No one wants to be tested. We would all like to get a driver’s license without answering questions about rights of way or showing that we can parallel park a car. Many future lawyers and doctors probably wish they could join their profession without taking an exam. 

But tests and standards are a necessary fact of life. They protect us from unskilled drivers, harmful products and dishonest professionals. In schools too exams play a. constructive role. They tell public officials whether new school programs are making a difference and where new investments are likely to pay off.

They tell teachers what their students have learned--and have not. They tell parents how their children are doing compared with others their age. They encourage students to make more effort. 

It is important to recall that for most of century, educators used intelligence tests to decide which children should get a high-quality education. The point of IQ testing was to find out how much children were capable of learning rather than to test what they had actually learned. Based on IQ scores, millions of children

were assigned to dumbed-down programs instead of solid courses in science, math, history, literature and foreign language. 

 This history reminds us that tests should be used to improve education. Every child should have access to a high-quality education. Students should have full opportunity to learn what will be tested; otherwise their scores will merely reflect whether they come from an educated family. 

  In the past few years, we have seen the enormous benefits that flow to disadvantaged students because of the information provided by state tests. Those who fall behind are now getting extra instruction in after-school classes and summer programs. In their efforts to improve student performance, states are

increasing teachers salaries, testing new teachers and insisting on better teacher education. 

   Performance in education means the mastery of both knowledge and skills. This is why it is reasonable to test teachers to make sure they know their subject matter, as well as how to teach it to young children. And this is why it is reasonable to assess whether students are ready to advance to the next grade or graduate 

from high school.

1.According to the passage, school exams enable ______. 

A. governments to make right policies have made efforts

B. students to meet their teachers' requirements

C. teachers to understand if their students

D. parents to compare their kids' behavior across schools

2."Dumbed - down programs" in Paragraph 3 refer to the programs which       .

A. lead to high-quality education  

B. are less academically challenging

C. are intended for intelligent students        

D. enable children to make steady progress

3.Which of the following does the author probably agree with?

A. Disadvantaged students can benefit from state tests. 

B. Tests should focus on what students have actually learned. 

C. Intelligent tests decide if children should get a high - quality education. 

D. Intelligent tests are helpful in separating excellent students from poor ones. 

4.What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To re-assess the value of IQ testing. 

B. To defend the role of testing in education. 

C. To explain what high-quality education means. 

D. To call for thorough and complete reform in education.

Finding a new and fun hobby can make you a happier person. Hobbies can be a great way to relieve stress and bring more joy into your life. Specifically when you find a new hobby. Hobbies are for everyone at any age. When you get older, you should not have fewer hobbies. 1. . You might be looking for a new hobby, but you're not sure what. A new hobby requires finding new interests, which means experimenting to find those interests.

Try new things. To find a new hobby, it will require trying new things. New hobbies won't usually just find you. Don't put things off. You might think to yourself, "I don't like that." If you've never done it, or given it a chance, how can you know? 2. .

Learn new things. You're never too young or old to learn more in life. If you take the time to learn new things, you'll develop new interests. Let your curiosity run wild, and develop more knowledge over the things you don't know or are familiar with. 3. . Reading the same sports newspaper everyday doesn't count as a new and fun hobby.

Collect things. 4.. Start collecting them. Maybe you have an interest in coins, or specific jewelry. Think about certain interests that pertain to what you can collect. If you're a sports fan, then collect sport cards, or jersey's. Simple hobbies aren't always a bad thing. You can collect just about anything.

5. . Everyone has a creative side. Some people find different ways of expressing that side to them. It can be writing, drawing, painting, playing a music instrument, photography, dancing, or singing. These can be fun and relaxing hobbies to have that be a positive way of expressing your emotions.

