The lecture on smoking was over at last. As we boys were rushing towards the playground, Jim passed by the table. The watch, which Mrs Smith had 41_____ on the table as she started her lecture, had disappeared.
We were about to go back for class again when the headmaster called us 42_____ and said, “ I’ve got little 43_______ for you boys. Mrs Smith has just lost her watch on the playground. This kind of thing has happened 44______”.She said, “It just falls off her wrist (手腕).So, look around for it, will you? 45______ if you’re clever enough to find it. You will get a big reward(奖赏)”
At once we started looking for the watch. Everybody wished to be the 46____ one. Suddenly, Jim stopped and bent(弯)down as if to 47_____ something. And 48­­­­_______ he was in front of Mrs Smith, all smiles, 49______ the watch to her.
Mrs Smith, however, didn’t seem 50______ at all. In fact, she looked angry. She took the watch without 51______a “Thank you.”
Jim got his reward—a large piece of paper from the headmaster. He 52______Jim to write a composition 53______ the dangers of smoking. What could 54______ Jim write about? He hadn’t listened to the lecture and had nothing to say on the 55_____.

Good parent – teacher communication is necessary for a child’s success in school. Recent studies show that the more actively parents are involved (参与) in the child’s school life. The better the child does in his studies.

Like all relationships, parents and teachers affect each other, but the person who is most affected is the child. What they need to understand is that the educational success depends on many things, including the ability of the parents and teacher to know his needs and what he likes, and encourage him.

When a child’s teacher and parents work together in the best interests (利益) of the child, he may feel able to learn, but, more importantly, also feel supported.

Education is about much more than just academic (学术) success. We must use the parent-teacher relationship to help a child grow and learn. So, how should parents and teacher work together?

It doesn’t require a change in the school subjects. It simply means that they should work together to help make lessons practical (与实际结合) . For instance, if a child is learning about money at school and the teacher takes the time to communicate this to the parents, the parent can take the child to the store to practice what he is learning at school. At the store, he has to pick out a thing he can afford to buy, take out the right amount of money to pay for it and check to make sure the clerk has given him the right amount of change. Doing this can help him to learn about the world in which he lives. This is how good parent-teacher communication supports the parent, teacher and, finally, the child.

1.Who is most affected by the parent-teacher relationship?

A. The child B. The parents.

C. The child’s friends. D. the teachers

2.Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?

A. To develop a good parent-teacher relationship, some school subjects need to be changed.

B. Education is just about academic success.

C. It is only teachers’ duty to teach children about money.

D. With parent and teachers caring for the child, he may feel supported.

3.The underlined word, “change”, in the last paragraph means in Chinese.

A. 商品 B. 课程

C. 变化 D. 零钱

4.The author’s purpose of giving the example in the last paragraph is to tell us that .

A. parent and teachers should work together to help make the child’s lessons practical.

B. Parents play an important role in educating children.

C. children should not learn about money at school.

D. Parents should take the child to the store often.

My friend’s grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe. After being processed (移民入境检查) at Ellis Island, he went into a cafeteria (自助餐厅) in Lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at a table and waited for someone to take his order. But nobody came to him. Later a woman with a plate full of food sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked.

“Start out at the end,” she said. “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end he’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”

“I soon learned that’s how everything works in America,” the grandfather told my friend. “Life is like a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want only if you are willing to pay the money. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”

1.Where do you think the old man came from?

A. Poland.                   B. Australia.                          C. Canada.                            D. Japan

2.From the passage, we know if you want to get success in America, you should _________.

A. get help form your friends                                   B. try to get it by yourself

C. know how a cafeteria works                              D. get up again if you fail

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The old man sat down opposite the woman so that she could take his order.

B. The old woman sat down opposite the old man so that she could serve him.

C. Although the woman didn’t know the old man, she told him how to get something to eat in the cafeteria.

D. Although the woman didn’t know the old man, she decided to pay the bill for him.

4.What does the word “it” in the third paragraph (段落) refer to?

A. The food served in the cafeteria.                    

B. The success one wants to get.

C. The bill one has to pay in the cafeteria.

D. The plate used in the cafeteria.

5.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. From Eastern Europe to America           

B. Eating in an American Cafeteria

C. How to Eat in a Cafeteria                                   

D. Life Is Like a Cafeteria in America

I usually get up at 5:00. I make coffee, go to my desk and work. When my boys get up, I’m theirs. I follow the min to the kitchen and make them breakfast. While they’re eating, I make their lunch, pick out their school clothes and get the little one dressed.
My wife takes them to school. I bring them home. I am not the only father at the school gate. The boys and I walk the 12 blocks home unless the weather is terrible. Then we take the subway. I remind them of looking out, like an animal looking after their babies.
At home, they play on the computer and the little one will draw, sometimes for hours. When their mother comes home, they run to her. She has been in the official day and tired, but her attention is all on them.
I have made dinner. We sit down and eat together. After they do their homework, Karen takes them to bed. I listen to the noise of the boys’ and their mother’s voice.
One afternoon when we were on the way home from school, the boys and I stopped at the clothing store. The saleswoman looked at the boys and said to me in a low voice, “You’re Mr. Mom, aren’t you?” I felt very angry. I’m not Mr. Mom. That’s not how I look at myself. The boys have a mother, a wonderful mother. She works outside the home, I work in the home. We are parents together. I’m a father!
【小题1】The first paragraph talks about_____________.