ATLANTA, Georgia-Alternative medicine-including yoga, meditation, herbs(草药)and the Atkins diet(艾特金斯饮食法)-appears to be growing in popularity in the United States, perhaps because of dissatisfaction with conventional care, the government said Thursday．
More than a third of American adults used such practices in 2002, according to the government survey of 31,000 people, the largest study on non-conventional medical approaches in the United States．If prayer is included, about 62 percent of U．S．adults used some form of alternative medicine．
The results seem to indicate more people are turning to alternative medicine, though the 2002 survey could not be directly compared to previous studies because of differences in size and survey methods, health officials said．
The top alternative therapies(疗法)included prayer(43 percent of adults), natural products(19 percent), meditation(8 percent)and diets such as Atkins, Ornish, or the Zone(4 percent)．More people also are using natural products such as herbs or enzymes(酶)to treat chronic or recurring pain(慢性或经常性疼痛), said Richard Nahin of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health．
“Many conditions are not easily treated with conventional medicine,” Nahin sad．“It may be the public that is turning to complementary(补充的)and alternative medicine because it's not getting relief from conventional medicine．”
But people should not be turning away from conventional treatments that are proven safe, said Dr．Stephen Straus, director of the alternative medicine center．
“People are making individual decisions to neglect those therapies and we have concerns about those choices,” he said．
Health officials said they were concerned that 13 percent of those surveyed said they turned to alternative medicine because regular medicine is too expensive．
“It needs to be explored-we need to find out whether they were insured or not” Nahin said．
Health officials also were surprised that 6.6 percent of those surveyed used the supplement kava(卡瓦提取物), which has been associated with liver disease．
“People make the assumption that because something is natural that it's safe” Nahin said．
“But a number of studies have shown that natural products can be unsafe when used inappropriately or with other drugs．”
He said people considering using alternative medicine should consult their doctor first．
(1)
Which can be used as the proper title for the passage?
[ ]
A．
Differences between alternative medicine and conventional medicine
B．
Comparison of the effects of different medicine
C．
Conventional care remains to be most acceptable
D．
Alternative medicine becomes more popular
(2)
From the passage we know that most people choose alternative medicine ________．
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A．
because it has been proven safe to take
B．
because experts confirm it all sidedly
C．
because they are not satisfied with the conventional medicine
D．
because conventional medicine is expensive
(3)
What can probably be inferred from the passage?
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A．
Most patients are blind in taking alternative medicine or conventional care．
B．
Experts still haven't drawn an all-round and exact conclusion about alternative medicine．
C．
Alternative medicine will eventually take place of conventional care．
D．
Natural herbs are safer than the medicine processed by man．
(4)
Which of the following agrees with the article?
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A．
Experts will carry out further studies on alternative medicine．
B．
Health officials are worried that using the alternative medicine will be removeD．
C．
The supplement kava is more effective to anxiety disease．
D．
Natural products have an advantage over conventional care．
Fifty–eight percent of the teachers interviewed in the Association of Teachers and Lecturers(ATL)questionnaire had come across copying among their pupils．Gill Bullen from Itchen College in Southampton, for example, said, "Pieces handed in by two students were identical and significantly better than either of them could have done．Not only that, the essays handed in didn't quite answer the title question I had set"．A teacher from Leeds said, "I had one piece of work so bravely cut and pasted that it still contained ads from the web page．"
Connie Robinson from Stockton Riverside College said, "With less able students it is easy to spot copying as the writing style changes in the middle of the assignment, but with more able students it is sometimes necessary for tutors to carry out Internet research to identify the source of the copy．"
Mary Bousted, general secretary of the ATL, said," Teachers are struggling under a mountain of cut-and-pasting to spot whether work was the student's own or copy．" She called for policies to stop copying, and asked for help from exam boards and the government in providing resources and techniques to detect cheats．
But there was another side．"I have found once students clearly understand what copying is, its consequences and how to reference correctly so they can draw on published works, copying becomes less of a problem," said Diana Baker from Emmanuel College, Durham．
"I think the majority of students who engage in copying do it more out of ignorance than the desire to cheat．They really want to succeed on their own．"
(1)
The passage mainly wants to tell us ________．
[ ]
A．
the benefits of the Internet for students
B．
web copying is a serious problem in the UK
C．
the ways to find web copying for teachers
D．
how we can use the Internet to do homework
(2)
The underlined word “identical”(Paragraph 1)probably means ________．
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A．
excellent
B．
contrasting
C．
the same
D．
complex
(3)
What is TRUE according to Connie Robinson?
