Joe Clark was a non-traditional high school principal, whose unusual way of carrying out rules became the subject of a 1989 Hollywood movie. He gained national attention for his leadership at Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey.
“You are not inferior.” is what Clark would often tell his students, many of whom were African American or Latino. They grew up in a difficult environment and faced violence, drugs and troubled family life which could prevent them from succeeding in school and in life.
Before becoming an educator, Clark served in the U.S. Amy Reserve. His experience might have influenced how he ran his school. He was known to walk around with a bull horn and a baseball bat. In Clark's first days of working, he expelled 300 students for breaking school rules. The students who remained at school believed that higher expectations were being placed on them. They felt more pressure to perform better.
Some praised his efforts at discipline while others criticized his methods. President Ronald Reagan offered Clark a White House policy adviser position after his success at the high school. In 1988, one teacher, said his methods were more like being in a labor camp than a public high school. In 1989, actor Morgan Freeman played Clark in the movie “Lean on Me.” That movie was based on Clark's experiences at Eastside. “Joe was a father figure to school kid,” Freeman said. “He was the best of the best in terms of education.” Recently, one of Joe Clark's former students, Thomas McEntyre said, “I never really got a chance to... thank him. We are your product. You did not fail us. No matter whether you kicked me out, you did not fail me. You bettered me."
After he retired from Eastside in 1989, Clark wrote a book called “Laying Down the Law: Joe Clark's Strategy for Saving Our Schools.” He described how he managed to turn Eastside High from a failing school into a success.
1. By saying “You are not inferior” to his students, Joe Clark meant to_________.| A．make the students face the reality | B．lead the students to accept themselves |
| C．press the students not to make mistakes | D．encourage the students to better themselves |
| A．Drew out. | B．Kicked out. | C．Brought out. | D．Smoothed out. |
| A．The president | B．One teacher. | C．Morgan Freeman. | D．Thomas McEntyre. |
| A．Tough and unique. | B．Demanding and humorous. |
| C．Kind and considerate. | D．Well-meaning and professional. |
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【推荐1】College is a lifetime investment(投资)—the gift of a college education can open the door to a world of opportunity for your child or grandchild. Savings(储蓄), even not so many at a time, can make a big difference.
With the cost of a college education continuing to rise, the key is to start saving early and regularly. By saving a set(固定的) amount at set times, your money can grow as your child does. According to the College Board, the average cost for four-year public colleges has increased by nearly 51% over the last 10 years and these costs will almost certainly continue to rise. Saving for college can help with the increasing cost of a college education and help you be well prepared when your child is ready for college.
Saving for your child's college education is an investment in their future. The savings you make today will pay off in increased earnings(收入) in the future. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, college graduates earn an average of $1 million more than high school graduates during their careers. The value of your investment in a college education will continue to grow for a lifetime.
Set your college saving goals realistically(现实地). You may not be able to save enough for all four years' fees, but you could save enough to give your child the right start.
More and more families depend on student loans(贷款) to pay for college. By saving for college, families will have less burden of paying off loans and help their children leave school without worrying about paying off loans.
1. From the second paragraph we can learn that .| A．the College Board increased public college costs |
| B．public college costs will increase by 51% in the next ten years |
| C．it's not too late to start saving when your child is ready for college |
| D．saving can help deal with the rising cost of college education |
| A．will increase in the value in the future |
| B．make one earn a lot |
| C．help create good jobs |
| D．are wise for businessmen to invest |
| A．You should save to help children get scholarships more easily. |
| B．It's better to increase the savings as the child grows. |
| C．It's better to save early and regularly. |
| D．You should set a further and bigger saving goal. |
| A．Parents. | B．High school students. |
| C．Educators. | D．Bankers. |
| A．When to Save for Children's College Costs |
| B．How to Make a Good Investment |
| C．Why We Should Save for Children's College Costs |
| D．How Much Four-Year College Costs |
【推荐2】Jonathan Cranwell sat on a hard bench behind the long narrow desk and watched the flies fly lazily in the sun. The drone of the younger boys reading letters and the older boys reciting Latin verbs made him sleepy. Jonathan had to force his eyes to stay open. He wanted to learn something new!
