The Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Some parents send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the US or Australia, regardless of how much this costs. Many also want their children to take extra-curriculum activities (课外活动) where they either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a better start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is, so parents often spend a large amount of money on education. Even poor parents manage to buy a computer for their son or daughter.

In fact, most parents fail to see that the best education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their children’s skills are different; they will usually be skilled in some areas while poor in others. However, they fail to realize that today's children are lack (缺乏) of self-respect and self-confidence.

The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take exams and how to study effectively. They are not teaching them the most important skills they need. They do not teach them to be confident, happy and clever.

Parents can help achieve this by teaching their children practical skills like cooking, sewing and other 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 is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and finish his job step by step. The result, a well--cooked dinner, will give a child a lot of satisfaction and confidence. All these will help the children step to success in the future.

An old machine such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child as a toy may make him curious and arouse(唤醒) his interest. If he will spend hours looking at it, and try to mend it; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. Such activities do more than teaching a child to read a book. They teach them to think and to use their minds. This is much more important than learning by reading a book.

 

1. Is the writer satisfied with the Chinese parents’ ideas of educating their children?

2. Put the underlined sentence “the more expensive an education is, the better it is” into Chinese.

3.What are the children lack of today?

4. How is the experience of cooking according to the fifth paragraph?

5.What does the underlined word “They” refer to(所指的是) in the last paragraph?

 

完形填空.

从下列A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案填空.

　　Mrs White likes 1 She seems short and thin, but she is stronger than any one of her workmates. Her husband likes drinking and 2 much money on it. She has to work hard to buy 3 food for her family.

　　It was her thirtieth birthday yesterday. Her 4 had little money to buy an (a) 5 present for her. He had to buy a cheap necklace (项链) and gave it to her 6 the party started.

　　This evening, after the Whites had supper, the woman went to the 7 to buy some bread for the next breakfast. At a street corner rushed out a young man and 8 to rob(抢劫)her 9 her necklace. She collared him(揪住衣领)to stop him doing that. The young man had to 10 as quickly as he could．A policeman 11 it and came up to her and said, "Could you tell 12 character(特征)the young man has, madam? We'll try our best to 13 him. "

　　" 14 , sir," said the woman. "He robbed me of my necklace but I robbed him of his. Mine is 15 glass but his is made of goldD．"

(1)

[　　]

A．sports

B．climbing

C．fighting

D．swimming

(2)

[　　]

A．takes

B．costs

C．spends

D．pays

(3)

[　　]

A．much

B．enough

C．little

D．lots of

(4)

[　　]

A．parents

B．children

C．friends

D．husband

(5)

[　　]

A．expensive

B．nice

C．good

D．beautiful

(6)

[　　]

A．after

B．soon after

C．before

D．when

(7)

[　　]

A．house

B．shop

C．street

D．kitchen

(8)

[　　]

A．helped

B．was glad

C．want

D．tried

(9)

[　　]

A．around

B．of

C．from

D．on

(10)

[　　]

A．walk

B．rob

C．go

D．run away

(11)

[　　]

A．took

B．listened to

C．found

D．got

(12)

[　　]

A．what

B．how

C．which

D．whose

(13)

[　　]

A．look for	B．catch
C．heat	D．fight against

(14)

[　　]

A．Thank you	B．That' s very kind of you
C．You are so kind	D．Never mind

(15)

[　　]

A．made of

B．made from

C．out of

D．into

A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”

“If you must know, I make $20 an hour,”

“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10?”

The father was furious, “If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish（自私的）!”

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t really ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy’s room.

“Sorry! Maybe I was too hard on you just now.” said the man, “Here’s $10.”

“Oh, thank you, Daddy!” he said happily. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had money, he got angry again.

“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” The father shouted angrily.

“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do.” the little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

1.How much does the boy’s father make an hour?

A．$10

B．$20

C．$30

D．$40

2.The underlined word “furious” in Para.5 means ______.

A．very angry	B．quite happy
C．very strange	D．a little nervous

3.At first, the father refused to give the boy any money because ______.

