Bursting into the classroom from recess(学生的课间休息), 15 children take their seats and face the woman they know as Ms. Yang.
“What day is it today?”she asks, in Mandarin(普通话的旧称) Chinese.
“Confucius’ birthday!”the fifth graders shout in Mandarin.
“Why do we celebrate Confucius’ birthday?”
“Because he’s the greatest teacher in the history of China!”exclaims a brown-haired girl. She too is speaking Mandarin.
English is rarely heard in Lisa Yang’s class at the Chinese American International School(CAIS), despite the fact that few students are native speakers of Mandarin.
The United States is actively trying to increase the group of students in“critical languages”such as Mandarin. The students at CAIS are way ahead in such a trend.
Mandarin explosion in America
Founded 25 years ago, this small private school in San Francisco, USA, does what few other American schools do: It produces fully fluent speakers of Mandarin Chinese, by far the most commonly spoken language in the world.
Mandarin Chinese is suddenly hot in American schools. As China becomes the world’s leading economy sometimes this century, schools in the U.S. are scrambling to add Mandarin to their roster of foreign languages or expand Chinese programs already in place.
“It really is almost unprecedented(无前例的). People are looking at China as a force to be reckoned with…And to ensure that the U.S. has the ability to conduct trade, and to work with the Chinese, certainly having an understanding of Chinese language and culture is an advantage,”said Marty Abbott of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages(ACTFL)(美国外语教学协会).
Cultural differences in teaching styles
To develop Chinese-language programs has not been smooth. A shortage of trained teachers has made it difficult for some schools to join the race. When schools do get teachers, they often hire them straight from China, and the teachers usually suffer culture shock when they come to the U.S.
Robert Liu remembers his first two years in an American classroom. It was not an easy adjustment. “In China, students respect their teachers,”he said. Liu found that American students, however, expect an active teaching style. He had to use games to engage them rather than lectures.
To avoid many of the problems with foreign teaching styles, the CAIS has been working with the Chinese government to improve training of teachers who are sent to the U.S.
【小题1】Which of the following is the best title?

Bursting into the classroom from recess(学生的课间休息), 15 children take their seats and face the woman they know as Ms. Yang.

“What day is it today?”she asks, in Mandarin(普通话的旧称) Chinese.

“Confucius’ birthday!”the fifth graders shout in Mandarin.

“Why do we celebrate Confucius’ birthday?”

“Because he’s the greatest teacher in the history of China!”exclaims a brown-haired girl. She too is speaking Mandarin.

English is rarely heard in Lisa Yang’s class at the Chinese American International School(CAIS), despite the fact that few students are native speakers of Mandarin.

The United States is actively trying to increase the group of students in“critical languages”such as Mandarin. The students at CAIS are way ahead in such a trend.

Mandarin explosion in America

Founded 25 years ago, this small private school in San Francisco, USA, does what few other American schools do: It produces fully fluent speakers of Mandarin Chinese, by far the most commonly spoken language in the world.

Mandarin Chinese is suddenly hot in American schools. As China becomes the world’s leading economy sometimes this century, schools in the U.S. are scrambling to add Mandarin to their roster of foreign languages or expand Chinese programs already in place.

“It really is almost unprecedented(无前例的). People are looking at China as a force to be reckoned with…And to ensure that the U.S. has the ability to conduct trade, and to work with the Chinese, certainly having an understanding of Chinese language and culture is an advantage,”said Marty Abbott of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages(ACTFL)(美国外语教学协会).

Cultural differences in teaching styles

To develop Chinese-language programs has not been smooth. A shortage of trained teachers has made it difficult for some schools to join the race. When schools do get teachers, they often hire them straight from China, and the teachers usually suffer culture shock when they come to the U.S.

Robert Liu remembers his first two years in an American classroom. It was not an easy adjustment. “In China, students respect their teachers,”he said. Liu found that American students, however, expect an active teaching style. He had to use games to engage them rather than lectures.

