At last, the mid-term exams are over．You’ve done the hard work, but you can’t relax．You have to prepare for the next exams．Do you hate exams? If you do, you’re not alone．Students in other countries hate them as well．

  Luckily for them, British students have fewer exams than Chinese students．And they only have them once a year．Every summer they take a test in each subject．Each test lasts about an hour．These exams don’t count for much． Even if a student does really badly they still progress to the next year．When the results come out they are then placed in an end-of-year report．The report is sent to the child’s parents．It describes how the student studied at school．

    This report is private, so only the teacher, the student and his or her parents see it．This means that the students don’t know how other students scored（得分） in the test．Some students choose to tell each other, but others keep it secret．

    Parents’ meetings are held twice a year, at the end of the winter term and then at the end of the summer term．Children go along with their parents to meet their teachers privately and discuss their performance at school．

1． According to this passage, the students of many countries         exams．

     A． don’t mind            B． have to                 C． hate                      D． like

2． Which of the following is NOT TRUE for British students?

     A． They have an exam once a year．

B． They don’t know their own scores．

     C． Parents’ meetings are held at the end of the terms．

      D． They are allowed to tell each other their scores．

3． For British students, the school life is         than that of Chinese students．

     A． more relaxing        B． much tenser          C． more excited         D． much harder

4． The underlined phrase “don’t count for much” means        ．

     A． 難以計數(shù)           B． 不太重要            C． 期望不多           D． 數(shù)量不多

Dick was a college student．He was studying history．But at the end of the first school year he did not pass the exam．A month later he sat for the make-up exam，but he was down again．Dick was very afraid because he knew he might have to leave the college．

When Dick's father knew this，he went to see the professor（教授）．“Dick is a good boy，” said the father．“If you let him pass it this time，I'm sure he will study harder next year and pass all the exams with very good marks．”

“No，that's quite impossible，” answered the professor．“He almost knows nothing about history．Last month I asked him when Napoleon（拿破侖）died，and he said he didn't know．”

“Please，sir，give him another chance，” said the father．“Sometimes we were too busy to read the evening papers carefully，so we even don’t know Mr. Napoleon was ill．”

1．Dick had been in college for _________．

A．four years                                               B．a(chǎn)bout one year

C．more than three years                               D．more than two years

2．Napoleon was _________．

A．a(chǎn) famous professor                                  B．the name of a student

C．the name of a teacher                                 D．the name of a famous Frenchman

3．“Sat for the make-up exam” in the passage means “_________”．

A．參加補考            B．下決心                   C．期末考試            D．不及格

4．The father went to the college because _________．

A．he wanted to give the teacher some presents

B．he missed his son very much

C．the professor asked him to do so

D．he hoped the professor would let his son Pass the exam

5．From the passage，we get to know that _________．

A．the professor hated Dick very much

B．the father didn’t know Napoleon at all

C．Dick worked very hard in the college

D．the father often read the evening papers carefully

Twenty students in this university ________ to Australia to study last year，and more students are expecting to have the chance next year．

A．a(chǎn)re sent               B．were sent             C．will send

Yang Liwei had a flight into space

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