Who's building the new China? It's not the factory owners or the business men and women of China. It's someone else. It's the people who have left their homes to follow their dreams, the dream of a better life.

     We see them every day, on every street comer, on every construction site in cities. They work day and night in the terrible working conditions and weather. They build the roads, the theaters, the cinemas, and the supermarkets. They even clean up our rubbish. They are China's migrant workers(民工).Young and old, these men and women are building the new China from the ground up.

      More than 140 million workers have left their homes in the countryside to look for jobs in big cities all over China. They hope to be rich, but they realize they have many difficulties in making enough money for their family. And one of the difficulties that these workers have is the pride and discrimination (歧视) from the people in cities.

      When night falls, everywhere I look I see the sad faces of the migrant workers. You can see them playing cards along the streets. Many are living far away from those whom they love. I can sometimes feel their pain, knowing exactly what it feels like to live so far away from home in a city where I walk a different walk and talk a different talk.

     Yes, they dress differently, they speak differently, and they have different habits(习惯), but they work hard to make money. The people in cities regard them as outsiders, and most governments(政府)refuse to give them medical care and public schooling for their children.

     If China hopes to move into the future, many things need to be changed. The first is discrimination need to stop our discrimination against the migrant workers of China. They may not make as much money as some people in cities, they may not have everything we have, but they are good honest people just trying to survive this game of life. These workers are very important and necessary to China' s economic(经济) development and have become an important force(力量) for the change of Chinese society. They are building the new China, so we should lend our hands and help them.

1. The journalist think__________ is building the new China.

A. the factory owners of China

B. the business men and women of China

C. the migrant workers of China

D. the people in Chinese cities

2. Which is the best title for the fourth and fifth paragraphs?

    A. Moving forward.

    B. The discrimination from the people in cities.

    C. How to make more money.

    D. A lonely life.

3. The word "survive" here in Chinese means“_______”

   A. 活过来       B. 挺过来       C. 活的累       D.活得长

4. Which one is TRUE about China's migrant workers according to the report?

a. They should be helped by us.

b. More than 1.4 billion migrant workers have been in big cities to make money.

c. They are not welcomed by the people in cities because they are not kind to others.

d. They're refused to give medical care by all the governments and their children can' t get any education.

e. They work hard day and night. But they may not make as much money as some people in cities.

f. They have become quite important to the change of Chinese society.

A. b c e f           B. a d e             C. b c d e           D. a e f

5. What does the report mainly(主要地)tell us?

    A. Though China's migrant workers work hard, their condition(状况) is terrible.

    B. The condition of China' s migrant workers needs to be changed for China' s development.

    C. The people in cities aren't polite to the migrant workers.

D. China's development only depends on(依靠) the migrant workers.

 

Son : I try to be a good son , but no matter how hard I try，my parents never seem to be satisfied . They think I should eat healthier food，wear nicer clothes and get better grades . And according to them ，my hair should be shorter ，my room should be neater , and my friends should be more polite when they come to visit . It’s really not easy to be a teenager ·
    Parents : We try to be good parents , but no matter how hard we try,our children never seem to be satisfied . They think we should wear more fashionable cfothes , buy a better car , and listen to more interesting music . And according to them , we should be more interested when they talk about their problems;we should be friendlier when their friends come to visit , and we should be more understanding when they come home late on a Saturday night . It is really not easy to be parents .

1 . How many people are there in the boy’s family ?

A . Two .        B . Three .        C .Four .         D . We don’t know .

2 . What do the parents want the boy not to do ?

A . Eat healthier food and wear nicer clothes .

B . Have shorter hair and make his room cleaner .

C . Get better grades .

D . Come back late on Saturday night .

3 . According to the boy,____________.

A . it’s hard to get better grades       B . it’s hard to have polite friends

C . it’s hard to be a teenager           D . it’s hard to keep his room clean

4 .________________the son and the parents try to be good.

