Ted, my little brother, is in Grade One. Last Friday he came back from school with a letter.  The letter was from his teacher. "I got a red flower today. Could you please sign簽字 this note?" he said to Mum. The note showed that he had been talking in class.
Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is "OK", but often he gets "You can do better than this." Mum knows what it means. She tells me "You can do better than this" means "Extremely bad" in China.
In the USA, teachers never say anything too bad about their students, even if the students are making trouble in class or not working hard enough. The worst they might say is "Please be nicer tomorrow". Many parents are satisfied with對(duì)---滿意 a B-grade for each subject.
But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their children. I sometimes felt that my second-grade cousin spent more time on homework than I did when I was a 6th grader in the USA! Yet his parents and teachers didn't think he worked hard enough.
Is it too strict in China? Or is it not strict enough in the USA? Maybe both are true.
小題1:Why did Ted come home with .a letter last Friday ?
A．Because the teacher wanted to visit his mother.
B．Because he did something wrong.
C．Because the teacher was happy with his progress.
D．Because the teacher thought he was too lazy.
小題2:If a student in the USA gets "OK" in his school work, it means       .
A．he gets top scores
B．he gets medium scores
C．he gets extremely bad scores
D．he gets the worst scores
小題3:American parents will be       when their children get a B-grade in their school.
A．excitedB．sadC．a(chǎn)ngryD．happy
小題4:The underlined words "high expectations" in this passage means       .
A．很高的待遇B．很多的自由C．很高的期望D．很多的關(guān)愛
小題5:The writer mainly wants to tell us       .
A．the differences between Chinese education and American education
B．Chinese students are better than American students
C．American parents are not strict enough with their children
D．what the best way to educate children is

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:A

試題分析：短文介紹了美國(guó)的教育依靠學(xué)生的自覺性與自主性。同時(shí)又介紹了中國(guó)的教育特點(diǎn)，家長(zhǎng)對(duì)孩子的要求嚴(yán)格，并且學(xué)校給學(xué)生的作業(yè)量上也是較大的。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問(wèn)題：上周五，為什么泰德帶著一封信回家？分析原句：The note showed that he had been talking in class.句意：信箋上寫著，他已經(jīng)在課堂上說(shuō)話了。結(jié)合上文得知，他在學(xué)校做了錯(cuò)事，那就是在課堂亂說(shuō)話。故選B
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問(wèn)題：如果一名美國(guó)的學(xué)生在學(xué)校評(píng)語(yǔ)中得到了一個(gè)“OK”，它的意思是什么？分析原句：Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is "OK".句意：泰德幾乎得不了很高的成績(jī)?cè)谒膶W(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)。他得到最好的評(píng)語(yǔ)是“OK”。聯(lián)系下文，因?yàn)樗谋憩F(xiàn)不好，所以他經(jīng)常得到的是“你能做的比這次好。”因此體現(xiàn)當(dāng)學(xué)生在學(xué)校成績(jī)中等的時(shí)候，評(píng)語(yǔ)為OK.故選 B
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問(wèn)題：當(dāng)美國(guó)的學(xué)生在學(xué)校得到一個(gè)B的成績(jī)，他們的父母將會(huì)感受如何？分析原句：Many parents are satisfied with a B-grade for each subject.句意：孩子在學(xué)校得了B成績(jī)，許多家長(zhǎng)是滿意的。與滿意相近的詞匯為happy.故選D
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問(wèn)題：劃線部分在短文中的意思? 分析原文：But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their children.句意：但是，事情在中國(guó)的學(xué)校有很大的不同。父母對(duì)孩子有很高的期望。同時(shí)結(jié)合實(shí)際情況，中國(guó)的父母對(duì)孩子的期望很高。因此劃線部分為很高有期望。故選C
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問(wèn)題：作者主要想告訴我們什么？分析文章的中心句：Is it too strict in China? Or is it not strict enough in the USA? Maybe both are true.句意：中國(guó)的教育太嚴(yán)嗎？還是美國(guó)的教育不嚴(yán)？可能兩者都是真的。從中心句中得出結(jié)論，重點(diǎn)在介紹中國(guó)與美國(guó)的教育上有所不同。故選A
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