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A technical secondary school in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu province, planned to order Korean-style school uniforms for students, but parents opposed the move, believing that the new uniforms looked too good and would encourage early romances among the students, the Jinling Evening Paper reported Monday.
Parents
“My daughter was so excited about the Korean-style uniform, saying it’s her dream to wear mini-skirt to school every day,” a mom surnamed Cheng complained. “My daughter also called her classmates to talk about how handsome the boys looked in the uniform!”
Cheng looked on the Internet and found that most Korean schoolboy uniforms are similar to western suits. “They are so handsome! My daughter is a fan of Korean fashion, that’s why she is crazy about the uniform!” Cheng said. “If the students wear such beautiful uniforms, how can they study well? I prefer the sports wear which makes me think of health and positive thinking.”
School
“The plan to change the current school uniform from sports wear has been cancelled,” an employee of the school told the Jinling Evening Paper.
“The students dislike the current uniform, so the school took advice from the students last November, knowing that most of students prefer Korean-or Japanese-style school uniforms. We know cities like Shanghai and Guangzhou have changed their sports wear school uniforms to more fashionable uniforms,” an employee surnamed Lin said.
“However, we had to stop the plan because many parents are strongly against it. Some parents think it’s just a way for the school to make money, and others think the new uniforms will take students’ attention away from their studies,” Lin said.
When asked about the possibility of problems with early romance between students because of the more fashionable uniforms, Lin said he hadn’t considered it. He, however, agreed that the Korean-style uniform makes the students more charming.
Students
The students are very disappointed about the school’s final decision. They think the sports wear uniforms make them look androgynous (难分性别).
They said the Korean-style uniform has many advantages such as raising interest in class; lifting confidence; improving solidarity and creating good temperaments.
As for concerns about romance, the students believe that love is love and bears no relationship to the uniform.
Education department
“We don’t have a unified (统一的) standard for school uniforms. The schools can choose their own styles. Either sports wear or uniforms are ok,” an official from the Nanjing Bureau of Education said.
| Title | Do pretty school uniforms lead to early romance? | |
| Event | A technical secondary school planned to order Korean-style school uniforms for students. | |
| Different (71)_____ to it | Parents are strongly (72)______ the move. | ◆With such beautiful designs, the new uniforms might (73)__________ early romances between boys and girls. ◆In the new uniforms, students will fail to focus their (74)_________ on their studies. ◆It is just a way for the school to make money. |
| Students are in 75)______ of the move. | ◆The sports wear uniforms make them look androgynous. ◆Korean-style uniform can make them more (76)_________ and more interested in class as well as improving solidarity and creating good temperaments. | |
| Two responses | From the school | ◆The students dislike the current uniform. ◆More (77)__________ school uniforms are allowed in some big cities in China. ◆The school spokesman Lin said they hadn’t taken the possibility of early romance into (78)_________, though he agreed the Korean-style uniform would make the students more charming. |
| From the education department | There is no unified standard for school uniforms, so the schools can choose their own styles. | |
| Result | The school had to (79)________ the plan and the students felt (80)_________. | |
71. attitudes 72. against 73. encourage / cause 74. attention / mind
75. favo(u)r 76. confident 77. fashionable 78. consideration / account
79. cancel/stop 80. disappointed
It takes more than just practice to become an Olympian. Gold medal performances require some serious nutrition. Have you ever wondered what these successful athletes eat to stay in peak shape?
Keri Glassman, a registered dietitian and founder of Nutritious Life Meals, appeared on "Good Morning America" today to give you a glimpse into the diets of some top athletes. Some of their meals could surprise you.
Crazy Calorie Count
Glassman said Olympians eat a lot of food---quantities that for ordinary people would constitute pigging out. One secret of swimmer Michael Phelps' astonishing performance in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing was consuming as many as 12,000 calories in one day.
