Most American students go to traditional (传统的) public schools. There are about 88, 000 public schools all over the US. Some students attend charter schools.

　　　 Charter schools are self-governing. Certain companies operate (经营) some charter schools. They are similar in some ways to traditional public schools. They receive tax money just as other public schools do. Charter schools must prove to local or state governments that their students are learning. These governments provide the schools with the agreement called a charter that permits them to operate.

　　　 Charter schools are different because they do not have to obey most laws that govern traditional public schools. Each school can choose its own goals and decide what to teach and how to teach them in their own way. Class size is usually smaller than in traditional public schools.

　　　 The government strongly supports charter schools as a way to re-organize public schools, which are failing to educate students. But some education unions are against charter schools. One teachers’ union has just released the results of the first national study, which compared the progress of students in both traditional schools and charter schools.

　　　 The results of the study show that charter school students performed worse on math and reading tests than the students in traditional public schools.

　　　 Some experts say the study is not fair because students in charter schools have more problems than students in traditional schools. Other education experts say the study results would make charter school officials realize that they should help their students make greater progress.

67. If a company wants to operate a charter school, it must ______.

　 A. try new methods of teaching B. prove its management ability

　 C. obey the local and state laws　　　 　　　　　　　 D. get the government’s permission

68. What’ s the government’ s attitude toward charter schools?

　 A. Doubtful. B. Supportive. C. Satisfied. 　 D. Unclear.

69. What can we learn from the text?

　 A. More students choose to attend charter schools.

　 B. Charter schools are better than traditional schools.

　 C. Students in charter schools are well educated.

　 D. People have different opinions about charter schools.

70. What might be the best title for the text?

　 A. Charter schools in America

　 B. Public schools in America

　 C. Schools in America

　 D. Education in America

I found out one time that doing a __36____for someone could get you into a lot of trouble．I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test．During the test, the girl sitting next to me ___37____ something, but I didn’t understand．So I __38______ her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen．She showed me that hers was ____39_____ and would not write．I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and ____40_____ it on her desk．

Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were____41_____．As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about ____42____ it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to____43____ your own two feet and be responsible for your own ____44____．For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact ____45____ when people do something____46____, they are really cheating themselves．She made me ____47____ that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave．I walked out of the room ____48____ why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things．

____49____, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test．When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers ____50____ the girl’s test paper．I ___51____ to explain about the pen, but all she____52____ say was that it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me ____53____ after the test．____54____ I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I was sure she ____55____ to believe that I had cheated on the test．

1.A．help                   B．hand                  C．favor                D．fever

2.A．whispered                B．talked                 C．told                D．spoke

3.A．turned over             B．came over              C．leaned over            D．looked over

4.A．out of sight                B．out of work             C．out of place            D．out of ink

5.A．place            B．put                         C．gave                D．lent

6.A．punished                 B．dismissed              C．praised                D．parted

7.A．what                   B．that                    C．which                 D．how

8.A．stand up                    B．stand on               C．stand for              D．stand by

9.A．attitude           B．activity                   C．action                 D．behavior

10.A．what                   B．if                     C．that                     D．where

11.A．honest　　            B．dishonest　　         C．modest　　            D．disappointed

12.A．promise　　      B．permit　                C．recognize　　        D．prove

13.A．wandering　　　  B．reflecting　　          C．understanding         D．wondering

14.A．Long before　         B．Therefore　           C．Ever before　         D．Later on

15.A．of               B．in                      C．from                D．on

16.A．managed　　　   B．planned　　            C．tried　　　       D．promoted

17.A．could　　        B．would　　             C．can              D．will

18.A．right　　　　    B．only　　　               C．slight　　　      D．once

19.A．After　　　          B．Until　　               C．As if　　         D．Even if

20.A．remained　　         B．continued　            C．kept　　　　     D．wanted

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1．5分，满分15分）
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Dear Mr & Mrs Smith,
I’m so glad to tell you something about Mary, your lovely daughter, who’s
studying there in China．She is a clever girl with good manners．She     76　　　．
is always ready to help others, specially those poor in English and  77　　　．
therefore gets along well with her teachers and classmates．She       78　　　．
has special interest in Chinese and has learned it so well that         79　　　．
she can communicate with us in Chinese all in and outside class．     80　　　．
Mary is also good at maths and often helps the teacher collecting       81　　　．
and hand out the exercise books．She enjoys doing experiment in     82　　　．
chemistry labs, but sometimes she was not careful enough．She is one     83　　　．
of the best students in physics, as well as．All the teachers like her   84　　　．
and all her classmates would like to invite her to home if she likes     85　　　．

There is one difference between the sexes on which every expert and study agrees: men are more aggressive than women. It shows up in 2-year-olds. It continues through school days and persists into adulthood. It is even constant across cultures. And there is little doubt that it is rooted in biology.

