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The volume of traffic in many cities in the world today continues to expand.This causes many problems, including serious air pollution, lengthy（漫长的）delays, and the greater risk__________ (51)accidents.Clearly,something must be done,but it is often difficult to_________(52)people to change their habits and leave their cars at home.
One possible__________(53)is to make it more expensive for people to use their cars by __________(54)charges for parking and__________(55)tougher fines for anyone who_________(56) the law. In addition,drivers could be required to pay for using particular routes at different times of the day.This system,_________(57)as"road pricing",is already being introduced in a_________ (58)of cities,using a special electronic card_________(59)to the windscreen of the car.
Another way of__________(60)with the problem is to provide cheap parking on the________(61)of the city,and strictly control the number of vehicles allowed into the centre.Drivers and their passengers then use a special bus service for the_________(62)stage of their journey.
Of course,the most important_________(63)is to provide good public transport. However,to get people to_________(64)the comfort of their cars,public transport must be felt to be reliable （可靠的）,convenient and comfortable , with fares _________( 65 ) at an acceptable level.
_________(60)
A:doing
B:handling
C:dealing
D:solving
The volume of traffic in many cities in the world today continues to expand.This causes many problems, including serious air pollution, lengthy（漫长的）delays, and the greater risk__________ (51)accidents.Clearly,something must be done,but it is often difficult to_________(52)people to change their habits and leave their cars at home.
One possible__________(53)is to make it more expensive for people to use their cars by __________(54)charges for parking and__________(55)tougher fines for anyone who_________(56) the law. In addition,drivers could be required to pay for using particular routes at different times of the day.This system,_________(57)as"road pricing",is already being introduced in a_________ (58)of cities,using a special electronic card_________(59)to the windscreen of the car.
Another way of__________(60)with the problem is to provide cheap parking on the________(61)of the city,and strictly control the number of vehicles allowed into the centre.Drivers and their passengers then use a special bus service for the_________(62)stage of their journey.
Of course,the most important_________(63)is to provide good public transport. However,to get people to_________(64)the comfort of their cars,public transport must be felt to be reliable （可靠的）,convenient and comfortable , with fares _________( 65 ) at an acceptable level.
_________(60)
A:doing
B:handling
C:dealing
D:solving
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Earth Angels
1 Joying Brescia was 8 years old when she noticed that cigarette butts（烟头）were littering her hometown beach in Isle of Palms,South Carolina.When she learned that it takes five years for the remains of a cigarette to disintegrate（解体）,she decided to take action.Joying launched a“No Butts on the Beach"campaign.She raised money and awareness about the need to keep the beaches clean.With the help of others,Joying also bought or received donations of gallon-size plastic ice-cream buckets.The buckets were filled with sand,and placed at all public-access areas of the beach.The buckets allowed people to dispose of their cigarettes before hitting the beach.Two years later,Joying says the buckets are full and the beach is nearly free of cigarette debris（残片）.
2 People who live in or visit Steamboat Springs,Colorado,have Carter Dunham to thank for a new state wildlife refuge that preserves 20 acres of marshland and many species of wildlife.Carter and other students wrote a management plan for the area around the Yampa River.The plan was part of a class project when Carter was a freshman at Steamboat Springs High School.Working with the Colorado Division of Wildlife,Carter and his classmates mapped the area and species of animals living there.They also made decisions about,among other things,where fences and parking areas should be built.
3 Barbara Brown and her friends collect oil.It started as a project for their 4H Club after one of the girls noticed her father using motor oil to kill weeds on their farm in Victoria,Texas.They did some research and discovered that oil can contaminate ground water-a real danger in rural areas,where people live off the water on their land.The girls researched ways to recycle oil and worked with a local oil-recycling company on the issue.Now,the"Don't Be Crude"program runs oil-collection sites-tanks that hold up to 460 gallons-where people in the community can dispose of their oil.
4 Five years ago,11-year-old Ryan Hreljac was a little boy with a big dream for all the people in Africa to have clean drinking water.His dream began in the first grade when he learned that people were dying because they didn't have clean water,and that as little as $70 could build a well."We really take water for granted," says Ryan,of Kemptville,Ontario,in Canada."In other countries,you have to plan for it."Ryan earned the first$70 by doing extra chores（零工）, but with the help of others,he has since raised hundreds of thousands of dollars.His efforts led to the start of the Ryan's Well Foundation,which raises money for clean water and health-related services for people in African countries and developing countries.
