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Robot teachers are now very popular with pupils in some primary schools in South Korea. Compared with human teachers, the robot teachers are 1. (patient). They never get angry and are always kind to the students. That’s 2. the children can always get on well with their robot teachers.
English teaching robots 3. (send) to three primary schools for eight weeks last December. 4. (equip) with a microphone and video camera, the robots teach students as teachers. Researchers found that the English-teaching robots helped raise students’ interest in the language and build up their5. (confident). More and more students came to like studying and they got better grades in exams. Meanwhile, other robot teachers, 6. can teach math, science and art, have also been developed.
Many people think these robot teachers should be used 7. faraway village schools so that the children there can also receive a good education. 8. (give) rural school children more learning chances, the South Korean government has expressed great interest in 9. (develop) these robots.
No doubt there will be more and more robot teachers working with students. Perhaps they will 10. (complete) replace human teachers one day in the future. Who knows ?
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If I had to explain my learning style, I would have to say that I’m a read and follow along kind of learner. When I read something that I really want to _________ , I often have an audio (音频) recording play along with it. It can help my memory absorb what I’m _________ . It’s also helpful from an audial standpoint since my hearing has been less than acute _________ a childhood illness. I always find that my listening abilities improve _________ I have a visual reference at the beginning. When I’m _________ to take away one or the other after the initial go-through, I _________ that I can actually remember the learning materials better. So that mixing of the visual and the audial _________ me to memorize things right away.
Another _________ I can mix this audial with the visual is by reading the material out _________ . I find my own_________ to be the perfect substitute for an audio recording if one is not _________ . As I’ve said before, my hearing can often be _________ by my literacy (读写能力) and vision. Reading to myself aloud helps me _________ because, like having an audio recording, it improves my reading and listening.
While I’m _________ , we have a lot of read-alongs, particularly in my English and literature classes. I always _________ these because my teacher and classmates all contribute to my _________ learning style of mixing listening with visual acuteness. Many teachers I’ve talked to agree that this form of study really _________ . I’ve also seen many of my classmates following my _________ and asking for materials with audio recordings to assist in their reading and _________ . So I think people _________ that this is the best way to learn various types of materials.
1.A．connect B．remember C．recognize D．know
2.A．listening B．speaking C．reading D．writing
3.A．in spite of B．because of C．in addition to D．according to
4.A．when B．unless C．until D．though
5.A．excited B．willing C．relieved D．able
6.A．find B．believe C．hope D．admit
7.A．forces B．allows C．requires D．encourages
8.A．explanation B．discussion C．way D．plan
9.A．clearly B．naturally C．loudly D．carefully
10.A．words B．methods C．tone D．voice
11.A．useful B．skillful C．possible D．available
12.A．controlled B．assisted C．damaged D．examined
13.A．communicate B．improve C．analyze D．learn
14.A．in class B．at home C．alone D．away
15.A．develop B．prepare C．share D．enjoy
16.A．preferred B．expected C．important D．practical
17.A．helps B．matters C．guarantees D．instruction
18.A．arrangement B．instruction C．rule D．example
19.A．imagination B．progress C．memorization D．challenge
20.A．predict B．wish C．prove D．agree
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Five reasons your scale might be wrong
1. You weigh yourself on different days each week.
In a Cornell university study published last year, researchers analyzed the food weight diaries that 80 people kept for up to a year. They found that people’s weight changed considerably throughout the week. 1. Keep weigh-in days consistent for a more accurate assessment.
2. 2.
File this one under “Yes, scientists have actually studied this.” When University of North Dakota researches weighed people with and without clothes at various times of the year, they found that men can reduce 2.5 pounds for their clothing and women can reduce around two pounds, on average.
3. You don’t take muscle gain into consideration.
You’ve heard that muscle is denser (密度大的) than fat. 3. If you start a strength-training routine, the number on the scale (秤) might not change, but you could still lost inches and drop a clothing size or two.
