Do you like going to a zoo to see ___1___? How about ___2___ a zoo and feeding the animals yourself? It's not a joke. It happened both in a film and in the ___3___.

Benjamin Mee is a newspaper writer in Los Angeles, the US. His wife dies and he has to ___4___ his two young kids. Hoping for a fresh start for his family. Mee ___5____ his job and buys an old house on 73000 square meters ___6___ the city. The land comes with a special gift: a zoo in the country called the Rosemoor Animal Park!

The zoo was ___7___ because of the economy crisis (经济危机). With ___8___ raising them, about 200 animals are still living there.

The Mee family decide to help reopen the zoo. But it's not an easy job ___9___ they have no experience and little money. There are also unexpected ___10___, such as a bear running away one day.

This is the story of American movie We Bought a Zoo. It tells the real amazing story of Benjamin Mee.

1.                A.tigers          B.lions           C.animals   D.birds

 

2.                A.buying         B.visiting         C.building  D.renting

 

3.                A.story book      B.international website  C.TV program D.real world

 

4.                A.look for        B.look after       C.look up   D.look at

 

5.                A.finds           B.gets            C.quits D.loses

 

6.                A.outside         B.inside          C.behind   D.before

 

7.                A.opened        B.closed          C.watched  D.rebuilt

 

8.                A.engineers       B.nurses          C.doctors   D.zookeepers

 

9.                A.since          B.though         C.whether  D.however

 

10.               A.surprises       B.joys           C.problems  D.excitement

 

 

A) 根据所读内容,在文章后第62—71小题的空格里填入恰当的单词。每个空格只填1个单词。

How important is homework? According to the Los Angeles Unified School District(LAUSD), it’s not that important! The district has made a big change for the 2011-2012 school year. It started on July 1, homework counts for only 10% of a student’s grade. The district, the second largest in the country, says its new way can provide a fairer assessment(评定) of students’ homework and achievements.

The district hopes students only need to spend less time on homework and more time on hobbies and with their families. By reducing the weight of homework toward a student’s grade, a truer picture of the student’s knowledge will be shown in the achievement grade.

However, it doesn’t mean the students can throw out homework. It says that homework is a chance for students to practice their skills and a tool for students to prepare for coming lessons. Still, LAUSD is joining a growing list of schools that have controlled the amount of homework.

How much time children should spend on homework is a hot topic. Harris Cooper, a professor at a university, says that the proper amount of homework time is ten minutes a day multiplied by(乘以) the student’s grade. This means a third grader should spend 30 minutes a day on homework. And a sixth grader would spend 60 minutes. “Good homework in the proper amount will have better effects on them,” he said. “Bad homework or too much homework will have worse effects.”

But some people think homework is an important part of learning. They say many children just won’t try their best if homework doesn’t count toward their grade. Some teachers also think homework is important. They argue that students who do their homework perform better on tests and in school than those who do not. They are afraid that the new way will encourage students to pay less attention to homework.

The topic of the article:    The    1   of homework in learning

A big change for homework

Reducing the   2   of homework grade by 10% in assessing students’ performance and achievement in school.

The advantages of reducing

homework

l  Students will have more time for   3   and with their families.

l  Students will be able to  4   their truer pictures of knowledge in the achievement grades.

The advantages of doing homework

l  Students can have more   5   to practice their skills.

l  The   6   of schools that have controlled the amount of homework is getting bigger.

The amount of homework

l  The time that a ninth grade student   7   to homework should be 90 minutes.

l  Students will   8   good homework in the proper amount to bad homework or too much homework.

  9    about the new policy

l  If homework isn’t included in their grade, many students won’t put their heart into study.

l  Students who don’t do their homework perform  much   10   than those who do their homework.

 

阅读与回答问题。(本大题共5小题,每小题2分,满分10分)

   Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer. Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg. Every day Jeff puts on an artificial(man-made) leg. The leg was plastic. With the plastic leg, Jeff can ski, ride a bicycle, swim and play soccer. He can also run.

   When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across the United States, from the East to the West. He started running in Boston on April 1. He stopped running in Los Angeles. He ran 5,190 kilometres; that’s about 26 kilometres each day. Jeff wore out 36 pairs of running shoes and five plastic legs.

   Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff. It was for the American Cancer Society. The American Cancer Society used the money to learn about cancer.

   On the way to Los Angeles, Jeff talked to people about cancer. He also talked about being disabled. Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things: he skis, swims, plays soccer, and runs. He finished college and is studying to be a lawyer. Jeff says, “People can do anything they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran not only for disabled people. I ran for everybody.”

1. Why does Jeff have one leg left?

   __________________________________________________________________________

2. What did Jeff do with the money he got on the way to Los Angeles?

   __________________________________________________________________________

3. What does Jeff want to be in the future?

   __________________________________________________________________________

4.How long did it take Jeff to run from Boston to Los Angeles?

   __________________________________________________________________________

5. What does the story want to tell us?(请自拟一句话作答)

   __________________________________________________________________________

 

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