Ryan,with the help of others,is fulfilling his dream of helping African people to______.
A:make new materials
B:preserve wetland and animals
C:have clean air
D:have clean water
E:collect cigarette butts
F:cn11eit disnnsed oil
Earth Angels
1 Joying Brescia was 8 years old when she noticed that cigarette butts（烟头）were littering her hometown beach in Isle of Palms,South Carolina.When she learned that it takes five years for the remains of a cigarette to disintegrate（解体）,she decided to take action.Joying launched a“No Butts on the Beach"campaign.She raised money and awareness about the need to keep the beaches clean.With the help of others,Joying also bought or received donations of gallon-size plastic ice-cream buckets.The buckets were filled with sand,and placed at all public-access areas of the beach.The buckets allowed people to dispose of their cigarettes before hitting the beach.Two years later,Joying says the buckets are full and the beach is nearly free of cigarette debris（残片）.
2 People who live in or visit Steamboat Springs,Colorado,have Carter Dunham to thank for a new state wildlife refuge that preserves 20 acres of marshland and many species of wildlife.Carter and other students wrote a management plan for the area around the Yampa River.The plan was part of a class project when Carter was a freshman at Steamboat Springs High School.Working with the Colorado Division of Wildlife,Carter and his classmates mapped the area and species of animals living there.They also made decisions about,among other things,where fences and parking areas should be built.
3 Barbara Brown and her friends collect oil.It started as a project for their 4H Club after one of the girls noticed her father using motor oil to kill weeds on their farm in Victoria,Texas.They did some research and discovered that oil can contaminate ground water-a real danger in rural areas,where people live off the water on their land.The girls researched ways to recycle oil and worked with a local oil-recycling company on the issue.Now,the"Don't Be Crude"program runs oil-collection sites-tanks that hold up to 460 gallons-where people in the community can dispose of their oil.
4 Five years ago,11-year-old Ryan Hreljac was a little boy with a big dream for all the people in Africa to have clean drinking water.His dream began in the first grade when he learned that people were dying because they didn't have clean water,and that as little as $70 could build a well."We really take water for granted," says Ryan,of Kemptville,Ontario,in Canada."In other countries,you have to plan for it."Ryan earned the first$70 by doing extra chores（零工）, but with the help of others,he has since raised hundreds of thousands of dollars.His efforts led to the start of the Ryan's Well Foundation,which raises money for clean water and health-related services for people in African countries and developing countries.
Ryan,with the help of others,is fulfilling his dream of helping African people to______.
A:make new materials
B:preserve wetland and animals
C:have clean air
D:have clean water
E:collect cigarette butts
F:cn11eit disnnsed oil
If no oneobjects,Mr. Ben will be the next chairman.
A: disagrees
B:approves
C:rejects
D:refuses
A: disagrees
B:approves
C:rejects
D:refuses
It is the movement,not the color,of objects that excites the bull.
A: frightens
B: scares
C: arouses
D: confuses
A: frightens
B: scares
C: arouses
D: confuses
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A Health Profile
A health profile is a portrait of all of the factors that influence your health.To draw your health profile, you will______(51)what diseases run in your family,what health hazards you may be exposed to ______(52)work,how your daily______(53)compares to the recommended standards,how much time per week you______(54)exercising and what type of exercise you engage______(55),how stressful your work and family environments are,what kinds of illnesses you get regularly,and______(56) or not you have any one of a number of addictions.______(57)this portrait,you should have a checkup to determine how your blood,heart,and lungs are functioning.This checkup will serve______(58)a baseline,to which you can then compare later tests.
