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Scores on a national test released(发布)on November 1 show that students in the U.S.A. have improved in math over the last two years, but mostly stayed the same in reading. This year, 422,000 fourth graders and 343,000 eighth graders took the exams between January and March. Students were asked to read grade-appropriate(年级适合的) materials and answer questions for the reading test. For the math test, students answered questions about geometry, algebra, number properties, measurement and other topics.
The U.S Department of Education released the scores in a report called The Nation’s Report Card (NAEP). This year, students earned the highest scores ever recorded on the math exam, which has been given since 1990.Fourth graders scored an average of 241.That is a one-point increase from 2009and a 28-point increase from 1990. Eighth graders made similar progress. Then average score this year was 284,up one point from 2009 and 21 points from 1990.
In reading, fourth graders scored an average of 221 points, the same average score since 2007.That score is four points above those from 1992, when the first reading test was given. Eighth graders scored an average of 265 points, up one point from 2009 and five points from 1992.
Education experts say reading is a harder subject to improve in the classroom than math. While math is largely learned in classrooms, reading results depend on how much kids read outside of school and how much they read in other subjects, such as history and science.
On the NAEP, math scores were the highest among students who have limited use of calculators(计算器) during math lessons, compared with students who have unlimited use or no use. Reading scores were the highest among students who said they read for fun on their own time almost every day.
小题1:According to the test, students in the U.S.A _______________________.
A．do better in math than in reading
B．work harder at reading than at math
C．prefer to learn math in their spare time
D．are more interested in reading than before
小题2:In 1990, the fourth graders’ average score on the math exam was about____________
A．238B．240C．213D．220
小题3:We can learn from the third paragraph that ______________.
A．eighth graders all took part in the test in 2007
B．reading scores have not improved much since 2007
C．eighth graders got higher scores than fifth graders
D．fourth graders’ scores are becoming lower and lower
小题4: What can we learn from the passage?
A．The first reading test was given in 1990.
B．Eighth graders’ average math score was 285 in 2009
C．Eighth graders got the same average as fourth graders in the reading this year
D．Reading is hard to improve in the classroom because that requires students to read a lot outside of school.

答案

小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
解析

试题分析：文章介绍美国公布全国学生的数学和阅读考试的平均分，可以看出，学生在数学方面有了很大的进步，但是阅读没有，专家解释这是因为阅读能力的提高要求学生在课外大量阅读。
小题1:细节题：从第一段的句子：Scores on a national test released(发布)on November 1 show that students in the U.S.A. have improved in math over the last two years, but mostly stayed the same in reading.可知学生的数学比阅读好，选 A
小题2:计算题：从第二段的句子：Fourth graders scored an average of 241.That is a one-point increase from 2009and a 28-point increase from 1990. 可知1990年四年级学生的平均数学成绩是241-28=213，选C
小题3:细节题：从第三段的句子：In reading, fourth graders scored an average of 221 points, the same average score since 2007可知从2007年学生的阅读能力没有什么提高。选B
小题4:细节题：从第四段的句子：Education experts say reading is a harder subject to improve in the classroom than math. While math is largely learned in classrooms, reading results depend on how much kids read outside of school and how much they read in other subjects, such as history and science.可知阅读能力不容易提高，因为这要求学生在课外大量阅读。选D。
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Thousands of teenagers will be able to transfer to a new wave of “studio schools” at the age of 14 to improve their chances of finding a job in UK. A dozen new-style schools are designed to act as a bridge to the workplace and cut the number of NEETs--young people not in education, employment or training.
Under plans, schools will operate longer days and work outside standard academic terms.
Each pupil will be expected to spend between four hours and two days a week on work placements with businesses linked to the school and teenagers will be assigned a personal coach to act as an academic “line manager”.
The reforms are put forward due to the fears that too many teenagers are now finishing full-time education lacking the skills needed to succeed in the workplace. According to a recent report, more than two-thirds of employers believe school and college leavers lack important “employability skills” such as customer awareness, while 55 per cent say they are unable to manage their time or daily tasks. And the number of NEETs has hit a record high, with almost one-in-five young people being left without a job or training place.
The Department for Education will announce the establishment of 12 studio schools -- meeting the need of around 3,600 teenagers -- in areas such as Liverpool, Stevenage, Stoke-on-Trent and Fulham, west London. Each one, opening in 2012, will be linked to a series of local employers. Under plans, pupils will be able to transfer out of ordinary schools to attend them between the age of 14 and 19.
The Government said all subjects would be taught “through projects, often designed with employers” -- with disciplines such as science being linked directly to local engineering firms or hospitals. Schools will operate a longer day to give pupils a better understanding of the demands of the workplace. Along with their studies, pupils will carry out work placements for four hours a week, rising to two days a week of paid work for those aged 16 to 19. They will also get the chance to take professional qualifications linked directly to the needs of local employers.
小题1:According to the passage, the NEETs are referred to those who ________.
A．often miss classes from school
B．refuse to take any kind of part-time jobs after school
C．depend on their parents to find jobs after they graduate
D．have no jobs without accepting education and work training
小题2: Compared to ordinary schools, studio schools will offer the young more ________.
A．interesting and lovely cartoons to make study easier
B．chances to get future jobs with expert job training
C．possibilities to make friends without going outside
D．lessons helping them to be admitted to universities
小题3:What makes the government decide to found studio schools?
A．The determination to solve the problem of lacking workers.
B．The doubt about whether full-time education is perfect.
C．The worry about educated people lacking working skills.
D．The increasing number of teens who drop out early.
小题4: What may most probably attract senior high school students at studio school?
A．They can find suitable jobs earlier with good qualification.
B．They will be admitted to top companies with received training.
C．They needn’t go to university thanks to received training here.
D．They may have more free time to find part-time jobs after school.

