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children, a study found.
Research uncovered that one in five parents has got rid of old literature such as Snow White and the
Seven Dwarves and Rapunzel in favor of more modern books.
One third of parents said their children have been left in tears after hearing the gruesome details of
Little Red Riding Hood.
And nearly half of mothers and fathers refuse to read Rumplesliltshin to their kids as the themes of the
story are kidnapping and killing.
Similarly, Goldilocks and the Three Bears was also a tale likely to be left on the book shelf as parents
felt it forgives stealing.
The survey of 2,000 adults was completed to mark the launch of the hit US drama GRIMM ( 格林
童话剧) , which starts tonight at 9pm on Watch, and sees six drama series based on traditional fairytales.
The survey found a quarter of parents questioned wouldn"t consider reading fairytales to their kids.
And 52 percent of the parents said Cinderella didn"t send a good message to their children as it
describes a young woman doing housework all day.
Steve Hornsey, General Manager of Watch, said: "Bedtime stories are supposed to calm children
down and send them off to sleep soundly.But as we see in GMMM, fairytales can be dark and dramatic
so it"s understandable that parents worry about reading them to young children.As adults we can see the
innocence in fairytales, but a five - year - old child could take them too literally.Despite the dark nature of
classic fairytales as we see in GRIMM, good will defeat evil and there is always a moral to the story."
The study also found two thirds of mums and dads try to avoid stories which might give their children
nightmares.The most popular book read at bedtime is now "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle.
However half of parents said traditional tales are "more likely to have a strong moral message than a
lot of modern kids" books, such as The Gruffato, The Hungary Caterpillar and the Mr. Men books.
B. they are terrifying
C. they encourage stealing, kidnapping and killing
D. they are tired of answering questions
B. Very amusing
C. Very disappointing
D. Very amazing
B. The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Little Red Riding Hood.
C. The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Mr. Men
D. Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Cinderella
might ______.
B. dislike it because it is scary
C. believe exactly what the tale says
D. feel there is a moral to the story
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birds such as the cuckoo (布谷鸟), whose song announces the arrival of warm weather in Britain, are
dropping in numbers.
A typical migrant bird (候鸟) from Africa, cuckoo may no longer make its annual appearance in the
woodlands in Britain, says a scientist. Numbers of migrant birds from Africa have declined seriously in
the UK since 1995.For cuckoos the figure is 44%.The call of the cuckoo could be silenced in the near
future.
The real problem is that there are so many different possible causes for the loss-which makes it
difficult to find out the real reasons for their decline and to prepare plans to put things right.
The loss could be the result of changes in farmland use in Britain which are affecting the way cuckoos
breed (繁殖) when they arrive here in spring. On top of changes of land use, scientists suspect that many
cuckoos are finding it increasingly difficult to feed themselves when they come to breed in Britain. The
large insects they eat have dropped rapidly in number here.
Climate change might be another important reason. Migrant cuckoos arrive and breed at times which
are no longer the best periods when food, such as insects, is available. Climate changes also affect timings of breeding cycles.
Or the loss could be due to the increase of human populations in Africa and the destruction of natural
living environment where they make their homes in winter.
Apart from these, the killing takes place in spring and autumn when cuckoos, flying from and to
Africa, cross islands in the Mediterranean Sea. They are shot in their hundreds of thousands by hunters
who just enjoy killing them for the "sport" .It is against the European Union law, but that doesn"t stop it
happening.
Sheehan, a scientist, said, cuckoos "arrive in our countryside just as the first good weather arrives.
We associate them with spring and warmth. That is why they appear so often in old English stories. They
are part of our culture-which makes the decline in their number so worrying."
B. Cuckoos may rarely be seen in Britain.
C. Cuckoos may appear every two years.
D. Cuckoos may come back to the woodlands.
B. know few possible causes for the loss
C. have plans to put things right
D. doubt if the data are accurate
B. Cuckoos" main food is getting less.
C. Policies on land use have changed.
D. Human population increases rapidly.
B. Climate Change: A Danger to Cuckoos
C. Spring May Lose Song of Cuckoos
D. A Song for England"s Cuckoos
to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach
handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One study
published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach
handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10-15 minutes a day,
and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day - which really for handwriting is
pretty much.
Many adults remember learning that way - by copying letters over and over again. Today"s thinking is
that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by
itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why
we write.
Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility, which means forming the letters so they can be read.
The other is fluency-writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high
school.
But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids
have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of
computers and voice recognition programs.
But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially
in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive(草体字), which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board,
which administers the SAT college admission test. More than 75 percent of students choose to print their
essay on the test rather than write in cursive.
B. most teachers prefer to teach handwriting
C. teachers spend little time in teaching handwriting
D. a keyboard has taken the place of the handwriting entirely
B. The letters are repeated many times.
C. Handwriting includes two skills.
D. To write in cursive is taught first.
B. Right or wrong: the death of handwriting
C. Handwriting involves two skills
D. Handwriting lessons are on the way out
B. objective
C. critical
D. optimistic
online games and your mobile – or would you easily survive?
Recently, university students around the world were asked to volunteer in a global experiment called
Unplugged. It was designed to see how young people would react if they were asked to observe a total
media ban by unplugging all forms of media devices for 24 hours.
