Teaching English as a foreign language is very popular for many travellers. In March I started teaching English in Thailand.

    I really love teaching. I knew it could be a lot of fun, especially with my students who are 3-5 years old. But I had no idea just how much I would actually enjoy it. The only reason I started was simple - it was an easy way to make money.

    I had no idea Thai children could speak English so well at such a young age. My children could describe colours, shapes, body parts, days of the week and classroom objects!

   Two things changed after working. The first one was in the first weeks of teaching, I liked to have my lessons planned out, but things didn't go as expected. Now I am happy to walk into a classroom with whatever I need for the subject.

   I guess the other thing would be how much the children trust me. 18 weeks ago these children were unconfident and pretty shy, but now they can't wait to get involved.

   In 6 months I have no idea where I will be, but right now I love teaching and enjoy working with the kids every day. Will I teach again - I'd like to think so!

1.Where is the writer most probably from?

A. Korea.                                           B. England.  

C. China.                                  D. Japan.

2.Which of the following is NOT the writer's student?   

A. May, 4 and a half, who can tell different shapes.

B. Wilton, 3, who can tell different colors.

C. Nick, 5, who can count from one to one hundred.

D. Leonie, 6, who is good at English grammar.

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The writer might be short of money when he traveled in Thailand.

B. All the children in the writer's class are very naughty.

C. The writer will never be a teacher again.

D. The writer never has classes in the classroom.

4. What is the meaning of the underlined word "unconfident" in Chinese?

A. 粗心大意的                                                B. 缺乏信心的

C. 不切實際的                                           D. 驕傲自滿的

5.What is best title for the passage?

A. Teaching is a good job.

B. How clever the Thailand children are!

C. My travel experience in Thailand.

D. First time as an English teacher in Thailand.

 

Scientists say there are seven kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kind; (2) citrus(柑橘類)fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made of milk, like cheese and ice-cream; (6) bread or cereal(谷類), rice is also in this kind of foods; (7) butter, or something like butter, with fat(脂肪)。

People in different countries in the world eat different kinds of things. They also eat in different kinds the day. In some place people eat once or twice a day; in other countries, people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that these differences are not important. It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at eleven o’clock at night. The important thing is that every day a person must eat something from each of the seven kind of food. The most important thing is that we must find some way to help the hungry people and make the people have right kinds of food, make them strongand healthy

1.It is important that people should _________.

A．eat three times a day

B．eat cooked food

C．eat dinner at 4 o’clock

D．eat something from each of the seven kinds of food every day

2.Which sentence is right?

A．People should eat ice-cream every day

B．We should eat chicken every day

C．Oranges belong to second kind of food

D．We should never eat fat

3.In different countries people _________.

A．eat the same kinds of food

B．cook their food in the same way

C．eat different kinds of food

D．eat the food in the same way

4.The most important thing is _________.

A．many people in the world are hungry

B．we must eat the seven kinds of food

C．many people are too heavy

D．people eat too much food

5.What is the meaning of “strong” in the last paragraph（最后一段）?

A．肥胖的

B．漂亮的

C．聰明的

D．強壯的

 

Scientists say there are seven kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus(柑橘類)fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made of milk, like cheese and ice-cream; (6) bread or cereal(谷類), rice is also in this kind of foods; (7) butter, or something like butter, with fat(脂肪)。
People in different countries in the world eat different kinds of things. They also eat different kinds in a day. In some place people eat once or twice a day; in other countries, people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that these differences are not important. It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at eleven o’clock at night. The important thing is that every day a person must eat something from each of the seven kinds of food. The most important thing is that we must find some ways to help the hungry people and make the people have right kinds of food, make them strong and healthy
【小題1】It is important that people should _________.

A．eat three times a day

B．eat cooked food

C．eat dinner at 4 o’clock

D．eat something from each of the seven kinds of food every day

【小題2】 Which sentence is right?

A．People should eat ice-cream every day

B．Oranges belong to the second kind of food

C．We should eat chicken every day

D．We should never eat fat

【小題3】 In different countries people _________.

A．eat the same kinds of food

B．cook their food in the same way

C．eat different kinds of food

D．eat the food in the same way

【小題4】 The most important thing is _________.

A．many people in the world are hungry

B．we must eat the seven kinds of food

C．many people are too heavy

D．people eat too much food

【小題5】 What is the meaning of the underlined word “strong” in the last paragraph?
A 肥胖的 B 漂亮的 C 聰明的 D 強壯的

Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members, especially their parents, don’t know them as well as their friends do. In a large family, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they only go to their friends for getting ideas.
It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a circle of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among them on the phone. This communication is very important in children’s growing up, because they can not discuss something difficult to their family members.
Parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them.Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends: The question of “choice” is an interesting one. Have you ever thought of the following questions?
    Who choose your friends?
Do you choose your friend or your friends choose you?
Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like?
Your answers are welcome.
【小題1】Who know them better than their parents for the teenagers?

A．Their parents.	B．Their friends.
C．Brothers and sisters.	D．Family members.

【小題2】How do they communicate when the teenagers stay alone?

A．Go to their friends.

B．Talk with their parents:

C．Talk with their friends on the phone.

D．Have a discussion with their family by phone.

【小題3】Which of the following sentences is true?

A．Parents should like everything their children enjoy.

B．In all families, children can choose everything they like.

C．Teenagers can only go to their friends for help.

D．Parents should try their best to understand their children better.

【小題4】What is the meaning for “Your answers are welcome. ”?

A．You are welcome to have a discussion with us.

B．You have got an idea, so your answers are welcome.

C．Your answers are always right.

D．You can give us all the right answers.

【小題5】. Which is the best title of this passage?

A．Only parents can decide.	B．Parents and children.
C．A strange question.	D．Teenagers need friends.

People often say that the earth is like our mother. She gives life to all the living things on the earth and provides us with air, food, water and other essential things we need for living.

Once she was beautiful and rich, but now she becomes dirtier and dirtier, poorer and poorer. It is due to what we have done to her. Please have a good look at her: polluted rivers and lakes, growing deserts, the destruction of the forests and wild life, and the depletion (消耗，用盡) of the ozone layer (臭氧層)...

Can she bear to see her children putting the waste here and there? Can she bear to see her children cutting down the trees and destroying the grassland, to see the acid rain destroying everything? Can we bear to see our mother suffering (受苦) so much? Isn’t it time for us to ask ourselves whether this is the way to treat our mother?

Floods, droughts, acid rain..., these are the punishments (懲罰) from nature. Everyone should know that there is only one earth. If we go on treating her like this, it won’t be fit for us to live in any longer. It’s time for us to love her, take good care of her and cure her. We should save the earth so as to save ourselves.

1. What does the earth look like now?

A. It has clean rivers, lakes and green forests.

B. It is like a beautiful girl.

C. It is more beautiful and richer.

D. It is dirtier and dirtier, poorer and poorer.

2. What is the meaning of the underlined word?

A. Know     B. Stand     C. Imagine     D. Hear

3. What is the best title of the passage?

A. The earth—our mother.

B. Defenders of the Earth (地球衛(wèi)士).

C. The earth is very beautiful and healthy.

D. The water on the earth is very clean.