However important we may regard school life to be, we can’t ignore the fact that children spend more time at home than in the classroom. Therefore the great influence of parents can’t be ignored or discounted by the teacher. They can become strong supports of the school or they can consciously or unconsciously prevent the school from accomplishing its aims.

Administrators have been aware of the need to keep parents apprised of the newer methods used in schools. Many principals have conducted workshops explaining such matters as the reading readiness program and developmental math.

Moreover, the classroom teacher can also play an important role in explaining to parents what they should do. The informal tea and the many interviews carried on during the year, as well as new ways of reporting pupils’ progress, can significantly aid the interchanged of ideas between school and home.

Suppose that a father has been drilling Junior in arithmetic processes night after night. In a friendly interview, the teacher can help the parent change his method. He might be persuaded to let Junior participate in discussing he family budget, buying the food, using a measuring cup at home, setting the clock, calculating mileage on a trip and engaging in scores of other activities that have a mathematical basis.

If the father follows the advice, it is reasonable to assume that he will soon realize his son is making satisfactory progress in math and at the same time, enjoying the work.

Too often, however, teachers’ conferences with parents are devoted to unimportant accounts of children’s wrongdoing, complaints about laziness and poor work habits, and suggestions for punishments and rewards at home.

What is needed is a more creative approach in which the teacher, as a professional advisor, plants ideas in parents’ minds for the best use of the many hours that the child spends out of the classroom. In this way, the school and the home join forces in fostering the fullest development of youngsters’ competence.

1.The underlined phrase “keep parents apprised of” (Line 1, Para. 2) probably means to let parents         .

A．judge                         B．know                  C．design                 D．develop

2.What is the purpose of the schools’ informal tea and interviews?

A．To improve the relationship between teacher and parents.

B．To explain to parents the change of the school curriculum.

C．To report students’ misdoings and suggestions for punishments.

D．To help develop good communication between school and home.

3.Why does the author provide all example in Paragraph 4？

A．To help parents to know the importance of home activities.

B．To show how the teacher can guide in home training.

C．To prove parents all non professional advisors.

D．To advice parents to teach kids math at home.

4.From the passage we learn that the author       .

A．thinks teachers should do better as professionals

B．is worried about children’s performance at home

C．is satisfied with the present state of school education

D．believes time spent out of the classroom has been wastedw.^w..c.#o@m

However important we may regard school life to be, we can’t ignore the fact that children spend more time at home than in the classroom. Therefore the great influence of parents can’t be ignored or discounted by the teacher. They can become strong supports of the school or they can consciously or unconsciously prevent the school from accomplishing its aims.
Administrators have been aware of the need to keep parents apprised of the newer methods used in schools. Many principals have conducted workshops explaining such matters as the reading readiness program and developmental math.
Moreover, the classroom teacher can also play an important role in explaining to parents what they should do. The informal tea and the many interviews carried on during the year, as well as new ways of reporting pupils’ progress, can significantly aid the interchanged of ideas between school and home.
Suppose that a father has been drilling Junior in arithmetic processes night after night. In a friendly interview, the teacher can help the parent change his method. He might be persuaded to let Junior participate in discussing he family budget, buying the food, using a measuring cup at home, setting the clock, calculating mileage on a trip and engaging in scores of other activities that have a mathematical basis.
If the father follows the advice, it is reasonable to assume that he will soon realize his son is making satisfactory progress in math and at the same time, enjoying the work.
Too often, however, teachers’ conferences with parents are devoted to unimportant accounts of children’s wrongdoing, complaints about laziness and poor work habits, and suggestions for punishments and rewards at home.
What is needed is a more creative approach in which the teacher, as a professional advisor, plants ideas in parents’ minds for the best use of the many hours that the child spends out of the classroom. In this way, the school and the home join forces in fostering the fullest development of youngsters’ competence.
【小题1】The underlined phrase “keep parents apprised of” (Line 1, Para. 2) probably means to let parents         .

第二卷（非选择题，共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 对话填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确的形式，使对话通顺。

L =" Lucy  " J = Jim

L : Oh, I’ve just had a (76) t        day today.        76．     

J : What (77) h         ?                 77．     

L : Well, I overslept in the morning. I didn’t hear the       

(78) a        clock.                    78．     

J : Oh, everyone does that once in a (79) w         79．     

L : I was late for class, so I drove a little (80) f       . Guess who saw me?

80．     

J : A policeman? You got a ticket?

L : Yeah. He didn’t care that I was late. Anyway, I got to class,

(81) b        I had brought the wrong book. The teacher wasn’t     81．     

(82) h         .                  82．     

J : That’s really had.

L : What’s (83) w        , I have a paper due tomorrow. It’s on a        83．     

Hard drive (硬盘). I went to the computer lab and I couldn’t

(84) f          my file. I forgot to save the information.       84．     

J : Oh, not!

L : And now I need to go home. And you know (85) w       ?      85．     

My car keys are missing.

单词拼写(共10小题,满分5分)

1.This v________ became active last year with a series of eruption.

2.Motorists are warned to slow down and take extra care in f _______ conditions.

3.How can a responsible father d ______his wife and two children and be here alone?

4.To live in a world without you is more painful than any punishment. And no one can r_____ you in my heart.

5.His writings have been_________ (影响) by his mother.

6.Your v______ is too small; you need to learn more words.

7.Why do I always become the t_____ of the thief?

8.The performance of the host, i_______ to please the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with cold silence, however.

9.I didn’t dare to speak aloud or even w________ to her what was in my mind.

10.Even the best doctor in the country can not c_____ him of his disease .