4. You just drank a lot of water.
It’s called water weight for a reason: Drinking one pound of water can translate to about one pound of weight. So if you stand on the scale soon after drinking an entire water bottle’s worth, you might not like what you see. 4.
5. You weigh yourself after hard exercise.
Compared with water weight, if you weigh in after a tiring cycling class, you may lose weight temporarily because you work up a good sweat . 5.
A．You miscalculate your clothing.
B．But don’t worry, it’s just a temporary gain.
C．Salty foods cause your body to save extra water.
D．In fact, it takes up only about a third as much space.
E．Jump on the scale if you need to improve.
F．You should be aware of how much water you have drunk.
G．Many people were heaviest on Mondays and lightest on Fridays.
America used to have a strong college education system for prison inmates (prisoners). It was seen as a way to rehabilitate men and women in prison by helping them go straight when they got out.
Those taxpayer-supported college classes were put to an end in the 1990s. But New York Governor Andrew Cuomo would like to bring them back in the state, setting off a fierce new debate.
A number of lawmakers in New York have promised to kill Cuomo’s proposal (提议).
Cuomo says reintroducing taxpayer-funded college classes in New York’s prisons is a common-sense plan that will reduce the number of inmates who commit new crimes.
“You pay $ 60,000 for a prison cell for a year,” Cuomo responded. “You put a guy away for 10 years, and that’s $600,000. Right now, chances are almost half. Once he’s set free, he’s going to come right back.”
Cuomo says helping inmates get a college education would cost about $ 5,000 a year per person. He argues, “It’s a small amount of money if it keeps that inmate from bouncing back into prison.”
But even some members of the governor’s own party hate this idea. State Assemblywoman Addie Russell, whose upstate district includes three state prisons, says taxpayers just won’t stand for inmates getting a free college education, while middle-class families struggle to pay for their kids’ college fees.
“That is the vast majority of feedback (反馈) that I’m also getting from my constituents (选民)，” she says. “You know, ‘Where is the relief for the rest of the population who obey the law ?’ ”
“I was very disappointed that the policy had been changed,” says Gerald Gaes, who served as an expert on college programs for the Federal Bureau of Prisons in the 1990s. In 1994, President Clinton stopped federal student aid programs for inmates.
Gaes says research shows that college classes actually save taxpayers’ money over time, by reducing the number of inmates who break the law and wind up back in those expensive prison cells.
“It is cost-effective,” he says. “Designing prisons that way will have a long-term benefit for New York State.”
1.The underlined word “rehabilitate” probably means “ ”.
A．let people know more about prisoners.
B．help someone have a normal life again.
C．allow prisoners to experience the world.
D．encourage someone to help other people.
2.What is the debate about ?
A．Lawmakers’ rights in New York.
B．College classes for New York’s citizens.
C．Higher education in New York’s prisons.
D．Punishments given to New York’s criminals.
3.Cuomo does the calculations to prove .
A．almost half of prisoners are likely to come back into prison.
B．college classes for inmates can save taxpayers’ money.
C．the costs of running prisons in the US are on the rise.
D．it is very difficult to reduce the number of inmates.
4.Most of Russell’s constituents believe Cuomo’s proposal .
A．is unfair to middle-class families.
B．will benefit citizens obeying laws.
C．will be useless for improving prisons.
D．is based on most taxpayers’ feedback.
Long live language. That’s the message Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson and city councilor Amarjeet Sohi voiced when they declared Feb. 21 to be International Mother Language Day (IMLD) in Edmonton, the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta.
The pair were on hand for the International and Heriage Languages Association’s (IHLA) 12th annual Mother Language Day celebrations in an effort to save endangered languages.
“Keeping languages alive is important for me richness of our culture and the diversity that strengthens Edmonton,” said Iveson.
There are nearly 7,000 unique languages spoken worldwide, but according to data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) half of those languages are at risk of going extinct in just a few generations.
For example, there are currently over 3,000 languages spoken throughout Africa. This sounds impressive until you realize that there were over 10,000 languages spoken on the continent before colonization during the 19th century.