To avoid many of the problems with foreign teaching styles, the CAIS has been working with the Chinese government to improve training of teachers who are sent to the U.S.

1.Which of the following is the best title?

2.What kind of problem is the most difficult to adjust in teaching Chinese in America?

3.The meaning of the underlined word“scrambling”is similar to      .

4.It can be inferred from the passage that       .

To develop her students' spelling skills, Mrs. Hardy held a spelling competition in her class. The two   1  spellers would compete in the school spelling competition with other  2  from the fourth, fifth and sixth grades.

Spelling was Jasmine's  3  subject and books were her best friends.  4  would allow her to 5  into the sea, find buried treasure,  6  meet the mean man Mr Grandet(葛朗台). Fairy tales  7  her to dream of being a princess.

The day came for Mrs. Hardy to  8  the result of the competition. Jasmine sat in her seat. Finally Mrs. Hardy announced that Reece Bradley and Jasmine Russell would  9  in the school final spelling competition.

Smiling  10  , Jasmine looked at Reece, but he  11  her by frowning(皱眉) as if he were 12  to take part in the competition.

“Way to go, Jasmine,” Rashad, Jasmine's another classmate, said with a playful push to her arm. “Do you think you have a  13  of winning the competition?”

Jasmine  14  , “My Aunt Lucy says anything can be got by  15  hard. I'm going to study the word list till my  16  stop working!”

During the break, Jasmine, Rashad and Reece met on the basketball court for a game of Horse. Jasmine said, “Let's  17  for the competition by spelling bigger words!”

“Like what?” Rashad asked. Jasmine smiled. “Like antidisestablishmentarianism.” Reece rolled his eyes and asked. “Anti—what?”

Jasmine  18  the word, trying not to laugh.

“You made that  19  ,” Rashad said. “Anything can be got by working hard. This is  20 everybody should believe in.

