When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children, I learnt French at school and I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand English. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without any language problems.
How wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a ring and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking like being lost and asked if he could help me.
“Yes,”I said.“I want to give my friend a ring.”
“Well, that’s nice,”he exclaimed (惊呼).“Are you getting married? But aren’t you a bit young?”
“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me where there’s a phone box?”
“Oh!”he said.“There’s a phone downstairs.”
When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me.“Don’t worry,” she said to me.“I had many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say. But most of the time British and American people can understand each other!”
【小题1】When the writer arrived at the airport, he wanted to _____.

A.buy a ring for his friend B.ask the way to his friend’s
C.telephone his friendD.call a taxi
【小题2】The old man thought _____.
A.the writer wanted to find a phone box
B.the writer was old enough to get married
C.the writer didn’t know the way
D.the writer wanted to find his girlfriend
【小题3】.At last, the old man _____.
A.understood what the writer wanted to do
B.couldn’t understand the writer
C.bought a ring for the writer
D.took the writer to the phone box by himself
【小题4】Which sentence is wrong according to the passage?
A.The writer’s friend, Danny had a lot of difficulties in the U.S.A. at first.
B.There are some differences between American and British English.
C.British people can’t understand the Americans most of the time.
D.British and American people can understand each other most of the time.

What do you usually do after school? Playing football? Watching TV? Come on, we need something new! Let’s see how kids in foreign countries spend their free time!

Mess Around with Dress-up

Do your parents have any old clothes? See if you get an old box and start collecting hats, shoes and clothes now! Then, when your friends come over after school,? you can play dress-up.? See if you? can make yourself into a doctoror a cowboy,? or even a spaceman! Use glitter paint and old material to decorate the clothes the way you like them.

If you are really clever, you could even put on a show for your family!? Let your imagination run wild!

Want to learn new things after school? Want to make new friends who aren’t in your class? You can get both of them in clubs.? In other countries, schools, there are usually all kinds of clubs for kids to join.? There is French clubstudent government, theater, choir (合唱队)and photography club.

Take photography club as an example.? One may learn all the necessary skills about taking photos.? For example, you will learn how to choose a camerahow to use the light and how to develop pictures.? Sounds cool, right?

But that’s not all.? One can also make a lot of friends in clubs.? It’s always good to enjoy your spare time with friendsisn’t it?

1.What is the best title for _____

A. Start a? Club? B. Learn a Club

C. An Important Club? D. A Photography Club

2.From the first paragraph we know________.

A. foreign kids don’t like watching TV

B. Chinese kids like playing football with foreign kids

C. playing football is not popular with foreign kids

D. foreign kids have some different ways to spend their free time

3.When you join a photography clubyou cannot________.

A. enjoy your free time? B. get a camera for free

C. make some new friends? D. learn to take pictures

4.The text mainly talks about________.

A. how to take a good picture

B. how to join a photography club

C. after-class activities in foreign countries

D. putting on a show in foreign schools

 

We send our children to school to prepare them for the time when they will be big and will have to work for themselves.They learn their own language so that they will be able to tell others clearly what they want and what they know,and understand what others tell them.They learn foreign languages in order to be able to understand the people from other countries and make themselves understood.They learn history to know something about human beings they meet every day.What they learn at school is,of course,quite useful,but is that the only reason(原因) why they go to school??
No.There is more in education than just learning facts.We go to school,above all,to learn how to learn,so that when we have left school,we can continue to learn.A man who really knows how to learn will always be successful,because whenever he has to do something new,he will quickly teach himself how to do it in the best way.The uneducated person,on the other hand,is either unable to do something new,or does it badly.So the purpose(目的)of school is not just to teach the students these useful subjects but teach the way to learn.

  1. 1.

    Children are sent to school because       .

    1. A.
      they can grow fast at school?
    2. B.
      they have to work for themselves at the moment
    3. C.
      the parents have to prepare them for their future
    4. D.
      they are able to learn facts?
  2. 2.

    Why do they learn languages?Because they will       .

    1. A.
      make friends with others
    2. B.
      be able to speak to and hear others clearly
    3. C.
      be able to understand others
    4. D.
      make themselves understood
  3. 3.

    The sentence“There is more in education than just learning facts”means     .?

    1. A.
      learning facts isn’t the only thing in education
    2. B.
      there are more facts to learn in education
    3. C.
      education is just learning facts
    4. D.
      learning facts is more important in education
  4. 4.

    What does an educated person do when he meets something new?He will     .?

    1. A.
      try his best to do it
    2. B.
      quickly find the best way out
    3. C.
      be unable to do it well
    4. D.
      know how to learn
  5. 5.

    The main idea of the text is that       .

    1. A.
      children must go to school
    2. B.
      the subjects at school are useful
    3. C.
      parents should send their children to school
    4. D.
      children should be taught not only to learn but how to learn

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