题目内容
- Is Johnson on duty today?
- It ________ be him.It’s my turn.
A.may not
B.won’t
C.mustn’t
D.can’t
Each new school year brings fresh reminders of what educators call the summer learning gap.Some call it the summer learning setback Put simply, it means the longer kids are out of school,the more they forget.The only thing they might gain is weight.
Most American schools follow a tradltional nine-month calendar with winter and spring breaks and about ten weeks of summer vacation.Some schools follow a year-round calendar. They hold classes ror about eight weeks at a time,with a few weeks off in between.The National Association for Year-Round Education says there were fewer than 3,000 such schools at last count.They were spread among forty-six of the tifty states.
But many experts point out that the number of class days in a year-round school is generally the same as in a traditional school.Brenda McLaugblin is research director at the National Center for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins University.She says studies of year-round schooling have not found stro
ng learning gains.Lead researcher Paul von Hippel said,“Year-round schools don’t really solve the problem of the summer learning setback.They simply spread it out across the year.”
Across the country, research shows that students from poor families fall farther behind over the summler than other students.Experts say this can be prevented.They note that many schools and local
governments offer programs that can help.
But calling them“summer school”could be a problem.The director of the summer learning center at Johns Hopkins, Ron Fairchild, said research with groups of different parents in Chicago and Baltimore found that almost all strongly disliked the term“summer school”.In American culture,the idea of summer vacation is connected to beliefs about freedom and the joys of childhood.The parents welcomed other terms like“summer camp。”“extra time”and“hands-on learning.”
【小题1】According to the first paragraph,the summer learning gap
| A.helps children to gain weight |
| B.leads children to work harder |
| C.improves children’s memories |
| D.affe |
| A.perform better and have more learning gains |
| B.have much less time for relaxation every year |
| C.have generally the same number of class days |
| D.hold more classes with more free weeks off |
| A.Students from poor families often fall behind after the vacation. |
| B.Year-round schools can solve the problem of the learning gap |
| C.There are schools in each state following a year-round calendar |
| D.Nothing can help the studen |
| A.They are worried about the quailty of the“summer school” |
| B.They cherish the children’s rights of freedom very much. |
| C.They want their children to be forced to make up the gap. |
| D.They can’t afford to the further study during the vacation. |
| A.Opening Summer Camps |
| B.Forbidding Summer Schools |
| C.Minding the Summer Learning Gap |
| D.Reforming Year-Round Education |
C
8:30 PM
Outlook
Outlook is back with a new series of reports to keep you up date with all that’s new in the world of entertainment. Stories go all the way from the technical to the romantic, from stage to screen. There will be reports of the stars of the moment, the stars of the future and the stars of the past. The director with his new film,he designer with the latest fashion and the musician with the popular song are part of the new Outlook . The program is introduced by Fran Levine.
9:00 PM
Discovery
When a 10-year-old boy gets a first class degree in mathematics or an 8-year-old plays chess like a future grand master, they are considered as geniuses . Where does the quality of genius come from? Is it all in the genes (基因) or can any child be turned into a genius ? And if parents do have a child who might become a genius in the future,what should they do? In this 30-minute film, Barry Johnson , the professor at School of Medicine , New York University will help you discover the answer .
10:00 P
Science/Health
Is it possible to beat high blood pressure without drugs? The answer is “yes”, according to the researchers at Johns Hopkins and three other medical centers . After a study of 800 persons with high blood pressure , they found that after 6 months , those devoted to weight loss—exercise and eating a low—salt , low-fat food—lost about 13 pounds and became fitter . Plus , 35% of them dropped into the “normal” category(范畴). This week, Dr . Alan Duckworth will tell you how these people reduce their blood pressure to a level similar to what’s achieved with Hypertension drugs .
1.The main purpose of writing these three texts is .
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A.to invite people to see films |
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B.to invite people to topic discussions |
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C.to attract more students to attend lectures |
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D.to attract more people to watch TV programs |
2.From Outlook , you can get a great deal of information about .
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A.story tellers |
B.famous stars |
C.film companies |
D.music fans |
3.Who will be most probably interested in Discovery ?
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A.Parents who want to send their children to a school of medicine . |
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B.Children who are good at mathematics . |
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C.Parents who want their child to become another Albert Einstein . |
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D.Children who are interested in playing chess . |
4.In Science / Health; “Johns Hopkins” is .
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A.a famous university |
B.a medical center |
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C.a well-known doctor |
D.a drug company |
5.According to the third text , which of the following has almost the same effect as Hypertension drug ?
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A.Exercise plus a healthy diet . |
B.Loss of thirteen pounds in weight . |
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C.Six months of exercise without drugs . |
D.Low-salt and low-fat food . |