1. A. strong                 B. active                C. best            D. brave

2. A. competitors            B. monitors            C. ministers      D. athletes

3. A. favorite                B. basic               C. obvious       D. fortunate

4. A. Parents                B. Teachers          C. Lessons        D. Books

5. A. enter                  B. dive                C. fall             D. swim

6. A. but                           B. than              C. or             D. so

7. A. reminded                      B. inspired           C. permitted       D. intended

8. A. circulate                B. explain             C. deliver        D. announce

9. A. compete                B. compare          C. host           D. win

10. A. sadly                B. Stiffly            C. kindly        D. happily

11. A. scared               B. pleased             C. surprised       D. satisfied

12. A. ready                B. unhappy            C. pleasant        D. content

13. A. chance              B. courage            C. help           D. power

14. A. agreed               B. greeted             C. asked           D . nodded

15. A. thinking              B. working            C. playing          D. behaving

16. A. arms                B. brains              C. ears           D. hands

17. A. explore              B. build               C. practise        D. organize

18. A. limited              B. tricked                   C. described       D. repeated

19. A. into                 B. out               C. up             D. over

20. A. what              B. that               C. why           D. which

Bursting into the classroom from recess(学生的课间休息), 15 children take their seats and face the woman they know as Ms. Yang.
“What day is it today?”she asks, in Mandarin(普通话的旧称) Chinese.
“Confucius’ birthday!”the fifth graders shout in Mandarin.
“Why do we celebrate Confucius’ birthday?”
“Because he’s the greatest teacher in the history of China!”exclaims a brown-haired girl. She too is speaking Mandarin.
English is rarely heard in Lisa Yang’s class at the Chinese American International School(CAIS), despite the fact that few students are native speakers of Mandarin.
The United States is actively trying to increase the group of students in“critical languages”such as Mandarin. The students at CAIS are way ahead in such a trend.
Mandarin explosion in America
Founded 25 years ago, this small private school in San Francisco, USA, does what few other American schools do: It produces fully fluent speakers of Mandarin Chinese, by far the most commonly spoken language in the world.
Mandarin Chinese is suddenly hot in American schools. As China becomes the world’s leading economy sometimes this century, schools in the U.S. are scrambling to add Mandarin to their roster of foreign languages or expand Chinese programs already in place.
“It really is almost unprecedented(无前例的). People are looking at China as a force to be reckoned with…And to ensure that the U.S. has the ability to conduct trade, and to work with the Chinese, certainly having an understanding of Chinese language and culture is an advantage,”said Marty Abbott of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages(ACTFL)(美国外语教学协会).
Cultural differences in teaching styles
To develop Chinese-language programs has not been smooth. A shortage of trained teachers has made it difficult for some schools to join the race. When schools do get teachers, they often hire them straight from China, and the teachers usually suffer culture shock when they come to the U.S.
Robert Liu remembers his first two years in an American classroom. It was not an easy adjustment. “In China, students respect their teachers,”he said. Liu found that American students, however, expect an active teaching style. He had to use games to engage them rather than lectures.
To avoid many of the problems with foreign teaching styles, the CAIS has been working with the Chinese government to improve training of teachers who are sent to the U.S.

1. 1.

   Which of the following is the best title?

   1. A.
      Mandarin speaks to a growing audience in America
   2. B.
      Chinese-language programs
   3. C.
      Mandarin Chinese
   4. D.
      The Chinese American International School(CAIS)
2. 2.

   What kind of problem is the most difficult to adjust in teaching Chinese in America?

   1. A.
      To adapt to the life there.
   2. B.
      To communicate with the American students.
   3. C.
      To get along well with the American students.
   4. D.
      To be fit for the cultural differences in teaching styles.
3. 3.

   The meaning of the underlined word“scrambling”is similar to      .

   1. A.
      climbing
   2. B.
      rushing
   3. C.
      changing
   4. D.
      beating
4. 4.

   It can be inferred from the passage that       .

   1. A.
      the students in Lisa Yang’s class usually speak Chinese
   2. B.
      there are few American students in Lisa Yang’s class
   3. C.
      we celebrate Confucius’ birthday because he’s the greatest teacher in the history of China
   4. D.
      in America the students don’t respect their teachers

As societies develop,their members start to see things not so much according to what they need,but according to what they want.When people have enough money,these wants become demands.

Now,it’s important for the managers in a company to understand what their customers want if they are going to develop effective marketing strategies(策略).There are various ways of doing this.One way at supermarkets(超市),for example,is to interview(采访)customers while they’re doing their shopping.They can be asked what they prefer to buy and then the results of the research can be studied.This provides information on which to base future marketing strategies.It’s also quite normal for top managers from department stores to spend a day or two each month visiting stores and mixing freely with the public,as if they were ordinary customers,to get an idea of how customers act.

Another way to get information from customers is to give them something.For example,some fast food restaurants give away tickets in magazines or on the street that permit customers to get part of their meal for nothing.As well as being a good way of attracting customers into the restaurants to spend their money,it also allows the managers to get a feel for where to attract customers and which age-groups to attract.

Another strategy used at some well-known parks such as Disneyland is for top managers to spend at least one day in their work,touring the park dressed as Mickey Mouse or something like that.This provides them with a perfect chance to examine the scene and watch the customers without being noticed.

The text is designed for ________.

A.managers                                                     B.salesmen

C.researchers                                                   D.customers

Which of the following can help managers get useful information?

A.Visiting customers themselves.

B.Giving customers free food on the street.

C.Visiting parks as ordinary customers.

D.Asking customers questions at supermarkets.

What does the word“this”underlined in the last sentence refer to?

A.Visiting Disneyland.

B.Wearing attractive clothes.

C.Acting Mickey Mouse.

D.Dressing up and walking around.

The main idea of the text is ________.

A.how to do market research

B.how to develop marketing strategies

C.how to find out customers’ social needs

D.how to encourage customers to spend more money