摘要:Teachers and fellow students, As we all know, a severe earthquake measuring 7.3 Richter Scales hit Port –au-Prince, Haiti on January 12 ,2010. is reported that the 86. earthquake has to more than 110,000 deaths, including 87. eight police officers from china w were sent there to keep peace . 88. Millions of people have been left homeless lots of houses and 89. schools have been .Just imagine how eager the 90. people there are for help! Houses should be so that they 91. can take shelter soon. Here the Student Union c on everyone 92. to do something for them. We’ll have a voluntary contribution this week. Let’s give away our pocket money. B , we’ll organize a 93. bring-and-buy sale Saturday morning. Please your books, toys, 94. CDs or something else here to sell. All the money to be 95. will be sent to the earth-stricken areas. That’s all. Thank you.

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On the outside Betsy Lueth’s school looks like any other in Minneapolis. Yet inside, it is

Yinghua Academy, a public school where elementary(小学)students study subjects ranging from

math to American history in Chinese.

    Yinghua, the first such immersion(沉浸式)program in the Midwest is on the leading edge (前沿) of a movement that in recent years has seen Chinese language programs spread rapidly throughout the U.S.

The idea behind Yinghua is to introduce kids to the language and culture as early as possible —ideally, before age 12. Kindergarteners and first graders are taught in Chinese and a single period of English is introduced in second grade. By sixth grade, kids are learning half in English and half in Chinese, with the expectation of fluency in both. In Yinghua’s classrooms, the walls are covered not with ABCs but with pictures and Chinese characters.

There are many challenges at Yinghua. Most teachers come from Taiwan or mainland China, and cultural misunderstandings are very common. Lueth’s teachers are learning to be tolerant of local customs — as well as a lot more parental input (家长看法) than they are used to. “In China, teachers are respected. They are not questioned,” says Luyi Lien, Yinghua’s Taiwan-born director. “In America, parents are more expressive of their opinions.”

Research has shown that in the long run, immersion programs can provide benefits, including more flexible, creative thinking. Though students from the programs fall behind for a few years in English, by fifth grade they perform as well as or better than their monolingual(单语言)peers on standardized reading and math tests. For multicultural families, the psychological (心理上的) help can also be important. Lueth, a former teacher, co-founded the school as a way to expose her adopted Chinese daughter Lucy to her native culture. Lucy used to be annoyed when cousins asked why her skin color was different from theirs; before she started at Yinghua, she resisted exploring anything related to China. Now, Lueth says, Lucy proudly answers her cousins, “Yeah, I was born in China.”

1.Yinghua is different from other schools in Minneapolis in the way that_________.

    A.it offers subjects to students mostly in Chinese

    B.its language program is popular in the U.S.A

    C.kids there begin to learn Chinese at the age of 12

    D.its students learn subjects half in English and half in Chinese

2..One of the challenges at Yinghua is that_________.

    A.most parents do not respect its teachers

    B.teachers need to get used to the local culture

    C.its students are mostly from nontraditional families

    D.there is misunderstanding between teachers and students

3.We can learn from the last paragraph that immersion program _________.

    A.enables students pass tests more easily

    B.benefits students in learning psychology

    C.helps some students accept the local customs

    D.contributes to the better development of students

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    A.Teachers in Yinghua have difficulty in understanding the local culture.

    B.Parents are discouraged to speak out their opinions of the school in Yinghua.

    C.The students in Yinghua are expected to speak English and Chinese fluently.

    D.Yinghua is the first school in the USA to introduce Chinese culture to students.

 

 

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Due to the increasing number of violent acts produced in schools all over the world, more and more parents prefer to have their children educated at home rather than at school. This way they can assure their safety and well-being. Teachers and school representatives are trying to improve the situation in schools by increasing the number of the persons charged with the safety of the students.

The main reason for violent acts are the films and cartoons that fill the children’s time. They want to do everything. They watch on TV and never think of the results, and they may hurt a classmate or a teacher.

On the other hand, parents are not fully satisfied with the children’s results obtained in classes and they consider private classes would have better results.

When a teacher has to watch 30 students in class he can’t probably see what each of them is doing, how he is writing, or if he understands the explanations. At home the teacher can explain in detail everything the child doesn’t understand as many times as he considers proper.

And many times, the child grows fond of the teacher at home, who becomes his best friend, and who helps him whenever he needs someone to talk to. 

However, the best solution would be a mixture between the education received at school and that at home, because school makes children communicate and socialize. Keeping a child at home for fear that something bad might happen to him only makes the child’s character weak and prevents him from knowing what real life is. Staying in a glass bowl only does harm to the child.

All in all, schools have been created to help children, not to harm them, so it’s best to keep children in these special places, where they learn, laugh, have fun and make new friends.

1.The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to      .

A.teach parents the ways to keep theft children safe

B.show solutions to developing children’s character

C.explain the main reason for violence acts in schools

D.analyze an education problem and give opinions.

2.What does “a glass bowl” in the passage refer to?

A.A toy that can be used for entertainment.

B.A safe and comfortable environment.

C.An object that is made of crystal.

D.A setback that is hard to overcome.

3.We can infer from the passage that      .

A.violent TV programs have bad effects on children’ behavior

B.the teacher at home is more patient than the teacher at school

C.children today are weak from lack of sense of right and wrong

D.there are too many students in class for a teacher to teach

 

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PART FOUR  WRITING

SECTION A

Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information from the passage.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

As a parent you may realize the importance education has in our lives, however, your child hates listening to any of your arguments, thoughts and ideas. A student uninterested in education will miss college lectures and perform extremely poorly in assessment tests. In the worst cases, students may stop attending the school or college and sit at home without any concern for career, education and life. In order to encourage the students back to their college life and career, parents should first find out what causes the lack of motivation in students.

Low self-respect in students forces them to give up challenges. Even if these students try and complete some tasks, they’re clouded by many negative thinking patterns that block the flow of confidence in their personalities.

Lack of love at home can also result in the lack of motivation in students. If the parents are away from the kids or students and they’re unaware of what their kid is doing in school, then the child feels neglected and steps back from taking responsibilities and challenges.

Constant poor performance lowers the self-confidence of the student and the student will feel lost in the crowd of brilliant students. Such academic pressures can make students lose their motivation.

Nothing can be a better motivation for students than their teachers and parents. Schools should organize motivation activities for students, like games, sports and competitions, which are important for the whole personality development of the students. Involve them in some activities like dancing, music etc. that they are interested in, so that they can learn new hobbies and increase their confidence. You should stop ignoring your child’s studies and do understand his need to be heard. In short, lack of motivation in students can be completely reduced if the parents and teachers understand the kid and support him / her to break any of his / her negative patterns of thought.

Title     (71) ___________in Students

 

Effects

● Making students miss college lectures and get (72) __________ in tests

● Making students drop out of school and sit at home without caring about career, education and life

 

(73)_______

 

Low self-respect

Quitting challenges

Losing (74) _________ due to negative thinking patterns

Lack of love at home

Feeling neglected and refusing to take

(75) _________           

(76) _____________

Being less self-confident due to constant poor performance

 

(77)_______

● Organizing motivation activities for students to (78) _______ the personality .

● Making students learn new hobbies and increase their confidence in activities

● Being (79) _____ about your child’s studies and understanding his need to be heard

Conclusion

Motivate students by understanding them and supporting them to break their negative (80) ___________

 

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