Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned(禁止) students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.

Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, teachers said mobile phone use is a distraction(娱乐) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.

She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with(与…联系) their children.

Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.

Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.

1.Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones     .

A．because they are students                B．when they are free

C．when they are at school                  D．because they are children

2.We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from   .

A．the makers and sellers                   B．the passers-by and strangers

C．their parents and friends                  D．some mobile phones users

3.What does the underlined word cheat mean in the passage?     .

A．聊天             B．核对             C．查询             D．作弊

4.Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t          during school hours.

A. use their mobile phones                  B. leave their mobile phones at school office

D. help the teachers with their work            D. get in touch with their children

5.The passage tells us that         .

A．students shouldn’t have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons.

B．it is impossible to ban students from using mobile phones at school

C．some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t use their phones at school

D．parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school

 

---How many teachers are there in your school?

         ---I’m not sure about it. Maybe   .

         A. hundred    B. hundreds   C. hundreds of   D. one hundred

 

A young girl sits at her desk, reviewing her homework for the evening. English: Read three chapters and write a report. Math: Complete 30 problems. Science: Do a worksheet, front and back. French: (A) Study new words for tomorrow’s test. It’s going to be a long night.

 This happens to students in America. Now it’s time to start a homework revolution(变革).

 Do students in the United States receive too much homework? According to the National Education Association, a student should be assigned (布置) no more than 10 minutes per grade level per night. For example, a first grader should only have 10 minutes of homework, a (B)  grader, 20 minutes, and so on. This means that a student in my grade—seventh—should have no more than 70 minutes of work (C) each night. Yet this is often doubled, sometimes even worse!

 It’s no good giving students too much homework. According to research, kids are developing more illness at school, such as stomachaches, headaches and sleep problems than before.

Everybody (D)  that teachers are the ones who assign homework, but they are not the only ones to blame (受责备). “Many teachers are under greater pressure (压力) than ever before,” says Kylene Beers, President of the National Council for teachers of English, “Some of  (E) it comes from parents, some from the wish for high scores on tests.” Teachers who are under pressure feel the need to assign more homework.

 Some people have different ideas, saying that homework prepares kids for doing better in high school, better in college, and (F) 今后找到更好的工作. But too much homework is sapping students’ strength, curiosity（削弱学生的个性和好奇心), and most importantly, their love of learning, is that really what teachers and parents want?

1.写出文中划线部分（A）和（C）的同义词或近义词:                          

2.在文中（B）和（D）的空白处分别填入适当单词:                          

3.文中划线部分（E）指代的是:               

4.将文中划线部分（F）译成汉语:             

5.从文中找出能说明本文主旨大意的中心词:            

 

To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasant voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.

Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he doesn’t sit still before his class; he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings.

There are very important differences between the teacher’s work and the actor’s.

The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand(预先).What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage. A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience take an active part in his play: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don’t understand anything, they say so. The teacher can’t learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along.

I have known many teachers who are fine actors in class but are unable to take part in a stage-play because they can’t keep strictly to what another has written.

1.What does the underlined word “gifts” mean?

A. presents	B. knowledge
C. skills	D. advantages

2.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. A good teacher should speak clearly.

B. A good teacher should sit still before his class and speak with his body language.

C. A good actor should speak as others have asked him to do.

D. A good actor should repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part.

3.The skills of a good teacher are        .

A. draw his students’ attention.	B. change his voice when needed.
C. act out what he is teaching	D. all the above

4.From the passage, we know        .

A. a good teacher should be a good actor	B. a good teacher may be unable to act well on the stage
C. a good actor should be a good teacher	D. a good actor may act well in class

5.The title of the passage is         .

A. How to be a good teacher	B. How to be a good actor
C. A good teacher’s knowledge	D. A good actor’s behaviour

 

 

Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.
Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts，and more students will want them.
Mary Bluett，an official said mobile phone use is a distraction（分心的事） to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams. She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with their children.
Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school：they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.
Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones， but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.
【小题1】Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones __________

A．because they are students	B．when they are free
C．when they are at school	D．because they are children

【小题2】We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from _________

A．the makers and sellers	B．the passers-by and strangers
C．their parents and friends	D．some mobile phone users

【小题3】What does the underlined word ‘cheat’ mean in the passage？

A．聊天

B．核对

C．查询

D．作弊

【小题4】Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn‘t ___________during school hours.

A．use their mobile phones

B．leave their mobile phones at school office

C．help the teachers with their work

D．get in touch with their children

【小题5】The passage tells us that ___________

A．students shouldn’t have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons

B．it is impossible to ban students from using mobile phones at school

C．some parents felt unhappy because they couldn‘t use their phones at school

D．parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school hours