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A teacher teaching math to seven-year-old Laiq asked him, “If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple , how many apples will you have?”
With a few seconds Laiq confidently, “Four!”
The confused teacher was expecting a(n) correct answer, three. She was disappointed. “Maybe the child didn’t hear ” she thought. She , “Laiq, listen carefully. If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple, how many apples will you have?”
Laiq had seen the on his teacher’s face. He again on his fingers. But within him he was also the answer that would make the teacher happy. This time hesitatingly he replied, “Four.”
The disappointment stayed on the teacher’s face. Suddenly she that Laiq liked strawberries. She thought maybe he didn’t like apples and that was why he couldn’t answer the question. This time with an excitement in her she asked, “If I give you one strawberry and one strawberry and one strawberry, then how many will you have?”
Seeing the teacher , young Laiq calculated on his fingers again. There was no pressure on him, but a little on the teacher. She wanted her new to succeed. a hesitating smile young Laiq replied, “Three?”
The teacher now had a smile. Her approach had succeeded. She wanted to herself. But one last thing remained. she asked him, “Now if I give you one apple and one apple and one more apple , how many will you have ?”
Confidently Laiq answered, ‘Four!” The teacher was “How Laik , how?” She demanded in a little annoyed voice.
In a voice that was and hesitating young Laik replied, “Because I already have one in my bag.”
The story tells us: someone gives you an answer that is from what you expect, don’t think they are wrong. There shall be an angle(角度) that you may not have thought about yet.
A.told B.added C.replied D.wrote
A.worthless B.effortless C.careless D.selfless
A.possibly B.actively C.clearly D.strictly
A.repeated B.ordered C.whispered D.complained
A.satisfaction B.disappointment C.punishment D.determination
A.recognized B.discovered C.calculated D.insisted
A.searching for B.waiting for C.arguing for D.talking about
A.decided B.noticed C.expressed D.remembered
A.eyes B.hands C.mouth D.nose
A.sad B.happy C.pitiful D.lovely
A.invention B.system C.reform D.approach
A.On B.In C.With D.By
A.precious B.satisfied C.lasting D.appealing
A.thank B.congratulate C.help D.enjoy
A.Above all B.In vain C.On purpose D.Once again
A.astonished B.concerned C.amused D.relaxed
A.high B.low C.easy D.clear
A.strawberry B.apple C.coin D.box
A.Before B.After C.Until D.When
A.absent B.free C.different D.safe
Tyler was a troubled student.He was in my senior class last year.It was __1__ to his former teachers that he had made it to his senior year.
He sat in the back row.Every time I spoke in the front of the class,I would ask students questions,__2__ them by name.This helped me learn their names while getting the kids __3__.Unfortunately,every time I asked him a question,he would __4__ with a flip(轻率的) answer.He knew the answers when he listened __5__ he didn’t want to be asked.If he got a wrong answer,he would get very angry.
One day,Tyler was talking while I was teaching.In the __6__ of teaching I said,“Tyler,why are you having your own discussion instead of __7__ ours?” With that,he __8__ from his chair,pushed it over,and yelled.I sent him to the office with a discipline referral,and he __9__ a week’s out of school suspension.
The week’s out of school suspension was wonderful.However,the week soon came to a(n) __10__,and I began to worry about his __11__.I knew from talking with his other teachers that he would be back even angrier.
I made a(n) __12__.On the day that he came back,I stood at the door __13__ him.As soon as I saw him,I asked him to talk for a moment.He seemed __14__ to do it but agreed.I told him that I wanted to start over(重新开始) with him.Furthermore,I gave him permission that if he felt he was going to lose __15__ in class he could step right outside the door for a moment to collect himself.
From that point on,Tyler was a(n) __16__ student in my classroom.He listened and participated.He was __17__ a smart child and I could finally get to see this in him.He even __18__ a fight between two other students one day.I __19__ that giving him the power to decide for himself made all the __20__.
A.surprising B.interesting C.disappointing D.upsetting
A.visiting B.watching C.interviewing D.calling
A.defeated B.addicted C.involved D.impressed
A.exchange B.respond C.share D.connect
A.until B.if C.unless D.but
A.case B.matter C.middle D.presence
A.joining B.starting C.hearing D.learning
A.fell down B.got up C.jumped in D.fell off
A.suggested B.refused C.received D.requested
A.end B.decision C.head D.agreement
A.study B.return C.family D.health
A.plan B.mistake C.face D.noise
A.looking after B.escaping from C.waiting for D.staring at
A.excited B.unhappy C.calm D.crazy
A.touch B.courage C.heart D.control
A.changed B.similar C.confused D.proud
A.rarely B.actually C.usually D.hardly
A.led B.missed C.reported D.stopped
A.believe B.doubt C.expect D.recommend
A.effort B.difference C.point D.way
The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish from each other a lot.This is because the culture systems are two separate systems ____.
