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Here is a term report of Javier from Rocky Mountain High School.
| Skill | Full mark | Pass mark | Mark obtained | Pass/Fail |
| Reading | 20 | 10 | 15 | P |
| Listening | 20 | 10 | 8 | F |
| Writing | 20 | 10 | 14 | P |
| Speaking | 20 | 10 | 17 | P |
| Grammar/Vocabulary | 20 | 10 | 11 | P |
| Total | | | 65 | P |
Comments
Well done, Javier, on all your hard work this term. You are always active in speaking activities, and this is great. I always enjoy reading your writing too, you have very good ideas. You can see from your marks that reading is not a problem for you.
Sometimes you still make small grammar mistakes, and I think you can improve your vocabulary. I suggest you should review(复习) many of the language points we studied this term.
The area you need to work on the most is listening. I know this is difficult for you. I recommend more practice at home. Listen to English TV shows and radio as much as possible.
Have a nice holiday, and good luck for next term!
Instructor’s name:
1.What was the best skill for Javier?
A.Reading. B.Listening. C.Writing. D.Speaking.
2.What mark does Javier need to pass the reading part?
A.10. B.12. C.14. D.16.
3.What suggestion does the teacher give to Javier?
A.Reviewing reading texts. B.Working with the teacher.
C.Listening to lots of different things. D.Being active in speaking activities.
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Chess is called the game of kings. People have been playing it for over 500 years. Chess comes from an even older game from India. The chess we play today is from Europe.
Chess is a two-player game. One player uses the white pieces. The other uses the black pieces. Each piece moves in a special way. One piece is called the king. Each player has one. The players take turns moving their pieces. If a player lands on a piece, he or she takes it. The game ends when a player loses his or her king. There are a few more rules, but those are the basics(基本规则).
Some people think that chess is more than a game. They think that it makes the mind stronger. Good chess players use their brains. They take their time. They think about what will happen next. These skills are useful in life and in chess. Chess is quite like an exercise for the mind.
You don’t always have lots of time to think when playing chess. There is a type of chess with short time limits (限制). It’s called blitz chess. In blitz chess, each player gets ten minutes to use for the whole game. Your clock runs during your turn. You hit the time clock after your move. This stops your clock. It also starts the other player’s clock. If you run out of time, you lose.
Chess is not just for people. Computers have been playing chess since the 1970s. At first they did not play well. They made mistakes. As time went on they grew stronger. In 1997, a computer beat the best player in the world for the first time. It was a computer called Deep Blue. Deep Blue was big. It took up a whole room. By 2006 a cell phone could beat the best players in the world. Chess surely has come a long way.
1.How does a game of chess end according to the text?
A.One player becomes king. B.One player loses his or her king.
C.One player stops his or her clock. D.One player takes the other player’s pieces.
2.Which best describes the main idea in Paragraph 4?
A.It explains how time clocks work. B.It explains how blitz chess is played.
C.It suggests that players should think less. D.It describes many different ways to play chess.
3.Which happened first?
A.Deep Blue took up a whole room. B.Computers did not play chess well.
C.Deep Blue won an important game. D.Cell phones got good at playing chess.
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Everybody likes to feel that she or he is special. Sadly, many of us grow up believing that we’re not special at all. We wish that we could be more attractive or better at sports. We wish we had had more money or nicer clothes. Like the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, or the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz, we think we’re not good enough just as we are. In the film. The Tin Man wishes he had a heart. The Scarecrow wishes that he had a brain, and the Lion want courage. Finally, each of them realizes that he already has what he wants.
Nearly all parents want us to be the best we can be. They sometimes try to encourage us to do better by comparing us to others. They mean well, but the message we usually get is that we’re not good enough. We start to believe that the only way we can be special is by being better than somebody else, but we are often disappointed (失望的). There will always be somebody out there that is better than we are at something. There are a lot of people around who may not be as smart as we are but who are better at sports. Or they may not be as handsome, but they are more successful. It is unthinkable for us to be better than everybody else all the time. Like the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion, we all need what we believe will make us better people.
What we don’t understand is that often we already have the very things inside us that we look for. Our parents often forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough just as we are. Perhaps no one told them when they were growing up, or maybe they just forgot. Either way, it’s up to us to remind them sometimes that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are ... is enough!
1.What is the writer’s main purpose in writing the text?
A.To describe how smart we are. B.To talk about your family problems.
C.To explain the importance of being yourself. D.To suggest how people can change their way of life.
2.This article was most probably written by __________.
A.a teenager B.a youth worker C.a teacher D.a parent
3.What does the writer say about our parents?
A.They never compare us to other children. B.They always tell us that we are good enough.
C.They often forget to tell us that we are special. D.They never forget to tell us that we are special.
4.Which would be the best title for this passage?
A.What Makes You Smart B.What Makes You Happy
C.What Makes You Strong D.What Makes You Special