______(59)this profile is thoroughly drawn,you can begin to think about setting health priorities based______(60)your particular portrait.For example,if you drink two martinis every evening,have a high-stress______(61),are overweight,smoke a pack of cigarettes a day,and use marijuana occasional-ly on weekends,you should quit smoking first,followed______(62)losing the excess weight,reducing the stress of your job,giving up your marijuana habit,and then finally giving some______(63)to those martinis if you want to prevent first cancer,and then heart disease.Even for the youthful working person who has never been sick a day in his life,who is______(64)excellent health,agood look at allhealth habits and at work and home environments may suggest.changes that will______(65)him in the future.
53._________
A:diet
B:meals
C:food
D:dinner
A Health Profile
A health profile is a portrait of all of the factors that influence your health.To draw your health profile, you will______(51)what diseases run in your family,what health hazards you may be exposed to ______(52)work,how your daily______(53)compares to the recommended standards,how much time per week you______(54)exercising and what type of exercise you engage______(55),how stressful your work and family environments are,what kinds of illnesses you get regularly,and______(56) or not you have any one of a number of addictions.______(57)this portrait,you should have a checkup to determine how your blood,heart,and lungs are functioning.This checkup will serve______(58)a baseline,to which you can then compare later tests.
______(59)this profile is thoroughly drawn,you can begin to think about setting health priorities based______(60)your particular portrait.For example,if you drink two martinis every evening,have a high-stress______(61),are overweight,smoke a pack of cigarettes a day,and use marijuana occasional-ly on weekends,you should quit smoking first,followed______(62)losing the excess weight,reducing the stress of your job,giving up your marijuana habit,and then finally giving some______(63)to those martinis if you want to prevent first cancer,and then heart disease.Even for the youthful working person who has never been sick a day in his life,who is______(64)excellent health,agood look at allhealth habits and at work and home environments may suggest.changes that will______(65)him in the future.
53._________
A:diet
B:meals
C:food
D:dinner
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第三篇
Exercise Lowers Employers' Health Costs
Companies can save millions in health-care costs simply by encouraging their
employees to exercise a little bit,researchers reported on Friday.
They said obese（肥胖的）employees had higher health-care costs , but lowered those
expenses by exercising just a couple of times a week-without even losing any weight.
Feifei Wang and colleagues at the University of Michigan studied 23,500 workers at
General Motors.
They estimated that getting the most sedentary（惯于久坐的）obese workers to
exercise would have saved about$790,000 a year,or about 1.5 percent of health-care
costs for the whole group.
Company-wide,the potential savings could reach$7.l million per year,they reported
in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Of the whole group of workers,about 30 percent were of normal weight,45 percent
were overweight（超重的）,and 25 percent were obese. Annual health-care costs averaged
$2, 200 for normal weight,$2, 400 for the overweight,and$2, 700 for obese employees.
But among workers who did no exercise,health-care costs went up by at least$100 a
year,and were$3,000 a year for obese employees who were sedentary.
But adding two or more days of light exercise一at least 20 minutes of exercise or work
hard enough to increase heart rate and breathing一lowered costs by on average$500 per
employee a year,the researchers found.
"This indicates that physical activity behavior could reduce at least some of the harmful
effects of excess body fat,and in consequence,help lower the health-care costs,"Wang
and colleagues wrote.
By encouraging its employees to exercise General Motors could save
A:$790,000 per year.
B:$7.1 million per year.
C:$3,000 per year.
D:$7,300 per year.
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Exercise Lowers Employers' Health Costs
Companies can save millions in health-care costs simply by encouraging their
employees to exercise a little bit,researchers reported on Friday.
They said obese（肥胖的）employees had higher health-care costs , but lowered those
expenses by exercising just a couple of times a week-without even losing any weight.
Feifei Wang and colleagues at the University of Michigan studied 23,500 workers at
General Motors.
They estimated that getting the most sedentary（惯于久坐的）obese workers to
exercise would have saved about$790,000 a year,or about 1.5 percent of health-care
costs for the whole group.
Company-wide,the potential savings could reach$7.l million per year,they reported
in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Of the whole group of workers,about 30 percent were of normal weight,45 percent
were overweight（超重的）,and 25 percent were obese. Annual health-care costs averaged
$2, 200 for normal weight,$2, 400 for the overweight,and$2, 700 for obese employees.
But among workers who did no exercise,health-care costs went up by at least$100 a
year,and were$3,000 a year for obese employees who were sedentary.
