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I am truly saddened about what is going on in my school district, especially in the school where I am currently working. Why are so many students not doing well? Why is there such a huge achievement gap between urban and suburban students? Just this week, in my school the seventh grade team leader called a meeting to discuss academic detention (放学后留校). The purpose of the detention is to allow students who are doing poorly a second chance to redo the work. Now if a student did not understand an assignment I have no trouble allowing that student to redo a test or give some extra credit work, but if a student did poorly because he/she opted(选择) not to do the work out of sheer laziness, that student should not be given a second chance. And parents should be held accountable for their children. That is another reason why there is such a huge achievement gap. All children should be monitored at home in order to achieve great success in school. Perhaps it might be a great idea for urban school districts to offer free classes to parents on how to help their students at home. Of course this idea is far fetched, after all we do not want to offend the parents. What we will do instead is to spend a fortune on teacher training because if the kids are not doing well it must be the fault of the teacher. That kind of mindset, if allowed to continue will be a perfect recipe for greater achievement gaps. I started working at my current school in August and I have been in the teaching field for 25 years. What I believe is that you can lead a horse to water but you can"t make that horse drink. You can"t force kids to change bad habits over night, nor can we afford to lower standards just so a kid can pass a class.
1. The seventh grade team leader in the author"s school called a meeting to ________. A. analyse the reason for the huge achievement gap between students B. find out who is to blame for the huge achievement gap between students C. talk about giving students who are doing poorly a second chance to redo the work D. discuss how to narrow the huge achievement gap between students
2. The author believes that a student can be given a second chance ________. A. if he did poorly the first time B. for whatever reason he did poorly the first time C. if he failed the first time in spite of his efforts D. if he comes from a suburban area
3. In the last paragraph, the author intends to tell us that ________. A. a student can make improvement only when he is willing to B. teachers are to blame if his students are doing poorly C. the school should force those students to work harder if they"re doing poorly D. the school should treat different students with different standards |
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Beijing - The public has responded with vigorous support for an NPC deputy’s proposal to extend the Spring Festival holiday from three days to 10. More than 78 percent of about 27,600 respondents to a poll on www.people.com.cn <http://www. /> voted in favor of the idea of Li Jing, who is also the mayor of Meishan city in South-west China"s Sichuan province. Li said the lunar new year festival holiday was too short for family reunions, especially fog the nation"s 220 million migrant workers. With hundreds of millions of people on the move during such a short time span,the holiday puts great stress on the public transport system and suppresses tourism, he added. He suggested the ho1iday be extended and cover the three adjacent (毗连的) weekends, which means the public could take a total of 16 days off and floating population could spend the Lantern Festival,which falls on the 15th day of the lunar new year, with their families. People would then have sufficient time to fully enjoy the traditional holiday with their families, Li said during an interview with People"s Daily Online on Friday. Most online voters agreed that extending the holiday will ease the burden on public transport and strengthen family ties. "The Spring Festival is an occasion for family reunions and should be longer than the National Day holiday," one responder said in an online post. "Every year, I wish I could spend more time at home for the Spring Festival, but I always have to go back to work. I hope the NPC will approve this proposal. " Another online comment read: "Extending the Spring Festival holiday could prevent the annual transportation crush, which has in recent years resembled an exodus (出走) of fleeing refugees (难民)"". Most of the about 13 percent who opposed the idea citied difficulties readjusting to work after the break. Some pointed out that office moral (士气) was generally low during the first week after the holiday. "After thesix-day holiday, many people come back to work feeling absent-minded," one respondent said. Some who opposed the extension suggested adding the Lantern Festival as an official holiday. Another 10 percent said lawmakers should carefully study the impacts before they make any decisions on holidays. |
1. Which of the following is NOT the reason why Li Jing suggested extending the Spring Festival holiday? |
A. The floating population could spend the Lantern Festival. B. People could spend more money and this could promote consumption. C. The lunar new year festival holiday was too short for family reunions. D. The holiday puts great stress on the public transport system and suppresses tourism |
2. What was Li Jing"s plan for the lunar new year festival holiday? |
A. It could cover the two adjacent weekends. B. The holiday would be from the first day of the lunar year. C. He added the Lantern Festival as an independent official holiday. D. The public could take a total of 16 days off including the Lantern Festival. |
3. The underlined word "crush" in the sixth paragraph probably means “______” . |
A. uncomfortable pressure caused by a great crowd of people B. a drink made by pressing fruit and used as juice C. a traffic accident resulting from traveling too fast D. people"s eagerness to go home to meet their families |
4. Why were some netizens against extending the holiday? |
