When people think of bullying (欺负), they sometimes think only of kids being pushed around. But being
called hurtful names is a kind of bullying too. Sometimes being called names can hurt almost as much as being
hit or shoved (推撞). Maybe the name-caller thought the names were funny, but name-calling is not funny at
all to the person who is being called those names. To help make kids realize how much name-calling can hurt,
school all over the U.S. are planning to mark No Name-Calling Week January26-30, 2009. No Name-Calling
Week started in 2004. The program was inspired by a novel for kids called The Misfits, written by James Howe.
It is about four best friends who are teased (取笑) at school about their height, their weight, what they say, and
how they look. The friends run for the school"s student union and say if they will try to stop all name-calling at
school. They lose the election but persuade their teacher to have a No Name-Calling Day to try to stop teasing.
This year, about 50 national organizations are supporting the sixth No Name-Calling Week. The project seeks
to focus national attention on the problem of name-calling in schools, and to provide students and educators
with the tools and inspiration to start a dialogue about ways to get rid of name-calling in their communities.
Many students in the U.S. report being teased at school. Last year during No Name-Calling Week, almost all of
the sixth graders at one New Jersey school said they had been bullied.
Ideas for celebrating No Name-Calling Week: Place a huge cardboard T-shirt outside the school gym or
cafeteria with a headline that reads, "Sign your name here if you"ve ever been bullied." Make bracelets (手镯)
to represent a commitment to not calling names. Create a "Kindness Chain." Each link on the chain explains
something kind that one student has done for another during No Name-Calling Week.
B. a matter of naughty behavior
C. a joke among students
D. a physical violence
B. gives them new names
C. says rude words about them
D. hits or shoves them
B. It came from a novel written by James Howe.
C. It was an idea put forward by a school master.
D. It was put forward at a student union election.
B. wearing T-shirt with the words No Name-Calling
C. reporting to teachers how you have ever been bullied
D. explaining why names should not be called
wish to go. A large part human history is connected with the exploration of the world in which we live. Again
and again people have set out with surprising courage and patience to look into unknown regions and lands to
see what had not yet been seen, to make known the unknown. With kites, balloons and aircraft they left the
ground to pass through the lower atmosphere. Now the outer space receives their attention.
Why should man take the trouble of conquering space? It is hard to list the specific practical benefits that
will result in. But one knows, from past experience in other areas, that man will surely see and discover new
things in space that will increase our scientific knowledge, and this new knowledge will find its way into
valuable practical uses. What we learn about man himself, from his experience in space, and from the effects
of space and the space flight environment on him, will be extremely valuable. The new techniques developed
to carry out the exploration of space, and to keep man alive in space, will certainly find practical uses in
everyday life in some way. The areas that will benefit are manifold. They include communication, generation
of power, transportation and travel, food production, materials, fuels and many others. But to say definitely
just what the practical results will be is almost impossible.
B. man often goes wherever his dreams go
C. man is no longer interested in the study of the land and sea now
D. man"s history is the exploration of the world
B. various
C. valuable
D. practical
B. the exploration of space
C. exploring more in space than in the sea
D. his experience in space
plants can have their temperature taken from 3, 000 feet away straight up. A decade ago, adopting the infrared
(红外线) scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley
came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress. The
goal was to let farmers precisely aim at pesticide (杀虫剂) spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field,
which was sure to include plants that don"t have pest (害虫) problems.
Even better, Paley"s Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became
visible to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3, 000 feet at night, an infrared scanner measured the heat
given out by crops. The data were transformed into a color-coded map showing where plants were running
"fevers". Farmers could then spot-spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would.
The bad news is that Paley"s company closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers resisted the
new technology and long-term backers were hard to find. But with the increasing concern about pesticides
on produce, and improvement in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts
have no doubt the technology works. "This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the
United States," says George Oerther of Texas A & M. Ray Jackson, who recently retired from the Department
of Agriculture, thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But only if
Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago.