But adding two or more days of light exercise一at least 20 minutes of exercise or work
hard enough to increase heart rate and breathing一lowered costs by on average$500 per
employee a year,the researchers found.
"This indicates that physical activity behavior could reduce at least some of the harmful
effects of excess body fat,and in consequence,help lower the health-care costs,"Wang
and colleagues wrote.
By encouraging its employees to exercise General Motors could save
A:$790,000 per year.
B:$7.1 million per year.
C:$3,000 per year.
D:$7,300 per year.
Traffic reaches its rush hour between 8:00 and 9:00 in the morning.
A:border
B: goal
C: peak
D: level
A:border
B: goal
C: peak
D: level
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Better Control of TB Seen If a Faster Cure Is Found
The World Health Organization estimates that about one-third of all people are infected with bacteria that cause tuberculosis（结核病）.Most times , the infection remains inactive（不活跃
的）.But each year about eight million people develop active cases of TB,usually in their lungs. Two million people die of it.The disease has increased with the spread of AIDS and drug-resist-ant forms of tuberculosis.
Current treatments take at least six months.Patients have to take a combination of several antibiotic（抗生素）drugs daily. But many people stop as soon as they feel better. Doing that can lead to an infection（传染病）that resists treatment. Public health experts agree that a faster-act-ing cure for tuberculosis would be more effective.Now a study estimates just how effective it might be .A professor of international health at Harvard University led the study.Joshua Salomon says a shorter treatment program would likely mean not just more patients cured.It would also mean fe- wer infectious patients who can pass on their infection to others.
The researchers developed a mathematical（数学的）model to examine the effects of a two-month treatment plan.They tested the model with current TB conditions in Southeast Asia.The scientists found that a two-month treatment could prevent about twenty percent of new cases.And it might prevent about twenty-five percent of TB deaths.The model shows that these reductions would take place between two thousand twelve and two thousand thirty.That is,if a faster cure is developed and in wide use by two thousand twelve.
The World Health Organization developed the DOTS program in nineteen ninety.DOTS（短期直接观察治疗）is Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course. Health workers watch tubercu- losis patients take their daily pills to make sure they continue treatment.
Earlier this year,an international partnership of organizations announced a plan to expand the DOTS program.The ten-year plan also aims to finance research into new TB drugs.The four most common drugs used now are more than forty years old.The Global Alliance for TB Drug De- velopment（全球结核病药物开发联盟）says its long-term goal is a treatment that could work in as few as ten doses.
Now there are_______most common drugs being used for more than forty years.
A: one
B: two
C: three
D:.four
Better Control of TB Seen If a Faster Cure Is Found
The World Health Organization estimates that about one-third of all people are infected with bacteria that cause tuberculosis（结核病）.Most times , the infection remains inactive（不活跃
的）.But each year about eight million people develop active cases of TB,usually in their lungs. Two million people die of it.The disease has increased with the spread of AIDS and drug-resist-ant forms of tuberculosis.
Current treatments take at least six months.Patients have to take a combination of several antibiotic（抗生素）drugs daily. But many people stop as soon as they feel better. Doing that can lead to an infection（传染病）that resists treatment. Public health experts agree that a faster-act-ing cure for tuberculosis would be more effective.Now a study estimates just how effective it might be .A professor of international health at Harvard University led the study.Joshua Salomon says a shorter treatment program would likely mean not just more patients cured.It would also mean fe- wer infectious patients who can pass on their infection to others.
The researchers developed a mathematical（数学的）model to examine the effects of a two-month treatment plan.They tested the model with current TB conditions in Southeast Asia.The scientists found that a two-month treatment could prevent about twenty percent of new cases.And it might prevent about twenty-five percent of TB deaths.The model shows that these reductions would take place between two thousand twelve and two thousand thirty.That is,if a faster cure is developed and in wide use by two thousand twelve.
The World Health Organization developed the DOTS program in nineteen ninety.DOTS（短期直接观察治疗）is Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course. Health workers watch tubercu- losis patients take their daily pills to make sure they continue treatment.
