题目内容
It can ________ us _______ feeling cold and it often helps make food _______ better.
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A. keep, up, tasty
B. keep, from, to taste
C. keep, from, taste
D. keep, with, to taste
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Twenty-first century humanity has mapped oceans and mountains, visited the moon, and surveyed the planets.But for all the progress, people still don’t know one another very well.
That brings about Theodore Zeldin’s “feast of conversation”-events where individuals pair with persons they don’t know for three hours of guided talk designed to get the past “Where are you from?”
Mr.Zeldin, an Oxford University professor, heads Oxford Muse, a 10-year-old foundation based on the idea that what people need is not more information, but more inspiration and encouragement.
The “feast” in London looks not at politics or events, but at how people have felt about work, relations among the sexes, hopes and fears, enemies and authority, the shape of their lives.The “menu of conversation” includes topics like “How have your priorities changed over the years?” Or, “What have you rebelled against the past?”
As participants gathered, Zeldin opened with a speech: that despite instant communications in a globalized age, issues of human heart remain.Many people are lonely, or in routines that discourage knowing the depth of one another.“We are trapped in shallow conversations and the whole point now is to think, which is sometimes painful,” he says.“But thinking interaction is what separates us from other species, except maybe dogs…who do have generations of human interactions.”
The main rules of the “feast”: Don’t pair with someone you know or ask questions you would not answer.The only awkward moment came when the multi-racial crowd of young adults to seniors, in sun hats, ties and dresses, looked to see whom with for hours.But 15 minutes later, everyone was seated and talking, continuing full force until organizers interrupted them 180 minutes later.
“It’s encouraging to see the world is not just a place of oppression and distance from each other,” Zeldin summed up.“What we did is not ordinary, but it can’t be madder than the world already is.”
Some said they felt “liberated” to talk on sensitive topics.Thirty-something Peter, from East London, said that “it might take weeks or months to get to the level of interaction we suddenly opened up.”
【小题1】What can the “conversations” be best described as?
| A.Deep and one-on-one. | B.Sensitive and mad. |
| C.Instant and inspiring. | D.Ordinary and encouraging. |
| A.pair freely with anyone they like |
| B.have a guided talk for a set of period of time |
| C.ask questions they themselves would not answer |
| D.wear clothes reflecting multi-racial features. |
| A.they would have physical contact | B.they would have in-depth talk |
| C.they would be close friends | D.they would exchange basic information |
| A.an attempt to promote thinking interaction |
| B.one of the maddest activities ever conducted |
| C.a try to liberate people from old-fashioned ideas |
| D.an effort to give people a chance of talking freely |
Common sense would tell us that physically active children may be more likely to become active and healthy adults.
In the United States, elementary and middle schools are advised to give students two and a half hours of physical activity a week. That is what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Heart Association recommend. They say high schools should provide about four hours of physical activity each week.
Yet many schools across the country have reduced their physical education programs. Just this week, a study reported that life expectancy has fallen or is no longer increasing in some parts of the United States. The situation is worst among poor people in the southern states, and especially women. Public health researchers say it is largely the result of increases in fatness, smoking and high blood pressure. They also blame differences in health services around the country.
In 2006, a study found that only four percent of primary schools provided daily physical education all year for all grades. This was true of eight percent of middle schools and two percent of high schools. The study also found that twenty-two percent of all schools did not require students to take any P.E.
Charlene Burgeson , a health expert says one problem for P.E. teachers is that schools are under pressure to put more time into academic subjects. Also, parents may agree that children need exercise in school. Yet many parents today still have bad memories of being chosen last for teams because teachers favored the good athletes in class.
But experts say P.E. classes have changed. They say the goal has moved away from competition and toward personal performance, as a way to build a lifetime of activity. These days, teachers often lead activities like weight training and yoga.
Some parents like the idea of avoiding competitive sports in P.E. class. Yet others surely dislike that idea. In the end, schools may find themselves in a no-win situation.
【小题1】 The underlined word “expectancy” in Paragraph 3 probably means “ ”
| A.quality | B.length | C.exception | D.depth |
| A.Fatness. | B.Smoking |
| C.High blood pressure. | D.Health service |
| A.Physical activities are becoming more and more popular in American schools. |
| B.All the schools provided daily physical education all year for all students. |
| C.Parents think children need physical education for their bad memories. |
| D.Students spent less time on physical education for academic pressure. |
| A.P.E. is the most important subject for all students. |
| B.P.E has changed its goal for some reasons in America. |
| C.It introduces us the present situation of P.E in American schools and its cause. |
| D.P.E can help students improve their academic subjects. |