A. It was a waste of time. B. people would not earn much money. C. It would have a bad effect on China"s economy. D. people wouldn"t be in a good working stag after so long a holiday. |
LONDON—Here"s a new warning from health experts: Sitting is deadly. Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for prolonged(持续很久的)periods—even if you also exercise regularly—could be bad for your health. And it doesn"t matter where the sitting takes place—at the office, at school, in the car or before a computer or TV— just the overall number of hours it occurs. Several studies suggest people who spend most of their days sitting are more likely to be fat, have a heart attack or even die. In an editorial published this week in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, Elin Ekblom-Bak of the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences suggested that authorities rethink how they define physical activity to highlight the dangers of sitting. While health officials have issued guidelines recommending minimum (最少的) amounts of physical activity, they haven’t suggested people try to limit how much time they spend in a seated position. "After four hours of sitting, the body starts to send harmful signals," Ekblom-Bak said. She explained that genes regulating (调节) the amount of glucose (葡萄糖) and fat in the body start to shut down. Even for people who exercise, spending long periods of time sitting at a desk is still harmful. Tim Armstrong, a physical activity expert at the World Health Organization, said people who exercise every day—but still spend a lot of time sitting—might get more benefit if that exercise were spread across the day, rather than in a single bout (一回). Still, in a study published last year that tracked more than 17,000 Canadians for about a dozen years, researchers found people who sat more had a higher death risk, whether or not they exercised. "We don"t have enough evidence yet to say how much sitting is bad," said Peter Katzmarzyk of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, who led the Canadian study. "But it seems the more you can get up and interrupt this sedentary (坐着的) behavior, the better." Figures from a U.S. survey in 2003-2004 found Americans spend more than half their time sitting, from working at their desks to sitting in cars. Experts said more research is needed to figure out just how much sitting is dangerous, and what might be possible to offset those effects. "People should keep exercising because that has a lot of benefits," Ekblom-Bak said. "But when they"re in the office, they should try to interrupt sitting as often as possible," she said. |
1. What is the best title for the text? |
A. Sitting Too Much Could Be Deadly B. How To Avoid Sitting Too Much C. Not Sitting Too Much While Working D. More And More People Sit Too Much |
2. According to the research, ____________. |
A. the more time you spend in exercising in a single bout, the healthier you will be B. those who often sit too much are sure to grow fat or suffer from a heart attack C. you had better not sit for more than four hours in a single bout D. regular exercise is effective to get rid of the side effect of sitting too much |
3. How does the danger of sitting too much affect the human body? |
A. It results in a higher death risk. B. It increases glucose and fat in the body. C. It causes the genes to fail to balance the glucose and fat in the body. D. It makes a person unable to exercise long enough in a day. |
4. The underlined word "offset" in paragraph 10 probably means __________. |
A. improve B. achieve C. ignore D. avoid |
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WASHINGTON(Reuters)-Federal Government Agencies in the capital region will remain closed for a second day on Tuesday as residents trying to clean up the weekend storm that shocked the area with two feet of snow. Another big winter storm was expected to hit the U.S. mid-Atlantic on Tuesday and last through Wednesday, the National Weather Service forecast on Monday. Projected snowfall is ranged from 10 to 20 inches, it said. The new storm was expected to hit other big cities along the East Coast, including Baltimore and Philadelphia, which is still extending into New Jersey and New York. It would pile on to the 32 inches of snow that fell in suburban Washington in the biggest snowfall to hit the city in decades. The Office of Personnel Management announced on Monday evening that Federal Government Offices in the Washington area would be closed on Tuesday. Emergency employees were expected to report for work in time, but non-emergency employees were excused. The Federal Government was closed on Monday, though President Barack Obama still held meetings at the White House. Schools and most businesses in the region also were shut. In the county, about 80,000 people lost power on Saturday, and some customers still had no electricity or heat on Monday. Many schools said classes would be canceled through Tuesday, even before the latest storm warning. On Monday, winter sunshine bathed the nation"s capital and the surrounding region, where people dug out their driveways and sidewalks to finally start to clear streets in some residential neighborhoods. Bus service on Monday was limited to just a small number of routes in the Washington, D.C. Cold and snow blanketed much of the central United States this winter, slowing weight gain in cattle and pigs, delaying livestock(牲畜)sales, and increasing feed costs for producers. The new storm might also hit the Northeast, the nation"s largest market for heating fuel. The weekend blast largely bypassed that region. |
1. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? |
A. Another Big Winter Storm Hit the West Coast of the USA B. Weather Closes Government Offices a Second Day C. A Big Snowstorm on the Way to America D. More Cities Govered by Snow in America |
2. The underlined word "projected" in the second paragraph means" " |
A. desired B. estimated C. melting D. planned |
3. From the passage we can infer that . |
A. New Jersey has suffered the big snow B. a big snow hit the capital region on Monday C. Washington was stricken by a big snow last weekend D. Federal Government Agencies will have a holiday on Wednesday |
