However important we may regard school life to be, we can’t ignore the fact that children spend more time at home than in the classroom. Therefore the great influence of parents can’t be ignored or discounted by the teacher. They can become strong supports of the school or they can consciously or unconsciously prevent the school from accomplishing its aims.

Administrators have been aware of the need to keep parents apprised of the newer methods used in schools. Many principals have conducted workshops explaining such matters as the reading readiness program and developmental math.

Moreover, the classroom teacher can also play an important role in explaining to parents what they should do. The informal tea and the many interviews carried on during the year, as well as new ways of reporting pupils’ progress, can significantly aid the interchanged of ideas between school and home.

Suppose that a father has been drilling Junior in arithmetic processes night after night. In a friendly interview, the teacher can help the parent change his method. He might be persuaded to let Junior participate in discussing he family budget, buying the food, using a measuring cup at home, setting the clock, calculating mileage on a trip and engaging in scores of other activities that have a mathematical basis.

If the father follows the advice, it is reasonable to assume that he will soon realize his son is making satisfactory progress in math and at the same time, enjoying the work.

Too often, however, teachers’ conferences with parents are devoted to unimportant accounts of children’s wrongdoing, complaints about laziness and poor work habits, and suggestions for punishments and rewards at home.

What is needed is a more creative approach in which the teacher, as a professional advisor, plants ideas in parents’ minds for the best use of the many hours that the child spends out of the classroom. In this way, the school and the home join forces in fostering the fullest development of youngsters’ competence.

The underlined phrase “keep parents apprised of” (Line 1, Para. 2) probably means to let parents         .

A．judge       B．know C．design      D．develop

What is the purpose of the schools’ informal tea and interviews?

A．To improve the relationship between teacher and parents.

B．To explain to parents the change of the school curriculum.

C．To report students’ misdoings and suggestions for punishments.

D．To help develop good communication between school and home.

Why does the author provide all example in Paragraph 4？

A．To help parents to know the importance of home activities.

B．To show how the teacher can guide in home training.

C．To prove parents all non professional advisors.

D．To advice parents to teach kids math at home.

From the passage we learn that the author       .

A．thinks teachers should do better as professionals

B．is worried about children’s performance at home

C．is satisfied with the present state of school education

D．believes time spent out of the classroom has been wastedw.^w.k.s.5*u.c.#o@m

In washing this cloth, be sure to _______ the temperature of water.

A. allow for           B. pay for              C. account for             D. answer for

25. I don’t like the way _________ he speaks to his mother. 

A. which                  B. in which          C. of              D. to

The story is ___________ that one.

   A. as more interesting as             B. so more interesting as

   C. as interesting as                  D. so much interesting as

—How can I wake up so early?

—Set the alarm at 5 o'clock，          you'll make it．                       

    A．but         B．or            C．a(chǎn)nd              D．so

D

Wives, children and parents left behind in the countryside by migrant workers need special assistance, a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference said yesterday.

       Adult males moving to work in cities, is causing a challenge to the traditional function of bringing up children and supporting the elderly, said Shen Shuji, who is also an official with the All-China Women’s Federation.

       Shen recommended certain measures, including a special policy to guarantee educational opportunities for such children, accelerating (加速) the establishment of pension (養(yǎng)老金) and medical care systems in rural areas, and encouraging enterprises and non-governmental organizations to help such families.

       The rights and welfare of migrant workers themselves have called much attention in recent years. The government has made policies to protect their rights.

      The number of children aged between 6 and 16 in this situation is more than 20 million nationwide, accounting for more than half of the country’s total. Some of the children have both their parents in cities and have to be taken care of by grandparents or other family relatives.

       Without enough care from parents, many of them become problem children, Shen said. Wives left at home by their husband have to face hard work, loneliness and a lack of a sense of security. In many cases long-term separation ends up with divorce.

       There is still no pension system in China’s countryside. Traditionally, the elderly in rural areas are supported by their children with low incomes.

       But the exodus of their children has left many old people in a difficult situation. They have to continue to work in farms while taking care of their grandchildren, Shen said.

       The country should gradually scrap (消除) the decades-old bi-polar system separating rural and urban areas, which prevent farmers from enjoying the equal rights.  

53．What is the key to solving the problem that wives, children and parents are left behind in the

countryside?

       A．Migrant workers should have a higher pay.

       B．More profitable policies for migrant workers should be carried out.

       C．The government should try to make the countryside catch up with the city.

       D．Everyone should give his hand to help migrant workers.

54．We can infer from the passage that ______.

       A．enough efforts have been made to improve the situation in the countryside.

       B．families in the countryside are often very large.

       C．a(chǎn)ll the children can go to school before long.

       D．there is a long way to go before solving the problem

55．Which of the following is NOT the problem of adult males moving to work in cities according to the passage?

       A．The broken marriage.      B．More problem children.

       C．Lack of labour force.      D．More deserted land.

56．The underlined word “exodus” probably means ______.

       A．poverty    B．missing     C．a(chǎn)bsence     D．illness

5．I thought things would get better, but ,______, they are getting worse.

   A. as they are  B. as it is  C. as it was  D. as they were

______  lessons were not difficult．

       A．Our first few short French          B．Our few first short French

       C．Our few first French short          D．Few our first French short

All these people are now making an active         to improve our environment.

       A．effect B．effort C．decision     D．a(chǎn)ffect

The tea you made would have tasted____if it had not been stored for so long．

A．good   B．better   C．best   D．well