Earlier this year,an international partnership of organizations announced a plan to expand the DOTS program.The ten-year plan also aims to finance research into new TB drugs.The four most common drugs used now are more than forty years old.The Global Alliance for TB Drug De- velopment（全球结核病药物开发联盟）says its long-term goal is a treatment that could work in as few as ten doses.
Now there are_______most common drugs being used for more than forty years.
A: one
B: two
C: three
D:.four
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Warm People Likely to Keep Cold at Bay
Staying positive through the cold season could be your best defense.against getting ill,new study findings suggest.In an experiment that exposed healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus,researchers found that people with a generally sunny disposition were less likely to fall ill.
The findings,published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine,build on evidence that a"positive emotional style"can help ward off the common cold and other illnesses.Researchers believe the reasons may be both objective as in happiness boosting immune function and subjective as in happy people being less trou- bled by a scratchy throat or runny nose.
"People with a positive emotional style may have different immune responses to the virus,"explained lead study author Dr.Sheldon Cohen of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh."And when they do get a cold,they may interpret their illness as being less severe."
Cohen and his colleagues had found in a previous study that happier people seemed less susceptible to catching a cold,but some questions remained as to whether the emotional trait itself had the effect.
For the new study,the researchers had 193 healthy adults complete standard measures of personality traits,self-perceived health and emotional"style".Those who tended to be happy,energetic and easy-going were judged as having a positive emotional style,while those who were often unhappy,tense and hostile had a negative style.
The researchers gave them nasal drops containing either a cold virus or a particular flu virus.Over the next six days,the volunteers reported on any aches,pains,sneezing or congestion they had,while the researchers collected objective data,like daily mucus production.Cohen and his colleagues found that based on objective measures of nasal woes,happy people were less likely to develop a cold.
According to Cohen's study,happier people are more easily to get a cold.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned
Warm People Likely to Keep Cold at Bay
Staying positive through the cold season could be your best defense.against getting ill,new study findings suggest.In an experiment that exposed healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus,researchers found that people with a generally sunny disposition were less likely to fall ill.
The findings,published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine,build on evidence that a"positive emotional style"can help ward off the common cold and other illnesses.Researchers believe the reasons may be both objective as in happiness boosting immune function and subjective as in happy people being less trou- bled by a scratchy throat or runny nose.
"People with a positive emotional style may have different immune responses to the virus,"explained lead study author Dr.Sheldon Cohen of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh."And when they do get a cold,they may interpret their illness as being less severe."
Cohen and his colleagues had found in a previous study that happier people seemed less susceptible to catching a cold,but some questions remained as to whether the emotional trait itself had the effect.
For the new study,the researchers had 193 healthy adults complete standard measures of personality traits,self-perceived health and emotional"style".Those who tended to be happy,energetic and easy-going were judged as having a positive emotional style,while those who were often unhappy,tense and hostile had a negative style.
The researchers gave them nasal drops containing either a cold virus or a particular flu virus.Over the next six days,the volunteers reported on any aches,pains,sneezing or congestion they had,while the researchers collected objective data,like daily mucus production.Cohen and his colleagues found that based on objective measures of nasal woes,happy people were less likely to develop a cold.
According to Cohen's study,happier people are more easily to get a cold.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned
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Men Too May Suffer from Domestic Violence
Nearly three in 10 men have experienced violence at the hands of an intimate（亲密的）partner during their lifetimes,according to one of the few studies to look______(51)domestic violence and health among men.
"Many men actually do experience domestic violence,although we don't hear about it ______(52),"Dr. Robert J. Reid of the University of Washington in Seattle,one of the authors,told Reuters Health."They often don't tell______(53)we don't ask. We want to message out（传达这样一个信息）to men who______(54)experience domestic violence that they are not alone and there are resources available to______(55)."
The researchers asked study participants about physical abuse（伤害）and non-physical ______(56)such as threats that made them______(57)for their safety,controlling behavior (for example,being told who they could associate with and where they could go),and constant name-calling（辱骂）.
Among men 1 8 to 54 years old,14.2 percent said they had experienced intimate partner______(58)in the past five years,while 6.1 percent reported domestic violence in the previous year.