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While learning the science lessons, I used to get a doubt--why ear, nose, tongue and eyes should be called as special senses? The basic reason is that these are the channels through which we maintain contact with the surroundings. Though apparently it may feel like these are individual sensory organs, they do show some connectivity. Interestingly, our hearing is less sharp after we eat a heavy food. Isn’t it good for a sound nap after a stomach-full meal? That does not mean we go deaf after a meal, but the hearing pitch（强度）does change after a heavy meal.
We usually give credit of the taste to our tongue, but do you know that unless saliva（唾液）dissolves something, our tongue cannot recognize the taste of the food eaten. Taste is nothing but the food chemicals dissolved in the saliva being sensed by the taste buds（味蕾）present on the tongue. Try to dry off your tongue and mouth with a tissue paper and then taste something.
Women are much better smellers than men. They are born with this characteristic ability and can correctly recognize the exact fragrance of the sample. We all can store almost 50,000 different smells, which are strongly tied to the memories.
Pupils（瞳孔）do not respond to light alone, but to the slightest bit of noise around too. Thus surgeons, watchmakers and those professionals who have to perform a much delicate job do prefer to have a sound-free environment. Even a small noise can enlarge their pupils, change the focus and make their vision less clear.
Each and every one of us has a particular or individualistic or characteristic smell, which is unique to us, except the twins. This smell is very subtle yet can be sensed even by a newborn. It may be due to this smell that the newborn recognizes the presence of his parents around.
小题1:What may happen after you have had a rich lunch?
A．Your eyes become weak and can not see well.
B．You may feel energetic and fresh.
C．Your hearing pitch may be decreased.
D．Your tongue may lose the function of taste.
小题2:. What does the author mean by the underlined sentence in paragraph 2?
A．Our tongues can’t be dried while eating something.
B．If your tongue is dried without any saliva on it, it will not work.
C．A tissue paper is the only thing that can be used to dry our tongues.
D．If your tongue is dried with a tissue paper, it may work as well as before.
小题3:What makes each person different from anyone else except twins according to the passage?
A．The number of sensory organs.
B．The functions of sensory organs.
C．The particular smell of a person.
D．The style of one’s behavior.
小题4:Which of the following may be the best title of this passage?
A．The Sensitivity of Sensory Organs
B．The Functions and Connections of Sensory Organs
C．A Newborn’s Sensory Organs
D．Different Senses Between Men and Woman

