最近，你与其他同学做了一个研究性课题，就学生近视问题进行了调查。现用英语写一
篇调查报告。（词数100左右）
现状：患近视学生越来越多，小学21%，中学32%。
原因：用眼过度，不注意用眼卫生，条件差。
建议：自我保护，改善条件。近视：near-sightedness
开头已给出：Recently, we have conducted a survey on……
As the College Entrance Examination is drawing nearby, some students would rather expect
good luck than to make every effort to study．They think success results good luck．Whether they can be admitted to key universities depend on luck．However, others insist that diligence is a mother of success．Only by working hard can they achieve what they want．Since they fail sometimes, they don’t give up, for they believe that success lies in our own hands．As for me, I’m in favor of the latter opinion．Luck doesn’t come alone．It goes hand by hand with hard working．Sometimes, some students are lucky enough to succeed, but such luck won’t last long because it is not basing on their own abilities．
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Currently, there is a growing recognition that parental involvement is one key to student achievement．1._____．However, while these may be important for developing a sense of community and parental ownership of the school and its issues, such activities do not translate directly to students achievement．
2._____．Simply asking the question,” So, what did you do in school today?” can start a discussion between parent and child about topics studied in class．Even talks at home about less classroom-specific topics that interest the student are shown to be important to raising student achievement．3.____．Teachers can provide students with interesting ideas for starting school-related conversations at home．4.____．
The school’s focus should be on how to enable parents and their children to have such meaningful conversations about the topics and ideas flowing from the classroom．5._____．
Finding ways to promote direct parent participation in their children’s lives-at school and at home will have a much greater impact．
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A．Some parents expect too much of their children |
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B．Teenagers can have rich and interesting conversations if encouraged |
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C．Starting a parent council may not be a top priority |
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D．Many schools have attempted to find ways for parents to participate in school management by setting up parent councils for parents to volunteer |
E．Self-education plays an important role in children’s development
F．Another way for parents to be more active in their children’s education pays dividents
G．Telling children that school is valuable is a lot less effective than showing them it is by being involved in what they are doing there．
In a country that defines itself by ideals, not by shared blood, who should be allowed to come to work and live here? In the wake of the Sept．11 attacks these questions have never seemed more pressing．
On Dec．11, 2001, as part of the effort to increase homeland security, federal and local authorities in 14 states staged “Operation Safe Travel”---raids on airports to arrest employees with false identification．In Salt Lake City there were 69 arrests．But those captures were anything but terrorists, most of them illegal immigrants from Central or South America．Authorities said the undocumented workers’ illegal status made them open to blackmail（讹诈）by terrorists．
Many immigrants in Salt Lake City were angered by the arrests and said they felt as if they were being treated like disposable goods．Mayor Anderson said those feelings were justified to a certain extent．“We’re saying we want you to work in these places, we’re going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are, and then when it’s convenient for us, or when we can try to make a point in terms of national security, especially after Sept．11, then you’re disposable．They are whole families being uprooted for all of the wrong reasons,” Anderson said．
If Sept．11 had never happened, the airport workers would not have been arrested and could have gone on quietly living in America, probably indefinitely．Ana Castro, a manager at a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop at the airport had been working 10 years with the same false Social Security card when she was arrested in the December airport raid．Now she and her family are living under the threat of deportation（驱逐出境）．Castro’s case is currently waiting to be settled．While she awaits the outcome, the government has granted her permission to work here and she has returned to her job at Ben & Jerry’s．
1.How did the immigrants in Salt Lake City feel about “Operation Safe Travel”?
