At a primary school in a small town in the east of South Carolina, second-grade teachers Garneau and Lynne are convinced that separating elementary-age boys and girls produces immediate academic improvement in both genders(性別).
David Chadwell, South Carolina’s coordinator of single gender education says, “Boys and girls learn, hear and respond to their surroundings differently. We can teach boys and girls based on what we now know.”
Male and female eyes are not organized in the same way, he explains. The composition of the male eye makes it sensitive to motion and direction. “Boys interpret the world as objects moving through space,” he says.
The male eye is also drawn to cooler colors like silver and black. It’s no accident boys tend to create pictures of moving objects instead of drawing the happy colorful family, like girls do in their class.
The female eye, on the other hand, is drawn to warmer colors like red, yellow and orange. To attract girls, Chadwell says, the teacher doesn’t need to move as much as in boy’s class. Using descriptive phrases and lots of colors in presentations or on the blackboard gets their attention.
Boys and girls also hear differently. “When someone speaks in a loud tone, girls interpret it as yelling,” Chadwell says. “They think you’re mad and can shut down.” Girls are more sensitive to sounds. He advises girls’ teachers to watch the tone of their voices. Boys’ teachers should sound more forceful, even excited.
A boy’s nervous system causes him to be more cautious when he is standing, moving, and the room temperature is around 69 degrees Fahrenheit. Stress in boys, he says, tends to increase blood flow to their brains, a process that helps them stay focused. Girls are more focused when seated in a warmer room around 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Girls also respond to stress differently. When exposed to threat and conflict, blood goes to their guts(腸道), leaving them feeling nervous or anxious.
These differences can be applied in the classroom, Chadwell adds. “Single gender programs are about maximizing the learning.”
小題1:What is David Chadwell’s attitude toward separating elementary-age boys and girls while learning?
A．SupportiveB．WorriedC．ConcernedD．Uninterested
小題2: To engage boy in a class, the teacher ______.
A．must have a moving object in this handB．needs to wear clothes in warm color
C．has to speak politelyD．had better move constantly while teaching
小題3:Which of the following shows the organization of the passage?
(?=" Paragraph" 1 ?=" Paragraph" 2 ?=" Paragraph" 3  ….. ?=" Paragraph" 8)
A．B．
C．D．
小題4:Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A．Ways of teaching boys and ways of teaching girls
B．Boys and girls should be separated
C．How boys and girls learn differently
D．How to teach more effectively
小題5:Which of the following students is most likely to be focused?
A．A boy sitting in a warm roomB．A standing boy who is faced with stress
C．A girl standing in a cold roomD．A girl who is facing a lot of pressure

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:B
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The new research suggests that standard tests may ignore patients who have some consciousness, and that someday some kind of communication may be possible.
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“We were stunned when this happened,” said one study author, Martin Monti of the Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge. “I find it really amazing. This was a patient who was believed to be vegetative for five years.”
Ever since a research paper four years ago described obvious signs of awareness in a vegetative patient, families of patients have been demanding brain scans, said Dr. James Bernat, a spokesman for the American Academy for Neurology.
But experts said more study is needed before the specialized brain scans could be used in medical treatment. “It’s still a research tool,” Bernat said.
Experts also pointed out that only a few tested patients showed evidence of awareness. And they said it is not clear what degree of consciousness and mental abilities the signs imply.
They also noted that the positive signals appeared only in people with traumatic(外傷的) brain injury---not in patients whose brains had been lacking in oxygen, as can happen when the heart stops.
The new study used brain scanning called functional MRI, for 23 patients in a vegetative state and 31 that are minimally(極微地) conscious.
Patients are said to be in a vegetative state if they are tested and found unable to do such things as move on command or follow a moving object with their eyes. Minimally conscious patients show signs of awareness, but they are minimal and discontinuous.
小題1: What is the practical use of the research?
A．It leads to studying how to cure vegetative patients.
B．It attracts society to pay more attention to vegetative patients.
C．It helps doctors know whether patients are vegetative or not.
D．It drives the government to care about vegetative patients.
小題2:What does the underlined word “stunned” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A．RelaxedB．AmazedC．ExcitedD．Worried
小題3:One is considered vegetative if _______________.
A．his eyes can’t follow a moving thingB．his brain only has a little oxygen
C．he has a traumatic brain injuryD．his heart stops beating
小題4:The passage mainly deals with ________________.
