If your child often gets bad grades, you must feel sad. As a middle school teacher,I feel sad, too. However, I'd like to say that bad grades are not the end of the world.

Recently, researchers from the University of Bristol (in England) and the University of Chicago(in the USA)did a survey. Over 10,000 people took part in the research. The study shows that promising children money, iPads or cell phones to pass exams is useless. However, promises of trips can encourage students to study hard. So from now on, please make proper promises.

Material Two

As an education expert, I care much about your kids. A lot of parents I know want their kids to do well in their studies. After all, good grades in school could increase kid's chance of achieving big things when they grow old.

Helping your kids improve their studies can be possible by following these tips:

★See to it that your kids eat right. it's important to eat a balanced and healthy diet.Make sure that your kids don't skip breakfast.

★Let your kids get enough sleep. Make sure that they get at least eight hours of sleep.Getting a good night's sleep is as important as eating three healthy meals a day.

★Influence your kids to read often. Reading is a good habit. It can not only improve your kids communication skills but also extend their vocabulary.

【1】According to Material one,promises of can encourage students to study hard.

A. Money B. iPads C. cell phones D. trips

【2】Which of the following is NOT true according to Material Two?

A. Breakfast is important to kids. B. Kids should have two meals a day.

C. It's necessary for kids to get enough sleep. D. Reading a lot is helpful to kids.

【3】The underlined word“ extend” can be replaced by“ ”.

A. break B. waste C. increase D. remember

【4】From the above reading, we can learn that .

A. the writer of Material One works in a university

B. the University of Bristol lies in the USA

C. the writer of Material Two is a teacher

D. parents can do much to help kids with their studies

【5】Who is the above reading written for？

A. Parents B. Students C. Teachers D. Education experts

—I agree with you. His latest book is up to his highest _________ .

A. choice B. standard C. purpose D. wealth

—I’m not sure. But if he returns to his hometown,I ____him off.

A. return; see B. will return;see

C. will return; will see D. return, will see

Some statistics (數(shù)據(jù)) from the survey done by the European Commission (歐盟委員會) showed that 62% of the British people only speak English. 38% speak at least one foreign language and 18% speak two or more. Compared with the British people, 56% of the people in other European countries speak at least one foreign language and 28% speak two or more.

From this you can see that the British people are famous for not speaking foreign languages and that they are not good language learners in Europe.

And the survey also showed that English is the most widely-spoken foreign language.Many European people can have a conversation in English. That’s why my people don’t think it is necessary to learn a foreign language.

In Britain, students are not required to learn a foreign language. That means learning a foreign language is only an option at school. In UK schools it is common for children to start learning a foreign language at 11 and many of them give it up at 14. So why don’t students continue learning foreign languages at school? Because they think it is more difficult to get good marks in languages than in other subjects such as science or history.

To solve this situation, the British government is looking for different ways to improve language learning at school. One way is to start learning it at a much younger age. Another one is to give school children more choices.

Changing the British attitude (態(tài)度) to learning foreign languages may be a hard task but the government decides to try!

【1】Which of the following about the British people is true?

A. They are good language learners.

B. 62% of them speak two or more languages.

C. They are famous for speaking foreign languages.

D. More than half of them only speak English.

【2】According to the passage, students in Britain prefer to learn _____.

A. science or German B. history or German

C. science or history D. German or French

【3】In Paragraph 4, “an option” means _____.

A. a choice B. a game C. a mistake D. a conversation

【4】What is the best title of the passage?

A. Speaking English B. Foreign Language Learning in UK

C. Schools in UK D. Young English Learners

【1】Before you take the medicine, you’d better read the _____________(說明) first.

【2】All of us were ______________(驚奇的) that such a little girl spoke English so well.

【3】You should choose ____________(明智地)how you spend your spare time .

【4】The students ______________(成功) in working out the problems yesterday.

【5】Gas is now ___________ (普遍地) used for cooking and heating.

