Our monitor is always ready to help others. He is really ______ Lei Feng in our class.
A. a B. the C. an D. 不填
Our parents have done a lot for us. I think we should ______ them by working hard.
A. relieve B. repay C. submit D. respect
---If only we had less homework!
--- ________ We all need more rest.
A. Why do you think so? B. For what?
C. I couldn’t agree more. D. I don’t think so.
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A: Nowadays, doctors can do a great job transplanting organs such as the heart. As (76)m science develops, I am sure that it will be several years (77)b_____ doctors are able to transplant human brains. B: I think you are right about that, but transplanting brains and transplanting memories are not (78)a_____ the same. A: Why not? Our memories are in our brain, aren’t they? B: Yes. But it is not clear whether the memories will still be there if you transplant the brain. A: Well, I (79)s_____ so. Why shouldn’t they? B: They may still be there. (80)B_____, in what other way could we then transplant memories? A: Memories may be downloaded like a (81)c______. B: Oh, what you said is (82)b____ my imagination. But how would that (83)a_______ our society? A: Well, it would be great. We could (84)c_____ down all schools. People would not need to learn any more because (85)k__________could also be transplanted. |
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Is it time to kick Russia out of the BRICs （金砖四国）? If so, it may end up sounding like a famous ball-point pen maker-BIC. An argument is being made that Goldman Sach’s famous marketing device（策略）,the BRICs, should really be the BICs.
“Is Russia really worth the name BRICs?” asks Anders Aslund, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, in an article for Foreigh Policy. Aslund, who is also co-author with Andrew Kuchins of “The Russian Balance Sheet”, thinks the Russia of Putin and Medvedev is just not worthy of inclusion alongside Brazil, India and China in the list of future economic powerhouses. He writes:
“The country’s economic performance has fallen to such a weak level that one must ask whether it has any say at all on the global economy, compared with the other members of its group. I have just returned from Moscow, which is always dull around this season. For the last seven years, Russia has taken very few measures to improve its economy. Instead, the state has been living on oil and gas. ”
Economically, Aslund has the numbers on his side. The International Monetary Fund figures that the Russian economy will fall by 6.7 percent in 2009, while China will grow 8.5 percent and India 5.4 percent. There is less of a case for Brazil, with a fall of 0.7 percent, but it is still doing
far better than Russia.
But the BRICs are not just about economy. As is mentioned above, it is a marketing device to encourage investors to focus on the big promising players. From an investment standpoint, it could be argued that Russia is leading the BRICs. Its stock（股票）market is up 128 percent this year while around 80 percent is for the other three.
At very least, however, Russia’s economic underperformance and stock market outperfoumance does suggest it is indeed one of the group.
1.According to the passage, which country will enjoy the biggest increase in 2009?
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A．China. |
B．Russia. |
C．Brazil. |
D．India. |
2.According to Aslund, Russia shouldn’t be a BRIC partly because_______.
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A．Russia’s economic performance is far worse than the other three |
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B．Russia’s leaders are not good at managing economy |
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C．Russia has taken effective measures to improve its economy |
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D．Russia will no longer attract investors from other countries |
3.From the passage we know that ________.
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A．Anders Aslund is working for the Russian government |
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B．Russia outperfoumed the other three countries in stock market |
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C．most people disagree Russia is included in BRICs |
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D．the BRICs would end up being the BICs sooner or later |
4.The author seems to ________.
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A．suggest it’s time to kick Russia out of the BRICs? |
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B．feel worried about the economy of the BRICs |
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C．think Russia is worth being one of the group |
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D．show disappointment to Russia’s economy |
Providing small classes for at least several grades starting in early primary school gives students the best chance to succeed in late grades, according to groundbreaking new research from a Michigan State University scholar.
The research by Spyros Konstantopoulos, a professor of education, is the first to examine the effects of class size over a period and for all levels of students. The study appears in the American Journal of Education.
He is also a member of a group for the Department of Education’s Instiute of Education Sciences that will give official advice on class size to the states. He said the advice will mirror his research: the best plan is to provide continuous small classes(13 to 17 students) for at least several years starting in kindergarten or first grade.
“For a logn time states thought they could just do it in kindergarten or first grade for one year and get the benefits,” He said. “I don’t believe that. I think you need at least a few years in a row where all students, and especially low-achievers, receive the treatment, and then you see the benefits later.”
His research used data from the Project Star study in Tennessee that analyzed the effects of class size on more than 11,000 students in primary and middle school. He found that students who had been in small classes from kindergarten through third grade had actually higher test scores in grades four through eight than students who been in larger classes early on.
Students from all achievement levels benefited from small classes, the research found. “But low-achievers benefited the most, which narrowed the achievement gap with high –achievers in science, reading and math, ” he said.
Although the study didn’t consider classroom practices, he said the reason for the narrowing gap is likely due to low-achieving students receiving more attention from teachers.
“This is especially important in poorer schools because teacher effectiveness matters more in schools with more disadvantaged and low-performing students, ” he said.
1.The professor argues about ________ .
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A．the size of the class |
B．the period of the class |
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C．the attention from teachers |
D．the achievements of students |
2.The result of the research shows that _________.
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A．small classes for one year in early grade are enough |
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B．continuous small classes help students achieve more |
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C．it’s best to attend small classes in kindergarten |
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D．small classes do equal good to students of all levels |
3.What can we infer from the passage?
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A．High achievers will not benefit from small classes. |
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B．Continuous small classes have not been widely accepted. |
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C．Low-achievers should be separated from high-achievers. |
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D．Teachers’ attention matters less than classroom practices. |
4.The underlined word “This” in the last paragraph refers to _______.
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A．the gap between low and high achievers |
B．continuous small classes |
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C．classroom practices in later grades |
D．the Project Star Sturdy |
