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Sunday, 31 August
We’ve been in China for a month now. Dad, Mom, Harry and I moved to Tianjin on 25 August. We’re not very far from Beijing. Two days ago, we celebrated my 16th birthday. It was great celebrating in China; the only thing that was strange was the cake—here they’re not as sweet as the ones in New York. On Monday school starts—I wonder what it will be like.
Monday, 1 September
On my first day I was looking around for a locker to put my books in. However, here all the students keep all of their books at their desks. We stay in the same classroom because apparently we don’t have to go from class to class—teachers come to us!
Today we selected teacher assistants for each subject. Their duties are to collect homework, make announcements, and do other stuff(事情) for the teachers and the students. It’s kind of a big deal here! Since I am from the US, I was asked to be the English assistant. I felt so proud but quite nervous at the same time because I wasn’t sure what I had to do, but I accepted the job anyway.
Friday, 3 October
Boy, what a week! Now we have nine classes every day, including the morning class, a combination of our American schools “ Homeroom ” and “ Study Hall ”. I think Chinese students work too much! I have to do my homework when I get back home. I don’t even have time to watch TV or surf the Internet like before. I sometimes miss New York and my school because we didn’t have to study so much. We had more time to hang out with our classmates and neighbors; here, besides their usual classes, students are involved in weekend classes in subjects such as English, Chinese and math.
I get a lot of attention, being from another country. Everyone wants to practice English with me! A really cute girl even asked me for my phone number on my second day and sent me a text message! I’m making a lot more friends now. I just need a lot of help to improve my Chinese. Some students want to do a language exchange program with me. Nice!
【文章大意】本文是应用文。文章是一位在中国学习的外国学生写的三篇日记。日记叙述了中国高中学生学习和生活的一些特点以及他在中国学校的学习和生活情况。
21. The passage mentions all the following points EXCEPT ______.
A. physics study
B. food flavour
C. free time activities
D. language exchange programs
【解析】选A。细节理解题。第一篇日记中提到了蛋糕的味道; 第三篇日记的第一段中提到了自由活动; 第三篇日记的第二段提到了交换语言项目。全文没有提到物理学习。
22. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the teacher assistant’s duty?
A. Collecting homework.
B. Making announcements.
C. Helping teachers with small errands(差事).
D. Teaching classmates.
【解析】选D。 细节理解题。根据第二篇日记中的第二段可知老师助手的任务不包括教学生。
23. Where is this passage most probably from?
A. A storybook. B. A guide book.
C. A diary. D. A magazine.
【解析】选C。文章出处题。根据文中的加黑小标题, 可知这是一位学生写的几篇日记。