Athletes can eat like this and not gain any weight because their workouts are intense. According to Glassman, Phelps' workouts can burn 4,000 to 6,000 calories in a day, and those calories must be replenished (补充) in order to train the following day.
Snacking Secrets
Some athletes eat wacky (strange, unusual) foods that they swear improve their performance. Yohan Blake, the Jamaica sprinter and 100-meter world champion, has been making waves for stealing champion sprinter Usain Bolt's thunder on the track during the Olympic trials. Asked about how he gets his stamina, Blake answered that he eats 16 bananas per day, Glassman said.
Jonathan Horton, the lead gymnast on the US team, has a blood sugar problem. His solution is honey. When he starts to feel shaky at the gym, he takes swigs of honey to boost his energy, Glassman said.
Foods for Recovery
What are the best foods to help the body recover after rigorous (strict) competition?
For Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, the recovery meal is grilled chicken breasts with Alfredo sauce, whole-grain spaghetti and a salad with lemon juice and olive oil. Lochte, who recently cut out junk food, candy and soda, has undertaken a rigorous strength-training regimen(养生法) that involves flipping tractor tires, dragging shipyard chains and tossing beer kegs, Glassman said.
【小题1】What’s the best title of this passage?
| A.Good Diet Makes a True Olympian. |
| B.Olympians Have Olympic-size Appetites. |
| C.Olympians’ Strange Eating Habits. |
| D.The Diets of some Top Olympic Athletes. |
| A.Ordinary people eat few pigs compared with Olympians. |
| B.Olympians eat a lot more food than ordinary people. |
| C.Olympians tend to eat a lot of high-quality food. |
| D.Olympians eat a large amount of food, just like pigs. |
| A.Ryan Lochte quit eating junk food, candy and soda for his recovery. |
| B.Usain Bolt beat Yohan Blake on the track in the Olympic trials. |
| C.Michael Pheleps astonishing performance was due to his eating lots of food. |
| D.Jonathan Horton has a blood sugar problem because of taking too much honey. |
| A.Soda. | B.Olive oil. |
| C.Whole-grain spaghetti. | D.A salad with lemon juice. |
| A.a technical report | B.a fashion magazine |
| C.an education column | D.a sports newspaper |
As a professor at a large American university,there is a phrase that I hear often from students:“I’m only a 1050.”The unlucky students are speaking of the score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test(SAT),which is used to determine whether they will be admitted to the college or university of their choice,or even if they have a chance to get a higher education at all.The SAT score,whether it is 800,1100 or 1550,has become the focus at this time of their life.
It is obvious that if students value highly their test scores,then a great amount of their self-respect is put in the number.Students who perform poorly on the exam are left feeling that it is all over.The low test score,they think,will make it impossible for them to get into a good college.And without a degree from a prestigious university,they fear that many of life’s doors will remain forever closed.
According to a study done in the 1990s,the SAT is only a reliable indicator of a student’s future performance in most cases.Interestingly,it becomes much more accurate when it is set together with other indicators-like a student’s high school grades.Even if standardized tests like the SAT could show a student’s academic proficiency(学业水平),they will never be able to test things like confidence,efforts and willpower,and are unable to give us the full picture of a student’s potentialities(潜力).This is not to suggest that we should stop using SAT scores in our college admission process.The SAT is an excellent test in many ways,and the score is still a useful means of testing students.However,it should be only one of many methods used.
1.The purpose of the SAT is to test students’______.
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A.strong will |
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B.academic ability |
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C.full potentialities |
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D.confidence in school work |
2.Students’ self-respect is influenced by their______.
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A.scores in the SAT |
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B.achievements in mathematics |
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C.job opportunities |
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D.money spent on education |
3.“A prestigious university” is most probably______.
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A.a famous university |
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B.a technical university |
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C.a traditional university |
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D.an expensive university |
4.This passage is mainly about______.
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A.how to prepare for the SAT |
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B.stress caused by the SAT |
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C.American higher education |
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D.the SAT and its effects |