In almost all the colleges in our country now, college students sometimes earn enough money by ______ of part time job to support themselves.

In 1930, a young African American, Vivien T. Thomas, a professional carpenter, was hired as a lab assistant by a famous white doctor named Dr. Alfred Blalock. Although he 26 went to college, he had an enormous 27 to learn and explore the power of knowledge. Whenever Dr. Blalock left his office, young Thomas used to 28 study the medical books on the shelves of the office. 　　

Thomas 29 a great interest in learning more and more about 30 when he started to assist Blalock during his practice of surgeries on dogs. 31 Dr. Blalock understood Thomas’s ability to help him perform a complicated surgery, he still did not 32 Thomas as a smart person because of the social 33 of prejudice towards African Americans.

Dr. Blalock wanted to 34 to believe that Thomas was just a(n) 35 by profession and a lab assistant. Employees, white or black, at the hospital could not 　　　 36 that an African American, Thomas, could run the lab. He was the 37 and thus a history maker.

In those days, the society expected that black people were 38 to be janitors (管理员). Despite this reality, Thomas’ cleverness, perseverance, and passion had 39 a need in Dr. Blalock’s mind. Thomas ran John Hopkins Hospital’s surgical (外科的) lab 40 Dr. Blalock. At the time, all other 41 employees in the hospital were janitors. Dr. Blalock and Thomas became a 42 and conducted a joint research that 43 the first heart surgery performed at John Hopkins University Hospital in 1941.

Many years later, Thomas’s contribution was 44 and he was eventually awarded an honorary doctorate, for his creative work in the 45 procedures of modern cardiac(心脏病的) surgery. As he became Dr. Thomas, he also inspired and lifted the confidence of the future generation. He used his knowledge for the betterment of humankind.

Speaking in his first National Day Rally speech on 15 August, Prime Minister Lee Hsien said Singapore’s education system was set for more reforms in the years ahead, particularly for the primary and secondary education．Read the summary of his thoughts on education below．

For a start, the Government is prepared to send and additional 3,000 teachers to Singapore schools, cut the courses of study even further and change the way the mother tongue, especially Chinese, is taught．But, for the changes to be successful, parents need to help．

Singapore has a devoted group of teachers and principals and quite a few of them are outstanding, but the Republic’s schools can be even better．To help the schools make a jump in quality, the Government plans that within the next 6 years, it will send 1,000 more teachers to primary schools, 1,400 to secondary schools and 550 more to junior colleges．Each school would decide how to use its extra teachers．Some may want to make classes smaller so students get more individual attentions while others may have new teachers assist more senior teachers, but the overall goal is to give teachers the time and space to come up with ways to bring out the best in their students．

More teachers must not mean more homework, however．In fact, the Prime Minister wants to see the courses cut down so that there is less pressure on the students．Good grades are important but they should not be the only goal students have．PM Lee is convinced that “we must teach less so that our children can learn more．”

Another change will be in the teaching of the mother tongue so that students can become more fluent．The key is to teach Chinese as a living language not just an academic subject like Latin．Therefore, the focus should be on speaking and reading the language．To do this, there must be an environment outside the classroom that is contributing to strengthening the Chinese lessons．

The text is mainly about         in Singapore．

      A．the education reform       B．adding more teachers

       C．the mother tongue           D．ways of teaching

The general goal of using extra teachers is to          ．

       A．make classes smaller       B．assist more senior teachers

       C．teach more              D．help teachers improve teaching quality

PM Lee holds that the students should         ．

       A．do more homework        B．give up higher grades

       C．study more courses      D．be given more time to learn more

The key to teaching Chinese well is to          ．

      A．make it academic                B．have a creative environment

       C．give more Chinese lessons      D．encourage speaking and reading a lot

Speaking in his first National Day Rally speech on 15 August, Prime Minister Lee Hsien said Singapore’s education system was set for more reforms in the years ahead, particularly for the primary and secondary education．Read the summary of his thoughts on education below．
For a start, the Government is prepared to send and additional 3,000 teachers to Singapore schools, cut the courses of study even further and change the way the mother tongue, especially Chinese, is taught．But, for the changes to be successful, parents need to help．
Singapore has a devoted group of teachers and principals and quite a few of them are outstanding, but the Republic’s schools can be even better．To help the schools make a jump in quality, the Government plans that within the next 6 years, it will send 1,000 more teachers to primary schools, 1,400 to secondary schools and 550 more to junior colleges．Each school would decide how to use its extra teachers．Some may want to make classes smaller so students get more individual attentions while others may have new teachers assist more senior teachers, but the overall goal is to give teachers the time and space to come up with ways to bring out the best in their students．
More teachers must not mean more homework, however．In fact, the Prime Minister wants to see the courses cut down so that there is less pressure on the students．Good grades are important but they should not be the only goal students have．PM Lee is convinced that “we must teach less so that our children can learn more．”
Another change will be in the teaching of the mother tongue so that students can become more fluent．The key is to teach Chinese as a living language not just an academic subject like Latin．Therefore, the focus should be on speaking and reading the language．To do this, there must be an environment outside the classroom that is contributing to strengthening the Chinese lessons．
【小题1】The text is mainly about         in Singapore．

Speaking in his first National Day Rally speech on 15 August, Prime Minister Lee Hsien said Singapore’s education system was set for more reforms in the years ahead, particularly for the primary and secondary education．Read the summary of his thoughts on education below．

For a start, the Government is prepared to send and additional 3,000 teachers to Singapore schools, cut the courses of study even further and change the way the mother tongue, especially Chinese, is taught．But, for the changes to be successful, parents need to help．

Singapore has a devoted group of teachers and principals and quite a few of them are outstanding, but the Republic’s schools can be even better．To help the schools make a jump in quality, the Government plans that within the next 6 years, it will send 1,000 more teachers to primary schools, 1,400 to secondary schools and 550 more to junior colleges．Each school would decide how to use its extra teachers．Some may want to make classes smaller so students get more individual attentions while others may have new teachers assist more senior teachers, but the overall goal is to give teachers the time and space to come up with ways to bring out the best in their students．

More teachers must not mean more homework, however．In fact, the Prime Minister wants to see the courses cut down so that there is less pressure on the students．Good grades are important but they should not be the only goal students have．PM Lee is convinced that “we must teach less so that our children can learn more．”

Another change will be in the teaching of the mother tongue so that students can become more fluent．The key is to teach Chinese as a living language not just an academic subject like Latin．Therefore, the focus should be on speaking and reading the language．To do this, there must be an environment outside the classroom that is contributing to strengthening the Chinese lessons．

1.The text is mainly about         in Singapore．

        A．the education reform         B．adding more teachers

         C．the mother tongue             D．ways of teaching

2.The general goal of using extra teachers is to          ．

         A．make classes smaller         B．assist more senior teachers

         C．teach more                  D．help teachers improve teaching quality

3.PM Lee holds that the students should         ．

         A．do more homework           B．give up higher grades

         C．study more courses      D．be given more time to learn more

4.The key to teaching Chinese well is to          ．

        A．make it academic                    B．have a creative environment

         C．give more Chinese lessons        D．encourage speaking and reading a lot