It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.
Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and maths need not be taught in detail, either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Educationis to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and take an interest in the world.
I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason.

【小题1】People with little education usually         .

In one's life, one usually has little understanding of oneself. When you succeed, you may be very proud. When you    __you may lose heart. If you don't get a thorough understanding of yourself, you may miss lots of       in life.
To get a thorough understanding of yourself is to know_     about yourself. You may realize your strong points and weak_     .You may hope for a wonderful future, but be sure not to expect too much because not all dreams can be      . You may be confident enough to meet challenges, but first you should know_      .
To get a thorough understanding of yourself needs self-appreciation. Maybe you think you are not a tall tree_     just small grass, but as long as you get full confidence, you are sure to face any trouble.
To get a thorough understanding of yourself also means to_   yourself.
When you are angry, find a quiet place so that you won't be hurt. When you
are sad, tell your friends about it to _    the mood(心情) into a good one. When you are tired, get a good sleep. If you don't take good care of yourself, you       _be able to stay away from illness.
So if you get a thorough understanding of yourself, and you will get a full control of yourself and find your life full of color.

A lot of students are having all kinds of sports on the playground. A football game is going on right now ______ Class 3 and Class 4. We don’t know which team will ____. Look at those people over there! Some students of Class 1 are practicing the ____ jump. One of them is the best high jumper in the school. He practices hard every day. Many people think he will _____ the school record in the sports meeting next spring. Not far away from them, some girls are preparing for a race. They____ have a 600-meter race soon. Now on the corner of the field, you can see another group(群) of students. Their teacher is ____ them how to throw discus(铁饼).
In schools, ____ students love sports now. Sports help people to keep ____. They also help people to live happily. And ____ doing sports on the field ,.people will ____ good friends with each other, too. Do you think so ?

Project Hope is a social service program to help poor students. It started on October 30^th, 1989. It aims to bring schools into poor areas of China, and to help poor families afford an education for their children.
In the past sixteen years, Project Hope has raised about 3 billion yuan from people at home and abroad. It has paid for the education of 2.5 million poor students and sent 2.3 million students to high schools. Minmin comes from a poor family. She has received help from Project Hope. Without the help of project Hope, she couldn’t go on her studies. Project Hope changes her life. She has been a college student for two years. With the money, Project Hope has built thousands of schools and libraries and trained 2300 teachers. But 40 million children from poor families still need help, so Project Hope still has a lot of work to do.
【小题1】 Project Hope is a social service program to _______________.
A. help homeless people    B. help poor students       C. help disable children
【小题2】Project Hope started ___________.
A. in 1998             B. 14 years ago            C. in the past sixteen years
【小题3】 Minmin has been a college student with the help of ___________.
A. Project Hope            B. her classmates          C. her teachers
【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Project Hope has raised money to build ring roads.
B. Project Hope has raised money from Home and abroad.
C. Project Hope has trained 2.5 million teachers.
【小题5】The writer wrote this article to ______________.
A. tell us what Project Hope does
B. tell us how poor China is   
C. raise money

What should you think about when trying to find your career? You are probably better at some school subjects than others. These may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. So it is important to know the subjects you do well in at school. On the other hand, you may not have any specially strong subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard. Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job, they may have indirect value. A knowledge of history is not required for most jobs but if history is one of your good subjects you will have learned to remember facts and details. This is an ability that can be useful in many jobs.
　　Your school may have taught you skills, such as typing or technical drawing, which you can use in your work. You may be good at metalwork or cookery and look for a job where you can improve these skills. If you have had a part-time job on Saturdays or in the summer, think what you gained from it. If nothing else, you may have learned how to get to work on time, to follow instructions and to get on with older workers. You may have learned to give correct change in a shop, for example. Just as important, you may become interested in a particular industry or career you see from the inside in a part-time job.
　　Facing your weak points is also part of knowing yourself. You may be all thumbs when you handle tools; perhaps you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column of figures. It is better to face any weakness than to pretend they do not exist. Your school record, for instance, may not be too good, yet it is an important part of your background. You should not be apologetic about it but instead recognize that you will have a chance of a fresh start at work.
【小题1】We can infer from the first paragraph that ________.

