4、California, once regarded as a leader in the United States for its public higher education system, ranks next to the last in the U．S．for its number of adults with at least a high school diploma, according to the report, titled “California at the Edge of a Cliff,” released by the California Faculty Association．
Meanwhile, the state’s investment（投资） in public higher education has dropped over the past three decades, and now ranks 22nd in the country．That’s despite having the country’s largest public higher education system, the report said．
“It's a collapse（衰退）,” said Thomas Mortenson, author of the report, who is an independent analyst living in Iowa and a senior scholar at the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education in Washington, D．C． “Ranking 49th out of 50 states is an indication that shows the quality of the state’s educational has become much worse in recent decades．” Mortenson said in the report．As of 2007, California ranked 14th in the United States in terms of college educated members of the workforce over 25 years of age, a drop from eighth place in 1981, the report showed．Mortenson said that California has never been the state of high status in education and economy while other states have made greater gains in building a college-educated workforce．
The California Faculty Association is using the report’s findings to criticize Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed funding cuts for education．
Struggling with a 14．8-billion-dollar state budget deficit（赤字）, Schwarzenegger has proposed a combination of sales tax increases, borrowing and major budget cuts, including cutting billions of dollars from the state’s education budget．
1．The passage is mainly about __________．
A．funding cuts for high education in California
B．the dangerous situation in California
C．California’s worse situation in higher education
D．California’s research on education and economy
2．From the passage we can infer that __________．
A．California had higher quality in higher education in the past
B．governor in California agreed to spend more money on education
C．Thomas Mortenson works at California Faculty Association
D．investment in higher education has dropped in all states
3．The reason why California has a lower rank in education is that________．
A．the number of adults has decreased recently
B．the money to invest in education has been cut
C．the progress in other states has been made
D．the result of report has been published late
4．According to the report’s findings, ________ is to blame for the drop in rank of education．
A．Thomas Mortenson B．Arnold Schwarzenegger
C．the Pell Institute D．California Faculty Association
3、Scott Langteau has this message for kids: Spend less time playing video games．
It’s a message that many a mom and dad have tried to impress upon many a youngster （and some not-so-youngsters） who spend perhaps a bit too much time with game controllers in hand．
But the 40-year-old Langteau isn’t a parent．He’s a veteran（老手） of the video game industry --- one who played producer on three “Medal of Honor” games and co-founded his own game development company．
Langteau has just published a children’s book called “Sofa Boy”, which tells the story of a kid who spends too much time sitting on the couch with controller held in hand and the rather terrible consequences that follow．
It’s a fairy tale picked straight from Langteau’s own experiences as a kid with a fondness for video games and his own bouts with a bit of game addiction．But first, Langteau would like to make one thing clear: “I’m not saying that you shouldn’t play video games．I think video games are great．I think they do great things for kids．” Instead, Langteau says his book is all about a little something called “moderation（克制）．”
“It’s about being well rounded,” he says．“Just like with anything else, we all need to make sure that there’s a variety in what we do．”
Video gamers can be rather bad-tempered when it comes to accepting criticism about their favorite entertainment．And understandably so．After all, most people who go around talking about the dangers of playing video games tend to be outsiders --- people who don’t play video games and certainly don’t understand that they can be a valuable and healthy form of entertainment．
But Langteau and “Soft Boy” seem to be in a unique position to deliver a message of gaming moderation that the young game masses might actually listen to．After all, this is a man who understands what it means to be a kid with a passion for games．His early experience has taught him a lesson．
1．Which of the following is true of the book “Sofa Boy”?
A．The book tells of the writer’s own story．
B．The book describes a veteran on games．
C．The boy in the book wins a medal for games．
D．The boy in the book is not an addict on games．
2．We learn from the passage that __________．
A．Langteau advises the young not to play games
B．Langteau advises the young play games within limits
C．playing video games ruins the future of kids
D．playing video games is of no benefit to kids
3．By saying “It’s about being well rounded”, Langteau thinks __________．
A．games do great things for kids B．gamers are usually fat and round
C．games should be viewed from all sides D．gamers are to blame for their behaviors
4．What topic will be discussed in the following paragraph?
A．His idea to create “Sofa Boy”．
B．His great achievement in games as a kid．
C．His hard times to set up his game company．
D．His enthusiasm for games when he was a small boy．
1、作为一名中学生, 和老师建立良好的师生关系是必要的。 请你围绕这个话题，根据以下要点，写一篇英语短文,谈谈自己的看法．
1．建立良好的师生关系的必要性。
2．你认为良好的师生关系应该是怎样的?
3．如何才能建立这种关系?
注意: 词数120左右,开头已为你写好,不计入总词数．
As a middle school student, it is necessary to build a good relationship with our teachers．___
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33、She’s a shy girl．She _____ stand up and answer questions in class．
A．dares not B．doesn’t dare C．dare not D．dares not to
32、The old man put on his glasses _____ see better．
A．in order to B．in order that C．so that D．for the purpose
31、India is a/an _____ country．You can hear _____ everywhere when you visit India．
A．English-spoken; English speaking B．speaking-English; English spoken
C．spoken-English; English speaking D．English-speaking; English spoken
30、I come to tell you he ____ for London tomorrow morning．His plane ____ at ten thirty．
A．is leaving; leaves B．is leaving; is leaving
C．leaves; leaves D．leaves; is leaving
29、_______ of the land in that district ______ covered with snow and ice．
A．Two fifth; is B．Two fifth; are C．Two fifths; is D．Two fifths; are