He looked up at the schoolmaster’s high desk in the front of the room. The new teacher was from Harvard College. Jonathan’s father had been impressed with him. The boys had already had several other teachers, but none of them seemed to inspire Jonathan. So far, there was nothing to show that this one was special , though he’d only been there two days.
“It’s too hot to sit and memorize lessons,” the schoolmaster said. “We’ll move outdoors for the next part of our lesson.” He led the group of boys into the schoolyard. “You younger boys, dig for grubs and beetles ( 幼虫和甲虫). Count their feet. See if you can describe their shells”
Jonathan watched the teacher surrounded by laughing young students. No one had ever used the schoolyard itself for a classroom. “What next ?” he thought. He didn’t have time to think about the younger boys, for he was running after butterflies and dragonflies himself.
Jonathan and his friends liked this new way of learning.
“It will be a clear night tonight. Go outside and look at the sky,” said the schoolmaster. “Look at the stars and notice their brightness and the patterns they make. These patterns have names from Greek mythology(神话), names like Orion, Aries, and others. Tomorrow we will learn about the ancient stories on them.”
“How is the new schoolmaster ?” asked Jonathan’s father that evening, when Jonathan announced he was going out to look at the sky.
“He’s different from any other schoolmaster we’ve had,” Jonathan admitted. “He seems interested in everything around him, and he wants us to be curious too. He even used the schoolyard as a classroom!”
“So Mr. John Adams and his new ways make school useful to you after all,” joked Jonathan’s father.
“I believe he has,” said Jonathan. “I know I won’t forget the lessons he has taught us!”
1. What does the underlined word “drone” in Paragraph 1 mean ?| A．Clear speaking voices | B．Continuous low dull sounds |
| C．Enthusiastic responses | D．High spirits |
| A．“Go outside and look at the sky,… ” |
| B．“ See if you can describe their shells.” |
| C．“ It’s too hot to sit and memorize lessons,…” |
| D．“Tomorrow we will learn about the ancient stories…” |
| A．Mr. Cranwell had met the new schoolmaster |
| B．Jonathan had previously complained about school |
| C．Mr. Cranwell was not satisfied with the new ways |
| D．Jonathan had shown his father his homework |
| A．Science is all around us. |
| B．School provides us with the best education. |
| C．Homework is an important part of education. |
| D．There is more than one way to learn. |
【推荐3】Mobile phones have become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have prevented students from carrying mobile phone during school hours.
Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, and more students will want them.
Mary Bluett, an official, said mobile phone use is a distraction to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.
She said some schools had tried not to let students use mobile phones at school. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn't get in touch with their children.
Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school offices. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school. They were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.
Many people say that they understood why parents would want their children to have mobile phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.
1. Middle school students are prevented from carrying mobile phones ________.| A．because they often talk with their friends |
| B．when they are free from homework |
| C．when they are at school |
| D．because they cheat in exams |
| A．by telling lies to their parents | B．by making trouble in class |
| C．from some mobile phone users | D．from their parents and friends |
| A．Something that makes you happy. | B．Something that takes away your attention. |
| C．Something that makes you focused. | D．Something that makes you crazy. |
| A．No school in Australia has done anything about the mobile phone use among students. |
| B．Teachers don't allow the students to leave their mobile phones at school offices. |
| C．Some students had their mobile phones stolen at school. |
| D．Parents give their children mobile phones for no good reason. |
| A．students shouldn't have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons |
| B．it is impossible to stop students from using mobile phone at school |
| C．some parents felt unhappy because they couldn't use their phones at school |
| D．parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school hours |
【推荐1】A form of gene therapy that is already being trialled in patients with Parkinson’s disease might provide a treatment for severe alcohol addiction.
Alcohol misuse is the biggest risk factor for death, disability and ill health among people aged 15 to 49 in the UK, responsible for 9,641 deaths during 2021. Like other addictive substances, alcohol triggers the release of a feelgood chemical in the brain called dopamine. However, long-term drinking decreases dopamine release, and people who are addicted to alcohol don’t tend to feel pleasure in drinking it any more. “It seems that they’re drinking more because they feel a need to maintain a drunk state,” said Prof Kathleen Grant at Oregon Health and Science University.
