Children’s education is changing very rapidly today. __________, teach

1./06We may still remember the girl with big eyes. Her big eyes are 1 us her dream: I wish to 2 ! In China, there are still 3 girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their 4 are too poor. If the family has three or more children, it is hard for the parents to afford the education fee for 5 the children. So they often ask 6 to stay at home, and boys to go to school. Now they 7 pay the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school for free in some poor places. They don't have to 8 books and other things. Some of them can even get money from the government to make their life 9 . Soon, all the children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very happy with the news. It is 10 great. 选项： A:teachers B:girls C:boys

2.What can we do to help children learn the basics of math and geometry? 选项： A、Stimulate their interest as early as possible B、 Spend more time playing games with them C、 Encourage them to make things with hands D、 Allow them to tinker freely with calculators.

3.Children have to learn a large number of things which ______ in their culture. 选项： A、are difficult for them to lean B、are regarded as especially important for them C、are regarded as normal by everyone D、are good for them to learn

4.American people often let their children work for money outside the home at a very early age because _____. 选项： A、children have to earn money to help the family B、they need more money C、they want them to begin establishing autonomy D、children have to save money for future use

5.1.________________ Some children think that they go to school just to learn their mother tongue, English and other foreign languages, mathematics, geography, history, science and a few other subjects. 2.________________ Are these the only things they should learn at school?

Actually children go to school to prepare themselves for the time when they will be grown up and will have to support themselves. 3.________________ but there is one more important reason why children go to school. There is more to education than just learning facts. We go to school above all to learn how to learn. Learning is not just for school but for life. 4.________________ A man who really knows how to learn will always be successful because whenever he is faced with a Therefore, children do not go to school just to learn languages, mathematics, geography, etc. 5.________________

选项： A:Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their lives, B:Nowadays most children go to school but few of them have ever asked why they go there. C:But why do they learn these things? D:Therefore we don't need to learn any more after we have finished our studies at school. E:They go to school to learn how to learn. F:Nowadays most children like to go to school. G:So even after we have left school, we have to continue to learn.

6.听力原文：When couples get married, they usually plan to have children. Sometimes, however, 选项：A:听力原文： When couples get married, they usually plan to have children. Sometimes, however, a couple can not have a child of their own. In this case, they may decide to adopt a child. In fact, adoption is very common today. There are about 60 thousand adoptions each year in the United States alone. Some people prefer to adopt infants, others to adopt older children. Some couples adopt children from their own countries, others adopt children from foreign countries. In any case, they all adopt children for the same reason -- they care about children and want to give their adopted child a happy life. B:Most adopted children know that they are adopted. Psychologists and child-care experts generally think this is a good idea. However, many adopted children or adoptees have very little information about their biological parents. As a matter of fact, it is often very difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents because the birth records of most adoptees are usually .sealed. The information is secret so no one can see it. C:Naturally, adopted children have different feelings about their birth parents. Many adoptees want to search for them, but others do not. The decision to search for birth parents is a difficult one to make. Most adoptees have mixed feelings about finding their biological parents. Even though adoptees do not know about their natural parents, they do know that their adoptive parents want them, love them and will care for them. D:(33) E:A．They care a lot about children. F:B．They need looking after in their old age. G:C．They want to enrich their life experience. H:D．They want children to keep them company.

7.Let them take care of their children in_____ of children taking care of them.

8.Kerry says when students first go to uni, parents should __.选项： A:give their children a lift and then stay a while B:give them a lift and then leave C:let their children find their own transport D:help them unpack their things

9.What can we do to help children learn the basics of math ahd geometry? 选项： A:Stimulate their interest as early as possible. B:Spend more time playing games with them. C:Encourage them to make things with hands. D: Allow them to tinker freely with calculators.

10.Which of the following does Xi say that parents should do for their children? 选项： A、Give them virtue. B、Encourage them to learn. C、Teach them to share.

11.According to the passage, children are growing inactive in study mainly because ______.( ) 选项： A、they tale on too many duties B、their teachers are strict with them C、they watch TV too often D、their parents leave them alone

12.What solution does the author suggest to our children's problem?选项： A:Get them off TV and computer games. B:Turn off all electronic equipment at school. C:Teach them how to learn from video games. D:Give them freedom in the use of computers.

13.According to the passage, children are growing inactive in study mainly because ______.( ) 选项： A:they watch TV too often B:their parents leave them alone C:their teachers are strict with them D:they tale on too many duties

14.Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are children. Others are young people. Some students learn English at school, and others teach themselves. 　　Why do all these people want to learn English? It is very difficult to answer this question. 　　 Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Many people learn English because it is useful in their work. Some young people learn English for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English. 选项： A:Chinese B:English C:French D:children E:young F:both G:and H:subjects I:jobs J:work K:Because L:Because M:Because N:they O:some P:it

15.Maya visits Janice's house one Saturday after moon.She is listening to a conversation the family is having.Janice,her husband and the children are discussing where to go for their summer holiday.Janice wants to go to New York City, but the children want to go camping instead. Janice listens carefully to the children's reasons.Later,Maya asks another American.A、Why do American children have so much power in the American family. Why do American parents let their children tell them what to do.C、Do Americans often let their children help make decisions?