—It's .
—_______ 625-7886.
—________. I really don't mind.
Have you ever met anyone of your age from America? Do you think you would have a lot in common with middle school students there?
With only one look, you can see lots of differences. For example, classes in American schools are smaller than yours. Most classes have no more than 30students. Most students in the US don't wear school uniforms. And they don't have group exercise each day as the way you do. If they say your exercises, they would think you were very strange.
In fact, Chinese students and American students have very different lives.
What's the first thing you think about when you wake up in the morning? It's probably your lessons at school. Chinese students are very hard-working, always under lots of stress from their parents and teachers. Chinese students study hard at night, and sometimes even on the weekend because their exams are very important.
For Chinese students, school is life, but not for American students. They don't have to worry about passing exams all the time, so they can spend time doing things they enjoy. Kids do different things for fun, like playing sports, making music or surfing the Web.
Many American teachers think that just studying hard isn't enough to make a good student. They encourage students to become well rounded by trying lots of different things.
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Differences |
US |
China |
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Classes |
Smaller, not more than 30students |
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Uniforms |
Don't uniforms |
Wear uniforms |
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Lessons |
Not the only important thing |
Very important, school is life |
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Stress |
Not much |
Under lots of |
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Free time |
Do things they ;play sports, make music or surf the Web |
Not much free time; study at night. Even on weekends |
—No, I didn't. The things in it were so expensive.
—Not until it in half an hour.
We had a sports meeting last Saturday. It was a big 1 in our school.
Wu Ying, who is usually the best runner in our class, 2 fell and hurt her leg me day before the sports meeting. It was ten o'clock in the morning. It was 3 for the girls' 800-metre race with two laps (圈). My classmates asked me to run the race. But I'm not a good runner. 4 should I do?
"Just try!" my teacher said. " 5 in yourself!" my classmates said.
"OK."
On the first lap, the girl from Class 2 was in the front. She ran much faster than I did. 6 I did my best to catch up with her in the race.
"Come on!" When I passed the seats of my classmates. I could 7 them shouting. "Run! Run!"
I was just running and running. I must catch up with her. At that time l was not far behind her. At the end of the 8 lap, we were neck and neck.
"Come on! Come on!" I could still hear my classmates shouting.
"Come on! Come on!" I said to myself too.
There, the finishing line was right before us. We 9 it at the same time. Both she and I took the third place.
"Hooray!" the students called out to me. "Well done!"
But I was too 10 to go any farther and fell to the ground.
"I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and surf the Internet."
"I often check my e-mails forty times a day."
"I spend more time in chat rooms than with my 'real- life' friends."
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction (上瘾) called Internet addiction. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug use and will lose control of the time they spend on the Internet.
For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab he was surfing the Internet for several days straight.
People worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace(虛拟空间) than in the real world with friends and families.
You may have a problem if you have these symptoms(症状):
1) You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.
2) You can't wait to get online again.
3) You have decided to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.
4) You go out with your friends less and less.
Joan is an American girl. She lives in China now. She is in my class. Her parents work in China, too. But her brother works in England.
Joan likes Chinese class very much, and likes speaking Chinese with her two friends after class. Her father teaches us English. We all like his class. On Sundays, Joan goes to the People's Park with her father and mother. Sometimes she goes shopping with her mother. They like Chinese food very much. What a happy family!
1. Joan is in________now.
A. China B. England C. America D. Canada
2. How many people are there in Joan’s family?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
3. Joan goes to the People’s park with _______ on Sundays.
A. her friends. B. her father. C. her mother D. her parents
4. Joan likes ________ after class.
A. speaking Chinese B. teaching English
C. going shopping D. eating Chinese food
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先通读短文,掌握其大意,然后从A.B.C.D四个选项中选出一个可以填人空白处的最佳
答案。
There lived twin brothers Tim and Tony. However, they were 1 except for
their appearance. Tim had no friends, while for Tony the world was full of friends.
2 Tim was greedy(贫婪的),Tony was generous(大方的).As they grew up, the
father of the twin boys wanted to 3 his money equally(相等的).However, Tim
argued that whoever is more intelligent and stronger should 4 more money.
Tony agreed. Their father decided to organize a 5 between the two. He
ordered the two sons to walk as long as they could and return home before sunset 6
a watch. Whoever covers the longer will be offered 7 money.
Tony walked slowly, while Tim started to run at once. At noon, Tony decided to
return so that he could reach home on time.
However, Tim strongly wanted to get more money, and did not return home, 8
after noon. He walked twice of Tony, and decided to 9 as the evening fell, He
wanted to return home as the sun turned orange, Unfortunately, he didn't even reach
half way home as the moon was rising.
Tim lost the 10 and was unsuccessful because of his greediness.
1. A. helpful B.patient C.different D. Active
2. A. While B.Where C.As D.What
3.A.lend B.share C.spare D.manage
4.A.forget B.cost C.spread D. ge,t
5. A. picnic B.competition C.discussion D.performance
6. A. from B.against C.without D.below
7. A. more B.luckier C.smaller D. smarter
8. A. still B.instead C.even D. only
9.A.avoid B.regret C.leave D.return
10. A. success B.race C.money D.orange
How do you get____from the bridge? 一On a ropeway.
A. to home B. to school C.to here D. the room
Over 40 years ago though he died, Bruce Lee is still considered to be the greatest and most famous kung fu artist of the last century.His films brought traditional Hong Kong kung fu movies to a new level of popularity, and introduced kung fu to millions of people in the West.
Born in the USA in 1940, Lee returned to his native Hong Kong before his birthday.As a teenager, the boy who was good at understanding and thinking clearly was accepted into one of Hong Kong’s most famous middle schools but he paid little attention to his studies. He was more interested in sports, especially kung fu,and hanging out with his street-gang friends. In 1959,Lee got into trouble with the police for fighting. His mother,fearing he would end up in prison, sent him to the USA. Two years later,he began studying at university there.
While still a student,Lee opened his own kung fu school,teaching a new fighting style he had developed.What made Lee’s style different was that it used power,strength and quick-action attacks. It also combined Japanese, Korean and South American fighting styles with traditional slow-moving Chinese kung fu.
Among Lee’s students were several famous actors who impressed by his good-looks and fighting skills, encouraged him to start acting. Over the next five years Lee achieved some success in America.But his dream of introducing his fighting style into American movies was not accepted by local film makers who thought western audiences were not interested in kung fu.
Determined to prove(证明) them wrong, Lee returned to Hong Kong in 1970.There he made two films Fists of Fury (1971)and Way of the Dragon(1972),using his kung fu ideas and techniques. The movies were successful,making Lee an international star and symbol of kung fu.These were followed by what is widely regarded as the greatest kung fu movie of all time,Enter the Dragon(1973).Tragically(不幸地) however, Lee suddenly and mysteriously died while making his next movie Game of Death. He was only 33 years old.
1. As a teenager, Lee was very __________.
A. quiet B. hard-working C. brave D. smart
2. Why was Lee sent to America?
A. His parents wanted him to study at university there.
B. He wanted to develop a new American fighting style.
C. His family feared he was getting into too much trouble in Hong Kong.
D. He was determined to become a successful and popular actor there.
3. How was Lee’s style of kung fu different from the traditional Chinese style?
A. It was much faster.
B. It was easier to learn.
C. It made people more powerful.
D. It was much more dangerous.
4. What was Lee’s dream according to the passage?
A. To develop a new style of kung fu.
B. To become a famous movie star.
C. To make movies using his fighting style.
D. To teach Americans kung fu.
5. According to the passage, how many kung fu movies did Lee complete in his lifetime?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.