| HIGHFIELD COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL SCHOOL REPORT Form Teacher: G. Baker Pupil"s Name: Simon Watkins Term: Summer 2010 Form: B | |||
| Subject | Exam | Class work | Comments |
| English | 59 | 61 | Simon has reached a satisfactory standard but now needs to apply himself with more determination. |
| Mathematics | 77 | 85 | Sound work and progress throughout the year. Well done! |
| History | 46 | 53 | A disappointing exam result. He is unable to give attention to this subject for long. |
| Chemistry | 78 | 85 | His obvious ability in the subject was not fully reflected in his exam work, but I have high hopes for him nevertheless. |
| Physics | 86 | 94 | An excellent term"s performance. He goes from strength to strength. A born scientist, I feel. |
| Biology | 57 | 60 | This time next year he will be taking the "O" Level exam. He needs to concentrate on the work, not on class conversation. |
| French | 41 | 46 | Clearly he didn"t bother to revise. His general attitude is far too casual. |
| Physical Education | / | 31 | Weak. It"s time he exercised his body more and his voice less. He should try to work with a team. |
| FORM TEACHER"S REMARKS HEADMASTER Basically satisfactory work and progress I shall be keeping an eye on his though he will now have realized, I hope, that progress in his weaker subjects in certain subject areas he needs to make speedy though his success in the sciences is improvement. most pleasing. | |||
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| If a noisy neighbor is blasting music at all hours of the day and night, drowning out your phone conversations and interrupting your sleep, you can call the police. But what is a whale to do? Natural noise from waves, wind, rain and even earthquakes is common in oceans. Unfortunately, man-made noise from oil and gas drilling, sonar, and ships is also present. Low frequency noise has doubled off the California coast every decade since the nineteen sixties. The main reasons are ships" propellers (螺旋桨). They not only generate continuous low frequency sound, some propellers cavitate (形成气穴), which means they create air bubbles that collapse, creating loud popping sounds. Whales use low frequency calls to communicate across thousands of miles of ocean. They are threatened by noise pollution because it can prevent them from contacting each other and from locating their foods. Endangered humpback and right whales, which use fibrous baleen to strain food from the water, are the most at risk. Scientists studying right whales off Canada"s east coast have discovered that whales are sending louder calls through the water to make themselves heard. Because they invest more energy in making calls, they have less energy available for finding food and mating. Other scientists measuring whale calls against background noise pollution have discovered that right whales have lost about eighty percent of their normal communication area. This could seriously affect survival of this already threatened species. Scientists don"t have badges and guns, but they are trying to correct the noise pollution problem. By tracking ships and marine mammals and understanding how noise travels, they are creating sound maps. They hope to get shipping lanes moved so that the noise pollution ships create will not overlap with areas most important to the whales. | |||
| 1. What does the passage mainly talk about? | |||
| A. Whales are in danger because of the noise.B. Noise pollution is affecting whales. C. Natural noise is good for whales.D. How to protect whales endangered. | |||
| 2. The following statements are true EXCEPT ________. | |||
| A. You can call the police if you are disturbed by a noise neighbor B. Low frequency noise has doubled off the Canadian coast every decade since 1960s. C. Noise pollution can prevent whales from contacting each other and from locating prey. D. Endangered humpback and right whales are the most at risk. | |||
| 3. We can infer from the last paragraph that ________. | |||
| A. Some areas important to whales are overlapped with the ship lanes. B. Scientists are creating the sound maps by tracking ships and marine mammals. C. If scientists have guns, they can correct the noise pollution. D. Scientists have worked out a plan to protect the whales. | |||
| 4. According to scientists, ________. | |||
| A. Right whales off the Californian coast have been in danger because of the loss of the energy. B. Right whales cannot find food and mate for they lose a lot of living area. C. There are about 20% of the normal communication areas still available for the right whales. D. The right whales always invest most of their energy for making calls. | |||
| 5. According to the description of whales, we can know that ________. | |||
| A. The noise made by the ships has a bad effect on the area where whales live. B. Whales can communicate with each other by diving into the deep water. C. Whales cannot find mates because they don"t have enough energy. D. The communication between whales is through low frequency calls | |||