Unplugged is being run by Dr Roman Gerodimos, a lecturer in Communication and Journalism at
Bournemouth University. The experiment is now over but he doesn"t yet know the full findings.
However, during the experiment, Dr Gerodimos said there were already signs of how much the exercise
affected volunteers. He said: "They"re reporting withdrawal symptoms (症状), overeating, feeling
nervous, isolated and disconnected." During their 24-hour painful experience, three of the experiment"s
guinea pigs had to endure one intrusion (侵扰) from the media: a BBC reporter plus cameraman who
followed them around for the day. They were asked to write down 100 lines about their day offline, but
of course, they all waited until the next day when they had access to their laptops. Elliot Day wrote:
"Today, my whole morning routine was thrown up into the air. Despite being aware of the social
importance of the media, I was surprised by how empty my life felt without the radio or newspapers.
" From Caroline Scott, we read: "I didn"t expect it, but being prevented from the media for 24 hours
resulted in my day-to-day activities becoming so much harder to carry out than usual… I didn"t break
out in a cold sweat like our lecturer expected us all to, but it"s not something I would like to do again!
" And Charlotte Gay wrote: "I have to say the most difficult item for me to be without has been my
mobile; not only is it a social tool, it"s my main access point of communication."
Earlier in the year, a UK government study found that in the UK we spend about half our waking
hours using the media, often plugged into several things at once. And a recent study by Nielson found
that on average, US teenagers send and receive over 3,000 texts per month-that"s about six texts per
waking hour. So, with technology continuing to develop at an alarming rate, how much time will you set
aside for sleep in the future?
B. To entertain the readers.
C. To lead to the topic.
D. To present an idea.
B. volunteers didn"t want to eat anything
C. the experiment was still going on
D. volunteers were allowed to take their laptops
B. was completely disturbed
C. turned out perfect
D. was badly designed
B. Unplugging Your Life
C. Valuing Social Communication
D. Setting Aside Time for Sleep
California. "Some of them are building solar collectors for their energy course." These young scientists
are part of City Building Educational Program (CBEP), a particular program for kindergarten through
twelfth grade that uses the stages of city planning to teach basic reading, writing and math skills and more.
The children don"t just plan any city. They map and analyze (分析) the housing, energy, and
transportation requirements of their own district and foretell its needs in 100 years. With the aid of an
architect (建筑师) who visits the classroom once a week, they invent new ways to meet these needs
and build models of their creations. "Designing buildings of the future gives children a lot of freedom,""
says the teacher who developed this program. "They are able to use their own rich imagination and
inventions without fear of blame, because there are no wrong answers in a future context. In fact, as the
class enters the final model-building stage of the program, an elected "official" and "planning group" make
all the design decisions for the model city and the teacher steps back and becomes an adviser.
CBEP is a set of activities, games and imitations that teach the basic steps necessary for
problem-solving: observing, analyzing, working out possible answers, and judging them based on the
children"s own standards.
B. train young scientists for city planning
C. develop children"s problem-solving abilities
D. help young architects know more about designing
B. help kids with their program
C. discuss with the teacher
D. give children a lecture
B. they have new ideas and rich imagination
C. they are given enough time to design models
D. they need not worry about making mistakes
program to get international 1 . American officials believed they should 2 the German broadcast
with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with
words in 3 . "The 4 may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth." Within a week, other
VOA 5 were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.
After the World War ? ended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA"s 6 had to be changed, 7
the Soviet Union (苏联) became enemy of America. They wanted to 8 Soviet listeners. Then VOA
began broadcasting in Russian.
In the early days VOA began adding something new to its Broadcast that was 9 "Music USA".
Another new idea came along in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know 10 English to
completely understand its 11 English broadcast. So VOA 12 a simpler kind of English, 13 uses
about 1,500 words and is spoken 14 . Of course, it is special English.
In the 15 of most VOA listeners, the most 16 program is the news report. News from around
the world 17 into the VOA newsroom in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters
in 18 cities and also from other 19 like BBC. VOA writers and editors use these materials to
20 news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.
( )2. A. reply
( )3. A. time
( )4. A. news
( )5. A. programs
( )6. A. home
( )7. A. if
( )8. A. reach
( )9. A. known
( )10. A. poor
( )11. A. normal
( )12. A. stopped
( )13. A. it
( )14. A. slowly
( )15. A. please
( )16. A. difficult
( )17. A. past
( )18. A. all
( )19. A. broadcasts
( )20. A. broadcast
B. answer
B. short
B. problems
B. news
B. position
B. considering
B. satisfy
B. reported
B. excellent
B. fast
B. discovered
B. which
B. rapidly
B. course
B. important
B. send
B. major
B. forms
B. announce
C. join
C. English
C. effects
C. announcers
C. purpose
C. supposing
C. attack
C. called
C. standard
C. good
C. taught
C. who
C. normally
C. opinion
C. various
C. deliver
C. American
C. newspaper
C. translate
D. interrupt
D. German
D. opinions
D. officials
D. result
D. in order that
D. support
D. printed
D. enough
D. exact
D. invented
D. that
D. loudly
D. advice
D. common
D. fly
D. news
D. countries
D. prepare
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