To get a good mark in examinations has been regarded as being most important for a student, and it is also what parents always expect their children to do．But is it enough? These days increasing attention has been paid in schools across the country to what is called quality education（素质教育）．It means that a student, apart from doing well in exams, should develop his skills in other ways so as to turn himself into a qualified graduate for modernization of the motherland.

       Quality education, said Xing Jizu, Party Secretary of the Education Bureau of  downtown Hongkou District Shanghai, aims to help students to gain a high moral  standard, a strong sense of patriotism （爱国精神）, a strong wish for learning, as well  as a sound（健康的）mind and body．

       "We need reforms （改革）to achieve our goal for quality education．" Mr. Xing Jizu told SSP．He also outlined what they had planned.

       Xing said that return of Hong Kong to the mainland in July, 1997, for example, was regarded as a very good chance for the education advances．A lot of related activities were organized at all the schools in Hongkou．Besides, all schools in the district were advised to set up after-class art or science groups．A students' art festival is to be held in each school every year．

       As for physical education, every students is required to have at least one hour of exercise a day．Every year, a sports meet will take place at each school．Besides, various kinds of after-school activities will be organized to help develop the students' practical and social abilities．

       "What we are doing is by no means to weaken the importance of the regular classroom teaching or exam results," Xing pointed out．"Instead, we hope that through quality education, students can learn more, in less time, in an easier way．Only in this way can we bring up children fit for the bright future of China."

1．The writer thinks that to get a good mark in examinations has been regarded as most important for a student is             .

       A．completely right                        B．one-sided

       C．completely wrong                      D．only a single standard for a good student

2．The word "outline" means to ____．

       A．give main points of                      B．to tell something about education

       C．answer some questions of                D．draw a picture of

3．In this text, quality education is really that ____．

       A．every student gets development on all sides

       B．it is all right for a student to get a good mark

       C．it is all right for a student to get a single skill

       D．it is impossible that a student can develop on all sides

4．The text tells us that ____．

       A．quality education is a must in schools

       B．politics must be put in the first place

       C．students should be able to bear hardships and stand hard work

       D．it is never late to learn

To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasant voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.

Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he doesn’t sit still before his class; he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings.

There are very important differences between the teacher’s work and the actor’s.

The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand(预先).What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage. A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience take an active part in his play: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don’t understand anything, they say so. The teacher can’t learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along.

I have known many teachers who are fine actors in class but are unable to take part in a stage-play because they can’t keep strictly to what another has written.

26. What does the underlined word “gifts” mean?

     A. presents      B. knowledge      C. skills       D. advantages

27. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

  A. A good teacher should speak clearly.

  B. A good teacher should sit still before his class and speak with his body language.

  C. A good actor should speak as others have asked him to do.

  D. A good actor should repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part.

28. The skills of a good teacher are ________ .

A. draw his students’ attention            

B. change his voice when needed

C. act out what he is teaching             

D. all the above

29. From the passage, we know_______________.

  A. a good teacher should be a good actor    

B. a good teacher may be unable to act well on the stage

C. a good actor should be a good teacher     

D. a good actor may act well in class

30. The title (标题)of the passage is _____________.

  A. How to be a good teacher             

B. How to be a good actor

  C. A good teacher’s knowledge           

D. A good actor’s behavior

To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasant voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.

Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he doesn’t sit still before his class; he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings.

There are very important differences between the teacher’s work and the actor’s.

The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand(预先).What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage. A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience take an active part in his play: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don’t understand anything, they say so. The teacher can’t learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along.

I have known many teachers who are fine actors in class but are unable to take part in a stage-play because they can’t keep strictly to what another has written.