The idea of the gene therapy was to try to reset this dopamine reward pathway by enhancing the function of brain cells that synthesize dopamine. Like humans, some macaque monkeys are more likely to drink heavily than others: if you begin to offer them the choice of 5% alcohol alongside their regular food and water, some monkeys will eventually almost always choose the alcohol. Grant and her colleagues wondered whether resetting their dopamine reward pathways might contain their desire to drink alcohol. To do this, they used a harmless virus to deliver the gene for a protein called glial-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) to an area of the brain that is involved in addiction and reward. “We targeted the cell bodies that produce dopamine with this gene to increase dopamine synthesis, thus supplementing or restoring what long-term drinking has taken away,” Grant said.
The research, which was published in Nature Medicine, found that the macaques permanently started overexpressing dopamine and decreased their alcohol consumption by up to 90%. “We are entering an era of gene therapy for neurological disorders and perhaps mental disorders, and I think this study is very promising in that direction.” Grant said.
She added that animal studies are needed before the technique could be tested on humans. Also, because the gene therapy procedure involves brain surgery, it would probably only ever be used in the most severe cases of alcohol addiction.
1. Why do severe alcohol addicts drink more?| A．Because they long for desired pleasure. |
| B．Because they have a form of gene defect. |
| C．Because they want to escape from reality. |
| D．Because they suffer from deadly disability. |
| A．Stimulate. | B．Produce. | C．Charge. | D．Delay. |
| A．The life habit of macaque monkeys. |
| B．The way to control alcohol addiction. |
| C．The working mechanism of dopamine. |
| D．The function of the protein called GDNF. |
| A．Employ it to treat severe alcohol addiction only. |
| B．Replace it with more efficient methods if necessary. |
| C．Confirm its effectiveness with more tests on humans. |
| D．Put it into widespread use on other common species. |
【推荐2】There’s a lot being said out there about the state of women in this country. The gender gap still exists when it comes to salary, confidence, happiness, and the number of women in the C-suite and science. Women aren’t as happy as they were in the 1970s, and their happiness relative to that of men has taken a nosedive (暴跌).
But it’s not all doom and gloom (无望). A recent study shows there’s one career path in which women’s happiness is greater than men’s: entrepreneurship. One out of every 10 women in the U.S. today is starting or running her own business. More than a third of those women want to expand their business beyond five employees. Women with established businesses ranked their happiness nearly three times as high as women who are not entrepreneurs.
Women are most likely to run or start a business between the ages of 35 and 44 — a period in which moms are more likely to be taking care of young kids at home. The flexibility of entrepreneurship may very well attract such women during this busy time in their lives. “Our research found that the benefits of entrepreneurship are beyond economic and social value,”professor Donna Kelley and the lead author of the report said. “Clearly, entrepreneurship provides women with a most satisfying career choice.”
The happiness doesn’t translate for women just getting started with their business, who report lower levels of happiness than women working for an employer, though still slightly higher levels than men in the same position as them. The reason for this may very well be the gender confidence gap. As women’s businesses mature and become more successful, their levels of happiness surge. “Confidence is a belief in one’s ability to succeed, a belief that stimulates action. In turn, taking action improves one’s belief in one’s ability to succeed.”they write.
And the links between confidence and happiness are plentiful. The happiness-success link exists not only because success makes people happy, but also because positive emotion creates success. For women, entrepreneurial success may be the key to a happy career. And as more women start and run their own businesses, the world may just be a happier place.
1. It can be known that women’s happiness levels ________.| A．are the same as those of five decades ago. |
| B．are much lower than those of five decades ago. |
| C．are much higher than those of five years ago. |
| D．are a little lower than those of five years ago. |
| A．Male bosses. | B．Jobless females. | C．Female bosses. | D．Male employees. |
| A．Optimistic. | B．Doubtful. | C．Objective. | D．Negative. |
| A．Increase. | B．Disappear. | C．Decrease. | D．Remain. |
| A．There are secrets to female entrepreneurial success. |
| B．The close happiness-success connection and its active effect on women. |
| C．More women will start to run their own business in the future. |
| D．There is a close connection between happiness and success. |
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