A．how to recognize a vegetative patientB．the significance of a new scientific finding
C．how family members look after a vegetative patient
D．the latest findings on awareness in some vegetative patients

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In history,a real cowboy was a simple farm worker on horseback．He spent a long time a day outdoors working with cows．The work was dirty,tiring and not very well paid．
People in the western states had to __36__ cattle at low cost and send them by railway to the eastern __37__．But someone had to __38__ the cattle and get them to the nearest railroad．This was the job of a cowboy．Sometimes the __39__ was more than a thousand kilometers away and it could take as __40__ as six months to move the cattle．The __41__ was long but the cattle were driven __42__ as not to lose __43__．Then they could be sold at a good price．
Most cowboys were young, __44__ men．A good horse _45__ their job of moving cattle much easier．A good cowboy __46__ cows and knew how to control them．At night,he __47__ to the cows to keep them calm．
In the late 1800s,America was changing from a nation of farm to one of __48__ and cities．The cowboy seemed __49__ compared with other Americans doing ordinary jobs．
Today,the __50__ of cowboys has __51__ greatly．One change is the use of trucks．The job is not so hard __52__ it used to be．And cowboys are better __53__ now．They are _54__ to be married．Some of them are farmers or teachers or truck drivers．Some work for big companies．
__55__ at night and on weekends,they become cowboys．These part-time cowboys increase the total production of meat,keeping the beef price low．
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A．getB．buyC．sellD．raise
小題2:
A．marketsB．countriesC．citiesD．stories
小題3:
A．deal withB．find outC．look afterD．pay off
小題4:
A．roadB．railroadC．stateD．farm
小題5:
A．goodB．muchC．longD．far
小題6:
A．journeyB．tripC．tourD．travel
小題7:
A．hurriedlyB．smoothlyC．slowlyD．carefully
小題8:
A．mindB．directionC．headD．weight
小題9:
A．unmarriedB．proudC．strongD．educated
小題10:
A．hadB．madeC．foundD．helped
小題11:
A．recognizedB．understoodC．ownedD．kept
小題12:
A．whisperedB．shoutedC．criedD．sang
小題13:
A．townsB．factoriesC．companiesD．villages
小題14:
A．freeB．braveC．easyD．pleased
小題15:
A．mannerB．jobC．lifeD．mind
小題16:
A．changedB．developedC．improvedD．realized
小題17:
A．thatB．a(chǎn)sC．whichD．what
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The United States is full of cars. There are still many families without cars, but some families have two or more. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a necessary part of life.
Cars are used for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies.
Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities school buses are used only when children live more than a mile away from the school. When the children are too young to walk too far, their mothers take turns driving them to school. One mother drives on Mondays taking her own children and the neighbors' as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesday, and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also form car pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the place where they all work.
More car pools should be formed in order to put fewer cars on the road and use less gas. Too many cars are being driven. Something will have to be done about the use of cars.
小題1: The United States is filled with cars, but             .
A．not every family has a car B．few families have two cars or even more
C．every American has a carD．every family has a car
小題2:What's the main idea of the second paragraph?
A．Workers drive cars to offices and factoriesB．Salesmen drive to carry their products.
C．Farmers drive into cities to get supplies.D．Cars are widely used.
小題3:Which statement is true according to the third paragraph?
A．Small children are driven to school.
B．All children go to school by bus in some cities.
C．Mothers drive their children who can't walk to school.
D．School buses pick up all children.
小題4: Mothers form car pools in order that             .
A．they can drive to school
B．they can take turns driving their children to school
C．they reach school quickly
D．they can drive their children to school in time
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     Each new school year brings fresh reminders of what educators call the summer learning gap．Some call it the summer learning setback Put simply, it means the longer kids are out of school，the more they forget．The only thing they might gain is weight．
Most American schools follow a tradltional nine-month calendar with winter and spring breaks and about ten weeks of summer vacation．Some schools follow a year-round calendar. They hold classes ror about eight weeks at a time，with a few weeks off in between．The National Association for Year-Round Education says there were fewer than 3,000 such schools at last count．They were spread among forty-six of the tifty states．
But many experts point out that the number of class days in a year-round school is generally the same as in a traditional school．Brenda McLaugblin is research director at the National Center for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins University．She says studies of year-round schooling have not found strong learning gains．Lead researcher Paul von Hippel said，“Year-round schools don’t really solve the problem of the summer learning setback．They simply spread it out across the year．”
Across the country, research shows that students from poor families fall farther behind over the summler than other students．Experts say this can be prevented．They note that many schools and local governments offer programs that can help．
But calling them“summer school”could be a problem．The director of the summer learning center at Johns Hopkins, Ron Fairchild, said research with groups of different parents in Chicago and Baltimore found that almost all strongly disliked the term“summer school”．In American culture，the idea of summer vacation is connected to beliefs about freedom and the joys of childhood．The parents welcomed other terms like“summer camp�！薄癳xtra time”and“hands-on learning．”
小題1:According to the first paragraph，the summer learning gap     
A．helps children to gain weight
B．leads children to work harder
C．improves children’s memories
D．a(chǎn)ffects children’s regular studies
小題2:Compared to traditional schools，students in the year-round ones     ．
A．perform better and have more learning gains
B．have much less time for relaxation every year
C．have generally the same number of class days
D．hold more classes with more free weeks off
小題3:Which of the following statements is true?
