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. 难以计数               B. 不太重要               C. 期望不多       D. 数量不多


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The little boy entered the house, unhappy. His mother was 1 cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she 2 but stopped when she saw his face. "Tyler, 3 happened? Is everything okay?"

" Nothing is okay, Mom," said the boy, " Today, in our science lesson, Mrs Green was talking about the 4 She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying *. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way home, but there is 5 I can do to make a difference. "

"Let me tell you 6 ," the mother said after thinking for a while. "One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish * covering the beach, they were pushed up by the 7 , and it was too far up for them to make their way back by 8 The man shook his head as he walked along, ' What a pity! So many starfish will die * on the beach. ' The man felt very sorry 9 those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was 10 to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as 11 as he could. ' How silly you are! My 12 , ' the man said, 'There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?' The boy didn't stop but kept throwing. ' 13 I can't help them all, I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one. ' said the boy. "

"Thinking for a moment, the man 14 to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ' Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the 15 person. ' "

1. A. drinking B. making C. selling D. washing

2. A. turned around B. turned down C. turned on D. turned off

3. A. what B. when C. where D. why

4. A. air B. land C. water D. environment

5. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

6. A. a lie B. a joke C. a story D. a truth

7. A. wind B. rain C. waves D. sands

8. A. himself B. itself C. ourselves D. themselves

9. A. of B. for C. from D. forward

10. A. afraid B. surprised C. sad D. angry

11. A. slow B. fast C. soon D. high

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

13. A. Or B. So C. Because D. Though

14. A. began B. continued C. forgot D. waited

15. A. shortest B. tallest C. smallest D. biggest

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