Rates were lower for men 55 and______(59),with 5.3 percent reporting violence in the past five years and 2.4 percent having experienced it in the past 12 months.Overall,30.5 percent of men younger than 55 and 26.5 percent of older men said they had been victims of______(60)violence at some point in their lives.About half of the violence men______(61)was physical.
However,the physical violence men reported wasn't as harsh as______(62)suffered by women in a previous study;20 percent to 40 percent of the men rated it as severe,compare to 61 percent of______(63).
Men who reported experiencing domestic violence had more emotional and mental problems ______(64)those who had not,especially older men,the______(65)found.
_________(54)
A:to
B:no
C:do
D:go
Men Too May Suffer from Domestic Violence
Nearly three in 10 men have experienced violence at the hands of an intimate（亲密的）partner during their lifetimes,according to one of the few studies to look______(51)domestic violence and health among men.
"Many men actually do experience domestic violence,although we don't hear about it ______(52),"Dr. Robert J. Reid of the University of Washington in Seattle,one of the authors,told Reuters Health."They often don't tell______(53)we don't ask. We want to message out（传达这样一个信息）to men who______(54)experience domestic violence that they are not alone and there are resources available to______(55)."
The researchers asked study participants about physical abuse（伤害）and non-physical ______(56)such as threats that made them______(57)for their safety,controlling behavior (for example,being told who they could associate with and where they could go),and constant name-calling（辱骂）.
Among men 1 8 to 54 years old,14.2 percent said they had experienced intimate partner______(58)in the past five years,while 6.1 percent reported domestic violence in the previous year.
Rates were lower for men 55 and______(59),with 5.3 percent reporting violence in the past five years and 2.4 percent having experienced it in the past 12 months.Overall,30.5 percent of men younger than 55 and 26.5 percent of older men said they had been victims of______(60)violence at some point in their lives.About half of the violence men______(61)was physical.
However,the physical violence men reported wasn't as harsh as______(62)suffered by women in a previous study;20 percent to 40 percent of the men rated it as severe,compare to 61 percent of______(63).
Men who reported experiencing domestic violence had more emotional and mental problems ______(64)those who had not,especially older men,the______(65)found.
_________(54)
A:to
B:no
C:do
D:go
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Canadian Parents Win Legal Battle against Homework
Usually it is the children,not the parents,who are reluctant to spend their evenings practicing spelling and learning times tables.______(1)
Shelli and Tom Milley,two lawyers from Calgary,Alberta,launched their highly unu-sual case after years of struggling to make their three reluctant children do school work out of classroom. After waging a long war with their eldest son,Jay,now 18,over his home-work,they decided to do things differently with their youngest two,Spencer,11,and Brit- tany,10.______(2)
It took two years to negotiate the Milleys'Differentiated Homework Plan,which en-sures their youngest two children will never have to do homework again at their current school.______(3)In return,the pupils promise to get their work down in class,to come to school prepared,and revise for tests.They must also read daily and practice their musical instruments at home.
“It was a constant homework battle every night,”Shelli told Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper.“______(4).They shouldn't be working a second shift.”
Two years ago,Chelli began collecting studies on homework,most of which suggest that,particularly for younger grades,there is no clear link between work at home and school performance. Working with the staff at St Brigid Elementary Junior School,she formed a homework committee.______(5)
“We think it's a parent's right to choose what's in our children's best interests”,said Shelli.“But we're thankful the school did the right thing.”
______(2)
A: Homework is becoming a big burden for children.
B: But a Canadian couple have just won a legal battle to free their offspring from home-work after successfully arguing there is no clear evidence it improves academic performance.
C: When no firm changes resulted from the committee,the couple began negotiating the legal document that decided the matter.
D: It is hard to get a weeping child to take in math problems.
E: And being lawyers,they decided to make it official.
F: The two-page plan, signed by the children, parents and teachers, stipulates（约定） that“homework will not be used as a form of evaluation for the children”.
