Growing up the daughter of an outstanding educator, Andrea Peterson knew at a young age that
she wanted to serve others. It was with this mindset that she started to take a degree in medicine. However ,while visiting her brothers who were away at college studying music education, she realized that she too was drawn to teach music.
In her ten years at Granite Falls, she has revitalized(复兴) the music programs at both the
elementary and high school levels, to the extent that an additional music teacher was hired by the district to assist with the workload. The growth of the music program in Granite Falls School District has encouraged students to participate in county ,state ,and national music competitions, and won a lot of prizes for the district.
Teaching music is only part of Peterson's instruction—it serves as a vehicle to other areas .
"Music is an amazing tool to unlock students' potential. The most visible benefit from their success in music is their increased confidence and self-esteem," Peterson said. "However, I don't believe it is the only benefit, nor the most powerful. It is truly exciting to see how my music teaching can transfer back to other classrooms." With this philosophy, Peterson introduced a cross-curriculum program ,where she takes lessons taught in other classes, such as English and math ,and expands upon them in an eight-week unit.
One of the most popular projects in Peterson's classes is the creation and performance of a musical, In the activity students create a play from one of the books they have read in another class. Students work together to choose the music that best fits with the overall feel of the play and then perform it for the greater community. "Through Andrea's efforts these kids have helped to put Granite Falls, Washington, on the map for musical talents. Parents, staff, and community members continue to be in awe of what she is able to bring forth from the children," said Debra Rose Howell, a colleague of Peterson's at Monte Cristo Elementary School.
【小题1】At the beginning, Andrea Peterson planned to work as a (n)       .

A.teacherB.doctorC.educatorD.musician
【小题2】The 2nd paragraph mainly tells about     .
A.Andrea Peterson’s life at Granite Falls
B.county, state and national music competitions
C.the growth of the music program in Granite Falls School District
D.Andrea Peterson’s contributions to Granite Falls’ music programs
【小题3】Which of the following is NOT a benefit the students get from Andrea Peterson’s class?
A.Music talent development.B.Increased self-confidence.
C.Ability in learning other subjects. D.Prizes for English and maths.
【小题4】The following sentences tell what the students have to do about their musical project. Which is the right order of the events?
a.They chose proper music for their play.
b.They adapt the story into a play.
c.They put on the play for the whole school or the whole community.
d.They practice performing the play.
e.They choose a story they have read in another class.
A.e→b→a→d→cB.e→b→c→a→d
C.a→e→b→d→cD.a→b→e→d→c

LONDON (Reuters) — Children are dying for lack of drugs tailored to their needs, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which launched a global campaign on Thursday to promote more research into child medicine.
More than half of the drugs currently used to treat children in the industrialized world have not been specifically tested on youngsters.
The problem is even worse in developing countries where price remains a major barrier and 6 million children die each year from treatable conditions.
In the case of HIV/AIDS, the few existing pediatric therapies(儿科的疗法)developed for children generally cost three times more than adult ones.
As a result, clinicians lack clear guidelines on the best drug to use and often have to guess at the correct dose.
Fortunately, the WHO has drawn up the first international List of Essential Medicines for Children, containing 206 products considered safe for children.
“But a lot remains to be done. There are priority medicines that have not been adapted for children’s use or are not available when needed,” said Dr Hans, the U.N. agency’s director of medicines policy and standards.
Medicines that need to be adapted to children’s needs include many antibiotics, pain drugs as well as combination pills for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
The agency is building an Internet entrance linking to clinical trials carried out in children and will launch a Web site with the information early next year.
Testing medicines on children has always been a controversial issue, since good ethical(伦理的)practice requires informed agreement from people participating in clinical trials, which is difficult to obtain in the case of children.
As a result, research-based drug companies have been wary of developing child-friendly medicines and general companies have been slow to produce them at lower cost.
In an attempt to deal with the issue, both Europe and the United States now have special rules offering extended patent protection for drugs that have been tested on children.
【小题1】Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A.A Global Campaign to Promote Research into AIDS Medicine
B.WHO Says Children are Dying for Lack of Child-sized Drugs
C.Many People are Concerned about Children’s Drugs
D.Measures Taken to Develop Child-friendly Medicine Quickly
【小题2】Which of the following medicine is not needed to be adapted to children’s need according to the passage?
A.Pain killers.B.Tuberculosis.
C.AID pills.D.Flu pills.
【小题3】Why has testing medicines on children always been a controversial issue?
A.It is against good ethical practice
B.Children shouldn’t take part in clinical trials.
C.It is hard to get informed agreement from children tested.
D.Parents don’t allow their children to be tested on medicine.
【小题4】The underlined word “wary” in the last but one paragraph means _________.
A.fastB.fondC.cautiousD.uninterested
【小题5】What can be inferred from the passage?
A.There is still a long way to go on children’s medicine.
B.An Internet entrance is being built to link to clinical trials carried out in children.
C.Both Europe and the United States now have special rules offering extended patent protection for children’s drugs.
D.Less than half of the drugs currently used to treat children in the industrialized world have not been specifically tested on youngsters

I recently heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs(突破). He was being interviewed by a reporter who asked him    1   he thought he was able to be so much more    2   than the average person.

He responded that it all came from a(n)   3   with his mother that occurred when he was about 2. He had been trying to   4  milk from the fridge when he    5   the slippery(光滑的) bottle, its contents running all over the kitchen floor.

When his mother came in,    6   shouting at him or giving him a lecture, she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful    7   you have made! I have    8   seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been    9  . Would you like to get down and    10   in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?”

Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge(海绵), a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?” He chose the sponge.

His mother then said, “ You know, what we have here is a    11  experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two    12   hands. Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can   13 .” The little boy learned that if he    14   the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful    15  !

This scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be    16  to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just    17   for learning something new, which is,    18  , what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment “doesn't   19 ,” we usually learn something    20   from it.

1.                A.why           B.what           C.when D.how

 

2.                A.capable        B.able           C.creative  D.original

 

3.                A.coincidence     B.experience      C.incident  D.conflict

 

4.                A.carry          B.bring           C.remove   D.fetch

 

5.                A.fell            B.lost            C.escaped  D.dropped

 

6.                A.rather than      B.instead of       C.other than D.in place of

 

7.                A.picture         B.mass           C.map D.mess

 

8.                A.rarely          B.happily         C.frequently D.angrily

 

9.                A.got            B.suffered        C.done     D.received

 

10.               A.jump          B.play           C.enjoy D.lay

 

11.               A.failed          B.successful       C.fantastic   D.painful

 

12.               A.strong         B.tiny            C.thin  D.weak

 

13.               A.get it          B.put it          C.try it  D.make it

 

14.               A.controlled      B.possessed       C.occupied  D.grasped

 

15.               A.example        B.teaching        C.lesson D.instruction

 

16.               A.anxious        B.nervous        C.fearful    D.afraid

 

17.               A.situations       B.opportunities    C.occasions  D.turns

 

18.               A.after all        B.above all        C.first of all  D.in all

 

19.               A.do            B.finish          C.go   D.work

 

20.               A.worthy         B.costly          C.valuable   D.interesting

 

 

Cheektowage Central Middle School can be a lot of fun. It has game nights and student dances, after-school activities, and sports teams. However, students at the school must earn the right to join in the fun. If they don’t do their homework, participate in class, and behave at all times, they’re banned(禁止) from participating in after-school activities.

Students and parents say the threat of being excluded(排除在外) appears to be working. Kenny T. of Reno, Nev., says it taught him that actions have consequences: “I learned that I need to be balanced in both my work and athletics to be rewarded for working hard.” Parent Sondra LaMacchia told The New York Times that her 14-year-old daughter is learning responsibility at Cheektowaga Central. The teen used to perform poorly in her studies, but then she was banned from a school dance. The message got through loud and clear. “It’s nobody’s fault but hers,” LaMacchia said.

Although exclusion may help teach responsibility, some psychologists say it can also be threatening, especially for students who often cause, or may cause, trouble in school. They might become more aggressive and antisocial, which is exactly what schools like Cheektowaga Central want to prevent.

Should schools exclude students from activities to get them to behave? I believe teens need school activities and that inclusion can be the answer. For some troubled students, activities can be their motivation to stay in school. “Activities such as sports may be the only thing keeping certain students in school,” says Duace Wood, a teacher at Mohonasen High School in Rotterdam, N.Y. Getting involved in after-class activities keeps troublesome students in class. Even if they don’t do as well as their classmates, they are still learning. The more time they spend at school, the less time they have to even think about starting trouble. Teams also provide support and role models, and they help build the confidence that students need to succeed. If students who don’t behave are banned from activities, they might give up on school altogether.

1.Paragraph 2 is developed by _______.

A.analyzing causes                        B.giving examples

C.examining differences                    D.following the time order

2.Parent Sondra LaMacchia supports the policy of exclusion because _______.

A.it provides role models

B.her daughter is aggressive

C.her daughter hates taking exercise

D. it helps teach responsibility

3.In Paragraph 3 and 4, the author mainly talks about________.

A.students who are good at sports

B.students who often cause trouble

C.teens who do well in their studies

D.teens who always behave themselves

4.What is the author’s attitude towards the school’s policy of exclusion?

A. Negative         B.Sympathetic        C.Satisfied          D.Supportive

 

   Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do; once or twice she had looked into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of the book,” thought Alice, “without pictures and conversations?”

So she was considering in her own mind whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain(雏菊花环) would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a white rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

There was nothing so very remarkable in that; but when the rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit- hole under the bush.

The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well.

Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end? “I wonder how many miles I’ve fallen by this time?” she said aloud. “I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think. I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny it’ll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downward! The Antipathies, I think—but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. ‘Please, Ma’am, is this New Zealand or Australia?’ And what an ignorant little girl she’ll think me for asking! No, it’ll never do to ask.”

Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, when suddenly, thump! thump! Down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.

1.What kind of books do you think will interest Alice most?

A.Books that her sister was reading.

B.Books without pictures or conversations.

C.Books about white rabbits.

D.Books with pictures and conversations.

2.Which of the following is true?

A.Alice suddenly saw a white rabbit with a strange umbrella.

B.Alice managed to fall right through the earth.

C.Alice ran after the white rabbit across the field out of curiosity.

D.The people on the opposite side of the earth walk with their heads downward.

3.Which is the right order of the story?

a. Alice jumped into a large hole.

b. A white rabbit ran close by her.

c. Alice sat by her sister, doing nothing.

d. She fell upon some sticks and dry leaves.

A.c-b-a-d

B.d-a-c-b

C.a-b -c-d

D.d-c-a -b

4. From the passage, we can see Alice is a(n)________girl.

A.helpful and friendly

B.curious and imaginative

C.brave and curious

D.ignorant and pretty

5. The following paragraph “In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.” can be put between_________.

A.Paragraphs 1 and 2

B.Paragraphs 2 and 3

C.Paragraphs 3 and 4

D.Paragraph 4 and 5

 

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