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dwells and grades are stored. The front office also reinforces familiar hierarchy(等级制度):
principal at the top, teachers in the middle, kids on the bottom, sitting with hands folded at
their desks.
Now, imagine a school where the organizational structure is completely flat. At the New
Country School in Henderson, Minn, there is no front office. Visitors are immediately embraced
by an airy atrium that is the centerpiece of this one-room schoolhouse. And all around the room,
124 students sit at desks - real office desks - working at their own personal computers on their
own projects.
When Dee Thomas and her colleagues got together 15 years ago to design a new high school,
they knew there was one thing that had to go: The bell. "You don"t go into your job in the morning
and say, "OK, for the first 45 minutes of my job, I"m going to do the math part." And then a bell
goes off, and you do the social history part of your job. You don"t do that," Thomas said.
There are no teachers at New Country. Every few weeks, students must present projects
they"ve been working on to the rest of the school community. To prepare for their presentations,
they gather at tables in the middle of the school atrium and present their work to their "advisers."
Kids at New Country test better than their peers on the state tests and on the pre-college
ACT. The school sends 90 percent of its graduates to college. But that doesn"t tell the whole
story. New Country struggles to keep its seniors from leaving. The school"s senior project is
demanding - 300 hours of work.
But for some students, New Country offers a rare alternative, a choice they can"t find anywhere
else. And the school is constantly visited by educators from around the world looking for new ideas.
That"s the foundation of efforts to reform American high schools today - that there"s a need to
experiment with an institution that is failing millions of students
B. to present a sharp contrast with the experimental school, New Country.
C. to introduce the topic, New Country, of the passage.
D. to call on students to register in the typical high school
B. Students consult with "advisers", who "teach" in the traditional sense.
C. No bells in New Country, students choose how to spend their time.
D. No traditional classes, students work on projects they select themselves.
B. alternative
C. comfortable conditions
D. teaching methods
B. typical high school and experimental School.
C. new schools in future in America.
D. education reform in America.
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problem but also a question of the system we want for our society. I would like to suggest several
possible solutions to this problem.
First, employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees. To make this possible, a
percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose. But when a company must take life-long
responsibility for its employees, it may suffer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee
costs.
Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual (个人) . This means
each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. This does not seem a
very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn
extra to cover their retirement years. This means the government might have to step in to care for the
poor.
In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. This could be financed
through government taxes to increase the level of pensions (养老金). One further solution is that the
government or social organizations set up some working places especially for the elderly where they are
independent.
To sum up, all these measures have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is reasonable to
expect that some combination of these measures may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to
our elderly generations.
| Topic | Who should take the responsibility for the 2 of the lives of the elderly? |
| 8 to the problem | ★ 3 should set a percentage of profits aside, which may 4 a commercial disadvantage. |
| ★ Individuals should save during his working years to pay for the years when he is 5 . | |
| ★ The government could provide 6 through government taxes to increase the level of pensions. | |
| ★ Workplaces for the elderly where they can enjoy 7 should be set up. | |
| 10 | It is necessary to 9 these measures to provide the care to the elderly |
| 阅读理解。 | |