26. What does the underlined word “gifts” mean?

     A. presents      B. knowledge      C. skills       D. advantages

27. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

  A. A good teacher should speak clearly.

  B. A good teacher should sit still before his class and speak with his body language.

  C. A good actor should speak as others have asked him to do.

  D. A good actor should repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part.

28. The skills of a good teacher are ________ .

A. draw his students’ attention

B. change his voice when needed

C. act out what he is teaching

D. all the above

29. From the passage, we know_______________.

  A. a good teacher should be a good actor

B. a good teacher may be unable to act well on the stage

C. a good actor should be a good teacher

D. a good actor may act well in class

30. The title (标题)of the passage is _____________.

  A. How to be a good teacher

B. How to be a good actor

  C. A good teacher’s knowledge

D. A good actor’s behavior

In order to improve relationship with others, you need to be aware of several sensible ways to complain.   1  , you need to be specific. Don’t say, “Boy, did you   2  like a fool at the party?” Instead, say, “You embarrassed me by getting   3  and loud and telling offensive jokes to my parents.” Secondly, stick to the present. Don’t mention old offences from last month or last year. By doing this, you   4  attention from the problem at hand. Moreover,   5  you complain, don’t add insults. If you start calling the other person names, that will   6  create anger and hurt any chance of getting the person to really   7  you. A last point to remember is to complain privately. Never criticize the other person in front of friends, parents, children, or anyone else, for that   8  . Criticizing in front of a third party has the same effect as   9  . This shames the person being criticized and makes it very likely that the person will want to attack you orally rather than listen to you.

Sensible ways to Complain:

Be specific

Stick to the present

   10 

Complain privately

1. A. To start with  B. Frankly speaking  C. Anyway     D. Needless to say

A. conduct       B. play                     C. do                        D. act

A. upset          B. bored                   C. delighted              D. drunk

A. take away    B. set off                  C. draw up                D. catch up

A. before         B. after                     C. when                    D. unless

A. even           B. never                    C. only                     D. still

A. listen to      B. work for               C. look after              D. wait on

A. time           B. matter                  C. person                  D. party

A. jokes          B. insults                  C. criticism               D. embarrassment

A. Don’t add insults               B. Don’t mention old offenses

              C. Don’t lose temper                       D. Don’t tell embarrassing jokes

I went to the classroom with great confidence when I gave my first lesson to my English literature class. Since I had taught in America for many years, I had no 36 ______ about my ability to hold their attention and to 37 ______ them my admiration for the literature of my native language.

I was 38 ______ when the monitor shouted，“ Stand up！ ” The whole class 39  ______ as I entered the classroom. I was somewhat 40 ______ how I could get them to sit down again, but once that embarrassment was over, I quickly 41 ______ my calmness and began what I thought was a fact- packed lecture, sure to gain their 42 ______  — perhaps even their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow(满面红光）which came from a sense of 43 ______ .

All ray students 44 ______ diaries. However, as I read their diaries, the rosy glow was gradually 45 ______ by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said，“ Our literature teacher didn't teach us anything today. Her next lecture will 46 ______ be better. ” Greatly surprised，I read diary after diary, each expressing a 47 ______ theme. “ Didn't I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical 48 ______ for all the works we'll study in class, “ I complained. “ How should they say I didn't 49  ______ them anything?"

After a long term ’ I gradually learned that my ideas about 50 ______ were not the same as those of my students. I thought a teacher's job was to 51 ______  questions and provide enough background so that students could 52 their own conclusions, while my students thought a teacher's job was to provide 53 information as directly and clearly as possible. What a great 54 ______ !

However, I also learned a lot, and my 55 ______  with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

1.                A．idea           B． doubt         C．trouble   D． difficulty

2.                A．fix on          B． hold on        C．focus on  D． impress on

3.                A．shocked        B． amused        C．interested D． excited

4.                A．laughed        B． shouted        C．rose D． whispered

5.                A．puzzled         B． confident      C．anxious   D． curious

6.                A．covered        B． hid           C．regained  D． won

7.                A．satisfaction      B． support        C．concern  D． respect

8.                A．failure         B． achievement    C．embarrassment D． sadness

9.                A．liked           B． kept          C．read D． exchanged

10.               A． replaced       B． held          C．controlled D． caught

11.               A． surely         B． naturally       C．obviously  D． possibly

12.               A． normal        B． special        C．similar D． disappointing

13.               A． knowledge     B． background    C．development   D． information

14.               A． explain        B． tell           C．provide   D． teach

15.               A． education      B． learning       C．culture    D． literature

16.               A． discover       B． consider       C．raise  D． answer

17.               A． draw          B． decide        C．express   D． share

18.               A． useful         B． related        C．exact D． standard

19.               A． concept       B． situation       C．challenge  D． difference

20.               A． discussion      B． experience     C．argument  D． growth