Canadian Parents Win Legal Battle against Homework
Usually it is the children,not the parents,who are reluctant to spend their evenings practicing spelling and learning times tables.______(1)
Shelli and Tom Milley,two lawyers from Calgary,Alberta,launched their highly unu-sual case after years of struggling to make their three reluctant children do school work out of classroom. After waging a long war with their eldest son,Jay,now 18,over his home-work,they decided to do things differently with their youngest two,Spencer,11,and Brit- tany,10.______(2)
It took two years to negotiate the Milleys'Differentiated Homework Plan,which en-sures their youngest two children will never have to do homework again at their current school.______(3)In return,the pupils promise to get their work down in class,to come to school prepared,and revise for tests.They must also read daily and practice their musical instruments at home.
“It was a constant homework battle every night,”Shelli told Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper.“______(4).They shouldn't be working a second shift.”
Two years ago,Chelli began collecting studies on homework,most of which suggest that,particularly for younger grades,there is no clear link between work at home and school performance. Working with the staff at St Brigid Elementary Junior School,she formed a homework committee.______(5)
“We think it's a parent's right to choose what's in our children's best interests”,said Shelli.“But we're thankful the school did the right thing.”
______(2)
A: Homework is becoming a big burden for children.
B: But a Canadian couple have just won a legal battle to free their offspring from home-work after successfully arguing there is no clear evidence it improves academic performance.
C: When no firm changes resulted from the committee,the couple began negotiating the legal document that decided the matter.
D: It is hard to get a weeping child to take in math problems.
E: And being lawyers,they decided to make it official.
F: The two-page plan, signed by the children, parents and teachers, stipulates（约定） that“homework will not be used as a form of evaluation for the children”.
Society is now much more diverse than ever before.
A:colorful
B:attractive
C:flexible
D:varied
A:colorful
B:attractive
C:flexible
D:varied
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Benefits of Playing Games
1.Why play games?Because they are fun,and have more benefits.Following the rules…planning your next move…acting as a team member…these are all"game"ideas that you will come across throughout your life.
2.Think about some of the games you played as a young child,such as rope-jumping and hide-and-seek.Such games are entertaining and fun.But perhaps more importantly,they translate life into exciting dramas that teach children some of the basic rules they will be expected to follow the rest of their lives,such as taking turns and cooperating（合作）.
3.Many children's games have a practical side.Children around the world play games that prepare them for work they will do as grown-ups.For instance,some Saudi Arabian children play a game called bones,which sharpens the hand-eye coordination（协调）needed in hunting.
4.Many sports encourage national or local pride.The most famous games of all,the Olympic Games,bring athletes from around the world together to take part in friendly competition.People who are watching the event and waving flags know that a gold medal is a win for an entire country,not just the athlete who earned it. For countries experiencing natural disasters or war,an Olympic win can mean so much.
5.Sports are also an event that unites people.Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. People on all continents play it一some for fun and some for a living. Nicolette Iribarne,a Californian soccer player,has discovered a way to spread hope through soccer. He created a foundation to provide poor children with not only soccer balls but also a promising future.
6.Next time you play your favorite game or sport,think about why you enjoy it,what skills are needed,and whether these skills will help you in other aspects of your life.
Paragraph 5_______
A:What Is the Meaning of Games in National or Local Level?
B:Why Games Can Have Practical Side?
C:Why Parents Should Support Their Children to Play Games?
D:How Games Influence Children's Lives?
E:What Should You Think About Before Playing?
F: What Soccer Can Bring to People?
Benefits of Playing Games
1.Why play games?Because they are fun,and have more benefits.Following the rules…planning your next move…acting as a team member…these are all"game"ideas that you will come across throughout your life.
2.Think about some of the games you played as a young child,such as rope-jumping and hide-and-seek.Such games are entertaining and fun.But perhaps more importantly,they translate life into exciting dramas that teach children some of the basic rules they will be expected to follow the rest of their lives,such as taking turns and cooperating（合作）.
3.Many children's games have a practical side.Children around the world play games that prepare them for work they will do as grown-ups.For instance,some Saudi Arabian children play a game called bones,which sharpens the hand-eye coordination（协调）needed in hunting.
4.Many sports encourage national or local pride.The most famous games of all,the Olympic Games,bring athletes from around the world together to take part in friendly competition.People who are watching the event and waving flags know that a gold medal is a win for an entire country,not just the athlete who earned it. For countries experiencing natural disasters or war,an Olympic win can mean so much.
