Dr. Sharon M. Draper is an excellent teacher as well as a successful writer. She is a woman of achievements.

She has been honored as the National Teacher of the Year, is a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Literary Awards, and is a New York Times bestselling writer.

She was chosen as Ohio's Outstanding High School Language Arts Educator, Ohio Teacher of the Year, and as a NCNW Excellence in Teaching Award winner.

She is a Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award winner.

She is a YWCA Career Woman of Achievement, and is the recipient (接受者) of the Dean's Award from Howard University School of Education.

Two years ago she was named Ohio Pioneer in Education by the Ohio State Department of Education, and received the Beacon of Light Humanitarian Award, as well as the Doctor of Laws Degree from Pepperdine University.
     She has been honored at the White House six times, and was chosen as one of only four writers in the country to speak at the National Book Festival Gala in Washington, D.C. Her book Copper Sun has been chosen by the US State Department and the International Reading Association as the United States novel for the international reading project. Students in the US, Nigeria, and Ghana are reading the book and sharing the ideas—a true intercontinental, cross-cultural experience.

She has worked all over the United States, as well as in Russia, Ghana, Togo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Bermuda, and Guam, spreading the word about the power of successful teaching and excellence in education.

She became known when she won first prize in a literary (文学的) competition. She was given $5000 and her short story, One Small Torch, came into being. She has written many poems, articles, and short stories in literary journals (期刊).

Here are some of her books which are very popular in America.

We Beat the Street (Dutton, 2005)

Copper Sun (Simon and Schuster, 2006)
Fire from the Rock (Dutton, 2007)

Just Another Hero (Simon and Schuster, 2009)
Out of my Mind (Simon and Schuster, 2010)

64.   Is Dr. Sharon M. Draper a writer? 

65.   What was she named in 2011?

66.   How many times has she been to the White House at least?

67.   What has she written in literary journals?

68. What’s the passage mainly about?

 

Rose watched as her friend, Melissa, and three other girls practiced their dance moves. Rose told her mom, “I want to take ballet(芭蕾)lessons!” Her mom was happy and bought her a dress. Rose went to the lessons. But she found it boring to do the same movements(动作) again and again. After a few lessons, Rose told her mom, “I’m not going to the lessons anymore.” Bored, she drew a picture of a lovely “ballerina”. She said to herself,” I’m not good at anything.”

One day after school, Rose visited Amanda. Amanda was practicing the guitar. Rose told her mom when she came back home, “I want to play the guitar!” Her mom bought a secondhand guitar for her. She tried to play it, but the strings(弦) hurt her fingers and she had to rest. Bored, Rose drew a picture of a girl playing the guitar. She sighed and thought, “ I’m not good at anything.”

“Charlie, what should I do? Tomorrow is Talent Day at school, but I don’t have talent for anything,” she asked her brother. “Well, you could take your drawings,” Charlie suggested.

Rose sighed. What else could she do? The next day, she put her drawings in her bag and went to school with heavy steps.

Ms Smith announced Rose to be the winner and asked her to come to the front of the room. “I didn’t know you could draw so well, Rose. Would you tell us your secret?”

Rose thought and thought. At last she had the answer. Rose smiled and said, “Practice!”

46. W    hy did Rose want to learn how to dance?

  A. Because Melissa and some other girls do so.

  B. Because she felt bored to do the same movements.

  C. Because the teacher said she could be good at it.

  D. Because her mother want her to learn how to dance.

47. Who can play the guitar?

  A. Charlie    B. Melissa   C. Amanda    D. Rose.

48. The underlined part “with heavy steps” in the fourth paragraph means Rose is_______?

  A. Happy     B. Worried   C. Excited    D. Hopeful.

49. What do you learn about Rose’s mother？

  A. She was willing to help Rose to try new things.

  B. She wanted Rose to be a dancer.

  C. She never helps Rose to try new things.

  D. She wanted Rose to be busy.

50. What’s the passage mainly tell us?

  A. Give up the things that you aren’t good at.

  B. Adults shouldn’t give kids too much pressure.

  C. To be good at something takes practice.

  D. We should learn from others.

Rose watched as her friend, Melissa, and three other girls practiced their dance moves. Rose told her mom, “I want to take ballet(芭蕾)lessons!” Her mom was happy and bought her a dress. Rose went to the lessons. But she found it boring to do the same movements(动作) again and again. After a few lessons, Rose told her mom, “I’m not going to the lessons anymore.” Bored, she drew a picture of a lovely “ballerina”. She said to herself,” I’m not good at anything.”

One day after school, Rose visited Amanda. Amanda was practicing the guitar. Rose told her mom when she came back home, “I want to play the guitar!” Her mom bought a secondhand guitar for her. She tried to play it, but the strings(弦) hurt her fingers and she had to rest. Bored, Rose drew a picture of a girl playing the guitar. She sighed and thought, “ I’m not good at anything.”

