“Billy! It is February 25, 2099, seven o’clock. Time to   1   and go to school.” said the clock-robot   2   a mental voice. Then the kitchen-robot gave him toast and eggs. Billy was   3  . While he was eating, the whole wall  4   a TV screen and Billy thought that it was great having robots to do   5   for him. Billy ate his meal watching a TV  6  . When he finished eating, the   7   gave him his clothes very fast and   8   him. Then Billy went off to school.

When Billy went outside, he saw a car with no   9   waiting for him. The car said, “Hello, I will be   10   you to school every day. Now would you please   11   your school ID card?” said the car. So Billy showed the car his school ID card and got in. The   12   began to talk to Billy about his school and his schoolwork. After that the car said, “I will   13   your homework today   14   you will have a very, very important lesson to   15   in school today. Please put your homework on the blackboard.” Billy did so.

The car checked Billy’s homework and then said, “You are a(n)   16   student. All of your homework is   17  .” When they   18   the school, Billy said to the car, “Goodbye. See you later.” The car said to Billy, “Good luck in your school.” Billy got into the classroom and   19   his seat at the front of the room. Then his teacher came in and said, “Welcome, children! Today we will have a hard but   20   lesson — ‘How do robots help a human being?’...” 

1. A. get up                 B. show up          C. take up           D. dress up

2. A. in                        B. on              C. with            D. by

3. A. angry              B. amazed         C. worried       D. quick

4. A. changed for               B. became of      C. looked like      D. turned into

5. A. something                B. anything         C. everything       D. nothing

6. A. show                         B. screen            C. set              D. box

7. A. driver-robot              B. clock-robot     C. kitchen-robot   D. clothes-robot

8. A. dressed                     B. cleaned       C. pushed        D. pleased

9. A. teacher                      B. student          C. robot           D. driver

10. A. driving                                               B. accommodating  

      C. loading                                               D. holding

11. A. give                      B. show             C. send            D. lend

12. A. teacher                    B. driver           C. robot           D. car

13. A. check                    B. prepare          C. inspect          D. do

14. A. if                              B. when             C. but             D. because

15. A. miss                      B. learn             C. study            D. check

16. A. energetic                  B. optimistic        C. great            D. handsome

17. A. easy                            B. difficult                 C. correct          D. wrong

18. A. rushed in                     B. got to          C. turned to      D. left off

19. A. took                  B. found         C. made         D. kept

20. A. easy                   B. important      C. boring       D. influential

As the father of a student, I have experienced first hand what a great teacher is. My son was in the 4^th grade last year, and he had a teacher called Miss Green. I believe that when he is an adult he will surely look back on her as the best teacher he has ever had.
My son has attention deficit disorder(注意力缺损症) that makes it a little more difficult for him to learn. She was able to change her teaching methods for him so that he could keep up with the rest of the class. As a result, he got straight As on many subjects. She regarded her class as a family and they even had their own class song. She would often have them sing it to encourage them and develop a team spirit for them. When she saw that they were no longer listening carefully to what she was teaching, she would have them close their textbooks, stand up all around the room and throw around a small football. This helped them clear their minds and then focus on the lesson again. Besides, she was quick to reply to any phone calls or emails from us and got rid of our worries about children quickly.
When my son went to the 5^th grade this year, we happened to pass her classroom. When she saw my son, her face lit up(露出喜色) and she came out and hugged him. She generally loves all of the children in her classroom and that love really shows. I can only pray(祈祷) that my son will continue to get teachers just like her for the rest of his school years.
【小题1】With the teacher’s help, the writer’s son ______.

This year，about 2,300 teenagers from all over the world will spend about 10 months in US homes.At the same time about 1,300 American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and learn the rest of the world.

Here is a 2­way student exchange in action.Fred,19，spent last year in Germany with George’s family.In turn，George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.

Fred，a lively young man，knew little German when he arrived.But after two months of studying，the language became easy for him.School was completely different from what he had expected and it was much harder.Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room.They took 14 subjects instead of 6 that were usually taken in the US.

Family life，too，was different.The father’s word was the law.All the activities were done with the family rather than individually.Fred found the food to be too simple at first.He also missed having a car.

“Back home，you pick up some friends in a car and go out to have a good time.In Germany，you walk but you soon learn to like it.”

At the same time，in America，Mike，a friendly German boy，was also forming his own ideas.“I suppose I should criticize American schools，” he says，“It is far too easy for our level but I have to say that I like it a lot.In Germany，we do nothing but study.Here we take part in many other activities.I think that maybe American schools are better than in training their citizens.There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”

Differences between American School Life

and German School Life