Dick had a toothache. His mother  36   him to the dentist. Before they saw the dentist, they 37  wait. “Please come in!” said a nurse in a   38  dress.     Dick looked afraid  39   he came into the dentist’s room. “Now tell me. What’s wrong 40  you?” the dentist asked. “I feel terrible. I think I’ve a  41  tooth.” said the boy. “Well, let me have a   42  ”, said the dentist kindly. Dick  43  his mouth 44  the dentist began to examine（检查）his  45  .

You may feel interested in students in other countries. Do they have so much homework? What do they do in their free time? People did a survey in China, Japan, South Korea and the US last year. This is the result.
Who studies the hardest?
Chinese students spend the most time in studying. About half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day.
Who sleeps most often in class?
Japanese students fall asleep（睡着）in class more often. About 45% of them sometimes doze off in class. It’s 32% in South Korea, 21% in the US and 5% in China.
Who is the most distracted（分心的）?
American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted. 64.2% of them chat with friends in class. 46.9% of them eat something in class, and 38.9 % of them send e-mails or read other books in class.
What do they do after school?
In their free time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do exercise. Most South Korean students watch TV.
【小题1】About ____ of Chinese students spend more than 2 hours doing their homework every day.

You may feel interested in students in other countries. Do they have so much homework? What do they do in their free time? People did a survey in China, Japan, South Korea and the US last year. This is the result.

Who studies the hardest?

Chinese students spend the most time in studying. About half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day.

Who sleeps most often in class?

Japanese students fall asleep（睡着）in class more often. About 45% of them sometimes doze off in class. It’s 32% in South Korea, 21% in the US and 5% in China.

Who is the most distracted（分心的）?

American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted. 64.2% of them chat with friends in class. 46.9% of them eat something in class, and 38.9 % of them send e-mails or read other books in class.

What do they do after school?

In their free time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do exercise. Most South Korean students watch TV.

1.About ____ of Chinese students spend more than 2 hours doing their homework every day.

A．50%             B．45%              C．64.2%            D．38.9%

2. According to the survey, ____ students sleep in class most often.

A．Chinese           B．Japanese          C．American         D．South Korea

3. The underlined phrase “doze off” means ____ in Chinese.

A．听音乐           B．玩游戏           C．看小说           D．打瞌睡

4. Most American students ____ in class.

A．chat with friends                        B．play games

C．eat something                          D．send e-mails

5. Which of the following sentence in the passage is TRUE?

A．All Chinese students do their homework every day.

B．Some American students send e-mails in class.

C．No Japanese students do exercise.

D．Most American students chat with friends in their free time.

Mike didn’t do his English homework. The teacher asked him    31  . “I’m sorry, I   32  .” “But why did you forget?” “It didn’t seem   33   or important,” said Mike. “Are you going to punish (惩罚)me?” asked Mike. “   34  . The punishment is for me. I didn’t teach you well,” said the teacher.

“Thank you,” said Mike. “You are the best    35  in the world. I can never know as much as you , but you taught me a lot.” “How can I be a good teacher if the students do not know more than me? I will not succeed until that happens,”   36  the teacher.

Mike’s   37   teacher was a strict（严厉的） man.. Every day Mike played the same piece of music,and the teacher said it was not good and he must practise   38  . After two years of hard work, Mike left and felt sad.   39  when he played it in public, everyone said it was perfect, and he found he could play other pieces of music easily.   

What do you think of these two   40  ?

When are you an adult (成年人)？

When do you think you are an adult ? Maybe different __31_ have different ideas.

Now let’s see what some American teenagers(青少年)say .

Sam: In  32 idea ,you are an adult at the  33  of 18. That’s when you can vote(投票)。You can help to   34  who rules(统治)the whole country .That’s also a grown-up does! My grandfather couldn’ t vote   35 he was 21.They changed（改变） it to 18 in 1971.

Jenny：I don’t 36  it’s hard to say . I can drive a car at 16, can’t I ?When you have a driver’s licence , you can 37 it to people to tell them your age for all kinds of things .  38    sixteen must be the age when you change from a  39  person to an adult.Because you can tell others you are not a  40   any more .

Suzie : Well , I think there is  41   wrong with American laws for when young people can  42  things . I can vote at 18 and drive at 16. So you would think 18 is a grown-up,  43  16 isn’t .But then I can’t drink wine（酒）until I’m 21 ! If I’m 44   an adult at 18, how can people stop me from  45   a cup of beer in a bar ?

3..

13.A,as if           B.even though    C.ever since    D.above all