is one of the most significant findings made in recent years in terms of drug discovery and development for ignored diseases."

He said the research, published in the journal Nature, represented "significant progress" in the development of a full blown drug against the disease.

The World Health Organization said there are between 50,000 and 70,000 cases of the disease a year, with a further 60 million people at risk of infection.

The research in Dundee was backed by partners at the University of York in England and the Structural Genomics Consortium in Toronto, Canada. The two drugs currently available to treat sleeping sickness both have problems. One is with side effects that kill one in 20 patients and the other is costly, only partially effective and requires long-time hospital treatment, the scientists said.

1.The word backed in the last paragraph probably means_____.

A. conducted     B. supported   C. believed    D. managed

2.What the World Health Organization said suggested that______.

A. about 60000 people died of the disease each year

B. about 60000 people were cured of the disease each year

C. 600 million people are likely to get infected

D. the disease is spreading fast in Africa    

3.We can read this passage______.

A. in the journal Nature

B. in a newspaper of the University of Dundee

C. in a book about flies

D. in a newspaper about medicine

4.We can learn from the passage that______ .

A .big drug companies play an important role in the research of the new drug

B. people who get infected with the disease are mentally disturbed

C. among 200 people infected with the disease, 5 may die because of the old drug

D.          Professor Paul Wyatt may be a professor at the University of York

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（每小题1分，共5分）

M：Hi．Jenny．Nice to meet you here! Have you got everything ready for Christmas?

W：61．What about you，Mike?

M：62．By the way，have you read this news in the newspaper? Two men broke into a store near here last night and took more than $4,500 in cash．

W：63．Two young men held up my husband on the street last week in the middle of the afternoon.

M：Really? 64．Where did that take place?  

W：65．Right in front of the cinema．

A. I’m sorry to hear that

B. No．I came here to get some meat and fruit

C. Only a block from here

D. I think I can get everything ready today

E. How much did it cost you?

F. That’s nothing

G. Good luck to you

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在句子右边的横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空限写一词）。

66.    (不幸的)，the temperature on earth is increasing by one degree centigrade every year.                                                                                            66.___________

67. I will wait for you at the    (喷泉) .                            67.___________

68.She was so angry that she    (撕扯)the letter into pieces.       68. ___________

69.Quite a few young people would like to live a    (单身)life.         69. ___________

70.Students are     (禁止) to bring cellphones .                    70. ___________

71.The broken     (树枝)have been swept away.                   71. ___________

72.There are twenty books______.(总共)                         72.           

73.Walk    (直着)and the hotel is just on your left.                       73.           

74.It is good for you to have a little    (巧克力).                  74.           

75.Are all the     (乘客) aboard? .                                         75.           

此题要求改正所给短文的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在答题卡该行右边横线上划一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在答题卡该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在答题卡该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在答题卡该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

Time seem limited for us Senior Three students.              76_________

Therefore, more and more student are studying from early                77_________

 morning till lately afternoon, even during the ten-minute         78_________

 break. In my opinion, Take a break between classes is                     79_________

 not necessary. Otherwise, we will feel tired both physically        80_________

 and mentally. During the break, we should do something          81_________

to get rid of tiredness. What they need is to have a real rest,               82_________

instead getting more tired. My break is always pleasing.                   83_________

Sometimes I take some simple exercise. Sometimes I had a free    84_________

chat with my classmates or just take a walk outside. While the              85_________

next class begins, I feel fresh again.

假如你是李华，负责接待来你校访问的英国教育代表团。请你用英文完成一篇口头通知，告知他们今明两天安排。内容如下：今天上午由你带着参观学校，中午在餐厅和同学们一起吃午饭；下午由代表团的英国老师John为高二四班上一节英国地理课。明天上午代表团团长Taylor先生在报告厅作关于英国教育情况的讲座；下午参观邯郸市博物馆和丛台公园。

注意：1. 词数100左右；必须包含以上所有要点。2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数。 参考词汇：代表团 delegation

 —Are there any students in the classroom now?

—         ，only a few，I'm afraid．

           on the street breathless，the boy was immediately taken to the nearest hospital.