A teacher of English as a second language is the 2004 Teacher of the Year in the United States .Kathy Mellor of Rhode Island will spend the next year as an international spokeswoman for education. President Bush and his wife, Laura ,honored her during a ceremony at the White House last week.

   For the past nineteen years ,Kathy Mellor has taught English as a second language at Davisville Middle School in North Kingstown, Rhode Island ,in the northeastern United States .She redesigned the program for E.S.L students at her school to provide each student with one to three periods per day in classes for English learners .How much instruction the students get depends on their level of skill in listening ,speaking ,reading and writing. The amount of time they spend in these classes in reduced as their level of English increases.

   A teacher describes this as the most successful E.S.L. program in North Kingstown. She also praises Kathy Mellor for providing help to students and their families by forming a local parents group for speakers of other languages .This improved their ability to help their children.

   Kathy Mellor earned a master’s degree in education from Rhode Island College. She studied teaching English as a second language.

   She was chosen for the national honor of Teacher of the Year from among top teachers in each of the fifty states .As Teacher of the Year ,Kathy Mellor will travel around the United States and to other countries .She will talk about the importance of education and the work of teachers.

This passage is mainly about________.

    A.Teacher of the Year 2004 in the United States

    B.Ms Mellor’s English teaching instruction

    C.Ms Mellor’s teaching skills of learning English

    D.praises to Ms Mellor from other teachers

What does “E.S.L.” in the passage stand for?

    A.English study learners.             B.English speaking and listening.

    C.English special learners.           D.English as a second language.

From this passage we can learn that ________.

    A.middle school teachers from each state are honored Teachers of the Year

    B.middle school teachers in the USA have to get master’s degrees

    C.Ms Mellor’s students have no problems in learning English

D.the American government pays much attention to education

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阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意,然后从36~55个题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

 It was in my high school science class.1 was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.

A  36  came,“Nice shirt,”I smiled from ear to ear.Then another voice said,“That shirt belonged to my dad.Greg’s mother works for my family.We were going to  37   that shirt away,but gave it to her 38 ”. I was speechless I wanted to hide

I  39  the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened.She then dialed her 40  ,“I will no longer work for your family,”she told him.That night.Morn told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore:she knew her life’s 41  was something greater.

The next morning she 42 with the personnel manager at the Board of Education.He told her that without a proper education she could not teach.So Morn decided to  43  a university.

After the first year in college,she went back to the personnel manager.He said,“You are  44  ,aren’t you? I think I have a 45  for you as a teacher’s assistant.This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of  46 ”Mom accepted the opportunity very 47

For almost five years,as a teacher’s assistant.she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit,feeling  48  .Then one day,the personnel manager and the principal 49  in her classroom.The principal said.“We have watched how you  50 the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard.working  51  over the last five years.We are all in agreement that you 52  be the teacher of this class.”

My mom spent more than 20 years there.  53 her career,she was voted Teacher of the Year.All of this came about because of the  54  comment made in the classroom that day.Mom showed me how to handle  55  situations and never give up.

A.noise         B.voice            C.sound            D.tune

A.get           B.take             C.carry            D.throw

A.otherwise     B.anyhow          C.instead           D.actually

A.settled       B.pushed           C.stored            D.stuck

A.teacher       B.employer         C.director          D.adviser

A.purpose      B.encouragement     C.achievement      D.victory

A.went        B.met              C.worked           D.stayed

A.visit         B.continue          C.attend            D.prepare

A.serious       B.fortunate         C.careful            D.responsible

A.career        B.duty             C.position           D.part

A.1earning      B.judging           C.obeying          D.imagining

A.patiently      B.eagerly           C.successfully       D.skillfully

A.upset         B.frightened         C.guilty           D.ashamed

A.looked up     B.went up           C.took up          D.showed up

A.believe       B.protect            C.treat             D.receive

A.spirit         B.intention          C.action            D.attempt

A.must         B.would             C.might            D.should

A.At           B.During            C.On               D.With

A.worthless      B.thoughtless        C.hopeless          D.helpless

A.challenging    B.different           C.dangerous        D.strange

Hundreds of people lined up at Grand Central Terminal yesterday, but they weren’t there to catch a train. They came to New York City’s famous railroad station to trade in old dollar bills for the new George Washington Presidential $ 1 coin.

The gold-colored coin is the first in a new series by the U.S. Mint(造币厂)that honors former U.S. Presidents. The Mint will issue four Presidential $ 1 coins a year through 2016. Like the popular 50 State Quarters(纪念币) program, which issues coins in the order in which each state joined the Union, Presidential $ 1 coins will come out in the order in which each President served. The George Washington coin is the first to be released. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison coins will come out later this year.

The Presidential $ 1 coins will be the same size and color as the Sacagawea Golden Dollar. However, there is an important difference. For the first time since the 1930s, there is an inscription(题字)on the edge of each coin. Each coin will show a different President on its face, or head side. It will also show the President’s name, the order in which he served and his years in office. The other side of the coin will show the Statue of Liberty and the inscriptions “United States of America” and “$ 1”.

There will be one Presidential $ 1 coin for each President, except Grover Cleveland. He will have two! Cleveland is the only U.S. President to have served two nonconsecutive(不连续的)terms.

The last President scheduled to get a coin is Gerald Ford because a President must have been dead for two years before he can be on a coin.

Hundreds of people lined up at the railway station in order to ____________.

  A. exchange money           B. visit a coin show        

  C. book train tickets           D. do some shopping

. What may you find on the head side of the new US $ 1 coin?

  A. The Statue of Liberty               B. The name of a U.S. president

  C. The year when the coin was made     D. The inscriptions “ United States of America”

Why will Grover Cleveland have two coins ?

A. He is the only one who has served two terms

B. He is the most famous President in the U.S.

C. He served longer than any other President.

D. He served two terms but not continuously.

From the passage we can infer that_________.

  A. the new presidential coin can buy more than the old coin.

  B. the U.S. Mint has issued all the presidential coins by now.

  C. no presidential coin has been released for president Obama

  D. the coins are issued to honor the greatest presidents in America

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