13. _____ teachers working in the Guidance Department at Berryville High School.

　　　 A. 55　　　 B. 35　　 C. 15　　 D. 11

12. In December parents usually _______.

　　　 A. stay at home with their children for their holidays

　　　 B. wait for the teachers to bring report cards to their children

　　 C. wouldn’t like to visit the teachers in the Guidance Department

　　　 D. let teachers have a good rest during their holidays

11.(　　 ) The teachers in the Guidance Department usually _______.

　　　 A. do most of their work for the students

　　　 B. answer all the questions from parents

　　　 C. help other teachers get along with students and parents

D. only bring report cards to students and parents

10.(　　 ) What would be the best title (标题)for the report?

　　 A. Iraqi Children during the War

　　 B. Sickness, Death in Iraqi

　　 C. America and England Fight against Iraq

　　 D. A Girl in the War in Iraq

　 (C )

　　 The Guidance Department (教导处)at Berryville High School has a staff (员工)of eleven teachers. Most of their work is done with the students. But the staff sees a lot of parents, too.

　　 “Parents meetings make clear monthly diagram (图表). ”says Mildred Freman, head of the Guidance. “This diagram stays much the same from year to year. The busy months are October, March and May. ”

　　 September, the beginning of a new school year, starts rather slowly. Few parents come in. Most of these want to talk about the schedules (日程安排). October brings many problems caused by some students. Some parents are called in. Others come by themselves. Things quiet down in November. December is a quiet month. “It’s the holiday. ”Ms Foreman says, “People want to come in, I know, but they decide to wait until after New Year’s Day. ”

　　 Report cards go home just before Christmas holidays. Bad marks (分数)bring parents in as school opens again. This happens again in March, another report card month. May is always the year’s busiest month. That’s when parents begin to think that their children may be asked to stay in the same grade again. They come in to see if anything can be done before things are decided in June.

9.(　　 ) The war in Iraq tells us that ________.

　　　 A. the Iraqi people in the war are much hungrier and worse

　　　 B. we should help the Iraqi people build their country again

　　 C. nothing can be done except fighting

　　 D. both A and B

8.(　　 ) The father doesn’t tell the true thing to his child because ______.

　　　 A. he wants to make his child not feel dangerous

　　　 B. he and his child are afraid to lose each other in the war

　　　 C. he doesn’t want his child to believe American soldiers

　　　 D. he will lose his country and his home

7.(　　 ) What does the word “ongoing”mean in Chinese? ______.

　　　 A. 正在进行的　 B. 非正义的　 C. 未授权的　 D. 影响恶劣的

6.(　　 ) What happens to the children in Iraq because of the war?

　　　 A. The children will get better than before.

　　　 B. The children beg for food and water from American and British soldiers.

　　　 C. The children in Iraq go away from their homes in Baghdad.

　　　 D. The children live a most terrible life.

5.(　　 ) From the story we have learnt that _______.

　　 A. if your business is not good, you’d better change the name or the picture

　　 B. if you are in trouble, you should take others’ ideas

　　 C. when you have difficulty, don’t give up

　　 D. when a good name is given, it can cause success

　 ( B )

　　 A four-year-old girl is lying in the arms of a doctor. She has just lost her mother. Her pink clothes are full of blood and her eyes look at something only she can see.

　　 Every day we see pictures like this on our televisions. We see Iraqi (伊拉克的)children begging for food and water from American and British soldiers as they move through towns and cities towards the capital, Baghdad(巴格达). We see these children following parents, carrying bags of almost the same size as their small bodies as they escape from their homes in Baghdad.

　　 They show just some of the young lives that have been turned upside down by ongoing war and the terrible price paid by Iraqi children.

　　 “Dad, why are the Americans fighting against us? Are we going to be killed? ”asks the son of Abu Singar, an Iraqi engineer. Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his eight-year-old son.

　　 He tries to make him feel safe by saying, “The bombs(炸弹)are far away from us. The Americans are fighting the soldiers. We’re going to be all right. ”Even though Abu knows it isn’t always true, little else can be done. In Baghdad, parents give their children sleeping pills to try and let them escape from the sound of bombs. And all the schools are closed.

　　 Not things are worse, and the ongoing war makes it impossible to count the number who are hungry, sick, hurt or even dead.

4.(　　 ) The stranger _______.

　　 A. was cleverer than Mr. Webster

　　 B. didn’t like the white horse at the beginning

　　 C. knew Mr. Webster and the artist

　　 D. got much money by teaching Mr. Webster