5.Sports are also an event that unites people.Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. People on all continents play it一some for fun and some for a living. Nicolette Iribarne,a Californian soccer player,has discovered a way to spread hope through soccer. He created a foundation to provide poor children with not only soccer balls but also a promising future.
6.Next time you play your favorite game or sport,think about why you enjoy it,what skills are needed,and whether these skills will help you in other aspects of your life.
Paragraph 5_______
A:What Is the Meaning of Games in National or Local Level?
B:Why Games Can Have Practical Side?
C:Why Parents Should Support Their Children to Play Games?
D:How Games Influence Children's Lives?
E:What Should You Think About Before Playing?
F: What Soccer Can Bring to People?
Mary has blended the ingredients.
A:mixed
B:made
C:cooked
D:eaten
A:mixed
B:made
C:cooked
D:eaten
共用题干
The Greatest Mystery of Whales
The whale is a warm-blooded,air-breathing animal,giving birth to its young alive,sucking them-and, like all mammals,originated on land.There are many______(51)of this.Its front flippers（鳍状肢）, used for steering and stability,are traces of feet.
Immense strength is______(52)into the great body of the big whales,and in fact most of a whale's body is one gigantic muscle.The blue whale's pulling strength has been estimated______(53) 400 horsepower.One specimen was reported to have towed（拖）a whaling vessel for seven hours at the ______(54)of eight knot（节）.
An angry whale will______(55).A famous example of this was the fate of Whaler Essex, ______(56)was sunk off the coast of South America early in the last century.More recently,steel ships have______( 57 ) their plates buckled（使弯曲）in the same way.Sperm whales（抹香鲸）were known to seize the old-time whaleboats in their jaws and crush them.
The greatest______(58)of whales is their diving ability.The sperm whale dives to the bottom for his______( 59 ) food , the octopus（章鱼）.In that search he is known to go as far down as 3 , 200 feet, where the______(60)is 1,400 pounds to a square inch.Doing so he will______(61) underwater as long as one hour.Two special skills are involved in this storing up enough______(62) (all whales are air-breathed)and tolerating thern great change in pressure.Just how he does it scientists have not______(63).It is believed that some of the oxygen is stored in a special ______(64)of blood vessels,rather than just held in the lungs.And it is believed that a special kind of oi1 in his head is some sort of a compensating mechanism that______(65)adjusts the internal pressure of his body.But since you can't bring a live whale into the laboratory for study,no one knows just how these things work.
55._________
A:abandon
B:attack
C:leave
D:board
The Greatest Mystery of Whales
The whale is a warm-blooded,air-breathing animal,giving birth to its young alive,sucking them-and, like all mammals,originated on land.There are many______(51)of this.Its front flippers（鳍状肢）, used for steering and stability,are traces of feet.
Immense strength is______(52)into the great body of the big whales,and in fact most of a whale's body is one gigantic muscle.The blue whale's pulling strength has been estimated______(53) 400 horsepower.One specimen was reported to have towed（拖）a whaling vessel for seven hours at the ______(54)of eight knot（节）.
An angry whale will______(55).A famous example of this was the fate of Whaler Essex, ______(56)was sunk off the coast of South America early in the last century.More recently,steel ships have______( 57 ) their plates buckled（使弯曲）in the same way.Sperm whales（抹香鲸）were known to seize the old-time whaleboats in their jaws and crush them.
The greatest______(58)of whales is their diving ability.The sperm whale dives to the bottom for his______( 59 ) food , the octopus（章鱼）.In that search he is known to go as far down as 3 , 200 feet, where the______(60)is 1,400 pounds to a square inch.Doing so he will______(61) underwater as long as one hour.Two special skills are involved in this storing up enough______(62) (all whales are air-breathed)and tolerating thern great change in pressure.Just how he does it scientists have not______(63).It is believed that some of the oxygen is stored in a special ______(64)of blood vessels,rather than just held in the lungs.And it is believed that a special kind of oi1 in his head is some sort of a compensating mechanism that______(65)adjusts the internal pressure of his body.But since you can't bring a live whale into the laboratory for study,no one knows just how these things work.
55._________
A:abandon
B:attack
C:leave
D:board