Does your school have any problems with discipline(纪律)? What happens when students step out of line?

Here are some examples of bad behaviour:

? Playing truant(逃学) (missing school without permission from parents).

? Stealing, smoking, hitting, swearing, running, kissing.

? Cheating on exams.

? Calling a teacher or another pupil a bad name.

? Not doing homework.

? Not listening or not paying attention in lessons.

? Wearing unsuitable clothes.

Here are some of the ways that UK school children can be punished:

? Exclusion（开除）: a pupil is asked to leave the school and not come back. The pupil has to find a new school or a different method of education.

? Suspension（停课）: a pupil cannot enter the building or attend lessons until the school has a meeting about their situation. Suspension can last from one to 45 days. The pupil is usually given work to do at home with a special teacher.

? Detention（拘留）: a pupil is asked to stay after school and work for 30-60 minutes before they can leave.

? Lines: a pupil has to write a sentence many times (e.g. 100 or more) on a sheet of paper, e.g. “I must not shout in class.”

Freya MacDonald, a 15-year-old pupil from Scotland, _________when she refused to accept her school’s punishment. Her family says that she was given 11 detentions for trivial things such as having fizzy drinks in class and coming into school through a fire door.

Freya says that repeated detentions ruined her right to an education under Scottish law and made it difficult for her to learn. So she refused to return until the school respected her civil rights. She wants the headmaster and her teachers to sign a letter to promise this. Hundreds of schools in Scotland were told not to use detention as a punishment because of her legal action.

Many UK schools now give parents a home&school contract（契约，合同）, explaining their discipline and rules. Parents must sign this document to agree that they accept the school’s rules and discipline and that they are responsible for their child’s behaviour.

1.The expression “step out of line” in Paragraph 1 probably means________

A. jump the queue B. break the discipline

C. be later for school D. fight with others.

2.What is the main purpose of the text?

A. To list common bad behavior in UK schools.

B. To show how UK schools deal with students’ parents.

C. To find out why more and more pupils break rules in UK schools.

D. To introduce how UK schools punish students with their discipline.

3.Which expression can be filled in the blank in the passage________.

A. covered the story

B. corrected her behavior

C. showed an interest

D. made the news

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A. Punishments in UK School

B. What is Bad Behavior?

C.UK School Discipline.

D. Too Many School Rules in the UK

Which part of the world has the most nearsighted students? Just look around you–it’s East Asia. Nine in ten school leavers in major East Asian cities are nearsighted, according to the BBC. Experts say books and video games are not to blame. East Asian students, they say, aren’t getting enough sunlight.

People become nearsighted because their eyeballs grow out of shape and light entering their eyes cannot focus correctly. The body can produce a chemical called dopamine (多巴胺) to stop eyeballs from changing shape. And guess what scientists have just discovered? Sunlight can help our bodies produce more dopamine, reported AFP.

According to the study, primary school students in Singapore spend only 30 minutes outdoors every day; in Australia, by contrast, kids spend about three hours a day outside. As a result, fewer children in Australia are nearsighted–only 10 percent, compared with 90 percent in Singapore.

“Children in East Asia basically go to school... go home and stay inside. They study and they watch television,” Ian Morgan of the Australian National University told AFP.

But being a bookworm or a couch potato does not directly harm the eyes, added Morgan. “As long as they get outside, it doesn’t seem to matter how much study they do,” he explained. “There are some kids who study hard and get outside and play hard and they are generally fine. The ones who are at major risk are the ones who study hard and don’t get outside. As a result of massive (巨大的) educational pressures and the construction (构成) of a child’s day, the amount of time they spend outside in bright light is minimized.”

Experts suggest children should stay outside for two to three hours every day. This can include time spent in the playground and walking to and from school.

1.Which of the word has the similar meaning as the underlined phrase “nine in ten”?

A. many B. few C. some D. most

2.What is the main reason for the large number of nearsighted students in East Asia, according to scientists?

A. Too much reading or gaming. B. Lack（缺少）of sunlight.

C. Genetic reasons. D. Lack of exercise.

3.What can we conclude from Paragraph 2?

A. Dopamine is a chemical that causes eyeballs to grow out of shape.

B. Dopamine can stop light entering the eyes from focusing correctly.

C. Spending time in the sun can make the loss of dopamine in the body.

D. The more dopamine a person has in their body, the better eyesight he or she has.

4.According to Morgan, what kind of people are most likely to suffer from nearsightedness?

