— What happened to Tom yesterday?

— Well, he was walking in the street when a stone flew up and hit _______.

A. him in the head    B. him in his head     C. him on the head     D. the head

 We agreed ______her but so far she hasn’t turned up yet.

A. having met   B. meeting   C. to meet    D. to have met

Where have all the boys gone? You may be able to find them in the gym, at work or hanging out, but there is one important place where boys are under-represented, and the problem seems to be getting worse. These days, at high school graduation ceremonies, there are a lot more girls than boys.

In fact, every year, 10 percent more girls graduate from high school than boys. “I think that there’s a tendency to focus on boys as problems at this point, rather than recognizing that boys have problems,” says Joanne Max, PhD. Experts say the problems start in grade school, where there’s often an emphasis on sports instead of reading, for example. “I think that with boys there’s some idea that it’s not masculine(男子漢的)to read,” says Rob Jenkins, an English professor.

There’s also a shortage of male teachers as role models. “I think boys need role models, so if you’re a boy and you don’t have a dad in your home and then you have one male teacher and he’s your athletic coach, then I don’t think you have a message that education is very important,” says Carol Carter, another expert. In addition, classrooms often have too little activity and too much passive listening, which is not conducive (有益的) to boys’ learning.

Experts say parents can fight back in many ways. Read to your sons early and often; show by your action that you value their education. Ask them about their schoolwork, offer help, drop by their classroom and, finally, appeal to their competitive spirit, challenge them to do better and help them understand that their future depends on it.

1. According to the passage, boys have the problem that they think _____________.

A. reading is more important than sports           B. it is shameful for boys to read

C. boys should not work as a teacher              D. boys lack the gift for reading

2. Carol Carter’s words in the third paragraph implies that ______________.

A. parents play an important role in education

B. athletic coaches contribute a lot to education

C. lack of role model affects boys’ attitudes to school work

D. classrooms lack enough activities that are suitable for boys

3. The passage is written mainly for _____________.

A. parents               B. boys              C. teachers      D. experts

Eight-year-old Bethany and seven-year-old Eliza are having a great time jumping around in the orchard of their home in a village near Penrith. They can play any time they like because they don't go to school. Instead, they are educated at home by their parents, Paul and Veronika Robinson. But they don't have lessons, have never used a timetable and learn only what and when they want to learn.

"I want my kids to have freedom in their childhood, not spend it in an institution," says 37-year-old Veronika, "School is all about control and following the rules." Veronika and her 56-year-old husband Paul have never experienced the daily rush to get dressed and out of the door that is common in most households with school-aged children. "We get up at our leisure - usually around 8.30-ish," says Veronika. "We might visit a friend, or go to the library, and on Tuesdays we shop at the market. In summer, we spend most of our time outside and the girls entertain themselves a lot."

New research due to be published this spring reveals a very different picture of Britain's home educators. "Out of 297 families, 184 said that they never use a timetable," says Mike Fortune-Wood of Home Education UK. "Ninety per cent never or rarely use textbooks, and nearly all said that happiness, contentment and self-fulfillment were more important than academic achievement. Only 15% felt that planning what to learn was crucial."

So far, so good. But what, you might ask, are the children actually learning?

"It wasn't important to me that the girls could read by a certain age, but they both picked it up for themselves at around seven," says Robinson. "Weighing cooking ingredients uses maths, and making a shopping list teaches them to write. Observing five hens has taught the girls about survival of the fittest. "

But what about when the children grow up? Can they go to university? The home educators' answer is they can if they want to. There are a variety of routes into higher education, but probably the most common is to join a local college. This is what Gus Harris-Reid has done. "I was educated at home all my life. I'd never had a lesson or been inside a classroom until I started GCSEs," says the 18-year-old. "I'm now studying for 4 A-levels at Exeter College. I've had no problem with the work or with fitting in." When asked to reflect on his experience of home education, his considered response is, "Like a permanent holiday, really!" Not a bad start for someone who plans to take a mechanical engineering degree next year.

1. What is the topic of this article?

 A. New ways of learning to read and write   B. Problems with UK schools

C. Home education in the UK             D. Wild, undisciplined children

2. Why do the Robinsons not send their children to school?

A. They think schools control children too much.    B. They do not like the courses taught in schools.

 C. They want to teach their children farming skills.   D. They live in a remote area where there are no schools.

3. According to the article, in homes with school-going children, ______.

A. mornings are rushed and stressful.      B. the children hardly ever go outside.

 C. the family wakes up around 8.30am.    D. the children must ask permission to go to the toilet.

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

 A. Most home educators believe that happiness is more important than good grades.

B. Most home educators believe that planning is important.

 C. Most home educators do not follow a timetable or use textbooks.

 D. Most home educators are not worried about when their children learn to read and write.

5. What does the article say about home-educated children getting into university?

 A. They learn so many useful skills at home that universities are happy to accept them.

 B. They can get into university if they have 4 A-levels.

C. They can go to school later and get the qualifications they need in order to enter university.

 D. Home education is so relaxed that they are likely to experience problems when faced with the pressures of a degree course.

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請你根據(jù)下圖，結合實際，以Let’s listen to minor’s voice為題寫一篇英語短文，分析產(chǎn)生該社會現(xiàn)象的原因和后果，并發(fā)表你的看法，提出你的建議。

注意：1. 仔細品味畫面內容，要適當發(fā)揮想象，不要作簡單描述。

      2. 詞數(shù)150左右。開頭已經(jīng)寫好，不計入總詞數(shù)。

3. 作文中不得提及考生所在學校和本人姓名。

4. 提示詞匯：minor 未成年人；ideological morality思想道德。

Let’s listen to minor’s voice

The construction of minors’ ideological morality is gradually becoming the hot issue of society.

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—What an amazing film! It’s the most interesting film I’ve ever seen.

   —But I’m sure it won’t interest ______.

   A. somebody          B. anybody          C. nobody                   D. everybody

 After living in America for over 20 years, Brother Sway said to a reporter the other day, “I ________ done bigger things, had bigger achievements had I stayed in China.” .

A. must do           B. could do        C. could have done      D. must have done

．So far, several cases of a disease, _____ as H1N1, are reported to have been found in the country．

       A．knowing            B．to be known     C．having known D．known

．A distant star is observed to have weight 200 times__________ of the sun .

    A．one    B．that    C．what  D．the one

Environmental groups intend to _____ the pressure until the government changes the law.

   A. keep up      B. make up     C. pick up       D. bring up