Parents play a very important role in children’s development, but that doesn’t mean that parents should spend all their money in educating their children. Or else, it would be unfair to them. However, some modern Chinese parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia without caring about the money. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will learn a musical instrument or ballet or other classes which will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So the parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents aren’t teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing housework.
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It’s an enjoyable but difficult experiment. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually to finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.
Some old machines , such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities aren’t merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
【小题1】According to this passage, there are some problems with _________.

A．the Chinese children’s skills

B．the education system of China

C．the Chinese parents’ idea of educating their children

D．the Chinese children’s hobbies

【小题2】The writer of this passage seems to agree that parents in China _______.

A．are too strict with their children

B．are too rich to educate their children

C．are too poor to educate their children

D．have some problems in educating their children correctly

【小题3】We can conclude that cooking at home helps children_________.

A．benefit from it and prepare themselves for the future

B．learn how to become strong and fat

C．learn how to serve their parents

D．make their parents believe that they are clever

【小题4】The last paragraph shows that_________.

A．broken radios and television sets are useful

B．an engineer must fix many broken radios

C．one’s curiosity may be useful for his later life

D．a good student should spend much time repairing radios

假如你是李华，即将参加学校举办的关于“低碳生活，绿色出行”的英语演讲比赛，请根据以下要点写一篇演讲稿，通过自行车与汽车的对比，呼吁大家骑自行车，享受低碳生活。
内容要点：1. 对环境的影响；
2. 对能源的消耗；
3. 对健康的影响。
注意：词数100左右；
2. 开头和结尾巳经给出，不计入总词数。
Good morning, everyone,

With the improvement of living standards, there has been a tendency that people begin to turn to cars.

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So why not ride bicycles and lead a low-carbon life?

Twelve years ago, Danny called me from a dark, damp subway station. “A baby!” he shouted. “Get down here, and flag down a police car or something.” By nature, Danny is a remarkably calm person, so when I felt his heart pounding through the phone line, I ran.
When I got to the subway station, Danny was holding a light-brown-skinned baby, about a day old. The baby had been wrapped in an oversize black sweatshirt and left on the ground in a corner behind the gate.
Three months later, Danny appeared in family court to give an account of finding the baby. Suddenly, the judge asked, “Would you be interested in adopting this baby?” The question stunned everyone in the courtroom, except Danny, who answered, simply, “Yes.”
“But I know it’s not that easy,” he said.
“Well, it can be,” assured the judge before barking out orders to allow me to be a parent-to-be.
My first reaction, when I heard, went something like: “Are you crazy? How could you say yes without consulting me?”
In three years as a couple, we had never discussed adopting a child. I was an ambitious playwright working as a part-time word processor. Danny was a respected yet wildly underpaid social worker. We had a roommate, who slept in our living room, to help pay the rent.
We knew how many challenges couples usually faced when they wanted to adopt. And while Danny had patience and selflessness, I didn’t know how to change a diaper(尿布), let alone nurse a child. I didn’t trust the system and was sure there would be obstacles. Also, I couldn’t handle parenthood. So I promised myself I wouldn’t get attached.
The caretaker held him and then placed him in my arms. But when the baby stared up at me, with all the innocence and hope he represented, I, like Danny, was completely hooked.
【小题1】Why did the author rush to the subway station?

A．Because Danny finally found their long lost son.

B．Because she sensed Danny met something urgent.

C．Because Danny was knocked down by a police car.

D．Because Danny wasn’t a remarkably calm person by nature.

【小题2】How did the author react on hearing Danny’s answer to the judge’s question?

A．Surprised by the question.

B．Crazy to be a parent-to-be.

C．Annoyed at Danny’s decision.

D．Interested in adopting this baby.

【小题3】It can be inferred from the last paragraph that_________.

A．the author will adopt the baby

B．the caretaker will take the baby away

C．the couple love each other very much

D．the baby will bring hope to the family

【小题4】What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

A．To introduce a story of a poor family.

B．To inform people of how to adopt a baby.

C．To call on people to donate money to them.

D．To show human’s kindness and love by nature.

短文改错

As we all know, most of us school students feel somehow nervously whenever we’re taking an exam. There is no doubt whether exams are important to us, but it was also of great importance to have a right attitude towards them. As the matter of fact, exams are no more than a means of evaluation. However there is no need to worry too many about the results. Only by studying hard every day and make good preparations can we avoid suffering from the pressure of exam.

We had better to go out for a walk before exams. In addition, having enough sleep could make us full of energy and make possible for us to perform well in the exams.

短文改错

Thank you for your invitation to dinner at your home tomorrow evening. Unfortunately, it is much to my regret which I cannot join in you and your family. I will be full occupied with an important exam come the day after tomorrow. I feel terribly sorry for missing the chance of so a happy get-together. I hope that all of you enjoying a good time. Is it possible for you and I to have a private meeting afterward? If so, please don't hesitate to tell me your preferable dates. I am eager for the pleasant chat with you.

Please allow me say sorry again.