选词填空，根据文章内容，选用所给单词的适当形式填空。其中有两个是多余的。

Ms. LaRosa is a great teacher. She can answer almost any question that you have about any history topic and if she cannot, she will try her best to help you find the answer. Although she has a hearing aid(助听器., she does not let that prevent her from being a great teacher. She told the class about it on the first day and told us not to let it get in the way of our learning and not to treat her differently.
We all like her class, especially an activity which is called the station. Stations are when our tables of four or five become our groups and we go through four various activities, such as Ancient China, in which we need to put together a sentence and write it using ancient symbols. Each station needs about 40 minutes to complete.
Ms. LaRosa has a policy that not many teachers give a second thought to. That is writing in cursive (草书的.letters. She will provide you with various resources so that your cursive handwriting is the best that it can be. Ms. LaRosa always says that she has a reason for everything that she does. Recently we just understood her reason for supporting cursive handwriting. Cursive writing can force you to think in words but not in letters. Also it has been proven that people who write in cursive letters do better on tests.
Ms. LaRosa’s class gets to do various fun and exciting things. She also uses real examples from her own life, such as things that her daughter has done. Ms. LaRosa also has absolute trust in her students. She always leaves her purse on her desk.
Ms. LaRosa is a great person and a great teacher who is always there for you, and I feel like I can tell her anything.
【小题1】 Ms. LaRosa is a teacher with a good knowledge of history, isn’t she? （1 分.
__________, ___________________________________________________________.
【小题2】 What activity is especially liked by the students? （2分.
______________________________________________________________________.
【小题3】 How long do the students usually spend on each station? （2分.
_____________________________________________________________________.
【小题4】 Why does Ms. LaRosa support cursive handwriting? （2 分.
_____________________________________________________________________.
【小题5】 How does Ms. LaRosa usually teach her class? （2 分.
_____________________________________________________________________.
【小题6】What do you think makes Ms. LaRosa a great teacher? （3分.
_____________________________________________________________________.

At 6:30 in early morning, Chen Liang drives his new yellow school bus through villages, taking children to his kindergartens (幼儿园).
Chen and his wife Pang Qiuxiang ran two kindergartens in Shanqian Village and Lanxi Village in Qingdao. Pang works as the head of two kindergartens, and Chen takes many responsibilities (责任), from driving to fixing desks and chairs and buying food. Everything seems common in the kindergartens. But one thing makes the kindergartens unique and well-known to the locals. They are free.
In 2006, when the couple took over the kinder-garten from Chen’s mother, it was not free. At that time, Pang took on the main tasks because Chen was busy operating his hotel on the seaside.
But a small pitiful (令人同情的) action of one child touched Pang deeply. “The parents could choose to pay if they would like their children to have dessert. Some parents could not afford to pay the extra fees so their children couldn’t enjoy dessert. Once I saw a child pick up an empty biscuit package which was left by another child, and eat the crumbs (食品屑) in it. I was astonished by the scene,” Pang said. Later, after a serious discussion, the couple made a decision to begin a tuition-free kindergarten.
So they began the tuition-free kindergarten on October 1, 2010.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
【小题1】 What makes the kindergartens special?

Americans are very direct people. When they want something, they say“Yes”， and when they don’t, they say “No”.If they want something different from what is given, they ask for it.  Here’s an example : I arrive at someone’s house and he or she gives me wine, but I don’t want wine. Maybe I don’t like it or maybe I just don’t want it. I will say “No thanks”. If everyone around me is drinking something, I would ask  for something else,“No thanks. But I’ll take a bit of tea if you have some.” It’s a polite way to ask something you really want. If I really want wine, I just say “Yes, thank you”. Unless they happen know the Chinese customs(风俗；习惯)，westerners will not ask you again and again after you to eat or drink something.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入题前括号内。（10分）
【小题1】If Americans want something, they would say“＿＿”.

There are many TV programs about Chinese dishes, but few are Like A Bite Of China(舌尖上的中国)。The seven-part documentary tell us food in different places in China.
The different kinds of food on TV are from 60 places. You can see many kinds of food and they can capture your eyes and stomach. And you also learn how to make the food . That’s why the program becomes so popular.
However, the program is not only about food. There are many different stories between food and people. To know good stories, workers of the film spent three months doing the research (调查)and nine months filming. Liu Wen, one of the workers, says the story also shows the social transportations (社会变迁)。“The program is like a window, it makes the world know more about China. And it helps people around the world not only enjoy Chinese dishes, but also learn Chinese culture.”
【小题1】There were _______ parts in the documentary A Bite Of China?