A group of people asked this question to a group 4-to-8-year-old children. “What does love mean?” The answers were surprising. The children would answer like they did below.
“When my grandmother hurt her knees (膝盖), she couldn’t bent (弯腰) over and paint her toenails (脚指甲) any more. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands hurt too. That’s love.”
Rebecca–age 8
“Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don’t shout at them because you know it would hurt her feelings.”
Samantha–age 6
“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.”
Terri–age 4
“I let my big sister pick on (捉弄) me because my mum says she only picks on me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister because I love her.”
Bethany–age 4
“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new clothes.”
Lauren–age 4
“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.”
Elaine–age 5
“My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.”
Clear–age 5
“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.”
Jessica–age 8
【小题1】 The passage mainly tells us about ______.
A.what “life” means to childrenB.what “family” means to children
C.what “friends” means to childrenD.what “love” means to children
【小题2】Who told us the love between mum and dad?
A.Clear.B.Elaine.C.Rebecca.D.Lauren.
【小题3】Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Rebecca’s grandmother ever couldn’t bend over.
B.Bethany is willing to be picked on by any other person.
C.If Samantha becomes angry, she will not shout at others.
D.Lauren prefers to wear her sister’s old clothes.
【小题4】What does Jessica mean about love?
A.Too much love is no love.B.You should say love more often.
C.You mean what you think.D.Say love more often if you have it.
【小题5】What is love according to Terri?
A.Love is the care between husband and wife.
B.Love is a rest when you are tired.
C.Love is what cheers you up when you are tired.
D.Love is a kiss from parents.
American schools are quite different from those in China. In America, at the beginning of the term, students must select their courses and teachers first. While in China students usually have no chances to select their courses and teachers.

Selecting is very important for your grades in America. So at the first term, don’t select too many courses, 74.or you’ll feel very nervous and it may influence your study. Then you have to ask for some teaching plans. There is some information about subjects, time arranging, marks and textbooks. At the same time, you must choose the teachers. Different teachers have different teaching methods. If the teacher is called “killer” by the last grade, many students will give up choosing him. Because this kind of teacher will leave too much homework, too many exams and give too low grades.
There is another thing after you select the course and the teacher. How to buy textbooks makes each student feel hard. The textbooks in America are very expensive. Each copy is about $30~50. In order to save money, many students buy some used textbooks, and some students usually borrow textbooks from the school library. You must get enough ready before class. In class, discussing is very important. 75. 老师鼓励你提出问题或展示你自己的观点。They don’t usually ask you to sit well. Instead they allow you to sit or stand everywhere you like. They don’t give you much homework to do. You can learn some knowledge and do exercises by yourself. So in American schools, you must do almost all things yourself.
根据文章内容,补全71、72句中所缺单词、短语或句子。
【小题1】 At the beginning of the new term, American students have to ask for some teaching plans and get their textbooks ready besides ____________________.
【小题2】 The teacher____________________will always leave too much homework, too many exams and give too low grades.
【小题3】 根据文章内容回答问题。
Why do many students in America buy used textbooks ?
【小题4】 请将文中黑体字译成汉语。
【小题5】 请将划线句子译成英语。
Foolish(silly) Freddie lived in a small village. The people of the village laughed at him. They liked to show visitors how silly Freddie was. They thought this was a funny thing to do.
One day, a visitor came to the village.
"Watch this", a villager said, and called to Freddie. "Come and play a game, Freddie, " he shouted. Freddie walked slowly towards him, a silly smile on his face.
"Look! Freddie, "the villager said, "I've got something for you." He showed Freddie a dollar coin and a much larger 50-cent coin."Which would you like?" he asked Freddie.
Freddie took the 50-cent coin at once.
The villager laughed."See how foolish he is," he said."He always does that. He's too silly to learn anything." He walked away, leaving Freddie with the visitor.
The visitor felt sorry for Freddie and said to him, "Although the 50-cent coin is bigger than the$1 coin, the$1 coin is worth(值) much more.Two times as much."
"I know that," Freddie said."But once I take the$1coin, they'll stop playing the game."
【小题1】People laughed at Freddie because__________.
A.he often made up jokesB.he didn't like money
C.he looked very funnyD.they thought he was a fool
【小题2】The villagers wanted to show the visitors___________.
A.how silly Freddie wasB.how clever Freddie was
C.How kind people were to FreddieD.that Freddie had much money
【小题3】The visitor felt sorry for Freddie because he though_________.
A.Freddie did not know money was useful
B.the villager was not kind enough to the boy
C.Freddie did not get along well with the villagers
D.Freddie did not know the dollar coin was worth more
【小题4】From the story we know that Freddie was__________.
A.poorB.kindC.cleverD.silly
【小题5】The best title for the passage should be __________.
A.Clever VillagersB."Foolish" Freddie
C.Freddie and a VisitorD.A Visitor and the Villagers

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