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Sitting on exercise balls brings more than a smile to students and teachers.
Some fourth-graders at Conrad Weiser West Elementary School in Womelsdorf love their new
chairs--probably because they"re not really chairs at all. The kids are sitting on the air-filled balls. But
different from those just for exercise, these have small legs that keep them from rolling. Sitting on a chair
all day in school can make anyone want to move around. So, more and more teachers are letting students
have a ball. By using exercise balls instead of common chairs, teachers find students" posture (姿势) and
attention improved.
Dotti Pownall, a fifth-grader teacher in West Virginia, has been using balls as chairs since December
2008."The students love them." she says. Pownall took a survey of her students. She found that 80 percent,
thought sitting on the balls helped them concentrate (专注) better: "Besides, they"re fun," says Pownall.
According to WittFitt, a company that has sold balls to more than 200 schools, they can improve kids"
posture and classroom behavior.
Exercise ball chairs are getting popular in classrooms, from preschool to college. Some adults (成人)
even use them at work. Lisa Witt felt so strongly about the use of balls as chairs that she started WittFitt.
She said the company not only encourages the use of balls but also educates teachers and students on how
to use them."We sell balls in 24 states in America, three provinces in Canada and Japan." says Witt.
B. make students smarter
C. keep students moving around
D. help students become fit
B. sells balls in 24 countries
C. was set up by Lisa Witt
D. is famous around the world
B. Pownall works as a teacher
C. students hate exercise balls
D. exercise balls are filled with sand
B. the use of exercise balls
C. the number of exercise balls
D. the inventor of exercise balls
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to clear these mines. About 50 people including many children were killed or hurt each day. In 2003, APOPO,
a Duch research company that trains the animals, came up with the idea of using rats to search for the mines.
The animal trainers found that a kind of rats from Africa were clever and had a sharp sense of smell. The
rats were about 75 cm long and weighted about 1.35 kg. light enough to run across a minefield without setting
off the mines.
In January 2004, the APOPO startec this preject. First, the trainers let the 4-week-old baby rats get familier
with humans. A few weeks later, the rats were no longer afraid of people and the things around them. Then they
were trained to connect a click sound with food. After the rats had learned that, the trainers then taught them to
tell the different between the smell of mines and other smells.When the rats could do it, the click was sounded
and they were given a bit of bananas. The method was called clicker training. "The training isn"t easy." said the
trainer Adulish Mebomvu. "You have to be patient.Sometimes I get angry,but then again.I tell myself these are
animals."
After nine months" training, the rats were taken to 4 minefield. They ran across the minefield, stopped, sat
and searched the ground to tell the deminers that they smelt out a mine. Then the mine was cleared.It had taken
two deminers a day to clear a 200 m2 minefield. But with the help of two rats they could finish it in two hours.
The rats and the deminers saved thousands of lives. "The rats did this job much better than we expected. So
far they have helpde to make almost 2.000.000 m2 of land safe. They are heroes." said Bart Woetjcds, the head
of the APOPO.
B. animals
C. minea
D. bananas
B. clever
C. brave
D. serious
B. One day
C. Four weeks
D. Nine month
B. The APOPO started to train the rats is January 2004.
C. The trainers gave the rats food after they smelt out a mine.
D. The rats and the deminres saved thousands of livers.
When you hear the word "scitentist", what do you think of? Many people think scientist are people in
clean white coats who work in labs. And some scientists do work in labs. But there are 1 scientist who
work in woods and jungles. These scientists are called "animal behavior (行为) scientists", and they study
animals as they live in nature.
Why don"t these scientists catch animals and study them in zoos? The 2 is in the word"behavior".
Animals behavior scientists want to learn 3 animal behave in their wild homes. When animals live in cages
(笼子) or in zoos, they do not act the same as they do when they are 4 . They may fight 5 each other, or
they may not eat, or they may not raise (抚养) their babies as they usually would. To see real animal behavior,
scitentists must go where the animals 6 .
