good grades can bring them cash and luxury gifts.
In at least a dozen states this school year, students who bring home top marks can expect more than just
thankfulness.
The most ambitious experiment began in September, when seven states - Arkansas, Alabama,
Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Virginia and Washington-won spots in an Mobil-funded
program that, in most cases, pays students $100 for each passing grade on advanced placement (AP)
college-prep exams.
It"s an effort to get low-income and minority students interested in the courses, says Tommie Sue
Anthony, president of the Arkansas Advanced Initiative for Math and Science. "We still have students
who are not sure of the value, who are not willing to take the courses," she says. "Probably the motivation will make a difference with those students."
Gregg Fleisher of the National Math and Science Initiative, which runs the seven-state program, says
the effort is modeled on a program adopted by Dallas in the 1995-96 school year that saw AP
course-taking jump obviously. That program is now statewide.
While many educators would be against offering kids cash for good grades, Fleisher and others say
the idea is simple: "It"s an encouragement to get them to basically make the right decision and choose a
more strict class," he says. "This teaches them that if they work at something very hard and have a lot of
support, they can do something they didn"t think they could do."
An analysis of the Texas program last month by Cornell economist C. Kirabo Jackson found that it
linked to a 30% rise in the number of students with high SAT and ACT scores and an 8% rise in
college-going students.(Notes: 1.SAT: 美国学术能力评估考试;2. ACT: 美国大学入学考试.)
B .A new motivation for students.
C. Good grades deserves gratitude.
D. Success makes a difference.
B. To help poor students to keep on with education.
C. To get relatively poor students interested in their studies.
D. To make an effort to raise the value of money.
B. The program didn"t have any effect on student"s achievements.
C. The program has been going on half a dozen states this year.
D. The program was probably first adopted by Dallas.
B. makes everything possible
C. helps students choose right classes
D. teaches students to spend money
can make your child feel angry, hurt, or misunderstood by what you say without realizing it yourself. It is
important to give your child the space he needs to grow while gently letting him know that you you"ll still
be there for him when he needs you.
Expect a lot from your child, just not everything.Except for health and safety problems, such as drug
use or careless driving; consider everything else open to discussion. If your child is unwilling to discuss
something, don"t insist he tell you what"s on his mind. The more you insist, the more likely that he"ll clarn
up. Instead , let him attempt to solve(解决)things by himself. At the same time, remind him that you"re
always there for him should he seek advice or help. Show respect for your teenager"s privacy (隐私).
Never read him his mail or listen in on personal conversations.
Teach your teenager that the family phone is for the whole family. If your child talks on the family"s
telephone for too long, tell him he can talk for15 minutes, but then he must stay off the phone for at least
an equal period of time. This not only frees up the line so that other family members can make and
receive calls, but teaches your teenager moderation(节制). Or if you are open to the idea, allow your
teenager his own phone that he pays for with his own pocket money or a part -time job
B. how to respect a teenager
C. how to help a teenager grow up
D. how to understand a teenager
B. show respect
C.become excited
D. seek help
B. to pay for his own telephone
C. to share the phone quickly
D. to use the phone in a sensible way
B. Give him advice only when necessary
C. Let him have his own telephone
D. Not talk about personal things with him
Antarctica.
You"ve probably seen a Venus" flytrap -- a small plant, which grows 6 to 8 inches tall in a container. At the end of its stalks (茎) are leaves that act like traps (陷阱). Inside each trap is a lining of tiny hairs. When an insect lands on them, the traps suddenly shut. Over the course of a week or so, the plant feeds on its
catch.
The Venus" flytrap is just one of more than 500 species of meat-eating plants, says Barry Meyers-Rice, the editor of the International Carnivorous Plant Society"s Newsletter. He states although you might have
read some science-fiction stories, no meat-eating plant does any danger to humans.
Barry says a plant is meat-eating, only if it does all four of the following: "attract, kill, digest, and absorb"
some form of insects. Meat-eating plants look and act like other green plants -- well, most of the time.
All green plants make sugar to produce food. What makes meat-eating plants different is their special
leaves, which need insects for one reason: nitrogen (氮). Nitrogen is a nutrient that they can"t obtain any
other way. Why?
Almost all green plants on our planet get nitrogen from the soil. Meat-eating plants can"t. They live in
places where nutrients are hard to get from the soil because of its acidity. So they"ve come to rely on
getting nitrogen from insects and small animals. In fact, nutrient-rich soft is poisonous to meat-eating plants. Never fertilize (施肥) them! But don"t worry, either, if they never seem to catch any insects. They can
survive, but they"ll grow very slowly.
