There is no question that teenagers need rules, which is often not a difficult thing for parents to give.What can be more challenging is giving teenagers their freedom.It can be difficult to draw the line between the two.However, some issues cannot be changed by discussion and require firm rules.For instance, rules should be established concerning driving the family car.
I will admit that I have no problem coming up with rules.To me they make life easier and they leave no room for questioning.What can be more difficult, however, is giving my teens their freedom.I guess there are really two primary reasons for this.One is that sometimes I am afraid to give them freedom.The second is that I'm not always so sure what the freedom should be.
It helps that I have a husband with whom I can discuss these problems.We talk about them,_give our thoughts and then we come up with an agreement.Sometimes one of us might be more unwilling but we know that there comes a time when we really do have to learn how to let go of the reins(韁繩) a bit.
If we try to make life have nothing but rules, we are more likely to see our teen's rebelling(反抗)．They need to know that while we do have certain expectations, we also trust them to begin making their own choices and decisions.How else can they do that unless they are given the space and room to do it?
It's really all about balance and I will be the first to admit that it can be a challenge to carry out.However, it is a necessary part of growing up.Yes, teens definitely need rules but they also need freedom.
【小題1】According to the first paragraph, it is difficult to decide ________.

A．whether the children need rules

B．whether the children should be given freedom

C．how much freedom should be given to children

D．what issues require non­negotiable rules

【小題2】According to the writer, only rules without freedom will make the children ________.

A．strong­willed	B．rebellious
C．weak	D．independent

【小題3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A．Rules are difficult to make for parents.

B．Rules and freedom are similarly important.

C．We should give children freedom as much as possible.

D．Rules are more important than freedom.

【小題4】What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 probably refer to?

A．Problems.

B．Children.

C．Rules.

D．Reasons.

In her new book, “The Smartest Kids in the World”， Amanda Ripley, an investigative journalist, tells the story of Tom, a high­school student from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, who decides to spend his senior year in Wroclaw, Poland. Poland is a surprising educational success story: in the past decade, the country raised students' test scores from significantly below average to well above it. Polish kids have now outscored American kids in math and science, even though Poland spends, on average, less than half as much per student as the United States does. One of the most striking differences between the high school Tom attended in Gettysburg and the one he ends up at in Wroclaw is that the latter has no football team or teams of any kind.
That American high schools spend more time and money on sports than on math is an old complaint. In December, when the latest Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) results are announced, it's safe to predict that American high­school students will once again show their limited skills in math and reading, outscored not just by students in Poland but also by students in places like China, Finland, Singapore, and Japan. Meanwhile, they will have played some very exciting football games, which will have been breathlessly written up in their hometown papers.
Why does this situation continue? Well, for one thing, kids like it. And for another, according to Ripley, parents seem to like the arrangement, too. She describes a tour she took of a school in Washington D．C., which costs thirty thousand dollars a year. The tour leader ­ a mother with three children in the school ­ was asked about the school's flaws (瑕疵). When she said that the math program was weak, none of the parents taking the tour reacted. When she said that the football program was weak, the parents suddenly became concerned. “Really？” one of them asked worriedly, “What do you mean？”
One of the ironies of the situation is that sports show what is possible. American kids' performance on the field shows just how well they can do when expectations are high. It's too bad that their_test_scores_show_the_same_thing._
【小題1】Tom decides to spend his senior year in Poland because ________.

A．he intends to improve his scores

B．Polish kids are better at learning

C．sports are not supported at schools in Gettysburg

D．he wants to be the smartest kid in the world

【小題2】According to Paragraph 2, we know that ________.

A．PISA plays a very important role in America

B．little time is spent on sports in Japanese schools

C．American students do better in both math and sports

D．too much importance is placed on sports in America

【小題3】The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means ________.

A．low expectations result in American students' poor PISA performance

B．high expectations push up American students' academic performance

C．American students' academic performance worries their parents a lot

D．lacking practice contributes to American students' average performance

【小題4】The purpose of this article is to ________.

