There were times when it was only schoolchildren who felt sick before they got their grades.But now teachers in Germany are scared, too, as they are being graded by their students.

Many teachers are opposed to it.They don’t mind being evaluated.But they are upset because the results are then being posted on the Internet and accessible to millions of Internet users.On the website www. spickmich.de during the past four months students have posted evaluations of 100,000 teachers.

The teachers are graded on categories such as “motivated”, “good instruction,” “easy examinations”, or even “sexy.” Many teachers think that their privacy has been violated.

The creators of the website say that the students are only being offered the chance to provide teachers with some feedback about their classroom instruction.Bernd Dicks, who founded the website with three friends, says that the students are largely quite satisfied with their teachers.On a grading scale of one to six, the teachers’ average grade is 2.7 and it has been improving lately.He often says the impression is that students are bullying(欺负) their teachers.But there is also bullying of the students by teachers.  

“Teachers must also learn to live with criticism,” he added.But still, the website is not totally immune from manipulation(操纵), as one teacher near the northern city of Hanover recently proved.He registered himself on the website as a student and then rated his own teaching colleagues highly.Within a few days, seven of his colleagues were listed in the top 10 rankings of Germany’s best teachers.

45. Many teachers are opposed to the website because        .

A.their privacy has been violated         B.they are afraid of being assessed

C.their evaluations are unfair       D.the results are not satisfying

46.The founders of the website intended to         .

A.get the students to know their teachers better

B.conduct a survey on teachers’ performances

C.help the teachers to improve their teaching

D.change the teachers’ ways of giving instructions

47.From what the teacher in Hanover did, we can infer         .

A.he intended to help his colleagues

B.there was some disadvantage of the website

C.his colleagues were more popular than him

D.he wanted to know how he was evaluated

48.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A.Teachers get graded by pupils  B.Teachers are angry with website

C.Teachers need self-assessment        D.New invention in assessing teachers

D

 Stonehenge(巨石阵)may have been a prehistoric health center rather than a site for observing stars or a temple in honor of the dead, scientists said yesterday. New evidence unearthed at the World Heritage Site in more than 40 years suggests that the monument was a place where the diseased and injured went in groups, seeking cures.

After a two-week dig, scientists have concluded that Stonehenge was “the ancient healthcare centre of southern England” because of the existence of “bluestones”---the smaller columns of dolerite(辉绿岩)that formed an earlier stone structure.

By dating pieces of remains to around 7330BC, Tim Darvill, of Bournemouth University, and Goff Wainwright, of the Society of Amtiquaries have found that hunter-gatherers were at the site on Salisbury Plain 4,000 years earlier than thought. The first stage of Stonehenge, a round earthwork structure, was built around 3000BC. Professor Wainwright added: “I did not expect the degree of complexity we discovered. We’re able to say so much more about when Stonehenge was built and why---all of which changes our previous understanding of the monument.”

The research reveals the importance of the henge’s famous bluestones. Hundreds of bluestone chips gathered at the site have led the team to conclude that the bluestones were valued for their curing effects---the key reason that about 80 of them, each weighing up to 4 tons and a half, were dragged more than 150 miles from the Preseli Hills to Wiltshire. After years of research, Professors Darvill and Wainwright have concluded that, for thousands of years, the Preseli mountain range was home to magical health centers and holy wells.

Even today there are those who believe in the curing powers of the springs for coughs and heart disease, and people who use crystals and bluestones for self-curing. Radiocarbon tests have also revealed that the construction of the original bluestone circle took place around 2300BC, three centuries later than originally thought. Interestingly, on the same day died the “Amesbury Archer”---a sick traveler from the Swiss or German Alps who had an infected knee---whose remains were discovered about five miles from Stonehenge. The professors believe that he was a devoted religious person who was hoping to benefit from the curing powers of the monument.

63.Stonehenge is recently believed to be a place for people           .

    A.to recover from poor health    B.to observe star movements

    C.to hold religious ceremonies   D.to gather huge bluestones

64.What can be inferred about Stonehenge from the passage?

