Question

It’s 7:40 in the morning. Li Yanming, a 13-year-old student in Beijing, is sitting in class. But many of the seats in the classroom are still empty. 1.

Beijing has eight rules to ease（減輕）students’ burdens（負擔）this year. The rules ask schools to give students more free time. 2. Other places in China like Fujian and Shandong have similar rules.

What should students do with their new free time? 3. “Teachers asked us to read Chinese textbooks on Tuesday and Thursday, but now I can decide what to read by myself,” Li said. She gets up and goes to school as usual, but uses the whole week’s morning time to read English textbooks.

Zhang Zhaojie is a 14-year-old student from Xiamen. His school day ends at 5:00 pm. 4. So he has time to develop（發展）his interests. He plays basketball, watches English movies or draws pictures. “Now my life is not all about study. I can do what I like to make it rich and colorful,” Zhang said.

5. But they say that students need to make good use of their time. “Freedom comes with responsibility（責任）. Students should learn to be masters of themselves,” said Liu Mingang, a teacher in Beijing.

Answer 1

1.C

2.E

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是今年北京有八項有關減輕學生學業負擔的規定。這些規定叫孩子們有了更多的業余時間了。孩子們需要好好的利用這些自由時間，真正的做自己的主人。

1.句意：但是在教室里的許多座位都是空的。并且周圍也沒有老師。連詞前后文，故選C。

2.句意：其中的一項規定就是說，中小學生在八點之前不比在學校里。根據The rules ask schools to give students more free time.規定叫學校給學生們更多的自由時間。可知選E。

3.句意：學生們應該怎樣處理他們的自由時間呢？李的第一個選擇就是提高她的弱科英語。根據“Teachers asked us to read Chinese textbooks on Tuesday and Thursday, but now I can decide what to read by myself,” Li said.故選B。

4.句意：有了這個新規定，他一個小時就可以完成作業。根據So he has time to develop（發展）his interests.可知，故選A。

5.句意：老師們也歡迎這新規定。根據But they say that students need to make good use of their time.可知答案為D。

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