President Obama's plan to improve former president George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind program is an improvement on a good thing. But it doesn't go far enough.

     Obama outlined a goal that by 2020, all grade school and high school students are on a path toward college.

     However, what we need is a practical plan that not only requires all high school graduates to take at least two years of college but also makes it financially possible for them to do so. We've provided a free public education through the 12th grade. If we're going to keep up—or catch up——with some other countries (like China) in preparing young people for careers, a 12-year education programme no longer is enough.

     About 3 million students across the US will graduate from high school this spring. But only 2 million will go on to college, according to a survey by the National Centre for Education Statistics (NCFES). For the more than 1 million who won't go on, money is a main reason. If tuition(学费) were free, about half of them could make up other costs from family or part-time jobs.

     Critics (批评家) of free college tuition will say we can't afford it because of the federal deficit (联邦赤字) and other rising costs. Let's see some government spending in detail:

     In the last nearly 10 years, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost us $ 1,000 billion. Federal money which was spent on public primary and secondary education in the last year for which figures are available was $ 47 billion. If we end costly and unnecessary wars and nation-building efforts abroad, the federal government could provide more money on public education, for which state and governments now carry most of the burden.

What's the program No Child Left Behind about this year?

All children being taken good care of by the government.

All grade school and high school students receiving college education.

No child being left alone at home.

All children having good jobs in the future.

The author probably agrees that President Obama's plan ________.

has nothing to do with George W. Bush's program.

will surely succeed in ten years

is about 12-year education for all the children

doesn't contain practical measures(措施) to achieve its goal

If tuition were not paid for, about ________ American students could afford college education.

What can we learn from the passage?

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were necessary.

The federal government has enough money for the plan.

Critics of free tuition think highly of the plan.

Obama's plan might be difficult to carry out.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号( ∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

   删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

    修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

    注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不记分。

    One afternoon after I was on my way home，the weather changed suddenly．Dark clouds were gathered．I began to feel worried because I didn’t have both a raincoat or umbrella about me．It soon started to rain. Just as 1 was hurrying home, I heard of someone calling me from behind．I turn to have a look and found that he

 was Liu Wei, a good neighbor of mine．He offered to share his umbrella with me．We walked all the ways home．With Liu  Wei’s  help, I would  have got wet to the skin．How thankful 1 was to his help!

Which record of his do they say _________best in their shop?

A. sells       B. to sell     C. is sold    D. selling

The father as well as his three children _____ skating on the frozen river every Sunday afternoon in winter.

A. goes   B. go   C. is going   D. are going

--- Did you went to India as planned ?

--- No , we _____________________

A．would rather go to my home town

B．preferred to go to my home town

C．went to my home town instead

D．went to my home town rather than going to India

It was my sister ________ first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River.

A. who                  B. whom                    C. /                        D. which

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Several factors make a good newspaper story. First，  1   ，it must be new. But since TV can react to events so quickly, this is often a problem for    2  . They usually respond    3   it in one of three ways.

One by providing   4   detail, comment or background information.

One by finding a new   5  on the day’s major stories.

One by printing completely different stories which   6   doesn’t broadcast.

What else? Well—it also has to be   7  . People don’t want to read about    8   , everyday life. Because of this, many stories   9   some kind of conflict or danger. This is one reason why so much news seems to be   10  news , “ Plane lands safely—no-one hurt ”doesn’t sell newspapers. “Plane  11  —200 feared dead !” does .

Next, there’s human interest. People are interested in other   12   —particularly in the rich, famous and powerful. Stories about the private lives of pop singers, actors, models, politicians,   13  , all appear regularly in certain newspapers .

Finally, for many editors,   14   is an important factor, too. They prefer stories about people, places and events which their readers know. That’s   15   the stories in Tokyo’s newspapers are often very different from the stories printed in Paris, Cairo, New York or Buenos Aires.

A .gradually     B. extremely         C. obviously           D. precisely

A. newspapers    B. publications     C. reporters        D. broadcasters

A. with          B. on               C. of               D. to

A. extra         B. available       C. reliable          D. memorable

A. direction      B. look           C. angle           D. section

A. TV            B. internet          C. newspaper          D. radio

A. conventional   B. dramatic        C. professional     D. sensitive

A. common       B. usual            C. ordinary         D. special

A. urge         B. neglect          C. increase        D. involve

A. good        B. bad            C. exciting         D. informative

A. crashes      B. bumps          C. strikes          D. drops

A. places       B. people          C. things          D. news

A. in addition   B. in any case       C. for example     D. after all

A. personality   B. similarity        C. tolerance       D. familiarity

A. that                B. why             C. because D. what

----I heard that as many as 24 people were killed in the big fire.

----Yes,         news came as          surprise to us.

A．a; a   B．the; / C．/; a    D．the; a

The young mother walked off, leaving the little boy ___________ in the room.

This picture was taken a long time ago. I wonder if you can __________ my father.