“People who lose their language experience suffering,” said Olenka Bilash, professor of second language education at the University of Alberta. Bilash likened the loss of language to the loss of cultural identity.
“As a multicultural society, it is very important to continue to preserve and pass on to future generations the language, culture, traditions and customs that we bring to Canada, ” said IHLA president Olga Prokhorova.
While the City of Edmonton’s citizen and new arrival centre in city hall provides services in 150 languages, Bilash said research shows that “most people are still uncomfortable speaking their own language in public spaces.”
Bliash hopes the official announcement of International Mother Language Day in Edmonton——which echoes International Mother Language Day declared by UNESCO in 1999 —— will be a step toward encouraging more language diversity in order to preserve the cultures tied to them.
“Our words define us; our expressions and vocabulary define who we are as people,” said Marueen Kubinec, Alberta’s minister of culture and tourism. “Our words are living examples, perhaps the best that there are, of human creativity.”
1.The example of the languages in Africa is given to show .
A．there’re many languages in Arica.
B．a great number of languages became extinct.
C．Africa believes in encouraging cultural diversity.
D．Africans are trying to save endangered languages.
2.Both Bilash and Prokhorova stress the importance of .
A．mastering more than one foreign language.
B．public policy on Canadian traditions and customs.
C．protecting languages and cultures from extinction.
D．the official announcement of IMLD by UNESCO.
3.What does the underlined word “echoes” in the text mean ?
A．Suggests. B．Creates.
C．Celebrates. D．Imitates.
4.What can we learn from Kubinec’s words ?
A．Your language is your identity.
B．Native language is disappearing.
C．Alberta is rich in language diversity.
D．Language can be saved by creativity.
At any given time, hundreds of postcards are in transit (运输中) across the world as strangers communicate through a movement called Post-crossing.
Emma Delaney says it’s a sad day when there isn’t a postcard in her mailbox. She doesn’t have a bunch of friends travelling overseas at the moment —— she’s just really active in the underground hobby of Postcrossing.
“I’ve sent over 3,000 postcards, but I’ve been doing it for close to seven years,” she says. “My husband, generally appreciative of my hobby, is sometimes frustrated by the amount of cardboard hanging around the house or in my car.”
Postcrossing is a hobby where strangers send each other postcards across the world. You register on the website, list your interests and preferences for postcards, then receive an address of a stranger on the other side of the world to send a postcard to.
“I tend to send a lot of postcards of the local area because people are interested in where you’re from and what you do,” Emma says.
From Uzbekistan to Belarus and Kazakhstan to Moldova, Emma has a growing collection of photos from around the world. The postcards have helped shape her international travelling too. “I didn’t travel overseas until I was 32 and a lot of the locations we chose for our honeymoon were selected because of the postcards I’d received.”
“Some people see sending mail as being a bit boring and unfashionable, but Postcrossing is popular and lots of people are fascinated that I do it.,”
The Postcrossing project has just celebrated its eighth birthday and has over 400,000 active members in 215 countries. The group says they’ve delivered over 18 million postcards.
And while postal workers aren’t supposed to read people’s postcards, Emma says she’s happy for them to do so at her post office in Shellharbour. She even encourages her correspondents to say hello to the Australia Post staff.
“It’s a hobby that I continue to do because I find it enjoyable and relaxing.”
1.Emma Delaney’s friends .
A．do a lot of travelling.
B．send her lots of postcards.
C．share the same hobby as her.
D．aren’t active in travelling abroad.
2.What’s Emma’s husband’s attitude towards her hobby ?
A．Somewhat annoyed.
B．Totally unconcerned.
C．Deeply disapproving.
D．Strongly supportive.
3.What’s the benefit of being involved in Postcrossing according to Emma Delaney ?
A．Broadening the mind.
B．Deepening the mind.
C．Giving others a helping hand.
D．Bringing her family more happiness.
4.The Postcrossing project .
A．delivers both postcards official letters.
B．was set up a couple of years ago in Australia.
C．has granted membership in 215 countries all over the world.
D．receives more public approval compared with sending mail.