A Interact with others

B Think of the things that you do like

C Learning is not such a bad thing

D Find and express the creative side in you

E Have an open mind and give things a chance

F Otherwise you'll develop more stress and gray hairs

G write down a list of the leisure activities you enjoy

假定英語(yǔ)課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫(xiě)的以下作文。文中共有10處語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)(∧)，并在其下面寫(xiě)出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下畫(huà)一橫線，并在該詞下面寫(xiě)出修改后的詞。

注意：1．每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2．只允許修改10處，多者(從第11處起)不計(jì)分。

Dear Grandpa,

How are you those days? I have been missing you very   much after I went to college a year ago. Whenever I think of  the old days, I feel very happily. I still remember when I was child; you always held me in your arms and told me stories till I fall asleep. We often went to the fields to enjoy the pleasant view there. You told me the name of different plants and their characteristics. Gradually, I became interesting in biology  and chose to learn biology when I entered into the college. Now  my friend Ann, together with me, are going to do field study and the findings will be use as materials for our research. Since we’ll do the study in our hometown, I hope to see you by then.

Yours

Daisy   

你校同學(xué)進(jìn)行了一場(chǎng)有關(guān)高考英語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力測(cè)試的討論。討論的主題是：高考英語(yǔ)測(cè)試中的聽(tīng)力部分該不該取消？請(qǐng)你根據(jù)下表中的提示寫(xiě)一篇短文，介紹討論的情況。

注意：1．文章的起始句已給出。

2．詞數(shù)：100左右（不包括已給的起始句）。

3．參考詞匯：取消—cancel 國(guó)際合作—international cooperation

The students of our school had a discussion about whether listening test in the National Matriculation English Test should be kept or canceled.

I’m a real book lover. Every time my friends visit me, my nose is buried in a book. Wherever I go, I always have a book with me. Novels, history books, stories about people, journals and news—I read them all and I’ve learnt a lot, too. For example, many things in life happen for the best even if we don’t like or understand them.

Why is reading such an enjoyable pastime for me? I probably first learned about it from my parents. My mother read to me at night in my childhood and bought me picture books. The greatest gift she has given me is a love for reading. And it will be a life-long habit.

No one ever asked me why I liked to read. They just saw me and asked, “Oh? Is that for school work?” And I just shook my head, “No. It’s just for fun.” While reading a good book, I can totally forget myself and fly to another world. It’s like exploring through someone’s eyes, which is just as exciting as watching a movie.

Reading is also necessary in order to learn about writing, to improve my use of words and phrases and broaden my knowledge. What a pity to see our imagination disappear, for we don’t exercise it often. Reading can even be good for one’s health, I think. Everyone should read sad stories that make us cry and also books with humor that make us laugh out loud!

1.. Among the gifts my parents have given me, which is the most valuable one?

A. A love for reading. B. Picture books.

C. Good health. D. A lovable pastime.

2.. In the fourth paragraph, the author thinks reading can ____.

A. make his parents happy

B. finish his school work

C. improve writing and broaden knowledge

D. help him understand some movies

3.. If we don’t use our imagination often, ____.

A. it is bad for our healthB. we will soon learn how to write

C. it will help us to have a good restD. it will soon disappear

4.. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Why do I have few friends?B. What are my life habits?

C. Why do I love reading?D. Why do things happen for the best?

One day a student went to see his teacher. He had been given an important position and now was coming to say goodbye to his teacher. The old man asked him how he would live among high officials. The student answered, “ I will be all right. I have prepared a hundred high hats, one for each official I will meet. I am sure I will succeed.” The teacher got angry on hearing this.  “What?” he cried. “Is this what ten years of my teaching has made of you? Nothing but flatterer(拍馬屁的人)?” “Excuse me, honored(尊敬的) master,” the student rose to his feet and apologized hurriedly. “But you have always been absorbed in your studies and don’t know how vulgar(庸俗的) the world has come to be. There are few men in the world who are above flatterers like you.” “There is something true in what you said,” the teacher nodded, smiling with one of the student’s “high hats” on.

1.. The student came to say goodbye to his teacher because_____________.

