Recently, online high schools in America have sparked (激发) a debate about whether or not taxpayers’ money should be used to support online education. Online schools receive the same amount of funding as all other public schools, even though they don’t have to pay for rent or school equipment. States should use their educational funds to improve education at real schools, not to support online programs.
Some students only use online classes to supplement their school work. They benefit from the social experience of a traditional high school, while still taking online courses.
However, about 90 thousand students in America receive their education only from online schools. 50 thousand of these students take courses at Florida Virtual School, the largest online school in the country. While this method of schooling helps students who live in remote regions, most school systems are upset that they are losing more students each year to these online programs.
Although online learning allows children to work at their own pace, these online schools have only one teacher per several hundred students. Often, teachers can’t give struggling students the help they need as they are unable to talk face-to-face with them, to find exactly what they’re having difficulty with.
Additionally, even though online schooling accommodates (顾及) students who live in more remote states, students in online programs may suffer in social situations because they will not learn valuable communication skills from their schooling. Similar to students who are home schooled, those who take only online classes won’t learn social etiquette (礼节), and will be treated differently by their peers.
Online schooling might be useful for places where there are not enough students for a real school, such as agricultural regions, but states should only spend taxpayers’ money on online schools in extreme cases.
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Whether students should study at online schools.
B. Whether online schools should be allowed to exist.
C. Whether taxpayers should pay for online schools.
D. Whether traditional schools should be replaced.
2.According to the passage, online schooling _____.
A. is helpful to students living in remote regions
B. allows students to work together
C. makes it possible for students to get immediate help
D. develops students’ critical thinking
3.According to Paragraph 5, the author worries that students at online schools _____.
A. might lose interest in learning
B. would play online games
C. could not receive teachers’ help
D. could not become fully developed
4.What is the author’s attitude?
A. Taxpayers should not pay for online schools at all.
B. Taxpayers should pay more for online schools than real schools.
C. Taxpayers’ money should be spent on online schools conditionally.
D. Taxpayers should support online schools in different ways.
Ibrahim became disabled after contracting polio (小儿麻痹症) when he was three years old. At first his parents, like many other parents of disabled children in Niger, did not want to send him to school. They were worried he would be laughed at by his classmates.
Despite his disability, and his parents’ doubts, Ibrahim was determined to go to school. “When I was eight,” Ibrahim says, “other kids of my age were going to school while I stayed at home. I did not like that. So, I pestered (缠着) my parents until they finally let me go to school.”
Ibrahim’s parents sent him to a private school nearby. Although the journey to and from school was a short one, it still wasn’t easy for Ibrahim. He had to use his hands to help him move along, protecting them with plastic slippers. But at least he was getting an education.
However, after only a year in school, Ibrahim’s education was interrupted when his parents separated. His mother did not have the means to continue paying for his tuition.
In 2007, Ibrahim received some money to be fitted with a leg brace (支架), corrective shoes and his first pair of crutches (拐杖). Now that he was more mobile than before, the most important thing for him was to find a way to go back to school.
“I wanted to start school again last October,” Ibrahim says. “After my mother told me she could not afford it, I went to visit some of my relatives for support. And I collected 5,000 francs CFA (US $8) to pay my tuition for half a year. I will find the rest of the money somehow.”
Ibrahim attends a school in which he is the only disabled student. According to his teacher, he is among the top five students in a class of 55.
1. Why did Ibrahim’s parents prefer Ibrahim to stay at home?
A. There was a lot of housework for him to do.
B. They had no money to pay for his tuition.
C. There were not enough schools in the country.
D. They were afraid the students would make fun of him.
2. How did Ibrahim go to school before his parents separated?
A. He went to school on his wheelchair.
B. He went to school on his parents’ bicycle.
C. He walked to school with the support of his hands.
D. He walked to school using a pair of crutches.
3.Ibrahim’s education was interrupted because of his _____.
A. parents’ doubts B. lack of tuition C. physical disability D. terrible mood
4.The best title for the passage might be _____.
A. A long way to go B. Determined to learn
C. The only disabled student D. I did not like that
It’s never easy to admit you are in the wrong. Being human, we all need to know the art of 31 . Look back with honesty and think how often you’ve judged 32 , said unkind things, pushed yourself ahead at the 33 of a friend. Then count the occasions 34 you indicated clearly and truly that you were 35 . A bit frightening, isn’t it? Frightening because some deep 36 in us knows that when even a small wrong has been 37 , some mysterious moral feeling is disturbed; and it stays out of balance until fault is acknowledged and 38 is expressed.
I remember a doctor friend, the late Clarence Lieb, telling me about a man who came to him with a variety of 39 : headaches, insomnia and stomach trouble. No 40 cause could be found. Finally my friend said to the man, “ 41 you tell me what’s worrying you, I can’t help you.” After some 42 , the man confessed that, as executor of his father’s will, he had been 43 his brother, who lived abroad, of his inheritance (继承权). Then and there the wise old doctor made the man write to his brother 44 forgiveness and enclosing a cheque as the first step in restoring their good 45 . He then went with him to mail box in the corridor. As the letter disappeared, the man 46 crying. “Thank you,” He said, “I think I’m 47 .” And he was. A heartfelt apology can not only heal a damaged relationship but also make it 48 . If you can think of someone who 49 an apology from you, someone you have wronged, or just neglected, do something about it 50 .
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1. |
A. communicating |
B. expressing |
C. apologizing |
D. explaining |
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2. |
A. roughly |
B. toughly |
C. gently |
D. honestly |
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3. |
A. risk |
B. expense |
C. loss |
D. mercy |
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4. |
A. that |
B. how |
C. which |
D. when |
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5. |
A. sorry |
B. regretful |
C. tolerant |
D. amazed |
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6. |
A. wisdom |
B. pain |
C. fright |
D. tension |
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7. |
A. ignored |
B. committed |
C. adjusted |
D. promoted |
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8. |
A. regret |
B. curiosity |
C. devotion |
D. envy |
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9. |
A. questions |
B. complaints |
C. signs |
D. conflicts |
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10. |
A. spiritual |
B. immoral |
C. physical |
D. outward |
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11. |
A. If |
B. Until |
C. When |
D. Unless |
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12. |
A. recalling |
B. unconsciousness |
C. mediation |
D. hesitation |
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13. |
A. accusing |
B. informing |
C. cheating |
D. warning |
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14. |
A. calling for |
B. begging for |
C. reckoning on |
D. focusing on |
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15. |
A. relationship |
B. situation |
C. condition |
D. attention |
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16. |
A. burst out |
B. brought out |
C. gave out |
D. let out |
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17. |
A. rescued |
B. cured |
C. sealed |
D. persuaded |
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18. |
A. weaker |
B. maturer |
C. stronger |
D. fruitier |
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19. |
A. borrows |
B. receives |
C. demands |
D. deserves |
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20. |
A. for a moment |
B. at last |
C. right away |
D. in a while |
We are lucky to be among the generation of people who have ________ and experienced the great social changes in our country.
A. conflicted B. responded C. witnessed D. associated
The written record of our conversation doesn’t ______ what was actually said. There are a lot of mistakes.
A. correspond with B. relate to C. look into D. compare with
In no country, ________ Britain, it has been said, can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day.
A. other than B. more than C. better than D. rather than
