Teenagers in America know that they’ll possibly need technical skills to find good jobs, but a new survey reveals that interest in technology-related careers may be decreasing.
The percentage of boys aged 13 to 17 who are interested in science, technology,engineering and math ---or STEM ---careers dropped from 36 percent in 2017 to 24 percent this year, according to a survey by Junior Achievement USA. The amount of girls interested in STEM careers stayed unchanged at II percent.
But the 1, 000 survey participants still named technology as one of two key skills that will be necessary to prepare them for their future careers.
"Kids don' t understand how technology can be applied to careers in addition to computers, and maybe robotics, "said Tammera L. Holmes, president of aviation consulting firm AeroStar Consulting（航空资询公司）．“That’s all they know， so they can’t really translate that interest to career pathways. "
When Holmes was in high school, her mom sent her to an event that featured (以......为专题 )the pilots from World War II. One of the pilots took her for a ride and let her take the wheel. immediately that was the career for me. " she said.
Women remain outnumbered(超过) by men in fields like technology. For people working to increase the number of women in these areas, the lack of growth in girls interest in STEM careers is concerning.
Teenage girls are more interested than their male classmates in running after careers in which they can help others, said Ed Grocholski from Junior Achievement. Even with all the programs aimed at increasing girls' interest in STEM, "I don’t think we really talk that much about how we improve people’s lives through STEM, " Grocholski said.
Society needs to do better at making those connections for kids, said Katherine Latham, founder of an engineering firm. She used civil engineering as an example of a career that will continue to be important.
However, the fact that students know they will need tech skills in their future careers is encouraging.
The second skill they said they need is relationship-building.
"That's going to be the new type of engineers, " Latham said.
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Some successful of kids searching tech careers.
B. Reasons behind teenagers decreasing interest in tech careers.
C. The difference in choice of jobs between boys and girls in America.
D. The popularity of tech careers among kids and its reasons.
2.What is the reason behind kid’s losing interest in tech careers?
A. They see tech careers as boring.
B. They find tech skills less important than before.
C. They don' t think tech careers can bring rewards
D. They can’t connect their tech interest with future careers.
3.What can we learn from Grocholski's words?
A. STEM careers have nothing to do with people' s lives.
B. Teenage girls are interested in running after STEM careers.
C. The relationship between STEM careers and the improvement of people’s lives isn’t explained enough.
D. Teenagers don' t know how to improve people’s lives through STEM.
4.What aroused Holmes’ interest in her career?
A. A summer camp for pilots.
B. Her parents' wish for her.
C. A report about the life of pilots
D. Her flight experience with a pilot.
5.According to Grocholski, teenage girls are more interested in careers that____.
A. can make them look attractive
B. can make friends with other people
C. can make people’s lives better
D. are different from those of their parents
People in developed countries are increasingly suffering from illnesses resulting from overeating. While starvation and hunger are still big problems in many poor countries in the world, more than 25 percent of the population in America and other western countries are obese. This doesn’t just mean you are a little bit fat. It means you are more than 20 kilos overweight.
Dr. John Colon from Ohio State University says the problem is only going to get worse.”As more women have gone out to work, you find that parents in general have less time to spend on preparing food. That’s not just cooking, but also planning what to eat, doing the shopping and buying the fresh food. Families, therefore, increasingly rely on ready-made and frozen meals, which tends to be high in fat and contain a lot of additives(materials added to food to improve its taste) and sugar. The other thing is that parents seem to feel guilty about not spending so much time with their kids, so they tend to give more quickly to children’s demands for things like sweets and chocolate.”
Ben Brown. who is a British Member of Parliament, blames the big food companies. He wants to ban any food advertising that is aimed at children. "The problem is that these companies spend millions of pounds selling food to children. It's all crisps (薯片) in the shape of dinosaurs and chocolate in the shape of Mickey Mouse. I mean__what's going to be more fun to an sight-year-old ---an ice cream with a free toy or an apple?"
