1 . If there is no difference in general intelligence between boys and girls, what can explain girls’ poor performance in science and math?
It has been suggested that girls do not take math courses, not because they are difficult, but for social reasons. Girls do not want to be in open competition with boys because they are afraid to appear less feminine (女性的) and attractive (有魅力的).
However, there are still more high-achieving boys than girls when taking math exams. This difference appears to be worldwide. Biological explanations have been offered for this, but there are other explanations too.
Perhaps the difference which comes out during the teenage years has its roots in much earlier experiences. From their first days in kindergarten, boys are encouraged to work on their own and to complete tasks. Facts show that outstanding mathematicians and scientists have not had teachers who gave answers.
Besides, there can be little doubt that teachers of math and science expect their boy students to do better at these subjects than their girl students. They even appear to encourage the difference between boys and girls. They spend more time with the boy students, giving them more time to answer questions and working harder to get correct answers from them. They are more likely to call on boys for answers and to allow them to take the lead in classroom discussion. They also praise boys more frequently. All of this seems to encourage boys to work harder in science and math and to give them confidence that they are able to succeed.
Such a way of teaching is not likely to encourage girls to take many math and science courses, nor is it likely to support girls who do. When it comes to these subjects it seems certain that school widens the difference between boys and girls.
1. Why does the author raise a question in paragraph 1?| A．To find differences between boys and girls. |
| B．To explain the poor performance of girls. |
| C．To ask readers a question. |
| D．To introduce the topic. |
| A．biological | B．personal | C．social | D．historical |
| A．Their teachers did not offer answers to them. |
| B．They started learning math at an earlier age. |
| C．They showed mathematical abilities in their teenage years. |
| D．Their success resulted from their strong interest in math. |
| A．boys and girls learn in the same way |
| B．boys and girls are equal in general intelligence |
| C．girls are more confident in themselves than before |
| D．girls should take fewer science courses than boys |
The Internet makes shopping at home convenient. However, for many, the attraction of shopping can turn into
Researchers from the Hannover Medical School have termed the illness “Buying Shopping Disorder” (BSD). The researchers say this condition should be recognized by the medical profession as an illness and should not
Last month, Dr. Megan and her team
3 . Nowadays, kuakuaqun or praise groups have become more and more popular on the Internet, Their aim is to comfort young people. These groups provide words of support for those who are unhappy.
Spending just a little money, you can enter such a group. Share your problems or success, and you will receive positive messages soon. These messages, mostly from strangers, will help you feel better. A leader of one of the groups talks about his first purpose, “I want to help people learn to praise others and accept others, praise.”
I like the idea of kuakuaqun. However, I think getting praise from strangers online isn’t very useful in the long run. This is especially true when you are paying for the praise. These people don’t know you, so the praise may not be earnest. Real and meaningful praise comes from the people you know.
With this in mind, we should try to praise our friends and family members when they need some encouragement. Simply saying to a classmate, ‘I like you’, can lift his or her confidence. Being kind to others is easy. And it adds the necessary sweetness to make everyone’s life better.
1. Words of support of kuakuaqun are mainly from _________.| A．Students | B．Strangers | C．Relatives | D．classmates |
| A．to fight with others | B．to make friends with others |
| C．to draw some pictures | D．to praise others and accept others’ praise |
| A．勇敢的. | B．大量的. | C．真诚的. | D．虚拟的. |
| A．a book | B．a magazine | C．a computer | D．an online group |
Nowadays, social networking addiction has become a rising concern. Social networking addiction is a phrase sometimes used
Addiction usually refers to habitual
In that context, a social networking addict could
But it is hard to tell when fondness for
5 . Cheating can happen in a lot of different ways. When people cheat, it’s not fair to other people, like the kids who studied for the test or who were the true winners of a game.
Many people like the action of cheating. It makes difficult things seem easy, like getting all the right answers on the test. But it doesn’t solve the problem of not knowing the material and it won’t help on the next test --- unless the person cheats again.
Some people lose respect for cheaters and think less of them. The cheaters themselves may feel bad because they know they are not really earning that good grade. And, if they get caught cheating, they will be in trouble at school, and maybe at home, too.
Some kids cheat because they’re busy or lazy and they want to get good grades without spending the time studying. Other kids might feel like they can’t pass the test without cheating. Even when there seems to be a “good reason” for cheating, cheating isn’t a good idea.
If you were sick or upset about something the night before and couldn’t study, it would be better to talk with the teacher about this. And if you don’t have enough time to study for a test because of swimming practice, you need to talk with your parents about how to balance swimming and school.
A kid who thinks cheating is the only way to pass a test needs to talk with the teacher and his or her parents so they can find some solutions (解决办法) together. Talking about these problems and working them out will feel better than cheating.
1. The author thinks that when kids cheat in class, _______.| A．it is unfair to other people | B．it does harm to their heath |
| C．teachers should punish them | D．teachers shouldn’t stop them at once |
| A．the material in the test is very difficult |
| B．they want to do better than the others |
| C．cheating can make hard things seem very easy |
| D．they have little time to study their lessons |
| A．cheating isn’t a good idea | B．why kids cheat in the test |
| C．some kids can’t pass the test without cheating | D．some kids don’t spend the time studying |
6 . Although problems are a part of our lives, it certainly doesn't mean that we let them rule our lives forever. One day or another, you'll have to stand up and say—problems, I don't want you in my life.
But good news is that all problems can be dealt with. Now read on to know how to solve your problems.
Talk, it really helps. What most of us think is that our problem can be understood only by us and that no talking is going to help.