B. is a kind of plant which gets hungry easily
C. can trap and feed on some form of insects
D. can only grow 6-8 inches tall
B. all green plants get nitrogen from the soil
C. meat-eating plants endanger humans in science-fiction stories
D. the nutrient-poor soil is beneficial to meat-eating plants
B. probably because the supply of nitrogen is cut off
C. simply because they can"t absorb nitrogen from the soil
D. and then they will die slowly
B. It"s hard to get nutrients in the soil when acidity is high.
C. The Venus" flytrap eats flies to get nutrient from them.
D. Green plants make sugar at night.
Singing are the pupils of the remote Beau-Roc primary school in Haiti. One of them plays a guitar
made from an empty oil tin. Their headmistress, Emile Jean-Noel, is one of the few women school
principals in the country.
Over 70 % of Haitian population live below the poverty line with inadequate food, water, schools,
or housing. To reduce the hunger that prevents learning and to encourage parents to send their children
to school, meals are provided by the World Food Programme.
"We are so cut off we have many difficulties," comments Emile, adding that finding chalk, school
books and other materials is practically impossible. Emile tries to encourage those around her to make
use of all available resources. Her efforts are bearing fruit. One of her successes was convincing local
women to contribute to their children"s schooling and increase their own income by selling embroidery
(刺绣) and other handicrafts.
Recent political instability has meant that the country has not invested in education for ten years.
Enrolment(入学) is a mere 44 per cent and a little less than a half of those entering primary school finish
it. Less than a third of these go on to secondary school. In rural areas it is not rare to find 17- and
18 year-olds in primary school. Beau-Roc has only 4 teachers for 260 pupils. Emile works constantly
to improve her pupils"environment. Under her direction, a local worker is now constructing a storehouse
for the food delivered regularly by the World Food Programme.
Not only is Emile"s salary too little, but she receives it irregularly. For her, transport is a real headache. She lives five kilometers away and has to take a privately-owned bus, costing more than she can afford.
"The decision to be a rural teacher in Haiti should not be taken lightly", Emile comments. "With all the
sacrifices and risks it requires, only those who are really cut out for teaching should do it." Nevertheless,
Emile loves her job. "I always feel at home with the children and, the parents understand what I"m doing."
B. Poverty and hardship.
C. Politics and children
D. Love and beauty
B. Persuading local women to care about their children"s education.
C. Encouraging those around her to use those available resources.
D. Finding chalk, school books and other materials.
B. unfamiliar with teaching
C. qualified for teaching
D. cautious about teaching
family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how
much more.
Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotaping the families while they ate ordinary
meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and
their children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents"efforts to
control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. "In general the more
question-asking the parents do, the higher the children"s IQ scores," Lewis says. "And the more children
there are, the less question-asking there is."
The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in
life than their siblings(兄弟姐妹). Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner
conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest,
who needs the most attention. "Middle children are invisible." Says Lewis. "When you see someone get
up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are it"s the middle child." There is, however,
one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: "When the TV is on,"
Lewis says, "dinner is a non-event."
B. teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table
C. report on the findings of a study
D. give information about family problems
B. get the least attention from the family
C. are often kept away from the dinner table
D. find it hard to keep up with other children
B. they are busy keeping order at the dinner table
C. they have to pay more attention to younger children
D. they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family
B. why parents should keep good order
C. why children in small families seem to be quiet
D. why middle children seem to have more difficulties in life
B. It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner.
C. Parents should talk to each of their children frequently.
D. Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner.
exercise more. For women who are middle-aged "or older, experts say an hour of daily exercise
is necessary just to keep weight.
But for most women, fitting in an hour of exercise in an already busy day is difficult, and it is
even impossible. Especially for many women, most hours are already filled with a full-time job
and raising a family. At the end of the tiring day, at least in the U.S., there is little incentive to
prepare a dinner when fast food is so available--and so much more fattening.
Nearly twenty million women in the U.S. have the problem of obesity. The United Nations
report notes that America is one of the countries that have the most obese people in the world
and Mississippi has more overweight women than any other state in the U.S.. The U. S. Center
for Disease Control says the number of overweight women increased by 60% between 2004
and 2009 in America. The World Health Organization says more than one billion women in other
nations are in the same shape.
While there is plenty of advice on how to lose kilograms, a new study is carried out on
middie-aged and older women who keep normal body weight, or BMI (Body Mass Index). "We
found that physical activity was effective in controlling weight only among women who started to gain
weight from a normal BMI ,"I-Min Lee and her colleagues found more exercise did not help.
"Once a woman is obese, there was no relation between physical activity and weight change
among these women, "Lee said. The researchers say the only way that obese women can lose weight
is to simply cut calories.
B. Paying all attention to their jobs.
C. Having no interest in exercising.
D. Being too busy to find spare time.
B. the problem of woman obesity worldwide is serious
C. many organizations are built to care about fat women
D. America has more overweight women than any other country
B. Keep busy all day long and do a lot of exercise.
C. Find a high energy costing and tiring job.
D. Sleep less, eating less and exercising more.
B. make people put on weight
C. make people keep weight
D. keep people busy
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