题目内容
1. (呆在阴凉处吧) it's cooler.
1. Stay in the shade
Since he was nine,Babar Ali has been running his own school in Bhabta,a small village in West Bengal,India,passing on to the children of poor families the knowledge he has acquired(学到) at his school during the day.
It began when children in his village asked him questions about what he learned at the 1,000-rupee-a-year school their parents could not afford.
“It started without much effort,”hesays. aThere were lots of children who had dropped out of school,or never been to school at all. They were "always asking questions about my lessons and I would repeat everything for them.
“There used to be just eight pupils,and my friends helped me with the teaching. We worked on the standard of teaching. The word spread to nearby villages,and gradually we took on more and more students."
Five years later,the school has a total of 1C teachers,all of whom are studeiits at school,and 650 pupils.
On a typical(典型的) day,Babar will rise ai 5 am,do housework,then take a bus to school in a
village three miles away. From 10 am to 4 pm,he focuses on(集中注意力于) his own studies,then he races back to his village to welcome his students at 5 pm. He teaches until 8 pm. The
teaching doesn’t make hin) tired,he says,but gives him more strength to keep up his busy life.
His parents are filled with pride. His father,Nasiruddin,was shocked when he first discovered
his son was teaching. “I couldn’ t believe it. He always rushing from place to place and I was worried it might affect his studies. So I visited his school. Seeing his dedication(奉献) to teaching cleared my doubts,he says.
In 2009,Babar was npied the “youngest headmaster in the world by BBC. From then on,his story appeared in many textbooks,and now he is regularly invited to speak at many meetings all over the world.
21. Babar started teaching the children nearby
A. because he wanted to make money to pay for his studies
B. when they went to his school to ask him questions
C. because their parents asked him to do so
D. when he was quite a young boy
22. As time went by,Babar.
A. is planning to set up more schools
B. had to ask some teachers to help him
C. gradually made his school bigger and bigger
D. had to drop out of school to teach other children
23. Why does the author describe Babar's typical day?
A. To show he works very long hours.
B;To explain why he feels tired at the end of a day.
C. To show he works much harder than other teachers.
D. To explain why he has no time to stay with his family.
24. How did Babar's father react to his teaching at first?
A. He was very surprised.
B. He was proud of Babar.
C. He had doubts about Babar's ability.
D. He was unhappy about Babar's decision.
Hi Cathy,
Greetings from Nepal!I'm sending this from an Internet cafe in a small town north of Kathmandu.
The town itself isn’t very interesting,but everything around it 1. (is / are) beautiful I can see the Himalayas through the cafe window!
The courses here are great,although maths2. (is / are) certainly not my strong point. A lot of Nepal5 population lives in the mountainous parts of the country south of the Himalayas, and most of these people 3. (depend /depends) on growing crops and keeping animals. The standard of living in Kathmandu and the other cities 4. (have / has) risen a lot recently, and the number of people likely to move into the cities 5. (is / are) expected to increase. It's a real problem here. The Himalayan Times,the local English-language newspaper,6. (has /have) just published a survey showing that most young people would stay in their home villages if jobs were available.
Hope all 7. (is / are) well with you.I'llsend more news when I can.
Nazim
1.学生们非常尊敬他们的历史老师。 (respect)
4. 1 lied when I said I like Jane's haircut.
I when I said I like Jane's haircut.
1. Your question had no direct (connect) with our discussion.
4. The manager with some workers(was / were) working during the holidays.
4. 哪位医生接生了这个婴儿？
Which doctor ?
2. T ve only s his letter; I haven’t read it carefiilly yet.
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