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At 2:30 December 5, 1945, five US Navy training planes took off in clear weather from the base Lauderdale, Florida. The planes flew east over the coast… and disappeared. The group was Flight 19, on a run between
Florida and Bahamas. Tailor was the group leader. At about 3:40, Tailor reported that his compasses (指南针)
were not reading properly. The other planes followed their leaders aimlessly, first east, then west, then
northeast over the ocean, as Tailor tried to make sure of the direction by radio. Then, suddenly Tailor was
heard to give orders to dive…
Quickly, two giant Martin seaplanes were sent up to search for Flight 19. Several hours later, the wind
became strong and visibility (能见度) dropped. A return to base was ordered. But only one of the Martin
seaplanes landed. Four days later, the Navy and Coast Guard combed a 100,000 square-mile area with more
than 100 planes and ships. No sign was ever shown of the missing planes.
Today, people have noted the disappearance of many ships and planes in the southwest part of the North
Atlantic and began to call this area the Bermuda Triangle.
The points of the triangle are Bermuda, Puerto Rico and a particular place in the Gulf of Mexico, west of
Florida. It is a two-faced water world of tiny islands, bright beaches and beautiful waters. Yet thick fogs,
powerful currents (激流) and sudden storms are hidden behind this smiling surface.
B. In the northeast part of the Atlantic Ocean.
C. To the southwest of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean.
D. To the northeast of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean.
B. Six
C. Two
D. Only one.
B. fly over
C. do up one"s hair with a comb
D. search all over
(F = Florida, Bm = Bermuda, PR = Puerto Rico, Bh = Barhamas, MG =the Gulf of Mexico,
Atl = the Atlantic Ocean, B=Base)
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Houston, a professor of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, led a group of scientists that
investigated how pre-recorded videos of hypertension (高血压) patients" talking about their medical histories
helped another group of patients with high blood pressure to control their condition over several months.
Houston was surprised by their studies that suggested that communication can be a powerful tool in
medicine. They showed that those who had had similar experiences, when talking to someone with a similar
background, could help change their behavior to become healthier. Hypertension is difficult to control, since
it is dependent on diet, exercise and mental state. Medical treatments with drugs, and lifestyle therapies(疗法)
have been relatively ineffective because people find it hard to follow those medical requirements.
In the test, his team carefully chose their story-tellers from 230 members of a patients" community with
whom they could most easily relate. Next, they divided their study population into two groups. One received
three interactive (互动) DVDs containing the tellers" stories of their experiences in living with and treating their
hypertension. The other were given educational discs on an unrelated health topic. The study volunteers
reported that they had listened to the DVDs, and after three months, those who heard the stories of the
hypertensive patients lowered their blood pressure.
While the study did not address how the story-telling influenced the patients" behavior, Houston suspects
that watching patients of similar backgrounds who had a similar medical experience helped to motivate them
to seek medical help to their hypertension. They found that after six months the difference in blood pressure
between those who watched the story-tellers and those who observed the unrelated videos remained,
suggesting that the story-telling continued to have an effect.
B. introduce some medical treatments of hypertension
C. introduce a good lifestyle for hypertensive patients
D. tell scientific discoveries of the scientist group
B. communication has some medical effects
C. medical treatments have no effect at all
D. people don"t follow the medical requirements
B. Both the groups used the same videos about health topic.
C. The two groups lowered blood pressure in different degrees.
D. The story-tellers were hypertension patients as well.
B. Medical treatments of blood pressure.
C. Storytelling may help lower blood pressure.
D. Suggestions about how to lower blood pressure.
on educators to approach this task correctly can be a great mistake. Many schools continue to employ
instructional methods that have been proven ineffective. The staying power of the "look-say" or "whole-word"
method of teaching beginning reading is perhaps the most flagrant example of this failure to instruct effectively.
The whole-word approach to reading stresses the meaning of words over the meaning of letters, thinking
over decoding, developing a sight vocabulary of familiar words over developing the ability to unlock the
recommended by advocates of"open" classrooms and with the concept that children have to be developmentally
ready to begin reading. Before 1963, no major publisher put out anything but these"Run-Spot-Run" readers.
However, in 1955, Rudolf Flesch touched off what has been called "the great debate" in beginning reading.
In his best-seller Why Johnny Can"t Read, Flesch indicted(控诉)the nation"s public schools for miseducating
students by using the look-say method. He said - and more scholarly studies by Jeane Chall and Rovert Dykstra
later confirmed - that another approach to beginning reading, founded on phonics, is far superior.
Systematic phonics first teaches children to associate letters and letter combinations with sounds; it then
teaches them how to blend these sounds together to make words. Rather than building up a relatively limited
vocabulary of memorized words, it imparts a code by which the pronunciations of the vast majority of the
most common words in the English language can be learned. Phonics does not devalue the importance of
thinking about the meaning of words and sentences; it simply recognizes that decoding is the logical and
necessary first step.
B. Rudolf Flesch agrees with him
C. he says it is boring
D. many schools continue to use this method
B. Phonics takes longer to learn
C. look-say is easier to teach
D. phonics gives readers access to far more words
B. start or cause
C. compare with
D. oppose
disastrous to the troubling. One such experiment took place in South America about fifty years ago.
