Unit1SchoollifeWelcometotheunit隨堂練習I．Lookatthefourpicturesonpage1inthestudents’bookandfindthedifferencesbetweenschoolsinChinaandtheUK.ThenfillinproperwordsintheblanksAspectsIntheUKInChinaCampusandbuildingsWecanseeh_______campusandl__________buildings.Mostschoolbuildingsaret_____thanthoseintheUK.LockersforstudentsThere’rer_______oflockersbytheclassroomsforstudentstop_______theirstationary,books,exercise-booksandotherb_____________.Studentsusuallybringtheirs_____toschoolsandthentakethembackh_____afterschool.MostschoolsinChinadonothavel_____intheclassrooms.NumberofstudentsineachclassTherearef________studentsinaclass,nomorethan30perclass.Thereareusuallym_____studentsinhighschools,perhaps40to50perclass.Recentlysomeschoolsarebeginningtolimitthen_____ofstudentsineachclass.RelationshipbetweenteachersandstudentsStudentshaveac_____relationshipwiththeirteachers.Theyfeelate___________andc__________withthem.Itisthes______inChina.Teachersarek_____totheirstudentsbuts______withthemaswell.Theyrespecteachother.II.ReadingcomprehensionAIntheUnitedStates,mostchildrenbeginattendingschoolwhentheyarefiveyearsold.Publiceducationisfreeandmostchildrengotoschoolsneartheirhomes.Schoolsintheseearlyyearsarefun.Thechildrenlearntoreadandwrite.Buttheyalsoplaygamesandgoontrips.Thereisnoreasonatsuchanearlyageforhimtohitthebooks.Thesituationchangesaschildrenbecomeolder.Thesubjectsbecomemoredifficult.Studentsmustlearnaboutworldhistory,algebra(代數(shù)),andthelifesciences.Testsbecomemorecommon.Pressureisgrowingtohitthebooks,studyhard,andadvance.However,mostseriousstudentsonlyreallybeginhittingthebooksforlonghourswhentheyreachhighschool.HighschoolstudentswhohopetocontinuetheireducationatacollageoruniversitymusttakeaspecialnationaltestcalledtheS-A-T.Thetesthastwoparts.Thefirstpartteststhestudent’sabilitywithnumbersandmathematicalskills.Thesecondpartteststhestudent’sabilityintheEnglishlanguage.TheS-A-Ttestisveryimportant.AhighschoolstudentwhogetsahighscoreonthetwopartsofthetesthasagoodchancetoenteratopAmericancollage.Forthisreason,manystudentshitthebooksformonthstopreparefortheS-A-T.1.Formthispassage,wecanclearlyknow“hittingthebooks”means_______A.workinghardforthefuture B.studyingasubjectcarefullyC.readingbooksinahurry D.readingbookswithgreateffort2．Whichofthefollowingstatementscanbestexpressthemainideaofthispassage?A.TheS-A-Tisthemostimportanttest.B.EducationisnoteasyintheUnitedStatesC.“Hittingthebooks”isveryimportantforthestudentswhowanttoadvanceD.Themoreyouwanttolearn,themoretestsyouwanttopass3.Americanchildrendon’tneed_______iftheywanttostudyinpublicschools.A.toworkhardattheirlessonsB.topayfortheeducationC.tohitthebooksD.totakemanytests4.Thestudentsinhighschools________.A.havetotaketheS-A-TB.arefreeandhappyC.havetohitthebooksiftheywanttogotocollegeD.don’thitthebooksuntiltheypasstheS-A-T5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?A.InAmericanthestudentshavetopasscertaintesttocontinuetheireducationB.Youngchildrenneedn’tworkhardattheirlessonsbecauseeducationisfreeC.ThosewhofailintheS-A-TcannotgotocollegeD.ThestudentsmustspendmuchtimepreparingfortheS-A-TBStudentsallovertheworldhavetoworkfortheireducation.AcollegeeducationintheUnitedStatesisexpensive.Thecostsaresohighthatmostfamiliesbegintosavefortheirchildren’seducationwhentheirchildrenarebabies.Evenso,manyyoungpeoplecan’taffordtopaytheexpensesoffull-timecollegework.Theydonothaveenoughmoneytopayforschoolcosts.Thecostofcollegeeducationincreaseseveryyear.However,classroomsarestillcrowdedwithstudents.SomeAmericanstudentshavescholarship(獎學金)orothersupport,butmanydonot.Studentsfromothercountrieshavemoneyproblemstosolve,too.Becausestudentsinmostinternationalprogramsneedtohaveasponsor（擔保人),theyworkhardtogetscholarshipsorspecialloans(貸款).Internationalstudentsunderstandthevalueofgoingtoschoolinanothercountry.Theyalsoknowthatitisdifficult.However,itisusuallypossibleforstudentsfromabroadtoworkonuniversitycampusestopayforsomeofthesecostsoftheireducation.Somepeoplebelievethatstudentsvaluetheireducationmoreiftheyworkforit.6.Themainideaofthispassageis________A.Americanstudents’economic(經濟)problemsinuniversitiesB.Foreignstudents’problemsinAmericanuniversityC.ThehighcostsofAmericancollegeeducationD.ThewayAmericanstudentspayfortheirtuition(學費)7.CollegeeducationintheUnitedStatesisexpensive,________.A.soalotofuniversitiesdonothaveenoughstudentsB.althoughcostsforpart-timestudyarequitecheapC.andthereforeonlythestudentssupportedbytheirfamiliescantocollegeD.butuniversitiesandcollegearestillfullofstudents8.Studentsstudyingabroadthingthat______.A.itiseasiertogetspare-timeworkinanothercountryB.theycanreceiveabetterdegreethanthehomestudentsC.therearemoreactivitiestotakepartinthanathomeD.theirmainproblemisthelackofmoney9.Theauthorpointsoutthat_________A.internationalstudentssolvetheirmoneyproblemsindifferentwaysB.internationalstudentscan’tstudyfull-timebecausetheyhavetodospare-timejobsC.AmericanstudentsprefertostudyintheirowncountryD.Americanstudentscanattendcollegeeasilyinforeigncountries參考答案I．Lookatthefourpicturesonpage1inthestudents’bookandfindthedifferencesbetweenschoolsinChinaandtheUK.Thenfillinproperwordsintheblankshuge,low-rise,tallerrows,put/place,belongings,schoolbags,homefewer,more,numberclose,ease,same,kind,strictII.Readingcomprehension1.選D。文章最后一段最后一句Forthisreason,manystudentshitthebooksformonthstopreparefortheS-A-T。2.選C。文章從第二段開始講為了上高中mostseriousstudentsonlyreallybeginhittingthebooksforlonghourswhentheyreachhighschool.上大學要Forthisreason,manystudentshitthebooksformonthstopreparefortheS-A-T.3.選B。文章第一段提到Publiceducationisfreeandmostchildrengotoschoolsneartheirhomes4．選C。文章第三段HighschoolstudentswhohopetocontinuetheireducationatacollageoruniversitymusttakeaspecialnationaltestcalledtheS-A-T及最后一段Forthisreason,manystudentshitthebooksformonthstoprepareforth