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Morally and socially

Before New Year

The meeting took on a different ______ after his moving speech.

Although medical evidence shows that AIDS ______ not transmitted by casual contact, there still ______ fear of infection. Which has caused unwarranted prejudice against even those merely suspected of having the disease.

Children as young as four will study Shakespeare in a project being launched today by the Royal Shakespeare Company. The RSC is holding its first national conference for primary school teachers to encourage them to use the Bard's plays imaginatively in the classroom from reception classes onwards. The conference will be told that they should learn how Shakespearian characters like Puck in A em>Midsummer Night's Dream/em> are "jolly characters" and how to write about them. At present, the national curriculum does not require pupils to approach Shakespeare until secondary school. All it says is that pupils should study "texts drawn from a variety of cultures and traditions" and "myths, legends and traditional stories". However, educationists at the RSC believe children will gain a better appreciation of Shakespeare if they are introduced to him at a much younger age. "Even very young children can enjoy Shakespeare's plays," said Mary Johnson, head of the learning department. "It is just a question of pitching it for the age group. Even reception classes and key stage one pupils (five-to seven-year-olds) can enjoy his stories." For instance, if you build up Puck as a character who skips, children of that age can enjoy the character. They can be inspired by Puck and they could even start writing about him at that age." It is the RSC's belief that building the Bard up as a fun playwright in primary school could counter some of the negative images conjured up about teaching Shakespeare in secondary schools. Then, pupils have to concentrate on scenes from the plays to answer questions for compulsory English national-curriculum tests for 14-year-olds. Critics of the tests have complained that pupils no longer have the time to study or read the whole play—and therefore lose interest in Shakespeare. However, Ms. Johnson is encouraging teachers to present 20-minute versions of the plays—a classroom version of em>The Reduced Shakespeare Company's Complete Works of Shakespeare/em> (Abridged) which told his 37 plays in 97 minutes—to give pupils a flavour of the whole drama. The RSC's venture, which has persuaded literary consultants charged with delivering the compulsory literacy hour as well as teachers to attend the event in Stratford-upon-Avon, coincides with a call for schools to allow pupils to be more creative in writing about Shakespeare. Professor Kate McLuskie, the new director of the University of Birmingham's Shakespeare Institute, also based in Stratford, said it was time to get away from the idea that there was "a right answer" to any question about Shakespeare. Her first foray into the world of Shakespeare was to berate him as a misogynist in a 1985 essay but she now insists this should not be interpreted as a criticism of his works, although she admits: "I probably wouldn't have written it quite the same way if I had been writing it now. What we should be doing is making sure that someone is getting something out of Shakespeare," she said. "People are very scared about getting the right answer. I know it's difficult but I don't care if they come up with a right answer that I can agree with about Shakespeare." What is this passage mainly concerned with?

Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from ______ on earth than bacteria on Mars.

The retiring teacher made a speech ______ she thanked the class for the gift.

______ for a long time

Contrary to popular belief

“众里寻他千百度，蓦然回首，那人却在灯火阑珊处”，这一名句出自（ ）的作品。

Noise in a room may be reduced by carpeting

Scientists seeming to cure and prevent insulin-dependent diabetes have discovered what goes wrong in the bodies of a special breed of mice prone to the affliction and, using that knowledge, have developed a way to prevent the disease in the Roberts. Because mouse diabetes is almost identical to human type 1 diabetes (also called insulin-dependent or juvenile-onset diabetes), the researchers say they may be ready to test their techniques on humans in five years and that a treatment for patients in the early stages of the disease could be ready to test in two years. Findings—published in last week's issue of Nature—were obtained by two research groups working independently. One was led by Daniel L. Kaufaman, a molecular biologist at the University of California at Los Angeles, and the other by Hugh O. Medevit of Stanford University. "There's a great excitement at the prospects for this research" said James Gavin, a diabetes specialist and president of the American Diabetes Association. "These are studies you have to call convincing. They are clearly likely to have human applications." Type 1 diabetes has long been known to be an autoimmune disease—an ailment in which the immune system, instead of defending the body against invading microbes, mistakenly attacks part of the body. In diabetes, it kills the special cells in the pancreas that make insulin. Without insulin, cells cannot take in sugar. The body is deprived of sugar energy and its accumulation in the bloodstream damages nerves and other issues. The potential new treatments would either stop the immune system from making a mistake or suppress an existing erroneous response. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

Back in the days when people traveled by horse and carriage, Karl Benz ______ the world with his extraordinary three-wheeled motor vehicle.

We must look beyond ______ and assumptions and try to discover what is missing.

A person needs to know who he or she is before being able to know what ______ makes him or her happy.

Put on dark glasses or the sun will ______ you and you won't be able to see.

______ we work together with faith and determination ______ we achieve the goals we set for our foture.

Looking back

Students of United States history