A．he thought the boy was too selfish

B．he did not have enough money at that moment

C．he thought the boy would buy something of no use

D．the boy always asked for money from him

4.The boy wanted to buy ______ with the twenty dollars.

A．a new book for himself	B．a nice present for his father
C．a toy for his own birthday	D．an hour of his father’s time

5. From the passage, we can infer（推断）that the boy’s father ______.

A．often played with his son	B．spent little time with his son
C．didn’t love his son at all	D．often came back home early

 

Henry works in a factory. He comes from a poor family and was in school for only four years. He has to do the hard work, but he is paid less. He likes to watch football matches very much and spends much time on them.

         One afternoon there was a big football match on the playground. He borrowed some money from his friend and hurried there. There were a lot of people there. And all the tickets were sold out. He was sorry for it. He saw a pole（杆子）outside the playground and climbed it quickly. A policeman came and said, “It is dangerous to stay on it! Come down!”

         “Wait a minute, please!” Henry said and just at that moment the policeman heard cheers on the playground and asked in a hurry, “Which team has kicked a goal（进球）?” “Ours!” “Wonderful! You can stay there. But take care!” The policeman said happily and left. When the match would be soon over, he came back again and asked, “Who has won?” “Theirs, 3:2.” “Come down,” the policeman said angrily. “Such a match is not worth watching!”

         Henry had to come down. But soon they heard cheers again. The policeman said in a hurry, “Climb up quickly and see who has kicked a goal.”

1.From the passage we know that ____________.

A. Henry doesn’t like his work                                               B. Henry comes from a rich family

C. Henry doesn’t like the policeman                                    D. Henry is paid less

2.Henry failed to get a ticket for the match that day because __________.

A. he had no money to buy a ticket                             B. he didn’t want to buy a ticket

C. he had no time to buy a ticket                                          D. all the tickets were sold out

3.The policeman asked Henry to come down the pole at first because __________.

A. it was dangerous                                                                           B. Henry had no ticket

C. their team kicked a goal                                                     D. the other team kicked a goal

4. From the third paragraph（段落）, we can guess that __________.

A. the policeman wanted to teach Henry a lesson

B. the policeman tried to please Henry

C. the policeman didn’t like Henry

D. the policeman was also a football fan

5.The policeman asked Henry to climb up the pole __________.

A. to cheer for their team                                                       B. to see the result of the match

C. to cheer for the other team                                                       D. to say goodbye to their team

 

Jess really felt very happy. When he arrived at his seat in the classroom that morning, he found an invitation（请柬）on his desk. It was from some of his classmates asking him to join their camping trip. This was the first time he was asked to join in an out-of-school activity. Why were they asking him now? Nobody seemed（似乎）to like him. In fact, he had been so lonely (孤独) that he ate a lot to make himself feel less lonely. As a result, he had put on a lot of weight, and this gave the children something more to make fun of him.

Cindy, who was standing near Jess when he read the invitation, went out quickly to tell the others that the trick had worked. Everyone was happy that Jess thought that was true. But there was no camping trip. The whole thing was made up.

At first, Cindy thought it was fun. But later, when Jess told her that he was going to buy a sleeping bag with his pocket money, Cindy had a second idea. She knew that Jess’s family had little money, and she hated to see him spend his pocket money on something he would never use. Cindy also hated to tell Jess the truth (真相). Her close friends would be unhappy with her.

What could she do now?

1.What would happen if Cindy told Jess the truth?

A．Jess would go on the camping trip himself.	B．Jess’s family would be unhappy with Cindy.
C．Cindy might have trouble with her friends.	D．Jess would be grateful to his classmates.

2.If Jess really bought a sleeping bag, _________.

A．everyone else would also buy one	B．He would have it for no use
C．Cindy would pay for it	D．it would be the best in the class

3.From the story we know _________.

A．everybody would go camping in the class	B．Jess had no friends in the class
C．everybody liked Jess in his class	D．Jess joined in many out-of-school activities

4.Which is the best title for this passage?

A．Jess and His School	B．Jess and His Friends
C．An Invitation for Jess	D．Jess and His Camping Trip