B. facing an infrared scanner
C. in poor physical condition
D. exposed to extreme sun rays
B. measure the size of the affected area
C. draw a color-coded map
D. locate the problem area
B. consulting infrared scanning experts
C. transforming poisoned rain
D. detecting crop problems at an early stage
B. its high cost
C. the lack of financial support
D. its failure to help increase production
B. growing concern about the over use of pesticides on crops
C. the forceful promotion by the Department of Agriculture
D. full support from agricultural experts
Every year when the Italian artist Michelangelo"s (1475-1564, 意大利文艺复兴时期著名雕刻家、画家、
建筑师) birthday comes around, computer users all over the world are filled with fear (害怕) and use their
computers with care. Some may even choose not to turn on their computers on March 3. All this fear and care
are just because a deadly computer virus is ready to cause damages (破坏) on that day.
What"s a computer virus then? Why do people get so afraid of it?
A computer virus is, in fact, a little program that is put into other programs and that does something bad.
It is called a virus because, like any real-life viruses such as AIDs virus, it reproduces itself. And when these
programs are run, the virus is brought to life. It hides itself in your computer system waiting for the right
moment to make damages. And at the same time it keeps producing itself by copying itself onto other programs.
The Michelangelo virus waits until the artist"s birthday comes around, and then it will wake up to do very
bad things like destroying you files (毁坏文档). So next time when you turn on your computer, look out for
computer viruses!
B. was born on March 3, 1475
C. died six centuries ago
D. died on March 3, 1564
B. a kind of computer virus will come on that day
C. a deadly computer virus called "the Michelangelo virus" will wake up and then damages that day
D. something will easily go wrong with computers
B. a kind of real-life virus
C. a kind of virus like AIDS virus
D. also a kind of program which is placed into other programs and which makes damages
B. only on March 3
C. on Fridays
D. only on some famous artists" birthdays
kind of loneliness is not serious. In fact, it is quite normal. For some people, though, loneliness can last for
years. Now researchers say there are three different types of loneliness.
The first kind of loneliness is temporary (暂时的). This is the most common type. It usually disappears
quickly and does not require any special attention. The second kind, situational loneliness, is a natural result
or a particular situation-for example, a family problem, the death of a loved one, or moving to a new place.
Although this kind of loneliness can cause physical problems, such as headaches and sleeplessness, it usually
does not last for more than a year.
The third kind of loneliness is the most severe. Unlike the second type, chronic (长期的) loneliness usually
last more than two yeas and has no specific cause. People who experience habitual loneliness have problems
socializing and becoming close to others. Unfortunately, many chronically lone people think there is little or
nothing they can do to improve their condition.
Psychologists (心理学家) agree that one important fact in loneliness is a person"s social contacts, e.g,
friends, family members, co-workers, etc. We depend on various people for different reasons. For instance,
our families give us emotional support, our parents and teachers give us guidance, and our friends share similar
interests and activities. However, psychologists have found that, though lone people may have many social
contacts, they sometimes feel they should have more. They question their own popularity.
Psychologists are trying to find ways to help habitually lonely people for two reasons: they are unhappy
and unable to socialize and there is a connection between chronic loneliness and serious illness such as heart
disease. While temporary and situational loneliness can be a normal, healthy part of life, chronic loneliness
can be a very sad, and sometimes dangerous condition.
B. Just ignore it
C. Go to see a doctor
D. Ask your teachers for guidance
B. lonely people don"t have many social problems
C. one problem of loneliness is a person"s social contacts
D. we depend on various people for different reasons
B. Chronic loneliness can cause serious illness
C. Chronic loneliness cannot be overcome
D. A, B, and C are all correct
B. Loneliness and Diseases
C. Loneliness and Social Contacts
D. Chronic Loneliness
or her second year of high school is required to take a class in driver"s education. However, unlike other
courses, it is not given during the regular school year. Instead it is a summer course.