 A . All of          B . Either of          C . Neither of        D . Both

5 . According to the passage, children always want their parents_____________.

A . to wear old clothes

B . to listen to more music

C . to be more interested when they talk about their problems

D . to eat healthier food

Who g building the new China? It′s not the factory owners or the business men and women of China．It′s someone else．It′s the people who have left their homes to follow their dreams，the dream of a better life．

   We see them every day，on every street corner，on every construction site in cities．They work day and night in the terrible working conditions and weather．They build the roads the theaters，the cinemas，and the supermarkets．They even clean up our rubbish．They are China′s migrant workers (民工)．Young and old，these men and women are building the new China from the ground up．

   More than 140 million workers have left their home as in the countryside to look for jobs in big cities all over China．They hope to be rich，but they realize they have many difficulties in making enough money for their family．And one of the difficulties that these workers have is the pride and discrimination(歧视)from the people in cities．

   When night fails．everywhere I look I see sad faces of the migrant workers．You can see them playing cards along the streets．Many are living far away from those whom．they love．

    I call sometimes feel their pain，knowing exactly what it feels like to live so far away from home in a city where 1 walk a different walk and talk a different talk．

   Yes，they dress differently，they speak differently，and they have different habits(习惯)，but they work hard to make money．The people in cities call them outsiders，and most governments (政府)refuse to give them medical care and public schooling for their children．

    If China hopes to move into the future，many things need to change。The first is discrimination! We need to stop our discrimination against the migrant workers of china! They may not make as much money as some people in cities，they may not have everything we have．but they are good honest(诚实)people just trying to survive this game of life。These workers are very important and necessary to China′s economic(经济)development and have become an important force(力量)for the change of Chinese society(社会)．They arc building the new China．so we should lend our hands and help them．

1．The journalist think——is building the new China．

      A．the factory owners of China

      B．the business men and women of China

      C．the migrant workers of China

      D．the people in Chinese cities

2．Which is the best title for the fourth and fifth paragraphs?

      A．Mobing forward

      B．The discrimination from the people in cities

C．How to make more money

D．A lonely life

3．The word “ survive ” here in Chinese means ”_______”。

      A．活过来      B．挺过来      C．活得累       D．活得长

4．Which one is TRUE about Chinese migrant workers according to the report?

      a．They should be helped by us．

      b．Mere than 1．4 billion migrant workers have been in big cities to make money．

      c．They are not welcomed by the people in cities because they arc not kind to others．

      d．They′re refused to give medical care by all the governments and their children can t get

    any education．

      e．They work hard day and night．But they may not make as much money as some people in cities．

      f．They have become quite important to the change of Chinese society．

      A．b c e f        B．a d e         C．b c d e       D．a e f

   5．What does the report mainly(主要地)tell us?

      A．Though China′s migrant workers work hard，their condition(状况)is terrible．

      B．The condition of China′s migrant workers needs to be changed for China′s evelopment．

      C．The people in cities aren‘t polite to the migrant workers．

      D．China g development only depends on(依靠)the migrant workers．

Reading Oliver James'Affluenza, I thought about what often happens at home. My 12-year-old daughter is in tears."I have so take a test tomorrow. I don't understand any of it," she cries out. After shouting and shutting her door, she calms down enough to go through her notes. The following dry I ask her how the test went and the just says "OK,I got a nine".

"Wow. well done!" I say, before she finishes with "But I never get a ten!"

According to James, this obsession with getting top marks has been a bad development, which encourages people to think of education in terms of work and money. To test this, I asked my daughter why she was so worried about her tests. She looked at me as if I was thick. "Well, if I don't get good grades, I won't be able to afford nice things like a car and stuff."

I was quite surprised, because I don't consider myself a pushy parent. But James suggests and it leaves students feeling failures even if they are very bright. He points to the Danish system（体制）of education as a better model. Creating happy citizens who have good social skills is seen as more important than high achievements at school or the needs of business.