Whether its final consequences will cause serious damage or nothing more than a small trouble still remains
to be seen.
The story began in 1956 when an American scientist working in Brazil decided to solve the problem of
increasing the productivity of that country"s bees. He imported a very active type of African bee from
Tanzania and mated (交配) it with the more easy-going native variety to produce a new kind of bees. The
new bees worked harder and produced twice as much honey. It seemed that Professor Kerr, for that was
the scientist"s name, had a total success on his hands.
Then things began to go wrong. For some reason as yet unseen, but perhaps as a result of something
in their environment, the new bees began to develop extremely attacking personalities. They became
bad-tempered and easy to be angry, attacked the native bees and drove them from their living places.
But worse was to follow. Having taken over the countryside, the new bees, with their dangerous stings
(叮), began to attack its neighbours-cats, dogs, horses, chickens and finally man himself. A long period of
terror began that has so far killed a great number of animals and about 150 human beings.
This would have been bad enough if the bees had stayed in Brazil. But now they are on the move,
heading northwards in countless millions towards Central and North America, and moving at the alarming
speed of 200 miles a year. The countries that lie in their path are naturally worried because it looks as if
nothing can be done to stop them.
B. have proved to be wrong
C. are not yet certain
D. are not important
B. make Brazilian bees more easy-going
C. increase the number of bees in Brazil
D. make African bees less active
B. Their hard work.
C. Their living environment.
D. Their bad temper.
B. the bees may bring about trouble in more countries
C. the bees must be stopped from moving north
D. the bees prefer to live in Brazil
with him, though you"re not tired.
This phenomenon confused scientists for years until a recent study found that people tend to sympathize
with fellow humans. Supporting this claim was the discovery that those children who were unable to form
normal emotional ties with others did not experience contagions (有感染力的) yawning, which showed that
humans communicate regularly without words.
Hogo Critchley, a neuroscientist, has conducted an experiment recently, which will prove that happiness
and sadness can spread like the common cold. According to Critchley, our mind and body are in constant
exchange about how we"re feeling. "Emotions are closely linked with states of internal (内部的) responses,"
he explained. "There are also more visible changes in our gesture and facial expressions. When we"re in a
group, these signals can spread to another person. For example, there"re the obvious tendency to smile when
smiled at and there are less obvious changes that reflect emotions of surprise, anger or sadness such as a
change in our heart rate and blood pressure."
Hugo Critchley further explained, "Our bodies synchronise and when we like the other Person, we even
copy his behaviour. Next time you chat with a friend, take note of how you"re sitting-it"s pretty likely that
you will be the same. Scientists believe it"s our way of telling each other that you"re parents. Through body
language, humans give each other very subtle (微妙的) but clear signals that show emotions."
So, what lessons can we learn from this? "spend time with happy people-otherwise your health could
suffer," said Critchley. "When we"re sad, our body goes into fight or flight mode. But when we"re happy, our
body works normally and we feel relaxed and positive. So we look bright, our skin glows, we feel healthy and
it affects everyone around us."
B. we yawn more frequently when we have a cold
C. emotions are connected with states of internal responses
D. the change of blood pressure is not linked with the change of emotions
B. change rapidly
C. relax temporarily
D. respond accordingly
B. anger is less contagious than friendliness
C. surprise is more contagious than smile
D. surprise is the most contagious among emotions
B. Children like copying the actions of the fellow humans.
C. Scientists are still confused about contagious yawning.
D. People tend to communicate more with body language.
leading teachers told The Observer that rising numbers of foreign pupils are putting some of schools near the
breaking point.
Members of the National Association of Head Teachers will this week tell the government that the problem
is starting to change the culture of some schools. Some heads said the situation was out of control.
Though head teachers think the new pupils have great ability and they should be welcomed into schools,
they are worried that they don"t have enough money to deal with the situation.
"There is a feeling among some of our members that this is out of control and no one knows the final
solution," said Mick Brookes, general secretary of the NAHT. Brookes who will give evidence this week to
the government added,"some schools just don"t know how many immigrant children they will have to admit."
He said that while schools could take in one or two foreign pupils, some were struggling with the sudden large
increase in the number of children overseas.
Clarissa Williams, head of Tolworth Girls School in Kingston upon Thames, south London, said she
received &1,300 a year from the government to cover the costs of teaching English to foreign pupils but was
having to spend &30,000 of her own budget to keep pace.
On Tuesday, the association will tell the House of Lords that education budgets have not kept pace with
the increase in the number of pupils for whom English is a second language, or not spoken at all, who have
entered Britain since the European Union expanded (扩大)
B. Teachers work harder than before while getting paid less
C. The number of foreign pupils has increased too fast
D. The government doesn"t listen to the head teachers
of teaching English to foreign pupils each year?
B.1,700
C. &30,000
D. &28,700
B. many schools have already reached the breaking points
C. British schools have profited from the expansion of the the European Union
D. the expansion of the the European Union has brought many foreign students to Britain
B. Drive away some foreign students
C. Hire more English teachers
D. Increase education budgets
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