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Reading Oliver James'Affluenza, I thought about what often happens at home. My 12-year-old daughter is in tears."I have so take a test tomorrow. I don't understand any of it," she cries out. After shouting and shutting her door, she calms down enough to go through her notes. The following dry I ask her how the test went and the just says "OK,I got a nine".
"Wow. well done!" I say, before she finishes with "But I never get a ten!"
According to James, this obsession with getting top marks has been a bad development, which encourages people to think of education in terms of work and money. To test this, I asked my daughter why she was so worried about her tests. She looked at me as if I was thick. "Well, if I don't get good grades, I won't be able to afford nice things like a car and stuff."
I was quite surprised, because I don't consider myself a pushy parent. But James suggests and it leaves students feeling failures even if they are very bright. He points to the Danish system（体制）of education as a better model. Creating happy citizens who have good social skills is seen as more important than high achievements at school or the needs of business.
For me, I cannot remember the last time I had to work out the area of a circle, recite a Shakespeare poem or grammar rules, yet I have lived a happy life. What I really needed to learn at school was how to make polite conversations, or how to avoid getting into debt or how to develop good personality.
This is in fact similar to what Oliver James really has in mind. And he is looking for schools where students are encouraged to find and follow their own interests, something more like Tongjon. Tongjon has been developed in some Korean private schools. It is quite different from the more rigid system of learning things by heart that is used in Korea, and indeed in many other school systems around the world.
As the Russian poet Pushkin said," Inspiration(灵感）is needed in geometry(几何学）just as much as in poetry ",and inspiration does not come from endlessly revising for tests or getting worried about them .
【小题1】What does the writer probably think of his/her daughter?
| A．She sets herself a goal too high to reach. |
| B．She should be more polite to her parents. |
| C．She is hard-working but not very bright. |
| D．She takes her grades much too seriously. |
| A．A plain and unavoidable fact. |
| B．A satisfied and very proud state. |
| C．A practical and widely-used way. |
| D．A fixed and often unreasonable idea. |
| A．Social skills are as important as high grades. |
| B．Interest in grades can shake self-confidence. |
| C．The writer regrets not having studied hard at school. |
| D．Danish educational system is for very smart students. |
| A．learning happily is the key to self-development. |
| B．top marks may be helpful to increase one's interest. |
| C．tests should be improved to give children inspiration. |
| D．education should meet one's needs for word and money. |
用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。（10分）
My new school 1. (be not) near my home. It’s quite a long way. Let me 2. (tell) you how I get to school every day. Every morning, I have to 3. (get) up early at half past five. I 4. (leave) home at six and take the train from our town into the city. It takes an hour 5. (get) to Central Station. Then I take the subway to East Cross Station. From there I 6. (walk) to school in about ten minutes. I usually arrive at school at eight.
Today I woke up late, so I 7. (have) to take a taxi. Tomorrow I plan 8. (get) early, and my father9. (take) me to school. How do you get to school every day? Write to me soon and 10. (tell) me about it.
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P: Hi, Mark. I want to have a class party. __【小题1】_
M: Sure, Andy. I can help you. So when shall we have the party?
P: __【小题2】__
M: No, it is too early today. If we have it today, half the class won’t come.
P: OK, let’s have it tomorrow.
M: Hmm…__【小题3】__ Students will leave early to study for the test. Let’s have it on the weekend.
P: OK, let’s have it on Saturday afternoon. We can all meet and watch a video.
M: No, __【小题4】___ Some students will be bored. Let’s play party games.
P: OK, good idea. Can you organize the party games?
M: Sure, I can do that. __【小题5】__
| You will have a good time. And can you make some food for us? Will you help me organize it? There’s a test tomorrow. I am going to take a bus to the party. Let’s have it today after class. I don’t think we should watch a video. |
-TV says there will be a storm tomorrow.
-- ________I planned to go climbing with my classmates.
A. I hope so B. I'm afraid so C. Sounds good D. Bed luck
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用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。（10分）
My new school 【小题1】 (be not) near my home. It’s quite a long way. Let me 【小题2】 (tell) you how I get to school every day. Every morning, I have to 【小题3】 (get) up early at half past five. I 【小题4】 (leave) home at six and take the train from our town into the city. It takes an hour 【小题5】 (get) to Central Station. Then I take the subway to East Cross Station. From there I 【小题6】 (walk) to school in about ten minutes. I usually arrive at school at eight.
Today I woke up late, so I 【小题7】 (have) to take a taxi. Tomorrow I plan 【小题8】 (get) early, and my father【小题9】 (take) me to school. How do you get to school every day? Write to me soon and 【小题10】 (tell) me about it.