"It hurts me more than you", and "This is for your own good!"―these are the statements my mother used to make to raise my sense of discipline ( 紀(jì)律 ) when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework.

That was before we entered the permissive period in education in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school. The schools and the educators made it easy for us. They thought that it was all right to be parents who took a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators, turned on the television, left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.

Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are realizing we've made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon Clomps who says to her students ― "so passive” ―and wonders what has happened. Nothing is demanded of them, she believes. "Television," says Clomps, "contributes to children's passivity. We're talking about a generation of kids who've never been hurt or hungry. They have learned somebody will always do it for them. Instead of saying 'go and look it up', you tell them the answer. It takes greater energy to say no to a kid."

Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. It's time for parents to end their vacation arid come back to work. It's time to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them, but it's for their own good. It's time to start telling them no again.

60. Children are becoming more inactive in study because ___.

A. they watch TV too often                       B. they have done too much homework

C. they have to fulfill too many duties         D. teachers are too strict with them

61. We learn from the passage that the author's mother used to lay stress on ___.

A. learning Latin    B. discipline   C. natural development     D. education at school

62. By "permissive period in education" (L. 1, Para. 2) the author means a time ___.

A. when children are allowed to do what they wish to

B. when everything can be taught at school

C. when every child can be educated

D. when children are permitted to receive education

63. The main idea of the passage is that ___.

A. parents should leave their children alone

B. kids should have more activities at school

C. it's time to be more strict with our kids

D. parents should always set a good example to their kids

BEIJING, Fek  13 ― Never has China's economic growth attracted so much global attention. The shock waves from the financial crisis (危機(jī)) that started in the United States have spread across the entire world, sending developed nations, including Japan and those of Europe, into serious recession(衰退). The world is now holding out hope that China, with its massive potential, will serve as the engine to fuel global economic growth.

But China's real economic growth slowed sharply to 6.8 percent in the October-December quarter. For China, this rate of economic expansion must be as disappointing as negative growth is for Japan. Beijing has set an official goal of achieving a minimum annual growth rate of 8 percent -- a pace it regards as important to ensuring job security.

The Chinese government is apparently confident the nation will achieve the minimum growth target of 8 percent in 2009. At the World Economic Forum's annual meeting of political and business leaders in Davos, Switzerland, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao stressed the Chinese economy began to show signs of recovery late last year.

Last week, however, the International Monetary Fund predicted that China's economic growth in 2009 will be 6.7 percent. China's economic outlook is likely to keep both hope and anxiety for the time being.

           China's impressive economic growth has been fueled by swelling exports and massive investment (投資)in equipment to produce goods for overseas. But the US, Japanese and European economies, which have absorbed the bulk(數(shù)量) of China's exports, are expected to shrink simultaneous（同時(shí)）in 2009, for the first time since the end of World War II. For the first time since it started serious efforts to turn itself into a market economy in the 1990s, China is facing the challenge of maintaining healthy economic growth without depending on external demand.

           Expansion of domestic (國(guó)內(nèi)的) demand holds a key to China's success in tackling this challenge. Consumer spending accounts for only 35 percent of China's gross (總的)) domestic product. The ratio(比率) is considerably lower than the 70 percent for the United States and the nearly 60 percent for Japan. That is because the middle class - the group that should lead consumer spending - is still relatively small in China, where the benefits of the nation's strong economic growth in recent years have mostly eluded rural villages and low-income earners.

56. According to the report, in the last quarter of 2008, China's real economic growth was at least ______less than planned annual growth rate.

A. 6.7%       .     B.6.8%         C.1.3%           D. 1.2%

57. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The financial crisis has had bad effects on many countries including China.

B. China's economic growth has been depending on exports.

C. If China intends to keep the same economic growth, it must increase goods for overseas.

D. Consumer spending in China is much lower than that of the US.

58. The underlined word in the last paragraph probably means____.

A. benefited           B. avoided       C. influenced        D. missed

59. What's the best title of the passage?

A. Economic change, the only hope for china.

B. China has attracted much global attention.

C. China, the engine to fuel global economic growth.

D. The financial crisis has influenced China's economy.

       It was Friday―the most tiring day of a teacher's week. As I was going to dismiss the class, Jan, who sat behind Bill suddenly shouted, “Teacher, Bill took my dime ( = 10 cents ). It was 36 here by my ink bottle when I went to sharpen my pencil and now it is 37 .”

        Bill only dropped his head  38.

       The dime had  39  been there. I had seen it. And Bill was the only one who had been    40 Jan's desk.

      By now the children were quiet, obviously waiting for me to  41  action. Perhaps I hadn't slept well the night before; or perhaps it was the expectation in the children's eye. 42 , I lost my control. I scolded Bill for being  43  .

      "Give Jan her dime," I ordered. Bill didn't say a word in  44  .

      "Stand up!" he stood beside his seat. "Now turn all your 45 inside out and take off your shoes!" He did so, 46 to cover one foot with the other to 47  the holes in his socks. But there was no dime.

     “ 48  your desk! " I ordered. Patiently he did so. The dime wasn't there either. He returned the books and papers to his desk without a word. Then he 49  his face in his arms. Immediately I   50  my mistakes. I, the person who could defend him, had failed him.

       It was very late that afternoon    51  one of the boys went to the front of the room to sharpen his pencil. "Hey! " he cried, "Here's Jan's dime on the board ledge. She must have put it here when she sharpened her pencil."

I felt heartsick. I went to Bill, and  52  him into my arms. "I'm so sorry. Bill. I had no 53 to scold you. Will you pardon me?"

        Slowly he raised his eyes to  54 . There were no tears but the 55 in his eyes branded (印在) my heart forever.

 ―_____ the football match might be put off.

―Yes. Well, it all depends on the weather.

A. I had been told         B. I've told          C. I'm to be told     D. I've been told

 Mr. Joe, principal of the school, advised that all the kids _____ the burdens if they wanted to do better.

A. carry out              B. put away          C. break down       D. get off

― Tom failed in the math test.

― Just as I had expected. He is too lazy. However, he's ___ but stupid.

A. anyone                B. no one           C. anything         D. nothing

 When I turned to the person _____next to me, I recognized that he was my schoolmate.

A. seating                B. being sat         C. sit               D. seated

―You___ better now if you had listened to me.

―Next time I will.

A. would be             B. will be           C. would have been    D. had been

―Can I pay the bill by check?

―Sorry, sir. But it is the management rule of our hotel that payment ___ be made in cash.

A.shall                  B.need              C. will            D. can

―What time did you come back yesterday?

―It was 12 o'clock _____ he arrived home.

A. before                 B. that               C. when            D. until