Mr. Jenkins is fifty years old. He has taught math in a middle school for twenty-six years. He works hard and always come to his office on time. He hopes his students can be honest（诚实）and is strict with them. Some of his students become famous persons，but they still remember him and often write to him. Of course the old man is proud of（自豪）it.

This term he began to teach Grade One. Some of the new students were told about him, but the others didn’t know him well. He told them how to be an honest person. He gave them several examples and said，“I hate telling a lie（撒谎）most.”

Before class was over，he told all his students to finish Exercise 8 in Unit 1．The next morning，as soon as he came in the classroom，he asked，“Who’s finished Exercise 8? ”

A few students put up their hands. He shook（摇头）his head and said. “Open your workbooks and see if（是否）there’s Exercise 8 in Unit 1 or not.”

The students had a look at their books and their faces turned red at once.

1.Mr. Jenkins began to work in the school when he was ____.

A．twenty-two                            B．twenty-three

C．twenty-four                            D．twenty-five

2. What is Mr. Jenkins proud of?

A．All his students have become honest.

B．All his students often write to him.

C．He’s been a teacher for twenty-six years.

D．Some of his students become famous and often write to him.

3.Which sentence is Not True?

A．This term Mr. Jenkins began to teach Grade One.

B．All the new students knew him well.

C．He told the students he hated telling a lie most.

D．Not all the students put up their hands.

4. Mr. Jenkins told his students to finish Exercise 8 in Unit 1 because ________.

A．it was very interesting

B．it was very important

C．he wanted to give them an example

D．he wanted to know if they were honest

5. The students’ faces turned red because ________.

A．they made Mr. Jenkins angry

B．they told a lie in class

C．they didn’t finish the exercise

D．they felt very excited

How can you buy a meal for lunch without any money in your pocket？Students in Class 9,Grade 8 at Mountain and Lake Middle School in Chengdu,Sichuan,have their ways. They give out flyers(传单), draw portraits(人物素描) and work as waiters.

The class, working in eight groups, finished the activity. Experiencing Life for Seven Hours,on March 18, “I found students waste their food in the dining?hall, ”the class teacher, Deng Guiyong said, “So I held this activity to help them understand how hard it is to make money.”

Jiang Yao, 15, and his group members stood in the streets giving out flyers for about two hours and got the money for their lunch. Then they worked as waiters in a pizza restaurant?cleaning the floor；and toilets and getting food for guests, “We were busy all along, so we were terribly exhausted after the day’s hard work.”said Jiang.“We each got a pizza as a prize, which tasted much better than one I ate with my parents before.”

When Xie Ni’s group didn't make any money in three hours, the members became nervous about their lunch. The 14?year?old girl came up with the idea of drawing portraits to sell, “I sold four portraits and one tourist even paid us 100 yuan for his portrait, ”said Xie.

Xie realized that life is really hard. “We have to work hard to get the money to pay for even a simple meal.” Xie said, “We must value the happy life today.”

On top of making money, each group was asked to do at least five good deeds during the seven hours. Students helped the old cross the road, gave directions to tourists and turned in a lost bus card.

56. From the teacher’s words, we can see that the students ________.

A. usually waste food in their daily life　 B. realize life is really not easy

C. know it’s hard to make money　　　　 D. have their own ways to get food without money

57. The underlined word“exhausted”in Paragraph 3 means ________.

A. happy 　　　　B. crazy 　　　 C. tired 　　　　 D. boring

58. In order to make money, the students have done all except ________.

A. help the old cross the road 　　　 B. give out flyers

C. draw portraits　 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. work as waiters

59. The purpose of this activity is to ________.

A. let the students get food　 B. help the students learn to value their today’s life

C. help people in need　　　　 D. give the students a chance to learn to work

60. What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Life Is Really Hard 　　　　　　B. It’s Good To Be A Volunteer

C. How To work For People　 D. Experiencing Life For Seven Hours

Children are natural scientists. They are interested in looking into the world around them. Helping them enjoy science can be easy; there’s no need for a lot of expensive lab tools. You only have to share your children’s curiosity(好奇).

Firstly, listen to their questions. I once visited a classroom of seven-year-old students to talk about working as a scientist. The children asked me questions about schooling and whether I liked my job. When I finished answering, we sat facing one another quietly. Finally I said, “Now that we’ve finished, do you have questions of your own about science?”

After a long pause, a boy put up his hand, “Have you ever seen a grasshopper(蚂蚱) eat? When I try eating leaves like that, I get a stomachache. Why?” This began a set of questions that lasted nearly two hours.

Secondly, give them time to think. Studies have shown that, after asking a question, adults usually wait only one second or less for an answer, do not leave time for children to think. When adults increase their “wait time” to three seconds or more, children can give more logical(合逻辑的), complete and creative answers.

Thirdly, watch your language. Once you have a child telling his idea in a science discussion, don’t jump in with “That’s right. ” or “Very good. ”. These words work well when it comes to encouraging good behavior. But in talking about science, quick praise can mean that discussion is over. Instead, you can say “That’s interesting. ” or “I’d never thought of it that way before. ” or come up with more questions or ideas.

Never push a child to “Think”. Children are always thinking, without your telling them to. What’s more, this can turn a conversation into a performance. The child will try to find the answer you want in as few words as possible, so that he will be a smaller target(目标)for your disagreement.

Lastly, show; don’t tell. Real-life feeling of nature is far more exciting than any lesson children learn from a book. Let children look at their fingertips(指尖) through a magnifying lens(放大镜), and they’ll understand why you want them to wash before dinner.

(   )53. When children are in a science discussion, adults should ________.

A. speak highly of the children.

B. praise the children immediately

C. end up their discussion with “That’s interesting”

D. leave time for them to come up with better ideas

(   )54. What does “this” refer to in the 6th paragraph?

A. Pushing children to think.

B. Finding the answer you want.

C. Talking about science.

D. Telling children to discuss.

(   )55. These are the ways for adults to share children’s curiosity EXCEPT ________.

A. telling them encouraging stories instead of boring facts  

B. offering them chances to see things by themselves

C. being patient when the children answer questions     

D. persuading them to ask the questions of their own