When a group of children pelltelr siop a convercaiion wiih vou. saying:"We have io go to work now." you're ieft feelins suprised and ceriainlv uneasv. After all. this is the 1990s and the idea of children working is Juat unthinkable. That is. until you are told that they are all pupils of stage schools. and thai ibe "work" they go off to is to go on the stage in a theatre. Stage schools often acr as agencies (代理机构) to supply children for stage and television work. More worihy of ihe name `siage eckool. nre thase few p!aces where children auend full time. with a iraining for the theatre and a general educaiion.A visit to such school will leave you in no doubt that the children enjoy themselves. After alI. what lively children woudn"t settle {or snendins onlv half the day doing ordinary school work. and acting. singing or dancing their way through the other half of the day?Then of course these are time for the children to make a name and make a little money in some big shows. Some stage schools give their children too much professional work at such a young age. But the law is very tight on the amount they can do. Thase under 13 are limited to 40 days in the year; those over 13 do 80 days.The schools themselves admit that not all children will be successful in the profession for which they are being trained. So what happens to those who don't make it? While all the leading schools say they place great importance on children getting good siudy results. the lacis seem 'o augged ths is not alwaystbe case.

1.Peeple would sipp feeling uneasy wben realisng that ibe ch]Idren tbey're ialking to

A. aiiend a stage school

B. are going to ibe theaire

C. hsv. gor some work io do

D. love singlns and dancins

2.In ihe wrier's opnion. a ged siage school shoud.

A. preduco siar performers

B. help pup;ls imnrove iheir siudy sk]1]s

C. train pupils in Isnguage and periorming arts

D. provide a guneral ofucation and siage irairting

3."Professional work" as used in the next means_____.

A.ordinary school work

B.rooneyrnaking performances

C. siage oraining at school

D. aciing. singing or dancing afier class

4. Whck ofthe follewing beat deecrbes how the wrier feels abeui siage echoolso

A. He ibinks hishlv of wbnt they have ic rffer.

B. He favours an early siart in the training of performing aris.

C.He f'els uncomforiable aboui chldren vuiiins on nieh: sbows.

D.He douhis ihe siandard of ordlnary educaiion ihew have reachof.

London--- A mother has criticised(批评)“selfish” passers-by for failing to help her teenage son after he fainted (晕倒) on a packed tram platform.

Oliver Tiplady was on his way to school when he fainted at the tram stop. But instead of helping the 14-year-old, who was in school uniform,those nearby simply walked around him. Her mother, Susan Tiplady , said, “How can people leave a child for that matter, on the floor like that? How could they all have ignored him? They must have lacked any basic humanity and had no piry on a child.” She said her son regained consciousness (意识) about ten minutes after fainting at the tram stop last week. “He managed to get up and sit down before his friends turned up, but by then he was too embarrassed to tell them what had happened. It wasn’t until he got to school that he told a teacher.” she added.

BEIJING - At least 15 pupils were confirmed dead after a school bus rolled over in Xuzhou, East China's Jiangsu province.

The accident occurred around 6 pm on Monday .There were 29 pupils on the bus .The bus was traveling on the road when two electric bikes suddenly cut in and the driver was trying to avoid them.. The bus was produced by Shaolin Auto Co Ltd in Henan province and had a full capacity ( 容量) of 52 passengers.

South Korea ---South Korea's largest mobile phone operator said Thursday that it will offer cell phone users a new noise service that it says will drive away mosquitoes(蚊子).

SK Telecom Co. said consumers can pay 3,000 won ( 韩元 ) ($2.50) to download a sound wave that can’t be heard by human ears but annoys mosquitoes within a range of three feet. Customers can then play the sound just by hitting a few buttons on their mobile phones. The company claimed that the service worked during tests .The service, which begins Monday, has one drawback: it consumes as much battery power as normal cell phone rings.

56. After Oliver Tiplady fainted at the tram stop , ________

A. the passers-by went up to him and helped him up.

B. his friends turned up and helped him up in the end .

C. he told the whole story to his friends and teacher .

D. he came to life and struggled to his feet himself eventually.

57. The best word to describe the passers–by is ______  .

A. warm-hearted       B. considerate       C. cold-hearted       D. calm

58. From the passage , we can infer _______

A. the accident happened because of two electric bikes .

B. the school bus was overloaded when the accident happened .

C. the bus driver was speeding up when the accident happened .

D. the bus driver was driving carelessly when the accident happened.

59. According to the passage , we know the service of the cell phone _______ . 

A. can drive away mosquitoes beyond three feet .

B. will cost the consumers lots of money to enjoy

C. is complicated for the consumers to enjoy

D. is easy to operate but a bit energy-consuming

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