For me, I cannot remember the last time I had to work out the area of a circle, recite a Shakespeare poem or grammar rules, yet I have lived a happy life. What I really needed to learn at school was how to make polite conversations, or how to avoid getting into debt or how to develop good personality.

This is in fact similar to what Oliver James really has in mind. And he is looking for schools where students are encouraged to find and follow their own interests, something more like Tongjon. Tongjon has been developed in some Korean private schools. It is quite different from the more rigid system of learning things by heart that is used in Korea, and indeed in many other school systems around the world.

As the Russian poet Pushkin said," Inspiration(灵感）is needed in geometry(几何学）just as much as in poetry ",and inspiration does not come from endlessly revising for tests or getting worried about them .

1.What does the writer probably think of his/her daughter?

A. She sets herself a goal too high to reach.

B. She should be more polite to her parents.

C. She is hard-working but not very bright.

D. She takes her grades much too seriously.

2.What does the word "obsession"in paragraph 3 mean?

A.A plain and unavoidable fact.

B.A satisfied and very proud state.

C.A practical and widely-used way.

D.A fixed and often unreasonable idea.

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Social skills are as important as high grades.

B. Interest in grades can shake self-confidence.

C. The writer regrets not having studied hard at school.

D. Danish educational system is for very smart students.

4.The writer wants to tell us that____.

A.learning happily is the key to self-development.

B. top marks may be helpful to increase one's interest.

C. tests should be improved to give children inspiration.

D. education should meet one's needs for word and money.

 

Reading Oliver James'Affluenza, I thought about what often happens at home. My 12-year-old daughter is in tears."I have so take a test tomorrow. I don't understand any of it," she cries out. After shouting and shutting her door, she calms down enough to go through her notes. The following dry I ask her how the test went and the just says "OK,I got a nine".
"Wow. well done!" I say, before she finishes with "But I never get a ten!"
According to James, this obsession with getting top marks has been a bad development, which encourages people to think of education in terms of work and money. To test this, I asked my daughter why she was so worried about her tests. She looked at me as if I was thick. "Well, if I don't get good grades, I won't be able to afford nice things like a car and stuff."
I was quite surprised, because I don't consider myself a pushy parent. But James suggests and it leaves students feeling failures even if they are very bright. He points to the Danish system（体制）of education as a better model. Creating happy citizens who have good social skills is seen as more important than high achievements at school or the needs of business.
For me, I cannot remember the last time I had to work out the area of a circle, recite a Shakespeare poem or grammar rules, yet I have lived a happy life. What I really needed to learn at school was how to make polite conversations, or how to avoid getting into debt or how to develop good personality.
This is in fact similar to what Oliver James really has in mind. And he is looking for schools where students are encouraged to find and follow their own interests, something more like Tongjon. Tongjon has been developed in some Korean private schools. It is quite different from the more rigid system of learning things by heart that is used in Korea, and indeed in many other school systems around the world.
As the Russian poet Pushkin said," Inspiration(灵感）is needed in geometry(几何学）just as much as in poetry ",and inspiration does not come from endlessly revising for tests or getting worried about them .
【小题1】What does the writer probably think of his/her daughter?

A．She sets herself a goal too high to reach.

B．She should be more polite to her parents.

C．She is hard-working but not very bright.

D．She takes her grades much too seriously.

【小题2】What does the word "obsession"in paragraph 3 mean?

A．A plain and unavoidable fact.

B．A satisfied and very proud state.

C．A practical and widely-used way.

D．A fixed and often unreasonable idea.

【小题3】What can we infer from the passage?

A．Social skills are as important as high grades.

B．Interest in grades can shake self-confidence.

C．The writer regrets not having studied hard at school.

D．Danish educational system is for very smart students.

【小题4】The writer wants to tell us that____.

A．learning happily is the key to self-development.

B．top marks may be helpful to increase one's interest.

C．tests should be improved to give children inspiration.

D．education should meet one's needs for word and money.