单选题 越来越多受英文教育的海外华人父母认识到孩子在掌握不可或缺的英文的同时，通晓中文同样重要。中国的崛起让他们充分认识到孩子掌握双语的好处——既能增加他们的就业机会，也能让他们接触和熟悉东西方两种不同的文化。这些人对中文的态度几乎完全改变。曾几何时，他们还非常骄傲地宣称自己只懂英文。现在，他们已开始积极支持孩子学习中文和中国文化，而且还不时走访中国，欣赏壮观的自然风光，认识丰富的文化遗产。

单选题In a small school on the South Side of Chicago, 40 children between the ages of five and six sit quietly learning in a classroom. In 27 of each of them is a computer running software called Reading Eggs. Some are reading a short story, others 28 sentences with words they are learning. As they complete each task they move through a cartoon map that shows how far they have 29 in reading and writing. Along the way they collect eggs which they can use to buy objects in the game, such as items to 30 their avatar's apartment. Now and then a child will be taken 31 for scheduled reading periods with one of the two monitoring teachers. The director says this sort of teaching, blending software with human 32 , helps her pupils learn faster. It also allows teachers at this school to spend more time teaching and less time 33 written work and leading pupils through dull drills of words and numbers. The idea that technology can revolutionize (彻底改变；使革命化) education is not new. In the 20th century almost every new 34 was supposed to have big implications for schools. In many classrooms, computers have been used to improve 35 and keep pupils engaged. But they did not transform learning in the way their boosters predicted. It is wise, therefore, to be skeptical about the claims made for the current wave of innovation. Yet there are also 36 to believe that a profound shift is occurring. A. intervention F. ways K. efficiency B. building G. furnish L. progressed C. aside H. front M. reasons D. invention I. build N. back E. method J. marking O. doing

单选题Crying is hardly an activity encouraged by society. Tears, be they of sorrow, anger, or joy, typically make Americans feel uncomfortable and 26 . The shedder of tears is likely to apologize, even when a devastating (毁灭性的) tragedy was the provocation. The observer of tears is likely to do everything possible to put an end to the 27 outpouring. But judging from recent studies of crying behavior, links between illness and crying and the chemical composition of tears, both those responses to tears are often 28 and may even be counterproductive (使达不到预期目标的). Humans are the only animals 29 known to shed emotional tears. Since evolution has given 30 to few, if any, purposeless physiological responses, it is logical to assume that crying has one or more functions that 31 survival. Although some observers have suggested that crying is a way to elicit assistance from others (as a crying baby might from its mother), the shedding of tears is hardly necessary to get help. Vocal cries would have been quite enough, more likely than tears to gain 32 . So, it appears, there must be something special about tears themselves. Indeed, the new studies suggest that emotional tears may play a direct role in alleviating stress. University of Minnesota researchers who are studying the chemical composition of tears have recently 33 two important chemicals from emotional tears. Both chemicals are found only in tears that are shed in response to emotion. Tears shed because of exposure to cut onion would contain no such 34 . Researchers at several other institutions are investigating the usefulness of tears as a means of 35 human ills and monitoring drugs. A. attention B. overwhelming C. inappropriate D. embarrassed E. diagnosing F. indispensable G. rise H. isolated I. definitely J. enhance K. aspiration L. emotional M. repelled N. substance O. increasingly

单选题 西部大开发(western development campaign)是中国政府的一项政策，于2000年开始运作。目的是提高西部地区的经济和社会发展水平。西部大开发的范围是中国西部的12个省和自治区(autonomous region)。西部地区自然资源丰富，市场潜力大，战略位置重要。但由于自然、历史、社会等原因，西部地区经济发展相对东部落后。这一政策的实施可以使西部地区得到更快、更深、更广的发展，实现共同富裕(common prosperity)。

单选题 国画(Chinese painting)是世界上最古老的艺术传统之一。绘画时用毛笔蘸黑墨或彩墨在纸张或丝绸上作画。根据表现手法，国画可分为写意派(the Xieyi school)和工笔派(the Gongbi school)两大类。写意派以自由表达和形式夸张为特点；工笔派则注重以精细的笔法描绘细节。山水画被公认为国画的最高形式。纵观历史。不同时期的国画都相应地反映出人们的社会意识。

单选题 A new study suggests that the more teenagers watch television, the more likely they are to develop depression as young adults. But the extent to which TV may or may not be to blame is a question that the study leaves unanswered. The researchers used a national long-term survey of adolescent health to investigate the relationship between media use and depression. They based their findings on more than 4,000 adolescents who were not depressed when the survey began in 1995. As part of the survey, the young people were asked how many hours of television or Videos they watched daily. They were also asked how often they played computer games and listened to the radio. Media use totaled an average of 5 and one-half hours a day. More than 2 hours of that was spent watching TV. 7 years later, in 2002, more than 7 percent of the young people had signs of depression. The average age at that time was 21. Brian Primack at the University of Pittsburgh medical school was the lead author of the new study. He says every extra hour of television meant an 8 percent increase in the chances of developing signs of depression. The researchers say they did not find any such relationship with the use of other media such as movies, Video games or radio. But the study did find that young men were more likely than young women to develop depression given the same amount of media use. Doctor Primack says the study did not explore why watching TV causes depression. But one possibility, he says, is that it may take time away from activities that could help prevent depression, like sports and socializing. It might also interfere with sleep, he says, and that could have an influence. The study was just published in the Archives of General Psychiatry. In December, the journal Social Indicators Research published a study of activities that help lead to happy lives. Sociologists from the University of Maryland found that people who describe themselves as happy spend less time watching television than unhappy people. The study found that happy people are more likely to be socially active, to read, attend religious services and to vote.

单选题 中国的红灯笼(red lanterns)有非常悠久的历史。红灯笼已成为中国非常著名的标志。灯笼有不同的形状、大小，也有各种各样的制作方法。最常见的灯笼是红色的。红色在传统意义上象征着好运和欢乐。最早的灯笼是为了实用性而制作的。今天，尽管灯笼已失去了实用需求，但依然很受中国人欢迎。唐人街(Chinatowns)也可以看到灯笼，人们为了招揽生意，经常在店铺外悬挂灯笼。

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