| Britain"s most popular lie has been disclosed, with one in four people admitting using "Sorry I had no signal" when returning a missed mobile phone call, a survey found. Researchers found the average Briton tells on average four lies every day or almost 1500 every year. Almost one in six men admitted they were most likely to lie to their wife or girlfriend, on average at least twice a day. The most popular lie was saying you had no mobile phone signal, with one in four people admitting regularly using the little white lie. It usually came after they hit the "ignore" button when their mobile rang. Three quarters of people think women are better liars. The research found 46 per cent of girls have been caught lying, compared to 58 of men. The second most common fib(无关紧要的谎言) is "I haven"t got any cash on me" when asked for money by tramps (流浪者), beggars and Big Issue sellers. "Nothing"s wrong - I"m fine" came third followed by "You look lovely" and "Nice to see you". Modern technology turned out to have contributed to many lies with "I didn"t get your text" in 18th, "Our server was down" in 20th and "My battery died" in 26th place. Other lies to make the top ten included "I"ll give you a ring", "We"re just good friends" and "We"ll have to meet up soon". "I"m on my way" and "No, your bum doesn"t look big in that" completed the top ten. Men tell the most fibs, coming out with five every day compared to women who lie just three times. In many cases perhaps it is better to flatter with a fib than destroy someone with the truth, according to a spokesman for OnePoll, which carried out the research of 4,300 adults. | |
| 1. Whether the person being called has pushed the "ignore" button or ______, the caller at the other end hears the same tone. | |
| A. really has no signal B. can"t get the text C. has a battery failure D. answers the call | |
| 2. Most people think women are better liars because ______. | |
| A. there"re more women liars B. fewer women liars are found out C. women tell less harmful lies D. women are harder to convince | |
| 3. "Our server was down" is perhaps a lie told as an excuse for not ______. | |
| A. inviting a friend to dinner B. responding to an e-mail C. coming to a party on time D. cleaning one"s room | |
| 4. "You look lovely" and "I"m on my way" rank _____ on the popular-lie list. | |
| A. 3rd and 8th B. 5th and 10th C. 4th and 9th D. 5th and 12th | |
| 阅读理解。 | |
| Doomed beauties such as Cleopatra and Marilvn Monroe were far from alone in their misery. Very attractive people tend to form partnerships that are less stable and satisfying than those enjoyed by plain Janes. According to research by Dr John Blaine of the University of Southem Califormia, relationships between people whose professions largely depend on their appearances, such as models or actors, tend to end much faster than those between lawyers, doctors or students. Blaine said the beautiful felt different from childhood. They are treated as special, which may create both arrogance(傲慢)and insecurity. All too often, beauty can be used as an alternative to education. Often they are pushed out of their class or town, told to go off and make their fortune in Hollywood or London and, when the majority fail, they have few talents to make a living. Blaine added that beautiful people score poorly on the "big five" - the key factors American experts consider when helping distressed couples. These are neuroticism(神经过敏), including anger and anxiety; extroversion(性格外向); openness to new experiences; agreeableness; and conscientiousness, or sticking by agreements they have made. Attractive people often see no reason to try to change until their looks start to fade. Krista Sutherland, of the University of California Los Angeles, said partnerships that appeared to be perfect from the outside, such as the former "dream teams" of Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise or Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley, where backgrounds and aspirations(抱负)are often shared, did not necessarily lead to happiness. | |
| 1. What does the underlined sentence "Doomed beauties such as Cleopatra and Marilyn Monroe were far from alone in their misery. " mean? | |
| A. Beautiful women always felt lonely. B. Beautiful women always were alone. C. Many beautiful women didn"t end up with a happy life. D. Beautiful women always lived a happy life. | |
| 2. The underlined phrase "plain Janes" in the passage refer to __________. | |
| A. ordinary-looking women B. women called Jane C. common people D. attractive women | |
| 3. We can infer in the passage that _________. | |
| A. Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley were a couple B. Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise were very satisfied with their life C. When they fail in Hollywood, the beautiful have little trouble in making a living D. The marriages of the beautiful often last long | |
| 阅读理解 | |
