—Please say something about Zheng He.

????????????? —Oh! He is the Ming dynasty explorer of ______ all the Chinese are proud.

A. who????????????? B. whom????????????? C. whose????????????? D. that

1. Li Na__,

A. is one of the top table tennis players in the world

B. is the first player to reach a Grand Slam final

C. didn't say anything about the match

D. beat Zahlavpva Strycova on her way to the Australian Open final

2. Two search and rescue teams from_______ have begun work in Japan,

A. Australia B. the US C. the UK D. Afghanistan

3.Justin Bieber might feel_______ when he arrived at Hong Kong airport.

A. disappointed B. happy   C. excited D. bored

4.When a drought happens, people are short of________.

A. money B. oil C . food  D. water

5.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the news''

A. An Afghan city of Kandahar will donate $50,000 to Japan.

B. More than 4.23 million people find it difficult to get enough drinking water,

C. All the Chinese were proud of Li Na after she won the match.

D. The concert Bieber will have in Hong Kong is one of his last shows in his "My World'' tour.

【小题1】 日本生产的新款面包机可以将大米变成可口的面包。
A new bread-making machine made in Japan can ___________ rice ___________ delicious bread.
【小题2】威廉王子和凯特4月29日的婚礼如此引人注目，致使大量游客前去观看。
The wedding of Prince William and Kate on April 29 was ___________striking that a __________ of tourists went there to watch it.
【小题3】全体师生下月将聚在一起唱“红歌”。
All the teachers and students will __________ __________ to sing “red” songs next month.
【小题4】由于中国政府的快速行动，在利比亚的中国公民很快就回到了家。
All the Chinese living in Libya __________ home soon because __________ the quick action from the government.
【小题5】近来，人们谈论最多的话题是食品安全问题。
The hot topic that people are __________ ___________ is the safety of food these days.

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?