潼南中学初2016级15-16学年度上期第一次定时作业(2)

The first big change in Ning?s life came in 2009 . At the time , he specialized（专攻）in breaststroke（蛙泳）and was successful . But his knees got hurt and it trouble him a lot . When he was 16 , the knee pain got worse , and he had to stop swimming the breaststroke . Then he changed to freestyle swimming . Ning didn?t let the change bring him down . Instead , he took advantage of it and became one of the best freestyle swimmers . Last year , he won four gold medals in freestyle races at the Incheon Asian Games in South Korea .

What is the next change Ning would like to see in his life ? He says he wants to improve his English . “ English will help me communicate with foreign coaches（教练）and compete in the world games in the future . ”

Ning has high expectations（期望）for himself at the Rio Olympics next year . We wish him good luck ! 54．Ning Zetao was born in __________． A．2009 B．1995 C．1994 D．1993 55．His first big change in life is that __________．

A．he won 100-meter freestyle at the 2015 FINA Swimming World Championships in Russia B．he won four gold medals in freestyle races at the Incheon Asian Games in South Korea C．he had to change from the breaststroke to freestyle swimming and succeeded D．he will take part in the Rio Olympics next year 56．He wants to improve his English to __________． A．travel abroad one day

B．communicate with foreign coaches and compete in the world games C．enjoy English movies and songs D．pass the test and go into a university

57．According to the passage，Ning Zetao is famous mostly because __________． A．he has good looks

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B．he has talent in swimming and works hard C．he used to be a good breaststroke swimmer

D．he is the first Asian to win the 100-meter freestyle in world championships

C

Quiet classes , quite a few exams and long hours at school … This might sound like the daily life of many Chinese high school students . But a group of 50 Grade 9 students from Bohunt School in Hampshire , UK , decided to try out Chinese schools for four weeks . This idea has been made into a BBC documentary called Are Our Kids Tough Enough ? Chinese School .

Five Chinese teachers came to a UK school to teach the British students in Chinese way . They came from some excellent schools in big cities including Nanjing and Xi?an . One month later , students in Chinese classes would have the same tests as other British students in math , science and Mandarin to see who would test better .

The Chinese teachers came in with full confidence , but they quickly found discipline（纪律）was their biggest challenge . “ When I walked into the classroom , some students were chatting , some students were eating , somebody was even putting make-up on her face . I had to control（控制）myself , or I would have gone crazy , ” said one of the teachers Li Aiyun .

The British students also complained . Many of them found the classes boring . “ In class , we just repeat , repeat , repeat and copy a lot of notes from the board , ” one student said .

The students finally took the tests , and the results came out on Aug 18 . The Chinese class did better . Chinese teachers were happy , but they thought it was because those students are more hard-working . They also realized their teaching way was “ a bit too rigid（死板的）” . “ It?s very hard to say which education system（体系）is better . But I think we can learn from each other , ” said Li .

The British teachers also believe the results are very important , Neil Strowger , the headmaster of Bohunt said : “ We probably do need a longer day at school , but do we really want children to work 15 to 16 hours a day ? ”

58．Are Our Kids Tough Enough ? Chinese School is __________ made by BBC . A．a documentary B．a movie C．news D．a talk show 59．In China , high school students may __________ at school . A．have a lot of free talks in class B．have only a few exams C．study for a long time D．have no notes to take in class 60．According to the passage , which of the following it NOT true ? A．Five Chinese teachers taught the British students in Chinese way .

B．The Chinese teachers found it hard to control the British students in class . C．The British students thought the Chinese teaching way was too boring ．

D．The British students in their own classes tested better than those in Chinese classes . 61．From this program , we know that __________ .

A．Chinese education system is much better than Britain?s B．British students should come to study in Chinese schools

C．some British schools now want to their students to study more than 15 hours a day D．we should learn from each other to improve our education system

D

More and more people believe that technologies are great for learning . Today , such teaching tools as iPads are used in a lot of courses , including language , history and science .

Many teachers are supporters（支持者）of using iPads in language learning . They say that students now have much more time for discussion in the classroom . Instead of spending class time listening to texts or watching teaching videos , students can do this on their own and come to class prepared for discussion .

The teachers also say that iPads allow students to learn at their own pace . Some students might listen to a 5