       A.The springs could cure coughs and heart disease best.

       B.The new discovery was the same as what had been expected.

       C.Some huge bluestones were not produced at Stonehenge.

       D.The original bluestone circle was thought to be constructed around 2000BC.

65.The sick traveler in the passage is supposed to be           .

       A.a devoted religious person from Stonehenge

       B.one of the earliest discoverers of Stonehenge

       C.the first explorer to test the magical power of bluestones

       D.a patient trying to cure his infection at Stonehenge

66.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

       A.Stonehenge: A New Place of Interest     B.Stonehenge: Still Making News

       C.Stonehenge: Heaven for Adventurers     D.Stonehenge: Still Curing Patients

C

   Reading about history is nice, but finding ties to long-ago historical events in your own backyard is really exciting.

   In their heavily populated area, neighbors Adam Giles,13, and Derek Hann.12, uncovered pieces of glass that looked quite different from what’s used today.“After digging about two feet down, I came across an interesting bottle,” Derek said.The bottle had a “pontil scar” on the bottle, an indication that it was hand-blown rather than machine made.It also had the name “Fraser” on one side.

   Adam found remains of a green bottle and some very thick brown glass—again, far different from today’s.

   After doing research on the computer, the boys contacted Aimee Wells of the county’s Cultural Resources office.She showed them a computer program that digitally puts old maps over modern satellite photographs.

   Bingo! Their back yards were once part of a military(军事的) encampment(营地) called Camp Alger used by Ohio soldiers on their way to fight in the Spanish-American War in 1898.

   So how do a few bottles get connected to a brief war that was more than a century ago? “We get there by good judgment,” Wells said.“We know the time period of the bottles and what happened in that area.” Anyone can dig a hole, but archaeologists seek a deeper understanding.How do objects found relate to things around them?

   When Derek and Adam realized that a solider might have held that Fraser bottle 110 years ago, they wondered what he might have been thinking.What did he see as he looked around him? How did he pass the time waiting to go into battle?

   Historical records show that while waiting for orders, the soldiers in and around Camp Alger played baseball, played instruments and walked seven miles to the Potomac River once a week for baths.A spread of strange fever forced the closing of the camp, and there are no buildings to study.“What’s left is only what’s in the ground,” said Wells.

   Derek’s and Adam’s back yards have joined the 3,400 places listed on the county’s register of archaeological sites.The boys were given tips on how to dig effectively and safely, and on how to document the location of items found.

   The official record of their finds serves as another piece of the puzzle for historians seeking to form a more complete story of what happened.

   “Not everyone is going to have historical objects in their own yard,” Wells said.“That’s okay.Make your own time capsule and bury it.What would you want people to know about your life years from now?”

63.What is the passage mainly about?

       A.How Adam Giles and Derek Hann dug out the remains of an ancient military encampment.

       B.What Adam Giles and Derek Hann found in their back yard and its relationship with an encampment.

       C.The great contribution Adam Giles and Derek Hann made to the cause of archaeology.

       D.The tips on how to dig out ancient objects buried under the ground safely and effectively.

64.From the passage, we can see that the boy’s discovery _______.

       A.includes all kinds of hand-made and machine- made glass.

       B.has helped historians find out what happened in 1898.

       C.couldn’t have been meaningful without Aimee Wells’ help.

       D.has added the county to the list of archaeologist sites.

65.When Wells said “We get there by good judgment.” (Paragraph 6), she meant that_______.

       A.they have established the ties to Camp Alger by finding out the time period of the bottles.

       B.they have figured out how to get to the place where the brief war happened.

       C.they have managed to dig out the bottles in the back yard safely with common sense.

       D.they were able to locate the soldiers who used the Fraser bottles 110 years ago.

66.Which of the following fits the description of historical records?

       A.The soldiers in and around Camp Alger delighted in playing basketball in their spare time.

       B.When Camp Alger was forced to close, all the buildings there were destroyed.

       C.The soldiers in and around Camp Alger often buried some bottles underground as time capsules.

       D.Camp Alger was forced to close because of a spread of a strange fever.

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