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Are boys really better at math than girls？ No， that doesn't seem1.（rely）．
That's according to new research by Jessica Cantlon， a professor and neuroscientist of Carnegie Mellon University， and her colleagues．2.（scientist） looked at young boys' and girls' brains， and found no difference in mathematical ability． Their new paper，3.（publish） in the journal Science of Learning， suggests that society is to blame4.the mistaken idea that girls aren't good at numbers．
Cantlon and her colleagues used an MRI machine5.（examine） 105 kids' brains while the kids watched an educational video．6.found that the kids' brains showed no major differences during the experiment．
This report7.（base） on a previous study in 2018， which looked at the test performance data of 500 boys and girls． The 2018 paper found no difference in their early mathematical ability，8.（suggest） that boys and girls are equally equipped to reason about mathematics during early childhood．
Cantlon hopes that people will stop being so sexist （性别歧视的） about little girls and calculators．"9.（hope）， we can change expectations of10.children can achieve in mathematics，" she says．
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High on the Qinghai---Tibet Plateau(高原)1. (lie) China’s “water tower” Sanjiangyuan. 2. is home to the head-waters of China’s three rivers. However, human activities 3.(put) this ecosystem 4. risk in recent years.
In 2016, the Chinese government set up Sanjiangyuan National Park in Qinghai province. With Sanjiangyuan 5. (take) the lead, other regions have been chosen 6. (carry) out projects that together would form a national park system. The idea 7. a national park system should be realized was approved by President Xi, who said, “Building an ecological civilization bears great 8. (significant) in the development and progress of human civilization.”
9. (hopeful), the success of Sanjiangyuan will mark the start of a 10. (green) future.
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If you’ve ever ridden public transport, you’ve probably heard snoring(打鼾) and found someone sleeping in the seat across from you. The natural vibration(震动) of buses and subways 1.(make) us feel sleepy, according to a new study in Science Alert.
Why? It’s all about sensory input-information going to your brain. On a bus, your senses give you 2.(continue) and repeating information. For example, the air conditioner and engine create constant white noise. Meanwhile, you are sitting still and your 3.(surrounding) don’t change. The vibrations of the engine are also opening. Your brain has almost no new information to process.
Repeating information will be 4.(ignore) eventually and your brain will enter a low-energy state. The fact that you fall asleep quickly with your eyes 5.(close) on a bus is because your brain gets used to all the repeat.
“When you’re tired, it doesn’t take much time 6.(start) nodding off and we’ve found that the gentle vibrations made by car seats 7. you drive can loose(使放松) your brain and body,” said Stephen Robinson, 8. researcher from the RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.
Robinson’ s team mentioned 15 volunteers’ heart rate variability(心率变异性)—a well-known indicator of sleepiness. This line of research can assist in the development of practical and relevant guidelines for limiting 9.(expose) to vibrations in the car industry. Robinson believed that the research could be helpful 10. improving road safety. “We hope that future car seat designs can build in features to disturb this lulling effect and fight vibration-induced(震动引起的) sleepiness,” he said.
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Cuju was developed in China around 500 B. C. and was played with a leather ball. It is considered by FIFA as the 1. ( early ) form of football. During the Han Dynasty, the popularity of Cuju 2. ( spread) from the army to the royal courts and upper classes. It 3. ( say) that Emperor Wu of nan enjoyed the sport. Cuju 4. ( match) were often held inside the imperial palace.
Cuju was further developed 5.. the Tang Dynasty. There were dozens of well-organized Cuju leagues in Chang'an. 6. was then the capital of the Empire. The rules, fields and facilities for Cuju became more advanced, for example, balls filled with air and Cuju goals appeared during this period. 7. was also during this age that similar games were being played in Korea and Japan, and 8. (gradual) worldwide.
Cuju was most developed during the Song Dynasty because of the social and economic development. At that time, 9. (profession) Cuju players were quite popular. They fell into two groups: One was trained by and performed for the royal court and the other talented civilians who made a 10. (live) as Cuju players.
I was touched so much. A while back, my three-year-old son and I settled back for his goodnight ____. We lay down in his little bed and he said, “Daddy, when I get big can I live with you?” I assured him he could live with me ____ he wanted to.