A．compare Polish schools with those in America

B．call on American schools to learn from the Polish model

C．draw public attention to a weakness in American school tradition

D．explain what is wrong with American schools and provide solutions

Pupils remember more and behave better when 3D images areused in lessons，research suggests.They are quicker to learn andabsorb new concepts，and display higher levels of concentration.
Professor Anne Bamford，of the University of the Arts，London，studied the effectiveness of 3D content in 15 schools across seven countries，including the UK.Pupils in 3D classes can remember more than those in the 2D classes after four weeks，improving test scores by an average of 1 7 percent compared with eight percent for 2D lessons.They gave more detailed answer to the tasks and were more likely to think in 3D, using hand gestures and mime(模仿動(dòng)作) to answer the test questions successfully.
The teachers commented that the pupils in the 3D groups had deeper understanding，increased attention span, more motivation and higher engagement in the lessons.
Children are used to 3D with the rise of computer games that use the technology­90 percent of those in the study had seen a 3D film.Schools would need 3D­enabled projectors(投影儀)，laptops with good picture capabilities,3D software and glasses for children to introduce animations(動(dòng)作) into classrooms.
But Danny Nicholson，an educationist，said the technology would be impractical to use inschools and could be costly.He said，“While I think the idea of 3D technology is very interesting，I worry that 3D is a bit of an expensive gimmick(小玩意兒)．There are a few cases where a true3D image might help，but most of the time，good 2D models that can be moved would be just aseffective.”
In the US，one school district in Colorado is already in the process of having 1,000 3Dprojectors fixed in classrooms.And the University of Caledonia, which carries out scientific research into the Lake Tabon Basin, has used 3D presentations with Grade Six pupils.Those who watched the 3D presentations were more engrossed and reported a general increase in their interest in science compared with students who watched the 2D version.
【小題1】What is the main idea of the first three paragraphs?

A．There are slight differences between 3D and 2D images.

B．Pupils perform better when 3D images are used in classes.

C．Schools have difficulties in making full use of 3D technology.

D．3D technology is always more effective than 2D technology.

【小題2】Danny Nicholson holds the view that 3D ________.

A．is of no help in classes

B．has a bright future in classes

C．is more practical than 2D models

D．may not be affordable for schools

【小題3】What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．3D technology will replace 2D models in the future.

B．Many pupils are now more Interested In science than before.

C．Teachers will use the 3D technology through specific training.

D．3D will soon be put into use in one school district in Colorado.

【小題4】The underlined word “engrossed” in the last paragraph means ________.

A．a(chǎn)bsorbed	B．a(chǎn)nnoyed
C．relaxed	D．confused

One of India’s top engineering schools has restricted Internet access in its boarding houses, saying addiction to surfing, gaming and blogging was affecting students' performance, making them lonely and even suicidal.
Authorities at the best Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai said students had stopped socializing and many were late for morning classes or slept through them. “Now, a student doesn’t even know who lives two doors away from him because he is so busy on the Internet,” said Prakash Gopalan, dean of student affairs. “The old dormitory culture of companionship and socializing among students is gone. This is not healthy in our opinion.”
IIT-Mumbai, with about 5,000 students, is one of seven IITs across India which are considered to be among the finest engineering schools in the world. They are also a talent pool for global technology giants. But their hard courses, tough competition and lonely campus lifestyle have taken an effect on students. Depressive and dysfunctional(不正常的) lifestyles are known to be common among IIT students, and at least nine have committed suicide in the past five years. Students have unlimited free Internet access in their boarding houses to help them in their studies, but many also use it to surf, chat, download movies and music, blog and for gaming.
Starting Monday, Internet access will be banned between 11 p.m. and 12.30 p.m. at IIT-Mumbai’s 13 boarding buildings to encourage students to sleep early and to try and force them out of their “shells”, Gopalan said. But the move has not gone down well with students who say they hate their lives being regulated. “Now they will say we need to listen to a lullaby(搖籃曲) to go to sleep,” said Rajiv, an electronics student.
【小題1】 What measure has been taken in IIT- Mumbai?

A．Students have unlimited free Internet access in their dormitories.

B．Students are forbidden to surf the Internet.

C．Internet access is unavailable in deep night.

D．Students must go to bed before 11 p.m.

【小題2】 In the passage the students are told to _____.

A．sleep through their lessons

B．break away from the Internet

C．go to sleep along with music

D．stop surfing, make friends

【小題3】 We may infer from the last paragraph that _____.

