Who are the top students in the world, do you know? Last week the Organization for Economic Co-operation Development (經(jīng)濟(jì)合作與發(fā)展組織) picked the best students in the world. They are Finnish (芬蘭的). The OECD gave a test to 280 000 15-year-old students from more than 40 coun­tries and regions (地區(qū)) last year. The OECD wan­ted to know how well students were doing at school.
Finnish students were No. 1 in the reading test and second in maths after Hong Kong students. Those from Japan and Finland were top in science. In the problem solving, Finnish students came sec­ond to those from South Korea. The test also showed Finland had more top students than the other countries.
Finns (芬蘭人) of your age have done a really good job but don’t have a sense of envy. You can learn from them. Most Finnish students make good use of the Internet. Of course not for computer games, but for doing more exercises and finding out more information.
Libraries are also important. Finland spends a lot of money on them. Many students have a free card. They read for at least one or two hours a day.
What do you usually do on the Internet? How often do you go to libraries?
【小題1】Students from which country or region did best in the reading test?

A．South Korea.

B．Hong Kong.

C．Finland.

D．Japan.

【小題2】Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Hong Kong students were No. 1 in maths.

B．Finnish students were the first of all the tests.

C．Finnish students did well in the problem sol­ving.

D．Japanese students were top in science.

【小題3】From this passage we know that_________.

A．the test can make the students lose their in­terest in learning

B．the test is designed to find out good ways to use the Internet

C．it’s hard to tell who the best students in the world are

D．Finnish students make better use of the In­ternet and libraries

Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries.Most American families have one or two parents and one or two children each.

Children in the US will leave their parents’ home when they grow up.They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs.They often write to their parents or telephone them.And they often go to visit their parents on holiday.

Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs.Americans think it is important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves.

Parents ask children to do some work around their house.And in many families, parents pay their children for doing some housework so that hey learn how to make money for their own use.

1.The size of most American families is ____ that of other countries’.

A．larger than

B．smaller than

C．a(chǎn)s big as

D．a(chǎn)s small as

2. When children grow up, they leave their parents’ home to __.

A．get married

B．be free

C．find good jobs

D．study

3.They visit their parents ______ .

A．on weekdays

B．on weekends

C．a(chǎn)t any time

D．on holiday

4.Which of the following is NOT true ?

A．Children have the freedom to choose their own job.

B．Parents don’t ask their children to do the housework.

C．When children grow up, they usually live far away from their home.

D．Parents think it is important for children to make their own decision.

5.Some parents pay their children for doing housework because _____ .

A．they want their children to learn how to make money for themselves

B．their children asked them to do so

C．they are rich

D．the law requires(要求)them to do so

 

Who's building the new China? It's not the factory owners or the business men and women of China. It's someone else. We see them every day, They work day and night in the terrible working conditions and weather. They build the roads, the theaters, the cinemas and the supermarkets. They even clean up our rubbish. They are China’s migrant workers(民工).
More than 140 million workers have left their homes in the countryside to look for jobs in big cities all over China. They hope to be rich, but they realize they have many difficulties in making enough money. And one of the difficulties that these workers have is the pride and discrimination (歧視) from the people in cities. When night falls, everywhere I look I see the sad faces of the migrant workers. Many are living far away from those whom they love. Yes，they dress differently, they speak differently, and they have different habits, but they work hard .The people in cities regard them as outsiders, and most governments refuse to give them medical care and public schooling for their children. If China hopes to move into the future, many things need to change. The first is discrimination! We need to stop our discrimination against the migrant workers of China! They may not make as much money as some people in cities, but they are good honest people just trying to survive this game of life. These workers are very important and necessary to China’s economic (經(jīng)濟(jì)) development and have become an important force for the change of Chinese society. They are building the new China, so we should help them.
【小題1】The journalist think __________ is building the new China.

A．the factory owners of China

B．the business men and women of China

C．the migrant workers of China

D．the people in Chinese cities

【小題2】Which is the best title for the fourth and fifth paragraphs?

A．Moving forward

B．The discrimination from the people in cities.

C．How to make more money.

D．A lonely life.

【小題3】The    word “survive” here in Chinese means “________”.

A．活過來

B．挺過來

C．活得累

D．活得長

【小題4】Which one is NOT TRUE about China's migrant workers according to the report?

A．They should be helped by us.

B．More than 1.4 billion migrant workers have been in big cities to make money.

C．They are not welcomed by the people in cities because they regard them as outsiders.

D．They have become quite important to the change of Chinese society.

【小題5】What does the report mainly tell us?   .

A．Though China's migrant workers work hard, their condition is terrible.

B．The condition of China's migrant workers needs to be changed for China's development.

C．The people in cities aren't polite to the migrant workers.

D．China's development only depends on the migrant workers.

We all enjoy the beautiful show of colours as leaves change each autumn. But did you ever wonder how and why this happens?
Leaves are nature’s food factories. Plants take water from the ground through their roots and take carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) from the air. Plants use sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into glucose (葡萄糖). Glucose is a kind of sugar, which plants use as food for energy and growing.
The way plants turn water and carbon dioxide into sugar is called photosynthesis that means “ putting together with light”. A chemical called chlorophyll helps photosynthesis. It gives plants their green colour. As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter, and trees “know” to begin getting ready for winter.
During winter, there is not enough light or water for photosynthesis. Trees rest during this time and live on the food they store during the summer. They begin to shut down their food-making factories.
As the green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves, we begin to see yellow and orange leaves. Small amounts of these colours have been in the leaves all along. We just can’t see them in the summer, because they are covered up by the green chlorophyll.
The bright reds and purples we see in leaves are made mostly in autumn. In some trees, like maples (楓樹), glucose is caught in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. Sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn this glucose into a red colour. The brown colour of trees like oaks (橡樹) is made from waste left in the leaves.
It is the mixture of all these things that makes the beautiful colours we enjoy during autumn.
【小題1】The word “chlorophyll” in the third paragraph means _______ in Chinese.

A．葉綠素

B．氧氣

C．胡蘿卜素

D．蛋白質(zhì)

【小題2】The leaves of the trees in autumn turn yellow because of the short of _____.

A．water and carbon dioxide

B．glucose and energy

C．sunlight and water

D．sunlight and carbon dioxide

【小題3】The way that _______________________ is called Photosynthesis .

A．plants change water and carbon dioxide into sugar

B．plants turn water and carbon dioxide into sugar with the help of sunlight

C．plants use glucose as food for energy and growing

D．chlorophyll is a great help

【小題4】Which of the following is NOT true?

A．When autumn and winter come, the days get shorter and shorter.

B．During winter trees rest and live on the food they store during the summer.

C．During winter small amounts of yellow and orange colours are kept in the leaves all the time.

D．Trees begin to stop making food in summer.

【小題5】This passage tells us __________________.

A．a(chǎn)ll the plants can grow well with the strong sunlight

B．there are all kinds of plants on the earth

C．a(chǎn)ll the colours of the leaves aren’t made from chlorophyll

D．maples and oaks have the same reason as other trees for the change of colours