单选题Train companies in Tokyo are taking action to reduce the number of people jumping in front of trains. They are fitting blue lights on station platforms to try and create a more calming atmosphere. The East Japan Railway Company has invested almost $170,000 to install the lights in all of the 29 stations on the capital's busy Yamanote Line. There has been an alarming rise in the number of people committing suicide at train stations. A total of 68 people threw themselves under trains in the year up to March. This compares with 42 suicides in the same period a year earlier. In 2008, Japan had nearly 2,000 suicides by jumping in front of a train; around six percent of all suicides nationwide. Suicides have risen sharply in the past decade due to poor economic conditions. No one knows if the blue lights will work. There is no evidence to show that blue light reduces suicidal feelings. Keihan Railway spokesman Osamu Okawa stated: "We thought we had to do something to save lives. We know there is no scientific proof that blue lights deter suicides, but if blue has a soothing effect on the mind, we want to try it to save lives." The Associated Press news agency reports on a Japanese therapist called Mizuki Takahashi. She explained her reasons why the blue lights might be a good idea: "We associate the color with the sky and the sea. It has a calming effect on agitated people, or people obsessed with one particular thing, which in this case is committing suicide," she said. Other companies are watching this experiment with interest.

单选题The author used the word "Paradoxically" in his sentence about psychological training to imply that ______.

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单选题 ______ it might seem, our ancestors a billion years ago probably were a lot like this single-celled creature.

单选题Tom's mother tried hard to persuade him to ______ from his intention to invest his savings in stock market.

单选题More than 100 people died ______ the earthquake in that area.

单选题John was young, _____, he was equal to this important task. A. therefore B. moreover C. nevertheless D. hence

单选题Which of the following statements may be considered an honor to a telephone? ( )

单选题I used ______ on the left in England, but I soon got used ______ on the right in China.

单选题Dozens of scientific groups all over the world have been _____ the goal of a practical and economic way to use sunlight to split water molecules.

单选题______ nobody was very enthusiastic about it, they decided to cancel the trip.

单选题According to the author, the steel wires used to make barbed wire are specially processed to ______.

单选题______ neglecting our education, my father sent my brother and me to a summer school.

单选题I can't______to have a holiday abroad on my salary.

单选题A: Excuse me, madam, ______ know where the nearest post office is? B: I'm sorry, I've got no idea. I'm a stranger here, too.

单选题What an outrageous suggestion, young man—I'm a______married woman!

单选题Guest:Clerk: Certainly. Do you have a reservation?Guest: Yes. The name is Morales. Mr. and Mrs. Morales.Clerk: Here we are. For five nights. Could you fill in the registration card, please? And I'll need your credit card.

单选题How much a person can earn is not always a good ______ of real success in life. A. essence B. decree C. qualification D. criterion

单选题 Is Becoming a Specialist Leader in Education a Practical Career Option? A. In the post-local education authority world, specialist leaders of education (SLEs) are in the forefront of the new era of school-to-school support. But what does it take to fill this role, and where does it lead in a teacher's career path? B. SLEs have replaced advanced skills teachers (ASTs), which offered an alternative career path for skilled teachers who did not want to go into management. The brief has changed somewhat, however, with SLEs specifically charged with working with other schools. Teaching school alliances are responsible for recruiting SLEs, although applicants do not have to be from within the alliance as long as their school is willing to release them to work elsewhere. There are around 3,800 SLEs in England, with a target of 5,000 by next March. C. Shotton Hall Teaching School Alliance in County Durham has around 40 SLEs. The principal qualification is the ability to apply their skills to raise standards, whether it is in teaching and learning or support services, according to Bryan Stephenson, director of the teaching school. 'We're looking for outstanding practitioners who have a record of school improvement behind them,' he says. Maths and English are the most sought after SLEs, he adds, although the alliance also has specialists in business management, curriculum, special educational needs support and continuous professional development, among other areas. D. The SLE route is typically for a head of department or assistant headteacher who wants to get experience of school-to-school support, he says. Unlike ASTs, SLEs do not get any extra salary. For Anna Pickover, SLE status is a way of progressing in her career while remaining in the classroom. The equivalent of a deputy in her department, she says she did not want to go into management at this stage in her career. 'My focus has always been towards the teaching and learning of maths,' she says. 'I wanted to spread the maths love.' Her first year as an SLE, based at Shotton Hall Academy, has embraced the whole spectrum of school-to-school support, from the intensive to the light touch. 'It can be anything from an email suggesting a resource to observing a lesson and developing practice,' she says. E. Schools looking for help in a particular area contact the teaching school alliance, which acts as a broker in arranging support from a relevant SLE. An initial meeting identifies the school's needs, followed by a plan setting out what wilt be involved. F. Pickover says her ultimate goal is to become an assistant headteacher, but SLE status has more reward than just as a career stepping stone. 'I absolutely love it,' she says. 'It makes you feel the work you are doing is good and I love spreading teaching and learning of maths. If you go into a school you are giving ideas but you are also getting new ideas.' G. Teaching school alliances typically charge ￡ 350 a day for an SLE's services and the intention is for the system to be self-funding. This can put pressure on SLEs to drum up business, but Ruth Williams relishes this side of the role. 'Some people find it quite challenging because you are generating your own business, but I really enjoy it,' says Williams, who worked in marketing before becoming a teacher. 'It is giving me the opportunity to do more consultancy while still teaching.' H. Williams, based at Lampton School in Hounslow, west London, is deployed in primary schools to help with the transition from primary to secondary maths, and says so far demand for her services is far exceeding her capacity. SLEs are typically released by their school for one day a week, although Williams says she may have to go up to two. I. She works with both students and teachers, running maths masterclasses, delivering inset days and observing and modelling lessons. She has also secured funding to develop a programme to improve maths skills among primary teachers. 'It is an outward-facing role, looking at how your skills can be used to help others,' she says. 'It is no longer about being in your own school: it is about spreading knowledge.' J. Although schools with an SLE lose them for part of the week, it is justified by the rewards, says Jacqueline Smith, head of the teaching school at Lampton. 'We get more than we give,' she says. 'Staff are really motivated by professional recognition and respect for their expertise.' Working in a different context also develops skills that the SLE brings back to their own school, she adds. But covering their timetable means it is not a way to make money. 'I would have thought it only just breaks even,' she adds. K. SLEs are still in their early days and their future is by no means assured. Bryan Stephenson suggests an increase in the number of teaching school alliances will make it harder to deploy them, with more SLEs competing for the same market. It can also be tricky to convince a school to pay for support if it is used to getting it for free, as happened under the AST system, says Peter Gale, director of the teaching school at George Abbot School in Guildford, Surrey. L. Some headteachers are reluctant to release staff, he adds, particularly in primary schools where there is less slack in the timetable. Add in a squeeze on budgets and the result might be that SLEs are mainly used in multi-academy trusts, he says. M. A shortage of opportunities meant Alastair McKenzie was not deployed as often as he would have liked in his six months as an SLE in English at George Abbot. McKenzie, now vice-principal at Kings College in Guildford, had been an AST and becoming an SLE seemed the logical step. N. 'Historically, schools have always lent staff and I don't think the local area really bought into the notion of paying for school-to-school support,' he says. 'I'm not convinced that the fee-paying model is the right one.' Despite this, he feels he benefited from the deployments he had as an SLE. 'One of the greatest joys is to go into other schools,' he says. 'You learn a huge amount. Every time you watch a lesson you come out with an idea.'