A．the banning order causes some complaints among the students

B．a(chǎn)ll electronics students hate the banning order

C．more students prefer listening to music to surf- ing the Internet

D．there is no Internet access on the IIT campus even

How to improve our life? Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them. They'll say, "This is my destiny. I cannot change it."
Of course not! You don't have to suffer needlessly. Your life depends on you, not on other factors.
I know a woman who says she just accepts what life gives her because she has done everything she can to improve it. Guess what her lifestyle is? She wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes back home, relaxes, chats with people, watches TV, and then goes to sleep. Next day, the same routine cycle follows.
Huh! Is this what she calls "doing her best"? She believes she has tried her best and just accepts it in her heart that this is the life that has been intended for her and that her luck can only change if God wills it. She hasn't realized that we have to do our share of making the effort to live the life of our dreams.
Remember that you harvest what you sow. You have to get off the sofa, get your eyes off the TV screen, get your hands off the phone (unless it’s helpful to your success), and get your mind and body to work! Don't expect your luck to change, unless you do something about it. If something goes wrong, don't just regard it as a temporary(暫時(shí)的) problem; Instead, learn your lesson, make the most of the situation, and do something to solve the problem. It's not enough to think positively; you also have to act positively.
If someone's life is in trouble, do you just hope and pray that things will turn out fine? Of course not! You get to do anything you can to save the person. So it is with your own life. It is not enough to hope for the best, but you have to do your best. In other words, don't just stand or sit there, do something to improve your life.
【小題1】According to the woman mentioned in Para. 3, her life ___________.

A．doesn't need improving

B．will be better some day

C．can’t improve itself

D．will be worse in the future

【小題2】What does the author think of the woman's life?

A．Positive	B．Disturbing
C．Colorful	D．Negative (消極的)

【小題3】Which of the following statements is the author's opinion?

A．Your temporary problem is not discouraging.

B．You should treat yourself in the way you treat friends.

C．Your luck can be changed by your own efforts.

D．You can only achieve success when God wills it.

【小題4】In Para. 5, the author emphasized（強(qiáng)調(diào)）the importance of _________.

A．positive thinking

B．positive action

C．hope for the best

D．intention to succeed

【小題5】The text is mainly written to advise you to __________.

A．improve your life

B．understand yourself

C．believe in yourself

D．change your normal way

Believe it or not, going to school is not a legal(法定的) requirement in the United States. It
is a legal requirement that all kids be educated, though. When parents believe they can give their kids a better education--- or have other reasons for not wanting to send their kids to a local school --- they may choose home schooling.
However, if a kid hates school, home schooling is probably not the escape he is looking for. Home schooled students can learn just as much as they would in regular school if they and their parents work hard to cover all the subjects and experiences necessary. Parents who home school usually have higher levels of education than parents who do not. They already have the skills to educate themselves about teaching their kids.
Parents who home school have to be able to put the time and skill into not just teaching, but also researching lesson plans and resources(資源). So they have to know how to find the information necessary to teach their kids. State schools often provide home-schooling parents with a curriculum(課程), books and materials and places to meet. Some state schools will point parents to other resources for brushing up on forgotten subjects. Or parents may receive continuing education at local colleges or universities.
【小題1】According to American law, _______________. 

A．a(chǎn)ll kids shall go to school

B．a(chǎn)ll kids must receive education

C．home schooling parents shall receive continuing education

D．state schools must give support to home-schooling parents

【小題2】 According to the text, most home-schooling parents________________.   

A．a(chǎn)re short of money	B．dislike schools
C．used to work as teachers	D．a(chǎn)re well-educated

【小題3】 Which of the following is NOT true about parents who home school?

A．They should have enough time.

B．They should have some skills in teaching.

C．They must receive special curriculums at the university.

D．They have to be able to know lesson plans and resources.

【小題4】 The underlined phrase “brushing up on” in the last paragraph can best be replaced by _____.

A．reviewing	B．changing
C．choosing	D．discussing

【小題5】 What can be inferred from the text? 

A．Home schooled kids learn fewer.

B．Home schooled kids spend less time studying.

C．Being a home-schooling parent needs a lot of effort.