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A．
It's not easy to find the less able students copy from the Internet
B．
It's difficult to find whether the more able students have copied．
C．
The less able student will not change their writing style when copying．
D．
The more able students needn't copy from the Internet．
(4)
What's the writer's attitude towards “copying”?
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A．
The writer doesn't tell us．
B．
The writer feels angry about it．
C．
The writer thinks it doesn't matter．
D．
The writer approves of it．
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Poorer children would be offered the chance to attend lessons on Saturday to help catch up with their middleclass peers(同龄人), the shadow schools secretary, Michael Gove, said today．The Conservatives would give English state schools the freedom to choose to have longer teaching hours and extra classes at the weekend, he told the Association of Teachers and Lecturers'annual conference．
Gove said the move would help to close the achievement gap with richer children whose parents could afford extras such as tutoring and music lessons．
He told delegates(代表)in Manchester：“For children who come from homes where parents don't have the resources to provide additional stretch and cultural experiences, there are benefits in having those children in the learning environment, in school, for longer．”
“Parents would love to have schools starting earlier in some circumstances, and certainly going on later in the afternoon, given the reality of their working lives,”he said．He held up the example of Kipp(Knowledge is Power Program)schools in the US, which are often based in the poorest communities and open from 7∶30 a. m to 5pm on weekdays, plus Saturdays．
But it would be up to schools to decide to offer longer hours, Gove added．
Parents said Saturday classes could become a“badge of dishonor”if pupils were forced to go, while teachers raised concerns about their workload．
Margaret Morrissey, of Parents Outloud, said：“I think the suggestion the government made about one-to-one teaching for these kids would be a more preferable way of improving these children's performance．I'm just not sure whether taking away a child at weekends is actually going to make them cleverer in the week．”
The ATL's general secretary, Mary Bousted, said：“If we want Saturday schools, then we need more teachers doing the extra hours, not the same teachers working longer．”
(1)
The program is intended for children ________．
[ ]
A．
who are from middle-class families
B．
whose parents can't afford extra help
C．
who perform poorly academically
D．
whose weekends are mostly unoccupied
(2)
“Additional stretch”in Paragraph 4 probably refers to ________．
[ ]
A．
music lessons
B．
physical relaxation
C．
entertainment activities
D．
out-of-school improvement
(3)
Why did Gove mention Kipp schools in the US?
[ ]
A．
To make a comparison．
B．
To introduce a new program．
C．
To seek supportive evidence．
D．
To prove his program is better．
(4)
What is Margaret Morrissey's opinion about the new program?
[ ]
A．
Favourable．
B．
Doubtful．
C．
Optimistic．
D．
Acceptable．
(5)
Which of the following is true?