“Charlie, what should I do? Tomorrow is Talent Day at school, but I don’t have talent for anything,” she asked her brother. “Well, you could take your drawings,” Charlie suggested.

Rose sighed. What else could she do? The next day, she put her drawings in her bag and went to school with heavy steps.

Ms Smith announced Rose to be the winner and asked her to come to the front of the room. “I didn’t know you could draw so well, Rose. Would you tell us your secret?”

Rose thought and thought. At last she had the answer. Rose smiled and said, “Practice!”

46. W       hy did Rose want to learn how to dance?

  A. Because Melissa and some other girls do so.

  B. Because she felt bored to do the same movements.

  C. Because the teacher said she could be good at it.

  D. Because her mother want her to learn how to dance.

47. Who can play the guitar?

  A. Charlie    B. Melissa   C. Amanda    D. Rose.

48. The underlined part “with heavy steps” in the fourth paragraph means Rose is_______?

  A. Happy     B. Worried   C. Excited    D. Hopeful.

49. What do you learn about Rose’s mother？

  A. She was willing to help Rose to try new things.

  B. She wanted Rose to be a dancer.

  C. She never helps Rose to try new things.

  D. She wanted Rose to be busy.

50. What’s the passage mainly tell us?

  A. Give up the things that you aren’t good at.

  B. Adults shouldn’t give kids too much pressure.

  C. To be good at something takes practice.

  D. We should learn from others.

Hello. I’m Tom from England. This is my new school. It’s near my home. I walk to school every day. There are some buildings in the school. The red building is our teaching building. There are twenty-eight classrooms in it. The offices are behind the classrooms. The blue building next to the offices is a library. I like reading books there. A sports hall, three dining halls and five science labs are in the yellow buildings in front of the library. I like playing basketball in the sports hall. There is a hospital in my school, too. It’s white. My new school is not big, but it’s my favourite school.

(     ) 1. What colour is the teaching building?

              A. Red.                    B. Blue.                 C. Yellow.                   D. White

(     ) 2. How many dining halls are there in the school?

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

(     ) 3. Where’re the offices?

              A. They’re next to the hospital.               B. They’re in front of the classrooms.

              C. They’re next to the library.                 D. They’re in front of the sports hall.

(     ) 4. Which is RIGHT?

              A. Tom is an American boy.                    B. Tom rides a bike to school.

              C. Tom can’t play basketball.                  D. Tom likes his school.

(     ) 5. What’s the passage mainly about?

              A. Schools in England.                           B. Tom’s new friends.

              C. Places in the city.                              D. Tom’s new school.

ORLANDO, FLORIDA — Is it hard for you to get up early and get ready for classes? Some students at Winter Park High School just roll out of bed in their pajamas （睡衣） and go to class in their own bedrooms. Of course, their teachers and classmates do not see them because all their class work is on the computer.

The Florida high school, the state’s only on–line school, has 250 students who are taking classes at home by computer. “I’m a lot more comfortable at home,” says Luke Levesque, a 16-year-old boy who is taking a computer class on-line. He thinks the school’s computer lab is so noisy that he can’t study well. “Home is much better,” he says.

Students in this first on-line program take classes in Algebra （代数）, American government, chemistry, computer, economics, and Web-page design. They also have to go to a regular school to attend other classes.

When a student is ready to begin a class, he or she turns on the computer, reads the teacher’s instructions, and begins working on the lesson for the day. What happens if a student has a question for the teacher? Or the teacher wants to say something about the work a student is doing? The student and the teacher talk to each other every day through e-mail or he or she calls the teacher. For example, when Luke opened his daily e-mail from the teacher, it contained （包含） her instructions for the day’s computer lesson. When he finished, he e-mailed the work back to her for grading.

Is it easy for students to cheat on tests when they’re working at home? The teachers have already thought about this. They make students take their final exams in person in the classroom.

“You see most of the same things on-line that you see in a regular classroom,” says teacher Linda Hayes. “You get to know the students on-line.”

If this first on-line program goes well, in three years Florida high school students will be able to take all their classes by computer. When that happens, students will be able to get their high school diplomas （毕业证书） without having to set foot in a classroom.

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

A．The students take some of their classes on-line.

B．The teacher can correct the students’ work through e-mail.

C．The students have to go to their classrooms to take final exams.

D．The teacher can know the students better on-line than in a classroom.

2．What does the underlined phrase “in person” mean according to the passage?

A．themselves              B．on-line                 C．by others              D．through e-mails

3．What might happen in three years in Florida?

A．Students can take some of their classes on-line.

B．Computers will be widely used by students at school.

C．Students will be able to finish their high school education at home.

D．Students sometimes have to go to their classrooms to get their diplomas.

4．What’s the passage mainly about?

A．It’s helpful to talk to the teacher through e-mail every day.

B．It’s possible for the students to take classes by computer.

C．It’s more comfortable to study at home than at school.

D．It’s easy for the students to cheat on tests at home.