The course is divided up into two parts: class time for learning laws and regulations, and driving time to
practise driving. Class time is not unlike any other class. The students study the basic traffic laws from a text
to pass the written driving test that is given to anyone who wants to get a driver"s license.
Driving time is a chance for the students to get behind the wheel (steering wheel) and practise starting
steering, backing up, parking, switching lanes, turning corners, and all the other maneuvers (操作) required
to drive a car. Each student is required to drive a total of six hours. The students are divided up into groups
of four. The students and the instructor go out driving for two hour blocks of time. Thus, each student gets
half an hour driving time per outing. The instructor and "driver" sit in the front seats and the other three
students sit in the back.
After the student has passed the driver"s education course and reached the appropriate age to drive (this
age differs in every state but in most cases the person must be 16 years old), they can go to a designated (指
定的) state office to take their driver"s test, which is made up of an eye examination, a written test, and a
road test. The person must pass all three tests in order to be given a driver"s license. If the person did well in
his or her driver"s education class, he or she will pass the test with flying colors and get a driver"s license.
B. is given to anyone wanting to get a driver"s license
C. is carried on at the same time as other courses
D. is offered to all the students of Grade 2 in high schools
B. get half an hour driving
C. drive for two hour blocks of time
D. go out driving for twelve times
B. They must be 16 years of age.
C. They should go to have their driver"s test.
D. They ought to do well in their driver"s course.
B. quickly
C. colorfully
D. successfully
- 1北方与南方的人文差异的自然原因:______________和______________。
- 2某班同学进行研究性学习,在学习了辛亥革命的相关课题后,有五位同学表达了各自对这场革命的看法。其中符合辛亥革命实际情况的观
- 3按照亚洲地理分区划分,日本属于哪一个区?[ ]A.东亚B.东南亚C.南亚D.西亚
- 4若|2x-1|=1-2x,则x的取值范围是______.
- 5如图,在四棱锥中,底面为矩形,侧棱底面,,,, 为的中点. (1)求直线与所成角的余弦值;(2)在侧面内找一点,使面,并
- 6在探究“二力平衡的条件”的实验中,小宇同学采用的实验装置如图所示: (1)当物体处于静止状态或_________
- 7在△ABC中,若则A = .
- 8_________ the lecturer more clearly, I arrived early and cho
- 9如图所示,求图中曲边梯形的面积。(只要求写出极限形式)
- 10【题文】设集合,则下列关系中正确的是
- 1保持水的化学性质的粒子是( )A.氧原子和氢原子B.氧元素和氢元素C.水分子D.氢分子和氧分子
- 2若a、b为实数,则“0<ab<1”是“a<”或“b>”的[ ]A.充分而不必要条件B.必要而不充分条件C.充分必
- 3下列各腺体中,能够分泌调节糖类利用和转化的物质的是( )A.甲状腺B.肝脏C.胸腺D.胰岛
- 4有一个边长为6cm的正三角形ABC木块,点P是边CA的延长线上的点,在A、P之间拉一条细绳,绳长AP为15cm,握住点P
- 5过点P(2,-2)和曲线y=3x-x3相切的直线方程为______.
- 6“神州”五号飞船总重7990000克,保留两个有效数字,用科学计数法表示为[ ]A. 0.799×107克 B.
- 7如图所示,物体G用两根绳子悬挂,开始时绳OA水平,现将两绳同时沿顺时针方向转过90°,且保持两绳之间的夹角α不变(α>9
- 8如图,两个半圆中,长为4的弦CD与直径AB平行且与小半圆相切,那么图中阴影部分的面积等于_______。
- 9学号分别为1、2、3、4、5的五个学生在计算机机房操作编号分别为1、2、3、4、5的计算机.如果第i学号的学生操作第j号
- 10实现人生价值的重要途径是[ ]A.干成一件大事业,一鸣惊人 B.通过自己的劳动创造而对社会有所贡献,从不同方面