Peter was walking to school from his home with his friend Jim．

　　“I’m thinking．” he said．

　　“What?” Jim laughed．

　　“Before we came to this school, we had studied for 6 years．” Peter said．“And it will be 9 years by the end of this term…”

　　“Don’t you think nine-year studying is too long?” his friend asked．

　　“What about it?Everyone must go to school at least 9 years．Well, we have learned English for years…and you still can’t understand a word of it…．that’s really funny,” Peter shouted when he ran away from his friend．

　　When Jim caught up with him, he said, “I think it is a long time really, when you think about it．”

　　“Mm…．Hey, you haven’t forgotten your math homework this time?”

　　“I did it last night,” Jim answered, when they came to the school gate．“It was difficult, wasn’t it?I sometimes think that all this homework is not good for our brain…We need a rest from all this studying．”

　　“I really can’t agree with you,” Peter said, “studying is good for you; and school isn’t only about studying．We learn lots of other useful things, and at school we can develop our interests．”

　　“You’re right,” Jim agreed．“I wasn’t very interested in playing basketball until I joined the school team．”

　　“So you see, it seems like a long time and a lot of work sometimes, but it helps to make our lives more interesting．”

　　“Now you speak just like my father; you should be a ‘teacher’ at this school, not a student,” Jim joked when the bell rang．

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閱讀材料，然后從各小題所給的四個選項中選出最佳選項。

　　I was born in New York, but I grew up in San Francisco．I began to live in San Francisco when I was two．I began to live in London 25 years ago．If I am asked now where I want to live forever, I would say London．But I will always be American．

　　San Francisco, like London, has many parks．Every day my sisters and I were taken to play in the parks as children．I didn't go to school．I only had three hours of formal(正規(guī)的)education when I was five．I was sent to school but came home at noon on the first day．I said I didn't enjoy it and hadn't learned anything．My parents decided that school was not right for me and I never went back．

　　My mother then taught me and my two sisters, in the way of an English lady who had good education．We learned languages and read more than science and math．Sometimes she taught us herself, but we also had other teachers．They asked us to take lessons every day．About once a week we walked to Golden Gate Park．While we were walking, my mother taught me to read posters．One day I noticed a little toy train in the window of a shop and I remember now how I'd like to have it．I couldn't say my “r” when I was small．My mother said if I could say an “r” well, I would have the toy train．I usually get the things I want in life-but I work hard for them．

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