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浙江省舟山市第一初级中学2016届九年级上学期英语期中考试试卷
Do you often communicate with your parents?
Some parents are always comparing their 1 with themselves when they were young, or with other people when they were children.
“When I was your age,” a father said to 2sixteen-year-old son one day, “I was at the top of my class every year. And I 3 what I wanted to do when I left school. I had goals. You have no goals, 4your are always at the bottom of your class .”
The man's son said nothing. He had already heard this from his father 5 times.
“And when your mother was your age,” the young man's father, 6 , “She had a good job and she was earning money. You don't even have a part-time job. You earn nothing.”
The man's son still said 7. He had heard this before, 8.
“And 9 your elder brother was your age,” the young man's father went on, “he studied hard. But your just 10your time.”
And the man's son still said nothing.
Finally, the young man's 11 said, “And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, he worked all day and studied at night.”
This time the son 12 stay silent(沉默).
“And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, father,” he said, “He was the president of13United States. 14 are you?”
His father had no answer to this.
Are your parents always comparing you 15 others? And what's your reply? Do you have a better way to communicate with each other?
Why do you open a school? If you ask Nadia Lopez this question, she would simply answer: to close a prison. Lopez is the founder of Mott Hall Bridges Academy, a public school in Brooklyn. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
To set up the school, Lopez faced many challenges. The greatest challenge was to get in touch with children without hope. At first, Lopez only had 45 kids. She once asked some girls, "{#blank#}2{#/blank#}" The answer was, "I don't know if I'm going to live that long." or "I have a lifelong goal of working in a fast-food restaurant nearby." These students had no idea that there were great chances outsider their neighborhood.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} And they have tried their best to keep their students active an hopeful. "We call our students students 'scholars（学者）' because they are lifelong learners. I chose the colors purple and black to remind students that they are excellent. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} They can be future engineers, scientists and even leaders who can and will take over this world," Lopez said.
A popular New York blogger heard about the school and wrote a post about it, telling people how the children struggled（挣扎）, and why people must make education the most important thing. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} About 1.4 million dollars were raised for the school and its students got to take field trips to colleges and universities.
"Up to now, we have had three graduating classes（毕业班）. They have nearly 200 children," said Lopez.
| A.The post reached millions of people. B.Where do you see yourself in five years? C.It was one of the poorest areas in New York City. D.Through education, they can have a great future. E.Luckily, Lopez and her coworkers (同事) didn't give up. F.Do you want to have lessons at school like kids in other areas? |
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