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| Nuclear energy has always been controversial. But since the tsunami and nuclear disaster in Fukushima (Japan) last year the issue is back in the headlines. And the world is divided- some countries are planning more nuclear plants, while others have promised to shut theirs down. After Fukushima, Germany decided to switch off all its nuclear plants by 2022. Switzerland and Italy are also phasing out nuclear power. But France and the United States remain staunch supporters of atomic energy. In fact, almost 80% of France"s electricity comes from nuclear power, the highest percentage in the world. And in the US, the Obama administration said it "continues to support the expansion of nuclear power, despite the crisis in Japan." Nuclear supporters claim nuclear power can help the environment. Unlike fossil fuels, nuclear power doesn"t create greenhouse gases. So, pro-nuclear countries argue that nuclear power allows them to generate energy without contributing to climate change. Britain"s chief scientific adviser (John Beddington) supports this view. He recently said that the world doesn"t have the luxury of ignoring nuclear energy. Nuclear power is also relatively cheap. Renewable energy sources such as solar, hydro and wind power may be clean, but they"re expensive; and right now, they require a lot of investment. This higher cost of using "green energy" is usually passed onto the consumer. So, while many people may prefer their energy to come from a renewable source, not so many are prepared to pay higher energy bills. This is of particular concern while the world economy is in such bad shape. The main argument against nuclear energy is that it isn"t safe. For a start, nuclear waste is very difficult to dispose of, and remains toxic to humans for thousands of years. And even before Fukushima, there were several high-profile nuclear disasters. The most famous is probably the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, in the Ukraine. The radiation from the meltdown spread all over Europe, affecting thousands. The nuclear energy issue is very complex. And it doesn"t look like it"ll be resolved anytime soon. As a Japanese commentator recently said, "it"s been a bad year for the "nuclear village", but I don"t think they"re down and out yet." The battle continues. | |||
| 1. What does the underlined word "this " refer to in paragraph 4? | |||
| A. The fact that many people prefer to use the green energy sources while unwilling to pay higher bill. B. The cost of using renewable sources C. The fact that the nuclear power is cheaper. D. The investment of renewable energy sources | |||
| 2. In the 5th paragraph, the author takes the case of Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine to _______. | |||
| A. convince the reader that nuclear waste is difficult to get rid of. B. explain that nuclear waste may remain harmful to humans for thousands of years. C. persuade the world not to use nuclear energy. D. support the idea that nuclear energy is not safe. | |||
| 3.We can learn from the last paragraph that _______. | |||
| A. the Japanese commentator is positive about the future of nuclear energy. B. the nuclear energy issue will be soon settled. C. a battle will break out in the future. D. Japan is considering to build a nuclear village in the future. | |||
| 4. What is the author"s purpose of writing the passage? | |||
| A. To highlight the danger of using nuclear energy. B. To introduce some serious nuclear disasters. C. To show the argument between nuclear supporters and protesters. D. To give some advice on how to use nuclear energy safely. | |||
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| Each child has his individual (个人的) pattern of social, as well as physical, development. Some of it depends on his home life and his relationships with the people who love him. Children in large families learn how to get along with others through normal brother- sister play and tussles (打斗). An only child, on the other hand , may have to learn his lessons in social living through hard experiences on the playground or in the classroom. Twins who always have one another to lean on may be slow in responding to others because they do not need anyone else. A child who is constantly scolded and made to feel he does everything wrong may have a difficult time developing socially. He may be so afraid of displeasing the adults around him that he keeps to himself (where he can"t get into trouble)or he may take the opposite route and go out of his way to create trouble. Like the deserted child, he too may return to infantile (幼稚的) pleasures, developing habits that will satisfy him, but create barriers (障碍) toward social contact. | |||
| 1. Which of the following may have effect on children"s paten of social development? | |||
| A. Age. B. Education C. Home life. D. Gender (性别) | |||
| 2. Which of the following is implied by the passage? | |||
| A. Too much scolding of children may make their social development difficult. B. All children developed in the same ways. C. Children who are constantly scolded may learn to get along with others quickly. D. Deserted children often exhibit quicker social development. | |||
| 3. We can inferred from the passage that________. | |||
| A. continual scolding is not harmful to the child. B. continual scolding holds back healthy social development. C. continual scolding has no effect on obeying orders. D. continual scolding has no effect on physical development | |||