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The name sounds funny but the idea is no joke: it’s a personal toilet called the pee-pool, Anders Wilhelmson, a Swedish architect, is the inventor of the pee-pool.
He became interested in the idea of sanitation(卫生设施) after taking part in a research project on the social and political development of cities, One of the most common problems he found in developing countries was the lack of toilets, He wanted to do something to help, So working with others, he started the project in 2005, and the next year started a company called Peepoolple.
The toilet is a single—use bag made of environmentally friendly plastics, The inside is treated with urea （尿素）, a chemical commonly used as fertilizer, The hotter the weather, the more quickly the waste turns into what is needed by plants The sanitation process can be as soon as a couple of hours or as long as two to four weeks ,You can just bury it in a pot and grow whatever you like.
The company expects to start selling the bags in August in Kenya and Bangladesh, But it is just beginning production and sales in Nairobi now , Full production could reach about half a million bags a day and people may be able to buy the pee-pool in countries Vietnam, Bangladesh, etc.
The United Nations says more than two and a half billion people around the world do not have good sanitation ,Many have no choice but to use the outdoors, which is not only bad for the environment ,but also harmful to people’s health, Each year, poor sanitation leads to three fifths of those people getting an infectious disease which on average causes one out of 1,000 patients to die.
Jack Smith ,the founder of the World Toilet Organization ,says “This is quite an unacceptable situation given the fact that we are living in the modem world , And strangely, many of them own televisions ,phones but have no toilet.”
小题1:What was the original purpose of Anders Wilhelmson in starting the company?
A．To protect the local environment
B．To earn a lot of money from the project
C．To do research on the social development
D．To help solve the problem of lack of toilets in developing countries
小题2:What can be learned about the pee-pool from the passage?
A．It can be used over again
B．Its sanitation process doesn’t last long
C．It works better in summer than in winter
D．It should be buried in a pot after being used
小题3:In which place can people buy the Pee-pool now?
A．NairobiB．VietnamC．SwedenD．Bangladesh
小题4:The fifth paragraph is written mainly to tell us that       
A．poor sanitation may cause many problems
B．many people don’t care for the environment
C．many people get ill from using the outdoors
D．quite a number of people died from poor sanitation
小题5:The underlined word“This ”in the last paragraph probably refers to         
A．the outdoors being damaged
B．many places being shout of toilets
C．many people having TVs and phones
D．many people getting an infection disease

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Many parents have learned the hard way that what sounds like open communication is otfen the very thing that closes a youngster’s ears and mouth, One common mistake is the Lecture, the long monologue that often starts with “When I was your age……”Eighteen –year –old Kelly calls lectures “Long , one-side discussions in which I don’t say much.”
Kids reflexively（条件反射地）shout down in the face of a lecture , Their eyes glaze over（呆滞）,and they don’t register any incoming information , Listen to 13-year –old Sarah describe her least favorite times with her mom and dad, “First, they scream, Then comes the“We’re so disappointed’ speech , Then the ‘I never did that to my parents’ lecture begins , After that, even if they realize how ridiculous they sound, they never take it back’”.
Lines like “When you have children of your own, you’ll understand” have been seriously said by parents since time immemorial, But many of our expert parents, like Bobby , a registered nurse and mother of three, feel that by falling back on cliches（陈词滥调）to justify our actions, we weaken our position.
Since kids are creatures of here and now, the far-off future has no relevance to them, Therefore ,good communicators like Bobby suggest, “Give specific reasons for your actions in present language:‘I’m not letting you go to the party because I don’t think there will be enough adult supervisions（监护）”。
Betty, who lives in Missouri ,uses and indirect approach, “I find that warnings are accepted more readily if I discuss a news article on a subject I am concerned about, My husband and I talk about it while our children absorb the information, Then they never think I’m preaching（布道）”.
This really helped when Betty’s kids began driving , Instead of constantly repeating “Don’t drink; don’t speed”, She would talk about articles in the paper and express sympathy for the victims of a car crash, Betty made no special effort to draw her kids into the conversation, She depended on a teenager’s strong desire to put in his opinions—especially if he thinks he isn’t being asked for them.
小题1:The purpose of the passage is to       
A．compare two ways of parents’ communicating with their kids
B．give parents advice on how to communicate with their kids
C．explain why kids won’t listen to their parents
D．introduce kids’ reaction to the communication between them and their parents
小题2:Which of the following statements is NOT right?
A．Kids won’t listen to their parents because they think what their parents say is boring
B．Many kids think they have no right to express their own opinions
C．Some kids think their parents should apologize when they are wrong
D．Kids don’t like any discussion at all.
小题3:What does the underlined word in the first paragraph mean?
A．独白B．对话C．插话D．讨论
小题4:Which of the following topic may appeal to kids?
A．Parents own experience
B．Kids possible life in the future
C．Something related to kids’ present life
D．What parents have done to their own parents
小题5:In order to make kids follow their advice, parents should       
A．tell their kids to listen carefully
B．set out their warnings directly
C．list out as many examples as possible
D．arouse kids’ desire to express themselves