D．Home schooling will replaced school education.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Kids who eat better perform better in school, a new study of Nova Scotia fifth?graders confirms.
Students who ate an adequate amount of fruit，vegetables，protein，fiber and other components of a healthy diet were significantly less likely to fail a literacy test，Dr.Paul J．Veugelers of the University of Alberta in Edmonton and colleagues found.
While a healthy diet is generally assumed to be important for good school performance, there has actually been little research on this topic, Veugelers and his colleagues note.To investigate，they looked at 4, 589 fifth?graders participating in the Children's Lifestyle and School?performance Study, 875 (19.1 percent) of whom had failed an elementary literacy assessment.
The better a student's eating habits based on several measures of diet quality，including adequacy and variety, the less likely he or she was to have failed the test, the researchers found，even after they adjusted the data for the effects of parental income and education, school and sex.Eating plenty of fruit and vegetables, and getting fewer calories from fat, was also associated with a lower risk of failing the test.
To date, Veugelers and his team say, most research on diet and school performance has focused on the importance of eating breakfast, as well as the ill effects of hunger and malnutrition(營養(yǎng)不良)．
“This study extends current knowledge in this area by demonstrating the independent importance of overall diet quality to academic performance.We should not only realize the importance of children's nutrition at breakfast but also that throughout the day，” the researchers conclude.
Another research from the UK is suggesting that children's diets in the pre?school years affects how they perform at school later on.The researchers from the Institute of Education, at the University of London say in fact that what children were eating in those days before primary school has more of an effect than the chicken nuggets(塊) they ate at lunchtime.The researchers say they have found that children who ate a diet of “junk food” at the age of three, made less progress in school between the ages of six and ten.They say children's diet at later ages appears to have less impact on their school attainment.
【小題1】．According to Dr.Paul J．Veugelers, students who have a healthy diet________.

A．a(chǎn)re more likely to fail in their school performance

B．definitely can perform better in their school work

C．usually have more of fat and less of fruit and vegetables

D．tend to perform better in their school work

【小題2】．It can be implied from the passage that________.

A．little research has been done on the importance of breakfast

B．most students participating in the research failed the test

C．the adequacy and variety of foods can mean better school performance

D．eating more chicken nuggets leads to good school performance

【小題3】．The underlined word “l(fā)iteracy” (in Para.2) probably refers to ________.

A．the ability to read and write

B．a(chǎn) guessing game

C．the art of painting

D．the ability to handle practical task

【小題4】．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Children should have more“junk food”at lunch time.

B．Pre?school diets can have more impact on children's school work.

C．A child who often has“junk food”at 3 is bound to fail in school work.

D．The older a child is，the more impact of what he eats has on school work.

Knowing the best way to study will help you to be a better student. By using your time properly, you can do your homework more quickly. Learning to study is not difficult.
The first thing to remember is that you must be willing to learn. It doesn’t mean that you must always like the subject. It does mean, however, that you must be wil1ing to do whatever is necessary to learn. Try to understand why it is important and how it will help you now and later to do and learn other things. Knowing mathematics facts will be useful in your whole life. Knowing how to spell makes any kind of writing easier. Sometimes the subject that you think is going to be uninteresting will be exciting when you begin to work at it and understand it more clearly. Learning things can be fun if you are willing to work with them.
Here’s some advice for you: have a certain time each day and a quiet place with good lighting for study, so that you can concentrate on your study without interruptions(中斷); have everything ready before you sit down to study, a dictionary, paper, a pen and books; be sure you understand what you should learn before you start; read carefully and pay special attention to the most important things; when memorizing, first find out the main parts and then recite the whole thing; check your homework after you finish it; never forget the importance of review and preview.
Don’t try to spend a lot of time researching learning methods. There are many students who know many good learning methods but don’t study well. They forget that the most useful learning method is to study hard.
【小題1】The main goal of the article is                .

A．to prove that learning is not difficult

B．to make the readers be interested in study

C．to tell the importance of self teaching

D．to tell the students how to study well

【小題2】The first thing to remember in studying is that                .

A．you must like the subject	B．you must follow the teacher
C．you must enjoy learning	D．you must study hard

【小題3】We learn things because                .

A．our parents want us to learn	B．every student learns at school
C．we may use these things in the future	D．we like the subjects

【小題4】The following advice is given in the article EXCEPT                .

A．To put a pen, paper and books beside you before study.

B．To study at any possible time and place.

C．To review and preview

D．To pay attention to the most important things.

【小題5】Among the following statements, which is true?

A．The more learning methods we have, the better we will study.

B．Finding the best learning method is the most important in learning.

C．If you don’t work hard, though you have a good learning method, you can’t be good at study.

D．Once we have mastered a good learning method, we can improve our study greatly.

