The “Missouri” program compares quite distinctly with the “Headstart” program. Without a similar focus of parent education and on the vital importance of the first three years, some evidence indicates that it will not be enough to overcome education unfairness.
1.What caused the failure of the “Headstart” program?
A. The large number of poor families.
B. The disapproval from children.
C. The late start of the program.
D. The long period of time.
2.What do we know about the “Missouri” program?
A. It focused on the children’s first school teachers.
B. It helped the children return to the same home.
C. It made the children improved in many aspects.
D. It gave the parents advice on their development.
3.According to the passage, what is likely to influence children s performance?
A. The number of family members.
B. The teacher-student relationship.
C. The intelligence of their parents.
D. The parent-child communication.
4.How does the author develop the passage?
A. By listing figures.B. By making comparisons.
C. Ry presenting ideas.D. By drawing conclusions.
Rich as a King
William 1, who conquered England some 930 years ago, had wealth, power and an army. Yet although William was very rich by the standard of his time, he had nothing like a flush toilet (抽水马桶), paper towels, or riding lawn mower (除草机). How did he get by?
History books are filled with wealthy people who were poor compared to me. I have storm windows, Croesus did not. Entire nations trembled before Alexander the Great, but he couldn’t buy cat food. Czar Nicholas lacked an electric saw.
Given how much better off I am than so many famous dead people, you’d think I’d be content. The trouble is that, like most people, I compare my wealth with that of living person: neighbors, school classmates, famous TV people. The greed I feel toward my friend Howard’s new kitchen is not reduced by the fact that no kings ever had a refrigerator with glass doors,
There is really no rising or falling standard of living. Over the centuries people simply find different things to feel sad about. You’d think that simply not having disease would put us in a good mood, but no we want a hot bath too.
Of course, one way to achieve happiness would be to realize that even by today’s standards the things I own are pretty nice. My house is smaller than the houses of many investment bankers, but even so it has a lot more rooms than my wife and I can keep clean.
Besides, to people looking back at our era from a century or two in the future, these bankers’ fancy counter tops and my awn worn Formica will seem equally shabby, I can’t keep up with my neighbors right now. But just wait.
1.What docs the underlined phrase “get by” in the first paragraph mean?
A. Succeed as a king.
B. Deal with complains.
C. Get some extra money.
D. Live in a satisfactory way.
2.How many historical figures are mentioned to compare lives in the past and present?
A. 3.B. 4.
C. 5.D. 6.
3.According to the passage, the author intends to______ .
A. tell us to be content with life
B. warn us to live in a simple way
C. leach us to learn lessons from life
D. encourage us lo struggle for wealth
4.What’s the author’s attitude towards life?
A. Doubtful.B. Optimistic.
C. Uncaring.D. Cautions.
二、七选五
In a study recently published in the journal Neuron, researchers found that super memorizers don’t have unusually large brain regions that allow them to remember a lot of information. 1. Here are a few of their favorite tricks that can help you to remember things in your everyday life.
To Remember: New words
Technique: Change routine
In a study, a group of students studied a list of words in two separate sessions. Some studied in a messy room ant some in a neat space. One group of students spent both sessions in the same room, while the other split the sessions between the two environments. During a test, the students who studied in multiple places remembered much more. 2. That includes the time of day, the music in the background, whether you sit or stand, etc.
To Remember: Your PIN
Technique: Count it out
You could use your birthday, or your phone number, but identity thieves have a way of figuring those numbers out. 3. Write a four- wort sentence. Then count the number of letters in each word. For instance, “This is my PIN” =4223.
To Remember: Faces
Technique: Focus on noses
White some super memorizes specialize in associating names with faces, the memory-palace technique doesn’t work as well if the image of the face is changed in any way. Rather than focusing on eyes, as most people do, focus on the centre or to the left of a person’s nose. 4.
To Remember: Facts & figures
Technique: 5.
To learn and remember statistics, reviewing the material repeatedly over a longer time is far more effective than repeating it in a shorter one. If your exam is in a week, study today and then again in a day or two. If it’s a month away, study today and then wait a week before your second session.
A. value exams
B. Give yourself time
C. This allows you to take in their whole face.
D. Their brain structures are in fact the same as the rest of ours.
E. Instead, try this tip from Dominic, an eight-time World Memory Champion.
F. The theory is that your brain links the words to the environment around you.
G. Studies showed that varying other aspects of your environment can also help.
三、完形填空
Being jobless for the last three months, I am upset nowadays. My son has lost his ______ from a good school and he might have to go to a less qualified school. I have moved from a spacious (宽敞的) apartment to a small one in order to ______ my living expenses. My wife has built extra stress. On top of that, my father in-law ______ a week ago, which has added fuel to fire, ______ our family into a more terrible state.
In these circumstances I have two mental ______: either to feel upset and keep losing my peace of mind, or ______ my negative thoughts with super mental powers about self-confidence and consistency, and ______ applying for new jobs with positive attitude.
I choose the second option because I believe that the pain I am ______ today will build up my ______ . My strengths will then increases my confidence and make me a good times make me a ______ man one day. I understand that good and bad stages are part of ______ . While good times make me happy, bad times ______ the ‘inner’ me.
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