A moment later he said, “When you die you’re going to feel ____ on your face and it will be me touching you.” Then he ____,“I will kiss you.” He moved over, kissed me. I was aware of tears suddenly welling up in my eyes. I didn’t want to explain ____ I was crying; as I opened my eyes to look at him, he was already ____.
I spent some time looking at him, ____ the minute and wondering about the depth of the ____ I’d had. It occurred to me that I didn’t remember having much of this kind of ____ time with my father, and that this was a time that would be ____ short-lived. This time of ____ that forms a three-year-old’s life, would soon be ____. What will remain, however, will be the ____ of this short while reoccurring in my mind non-stop. It made all of the difficult ____ of being a father worthwhile.
Sometimes, being a committed (承担义务的) father can feel like you’re ____ the doorkeeper, driver, and ____ in the house. Then you will have “a ____”, one like this in which your child expresses ____, pure, and unconditional love for you.
When your kids have ____ home and you look back at these years, all of these will be strung (绑) together to ____ the memories of their lives with you.
1.A.process B.routine C.manner D.service
2.A.because B.after C.next time D.any time
3.A.nothing B.anything C.something D.everything
4.A.admitted B.concluded C.shouted D.promised
5.A.why B.how C.whether D.when
6.A.asleep B.upset C.silent D.calm
7.A.expecting B.searching C.checking D.enjoying
8.A.feeling B.idea C.sight D.view
9.A.magical B.historic C.gentle D.simple
10.A.possibly B.extremely C.originally D.frequently
11.A.cleverness B.truth C.care D.innocence
12.A.valued B.gone C.changed D.shaped
13.A.effect B.result C.scene D.mark
14.A.work B.dream C.reality D.career
15.A.also B.even C.still D.just
16.A.waiter B.cleaner C.teacher D.customer
17.A.record B.course C.period D.moment
18.A.significant B.accessible C.enough D.absolute
19.A.left B.organized C.returned D.missed
20.A.consist of B.contribute to C.make up D.count on
When Mrs, Klein told her first graders to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful, she wondered what these little _________, who lived in an underdeveloped neighborhood, actually would be _________ for. She knew that most of the class would draw pictures of turkeys (火鸡) or of _________ laid Thanksgiving tables. That was what they believed was _________ of them.
What _________ Mrs, Klein was Douglas’s picture. Douglas was so _________ and likely to be found close in her shadow as they went outside for breaks. Douglas’s _________ was simply this: A hand, _________, but whose hand? The class was _________ by his image. “I think it must be the hand of God that __________ us food,” said one student. “A ________” said another, “because they grow the turkeys.” “It looks more like a policeman, and they __________ us.” “I think,” said Lavinia, who was always so serious, “that it is supposed to be all the __________ that help us, but Douglas could only draw one of them.”
Mrs. Klein had almost __________ Douglas as she cheerfully found the class so responsive. When she had the others work on another project, she __________ his desk and asked whose hand it was. Douglas __________, “It’s yours, Teacher.” Then Mrs. Klein __________ that she had taken Douglas by the hand from time to time: she often did that with the children. __________, she never realized that it should have meant so much to Douglas ...
Perhaps, she __________, this was her Thanksgiving, and every body’s Thanksgiving—not the material things __________ to us, but the small ways that we give something to others.
1.A.children B.friends C.neighbors D.teachers
2.A.ready B.grateful C.pleased D.anxious
3.A.simply B.gently C.fully D.truly
4.A.asked B.expected C.requested D.informed
5.A.excited B.disappointed C.amused D.surprised
6.A.confident B.curious C.happy D.alone
7.A.drawing B.photo C.writing D.note
8.A.especially B.obviously C.briefly D.actually
9.A.attracted B.influenced C.frightened D.inspired
10.A.lends B.donates C.brings D.cooks
11.A.servant B.mother C.waiter D.farmer
12.A.guide B.teach C.rescue D.protect
13.A.neighbors B.hands C.classmates D.pictures
14.A.forgotten B.hugged C.praised D.forgiven
15.A.cleaned B.approached C.checked D.removed
16.A.lied B.admitted C.whispered D.added
17.A.recognized B.wondered C.remembered D.imagined
18.A.However B.Therefore C.Otherwise D.Instead
19.A.regretted B.doubted C.predicted D.thought
20.A.shown B.said C.given D.sold
