根据素质教育的要求，学校开设了选修课，成立了各种社团组织。请根据下列要点，给校报写一篇文章，讨论这些措施对学生成长的益处。

一、选修课满足学生兴趣的需要，拓展了学生的知识面，是学生课堂知识的巩固和补充。

二、社团活动为培养学生的组织能力和社交能力提供了平台，有利于中学生更好地熟悉和融入社会。

三、参加学修课活动不可人选我也选，应根据自己的兴趣和爱好。参加社团活动应以不影响日常学习为主。

要求：1. 表达准确，语言连贯；

2. 词数：120—150词左右（开头已经给出，不计入总数）。

参考词汇：选修课 selective courses

It is good that the schools have opened selective courses for the students, whose interests will be met and knowledge expanded.                            

根据素质教育的要求，学校开设了选修课，成立了各种社团组织。请根据下列要点，给校报写一篇文章，讨论这些措施对学生成长的益处。
一、选修课满足学生兴趣的需要，拓展了学生的知识面，是学生课堂知识的巩固和补充。
二、社团活动为培养学生的组织能力和社交能力提供了平台，有利于中学生更好地熟悉和融入社会。
三、参加学修课活动不可人选我也选，应根据自己的兴趣和爱好。参加社团活动应以不影响日常学习为主。
要求：1. 表达准确，语言连贯；
2. 词数：120—150词左右（开头已经给出，不计入总数）。
参考词汇：选修课 selective courses
It is good that the schools have opened selective courses for the students, whose interests will be met and knowledge expanded.                            
                                                                  
                                                                  
                                                                  
                                                                  
                                                                  
                                                                  
                                                                  

That year , in the local school, there was a new math teacher, as well as some new pupils. One of the new kids was the stupidest child anyone had ever seen. It made no difference how quickly or how slowly they tried explaining numbers to him; he would always end up saying something enormously stupid. Like two plus two was five, seven times three was twenty-seven, or a triangle had thirty corners……
Before this boy arrived, math lessons had been the most boring of all. Now they were great fun. Encouraged by the new teacher, the children would listen to the pieces of nonsense spouted by the new kid, and they would have to correct his mistakes.
Whenever the new teacher asked questions, the stupid kid would stand up but made the wrong answers, the other students all wanted to be the first to find his mistakes, and then think up the most original ways to explain them. To do this they used all kinds of stuff : sweets, playing cards, oranges, paper planes, etc. It didn’t seem like any of this bothered the new kid.
However, Little Lewis was sure that it was bound to make him feel sad inside. Lewis was sure he would see him crying. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school. On leaving school, the new kid walked a few minutes to a local park, and there he waited for a while, until someone came along to meet him……
It was the new teacher!
The teacher gave the new kid a hug, and off they went, hand in hand. Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.
【小题1】根据短文第二三段描述，可知这位新老师的工作很有创造性，故选A。
【小题2】根据短文最后一段Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.描述，可知选B，这个所谓的最蠢的学生其实比其它学生知道的多。
【小题3】根据Lewis was sure he would see him crying. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school.描述，可知选B。
【小题4】联系上文To do this they used all kinds of stuff :可知选C。
【小题5】The math lessons became interesting again because of the new teacher’s ___________.

请根据文章的意思和首字母提示填入适当的单词。

Earthquake, a usual natural _____1_____, happens in different parts of the world every year．

China has a particular problem ___2____ earthquakes．On July 28, 1976, a big earthquake s____3___ Tangshan, China．It was a f____4_____ night．At 3: 42 am that day, the earth began to shake, which d______5______ almost all the city in a few seconds．Tall buildings ____6_____ down．Many people were killed．A large city lay in _____7____．

Usually there are aftershocks after a large earthquake．___8_____they are smaller than the first earthquake, aftershocks often cause more damage．Not only the earthquakes, but also the side effects of earthquakes, can cause a lot of damage．These side effects i____9______ fires, tsunamis, landslides．

Interesting research about earthquakes shows that before earthquakes animals act w___10_____．They seem nervous．This means we should keep an eye on our pets and maybe they will let us know when an earthquake will happen．