题目内容
If the printer_______ break down under guarantee, we would repair it at our expense.
A. may B. could C. might D. should
D
【解析】 略
Teachers and parents usually call attention to the pictures when they read storybooks to pre-school children. But a new study suggests that calling attention to the words and letters on the page may lead to better readers.
The two-year study compared children who were read in this way in class with children who were not. Those whose teachers most often discussed the print showed clearly higher skills in reading, spelling and understanding. These results were found one year and even two years later.
Shayne Piasta, an assistant professor of teaching and learning at Ohio State University, was an author of the study. She says most pre-school teachers would find this method manageable and would need only a small change in the way they teach. They already read story-books in class. The only difference would be increased attention to the printed text. “If you get children to pay attention to letters and words, it makes sense that they will do better at word recognition and spelling.” But she says research suggests that very few parents and teachers do this in a systematic way.
More than 300 children aged four and five were observed in classrooms. They came from poor families and were below average in their language skills. For thirty weeks, the children took part in a program called Project STAR--- Sit Together and Read. The project is based at Ohio State. It tests the short-term and long-term results of reading regularly to pre-school children in their classrooms.
There are different ways that adults can talk to children about print. They can point to a letter and discuss it, and even trace the shape with a finger. They can point out a word and discuss the meaning of the print or how the words tell the story. And they can talk about the organization of the print--- for instance, showing how words are written left to right in English.
【小题1】What do we know about the ways pre-school children are usually taught?
| A.More attention is paid to the pictures ,with words and letters being ignored. |
| B.Preference is given to the shape of letters and the organization of the print. |
| C.The focus of the teaching is on bringing them up to be good readers. |
| D.Equal attention is paid to the texts and the pictures. |
| A.Teach children how to draw pictures to get an idea of what they mean. |
| B.Change the way they teach and pay more attention to words and letters. |
| C.Adopt different methods according to the students’ difference in reading skills. |
| D.Read storybooks to children rather than explain the meaning of the pictures. |
| A.Many teachers want to change their way of teaching pre-school children. |
| B.Attention on the pictures has made the children uninterested in reading. |
| C.Project STAR aims to research into the results of reading books to pre-school children in the classroom. |
| D.Teachers are often prevented from taking different approaches to language teaching. |
| A.Fashion. | B.Economy . | C.Entertainment. | D.Education. |
Many people like to eat at a favorite restaurant on their birthday. 71 Here are the tips about how to eat for free on your birthday.
Notice promotional (促销的) cards or signs at restaurants for their e-club or online notification of special offers. Sometimes it is called a birthday club. In some cases they ask for your email address and at other times, you register online from your own computer. 72
If you don’t know whether your favorite restaurant has an e-club, look them up online. Just search their name if it’s a chain. Look over the webpage for anything that says SIGN UP or JOIN. It may call it an e-club.
You will receive e-mail advertisements from them. 73 if it asks for birthday and anniversary dates when you sign up, then the restaurant usually will send you a personal coupon and invitation for that event.
Check your e-mail the week leading up to your birthday. All the e-clubs that you signed up for will be sending their invitations.
Read the fine print on all the offers before deciding where to eat on your birthday. Some are only on the exact date. 74 There may be other requirements, like free dessert when you buy an entree (主菜).
Choose the most inviting offer or over several days, take advantage of free dining opportunities. __75
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A.Anyway, look around for these offers and get signed up. |
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B.However, others may be for any time over a two-week period. |
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C.But how can we eat better in a free restaurant? |
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D.It would be an even greater treat if the meal or part of the meal were free. |
E. Why not celebrate your birthday for a whole week, not just one day?
F. Often the advertisements will include discount coupons(优惠券).
G. So don’t go to such restaurant.