Write your problems.
Don't lose faith and hope. No matter what you lose in life, don't lose faith and hope. Even if you lose all your money, family…you should still have faith.
Your problems aren't the worst. No matter what problem you get in life, there are another one million people whose problems are huger than yours.
Go about and solve your problems because every problem, however big or small, always has a way out.
| A．Of course, we've been fighting troubles ever since we were born. |
| B．When we have a problem, a pressing, critical, urgent, life-threatening problem, how do we try and solve it？ |
| C．Having a personal diary can also be of huge help if you don't want a real person to talk with. |
| D．But the truth is that when you talk about it, you're setting free the negative energies that have been gathering within you. |
| E．We can often overcome the problem and achieve the goal by making a direct attack. |
| F．Tell yourself：when they can deal with them, why can't I？ |
| G．With faith and hope, you can rebuild everything that you lose. |
China has banned mobile phones in schools in order to protect students’ eyesight and prevent them from becoming
The Ministry of Education said the ban was designed to help students focus
A lot of children in China use their smartphones to access the internet. According to a report from China Internet Network Information Centre, 74% of children and adolescents under
The ban has become a hot topic on social media, with thousands of netizens
French lawmakers also
8 . Should schools report a student’s health to parents?
As if grades weren’t enough to worry about, some students now have weight on their minds too. The number of overweight children in the United States has more than doubled in the past 20 years, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As a result, schools in several states, from California to Pennsylvania, have started sending home "BMI report cards". Those schools send home a report of a student’s body mass index (BMI). BMI is a calculation of weight and height that tells whether a person is overweight for his or her age.
Some lawmakers say BMI reports warn parents of their children s health problem help fight against obesity. In 2003, former Arkansas Governor. Mike Huckabee helped launch the first program to report students’ BMI.
| A．Should schools send home BMI reports? |
| B．Obesity rates in that state have since stopped increasing. |
| C．Since then children with heart disease have received the reports. |
| D．Not everyone thinks that reporting students’ BMI is a good idea. |
| E．Schools agree that more activities are required for students to control weight. |
| F．Being obese, or severely overweight, can lead to health problems later in life. |
| G．Some people argue that schools that label students overweight are acting unfairly. |
9 . Electric scooter(小型摩托车) sharing, which once looked like it would completely change traffic in large cities around the world, is turning out to create just about as many problems as it solves.
When scooters began to appear on city streets, they were considered as a way to solve traffic problems. It was thought that many people would take scooters instead of driving, alleviating traffic, pollution, and parking problems.
Companies put lots of scooters in popular locations around busy cities. Customers use smartphones to find and rent the scooters. It usually costs about $1 to unlock a scooter and then about 15 to 25 cents for every 15 minutes after that. When customers finish, they simply park the scooters in any place that’s convenient. Scooter companies can lock, unlock, and follow scooters over the Internet. But some people worry because this lets scooter companies collect information on where riders go.
As scooters became popular, competition quickly grew between companies trying to get riders to use their scooters. The companies often didn’t even check with cities before they began leaving thousands of scooters on city streets. Soon scooters were being left almost everywhere.
Scooters weren’t just in the way, they were also dangerous. Scooters can go as fast as 16 miles per hour. They’re too fast for sidewalks and can put walkers in danger.
People began to get injured. US government scientists studied nearly 200 people who got injured in a three-month period in Austin, Texas. Around half of them had head injuries. About 15% had serious brain injuries.
Sadly, scooters aren’t as good for the environment as many people thought. That’s partly because of the materials and effort needed to make them. Collecting, recharging (充电)，and returning the scooters also cause pollution.
Scooters have become a very popular way to get around many big cities, but it will take time and effort to make scooters fit in safely with big city traffic.
1. What does the underlined word “alleviating” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?| A．Changing. | B．Increasing. |
| C．Looking into. | D．Cutting down on. |
| A．Scooter companies are making lots of money. |
| B．Many people think scooters are not cheap to use. |
| C．Customers now can find scooters almost everywhere. |
| D．Some people think scooter riders’ privacy is not protected. |
| A．Scooters were dangerous for people. |
| B．Scooters were usually put in wrong places： |
| C．Scooters were easy to ride but too fast for sidewalks. |
| D．Scooters were not as good for the environment as people had thought. |
| A．Scooters bring changes |
| B．Time to jump on a scooter! |
| C．Are scooters good for cities? |
| D．The future of electric scooters |
10 .
Researchers at Syracuse University in New York tried to answer that question. They came up with some surprising answers. People who post selfies and use editing software to make themselves look better show behavior connected to admiring themselves too much, the Syracuse researchers said.
Other findings from the study include: There are no major differences on how often men and women post selfies and how often they use editing software.
The Newhouse School's Associate Professor Makana Chock worked on the study. She said, posting selfies on social media is not all that different from what people have done for many years. On trips, our parents and grandparents used cameras to take photos. Before social media, people would bring back photos to show friends and family. You had no choice but to look at them. If you are a nice person, you commented about how nice everyone in the photos looked, especially children and the person showing the photos.
On social media, it is a different experience. People can decide not to look at photos of their friends and family even if they click "like" even "love" under the Facebook selfie.
| A．Why do people take "selfies?" |
| B．That was the old way of "clicking" like. |
| C．Different people have different opinions about it. |
| D．Such people think very highly of themselves, especially how they look. |
| E．Both cameras and phones are useful tools to record people's experiences. |
| F．But men desire to be seen as popular more than women when posting selfies. |
| G．There are other reasons, besides admiring themselves, why people post selfies. |
