从方框中选择最佳选项完成对话，有两项多余。

A:  Hello, Mark! You look unhappy.    1  

B:  I argued with my parents last night. 

A:  Why did you do that? 

B:  I got my report card yesterday.  I didn’t do well in math.    2  

A:    3   You should work harder at math. 

B:  I know, but I find it really difficult and I really don’t know how to improve it. 

A:    4   

B:  That’s great.   Thanks a lot. 

A:  You’re welcome.    5   

B:  I will.

Chinese are very generous in educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States and Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities such as musical instrument learning or ballet classes, or other classes. They think these will give them a good future. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend much unreasonable money on education. Even poor parents will buy a computer for their son or daughter.

However, most parents don’t understand that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.

Parents can see that their children are very good in some areas while poor in others. Parents can also see some children are good at these skills and others do well in others. Most parents don’t realize that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.

The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need are to be confident, happy and clever.

Parents can achieve this by teaching skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking needs patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots of self-confidence. 

Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with, will make him curious(好奇的) and improve his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them. Your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.

1.We know from this passage parents in China         .

A．are too strict with their children

B．are too rich to educate their children

C．are too poor to educate their children

D．have some problems in educating their children correctly

2.We learn from the passage that        .

A．the cheaper an education is, the better it is

B．children today should learn difficult skills

C．practical skills are helpful to children’s growth

D．school education can’t meet parents’ expectations

3.Doing some cooking at home helps children        .

A．benefit (有益于) from it and prepare themselves for the future

B．learn how to serve their parents

C．learn how to become strong and fat

D．make their parents believe that they are clever

4.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Broken things are useful for children

B．Interest is necessary for everything

C．Learning to think is very important.

D．Using hands helps improve thinking ability

语文老师手里有份没写名字的试卷而且无人认领，成绩是100分。请根据提示帮助老师分析一下这份试卷是班里哪位同学的。

    提示：(1)卷面整洁，属于一个女孩子；

          (2)书写良好，可能属于Iily，Jessie和Alice；

          (3)Iily不擅长语文，不可能是她的；

          (4)Jessie擅长语文，但她的卷子在她书桌里；

          (5)Alice也擅长语文，她没找到她的试卷。

    要求：(1)不能逐词翻译，可适当增添细节；

          (2)书写规范，卷面整洁；

          (3)80词左右。

    参考词汇：can’t，must，might，tidy，good handwriting，be good at，do well in，top student，full mark

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　　What would you do if a stranger gave you some medicine and he said it would keep you slim or help you do well in exams? Would you take it?

　　Many middle school students have learned to keep themselves safe by saying "no". 1.Drugs are dangerous to your health!

　　Because most of teens don't know much about drugs, they might want to try them. Liu, 16, was a good student before trying drugs. 2.. He decided to have a try. After taking drugs only once, he found it very hard to stop. Liu began to spend all his time and money on drugs. Soon, he stopped going to school and started stealing (偷). 3..　

　　In China, taking drugs is becoming a big problem for teens. According to a survey, about one million people in China are using illegal drugs now, and about 74% of them are young people.

4.

　　Drugs are dangerous. Never try them, even if you're curious! It is the most important for you to keep safe and healthy.

5. According to a survey, about 　　　 young people in China are using illegal drugs now.

书面表达。

假如你是Mike，下面是各科老师对你本学期的期中考试的评价。根据表格提供的信息，把老师对你的评价介绍给你的美国笔友John，写一封70词左右的信。

 注意: 1.文章开头已经写好,不计词数;

2.可适当发挥,使文章连贯;

3.文中不得出现真实的人名、 校名等相关信息。

Dear John,

Things are fine here. I finished my mid-term exams last week, and I got my report card today.