Last week the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (经济合作与发展组织)
picked the best students in the world. They are Finnish (芬兰的). The OECD gave a test to 280,000
10-year-old students from more than 40 countries and regions (地区), last year. The OECD wanted
to know how well students were doing at school.
Finnish students were No.1 in the reading tests, and second in math after Hong Kong. Both Japan
and Finland were top in science. In problem solving Finnish students came second to South Korea.
The test also showed Finland has more top students than the other countries.
Finns of your age have done a really good job. But don"t get jealous. You can learn from them.
Most Finnish students make good use of the Inter-net. Of course not for computer games, but for
doing more exercises and finding out more information.
Libraries are also important. Finland spends a lot of money on them. Many students have a free card.
They read for at least one or two hours a day.
B. Finland
C. Hong Kong
D. Japan
B. China.
C. South Korea.
D. Britain.
B. Spend lots of time in libraries.
C. Read storybooks for at least one or two hours a day.
D. Do more exercises
B. the test is designed to find out good ways to use the Internet
C. it"s hard to tell who are the best students in the world
D. good habits are key to learning
B. Test Finds World"s Best Students
C. Finnish Students
D. Internet and Libraries
go without food and water 4 a long time, and it can carry heavy loads (担子). People call the 5
"the ship of the desert".
The camel is very big. It had one or two humps (驼峰) on its back, short ears and a long 6 . The
camel"s humps hold fat, and its stomach hold water in twelve deep pockets. Each pocket 7 a closed
mouth and the food does not move with the water. When the camel 8 some water. it can get it out of
the 9 . The camel"s food is l0 .
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Experts (专家) say that students usually need eight to ten hours" sleep at night, but more Chinese students do not get enough sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children studying late. They will think their children work very hard. But not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us that every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger with his eyes still closed; begging (祈求) for one more minute to sleep. Like thousands of students "early birds" in China, he has to get up before six every morning. A report shows that a good night"s sleep, students seem to be weaker than they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much homework is not the only reason why students stay up late . Some watch TV or play the computer games late into the night. Experts have ever said that students should develop good study habits. So some clever students never study late, they are able to work"well in class. | |||||||||||||
1. The l0-year-old boy begged for one more minute to sleep because _____. A. he didn"t have enough sleep B. it wasn"t time for him to get up C. he didn"t want to go to school D. he wanted his mother to wake him up 2. In this passage "early birds" means persons who _____. A. get up early B. get up late C. sleep less D. don"t want to sleep 3. From the passage we know if students don"t get enough sleep, they may _____. A. become too weak to sleep B. not work well in class C. go to bed early D. be weak in English 4. "Stay up late" here means _____. A. study late B. watch TV late C. not go to bed until late D. stay outside 5. According to the passage, which of the following is right? A. If you want to study better, you must work hard. B. Sleeping less means working hard. C. Some clever students can work well in class because they have good study habits. D. Students don"t have enough sleep only because they have a lot of homework to do. | |||||||||||||
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Canada is the second largest country in the world. It is over 7,000 kilometers from the 1 coast to the east. It 2 six time zones. 3 it is 9 a.m. in Vancouver on the west coast, it is l: 30 p. m. in Sat John on the east coast. English and French 4 the two main languages in Canada. About 60 percent of 5 population speak French. More 6 70 percent of its population live in cities near the U.S. border (边境). Ottawa is the capital. Every year millions of tourists go there to 7 museums and take part in the cultural (文化的) activities. Toronto is the largest city of the country 8 about 2.5 million people. Montreal is 9 second biggest French-speaking city in the world. The maple (枫树) leaf is the national symbol of Canada. The Canadian flag has a red maple leaf on a red 10 white background. | |||||||||||||
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