【正文】 too cold in winter or too hot in summer, I think. W: Oh, it’s fortable and quite different from here. You know in summer, it can reach 39 degrees here while in winter it can get to 15 degrees below zero. M: Yeah. Is there anything else you would like to know? W: Where do you suggest I should stay? M: Well, that’s important. Maybe you can find a host family. I think it would be good for you to practice your French. W: That sounds like a good idea. Thanks a lot. Text 10 W: Hello, David. Do you know anything about the storms last night? M : Of course. The western part of the city was hit by several storms last night. It caused serious damage and at least two hundred homes had their water and power cut off. Scores of families were left homeless for the roofs of their houses were blown away. The scenes of destruction can be seen everywhere. In Main Street, the car park was flooded pletely. We can still see cars that have been badly damaged by floodwater. Some cars were carried across the parking area and dumped into stormwater drains. It’s terrible. In White Street, some big trees were uprooted and smashed into parked cars. I think it has caused a lot of problems for the insurance pany. They have to pay thousands of dollars for the loss. It’s recorded that the speed of the winds reached eighty kilometers per hour. Worse still, in Green Street, a tree fell on a bus which was taking some basketball players to a game. Luckily, no one in the bus was hurt. As for tomorrow, it’s reported the weather condition will be improved. Clear skies can be expected. 。Big Brother / Big Sister Volunteer, Nashua, NH （ 2021 – 2021） 64． What kind of job does Linda want to get? A． A Big Brother / Big Sister Volunteer． B． A middle school math teacher． C． A special education advisor． D． A summer camp advisor． 65． Linda has worked for the following schools EXCEPT ． A． Rivier College, Nashua, NH B． Wilkins Elementary School, Amherst, NH C． Charlotte Avenue Elementary School, Nashua, NH D． Amherst Street Elementary School, Nashua, NH 66． What can we know about Linda according to the passage? A． She was only interested in developing student’s math abilities． B． She was not active in participating in after – school activities． C． She is permitted to teach in any high school of New York． D． She has plenty of experience in teaching． 67． Which of the following is NOT included in the ways Linda used to municate with the students’ parents? A． Newsletters． B． Phone calls． C． Facetoface talks． D． Daily or weekly progress reports． D The conflict over what or how much homework should be es partly from the fact that people can’t seem to agree on the purpose of homework. What teachers think? Some teachers think that homework is necessary to reinforce what is learned in school. And so they ask their students to memorize what was discussed in class through homework. Some teachers think the point of homework is to cover material that the class didn’t have time to get to, so their homework is to let students learn additional things. Other teachers like homework simply because they want students to form work habits and still others believe homework is necessary because it is the best way for parents to learn what their children do in school. Parents’ ideas. But many parents seem to have different ideas. Elisa Cohen, who has twins at Lafayette Elementary School, doesn’t like the fact that thirdgrade students in DC elementary schools are asked to write about 25 book summaries a year. ―They do the same thing over and over without really getting into alternate(交替的 )ways of thinking about books and thinking about reading and writing. ‖ Experts’ opinions. Some education reformers(改革者 ), such as Howard Gardner, a Harvard University, professor wellknown for his theory on multiple intelligence(智力 ), think that Cohen is on the right track. But it is often hard to persuade overworked teachers to give much thought to homework tasks. 68. How many opinions do the teachers have on ―homework‖? A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 69. According to the experts’ opinions, ____. A. teachers should give necessary work to the students B. teachers should not work too hard or too long C. teachers should let the students repeat what they didn’t have time to get in class D. what Cohen’s thinking about is correct 70. What’s the problem with Elisa Cohen’s twins in writing about their book report? A. They find homework really hard. B. They simply copy one repeatedly. C. They aren’t given much thinking about what they read. D. They get different ways of thinking about their work. 71. We should improve our school education by ________. A. increasing homework B. changing schools C. changing teachers D. reducing homework E Perhaps the most famous theory, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell. He believes that physical appearance is often culturally programmed. In other words, we learn our looks — we are not born with them. A baby has generally informed face features. A baby, according to Birdwhistell, learns where to set the eyebrows by looking at those around — the family and friends. This helps explain why the people of some areas of the US look so much alike. New Englanders or Southerners have certain mon face features that cannot be explained by geics (遺傳學(xué) ). The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth. It is learned after. In fact, the final mouth shape is not formed until well after new teeth