In the United States in the nineteenth century，many children studied in one-room schoolhouses．Students in Grades One to Eight shared the same classroom．A one-room schoolhouse was usually built of wood and painted white or red．

Children walked or rode horses to go to school．When it was time for school to begin，the teacher rang a bell．Then the children went inside．The smallest children sat in the smallest desks at the front of the room．These children were the closest ones to the teacher's desk．The tallest children sat in the back．

The children studied maths，geography，science，history，reading and art．Teachers wrote lessons on a blackboard at the front of the room．Students did maths problems or practiced writing on the blackboard．In some schools，students had their own small stone blackboards to write on．One teacher had to teach all grade levels（水平），so teachers often taught the children one at a time．

The teacher expected the children to behave well and punished those who did not．The teacher would hit the child with a stick as punishment．The children had lunch at school．Lessons continued in the afternoon．When school ended for the day，the children went home．They hardly had homework and often helped their parents work on the farm．

1．How many subjects did the children study at school?

A．Five．              B．Sire                 C．Seven．           D．Eight．

2．When school was over，the children often________

A．stayed at school                            B．practiced writing on the blackboard

C．helped their parents on the farm                        D．played basketball on the playground

3．Which of the following is not mentioned in this passage?

A．The children had two examinations every term．

B．After school，the children often had no homework to do．

C．The children from Grades One to Eight shared the same classroom．

D．In the classroom，the smallest children sat closest to the teacher's desk．

4．The best title of this passage is________

A．American Education                         B．One-Room Schoolhouse

C．Teachers in the United States                   D．Blackboard in the Classroom

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　　Stephen Hawking was bom in 1942．He's a world farnous acientist and exper on space and tine．Stephen in trying to find the snswers to some very big questions．such as ：How did the uni-verse begin? How will it end?

　　Stephen was a strdent at Oniversity．He studied math and science．Then, at the age of twenty．he became very ill．He was so young, but the doctors said to his family,”He has only two more years to live,” The doctors were wrong –he didn't die “He can't walk now but he usea a wbeclchair(輪椅)．He talks with the help of a computer．After Oxrord, Stephen went to Canadridge Univeraity．Three years later, in 1965, he became a doctor(博士)of philosophy(哲學)．

　　Because of his health problems, it was difficuk for him to draw diagrams or to write．So he star-ted to think in pictures．With this new way of thinking, he became one of the most famous scientists in the world, In1981, he met the Pope(教室)in Rome．They talked about his ideas．Then in 1988, he wrote his first important book, A Brief Histary of Time．It aold more than 5.5million cop-ies(冊)in 333 difcrent Langusgees．

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1．What did Stephen Hawking study at Oxlord University?

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2．What did he decome very ill?

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3．What did the doctors dhink of his disease?

______________________________

4．What kind of person do you think Stephen Hawking is?

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     Stephen Hawking was bom in 1942. He's a world farnous acientist and exper on space and tine.Stephen in
trying to find the snswers to some very big questions.such as:How did the uni-verse begin?How will it end?
     Stephen was a strdent at Oniversity. He studied math and science.Then, at the age of twenty. he became
very ill. He was so young, but the doctors said to his family,"He has only two more years to live,"The doctors
were wrong-he didn't die "He can't walk now but he usea a wbeclchair (輪椅). He talks with the help of a
computer.After Oxrord,Stephen went to Canadridge Univeraity.Three years later, in 1965, he became a doctor (博士) of philosophy (哲學).
     Because of his health problems, it was difficuk for him to draw diagrams or to write.So he star-ted to think
in pictures.With this new way of thinking,he became one of the most famous scientists in the world, In1981,
he met the Pope (教室) in Rome.They talked about his ideas. Then in 1988, he wrote his first important book,
A Brief Histary of Time.It aold more than 5.5million cop-ies (冊) in 333 difcrent Langusgees.

1.What did Stephen Hawking study at Oxlord University?
_______________________________________________________________________________
2.What did he decome very ill?
______________________________________________________________________________
3. What did the doctors dhink of his disease?
______________________________________________________________________________

4. What kind of person do you think Stephen Hawking is?
______________________________________________________________________________

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