| When I was seven, my father gave me a Timex, my first watch. I loved it, wore it for years, and haven"t had another one since it stopped ticking a decade ago. Why? Because I don"t need one. I have a mobile phone and I"m always near someone with an iPod or something like that. All these devices (装置) tell the time-which is why, if you look around, you"ll see lots of empty wrists; sales of watches to young adults have been going down since 2007. But while the wise have realized that they don"t need them, others-apparently including some distinguished men of our time-are spending total fortunes on them. Brands such as Rolex, Patek Philippe and Breitling command shocking prices, up to ￡250 000 for a piece. This is ridiculous. Expensive cars go faster than cheap cars. Expensive clothes hang better than cheap clothes. But these days all watches tell the time as well as all other watches. Expensive watches come with extra functions-but who needs them? How often do you dive to 300 metres into the sea or need to find your direction in the area around the South Pole? So why pay that much of five years" school fees for watches that allow you to do these things? If justice were done, the Swiss watch industry should have closed down when the Japanese discovered how to make accurate watches for a five pound note. Instead the Swiss reinvented the watch, with the aid of millions of pounds" worth of advertising, as a message about the man wearing it. Rolexes are for those who spend their weekends climbing icy mountains; a Patek Philippe is for one from a rich or noble family; a Breitling suggests you like to pilot planes across the world. Watches are now classified as "investments" (投资). A 1994 Patek Philippe recently sold for nearly ￡350 000, while 1960s Rolexes have gone from ￡15 000 to ￡30 000 plus in a year. But a watch is not an investment. It"s a toy for self satisfaction, a matter of fashion. Prices may keep going up-they"ve been rising for 15 years. But when fashion moves on, the owner of that ￡350 000 beauty will suddenly find his pride and joy is no more a good investment than my childhood Timex. | |
| 1. The sales of watches to young people have fallen because they . | |
| A. have other devices to tell the time B. think watches too expensive C. prefer to wear an iPod D. have no sense of time | |
| 2. It seems ridiculous to the writer that . | |
| A. people dive 300 metres into the sea B. expensive clothes sell better than cheap ones C. cheap cars don"t run as fast as expensive ones D. expensive watches with unnecessary functions still sell | |
| 3. What can be learnt about Swiss watch industry from the passage? | |
| A. It targets rich people as its potential customers. B. It"s hard for the industry to beat its competitors. C. It wastes a huge amount of money in advertising. D. It’s easy for the industry to reinvent cheap watches. | |
| 4. Which would be the best title for the passage? | |
| A. Timex or Rolex? B. My Childhood Timex C. Watches? Not for Me! D. Watches—a Valuable Collection | |
| 阅读理解。 | |
| Women have jumped ahead of men for the first time in using the Internet to do their holiday shopping, according to a study published last week in the US. For Years men have been more likely to shop on the Internet than women, but during the 2011 holiday season 58 percent of those making online purchases(购买) were women. "It shows how mainstream the Internet is becoming", said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project group, which carried out the study. Rainie said it was only a matter of time before women shoppers caught up with men. This is because women traditionally make decisions about spending. Users were more likely to shop online to save time. Internet users between the ages of 18 and 29 were responsible for some of the most dramatic increases in the online gift-buying population this time around. However, three-quarters of the US Internet users did not buy holiday gifts online in 2011. They worried about credit card security(安全), or just compared online prices with off-line prices, then dashed off to the shops to get the best deals. "But even if shoppers don"t buy online, websites are becoming promotion tools for stores," said Dan Hess, vice president of Comscore Networks Inc. Hess said that actually most stores" websites can make customers fully believe the security of their credit card numbers. And most are able to ensure that gifts arrive on time. "It"s all about making the shopping experience more efficient, more reliable and more comfortable." Hess said. | |
| 1. Which of the following statements is true? | |
| A. More women shopped online than men in 2011. B. There were fewer women online shoppers than men in 2011． C. Most of the Internet users between the ages of 18 and 29 are women. D. People in the US were more likely to buy gifts online. | |
| 2. From the passage we can infer that________. | |
| A. men usually decide how to spend money in the family B. women usually decide what to buy in the family C. the Internet is used in all the shops. D. more and more shops will sell their goods online. | |
| 3. According to Dan Hess, shopping online is ___________. | |
| A. unsafe B. convenient C. a waste of time D. cheaper | |
| 4. What can we know from the passage? | |
| A. American people only buy gifts in holidays. B. Shopping online is fun for women. C. Shopping off-line provides better service. D. Young people like to do gift-shopping online. |