Changsha,
Hunan Province
May 6, 2010
Dear editor,
Under China’s current educational system, there are those who do nothing but study. They of course are thought to be model students.
But I feel that there is another type of student who, perhaps not as diligent (勤奮的) as the first type, uses his time more efficiently and achieves a lot academically.
Last year, a classmate of mine was accepted by a top university. It surprised all of us. It was because, unlike most of us, he didn’t spend too much of his time studying.
When I asked him the secret of his success, he said that the key was properly and scientifically arranging his time.
“ I spent a lot of time keeping fit and as a result, I was able to better concentrate (集中) on my class work.”
The moral of the story is: it isn’t necessary to sit at your desk all day long to get high academic (學(xué)術(shù)) grades.
Yours,
Zhang Zishu
小題1:What does the letter-writer (a reader) think leads to the fact that many students do nothing but study?
A．The present educational system.B． People’s old ideas.
C．The teaching methods.D．The parents of these students.
小題2:It seems that this reader thinks        .
A．the first type of student is our model
B．the second type of students is our model
C．both types of students are worth learning from
D．neither of the two types of students are good
小題3: The secret of his classmate’s success was        .
A．properly and scientifically arranging his time
B．spending a lot of time studying
C．doing nothing but studying
D．playing all the time
小題4: The reader wrote the letter in order to        .
A．call on us to work even harder
B．cause people to think about how to study more efficiently
C．a(chǎn)dvise people to do research into his classmate’s success
D．criticize (批評(píng)) China’s educational system
小題5:What would be the best to stand for the letter-writer’s opinion?
A．Secret of success.
B．China’s educational system needs changing.
C．Work while you work and play while you play.
D．Keep fit first.

小題1:A
小題1:B
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