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河北省衡水市景县杜桥镇中学2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语3月线上月考试卷
It's early in the morning and the alarm clock has already rung several time. You have to pull yourself out of bed and rush to school because you're afraid of being late for school.
As a school student, this is probably a common experience for you. But thanks to new rules, students in Zhejiang and Heilongjiang provinces can now stay in bed longer than before.
On Feb 23, the Zhejiang Department of Education announced (宣布) a new rule that asks primary schools to start school later. According to the rule, start times could be different among different grades, with students in Grade 1 and 2 starting no earlier than 8:30 am.
A similar guideline (指导方针) was announced by the education department in Heilongjiang Province on Feb 24. Students from all primary and junior high schools in the province have been required (要求) to arrive at school no earlier than 8 am.
According to a 2016 study by the Zhejiang Department of Education, half students in Grade 4 slept nine hours or more a night, while the enough sleep time for primary students in 10 hours.
"I welcome the new rule so much. It is such a wonderful rule that gives my son enough time for breakfast, which is necessary for his health and growth", a mother named Xu Li said. She is from Hangzhou and his son is in Grade 1. These changes have received much praise as they make students get enough sleep and enough time for breakfast.
Pushing back school times isn't unique (唯一的) to China. In the United States, schools in at least 21 states began to start school later in 2017, as studies have shown that later school start times could be good for students' development.
Opinions | Supporting details |
Future is now | Everyone has his own dream as well as his own future. If we want to have a bright future, we should know the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} of time and make every minute {#blank#}2{#/blank#} . |
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} is priceless. | Time is money, but time is even more {#blank#}4{#/blank#} than money, because when money is spent, we can earn it back. But time will return no more. |
Be masters of today | Today's hard work is the cause of tomorrow's harvest. As students, we should never put off what we can be done today till tomorrow and we should try our{#blank#}5{#/blank#} to do everything well. |
Should mobile phones be allowed at school?
{#blank#}1{#/blank#} Some mobile phones are more than just phones-they are being used as radios, cameras and MP4 players, and they are also used to send e-mails or surf the Internet. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}
People have different ideas about whether students should use mobile phones at school or not, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} If their parents have something important to tell then, they can call their teachers for help. If someone's mobile phone rings during a Chinese class, he and his classmates can't concentrate on what the teacher is saying. Some parents also point out that their children often use their mobile phones to download(下载) unhealthy information from the Internet. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
Other people believe that we can find some ways to use mobile phones to help students learn better in the classroom, since many of today's mobile phones are like mini computers. And children usually know more than adults about how to use new technology. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
What are your answers to the question?
A. They are really worried about this. B. Some of them can even be used as mini computers. C. More and more students are using mobile phones at school now. D. Why not use mobile phones in the classroom? E. Some people think that students don't really need mobile phones. |
There are some very good things about open education. This way of teaching allows the students to develop their own interests in many subjects. Open education allows students to be responsible(负责) for their own education. Some students do badly in traditional classrooms. The open classroom may allow them to enjoy learning. Some students will be happier in an open education school. They will not have to worry about grades or rules. But many students will not do well in an open classroom.
For some students, there are too few rules. These students will do little in school. They will not make good use of open education. Because open education is so different from traditional education, these students may have a problem of getting used to making so many choices. For many students it is important to have some rules in the classroom. They worry about the rules even when there are no rules. Even a few rules will help this kind of students. The last point about open education is that some traditional teachers do not like it. Many teachers do not believe in open education. Teachers who want to have an open classroom may have many problems at their school.
You now know what open education is. Some of its good points and bad points have been explained. You may have your own opinion about open education. The writer thinks that open education is a good idea, but only in theory(理论). The writer believes that most students, but of course not all students, want some structure in their classes. They want and need to have some rules. In some cases, they must be made to study some subjects. Most of the students are pleased to find subjects they have to study interesting. They would not study those subjects if they did not have to.
Open Education
Topic |
Open education is a way of teaching which allows students to become {#blank#}1{#/blank#}in many subjects. |
Advantages |
Open education allows students to be responsible for their own education. In open classrooms, many students don't need to worry about grades or rules. Some students find more {#blank#}2{#/blank#}in open classrooms compared with traditional classroom. |
Disadvantages |
Many students cannot {#blank#}3{#/blank#}themselves as well in open classrooms as in traditional classrooms. There are so many choices for students to make that they can't use open education well. Some teachers are {#blank#}4{#/blank#}such a way of teaching. |
The writer's opinion |
Open education may not {#blank#}5{#/blank#}very well in a real class or school. Most of the students want some structure in their classes. |
The Inside of the World
When I was a very little boy, I was always asking questions.
One day when I was walking with my nurse along the city street, I asked, "Jane, what's under the street?" "Oh, just dirt (尘土) ," she replied. "And what is under the dirt?" "Oh, more dirt," she replied.
{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. So I asked again, "Well, what's under that?" "Oh, nothing-I don't know-why are you always asking so many questions?" she asked
I knew there must be something under that. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. I also heard that Chinese lived on the other side of the world, head down. I wanted to find out if that was true.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#}, down, down, down, till I came through on the other side, and then I would know. I was a very little boy, you see. With a small shovel (铁锹) , I started a hole in the back yard behind the grapevines (葡萄藤). No one knew what I was doing. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.
Then one evening my father asked, "What's that hole in the back yard?" {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.
He didn't laugh when I told him, but he asked me if I knew how far I would have to dig.
I hadn't dug through the world, but I did know how far it was.
A. I knew my secret was out B. I wasn't satisfied with her answer C. And I just wanted to know what it was D. So I made up my mind I would dig down through the world E. I wanted to keep it a secret until I had dug all the way through F. As a result, I became closer and closer to the inside of the world |
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