The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries:China and India.Both of the two cultures are gestated(孕育) by ___.In China,the mother river is the Yellow River ___ the Indian one is the Hindu River.These two cultures were ____ for several thousand years and formed their own styles.Then in the Tang Dynasty of China,the Chinese culture ____ went overseas to Japan,____ into the Japanese society and ___ the Japanese culture nowadays.Though a bit different from the Chinese one,it ____ to the same system.
When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture,another famous culture was ____ on the Mesopotamian Plain(美索不达米亚平原)—the Mesopotamian Civilization.This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.And these two are wellknown as the ____ of the European culture.____ the Chinese culture,the European one also ____ waters.When the colonists of England ____ in America,their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean.So the American culture doesn’t ___ from the European one a lot.
At the same time,the ____ of the language systems adds to the cultural differences.In the East,most languages belong to the pictographic(象形文字的) languages while the Western languages are ____ based on the Latin system,for example,the one I’m using to write this paper.
Other factors like human race difference ____ as well.However,___ the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West,the two cultures seldom ___ until recent centuries.____ they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference(干扰) from the other.
A.above all B.on the whole C.in all D.in no case
A.mountains B.plains C.lakes D.rivers
A.or B.for C.while D.when
A.developed B.improved C.created D.protected
A.suddenly B.quietly C.gradually D.naturally
A.mixed B.changed C.decided D.forced
A.expanded B.interrupted C.influenced D.shaped
A.comes B.belongs C.amounts D.adds
A.brought up B.carried out C.given out D.picked up
A.result B.sign C.base D.content
A.Via B.Except C.With D.Like
A.affected B.spread C.crossed D.formed
A.joined up B.went up C.broke down D.settled down
A.come B.suffer C.result D.differ
A.difference B.development C.appearance D.feature
A.properly B.partly C.simply D.mostly
A.last B.count C.reduce D.change
A.in terms of B.due to C.as to D.in case of
A.transform B.display C.communicate D.distinguish
A.Furthermore B.Meanwhile C.Therefore D.However
Angelina Jolie says she has a really wonderful time with her partner Brad Pitt,who is an American actor and film producer—and that’s why they’re still together!
Jolie ____ six children with the actor.She was ____ by America’s Parade magazine if their children are the ____ she and Brad stay together.
“The children certainly tie us together,but a relationship won’t ___ if it’s only about the kids,” Jolie replied.“You also must be really interested in each other and have a really,really wonderful,____ time together.We do.Brad and I ____ being together.We enjoy it.We need it,and we____ find that special time.We keep connected.We talk about it.It’s very ____ to our family.If Brad and I are strong and happy,then our kids have happy ____ and that’s the best thing we can give them.Brad knows me completely,____ as I am,every part of me.He loves me.The kids love me.Hopefully I’m giving my children the ____ that they are deeply loved and deeply safe.At the same time we are hopefully ____ their individuality (个性) as they get to know who they are,and not getting in the way of that.That’s why they are six very strong individuals.”
The Oscarwinning star showed ____ of helping her children develop their individuality is ____ them to develop their own identities (自我认同感),____ she admitted that she can’t ____ the recent controversy(争论) with Brad when she agreed that her daughter Shiloh could cut her hair short and ____ like a boy.For example,she usually wears a jacket instead of a skirt.
Angelina added to ____,“She wants her hair cut like a boy and she wants to be ____ John for a while.Some kids wear caps and want to be Superman and she wants to be like her ___.”
A.finds B.teaches C.raises D.hires
A.written B.reported C.stopped D.asked
A.reason B.intention C.purpose D.result
A.break B.hold C.lose D.happen
A.boring B.disappointing C.exciting D.surprising
A.love B.avoid C.hate D.consider
A.never B.seldom C.always D.sometimes
A.easy B.different C.far D.important
A.parents B.classmates C.relatives D.neighbors
A.mostly B.only C.exactly D.simply
A.knowledge B.sense C.sight D.view
A.changing B.forming C.encouraging D.destroying
A.little B.none C.all D.part
A.forcing B.allowing C.warning D.refusing
A.and B.though C.because D.but
A.remember B.explain C.realize D.understand
A.walk B.dress C.eat D.think
A.doctors B.players C.readers D.reporters
A.mistaken B.called C.recognized D.made
A.brothers B.sisters C.uncles D.aunts
Five cloned pigs,whose organs are much less likely to be rejected(排斥) by a patient,have been born in the U.S.