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Kids have their own ideas about money---some are sensible and others are not so wise.
Twelve-year-old Amanda thinks it’s        to save and not blow your money right away  “ so you can         other things”.
When it comes to credit cards, eight-year-old Jeremie says when the monthly        comes in “ you sign it and then you give it back” ---leaving out the part about actually        it.
These kids are        far away from the working world, but the ideas they’re forming about        could affect how much they save, how they use credit cards and how much debt they finally take on in later life.
High school business teacher Jeff Balch said his students had        knowledge about money other than spending. “ They don’t know most things because        talks to them about them---as in their parents,” said Balch, “The discussions tend to be in terms of kids        too much money, but no one tells them why, where their money goes.
Mitch Murphy said students’ message to the task force was to “ make it       ”. “ It may be difficult to have a 14-or 15-year-old student get too        about retirement planning, ” Murphy said, “ But if you want to talk about a cellphone contract or a debt card,they will be engaged in.” Murphy said learning financial literacy (能力)　    ,  well        getting into the work force, should stay with Canadians for life and        the country as a result.
Sandra Martin said children can start learning about money when they learn to       . “ Sit down with the flyers and look at how much things cost,” Martin said. Babysitting and birthday money could be        and there would be a(n)        as to how much could be debited(借) every month, she said.
“ The reality is that we’re not spending with cash anymore. If you’re always in         of your child’s money, then they’re never going to learn what it means to save for something that’s      .”
Balch said he tries to make his students realize the differences between needs, wants and priorities(优先权). If they haven’t learned self-control and if they haven’t learned how to        money, they can easily spiral(螺旋上升) out of control.
小题1:
A．goodB．difficultC．easyD．hard
小题2:
A．sellB．exchangeC．buyD．involve
小题3:
A．materialB．billC．catalogueD．figure
小题4:
A．payingB．replacingC．recyclingD．adopting
小题5:
A．alreadyB．stillC．evenD．almost
小题6:
A．beliefB．partC．disciplineD．money
小题7:
A．muchB．moreC．littleD．many
小题8:
A．everybodyB．somebodyC．anybodyD．nobody
小题9:
A．spendingB．costingC．takingD．sparing
小题10:
A．amazingB．realC．activeD．legal
小题11:
A．disappointedB．skepticalC．enthusiasticD．fortunate
小题12:
A．correctlyB．earlyC．lateD．patiently
小题13:
A．beforeB．afterC．whenD．while
小题14:
A．benefitB．botherC．contactD．educate
小题15:
A．cookB．tradeC．countD．paint
小题16:
A．stoodB．bannedC．displayedD．deposited
小题17:
A．attitudeB．conclusionC．limitD．data
小题18:
A．searchB．controlC．needD．place
小题19:
A．importantB．formalC．scientificD．independent
小题20:
A．borrowB．lendC．increaseD．handle

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