A. Those who like watching TV.

B. Those who take exercise regularly.

C. Those who study hard and play hard outdoors.

D. Those who stay indoors studying all day

用方框内所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限填一次。

Will you________ with your studies after you graduate from high school?

That boy has a strong ________ in science.

As the eldest child, Henry decided to share his toys with ____brothers..

It is _____for us to go sightseeing this weekend because of the bad weather.

Everyone can_________ his dream if he holds on to it.

阅读下面短文，然后根据括号内所给汉语意思写出单词的正确形式（每空一词）

A boy carefully led his blind father to a seat in a noodle restaurant .

He called loudly for two bowls of beef noodles. When the restaurant owner was about to prepare the food, the boy suddenly 1. (挥手，挥动)to him and whispered, “Only one bowl with beef ,the other without ---just plain noodles.”

2. （事实上）the boy had a light purse and couldn’t 3. （买得起）two bowls of beef noodles. He called just for his father to know.

When the noodles were 4. （为..端上，服务，招待）,the father wasn’t in a hurry ; he used his chopsticks to search in his bowls ,trying to find a slice of beef. As soon as he succeeded in finding one, he picked it up and put it into his 5. （儿子） bowl, saying 6. (和善地，和蔼地), “Eat some more. Have enough food so as to study well.”

The boy accepted in 7. ( 沉默，寂静) and then stealthily put the beef back to his father’s bowl.

Moved by what they had done, the restaurant owner asked a waiter to bring them a small side dish from the kitchen. The boy took 8. （他） for sending to a wrong table, but the owner came up explaining with a 9. (微笑), “Today is my restaurant’s anniversary（周年纪念日）.The dish is free.”

After they left, the owner cleared the bowls from the table and found some coins 10. (在……下) one of them. The sum is just the price of the dish.

When I was a little child ，my parents took me to German. 1. .When I came back, I could speak German fluently. “ Can I do something useful with German?” I asked myself.

Then, I got a good opportunity last spring. During that time our university had a long holiday, so I stayed at home with nothing to do. 2. . “ Why don’t you translate(翻译) it into Chinese? It will be better than playing computer games all day.” I agreed happily.

I promised to do 4,000 words each day. But soon I found it was hard to keep the promise.

One day in May, the weather was beautiful. 3. .Those 4,000 words were still waiting for me. After translating only three pages, I already lost interest in the book. I looked at it for a long time. But I couldn’t make myself turn the pages. 4.

I counted (数)the words again and again. I just wanted to give up. I felt as if two people were fighting in my mind. One said, “Don’t give up! Keep working hard ,and you will do well!” But then the other one said, “Go and play! It will be more interesting than translating. Do your homework tomorrow.”

I stood up and would turn off the computer. But then I remembered what my parents had told me, “ Whatever(无论什么) you do, don’t stop half way.” 5. .

A. My father brought me a German book

B. So I sat down and went on with it

C. But I couldn’t go out

D. I lived there for nine years

E. How I wished I could just go outside and play basketball with my friends!

初中生活即将结束，新的生活即将开启，请你为你最好的同学写一段毕业留言：他（她）给你留下的深刻的印象，你们在一起的快乐时光以及对他（她）最美好的祝愿。

请你根据上下文意思，用合适的词或短语完成下面短文，使文章通顺合理。

Dear friend,

It’s time to say goodbye. It’s time to recall those 1. days we spend together. You are always the person who _ 2.__ me when necessary.

Still remember that night two years ago? When I suddenly fell 3. ,it was you who carried me on your back to the hospital. You __4._ me while I was having an injection（注射）.

Today, we will leave our school to find our dreams.___ 5.___!

Yours.

父爱是无私的，在我们的成长过程中父亲为我们付出了很多。假设你是Tony,请回忆一段和父亲相处的往事，让你感受到了父亲的关爱和耐心……，以“Thank you, Father!”为题写一封感谢信，表达你的感激之情。

要求：1．短文应包括所提供的所有内容，可以适当发挥。

2．词数：90词左右。

3．注意书信的格式。

Thank you, Father!

Dear Dad,

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours

— What do you like to do after school, Simon?

— I like playing ______football with my father.

A. a B. an C. the D. 不填

I’d like something to read. Would you please pass me the ______.

A. book B. ruler C. pen D. meat

— Must I finish my homework now, Mum?

—No, you _____. You can do it tomorrow.

A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. can’t D. shouldn’t