Passage l A Teacher Who Saved His Students

    An Australian teacher Dane came to Chengdu four years ago．He was giving an English class in Guangya School，in Dujiangyan, when the ground began to shake at 2：28 P.m. on May 12．“Desk! Desk!”he shouted to his students．After all the children hid under the desks safely, he joined them．

    When the shake stopped，Dane led his students out of the classroom on the third floor and downstairs to an open area．

    Passage 2 International Aid(援助)

    A Japanese team of medical workers landed in Chengdu on the early morning of May 16．It was the first team to arrive from abroad．They set off for Guanzhong Town, in Qingchuan County(县)．Two villages were lost in the town，and about 700 people were in danger．Without stopping to rest，they walked many miles to search for the survivors．Soon，a team from Singapore and a second team from Japan arrived，followed by two other teams from Korea and Russia．

1．We can learn from Passage l that Dane is _________ ．

  A．an American doctor

  B．an Australian teacher

  C．a medical worker

  D．an International organization(组织)

2．Which of the following is TRUE?

  A．There weren’t any Chinese teams providing aid after the earthquake．

  B．A Japanese team was the first team that arrived in Sichuan．

  C．Several countries provided aid．

  D．Dane taught English in Chengdu for four years．

3．What does the underlined word“survivors”mean?

  A．幸存者              B．灾区      C．失败者  D．灾难

4．How many international teams are mentioned in Passage 2?

  A．Two．      B．Three．         C．Four．     D．Five．

5．What is the second passage mainly about?

  A．How to save students during the earthquake．

  B．How to search for villagers in Dujiangyan．

  C．Aid from different countries．

  D．Ways of providing aid．

Children’s schooling is changing very fast． In the past, teachers kept children sitting still for hours． They made them memorize（记住） different kinds of things． In other words, the children had to go on repeating things until they knew them “by heart”． Today, many want to know if it’s possible to make children learn all．They say they can only help them learn． They say they must let children learn and find out things themselves．  

But for some children, school is a kind of prison（监狱）．They are there only because their parents make them go．They get out of the classroom as soon as the teacher lets them leave．Many of them want to find work, but the law will not let them work until they reach a certain age．And so, they have to stay in school． Often they do not learn anything at all and hate school every moment．

1． The word “schooling” in the passage means          ．

    A． 学费                     B． 教育            C． 锻炼              D． 训练

2．Which of the following has the same meaning to“go on repeating”?

    A． read and write                                    B． read or write once

    C． read or write twice                             D． read or write again and again

3． Now, the teachers try their best to          ．

    A． make their students learn more in class

    B． teach their students how to learn themselves

    C． make their students do everything they say

    D． ask their students to do more exercises after class

4． Some children hate schools because          ．

    A． they hope to spend much time reading

    B． their teachers aren’t friendly to them 

    C． they regard them as prisons

    D． they are angry with their classmates

5．          , so they want to stop to find work．

    A． Some children need some money

    B． Some children dislike staying in school

    C． Some children fall behind their classmates

    D． Some children come from poor families