31.Einstein suggested we should _____if other people say our ideas are silly.

A.discuss the ideas with others

B.draw problems and ideas

C.go to a museum with others

D.write down your ideas

32.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.A genius needs to learn and think.

B.We should find the answers all by ourselves.

C.Einstein’s advice is to use our brain more.

D.Einstein liked to talk to his friends and explain his ideas.

C

Chinese are very generous in educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States and Australia. They also want their children to ta ke extra-course activities such as musical instrument learning or ballet  classes, or other classes. They think these will give them a good future. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend much unreasonable money on education. Even poor parents will buy a computer for their son or daughter.

However, most parents don’t understand that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.

Parents can see that their children are very good in some areas while poor in others. Parents also can see some children are good at these skills and others do well in others.  Most parents don’t realize that today’s children lack self-resp ect and self-confidence.

The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need to be confident, happy and clever.

Parents can achieve this by teaching skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking needs patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots of self-confidence.

Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and improve his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them. Your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.

33. What don’t most parents realize today ?

A. Education is very important to children.

B. Today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.

C. Today’s children lack of skills for tests.

D. Taking extra-courses is useful for children’s future.

34. Generally speaking, children’s skills __________.

A. come from their parents

B. have nothing to do with their education

C. may be different from child to child

D. have much to do with their marks in the exams

35.Doing some cooking at home helps children_________.

A. learn how to help their parents

B. learn how to become strong and fat

C. learn to work hard and be full of confidence

D. make their parent s believe that they are clever

36. The writer of this passage don’t agree  with_______.

A. the parents’ ideas of educating children    B. the country’s education system

C. the children’s skills                    D. the children’s hobbies

D

Monty Roberts was the son of a poor family.He liked horses.He had a dream to own a horse ranch ever since he was a little child.

One day when he was at high school, he was asked to write a paper. It was about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.He worked hard on it，and wrote a seven-page paper.In the paper he described his dream of owning a big horse ranch someday.

The next day he handed it in to his teacher.Two days later he received his paper back.On the front page was a large red F(fail)with a note that read，“See me after class.”

He went to see the teacher after class and asked，“Why did I receive an F?”

The teacher answered.“This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you.You come from a poor family.You have no money.Owning a horse ranch needs a lot of money.You have to buy the land .There’s no way you could ever do it.”Then he added，“Write this paper again.If you write it with a realistic plan，you may receive a better grade.”

After sitting with it for a week，he turned in the same paper，making no changes at all.He said to the teacher，“You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.”

Monty kept his dream and worked very hard.Today he owns a large horse ranch with a big house on it，and he keeps that school paper he wrote on the wall of his sitting room.

Last summer the same school teacher came to visit him.When the teacher was leaving，he said，“Look，Monty，when I was your teacher，I was something of a dream stealer.During those years I stole a lot of children’s dreams.It was lucky that you hadn’t given up yours.”

Don’t let anyone steal(偷) your dream.Follow your dream，no matter what.

37.What was Monty Roberts’ dream when he was very young?

A.To write a seven—page paper.

B.To learn to ride a horse.

C.To own a horse ranch.

D.To receive a better grade.

38.The underlined sentence“There’s no way you could ever do it.”means“______”

A.Your dream can never come true.

B.You should find a way to let your dream come true.

C.You have to work hard or you’ll lose your dream.

D.I ’ll show you a way to help your dream come true.

39.After Monty heard his teacher’s advice，he __________.

A.changed his dream       B.received a better grade

C.turned in a different paper    D.turned in the same paper

40.Why does Monty Roberts keep that school paper on the wall of his sitting room?

A.To show  he was a good student.

B.To tell himself never to give up a dream.

C.To make his sitti ng room more beautiful.

D.To show people he is a successful person

卷 II

四、词汇运用(本题有15小题，每小题l分，共15分)

A. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次。

address   leave   along   climb   foreign

41. Do you know his home __________ ?

42. The ___________ visitors will come tomorrow.

43. They like to ___________ the mountains on weekends.

44. We went for a walk _____________ the river.

45. Aunt Lena has just __________ for America.