Question

My little brother is six years old, in first grade. Yesterday, he gave mum a letter from his teacher. "I got a red card today. Could you please sign(簽名) this note（便箋）?" he said to Mom. The note showed that he slept during reading time. He gets a "red card" only once in a while. His real worry is that he doesn’t get top scores（分?jǐn)?shù)） in his school work. His best score is "OK". He often gets "You can do better than this". My mom tells me "You can do better than this" means "Very bad" in China.

In America, teachers are very nice to their students. They never say anything too bad about them even if（即使） the students are making trouble in class or not working hard enough. The worst they might say is "Please be nicer tomorrow". Many parents are pleased with a B-grade for each subject. I’ve learned that things are different in Chinese schools. Expectations （期待）are very high for students. Even from first grade, they have a lot of homework. My first-grade Chinese cousin spent more time on homework than I did when I was in Grade 6 in US. Yet his parents and school thought he was a bad student. But to me, he was good, even though he didn’t meet his parents" expectations. My parents tell me that some students are years before American students in math and science. And Chinese students are the most hard-working in the world. Do you think it’s too strict? Or do you think that it’s not strict enough in America? Maybe both are true!

1.A student in American will get ____ if he makes trouble during class.

A. a present B. a red card C. a top score D. a gift

2.When students get “OK” in American, it means their scores are______ in their schools.

A. not bad B. very bad C. the lowest D. the best

3.Many parents in American are ______ when their children get B-grade in their schools.

A. happy B. sad C. angry D. worried

4.The underlined part “once in a while” in the first paragraph means _____

A. always B. for a long time C. sometimes D. hardly

5.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A. Expectations in China are very high for students.

B. American schools are not strict enough with students.

C. Chinese children have more work than American children.

D. There are different expectations for children between China and American.

Answer 1