Ted, my little brother, is in Grade One. Last Friday he came back from school with a letter. The letter was from his teacher. “I got a red flower today. Could you please sign this note?” he said to mum. The note showed that he had been talking in class.

Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is “OK”, but he often gets “You can do better than this.” Mum knows what it means. She tells me “You can do better than this” means “Extremely bad” in China.

In the USA, teachers never say anything too bad about their students, even if the students are making trouble in class or not working hard enough. The worst they might say is “Please be nicer tomorrow”. Many parents are satisfied with a B-grade for each subject.

But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their children. I sometimes felt that my second-grade cousin spend more time on homework than I did when I was 6th grade in the US! Yet his parents and teachers didn’t think he worked hard enough.

Is it too strict in China? Or is it not strict enough in the USA? Maybe both are true.

1.Why did Ted come home with a letter last Friday?

A. Because the teacher wanted to visit his mother.

B. Because he did something wrong.

C. Because the teacher was happy with his progress.

D. Because the teacher thought he was too lazy.

2.If a student in the USA gets “OK” in his schoolwork, it means ________.

A. he gets top scores B. he gets medium scores

C. he gets extremely bad scores D. he gets the worst scores

3.American parents will be ________ when their children get a B-grade in their school.

A. excited B. sad C. angry D. happy

4.The underlined words “high expectations” in this passage means “________”.

A. 很高的待遇 B. 很多的自由 C. 很高的期望 D. 很多的关爱

5.The writer mainly wants to tell us ________.

A. the differences between Chinese education and American education

B. Chinese students are better than American students

C. American parents are not strict enough with their children

D. what’s the best way to educate child

There are so many people I want to thank. But I want to thank my parents best.

I usually go to school at 7:00 a.m. My mom always gets up at 6:00 a.m. to cook healthy and nice food for me. But I sometimes complain (抱怨) and want to eat outside with my friends. My mom always tells me, “ The food outside is not healthy. Eating at home is good for you.” Now I know it. Dear Mom, my health is the most important to you.

My parents always buy me my favourite things. I like strawberries very much. My dad likes to buy strawberries for me. But when I want to give him a strawberries, Dad says, “ Oh, I don’t like strawberries, my girl.” I didn’t know why my dad said that before. But now I know it. Dear Dad, you like strawberries but you like me more.

My parents are always with me and do many things for me. I can’t do many things for you but I want you to have happy and healthy lives!

1.The writer is a _____.

A. son B. daughter C. father D. mother

2.Mom gets up at 6:00 a.m. to _____.

A. let the writer get up

B. drive the writer to school

C. cook breakfast for the writer

D. do exercise with the writer

3.Why doesn’t Dad eat strawberries?

A. He doesn’t like strawberries.

B. The writer doesn’t give him strawberries.

C. There are not many strawberries for him to eat.

D. He only wants to give strawberries to the writer because the writer likes to eat.

4.Which is the best title(标题)for the passage?

A. Thank you, my parents

B. Parents always with me

C. My love to my parents

D. Breakfast and strawberries

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