Most middle school students find it boring to learn English. But students in Yat Sen middle school in New York, US, don’t think so. Why? Because they are in the school of One Program, which asks students to work on their own or in small groups on computers to have math lessons.

“The program gives the students a new learning style. No traditional classroom can compare with it. We give each lesson according to the students’ interest and their strong and weak points,” said JoelⅠ. Klein, the school’s head teacher, “we’re looking for a new way that interest students children.”

Students enjoy these math lessons, especially lessons with video games. They must find out the answers to math problems to get through the game. One such game is Dimension M. As students move through mazes(迷宫) with their keyboards, some questions come up.

Caleb Deng had to answer the question: What is 5+ (6×3)? He calculated on paper quickly because there was just a minute left to play.

“ I was right,” said Deng, 14, as he ended the game with a high score (高分). “this really makes math lessons more exciting, since we are fighting to learn better.”

1.Students in Yat Sen Middle School like math because __________.

 A. they work in large group

B. they can work on computer

C. the teachers are interesting

D. math questions are easy there 

2.Which is NOT true of the program?

   A. It is very successful.

   B. It is boring to most students.

   C. It makes learning math more interesting.

   D. It gives the students a new way to learn.

3.The underlined word “calculated” in Paragraph 4 most probably means __________.

   A. worked out    B. wrote down     C. threw away    D. gave up

4.Caleb Deng’s story serves as an example to show ___________.

A. how students work in small groups

B. how to end a game with a high score

C. how the question 5+(6×3) should be solved

D. how students learn math through video games

5.This article is mainly about ___________.

   A. how to learn math well

B. an interesting math lesson

C. a new way to learn math

D. kids in Yat Sen Middle School

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How much sleep do we need? We are all different. Some people need only three hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of sleep a night. Most Americans sleep an average (平均值) of seven to eight hours a night. After the age of fifty the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a night.

Most people have a bad night when they can not sleep. About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people can not fall sleep. This problem is called (叫做) insomnia. This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people had special (特别的) ideas to another to make them sleep. Benjaming Franklin, the famous stateman (政治家) and inventor (发明家)，had four beds. He moved from one to another to fall asleep. King Lousis XIV of France had 13 beds and hoped that he could fall asleep in one of them. Mark Twain, the famous American writer, had a different way. He lay on his side on the end of the bed!

1..Most American people need________ hours of sleep a night.

         A.3             B.10                C.7-8             D.5-6

2.People need_________ sleep as they get older.

         A. more          B. less（更少的）    C. no             D. little

3.“The problem is called insomnia.” Here “insomnia” means_________.

A.going to sleep easily              B. sleep at daytime

C. the ways of sleep                D. not being able to(能够)go to sleep

4.Mark Twain lay on his side on the end of the bed because he_________.

A.was an old man              B. thought it was easy to go sleep

C. was a famous writer          D. didn’t have much room to sleep in

5.The passage is mainly (主要地) talking about_________.

         A. sleep                         B. insomnia

         C. how to go to bed                D. the famous person

Most middle school students find it boring to learn math . But students in Yat Sen middle school in New York, US, don’t think so. Why? Because they are in the school of One Program, which asks students to work on their own or in small groups on computers to have math lessons.

“The program gives the students a new learning style. No traditional classroom can compare with it. We give each lesson according to the students’ interest and their strong and weak points,” said JoelⅠ. Klein, the school’s head teacher, “we’re looking for a new way that interest students children.”

Students enjoy these math lessons, especially lessons with video games. They must find out the answers to math problems to get through the game. One such game is Dimension M. As students move through mazes(迷宫) with their keyboards, some questions come up.

Caleb Deng had to answer the question: What is 5+ (6×3)? He calculated on paper quickly because there was just a minute left to play.

“ I was right,” said Deng, 14, as he ended the game with a high score (高分). “this really makes math lessons more exciting, since we are fighting to learn better.”

(　 ) 51. Students in Yat Sen Middle School like math because __________.

A. they work in large group B. they can work on computer

C. the teachers are interesting　　　 D. math questions are easy there

(　 ) 52. Which is NOT true of the program?

A. It is very successful.

B. It is boring to most students.

C. It makes learning math more interesting.

D. It gives the students a new way to learn.

(　 ) 53. The underlined word “calculated” in Paragraph 4 most probably means __________.

A. worked out　 B. wrote down　　 C. threw away　 D. gave up

(　 ) 54. Caleb Deng’s story serves as an example to show ___________.

A. how students work in small groups

B. how to end a game with a high score

C. how the question 5+(6×3) should be solved

D. how students learn math through video games

(　 ) 55. This article is mainly about ___________.

A. how to learn math well　　　 B. an interesting math lesson

C. a new way to learn math　　 D. kids in Yat Sen Middle School

Mr Black is a driver .He likes driving in Beijing very much .Mrs Black is a teacher .She often visits a middle school in Beijing . She likes to speak French  with the students there.

     They take many photos in China .When they are back to France ,they are going to show the photos to their friends . They want the French people to know more about China .

（    ）41 .The Blacks come from    

         A. America  B. English  C .France  D.Canada

（    ）42. The Blacks are staying in      now?

A. English  B. China  C. America  D.France

（    ）43.What does Mr Black do ? He is a     

A.driver  B. teacher  C. farmer   D.student

（    ）44. Mrs. Black likes talking with Chinese students in   

A .Chinese B. English  C .French   D.Japanese

（    ）45 The Blacks take a lot of photos in China because they 

A. like taking photos

B. want to sell the photos for money

C. want to take the photos to England

D .want the French people to know more about China