More than 62,000 people in the U.S. alone are waiting to ____ donated hearts,lungs and so on.The number of human donors falls far short of ____.Pig organs are of a(n) ____ size to human organs,and some scientists hope they might be used to help meet the ____.But previous attempts to transplant pig tissue into humans have ____.
The five pigs ____ a gene that adds a sugar to the surface of pig cells.The sugar would ____ immune(免疫的) rejection of the tissue.“This advance provides a neartime ____ for overcoming the problem that there is not enough human organs for transplants,”says an expert.“This is the ____ gene for overcoming the ____ stage of rejection.”
____,scientists warn that much more work is necessary ____ organs from copies of the pigs could be transplanted into humans.Human genes will need to be added,to ____ rejection of the organ in the long term.There are also ____ that pig viruses could infect patients.
Cloning techniques were ____ to the production of the pigs.Genes can only be knocked out(去除) in a single cell.Cloning of these single cells then allowed the ____ of a whole animal in which the gene was knocked out in every cell.But the PPL researchers have ____ in knocking out only one copy of the gene.The team will now attempt to knock out both copies of the gene.
The team will also ____ tests to investigate whether a virus from the pigs could infect human cells.“Although a lot of the work is very ____,we’re still very far off being able to grow an organ,” says Julia,who is working on this project and quite ____ to creating similar knockout pigs with researchers at the University of Missouri.
A.exchange B.check C.possess D.receive
A.discussion B.demand C.doubt D.distance
A.beneficial B.identical C.similar D.certain
A.shortage B.condition C.satisfaction D.argument
A.continued B.failed C.finished D.paused
A.lack B.include C.make D.change
A.leave B.cause C.block D.destroy
A.supply B.ambition C.contribution D.solution
A.only B.rare C.key D.safe
A.last B.whole C.next D.early
A.However B.Therefore C.Besides D.Finally
A.because B.before C.if D.after
A.prevent B.ignore C.judge D.weaken
A.regrets B.emotions C.concerns D.interests
A.simple B.vital C.unusual D.basic
A.collection B.application C.reception D.creation
A.delighted B.succeeded C.joined D.believed
A.conduct B.plan C.design D.study
A.perfect B.strange C.exciting D.disappointing
A.opposed B.used C.devoted D.suited
Could the Internet be totally free and should it be?Should the Internet be regulated?The recent disorder in the Arab world ____ by a disputed(有争议的) video damaging the image of Prophet(先知) Muhammad shows the United States,which is busy ____ global Internet freedom,has paid a huge price ____ the lives of its diplomats.
In an unregulated Internet world,cheating,violence or rumors can ____ serious consequences.Many countries across the world are periodically suffering from “rumors” ___ by the Internet and social media.
The USled West always promotes Internet freedom and ____ any regulation as investigation,but it should think twice if it calculates the heavy price that has been and has to be paid for “____ Internet”.Moreover,____ the Internet in the West __9__ to be free,with no obvious ____ and no limited sites,isn’t the structure of the main pages already handcontrolled,with selected press agencies and ____ occupying clearly dominating(显著的) positions?
The Internet has helped fight injustice,____ corruption in places so far apart as Indonesia,India and Latin America.But the Internet could be extremely ____ as well.Various racist or separatist organizations are using their Internet sites to ____ strong feelings.Those who are spreading hate are frequently using the Internet as their tool.No country can ____ to make the Internet absolutely free.
The question is how to keep free flow of information ___ while protecting children from unhealthy works,common citizens from ____ rumors and countries from unfair and damaging propaganda(宣传) attacks.And who sets the limits?
The ____ is that there will never be a perfect system.Every country will have to ____ its own system,based on its culture,social ____ and the degree of danger it’s facing.
A.led B.caused C.damaged D.attacked
A.helping B.processing C.promoting D.improving
A.for B.at C.with D.off
A.bring B.reach C.fetch D.take
A.spread B.exposed C.delivered D.passed
A.supports B.follows C.opposes D.dislikes
A.free B.accessible C.available D.healthy
A.as if B.even if C.so that D.in that
A.happens B.intends C.offers D.appears
A.interruption B.interference C.defense D.preference
A.programs B.substances C.channels D.sources
A.uncover B.strike C.prevent D.avoid
A.beneficial B.useful C.sensitive D.destructive
A.increase B.decrease C.upset D.strengthen
A.refuse B.afford C.fail D.attempt
A.unpolluted B.unskilled C.unoccupied D.uninterrupted
A.evil B.meaningful C.untrue D.effective
A.importance B.conclusion C.description D.possibility
A.develop B.invent C.change D.study
A.trends B.structures C.surroundings D.factors