A. he had got hundred hats to sell

B. he had got a fairly high position in society

C. he wanted to see his parents in his home town

D. he moved away to another city

2.. The student would live among high officials by___________.

A. selling hats to them    B. making a hundred hats for them

C. flattering them    D. serving them

3.. The phrase “rose to his feet” means________.

A. stood up   B. kicked with his feet

C. became quite excited  D. raised his feet

【小題】. The teacher____________.

A. liked to be flattered as well

B. really knew nothing about the vulgar world

C . was in need of a high hat

D. was satisfied with the new hat

Good health is the most valuable thing a person can have, but one cannot take good health for granted. It is important to remember that the body needs proper care in order to be healthy. There are three things that a person can do to help stay in good shape: eat right food ,get enough sleep, and exercise regularly.

Proper nutrition (營(yíng)養(yǎng)) is important for good health. Your body cannot work well unless it receives the proper kind of “fuel”(燃料).Don't eat too much food with lots of sugar and fat. Eat plenty of foods high in protein (蛋白質(zhì)) ,like meat, fish, eggs and nuts. Vegetables and fruits are very important because they provide necessary vitamins (維他命) and minerals. However, don't overeat. It is not helpful to be overweight.

Getting the proper amount of sleep is also important. If you don't get enough sleep, you feel tired and easily get angry. You have no energy. Over a long period of time a little a amount of sleep may even result in a change of personality (人的個(gè)性).Be sure to allow yourself from seven to nine hours of sleep each night. If you do, your body will feel strong and refreshed, and your mind will be sharp.

Finally, get plenty of exercise. Exercise firms the body, strengthens the muscles, and prevents you from gaining weight. It also improves your heart and lungs. If you follow a regular exercise program, you will probably increase your life-span (壽命).Any kind of exercise is good. Most sports are excellent for keeping the body in good shapes: basketball, swimming, bicycling, running and so on are good examples. Sports are not only good for your body, but they are enjoyable and interesting, too.

If everybody, were to eat the right foods, get plenty of sleep and exercise regularly, the world would be a happier and healthier place. We would all live to be much older and wiser.

1.In order to keep good health, ___________ .

A. we should eat a lot of sweets

B. one needs a large amount of fat

C. people should eat according to the foods nutrition

D. we must try to sleep now and then

2.. Eating more and sleeping less________.

A. can keep healthy B. is no good for you

C. gets you more energy D. will keep your personality

3..The title of the article should be___________ .

A. Eating and Exercising B. How Vitamins Work in Man's Body

C. Staying Healthy D. Sleeping Well

The fact that blind people can see things using other parts of their bodies apart from their eyes may help us understand our feeling about color. If they sense color differences, then perhaps we, too, are affected by color without knowing it.

Salesmen have discovered by experience over a long period of time that sugar sells badly in green wrappings（包裝）， that blue foods are considered not agreeable to the taste, and that cosmetics（化妝品） should never be packed in brown. Their discoveries have grown into a whole subject of color psychology（心理學(xué)）。 Some of our preferences（偏愛(ài)） for colors are clearly psychological. Dark blue is the color of the night sky and therefore connected with calm, while yellow is a day color connected with energy and encouragement. Experiments have shown that colors, partly because they are connected with psychology, also have a direct effect on people’s mind. People in bright red surroundings show an increase in breathing speed, heartbeat and blood pressure; red is exciting. Pure blue has exactly the opposite effect; it is a calming color. Being exciting, red was chosen as the signal for danger, but a close study shows that a bright yellow can produce a more basic state of alarm, so fire engines in some advanced areas are now rushing around in bright yellow colors that stop buses, trucks and cars.

1.. The passage tells us that salesmen have __________.

