China will continue to spend more  1  education next year and spread the free nine-year compulsory education（免费九年义务教育）to urban children（城市儿童）．Said finance minister（财政部长）Xie Xuren．

    The government would continue  2  the funding system（拨款制度）to guarantee（保证）free nine-year compulsory education currently（畅通）enjoyed by 150 million rural children，while spreading it to their urban counterparts next year．Xie told an annual conference of the Ministry of Finance in Beijing．

    Starting from the spring term，China would  3  the funding for free textbooks used   4  the national compulsory courses，and the local governments would provide more money   5  free textbooks for local compulsory courses，he said．

    Local governments would also provide scholarships（奖学金）  6  the living costs of boarding students from poor families．The central government would   7  half of the education funding for areas  8  central and west China，while provincial governments in those areas would cover the rest of the costs．

    Local governments in east China would provide all education fees（资金）  9  some supplementary funding（补充资金）from the central government．

    Xie said the government would issue new standards for per capital expenditure of students in primary and middle schools．and put those standards  10  effect within the next two years．

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Jogging outside has long been believed as helpful to both body and mind-and if nothing else, a form of stress release after a hard day at the office.

But new research suggests exercising outside could do more harm than good when it comes to your brain.

For jogging in busy, traffic-filled areas could actually cause mental decline(情绪下降).

Belgian researchers have found that people who live in a city and exercise outdoors have higher levels of inflammation(炎症) and lower scores on cognitive(认知的) tests than those who exercise outside in the suburbs.

In a study, they divided exercisers into two groups who exercised three times a week for 12 weeks, between midday and 1pm. One group alternated and walking in a busy , urban area-the other in a rural location.

The researchers, from Vrije Universiteit Brussel, then gave the subjects a test to measure their response time and attention span.

They found that high levels of air pollution prevented participants from getting some of the brain-boosting benefits of exercise, such as the ability to absorb new information and a reduced chance of mental health problems.

The city joggers also had significantly higher blood levels of some inflammation markers, Men's Health magazine reported.

This is important because inflammation in the brain is associated with mental illness.

US research found in November that higher level of air pollution in towns and cities is aging the brains of over-50s by up to three years,

Scientists have found that exposure(暴露) to higher levels of air pollution can lead to decreased(减少) brain power in over-50s.

In a study of almost 15,000 0lder adults, researchers at the US-based National Institute on Aging found fine air particulate matter(颗粒物质) may be an important environmental risk factor for reduced thought power, (The Daily Mail)

58. According to the passage, "in a rural location" means_______.

    A. in a city                              B. in the countryside

    C. in the urban area                              D. in a town

59. According to the passage, which of the following facts about jogging is NOT TRUE_______.

    A. jogging in busy, traffic-filled areas could actually cause mental decline

    B. jogging in a highly polluted area can lead to decreased brain power in over-50s.

    C. jogging outside in the suburbs has lower scores on getting new information teststhan in a city

    D. jogging in a area with fine air may be risky for reduced thought power.

60. The writer is trying to get readers to know that _______.

    A. jogging outside might make you clever  B. jogging outside might make you healthy

    C. jogging outside might make you able    D. jogging outside might make you stupid

Jogging outside has long been believed as helpful to both body and mind-and if nothing else, a form of stress release after a hard day at the office.

But new research suggests exercising outside could do more harm than good when it comes to your brain.

For jogging in busy, traffic-filled areas could actually cause mental decline(情绪下降).

Belgian researchers have found that people who live in a city and exercise outdoors have higher levels of inflammation(炎症) and lower scores on cognitive(认知的) tests than those who exercise outside in the suburbs.

In a study, they divided exercisers into two groups who exercised three times a week for 12 weeks, between midday and 1pm. One group alternated and walking in a busy , urban area-the other in a rural location.

The researchers, from Vrije Universiteit Brussel, then gave the subjects a test to measure their response time and attention span.

They found that high levels of air pollution prevented participants from getting some of the brain-boosting benefits of exercise, such as the ability to absorb new information and a reduced chance of mental health problems.

The city joggers also had significantly higher blood levels of some inflammation markers, Men's Health magazine reported.

This is important because inflammation in the brain is associated with mental illness.

US research found in November that higher level of air pollution in towns and cities is aging the brains of over-50s by up to three years,

Scientists have found that exposure(暴露) to higher levels of air pollution can lead to decreased(减少) brain power in over-50s.

In a study of almost 15,000 0lder adults, researchers at the US-based National Institute on Aging found fine air particulate matter(颗粒物质) may be an important environmental risk factor for reduced thought power, (The Daily Mail)

58. According to the passage, "in a rural location" means_______.

    A. in a city                              B. in the countryside

    C. in the urban area                              D. in a town

59. According to the passage, which of the following facts about jogging is NOT TRUE_______.

    A. jogging in busy, traffic-filled areas could actually cause mental decline

    B. jogging in a highly polluted area can lead to decreased brain power in over-50s.

    C. jogging outside in the suburbs has lower scores on getting new information teststhan in a city

    D. jogging in a area with fine air may be risky for reduced thought power.

60. The writer is trying to get readers to know that _______.

    A. jogging outside might make you clever  B. jogging outside might make you healthy

    C. jogging outside might make you able    D. jogging outside might make you stupid

When you read an article you will understand and remember it better if you can work out how the writer has put the ideas together．Sometimes a writer puts ideas together by asking questions and then answering them．For example，if the article is about groundhogs（土拨鼠），the set of questions in the writer’s head might be：
What does a groundhog look like？
Where do groundhogs live？
What do they eat？…
In the article，the author might answer those questions．
Sometimes an author writes out her questions in the article．These questions give you signals．They tell you what the author is going to write next．Often an author has a question in her head but she doesn’t write it out for you．You have to work out her question for yourself．Here’s a sample reading for you to practice this method.
Earthworms
Do you know how many kinds of earthworms there are？There are about 1800 kinds in the world！ They can be brown，purple，green．They can be as small as 3 cm long and as large as 3 m long．
The best time to see earthworms is at night，especially a cool，damp night．That’s when they come up from their burrows（地洞）to hunt for food．Earthworms don’t like to be in the sun．That’s because they breathe through their skin，and they can’t breathe if their skin gets too dry．Earthworms must come out of the earth if it rains a lot，because they can't breathe in their flooded burrows．What a dangerous life！
Earthworms don't have eyes，so how can they tell when it's dark？ They have special places on their skin that are sensitive to light．These spots tell whether it’s light or dark．If you shine a flashlight on an earthworm at night，it will quickly disappear into the ground．
Earthworms don't have ears either，but they can hear by feeling movements in the earth．If you want to hear like an earthworm，lie on the ground with your fingers in your ears．Then have a friend stamp his or her feet near you．This is how earthworms feel birds and people walking，and moles digging，near them．
Earthworms are useful．Farmers and gardeners like having lots of earthworms in their land because the worms help to make better soil when they dig．That digging keeps the soil loose and airy（通风的）．In one year earthworms can pile up as much as 23,000 kg of castings in an area about the size of a football field．
【小题1】What’s the purpose of reading Earthworms?