This Thursday, across the US, （任務(wù)一）孩子們要和父母一起去上班而不是去上學(xué)。 They can help their parents do some cleaning, send e-mails and deal with other daily things. Because April 28 is Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day all over the US. This holiday shows kids what it means to be a grown-up in the working world.

I still remember when this day started, I was very happy. Not only did I have the chance to leave the school, but I also could sit in my dad’s taxi all day long and we would go to a restaurant for lunch.

（任務(wù)二） I couldn’t read my book in the car as I would get carsick(暈車) and my dad didn’t like to turn on the radio. I got hot and uncomfortable. People wouldn’t get into his taxi because they thought he already had a passenger: me—so nothing happened. It seemed years before we went out for lunch. In fact, I started to miss the school.

Although the purpose of the day is to give kids a chance to experience possible jobs in their futures, I got something completely different from the day. I learned to value school life. Where else can you play with your friends, do science experiments, read great books and write stories all in one day?

（任務(wù)三）Just like you’ll have to learn to love your job later in life, learn to love school now. If you don’t, try spending the day at work with your dad.

【1】任務(wù)一：翻譯成英語。_______________________________________________

【2】任務(wù)二：請選出能填入文中▲處的最佳選項(xiàng)。（填寫字母代號）_________

A. Of course, I enjoyed myself and felt free like a bird.

B. But after only 40 minutes of driving around the city, I was very bored.

C. But soon I got used to this taxi ride around the city with my father.

【3】任務(wù)三：將畫線句子翻譯成中文。

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【4】任務(wù)四：What can the kids help their parents do this Thursday?

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【5】任務(wù)五：What does the passage mainly talk about?

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—Certainly, and the earlier, the better.

A. how long it will take to get to London

B. how long can I take the direct flight to London

C. whether I could buy a ticket to London without my passport

D. if I can book a direct flight to London online

近期，關(guān)于師生沖突的新聞頻現(xiàn)媒體。針對這一現(xiàn)象，某英文報社就“如何處理師生之間的矛盾”發(fā)起了一個專題征文活動。假設(shè)你是李華，請根據(jù)下表中的內(nèi)容提示，結(jié)合你自己的觀點(diǎn)，用英語寫一篇小短文，發(fā)表在學(xué)校“英語角”上。

注意:

1.文中不得出現(xiàn)你的真實(shí)姓名和學(xué)校名稱；

2.語言通順，意思連貫，條理清楚，書寫規(guī)范；

3.詞數(shù): 80左右，信件的開頭與結(jié)尾已經(jīng)給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

參考詞匯: conflict n. 沖突 media n. 媒體 misunderstanding n. 誤解

be lack of 缺少 build up 建立 family education 家庭教育

Recently, news about the conflicts between teachers and students frequently appear on the media. Why are the relationship between teachers and students becoming so serious?

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【1】我們的家鄉(xiāng)在過去的幾年里發(fā)生了巨大的變化。（ take place ）

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【2】在太陽底下看書對眼睛有害。（be harmful to ）

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【3】我們需要采取一些措施來減少污染。(take steps)

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【4】有一天，書籍將會被電腦代替么？（replace）

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Dream House in California is not a house for only one or two children. It's a house for many【1】(kid). It's a family. It's the future.

Imagine【2】(live) in a hospital for many years because of illness. Imagine that one stays in a cold street where there is no other place to stay. These children need【3】 ( help). They need Dream House.

Many years ago, a little girl【4】(name) Collin Rose decided that when she grew up, she【5】 (offer) a warm home for those sick and homeless children. When she grew up, she became a nurse and made her dream【6】( come )true. In November 2003, Collin Rose set up Dream House. Collin Rose's 【7】(effort)have encouraged many people to help sick and 【8】(home )children.

“Every child should have a happy childhood. We may help make these 【9】(children) lives 【10】(good) than before.Your small help may 【11】(great) change their lives. No help is too【12】(small), ” Collin Rose said.