A. discovered the relationship between color and psychology

B. tried out colors on blind people

C. found out that color affect sales

D. developed a special subject of color psychology

2.. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. what color we prefer depends on our state of mind

B. foods sell well in green or blue wrappings

C. blind people cannot sense color difference

D. a bright yellow has exactly the opposite effect to red

3.. If people are exposed to（置身于） pure blue, _________.

A. their blood pressure rises     　　

B. they want to taste blue foods

C. they will feel like buying things 

D. they won’t easily feel nervous

4.. Which of the following do you think is the best title of the passage?

A. Colors and sales B. Colors and feelings

C. The blind and colors D. Preferences for colors

_1.___ .Being angry doesn’t really solve much, but what people do when they feel angry is important. The goal is to calm down and try to solve what is bothering you. This is hard for some kids and adults, too. Instead of calming down, some kids might keep getting more and more upset until they explode（爆發(fā)） like a volcano!（火山）

____ 2. .Their anger might be so strong that they lose control of their temper（脾氣）. They may act in ways unacceptable and hurtful. People may say that someone has trouble controlling their temper. ___3._

Some kids might get so angry that they scream at their parents, break something , or even worse , hit their brothers or sisters____ 4. .However, it’s not OK for a kid to do any of those things .Kids don’t want to act in this way , but sometimes angry feelings can be hard to manage. So what to do?

Well, the good news is that kids don’t just have to keep making the same mistakes over and over again. ____ 5. .Imagine your temper as a puppy（小狗） inside you that needs some training. The puppy is not bad ---- it will probably turn out a great dog. It just needs to learn some rules because, right now, that puppy is causing some problems to you.

A. You can train you temper.

B. You don’t want to cause trouble.

C. Kids should be allowed to express their feelings, even angry ones.

D. Everybody gets angry sometimes.

E. In fact, they usually mean that a kid behaves badly when feeling angry.

F. Instead of thinking of the person you’re angry with, think of something else.

G. Some kids get angry more often or more easily than some other kids.

A group of people were in search of a home. After some time walking around, they finally found a place to down.

They needed some , and the chief (首領(lǐng))sent out three groups of people to the surrounding areas. After a short discussion, the three groups went out in directions.

The first group explored the north. There, they saw large fields with crops, vegetables and fruits. They went back to report their . “We saw lots of vegetation (植物). We can be .”

The second group went southwest. There, they saw lots of . As they went back, they said, “We saw hundreds of animals. We can for our food, and rely on meat to sustain (維持) us.”

The last group went southeast. There, they reached the sea and saw hundreds of fish swimming. They returned and said, “We saw plenty of fish. We can go for our food.”

“We can eat meat alone!” shouted the second group.

“No! ! We did not see any animals at all!” said the first group.

The third group joined in, “Are you ? We did not see anything like you have . There was only water. We need to become fishermen!”

Each group got so with the others that they each went to the place they had explored. They were that they alone had the answer and that the others must have been wrong.

, each group of people only chose to believe themselves. 39 they had chosen to learn from one another and them, they could have had the best of everything.

1.A. spending B. costing C. taking D. losing

2.A. break B. cool C. settle D. calm

3.A. water B. food C. energies D. information

4.A. explore B. clean C. measure D. cover

5.A. same B. a C. / D. different

6.A. main B. few C. poor D. many

7.A. experiences B. findings C. results D. conditions

8.A. vegetarians B. fishermen C. hunters D. miners

9.A. mountains B. people C. animals D. houses

10.A. prepare B. hunt C. fight D. wait

11.A. mainly B. partly C. fully D. hardly

12.A. surfing B. boating C. fishing D. swimming

13.A. Fishes B. Crops C. Cows D. Flowers

14.A. going B. sleeping C. coming D. joking

15.A. described B. brought C. wrote D. explained

16.A. strict B. angry C. sad D. pleased

17.A. sad B. pleasant C. sure D. anxious

18.A. Happily B. Luckily C. Unluckily D. Hopefully

19.A. After B. Because C. Before D. If

20.A. admire B. believe C. appreciate D. understand