Who are the top students in the world, do you know? Last week the Organization for Economic Co-operation Development (经济合作与发展组织) picked the best students in the world. They are Finnish (芬兰的). The OECD gave a test to 280 000 15-year-old students from more than 40 coun­tries and regions (地区) last year. The OECD wan­ted to know how well students were doing at school.

Finnish students were No. 1 in the reading test and second in maths after Hong Kong students. Those from Japan and Finland were top in science. In the problem solving, Finnish students came sec­ond to those from South Korea. The test also showed Finland had more top students than the other countries.

Finns (芬兰人) of your age have done a really good job but don't have a sense of envy. You can learn from them. Most Finnish students make good use of the Internet. Of course not for computer games, but for doing more exercises and finding out more information.

Libraries are also important. Finland spends a lot of money on them. Many students have a free card. They read for at least one or two hours a day.

What do you usually do on the Internet? How often do you go to libraries?

1.Students from which country or region did best in the reading test?

2.Which of the following is NOT true?

3.From this passage we know that_________.

句型转换。(每空1分，共25分)

1.Kate is the oldest girl in our class.(改为同义句)

Kate is than in our class.

2.This bag is 90 yuan. That bag is 70 yuan.(改为同义句)

This bag is than that one.

3.He is cleverer than the other two.(改为同义句)

He is the three.

4.I am less careful than Ma Xueru.(改为同义句)

Ma Xueru is than I am.

5.I don’t think Maths is as interesting as English.(改为同义句)

I think English 　　　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 Maths.

6.Wangxin’s mother often listens to her children’s problems.(改为一般疑问句)

Wangxin’s mother often to her children’s problems?

7.Liu Xiaowei went to see a friend yesterday afternoon.(对划线部分提问)

Liu Xiaowei yesterday afternoon？

8.Xu Xiya wants to be a doctor when she grows up.(对划线部分提问)

Xu Xiya when she grows up?

I like to get up late, so my ideal school starts at 9 a.m. It finished at 3 P.m., so we will have lots of time for after-school activities. There is a big dining hall.

We have an hour for lunch. We eat lunch and chat there. We can also listen to pop music in the hall. We eat fruit and vegetables every day.

We have Maths every day because I think Maths is very interesting to us. I love computers, so we have Computer Studies every day. We wear school uniforms, but we do not wear ties. The classes are quite small. There are 15 students in each class.

There is a park on one side of our school and a shopping mall on the other. We have a big library with lots of useful books. We also have a tennis court and a swimming pool.

There are lots of clubs and after-school activities. We only have half an hour of homework every day, and we do not do homework at weekends. Every month, we go on a school trip to a museum or a theater.

1.How many hours for lessons are there in my school?

A. Five hours.      B. Six hours.     C. Four hours.                D. Three hours.

2.How many hours for lunch are there in my school?

   A. Half an hours.   B. One hours.     C. One and a half hours.      D. Two hours.

3.Why do we have Maths every day?

A. Because it is useful.             B. Because it is the main subject.  

C. Because we’re interested in it.     D. Because I’m going to be a Maths teacher.

4.How many students are there in my class?

   A. Ten.          B. Sixteen.    C. Fourteen.            D. Fifteen.

5.The underlined word “with” means_______.  

A. 用               B. 在……下    C. 和……一起               D. 有

6.How often do we go on a school trip to a museum or a theater?

   A. Every week.       B. Every day.       C. Every month.             D. Every two months.

7.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. My school.                       B. My ideal subject.   

C. My ideal school.                 D. My ideal park.

To our________，he failed to pass the maths exam this time．This sentence means：We________when we heard that he failed to pass the maths exam．

1. A.
   surprise，surprised
2. B.
   surprised，surprised
3. C.
   surprise，were surprised
4. D.
   surprising，were surprising