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semester in a foreign country now involves more than just sitting in classrooms and hanging out with other American students. Instead, they are encouraged and sometimes required to be involved in the local
communities they are studying in.
"It"s absolutely important that they know something about how people in other parts of the world live
and think, and how they behave," says William Finlay, head of the sociology department at the University
of Georgia. In 2008, he co-founded a study abroad program with South Africa"s Stellenbosch University.
It combines traditional academic in-class learning with community involvement.
"We"ve been working with a non-government organization in the township. Our students typically
either work with little children in day care centers or work in the library and teach very basic computer
skills to young children," says Finlay.
The three-week program proved to be an unforgettable experience for Hillary Kinsey. She says, "It
was interesting to learn the history of the area and then talk to these people and see what the social
dynamics were, and how certain groups felt about other groups."
When Hillary Kinsey returned home from South Africa, she and other students in the program
established a non-profit group. Kinsey says the group wants to contribute to advancing education and
development in South Africa. "One of the purposes of the group is that we hope to raise money and
awareness about the situation where those people live and help to promote any sort of educational
development that we can, " Kinsey added.
While many study abroad programs focus on helping Americans to learn foreign languages, others
take a more intensive approach. "In all of our locations, we place students with local roommates," says
Mark Lenhart, director of CEF Academic Programs, which sends more than a thousand students to China, Korea and other countries each year.
He says American students benefit from such one-on-one interactions, in spite of the challenges they
face. Lenhart says, "They have to adjust to the local life. This will enable students to become more employable when they graduate."
B. How to take part in study abroad programs.
C. Americans studying abroad pay more attention to working with local children.
D. Americans combine community involvement with study while studying abroad.
B. raising money for local people
C. helping to develop education in South Africa
D. raising people"s awareness of the local situation
B. Surprised.
C. Impressed.
D. Unforgettable.
① making more friends
② being qualified for more jobs
③ learning a foreign language
④ having the ability to adjust to a new environment
B. ②③④
C. ①③④
D. ①②④
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these searches have been done over the radio. The hope is that someone in outer space may be trying to
get in touch with us. Scientists also have sent radio and television messages on spaceships traveling through space, on the chance that someone may answer such messages.
Scientists are using powerful radio telescopes to listen to signals from about 1, 000 stars, all within 100
light years of the earth. In addition, they will scan the entire sky to "listen" for radio messages from more
distant stars. Using a computer, they will be able to monitor more than eight channels at one time.
Scientists are looking for any signal that stands out from the background noise.
Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy(银河星系), scientists find that 5% are like our sun.
Perhaps half of them have a planet like the earth. Such a planet would be a reasonable distance from the
star for temperatures to be right for the evolution(进化) of life. Based on the inhabitable (适于居住的)
planets in our galaxy, most scientists agree that chances are likely that one or more of these planets
support some life.
However, many scientists wonder whether intelligent life exists on other planets. Some believe that
twenty years of searching without any intelligible messages shows that no one is out there. They say that
the evolution of intelligence comparable to ours is unlikely.
Other scientists believe that our search hasn"t been long enough to rule out the possibility that intelligent
life exists in our galaxy. If we hope to find intelligent life, these scientists believe that we have to keep
looking.
B. 10 billion.
C. 15 billion.
D. 200 billion
B. why scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
C. where scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
D. when scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
B. block
C. check
D. form
B. Most scientists believe that there is intelligent life on other planets.
C. Scientists don"t believe that there might be life on other planets.
D. Scientists are trying different ways to find signs of life on other planets.
Before that time, large computers were only used by large, rich companies that could afford the
investment. With the advancement of technology, small computers have come into the market, which
are capable of doing the work that used to be done by much larger and expensive computers, so now
most smaller companies can use them.
The main development in small computers has been in the field of word processors (处理器) , or
WPS as they are often called. 40% of British offices are now estimated to have a word processor and
this percentage is growing fast.
There are many advantages in using a word processor for both secretary and manager. The secretary
is freed from a lot of daily work, such as re-typing letters and storing papers. He or she can use this time
to do other more interesting work for the boss. From a manager"s point of view, secretarial time is being
made better use of and money can be saved by doing daily jobs automatically outside office hours.
But is it all good? If a lot of daily secretarial work can be done automatically, surely this will mean that
fewer secretaries will be needed. Another worry is the increasing medical problems related to work with
visual display units (显示器). The case of a slow loss of sight among people using word processors
seems to have risen greatly. It is also feared that if a woman works at a VDU for long hours, the unborn
child in her body might be killed. Safety screens to put over a VDU have been invented but few
companies in England bother to buy them.
Whatever the arguments for and against word processors are, they are a key feature of this revolution
in office practice.
