Children’s schooling is changing very fast． In the past, teachers kept children sitting still for hours． They made them memorize（記�。� different kinds of things． In other words, the children had to go on repeating things until they knew them “by heart”． Today, many want to know if it’s possible to make children learn all．They say they can only help them learn． They say they must let children learn and find out things themselves．  

But for some children, school is a kind of prison（監(jiān)獄）．They are there only because their parents make them go．They get out of the classroom as soon as the teacher lets them leave．Many of them want to find work, but the law will not let them work until they reach a certain age．And so, they have to stay in school． Often they do not learn anything at all and hate school every moment．

1． The word “schooling” in the passage means          ．

    A． 學費                     B． 教育            C． 鍛煉              D． 訓練

2．Which of the following has the same meaning to“go on repeating”?

    A． read and write                                    B． read or write once

    C． read or write twice                             D． read or write again and again

3． Now, the teachers try their best to          ．

    A． make their students learn more in class

    B． teach their students how to learn themselves

    C． make their students do everything they say

    D． ask their students to do more exercises after class

4． Some children hate schools because          ．

    A． they hope to spend much time reading

    B． their teachers aren’t friendly to them 

    C． they regard them as prisons

    D． they are angry with their classmates

5．          , so they want to stop to find work．

    A． Some children need some money

    B． Some children dislike staying in school

    C． Some children fall behind their classmates

    D． Some children come from poor families

閱讀理解.

　　There once was an old man aged 50, who had a lazy son aged 30. The son couldn't earn his own living(謀生), and still depended on his old father for food and clothing.

　　The old man was very worried about him, so he took him to the fortune(命運) teller to have his fortune told．The father and son both believe what the fortune teller said--the father would live to 80 and the son to 62.

　　After they found out how long they were going to live, the son was very sad．His father comforted (安慰) him.

　　"Don't be so sad! You are only 30 now, and still have 32 years of good days ahead of you." "I'm not worrying about my own age. It's your age which causes me great worry," the son said．

　　The father was greatly moved and said, "Don't worry about me so much. I've got 30 years ahead of me too."

　　"I'm not worried about your age either," said the son," I have found out that you'll die two years earlier than I. So whom will I depend on in the two years after your death?"

（1）The old man had a son ________.

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A．thirty years younger than him

B．who earned a lot of money

C．who lived on him for food and clothing

D．who died two years earlier than him

（2）The underlined word "ahead of" in paragraph 5 means"________".

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（3）The father was moved when ________.

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A．he thought his son was worried about him

B．he knew that his son would die ahead of him

C．his son would earn his own living when he died

D．he found his son worried about his money

（4）The fortune teller told the father and the son that ________.

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A．the father would die two years earlier than his son

B．the father would get less money, but the son would get more

C．his son would die two years ahead of his father

D．both the father and the son would die very soon

（5）The son was worried about his father because ________.

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A．he liked his father very much

B．he would have no money to buy food and clothing if his father died

C．his father was getting older and older

D．his father would get less and less money

閱讀理解.

　　There once was an old man aged 50, who had a lazy son aged 30. The son couldn't earn his own living(謀生), and still depended on his old father for food and clothing.

　　The old man was very worried about him, so he took him to the fortune(命運) teller to have his fortune told．The father and son both believe what the fortune teller said--the father would live to 80 and the son to 62.

　　After they found out how long they were going to live, the son was very sad．His father comforted (安慰) him.

　　"Don't be so sad! You are only 30 now, and still have 32 years of good days ahead of you." "I'm not worrying about my own age. It's your age which causes me great worry," the son said．

　　The father was greatly moved and said, "Don't worry about me so much. I've got 30 years ahead of me too."

　　"I'm not worried about your age either," said the son," I have found out that you'll die two years earlier than I. So whom will I depend on in the two years after your death?"

（1）The old man had a son ________.

［　�。�

A．thirty years younger than him

B．who earned a lot of money

C．who lived on him for food and clothing

D．who died two years earlier than him

（2）The underlined word "ahead of" in paragraph 5 means"________".

［　　］

（3）The father was moved when ________.

［　�。�

A．he thought his son was worried about him

B．he knew that his son would die ahead of him

C．his son would earn his own living when he died

D．he found his son worried about his money

（4）The fortune teller told the father and the son that ________.

［　�。�

A．the father would die two years earlier than his son

B．the father would get less money, but the son would get more

C．his son would die two years ahead of his father

D．both the father and the son would die very soon

（5）The son was worried about his father because ________.

［　�。�

A．he liked his father very much

B．he would have no money to buy food and clothing if his father died

C．his father was getting older and older

D．his father would get less and less money