| 4.Where does the passage say the only child learns his social lessons? | |||
| A. School and home B. Home and playground C. Classroom and playground D. All of the above | |||
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| There is a common belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have taught in has ever considered spelling unimportant as a basic skill. There are, however, quite different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority (优先) it must be given over general language development and writing ability. The problem is how to encourage a child to express himself freely in writing without holding him back with spelling. If spelling becomes the only point of his teacher"s interest, clearly a bright child will be likely to "play safe". He will write only words within his spelling range. That"s why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability. I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal experience: "This work is terrible! There are far too many spelling mistakes." It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupils" technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad thing for the teacher who had omitted (略过) to read the composition, which contained some beautiful expressions of the child"s deep feelings. The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the mistakes, but if his priority had centered on the child"s ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more hope to seek improvement. | |||
| 1. Teachers differ in their opinions about __ . | |||
| A. the difficulties in teaching spelling B. the necessity of teaching spelling C. the importance of the basic writing skills D. the role of spelling in general language development | |||
| 2. The expression "play safe" probably means ____. | |||
| A. to write carefully B. to avoid using words one is not sure of C. to use dictionaries frequently D. to do as teachers say | |||
| 3. Teachers encourage the use of dictionaries so that____. | |||
| A. students will be able to express their ideas more freely. B. teachers will have less trouble in correcting mistakes. C. students will have more trust in writing. D. students will learn to spell words correctly. | |||
| 4. The writer seems to think that the teacher"s judgment on that sensitive piece of writing is____. | |||
| A. reasonable B. unfair C. foolish D. careless | |||
| 5. The main idea of the passage is _______. | |||
| A. the importance of developing writing skills B. the importance of spelling C. the correct way of marking composition D. the relationship between spelling and the content of a composition | |||
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| NOT all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. Often the experiences in nightmares appear repeatedly. Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly wipe out, the effect of painful memories. In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far, the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are wiped out. They are not sure to what degree people"s memories are affected. The research has caused a lot of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it. Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers" troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories. "Some memories can ruin people"s lives. They come back to you when you don"t want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They usually come with very painful emotions," said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "This could relieve a lot of that suffering." But those who are against the research say that maybe the pills can change people"s memories and changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity. They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past. "All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were terrible at the time but make us who we are. I"m not sure we want to wipe those memories out." said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist (伦理学家). | |||
| 1.The passage is mainly about . | |||
| A. a new medical invention B. a new research on the pill C. an argument about the research on the pill D. a way of wiping out painful memories | |||
| 2. The drug tested on people can . | |||
| A. cause the brain to fix memories B. stop people remembering bad experiences C. wipe out the emotional effects of memories D. prevent body producing certain chemicals | |||
| 3.We can infer from the passage that . | |||
| A. Experts are not sure about the effects of the pills. B. the pill will certainly stop people"s emotional memories C. taking the pill will do harm to people"s physical health D. the pill has already been produced and used by the public America | |||
| 4.Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with in the last paragraph? | |||
| A. some memories can ruin people"s lives. B. people want to get rid of bad memories. C. experiencing bad events makes us different from others. D. the pill will reduce people"s sufferings from bad memories. | |||
| 5.You may probably read the passage in . | |||
| A. a guidebook B. a textbook C. a medical magazine D. a science fiction | |||