题目内容
Writing
Directions:Read the following passage.Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage.Write NO
MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
A bicycle helmet is a helmet intended to be worn while riding a bicycle.They are designed to reduce impacts to the skull of a cyclist in falls.However, there is a debate on whether helmets are useful for road cyclists.
The World Health Organization promote the use of helmets as a strategy for preventing people' s heads from being injured by bicycle crashes or falls.Use of cycling helmets is supported by numerous groups in the United States.U.S.-based cycling activist John Forester suggests that helmet wearing could prevent 300 deaths a year in the U.S.out of a total of 1530 preventable deaths.Public Health Law Research reports that there is enough evidence to establish that bicycle helmet laws are an effective public health intervention(干涉)aimed to reduce the number of head-related deaths.Received opinion in some countries is that bicycle helmets are useful and that every cyclist should wear one.Professional bodies elsewhere have agreed, such as the Swiss Council for Accident Prevention.
Mayer Hillman, a transport and road safety analyst from the UK, does not support the use of helmets, reasoning that they are of very limited value in the event of a collision with a car.He compares it to drawing conclusions on whether it is worthwhile to buy lottery tickets.Cyclists' representative groups complain that focus on helmets diverts attention from other issues which are much more important for improving bicycle safety, such as road danger reduction.The UK's largest cyclists' organization, the CTC, believes that the "overall health effects of compulsory helmets are negative." The same report estimated that universal helmet use would save the life of one child aged 0 to 15 each year.
Up to now, the debate is with no consensus, but an organization has published a review of studies in 2011, saying there is a good deal of evidence that those wearing a helmet are more likely to crash than bareheaded cyclists.
解析:
1.Wearing Bicycle Helmets(Bicycle Helmets) 2.supporters 3.preventing head injuries 4.head-related death number 5.useless 6.not being valuable/having little value/having limited value 7.to be diverted 8.few children 9.published 10.possibility/chance |
Children at a school in Italy have today begun an experiment to replace all their books with personal computers. The pupils involved will each be given a special laptop that contains their entire courses.
Until today, the Don Milani di Rivoli elementary school in central Turin was like any other. Children turned up, got out their books and pens and began the process of learning. But now, in what's being described as a unique experiment, 60 fifth-grade pupils and a number of third-graders, will start using computers only.
The mini-laptops, which run Windows software, all have a full curriculum programmed into them. The pupils will use the computers to do all their reading and writing. Security systems within the laptops mean the children's access to the Internet is strictly controlled. The machines weigh less than a kilogram, can be dropped from a height of 1.5 metres and are waterproof.
Instead of spending 700 dollars a year on books, the laptops, built by the Italian company Olidata, cost less than 400 dollars. One of the teachers involved in the scheme says that, for the first time, schools will be able to verify in a scientific way how a computer alone can improve the learning process. The experiment, which has the backing of parents, is due to last a year.
In other countries, such a programme is also being carried out. Venezuela is ordering one million low cost laptops for its school children. The machines will be based on the Intel Classmate laptop that has been designed for school children. Many see the deal as a blow for the One Laptop Per Child organization that has also been introducing its child- friendly machine to developing nations.
【小题1】 Which of the following is TRUE about the mini-laptop?
A.It is heavy for pupils to carry. | B.It can't be damaged by water. |
C.It is one and a half meters high. | D.It is easily broken or damaged. |
A.learn their lessons as an aid |
B.have a course named computer studies |
C.surf the Internet mainly to find information |
D.do what they used to do with books and pens |
A.Less than 400 dollars. | B.More than 400 dollars. |
C.More than 300 dollars. | D.Less than 300 dollars. |
A.It has been carried out for over one year. |
B.It has already turned out to be a success. |
C.The pupils' parents are against it in fact. |
D.The pupils' parents are supportive to it. |