In my long years of teaching, I often ask my students to read the texts until they can recite them, and I tell them that recitation are an important part of their homework. However, some of my students are tired of doing so, thinking that it is both hard and useless. They argue that it takes a long time to recite a text from memory and text itself never appears in a test paper.
In my opinion, it naturally takes time to recite a text, but it is worth doing so. When you are able to recite a text, you are sure to be familiar with the words and expressions. When you need them in reading or writing or doing exercises, they will come to your mind quickly, and so you will give quick response to all kinds of language situation. How can we say that it is useless?
Besides, many students complain that they soon forget what they were once able to recite. This is true, but you don’t need to worry. While you are reading and forgetting the texts, your language level is being raised. Sure you don’t remember your Chinese texts that you once read in the primary school, but now you are able to read novels and newspaper. So, recitation of the texts will help you improve your language ability.
【小題1】The writer often asks his students to recite the texts, _______.

A．But they don’t like to do so.

B．And they are eager to do so

C．But they wrote a letter to the Department of Education reporting the thing.

D．But they do more exercises instead of reciting the texts.

【小題2】What do the students think about the teacher’s advice? [來源:學(xué)+科+網(wǎng)Z+

A．The English teacher tries his best to help them with English.

B．The English teacher is very kind to them.

C．The English teacher asks them to do something useless.

D．The English teacher should let them study on their own.

【小題3】According to the text, which of the following is correct?
The teacher thinks the students are too naughty to learn English well.
B. The students think they spend a lot of time in reciting the texts and get nothing.
C. The students say that they often forget the words.
D. The students take no interest in English.
【小題4】Why does the writer suggest that the students recite the text?

A．Reciting the texts can improve the ability of applying English.

B．Reciting the texts is the best way of learning English.

C．The students should remember all the texts that the teacher has taught them.

D．Reciting the texts can greatly improve the classroom teaching.

Chinese International School
Application Form
Before an applicant can be invited to take part in an assessment, an application form should be returned to the Admissions Office, and the application fee of HK$1,000 cannot be returned. For overseas applicants wishing to pay in currencies other than HK dollars, the fee is US$145. Checks are also good for payment to “Chinese International School”.
The application should include:
※ Applicant’ academic report from the last school year.
※ A recent passport-sized photo (attached to the application form). [來源:學(xué),科,網(wǎng)]
※ A copy of the applicant’s Hong Kong ID card or a passport showing a valid Hong Kong visa.
※ Only for applicants applying under a Corporate Nomination(提名) Right: A company letter confirming the nomination.
Please note that the application fee is non-refundable. Applicants who would like to re-apply for another academic year are asked to submit a new application and application fee.
Acceptance
Applicants will be informed of their acceptance status in writing by postal mail. Initial (最初的) offers for Reception will be sent out from late March once all assessments have been completed.
Some applicants who have been assessed may be held on a reserve list. Acceptances may also be made on a conditional basis among the applicants on the reserve list.
Applicants who have been assessed but who have not been admitted are welcome to reapply for the next academic year. Please note that such applicants will be asked to submit a new application and application fee.
Confirmation of Acceptance and Enrollment (錄取)
Once an applicant has been admitted, the applicant family will be asked to confirm acceptance and hold the student’s place with immediate payment of the required fees for the Nomination Right (HK$ 500), plus the sum of HK$ 7,500 as the first tuition (學(xué)費(fèi)) payment.
In addition, enrollment will not be considered complete until the following have been received, normally one month before the start of the new school year:
Physical examination results
Tuition (first month)
【小題1】 According to the passage, if the applicants reapply for an academic year, ______.

A．the application fee can be reduced to a half

B．a(chǎn)pplicants on a reserve list needn’t be assessed

C．the initial application form should be returned to the Admissions Office

D．a(chǎn) new application and application fee are to be required

【小題2】Which of the following is true?

A．Once applicants are refused, they can’t apply for it again.

B．Applicants held on a reserve list will not be admitted.

C．The applicants should show either a Hong Kong visa or a Hong Kong ID card.

D．Applicants don’t have to get a company letter to confirm their application.

【小題3】How will the applicants possibly be informed of the acceptance status?

A．By fax.	B．By e-mail.
C．By regular mail	D．By telephone.

【小題4】According to the Application Process, the first tuition payment is ______.

A．HK$ 500	B．HK$7, 500
C．HK$1, 000	D．US$ 145

【小題5】If an applicant has been admitted, the applicant family ______.

A．will be asked to submit a new application

B．will receive physical Examination results

C．will be asked to only pay the first month fee

D．will be asked to confirm acceptance and pay the fees