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A．Guilty |
B．Offended |
C．Disappointed |
D．Discouraged |
2.Undocumented workers became the target of “Operation Safe Travel” because ____．
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A．evidence was found that they were potential terrorists |
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B．most of them worked at airports under threat of terrorists |
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C．terrorists might take advantage of their illegal status |
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D．they were reportedly helping hide terrorists around the airport |
3.By saying “…we’re going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are”, Mayor Anderson means “______”．
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A．there are other ways of enforcing the law |
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B．we will examine the laws in a different way |
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C．we will turn a blind eye to your illegal status |
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D．the existing laws must not be ignored |
Communications technologies are far from equal when it comes to conveying the truth．The first study to compare honesty across a range of communication media has found that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in emails．The fact that emails are automatically recorded—and can come back to puzzle you---appears to be the key to the finding．
Jeff Hancock of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, asked 30 students to keep a communications diary for a week．In it they noted the number of conversations or email exchanges they had lasting more than 10 minutes, and confessed to how many lies they told．Hancock then worked out the number of lies per conversation for each medium．He found that lies made up 14 per cent of emails, 21 percent of instant messages, 27 per cent of face-to-face interactions and an astonishing 37 percent of phone calls．
His results to be presented at the conference on human-computer interaction in Vienna, Austria, in April, have surprised psychologists．Some expected emailers to be the biggest liars, reasoning that because deception makes people uncomfortable, the indirect contact of emailing would make it easier to lie．Others expected people to lie more in face-to-face exchanges because we are most practiced at that form of communication．
But Hancock says it is also crucial whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread, and whether it occurs in real time．People appear to be afraid to lie when they know the communication could later be used to hold them to account, he says．This is why fewer lies appear in email than on the phone．
People are also more likely to lie in real time---in an instant message or phone call, say---than if they have time to think of a response, says Hancock．He found many lies are spontaneous（脱口而出） responses to an unexpected demand, such as: “Do you like my dress?”
Hancock hopes his research will help companies work out the best ways for their employees to communicate．For instance, the phone might be the best medium for sales where employees are encouraged to stretch the truth．But, given his result, work assessment where honesty is a priority, might be best done using email．
1.Hancock’s study focuses on _______．
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A．the consequences of lying in various communications media |
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B．the success of communications technologies in conveying ideas |
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C．people are less likely to lie in instant messages |
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D．people’s honesty levels across a range of communications media |
2.Hancock’s research finding surprised those who believed that _____．
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A．people are less likely to lie instant messages |
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B．people are unlikely to lie in face-to-face interactions |
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C．people are most likely to lie in email communication |
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D．people are twice as likely to lie in phone conversations |
3.According to the passage, why are people more likely to tell the truth through certain media of communication?
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A．They are afraid of leaving behind traces of their lies |
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B．They believe that honesty is the best policy |
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C．They tend to be relaxed wh en using those media |
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D．They are most practised at those forms of communication |
4.It can be inferred from the passage that ________．
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A．honesty should be encouraged in interpersonal communications |
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B．suitable media should be chosen for different communication purposes |
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C．more employers will use emails to communicate with their employees |
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D．email is now the dominant medium of communication within a company |
Greeks play a special game at Easter and it’s good fun! The rules of the game are as follows: 1．Everyone picks out a hard-boiled Waster Egg．2．Each player finds a partner．One person will be a “holder”, and the other will be a “tapper”．Holders should hold the egg with either the pointy end or the round end facing up．Tappers should hold the egg with that same end facing down．Tapping must be done pointy-end-to-pointy-end or round-end-to-round-end．3．With one good tap, the tapper tries to crack the holder’s egg．One player will end up with a cracked egg．4．Each player finds another partner and repeats steps 2 and 3．（After one end of the egg is cracked, players may continue to play using the uncracked end）．5．A player loses when both ends of his egg have been cracked．The winner is the person who still has an uncracked egg．6．Enjoy eating the eggs!
Dye your Easter eggs．With an adult’s help, dye hard-boiled eggs red using food coloring or egg dye．For a nice sheen, use a paper towel to rub some oil on each egg．But don’t use too much oil---you wouldn’t want your egg to slide out of your hand when you play the egg-cracking game!
Why dye eggs red? Eggs represent new life and the red dye symbolizes the pain and suffering in the past．
Why crack eggs? Some say that the cracking of the eggs symbolizes a wish to break away from human misery and enter the new life．
1.A player has to drop out of the game when _____．
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A．the pointy end of his egg is cracked |
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B．the round end of his egg is cracked |
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C．his egg slides out of the hand |
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D．his egg is cracked at both ends |
2.Why is oil rubbed on the egg?
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A．To give the egg a shiny appearance |
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B．To make the game more difficult to play |
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C．To protect the hand of the player |
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D．To symbolize the wealth of the Greeks |
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
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A．The holders hold the eggs with the pointy end facing up in most cases |
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B．If one end of the player’s egg is cracked, he will eat the egg |
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C．The player in the game must dye his egg red independently |
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D．It’s said that the broken eggs represent the wish to lead a new life |
4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
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A．The suffering of the Greeks |
B．The Easter holidays |
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C．Celebrate Greek Easter |
D．A special game |