One food company thinks it has an answer to this: it has invented cheese-flavored cabbage and chocolate-flavored carrots. It developed the "Whacky Veg" with money donated by a cancer research charity, which found that a diet containing lots of fruit and vegetables helps reduce cancer. However, today’s sweet-toothed kids need to be bribed(贿赂)into a healthy diet, and will only cat their greens if they taste different.
1.The underlined word "obese" in Paragraph 1 probably means____.
A. Fit B. slim
C. overweight D. unhealthy
2.What can we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3?
A. Food companies sell too much food to children.
B. Food advertising is responsible for the overeating problem of children.
C. An eight-year-old boy prefers an ice cream to a free toy.
D. Children like crisps in the shape of dinosaurs and chocolate in the shape of Mickey Mouse.
3.In order to solve the overeating problem,___ .
A. parents should bribe their children
B. green food should be invented for the children
C. parents should force their children to eat more vegetables and fruit
D. food companies should invent healthy food with special taste
4.What does the passage intend to tell us?
A. To warn us of the danger of overeating.
B. To tell us that most people in developed countries are overweight.
C. To show us that food companies are responsible for the overeating problem.
D. To report the overeating problem in developed countries and its possible causes and solutions.
There were times when I wanted to be a fashion designer, a model or a rock star but I gave up on all of them halfway. The only thing I stuck with was _________ .
That’s why this"100 Days of Self Love" project was both such a(n) _______and a challenge.
The_______ I set for myself were simple: one self-portrait(自画像）a day for 100 days. ___________my own advice, I wanted to achieve something _________of my day job._________ did I get a sketchbook（素描本） to keep forever out of this project，but I also got a little better with my work ethic（道德标准），___________ my skills and learned some ___________ lessons. Besides ,I ___________ to myself that I could do it .I learned to look at myself.
In our self－obsessed（沉迷于自我的）____________，we take pictures of our face__________ without a second thought. I wanted to find out the __________of "self” and see what I could learn . I quickly____________ that I never looked at my face so ____________ .
By about day 20,I got a good sense of what I looked like. I could draw myself pretty well. My face was __________to me ----instead of just being the image in the mirror.
Drawing my face every day for 100 days was difficult. But I __________it! I now have a sketchbook that I could keep for years. Although things are not__________, I' m still proud that I finished this project.
This project was a good __________ that if I set my __________ on something ----and if I' m actually crazy about it ---I can do it.
And ____________ I can do this, what else can't I achieve?
1.A. dancing B. playing C. singing D. drawing
2.A. joy B. hobby C. adventure D. devotion
3.A. limits B. rules C. pressures D. schedules
4.A. Including B. Considering C. Following D. Directing
5.A. besides B. part C. instead D. outside
6.A. Not until B. Not only C. Never D. Seldom
7.A. reserved B. explored C. recognized D. improved
8.A. valuable B. colorful C. original D. academic
9.A. persuaded B. promoted C. proved D. announced
10.A. society B. scene C. culture D. air
11.A. in no time B. all the time C. at no time D. by the time
12.A. wisdom B. tradition C. judgement D. meaning
13.A. thought B. imagined C. agreed D. realized
14.A. carefully B. curiously C. joyfully D. obviously
15.A. similar B. familiar C. attractive D. obvious
16.A. reached B. liked C. spread D. made
17.A. wonderful B. successful C. perfect D. official
18.A. preparation B. reminder C. discovery D. comparison
19.A. mind B. dream C. brain D. determination
20.A. unless B. if C. though D. as
---Are you going to accept the offer?
---You bet! The salary is not that good, but ,you know.
A. better late than never B. actions speak louder than words
C. a change of work is as good as rest D. a bird in hand is worth two in the bush
--- It is too difficult for me to learn to eat with chopsticks.
--- .With more practice, you will succeed
A. It's up to you B. Never mind
C. Don't lose heart D. It's hard to say
December 25 is the day____ westerners celebrate as their Christmas Day.
A. when B. that
C. as D. on which