So animal behavior scientists go into the jungles, the woods or the desert. There, their most important 7
are their eyes and ears. They watch and listen to the animals very 8 . They write down everything that
happened in notebook. 9 they live near the animals, the scientists are careful not to frighten them. If the
scientists are luncky, the animals will 10 no attention to them. Then the scientists can see how the animals
really live.
The behavior scientists hope what they"ve learned about animal behavoir can provide clues (提供线索) to
help people learn to live together more happily.
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| Many students ask for advice about improving their English. There are three basic questions. The first question is about real English. Li Hao from Hubei wrote, "I enjoy watching English films and listening to real English songs. But it takes a long time. What do you think?" This is a great way to learn English! Talk about the film or song with your friends, and guess the meaning of the new words. Just enjoy yourself! The second question is about speaking. Sam, from Suzhou wrote, "Our school has a foreign teacher. But I"m shy and can"t speak to her. What should I do?" When I visit China, lots of people in the street say, "Hello! How are you? Where are you from? Do you like China?" These are good questions to start a conversation. Many people are shy when they speak English, so before you begin, take a deep breath and smile! Smiling always helps. The third question is about vocabulary. Olive, from Anhui wrote, "I want to remember all the new words. I wrote them down, but I forget them quickly. What should I do?" Try to remember eight or nine words a day. Write them on pieces of paper and place them in your bedroom. Say the words when you see them, and change them every day. And when you"re shopping, how about counting the English words, or saying the English names for everything you see? | |||
| 1. How many basic questions do the students often ask? | |||
| A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five. | |||
| 2. What should you do if you are shy to speak English? | |||
| A. Watch English films. B. Write down the words first. C. Listen to real English songs. D. Take a deep breath and smile before you begin? | |||
| 3. What is Oliver"s problem? | |||
| A. He"s too shy to talk with others. B. He"s not able to count English words. C. He can"t remember new words. D. He doesn"t know what real English is. | |||
| 4. What"s the best title of this passage? | |||
| A. How to learn English B. Talking about English films C. Advice about English writing D. The way of beginning an English conversation | |||
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| Today there are 6 billion people on the earth. By the year 2050 there may be 12.5 billion. This means we need more food. One way to produce more food is by growing stronger plants. For thousands of years, farmers have made plants better. Every season, they pick the best plants for the next season. It works very slowly. Since 1983, scientists have been able to change plants more quickly by changing their genetic material (遗传物质). Foods from plants grown in this way are called genetically modified foods (转基因食品), or GM foods. By changing the genetic material of a plant, it is possible to make new plants. They make plants which are strong against plant diseases. They can also help in our diseases: a kind of rice is being prepared (准备), for example, which stops people from becoming blind. Rich countries produce GM food because they are easy to grow and bring in more money. Poor countries are interested in them because they help produce more food. GM plants are not natural. No one knows how good or bad they are. Making GM foods is only one way of feeding people in 2050. There are strong feelings against them, because they are unnatural. They may feed people, then hurt them or their children later. But, both rich and poor countries are very interested in their use, and they are not going to go away. In 2050 we may think differently about them. | |||
| 1. GM foods are made by _____. | |||
| A. farmers B. workers C. scientists D. plants | |||
| 2. What are the good things about GM foods? | |||
| A. They make plants strong against diseases. B. They are unnatural. C. They can help in human diseases. D. Both A and C. | |||
| 3. GM foods _____. | |||
| A. are a quick way to produce food B. grow in the wild C. are safe D. are grown only in rich countries | |||
| 4. Why do some people not like GM foods? | |||
| A. They are not useful. B. They are not helpful. C. They are not natural. D. They are not cheap. | |||
| 5. From the reading we know that _____. | |||
| A. GM foods will disappear one day in the future B. GM foods will not disappear in the future C. people will not be interested in GM food D. people will have to stop using GM food | |||
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Read the suggestions for making an English speech.
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