A．Students from poor families often fall behind after the vacation．
B．Year-round schools can solve the problem of the learning gap
C．There are schools in each state following a year-round calendar
D．Nothing can help the students who fall behind after the vacation．
小題4:Why did almost all parents dislike the term“summer school”?
A．They are worried about the quailty of the“summer school”
B．They cherish the children’s rights of freedom very much．
C．They want their children to be forced to make up the gap．
D．They can’t afford to the further study during the vacation．
小題5:What would be the best title of this passage?
A．Opening Summer Camps
B．Forbidding Summer Schools
C．Minding the Summer Learning Gap
D．Reforming Year-Round Education

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People with disabilities make up a large part of the population. It is estimated that over 35 million Americans have physical, mental, or other disabilities. About half of these disabilities are “developmental", i.e., they occur before the individual's twenty-second birthday, often from genetic conditions, and are severe enough to affect three or more areas of development, such as mobility, communication, employment, etc. Most other disabilities are considered “adventitious", i.e., accidental or caused by outside forces.
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Significant barriers, especially in transportation and public awareness, prevent disabled people from taking part in society. For example, while no longer prohibited by law from marrying, a person with no access to transportation is effectively excluded from community and social activities which might lead to the development of long-term relationships.
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36. A “developmental" disability ______.
A. develops very slowly over time
B. is caused by forces
C. occurs in youth and affects development
D. is getting more and more severe
37．Most disabled people used to die early because ______.
A. disabilities destroyed major bodily functions
B. they were not very well looked after
C. medical techniques were not available
D. they were too poor to get proper treatment
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A．more laws should be passed
B．public attitudes should be changed
C．government should provide more aids
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A．Many disabled people may remain single for their whole life.
B．The public tends to look down upon the disabled people.
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Research by Scotland Yard published in a London newspaper, has proven that knife crime in London is a serious non – white phenomenon, with 165 of the 225 under- 18s accused of knife crime in the past three months being from the black or other non – white groups．
According to Scotland Yard, only 60 of the 225 crimes were white．Despite being a small minority of the knife holding criminals, whites did, however, make up the single largest group of victims of knife crime．
According to the Scotland Yard report, whites made up 222 of the 637 victims of knife crime over the last three months．This number could probably be higher, as 292 victims were not identified by race．
This month Scotland Yard Deputy Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson suggested knife crime has replaced drug selling as the top concern for London police．
Sir Paul said so as he announced a specialist knife crime unit to deal with teenagers carrying knives in the capital．It will use a team of 75 specialist officers to find criminal group members and their supporters．
Detective Inspector, George Rhoden, president of the National Organisation of Black Law Enforcement Executives said, “In the black community we have all noticed that there is major concern about gun and knife crime．Clearly we are not the only part of the community affected by the problem of children who have no fathers, but parental responsibility should be of major concern.”
Around 59 percent of black Caribbean children and 54 percent of mixed – race youngsters are looked after by a lone parent．In the white British population, the number is 22 percent．
小題1:From the above, we can see that       in knife crimes in London．
A．there are more whites than blacks as victims
B．there are more blacks than whites as victims
C．blacks make up the smallest group of criminals
D．blacks make up the second largest group of criminals
小題2:What Sir Paul Stephenson said suggests that     ．
A．drug selling has replaced knife crime as the top concern for London police
B．drug selling had been the top concern for London police in the past
C．knife crime used to be the top concern for London police
D．London police now pay no attention to drug selling
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A．Punishing the parents of teenagers carrying knives．
B．Arresting the teenagers carrying knives．
C．Forming a specialist knife crime unit．
D．Fining the teenagers carrying knives．
小題4:According to George Rhoden, which of the following factors contributes to so many young blacks turning to crime?
A．That they are poorly educated．
B．That they are influenced by their fathers．
C．That many of them come from incomplete families．
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Few buildings on earth can compete with the legendary beauty of the Taj Mahal. Towering over the ancient Indian city of Agra, the Taj Mahal is the grandest monument (紀(jì)念碑) to love ever created.
The lovers in this story are the 17th century Indian emperor Shah Jehan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal. She took a leading role in advising him, which is something unusual for a woman to do for a husband who’s an emperor. Over the course of their nineteen-year marriage she gave birth to 14 children. But in 1631 while trying to deliver their fifteenth — she tragically died. He was heartbroken when she died. And after her death, he decided to build the world’s greatest monument ever built, for love.
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A. Mumtaz       B. Shah      C. Mumtaz or Shah   D. Mumtaz and Shah
69.  The Taj Mahal was completed in ______.
A. 1658   B. 1662         C. 1654         D. 1665
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A. She gave birth to 14 children for her husband.
B. She gave important advice to her husband.
C. She asked her son to imprison his father
D. She planned to build the world’s greatest monument.
71.  Which of the following is TRUE about Shah Jehan?
A. He was killed by his own son. 
B. He lost his power as a result of the Taj Mahal.
C. He put his own son into prison.
D. He hoped to be buried together with his wife.

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