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 ___________.

“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”

“I often check my e-mail forty times a day.”

“I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net.”

“I spend more time in chat rooms(聊天室) than with my ‘real-1ife’ friends.”

Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction(瘾) called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品) use. People lose control(控制)of the time they spend on the Internet

For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight.

Studies show that about 6 to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them.They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.

Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if

you have these symptoms(症状):

●You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.

●You can’t wait for your next online time.

●You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.

●You go out with your friends less and less.

◆根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

1．What does the beginning of the passage tell us?

A. How to become an Internet addict.  

B. What an Internet addict usually does.

C. Where to find an Internet addict.          

D. Why to write this passage.

2．How does the writer describe the addicts’ use of Internet?

A. It is something like keeping drugs.    

B. It is a way of producing drugs.

C. It is like taking drugs.            

D. It is terrible to imagine.

3．Why do people worry about the teens?

A. The teens are wasting too much money.

B. They used to work on the Internet.

C. The playing field of the teens will disappear.

D. More and more of the teens wil1 become addicted to the Internet.

4．The example in the passage shows that _______.

A. Internet problems are more serious among college students

B. Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep

C. Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted

D. The police often help to find those Internet addicts.

5．What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage?

A. Don’t be addicted to the Internet.

B. Go to family activities more often.

C. Do things as you have planned

D. Stay with your parents as often as possible.

“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”
“I often check my e-mail forty times a day.”
“I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net.”
“I spend more time in chat rooms(聊天室) than with my ‘real-1ife’ friends.”
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction(瘾) called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品) use. People lose control(控制)of the time they spend on the Internet
For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight.
Studies show that about 6 to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them.They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.
Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if
you have these symptoms(症状):
●You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.
●You can’t wait for your next online time.
●You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.
●You go out with your friends less and less.
◆根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

1. 1.

   What does the beginning of the passage tell us?

   1. A.
      How to become an Internet addict
   2. B.
      What an Internet addict usually does
   3. C.
      Where to find an Internet addict
   4. D.
      Why to write this passage
2. 2.

   How does the writer describe the addicts’ use of Internet?

   1. A.
      It is something like keeping drugs
   2. B.
      It is a way of producing drugs
   3. C.
      It is like taking drugs
   4. D.
      It is terrible to imagine
3. 3.

   Why do people worry about the teens?

   1. A.
      The teens are wasting too much money
   2. B.
      They used to work on the Internet
   3. C.
      The playing field of the teens will disappear
   4. D.
      More and more of the teens wil1 become addicted to the Internet
4. 4.

   The example in the passage shows that _______

   1. A.
      Internet problems are more serious among college students
   2. B.
      Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep
   3. C.
      Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted
   4. D.
      The police often help to find those Internet addicts
5. 5.

   What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage?

   1. A.
      Don’t be addicted to the Internet
   2. B.
      Go to family activities more often
   3. C.
      Do things as you have planned
   4. D.
      Stay with your parents as often as possible

阅读下列短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　“It hurts me more than you”, and “This is for your own good”-these are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework.

　　That was before we entered the permissive period in education in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school. The schools and the educators made it easy for us. They taught that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators, turned on the television,. left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.

　　Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are realizing we've made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who says of her students -“so passive”- and wonders what has happened. Nothing is demanded of them, she believes. Television, says Klompus, contributes to children's passivity. “We're talking about a generation of kids who've never been hurt or hungry. They have learned somebody will always do it for them, instead of saying‘go and look it up’, you tell them the answer. It takes greater energy to say no to a kid.”

　　Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. It's time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work. It's time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it's for their own good. It's time to start telling them no again.

1．Children are becoming more inactive in study because ________.

[　　]

A．they watch TV too often

B．they have done too much homework

C．they have to fulfil too many duties

D．teachers are too strict with them

2．We learn from the passage that the author's mother used to lay emphasis on ________.

[　　]

3．By “permissive period in education”(L. 1,Para. 2) the author means a time ________.

[　　]

A．when children are allowed to do what they wish to

B．when everything can be taught at school

C．when every child can be educated

D．when children are permitted to receive education

4．The main idea of the passage is that ________.

[　　]

A．parents should leave their children alone

B．kids should have more activities at school

C．it's time to be more strict with our kids

D．parents should always set a good example to their kids