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1．We can learn from the text that________．

       A．story of puppets is a play held in China Children’s Theater

       B．the artists who have won prizes will perform magic tricks

       C．on March 5 there will be two plays for us to choose

       D．the artists in the Beijing Peking Opera Troupe are from all over the country

2．If a tourist wants to see a performance on March 15, he can call________to book a ticket．

       A．86531043                                      B．65250123

       C．66037255                                         D．65071818

3．According to the text, which of the following statements is true?

       A．The director of the Story of Puppets combines different operas in it．

       B．Green Hat is based on a famous novel acted by some American artists．

       C．Top Acrobatic artists will present their performances around our country．

       D．The Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances with the same excerpts．

       Is early childhood education really necessary? Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning through playing to develop the child’s physical, sensory, communicational and social development．Early childhood education has become a concern of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they are old enough for Kindergarten．

       There are good reasons for the government to push early childhood education．Studies have shown that orphaned children who did not receive good care and education become developmentally delayed causing failure in school, and even in life．Further studies show that poor children who take part in Head Start programs are more prepared for school, less likely to end up in Special Education classes, and are less likely to receive public help or go to jail．

       There are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too early．Time Magazine online explains that “the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work．” I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Start programs become frustrated and bored with school before they finished high school．Yet parents have been sure that the earlier the child starts school, the better off he or she is, so they push to start children earlier．

       Actually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in the early elementary years, studies also show that this head start is really a “false start”, as the gains are lost in middle and high school years．It seems that environment is a bigger factor on life’s success than early education．Head Start programs have not achieved its original goal in closing the achievement gap in poor and middle school children．Perhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap．

1．The purpose of the government valuing the early childhood education is ________．

       A．to develop the children’s communication

       B．to give orphaned children good care and education

       C．to get the children prepared for the kindergarten

       D．to train the children formally and regularly

2．According to the studies, which of the following is True?

       A．Children with good early education may have a rich life．

       B．The orphaned children are usually unhappy in their life．

       C．Children without early education can do well at school．

       D．Head Start programs are helpful to the poor children．

3．“the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work．” suggests that _________．

       A．the early childhood education is helpless to the child’s grade

       B．it is good for the young children to receive early education

       C．the early education can help the children follow the grade

       D．the younger the children are, the cleverer they will be

4．The author’s attitude toward the early childhood education is _________．

       A．puzzling            B．objective           C．indifferent         D．approving

5．The main idea of the last passage is that __________．

       A．the early childhood education is very necessary

       B．Head Start programs have helped the children a lot

       C．environment is the most important to life’s success

       D．better ways should be found to help the poor children

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1．We should have patience at studying English．                              ________

2．As soon as we got there, we got down to fight against the flood．               ________

3．The Great Wall is so a well-known tourist attraction that millions of people pour in every year．

                                                                                                                            ________

4．The trees can provide shade to us, and we should protect them．                 ________

5．On the news , he  cried．                                               ________

6．Facing with the difficulty, Tom decided to ask his boss for advice．               ________

7．The culture has been influenced in particularly by foreign ones．                ________

8．While they found the lost child, everyone was very happy．                    ________

9．He finishes the race in 12．6 seconds．                                     ________

10．Our school sports meeting was holding on Oct．6, which was a fine day．         ________

11．He is known for a writer and wrote many novels．                             _______

12．Don’t accuse him for breaking the window．                             _______

When she was doing the cleaning yesterday, Mum found the ring that she _____ years ago．

A．loses                     B．has lost                     C．lost                     D．had lost

It was on ________ Saturday in _______ July of 2009 that the famous scholar of Chinese traditional culture, Ji Xianlin, passed away．

A．/; /          B．/; the            C．a; the         D．a; a

After decades of effort, the city is still trying to _____ how to ban smoking in public places．

A．look through                                B．get through

C．figure out                                     D．take out

In a family, ______ really works is ____ there is one person who understands the finances and takes care of it．

A．that; what         B．what; that          C．it; that            D．as; that

–I’m glad to be offered the job．Shall I start tomorrow?

– ______．See you tomorrow．

A．That’s hard to say                                B．That depends

C．That’s all right                                     D．That would be great

He is free now, so he ______ go with us, but he hasn’t decided yet．

A．shall        B．must          C．may        D．will

If you want to see the chairman of the department, you’d better make an _______ with his secretary first．

A．admission       B．agreement          C．appointment         D．assumption