This is a teacher’s family. The father’s name is Lake Smith. He is forty-four. The mother’s name is Kate Smith. She’s forty-two. The Smiths have a son, Jim, and a daughter, Ann. Jim is fourteen, and Ann is twelve. The son looks like（看起来像） his father, and the daughter looks like her mother. They are all in No.4 Middle School here. But the Smiths are teachers, the son and daughter are students.

1.Jim’s father is _________.

A．a worker          B．a teacher          C．a doctor          D．a driver

2.Ann’s mother’s name is ___________.

A．Lake Smith

B．Kate Smith

C．Jim Smith

D．Ann Smith

3.Jim looks like his__________.

A．father            B．mother           C．aunt             D．uncle

4.Are Jim and Ann in the same(相同的) school?

A．They are in the same school?

B．They are in different schools.

C．Yes, they are.

D．No, they aren’t.

5.Is Kate Smith a teacher?

A．Yes, it is.

B．Yes, she is.

C．No, she isn’t.

D．No, he isn’t.

句型转换（10分）

1.她经常打扮得像一个男孩。

She often                           like a boy.

2. 他不介意成天在家做饭。

He doesn’t                           at home every day.

3. 例如，他们都擅长说英语。

                             ，they are good at speaking English.

4. He likes swimming. She likes swimming , too.(合并为一句)

They                           swimming .

5.She is more careful than any other girl in her class.(改为同义句)

She is the                        girl in her class.

根据汉语及所给提示词完成句子。（10）

1.如果我不打扫房间，我妈妈就不会让我见朋友。（let）

If I don’t clean my room, My mother ________________my friends.

2.老师说我英语学习很刻苦。（hard-working）

The teacher said_____________________at English.

3.我朋友擅长于学英语，所以她经常帮我复习功课（well）

My friend _________________so she often helps me with my lessons.

4.他们说我们就像他们的大哥哥大姐姐。（like）

They say we ___________________________to them.

5.我们从不会知道未来会发生什。（what）

We never know _______________in the future.

The high school diploma (文凭) is losing its value quickly, as a growing number of students graduate (毕业) from school without the math and reading skills that colleges and companies require, according to a new report.
The high school graduation exams that most states (州) require students to pass before they graduate remain far too easy. Most of the exams generally test eighth-or ninth-grade level work.
Today, even high school graduates who are going to have blue-collar (蓝领) jobs need to study the math, research and writing courses. But in high school, only students who are going to college are now required to take these courses.
“If you want a good job with a good pay, it’s a high-skill job,” said Michael Cohen, a leading member of the America Diploma Project.
The project suggests that all graduates master a wide range (范围) of skills. “A high school diploma should mean something to a company and university,” said Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, who is Achieve’s co-chairman.
In Taft’s state, about 30% students who go directly to college from high school have to take remedial classes of English or math, he said. It’s easy to see that the present high-school graduating standards are not preparing students for college education.
And with high-skilled jobs increasingly headed overseas to places like India and Ireland, states need to act, he said.
To prove why math and reading skills matter, the report includes real-life examples of problems students meet in college and that workers must solve each day on the job. ?
Some states are taking actions to upgrade the high school diploma. In Texas, all high school students, starting with the 2008 graduating class, will have to take the college-prep curriculum (大学预备课程) - unless a parent agrees to an easier course load. Other states are planning similar moves.
The report includes examples of reading and math skills that high-school students should have. Project leaders say they hope parents will use those examples to judge (评定) the coursework at their kids’ high schools.
【小题1】Why is the high school diploma losing its value quickly?