      If there's a woman’s trait(特点) which is the same as men’s aggressiveness, it's what social scientists refer to as the result of "education". Feminists have argued that the caring nature of women is not biological in origin, but rather has been forced into women by a society that wanted to keep them in the home. But the signs that it is at least partly inborn are too numerous to ignore. Just as tiny infant girls respond more readily to human faces, female toddlers(学步者) learn much faster than males how to pick up nonverbal cues（非言语暗示） from others. And grown women are far more skilful than men at interpreting facial expressions: A recent study by University of Pennsylvania brain researcher Ruben Gur showed that they easily read emotions such as anger, sadness and fear. The only such emotion men could pick up was disgust.

　 What difference do such differences make in the real world? Among other things, women appear to be somewhat less competitive--or at least competitive in different ways--than men. At the Harvard Law School, for instance, female students enter with qualities just as outstanding as those of their male peers. But they don' t qualify for the well-known Law Review in proper numbers, a fact some school officials owe to women' s discomfort in the incredibly competitive atmosphere.

　　Students of management styles have found fewer differences than they expected between men and women who reach leadership positions, perhaps because many successful women deliberately imitate men. But an analysis by Purdue social psychologist Alice Eagly of 166 studies of leadership style did find one difference: Men tend to be more “autocratic”-making decisions on their own--while women tend to consult colleagues more often.  Studies of behavior in small groups turn up even more differences. Men will typically dominate the discussion, says University of Toronto psychologist Kenneth Dion, spending more time talking and less time listening.

The passage mainly discusses__________.

　           A. how sex differences are demonstrated in social relations

　　      B. how hormone determines sex differences

　　      C. why there are differences between males and females

　　      D. why men and women have different social roles

Which of the following is true of women's nurturing nature according to the passage?

A. It is not inborn in any sense.

B. It is inspired by women’s families.

C. It is caused by social prejudice.

D. It is partly biological in origin.

The Harvard Law School example in paragraph 3 suggests that_________.

A. women are not as competitive as men

B. law is not the fight profession for women

C. women are as excellent as men when they are young

D. academic qualities are not equal to performance

Which of the following statement is true according to paragraph 4?

A. Men leaders should consult colleagues and subordinates more often.

B. Female leaders' success is due to their imitating male leaders.

C. Men and women are different in their leadership style.

D. Decisiveness is an important quality for a successful politician.

It can be inferred from the passage that the writer_________.

A. denies the difference sexes make in real life

B. is prejudiced against men

C. discourages women to be competitive

D. treats sex difference objectively

The speaker, a teacher from a community college, addressed a sympathetic(赞同的) audience. Heads nodded in agreement when he said, “High school English teachers are not doing their jobs.” He described the inadequacies of his students, all high school graduates who can use language only at a grade 9 level. I was unable to determine from his answers to my questions how this grade 9 level had been established.

My topic is not standards nor its decline(降低). What the speaker was really saying is that he is no longer young; he has been teaching for sixteen years, and is able to think and speak like a mature adult.

　　My point is that the frequent complaint of one generation about the one immediately following it is inevitable. It is also human nature to look for the reasons for our dissatisfaction. Before English became a school subject in the late nineteenth century, it was difficult to find the target of the blame for language deficiencies (缺陷). But since then, English teachers have been under constant attack.

　　The complainers think they have hit upon an original idea. As their own command of the language improves, they notice that young people do not have this same ability. Unaware that their own ability has developed through the years, they assume the new generation of young people must be hopeless in this respect. To the eyes and ears of sensitive adults the language of the young always seems inadequate.

Since this concern about the decline and fall of the English language is not perceived(察觉) as a generational phenomenon but rather as something new and peculiar(特有的) to today’s         young people, it naturally follows that today’s English teachers cannot be doing their jobs. Otherwise, young people would not commit offenses against the language.

1. The speaker the author mentioned in the passage believed that _____.

2. In the author’s opinion, the speaker ______.

3.The author’s attitude towards the speaker’s remarks is ______.

4.It can be concluded from the passage that ______.

5.In the passage the author argues that ______.