Will money make kids pass exams? A new report says promising children money does not help exam grades.It could be a waste of money using cash to get kids to study more.________, taking kids on trip somewhere nice could encourage them to do better at school. ___
___10,000 pupils surveyed in the research,there has been an improvement in class work and homework,but this does not result in better test scores.
Lead researcher Dr.Burgess suggestsi the research doesn’t look______ the things __
___really get kids to increase their effort.He adds that clearly some kids believe that education is a way to achieve their dreams, but there are other kids who think one’s efforts make __
___difference. These kids ___
__ think exam success is because of genes and their family background.Education expert Dr.Collins holds the view that___
___ really matters is how students are taught.Good teachers are better _
_ rewards,especially for children from low-income families.
My school goes from kindergarten to 6th grade.I(be)a 6th grader.Because of that,the younger
(kid)look up to me and my fellow classmates.This is the story about when I used my power
(make)a kid feel empowered:One day,some of my friends and I were walking to our lunch period.We were a little late,
the halls were empty.Then a little
(disable)boy he needs a walker to walk in kindergarten) came from the elevator with his guide.We were
(teach)to let those kids go first,so while we waited,his guide told us he refers
himself as “Fast Freddy” and then asked him to show as how fast he can go.“Fast Freddy”put a smile on his face and
(go)as fast as possible.Without thinking,I said“he’s so fast”,then as if by magic,that little boy’s smile got wider and he went even
(fast)!Next his guide gave me a thumbs—up and they went wherever they had to go,and so did we.I said three simple words
brightened someone’s day.Three simple words!
Recently a new science behind incentives(激励), ___ (include) in education, has been discussed. For example, researcher Roland Fryer wanted to see what works best in motivating children _
__(do) better in school. ___
_some cases, he gave students incentives based on input(输入), like reading certain books, while in
___, the incentives _
(base) on output, like results on exams. His main _
_ (find) was that incentives increased achievement when based on input but had no effect when based on output. Fryer’s conclusion was that the incentives for inputs might be
____ (effect) because students do not know how to do better on an exam, apart from general rules like “study harder”. Reading certain books, on the other hand, is a well-set task over
___they have much more control.
As long as you have direct control over your goal, you have __ much higher chance of success. And it’s easier to start again
you fail, because you know exactly what you need to do.
In many countries, ______ is not unusual for families of different backgrounds to live together in the shared space. __
__, in the United States, this idea may still be considered strange.
But this type of housing, ______(call) co-housing, is gaining ___
__ (popular) in the United States, too. Co-housing complexes are popping up across the country. For many people, this way of life is a relief to the busy modern lifestyle. A co-housing community has __
___ (private) owned houses and shared land. There is often a “common house” with _
___ kitchen and dining room, meeting room, and maybe a workshop of library or music room. About 25 co-housing communities __
__ (build) in recent years, and 150 more are planned.
A co-housing complex is a place ____ residents shop, cook, and eat together. Residents of a co-housing complex like its sense of shared community. Children have other kids to play __
__, which many families like. Other residents like the feeling of living in a “village”. Residents also say that they can live in co-housing for __
___ money than they would pay for nearby apartments.
Have you ever had problems in your life? Have you ever wondered how to be happy? If so, you will find the book “Being a Happy Teenager” (use). In his book, Matthews tells us how to have a happy life and answers the questions of teenagers.
About problems with parents and friends, the book says we should stop (be) angry and forgive. The book tells us some skills such as how to put everything
we have learned from life into beautiful pictures.
Many teenagers think that (happy) comes from a good exam result or praise from
people. But you can still be happy
there are no such “good” things.
Success comes from good attitude. If you learn from problems, you
(have) success in the future.
Some school students have problems such as being too tall too short. But Matthews tells us that we should think about things
a positive way. This is Matthews’ most important lesson: you choose to be happy!
For second degree burns ,keep cloths cool by putting them back in a basin of cold water, and placing them on the burned area
for about an hour until the pain is not so bad .Cover the burned area with a dry, clean bandage that will not stick to the skin . Hold the bandage
with tape.
My first assignment was as a(an) to a famous fashion editor, who was going to take a photos of a model by the name of WangLi .I was
as I was to assist him .We hadn’t gone far when our
called……She explained that as an
she expected all the photographs to
her before the deadline. My colleague
the situation and announced that as this was
he would have to refer the matter to his editor .