[ ]
A．
Teachers may not like the program．
B．
Schools are trying to make profits．
C．
The program is already under way．
D．
The program is popular with children．
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Poorer children would be offered the chance to attend lessons on Saturday to help catch up with their middle class peers(同龄人)，the shadow schools secretary, Michael Gove, said today, The Conservatives would give English state schools the freedom to choose to have longer teaching hours and extra classes at the weekend, he told the Association of Teachers and Lecturers’annual conference．
Gove said the move would help to close the achievement gap with richer children whose parents could afford extras such as tutoring and music lessons．
He told delegates(代表)in Manchester：“For children who come from homes where parents don’t have the resources to provide additional stretch and cultural experiences, there are benefits in having those children in the learning environment, in school, for longer．”
“Parents would love to have schools starting earlier in some circumstances, and certainly going on later in the afternoon, given the reality of their working lives, ”he said．He held up the example of Kipp(Knowledge is Power Program)schools in the US, which are often based in the poorest communities and open from 7∶30 am to 5pm on weekdays, plus Saturdays．
But it would be up to schools to decide to offer longer hours, Gove added．
Parents said Saturday classes could become a“badge of dishonor”if pupils were forced to go, while teachers raised concerns about their workload．
Margaret Morrissey, of Parents Outloud, said：“I think the suggestion the government made about one-to-one teaching for these kids would be a more preferable way of improving these children’s performance．I’m just not sure whether taking away a child at weekends is actually going to make them cleverer in the week．”
The ATL’s general secretary, Mary Bousted, said：“If we want Saturday schools, then we need more teachers doing the extra hours, not the same teachers working longer．”
(1)
The program is intended for children _________．
[ ]
A．
who are from middle-class families
B．
whose parents can’t afford extra help
C．
who perform poorly academically
D．
whose weekends are mostly unoccupied
(2)
Additional stretch”in Paragraph 4 probably refers to _________．
[ ]
A．
music lessons
B．
physical relaxation
C．
entertainment activities
D．
out-of-school improvement
(3)
Why did Gove mention Kipp schools in the US?
[ ]
A．
To make a comparison．
B．
To introduce a new program．
C．
To seek supportive evidence．
D．
To prove his program is better．
(4)
What is Margaret Morrissey’s opinion about the new program?
[ ]
A．
Favourable．
B．
Doubtful．
C．
Optimistic．
D．
Acceptable．
(5)
Which of the following is true?
[ ]
A．
Teachers may not like the program．
B．
Schools are trying to make profits．
C．
The program is already under way．
D．
The program is popular with children．
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At 2∶30 December 5, 1945, five US Navy training planes took off in clear weather from the base Lauderdale, Florida．The planes flew east over the coast…and disappeared．The group was Flight 19, on a run between Florida and Bahamas．Tailor was the group leader．At about 3∶40, Tailor reported that his compasses(指南针)were not reading properly．The other planes followed their leaders aimlessly, first east, then west, then northeast over the ocean, as Tailor tried to make sure of the direction by radio．Then, suddenly Tailor was heard to give orders to dive…
Quickly, two giant Martin seaplanes were sent up to search for Flight 19．Several hours later, the wind became strong and visibility(能见度)dropped．A return to base was ordered．But only one of the Martin seaplanes landed．Four days later, the Navy and Coast Guard combed a 100,000 square－mile area with more than 100 planes and ships．No sign was ever shown of the missing planes．
Today, people have noted the disappearance of many ships and planes in the southwest part of the North Atlantic and began to call this area the Bermuda Triangle．
The points of the triangle are Bermuda, Puerto Rico and a particular place in the Gulf of Mexico, west of Florida．It is a two－faced water world of tiny islands, bright beaches and beautiful waters．Yet thick fogs, powerful currents(激流)and sudden storms are hidden behind this smiling surface．
(1)
In what position did Flight 19 disappear?
[ ]
A．
In the southeast part of the Atlantic Ocean．
B．
In the northeast part of the Atlantic Ocean．
C．
To the southwest of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean．
D．
To the northeast of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean．
(2)
How many planes disappeared altogether that day?
[ ]
A．
Five
B．
Six
C．
Two
D．
Only one．
(3)
The word "comb" in the passage means _______．
[ ]
A．
cover with
B．
fly over
C．
do up one's hair with a comb
D．
search all over
(4)
Which of the following shows the correct position of the Bermuda Triangle?(F＝Florida, Bm＝Bermuda, PR＝Puerto Rico, Bh＝Barhamas, MG＝the Gulf of Mexico, Atl＝the Atlantic Ocean, B＝Base)
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