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When disaster (灾难) happens, you might find yourself without water, gas and electricity. You might even need to leave your home right away. So you are supposed to plan for the bad situations before the disaster comes. Here are some suggestions.
First, have a family meeting. Plan a way to get your family members together if they can’t find each other after the disaster. Choose two places for everyone to go to if it isn’t safe to return home. The first should be near your house. You can go there in an emergency (紧急情况) like a fire. The second meeting place should be outside your neighborhood.
Next, choose a person outside your area who can help your family get in touch with each other. After a disaster, it is often easier to communicate over a long-distance call than a local one. The person can pass messages between your family members.
Then, get a family disaster kit ready. It should include things your family needs. It can help you survive (生存) at least for three days like bread, water, medicine and things like that. Put them in a bag so you can carry it if you leave in a hurry. When doing it, remember that different people have different needs. Include special things necessary for elderly of young members of your family.
Finally, practice your emergency plan, and update (更新) it as necessary.
You may not be able to stop disasters, but with a little planting you can be helped.
1.There are ________ suggestions mentioned in the passage.
A.3 B.4 C.5 D.6
2.You can’t return home after the disaster because it’s _________.
A.far B.near C.safe D.dangerous
3.The writer suggests choosing a person outside your area to__________.
A.send food and water to your family
B.help your family move to a safe place
C.choose two places for your family to go to
D.help your family get in touch with each other
4.The underlined word “kit” probably means ___________.
A.应急用品 B.救护车 C.搜救犬 D.防毒面具
5.The best title of this passage may be ___________.
A.Practicing your Plan B.How Disasters Happen
C.Planning for Disasters D.Stay away from Disasters
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In Singapore, many middle school students spend a lot of their time on their studies. Good education is often regarded as a ticket to success in their future. So many of these students try their best to get a good mark in their examinations. They have a lot of homework every day and exams are a big headache. Sometimes some of them are even made to go to remedial（补习的）classes after school.
Schools run programmes outside school hours. The students can take part in sports and games, music and dance, hiking and rock-climbing, etc. They are also very active in community service（社区服务）.
In their spare time, most students like to listen to pop music. Hollywood blockbusters(大片). Hong Kong and Singapore movies are very popular among them. They understand IT very well. Some of them also spend their free time surfing the Internet, e-mailing their friends, playing computer and video games.
They sometimes go to cafes, fast-food restaurants, shopping centers and big bookstores.
So, it looks like life as a middle school student in Singapore is not easy but it is rich and colorful.
1.What is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A.Schoolwork. B.After-class activities.
C.Subjects. D.Things to do in the spare time.
2.Why do students work hard at school in Singapore?
A.Because they have a lot of homework.
B.Because they have to go to remedial classes.
C.Because they want to get a good future.
D.Because they have many outside school activities.
3.What does the underlined sentences mean in the first paragraph?
A.Students are afraid of exams.
B.Students have a headache before an exam.
C.Students have too many exams.
D.Students are in poor health because of exams.
4.Programmes outside school hours are _______.
A.the same as spare time activities B.remedial classes after school
C.sports activities D.popular among students
5.What do you know from the last sentences?
A.The middle school students live an easy life in Singapore.
B.The middle school students’ life in Singapore is amazing.
C.The middle school students’ life in Singapore is boring.
D.The middle school students’ life in Singapore is hard, but interesting.
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How do you feel when you teacher asks you to work on a group project with other student? Do you like to work together with others or work alone?
The Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA, carried out a survey of student's ability to work together in groups. They found that students who do well on tests by themselves are also likely to be better at working with other people. This finding was true for many countries. Students in Japan, South Korea, Finland and Canada, where test scores are high, also did well in working together to solve problems.
But this was not the case for every country. Chinese students, who have high scores as well, displayed just average collaborative （合作的）skills. "One reason might be that Chinese parents and teachers focus too much on grades," said Zhao Zhongxin, former vice president of the Chinese Family Education Association. "Students have a lot of exam pressure and they see schools as places for competition." "However, collaborative skills are very important for preparing students for today's society." he added. "Luckily, more Chinese parents and teachers are realizing the importance of this and are thinking of ways to help students improve this skill."
Another interesting finding from the PISA survey was that girls can be better than boys at working together. They said girls show more positive attitudes （态度）to wards relationships, which means they are more willing to listen to other' opinions.
PISA also found that the classroom environment can influence how well students collaborate. In classes where there are a lot of activities that require communication such as class debates, students might have better attitudes towards collaborating.
1.The PISA did the survey to find out the students' ability to____________.
A.work with other people B.get high scores on tests
C.solve difficult problems D.make plans for projects
2.What can we know from the findings of the survey?
A.Boys are better at working with others than girls.
B.Students who do well on tests are worse at working with others.
C.Collaborative skills are less important than scores for students' futures.
D.The classroom environment can influence students' ability to work together.
3.What do Chinese teachers and parents think of working together now?
A.They like it a lot.
B.They can't stand it.
C.They think it's important.
D.They think it's unnecessary
4.What can be done to improve students' ability to work together according to the passage?
A.Giving students high scores on every test.
B.Helping students to get used to exam pressure.
C.Making girls work with girls rather than boys.
D.Arranging more communicative activities in class.
5.What's the passage mainly about?
A.The popularity of PISA across the world.
B.Chinese students' ability to work with others.
C.The findings of a survey about working together.
D.The difference between boys and girls in working together.
