Take a class at Dulangkou School, and you’ll see lots of things different from other schools, You can see the desks are not in rows（排）and students sit in groups. They put their desks together so they’re facing each other. How can they see the blackboard? There are three blackboards on the three walls of the classroom!

The school calls the new way of learning “Tuantuanzuo”, meaning sitting in groups. Wei Liying, a Junior 3 teacher, said it was to give students more chances to communicate.

Each group has five or six students, according to Wei, and they play different roles（角色）.There is a team leader who takes care of the whole group. There is a “study leader”who makes sure that everyone finishes their homework. And there is a discipline（纪律）leader who makes sure that nobody chats in class.

Wang Lin is a team leader. The 15-year-old said that having to deal with so many things was tiring.

“I just looked after my own business before,”said Wang. “But now I have to think about my five group members.”

But Wang has got used to it and can see the benefits（好处）now.

“I used to speak too little. But being a team leader means you have to talk a lot. You could even call me an excellent speaker today.”

Zhang Qi, 16, was weak in English. She used to get about 70 in English tests. But in a recent test, Zhang got a grade of more than 80.

“I rarely（很少） asked others when I had problems with my English tests. But now I can ask the team leader or study leader. They are really helpful.”

1.What makes Dulangkou School different from others?          

A. The students desks are in rows.  

B. Students sit and study in groups.

C. There are three blackboards in the classroom. 

D. Both B and C.

2.A discipline leader is supposed to           .

A. take care of the whole group

B. make sure that everybody finishes homework

C. make sure that nobody chats in class

D. collect all the homework and hand it in to teachers

3.The new way of learning is said to give students more chances to           .

A. chat with each other       B. listen to the teacher

C. make friends               D. communicate

4.We can see from the story that some students       this new way of learning.

A. get benefits from    B. are tired of     C. cannot get used to     D. hate

5.How many leaders are there in one group?

A. Three.               B. Four.            C. Two.            D. Five or six.

填空 根据句子意思，用所给单词的适当形式填空，将答案写在答卷上。（共10小题，每小题1分）

1.Can you imagine his ________(walk) on the moon?

2.The little girl _________(prefer) the red one and her mother bought it for her at last.

3.Can you ________(memory) all the words in one week?

4.The cat’s _________(die) brought the whole family much sorrow.

5.You ought to pay attention to ___________(listen) to the teacher carefully in class and be more careful not to make any stupid mistake..

6.She remembered ________(close) the windows, but when she came back she found them all __________(open).

7.Finally she finished the tough work by herself __________(success).

8.Nowadays a great number of ___________(woman doctor) are very successful .

9. I am used to _________(send) her e-mails instead of _________(write) letters.

10.Unless Tina ________(study) harder from now on, she _________(fail) the exam.

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　　Mr. Black worked in an office in London, but he lived in the country and came to work by train every day. The station was not far from his office, and Mr. Black always walked from his office to the station in the evening, because he liked walking. He always went along the street. Every evening he passed a poor man there. The man sat at the side of the road and sold matches (火柴), and there was always an old dog near him. There was a piece of paper around the dog' s neck, and the words I AM BLIND were on the paper.

　　Mr. Black was a kind man. He always stopped and said some kind words to the poor man and gave him a little money, but he did not take any of his matches.

　　One day Mr. Black had a lot of work in his office and was very late. He said, “My train always leaves at five past six, and it is ten to six now. I'm not going to talk to the poor man today, and I' m not going to give him any money.” He came to the man and his dog, but he did not stop and did not say anything. He walked quickly to the station. But the poor man stood up quickly, ran after him and said, “Why don't you give me any money today? You're always kind to me. Give me a little money today, too. I'm a poor man.”

　　Mr. Black stopped and looked at him. “You are a blind man. How did you follow me?” he said. The poor man said, “No, I'm not blind. My dog is.”

(1) Mr. Black walked to the station every day because ________ .

[　　]

A. he had no car

B. the station was far

C. he liked walking

D. he lived in the country

(2) The old man sat at the side of the road to ________ .

[　　]

A. sell matches

B. have a rest

C. get food for his dog

D. show his blind dog

(3) On the way to the station, Mr. Black always stopped because he ________ .

[　　]

A. liked the old dog

B. liked to talk with the old man

C. was sorry for the old man

D. wanted to buy some matches

(4) Why didn't Mr. Black give the old man any money one day? Because he ________ .

[　　]

A. had given him too much help already

B. didn't want to talk to him any more

C. walked too quickly and didn't see him

D. wanted to catch the train and had not enough time

(5) The old man let his dog carry the words I AM BLIND because he wanted people to ________ .

[　　]

A. help him in his trouble

B. stop and watch his dog

C. say kind words to him

D. be kind to his dog

Dear Nancy,

How are you? Now I want to tell something interesting. Last week we had a trip to Mount Tai. On Tuesday we went to Taian by bus, a city at the foot of the mountain. We had a good rest at a hotel. At about one o’clock early the next morning, we began to climb the mountain. It took us about four hours and a half to get to the top. The mountain is covered (覆盖) with trees. I didn’t see such a beautiful place before.

“Look! The sun is going to rise!” my friend Lim shouted.

We all turned to the east and watched. Soon half of the sky because white, and a big, red ball was rising slowly. A few minutes later, the sky became bright(明亮的).

We stayed on the top and had a good time. After lunch we started going down. We got to the tour hotel at about four in the afternoon. Though we were tired, we were very happy. We came back to school the next day.

Thank you very much for your last letter and the beautiful postcards. Hope to hear from you soon.

Yours

Wu Tong

1.The letter is from ___________to ___________.

2.How did Wu Tong go to Taian?

3.When did Wu Tong reach the top of the mountain?

4.The word “rise” means “__________” in Chinese.

5.From the letter we may know _______________.