4. According to the National Weather Service forecast, . |
A. the new snowfall will reach 32 inches around Washington B. the snowstorm will hit more big cities along the West Coast C. the snowstorm will make 80,000 people live in darkness D. Washington hasn"t suffered such a big snow for scores of years |
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CHICAGO(Reuters)-Smoking not only can wrinkle the face and turn it yellow-it can do the same to the whole body, researchers reported on Monday. The study,published in the Archives of Dermatology,shows that smoking affects the skin all over the body-even skin protected from the sun. "We examined non-facial skin that was protected from the sun,and found that the total number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day and the total. years a person has smoked were linked with the amount of skin damage a person experienced," Dr. Yolanda Helfrich of the University of Michigan,who led the study,said in a statement. "In participants older than 65 years,smokers had significantly more fine wrinkling than nonsmokers. Similar findings were seen in participants aged 45 to 65 years. "Helfrich"s team added in their report. The researchers tested 82 people,smokers and nonsmokers,taking pictures of the inner right atms. They ranged,in age from 22 to 91 and half were smokers. Independent judges decided how wrinkled each person"s skin was. When skin is exposed to sunlight,notably the face,it becomes coarse(粗糙的). Wrinkled and discolored with a pale yellow tint,Helfrich"s team wrote. Several previous studies have found that cigarette smoking conduces to premature(过早的)skin aging as measured by facial wrinkles,the study said,but tittle has been done to measure the aging of skin not exposed to light. The report did not discuss die mechanism involved but previous research has found that cigarette smoke,among other things,causes blood vessels(血管)beneath the skin to constrict (紧缩),reducing blood supply to the skin. Smoking can also damage the connective tissue that supports both die skin and the internal organs. |
1. When your skin is exposed to sunlight long,it becomes all of the following but . |
A. flexible B. coarse C. rough D. discolored |
2. What does the underlined phrase"conduces to"in Paragraph 7 mean? |
A. help B. encourage C. prevent D. stop |
3. How wrinkled a person"s skin is doesn"t relate to . |
A. the number of cigarettes a person smokes B. the kind and characteristics of skin C. how long a person smokes D. how long skin is under sunlight |
4. From the passage smoking results,in skin aging mainly because . |
A. it will lower blood supply to skin B. it can make you feel tired C. it can make skin come off D. it can make blood run faster |
5. The main purpose of the passage is to . |
A. inform people about the result of the study B. advise people how to protect skin C. warn people not to smoke again D. introduce a new way of avoid skin aging |
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Dulas is a computergenerated(计算机生成的) character created by Julia Borbolla, a Mexican child psychologist.It is one of several "emotional agents" Borbolla has invented that are being recognized in Mexico City as capable of gaining access to the inner lives of children. Dulas, like all of these characters, has big eyes and radio antennas(天线). The characters collectively go by the name Antenas because they all have antennas and come from a planet called Antenopolis. Dulas knows nothing about life on earth, not even what a mother or father is. Wearing rabbit slippers in hospital, he doesn"t like to talk with adults-so children can trust his companionship. Over the past five years, Borbolla"s characters have been used to assist 2,000 children from 3 to 14 years old, and have been employed in three Mexico City hospitals and a center for disabilities in another city, Morelia. Researchers have been using puppets(木偶) to help children express and process their feelings for decades. But Borbolla, who has been working with children for 30 years, has taken this kind of work a step further. The children meet the characters in a room, without adults present; doctors monitor with cameras. They have to handle the information carefully. One principle of the work is that a doctor must not make it known that he knows something that was said to an Antenas character privately. This preserves the trust of the child"s relationship with the character. Borbolla originally got the idea to use a drawing of a cartoon character to communicate with children when she was working as a school psychologist in the 1980s. Years later, in private practice, she worked with a puppet maker to develop a software version.She spent six years improving the tool. "The psychologists I spoke with said the tool creates an environment of trust and understanding that enables them to understand children"s issues more quickly than they imagined possible," said Borbolla. To date, Antenas hasn"t been carefully studied, and Borbolla is working with researchers to examine its effect. "I see how powerful it is," she told me. "It can be used to get into the souls of children." |
1. According to the passage, Dulas ______. |
A. knows a lot about life on earth B. was developed by a Mexican child C. likes chatting with doctors and patients D. is a cartoon character created by a psychologist |
2. We learn from the passage that Borbolla ______. |
A. hopes to study Antenas further B. developed Antenas all on her own C. spent sixteen years improving Antenas D. started to create Antenas in the 1990s |
3. When children meet the characters, ______. |
A. their parents should be present B. their doctors have to stay with them C. the characters will handle the information D. doctors" involvement should be kept secret from them |
4. The psychologists mentioned in Paragraph 7 think that ______. |
A. Antenas is impractical B. it is expensive to use Antenas C. Antenas is helpful to children D. it is difficult to control Antenas |
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