题目内容
— So they are famous for the great things they _____.
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B. did
C. are doing
D. had done
Sitting on exercise balls brings more than a smile to students and teachers.
Some fourth-graders at Conrad Weiser West Elementary School in Womelsdorf love their new chairs-—probably because they're not really chairs at all.
The kids are sitting on the air-filled balls. But different from those just for exercise, these have small legs that keep them from rolling. Sitting on a chair all day in school can make anyone want to move around. So, more and more teachers are letting students have a ball. By using exercise balls instead of common chairs, teachers find students' posture(姿势) and attention improved.
Dotti Pownall, a fifth-grader teacher in West Virginia, has been using balls as chairs since December 2008. "The students love them." she says. Pownall took a survey of her students. She found that 80 percent, thought sitting on the balls helped them concentrate(专注) better:
"Besides, they’re fun,b" says Pownall.
According to WittFitt,b a company that has sold balls to more than 200 schools, they can improve kids' posture and classroom behavior.
Exercise ball chairs are getting popular in classrooms, from preschool to college. Some adults (成人) even use them at work.
Lisa Witt felt so strongly about the use of balls as chairs that she started WittFitt. She said the company not only encourages the use of balls but also educates teachers and students on how to use them. "We sell balls in 24 states in America, three provinces in Canada and Japan." says Witt.
【小题1】Sitting on exercise balls can______.
A.improve students' attention | B.make students smarter |
C.keep students moving around | D.help students become fit |
A.began to produce balls in 2008 | B.sells balls in 24 countries |
C.was set up by Lisa Witt | D.is famous around the world |
A.exercise balls have no legs | B.Pownall works as a teacher |
C.students hate exercise balls | D.exercise balls are filled with sand |
A.the shape of exercise balls | B.the use of exercise balls |
C.the number of exercise balls | D.the inventor of exercise balls |
There are few families in the United States that do not have either a radio or television set. Both of them have become a necessary part of our daily life, keeping us filled with the news of the day, teaching us in many fields of interest, and making us happy with singing, dancing and acting.
Marconl, the Italian inventor, who gave us the radio, probably didn’t know how much his great invention would have done for the world in the years to come. Radio had, perhaps done as much as any other communication tool. Things of the world can be reported to people everywhere a few seconds after they happen. Travelers in or out of–the–way places, ships at sea even astronauts round the earth are able to keep in touch with each other by radio.
Television is another important invention. It lets us see as well as hear the actor. Since its appearance, TV has done a great deal in the daily life of people everywhere. Many programs are now televised in color.
Perhaps the most modern invention is “Telstar”, a “star” moving round the earth. It makes it possible for the people all over the world to be closer than ever before. Now a family in Chicago can watch on TV a motor–car race in Italy, a table tennis competition in Beijing or a volleyball match in Japan as these events are actually happening!
【小题1】The passage tells us that __________ in the U.S.A. have no radio or television set.
A. few families B. all the families C. many families D. a few families
【小题2】Who do you think the writer of the passage is?
A.An Italian. | B.A Japanese. | C.An American. | D.A Chinese. |
A.Because they have touched nearly everything in our life. |
B.Because men would not live happily without them. |
C.Because they are the only ways to spread information. |
D.Because no communication means no life. |
A.To receive and store information only. |
B.To move around the earth just like the moon. |
C.To give light onto the earth at night. |
D.To help send out radio or TV information to the world. |
A.he was just an Italian inventor |
B.his invention has done much for the world |
C.he had reported much to people all over the world |
D.he helped people travel a lot around the world |