B. these computers could not do the work that small computers can do today
C. these computers did not come into the market
D. these companies did not need to use this new technology
B. the use of computers in small companies
C. the wide use of word processors
D. the decreasing number of secretaries
B. daily jobs can be done automatically outside office hours
C. medical problems related to work with a VDU have increased greatly
D. the British companies will make less money
B. The British companies care much for the health of the people using word processors.
C. The technology in the field of computers has been greatly advanced over the last ten years.
D. Using word processors, secretaries can get more time to do more interesting work for their bosses.
B. working at a VDU for a long time is good for one"s health
C. more and more British offices will use word processors
D. British companies will need fewer and fewer managers
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similar pattern is passed on from parents to children, though nobody knows why this is the case.
The ridge (隆起) structure on a person"s fingers does not change with growth and is not affected by
surface injuries. Burns, cuts and other damage to the outer part of the skin will be replaced in time by
new one, which bears a reproduction of the original pattern. _2 Some criminals make use of this fact to
remove their own finger-prints but this is a dangerous and rare step to take.
Finger-prints can be made very easily with printer"s ink. They can be recorded easily. _3 Because of
the simplicity and economy of this system, finger-prints have often been used as a method of solving
criminal case. A suspected man may deny a charge but this may be in vain. 4 When a suspect leaves
finger-prints behind at the scene of a crime, they are difficult to detect with the naked eye.
_5 Some of the marks found are incomplete but identification is possible if a print of a quarter of an
inch square can be obtained.
A. Special techniques are used to "develop" them.
B. A fingerprint is an impression of the friction ridges of all part of the finger.
C. It is only when the inner skin is injured that the arrangement will be destroyed.
D. With special methods, identification can be achieved successfully within a short time.
E. This is called a latent print.
F. His finger-prints can prove who he is even if his appearance has been changed by age or accident.
G. Every human being has a unique arrangement of the skin on his fingers and this arrangement
is unchangeable.
that the ability to quantify may develop much sooner than most parents realize.
Kristy vanMarle, professor of the University of Missouri, has determined that contrary to what
previous studies have shown, infants (婴儿)are able to quantify substances (物质)-like sand or water-as
early as 10 months. As long as the difference between the two substances is large enough, infants will
choose the larger amount, especially when it comes to food.
With the assistance of her team researchers, vanMarle tested the quantifying skills of babies by
presenting them with two cups: one containing a small amount of food, and one containing a larger
amount. Consistently, the babies chose the larger amount.
"Several studies throughout the last 15 years have shown that infants are very good at telling how
many objects they see; however, infants don"t seem to count things like water or sand," vanMarle said.
"What we"re saying is that they can quantify substances; it"s just much harder. The infants can see how
much food goes into each cup and compare that in their memories. They decide which amount is larger,
and they almost always select the larger one."
This information further refutes (驳斥) the long-held idea that babies "know nothing of the world,"
vanMarle said.
"Since psychologists have begun studying infants with sensitive measures, we"ve discovered a lot of
early abilities. I think for parents, it should be exciting to know that there"s somebody in there that has
some fundamental and basic knowledge of the world, and that knowledge is guiding their development,"
vanMarle said.
In the future, vanMarle says this kind of study could be linked to a child"s progress in math-related
skills, although programs marketed to increase those abilities, such as "Baby Einstein," still have mixed
reviews when it comes to academic study.
B. get much knowledge of the world
C. describe the quantity of something
D. obtain math-related skill
B. The scientific findings.
C. The final choice of infants.
D. The observation of infants" behavior.
B. people used to think the world is known to babies
C. little research has been done on infants
D. some scholars disagree on baby-training programs
B. Amazing Baby-training Ideas
C. Early Human Abilities
D. Unique Quantifying Methods
| HIGHFIELD COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL SCHOOL REPORT Form Teacher: G. Baker Pupil"s Name: Simon Watkins Term: Summer 2010 Form: B | |||
| Subject | Exam | Class work | Comments |
| English | 59 | 61 | Simon has reached a satisfactory standard but now needs to apply himself with more determination. |
| Mathematics | 77 | 85 | Sound work and progress throughout the year. Well done! |
| History | 46 | 53 | A disappointing exam result. He is unable to give attention to this subject for long. |
| Chemistry | 78 | 85 | His obvious ability in the subject was not fully reflected in his exam work, but I have high hopes for him nevertheless. |
| Physics | 86 | 94 | An excellent term"s performance. He goes from strength to strength. A born scientist, I feel. |
| Biology | 57 | 60 | This time next year he will be taking the "O" Level exam. He needs to concentrate on the work, not on class conversation. |
| French | 41 | 46 | Clearly he didn"t bother to revise. His general attitude is far too casual. |
| Physical Education | / | 31 | Weak. It"s time he exercised his body more and his voice less. He should try to work with a team. |
| FORM TEACHER"S REMARKS HEADMASTER Basically satisfactory work and progress I shall be keeping an eye on his though he will now have realized, I hope, that progress in his weaker subjects in certain subject areas he needs to make speedy though his success in the sciences is improvement. most pleasing. | |||