SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND—A British teaching union famous for strange ideas has supported a plan to employ dogs as classroom assistants.
At the yearly conference of the Professional Association of Teachers in Southport, northwest England, one person suggested properly trained dogs be able to keep order in primary schools. They can round up lost children and protect those who experience unfortunate “accidents”. Wendy Dyble, a Sheetland Islands woman who teaches children up to age seven, made it clear to her fellow friends that she was not “barking mad”. They obviously believed her, supporting her idea by 16 votes to 13, with a total of 63 abstentions（弃权）.
She said big dogs could help round up children, keep them in line, lick up the milk they spill on the floor and provide the extra eyes that a teacher needs to keep order. “A big dog would also be helpful for stopping flights and look for lost property, like gym shoes or dolls,” Dyble said at the conference. “The dog will also be useful in sniffing out(find out) smells that children do not own up to,” she added. “It would be nice for the teacher not to have to go round sniffing each child to find the criminal.”
The idea was welcomed by the Dog Defense League but less by bigger teaching unions. A spokesman for Education Secretary, David Blunkett, who is blind, said his guide dog was always popular with pupils when he visited schools. The Professional Association of Teachers, with around 35,000 members, is the smallest teaching union in Britain. It has an honor for occasional strange ideas.
Earlier this week, its yearly conference here suggested stopping exams because they lead to stress and introducing selection at the age of 12 based on physical coordination（调整）and manual（手工的）skill.According to the writer’s opinion, to employ dogs as classroom assistants ________.
| A．is not a good idea |
| B．can improve the relation between children and animals |
| C．is beyond ordinary people’s imagination |
| D．can make some teachers lose jobs |
What Dyble said at the conference ________.
| A．gained some support from the members |
| B．frightened everyone present |
| C．interested everyone present |
| D．caused some trouble to trained dogs |
The last paragraph of this passage ________.
| A．has nothing to do with the topic of this passage |
| B．shows there are too many exams in British school |
| C．provides further facts about the teaching union |
| D．shows the writer’s anger to the union |
Friendship is very pleasant and also essential to people’s life . A man without friends is an angel without wings, whose life will suffer in the long loneliness and depression, Friendship is the mother of our spirit, who’ll warm her kid when hurt occures , We have much to share with our friends in life , confusion, excitement ,bitterness etc, It’s great to keep up a sincere friendship.
It takes many special qualities to make friends, Understanding should come first . Only when we get a better understanding of each other can we gain a believable and meaningful friendship. We may find our hobbies of common interest. This feeling of natural attraction gets us closer and closer.
It also takes a special kind of love that seems to know no end, Never hesitate to show your heartfelt care and kindness to your friend when she /he is in trouble . Love is not selfish , Love is a feeling that we should treasure all our lives,
Tolerance （宽容）is the third necessary part in friendship ,. We are absolutely different persons , This individual difference may cause conflict between us in every aspect of our life. Don’t care yourself too much . Try to tolerate him /her in an easy mood , Saints （圣人）are not perfect , let alone those ordinary people like us. Afterwards, we should get a good communication.
Understanding , love and tolerance are the first three essences that come to a true friendship. Other qualities are also concerned such a s thoughtfulness, trust and patience, Remember, friendship is your spirit’s guard and everyone should treasure it．How many qualities of making friends are mentioned in the passage?
A．Six B．Three． C．Five D Seven．To make a friend，should be the first quality．
| A．tolerance | B．1ove | C．patience | D．understanding |
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
| A．Friends often have the same character. |
| B．Friends can help us overcome loneliness and depression· |
| C．There shouldn’t be conflict between friends- |
| D．Friends can make us patient and believable． |
What is the main idea of the passage?
| A．The meaning of a true friendship． |
| B．The happiness of having a good friend． |
| C．Special qualities to make friends． |
| D．The importance of friendship． |
SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEKEND
Captain Good Fellow
Do you enjoy interesting stories ,funny games and exciting dances? Captain Good Fellow will be ready to teach all these things to children of all ages at the City Theatre on Saturday morning at，10：00，free．
Walking Tour of the Town
Forget your worries on Saturday morning．Take a beautiful walk and learn about the local history．Meet at the front entrance of City Hall at 9：30．Wear comfortable shoes!
Films at the Museum
Two European films will be shown Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre．See Broken Window at 1：30．The Workers will be at 3：45. For further information，call 4987898．
International Picnic
Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world．Delicious and inexpensive．From noon to 5：00 P．m．
Take me out to the Ballgame
It’s October，and tonight is the last chance to see the Redbirds his year．Get your tickets at the gate．It might be cold…．Don’t forget sweaters and jackets．
Do you want to hear “the Zoo”？
“The Zoo”，the popular rock group from Australia，will give their first U．S．concert tomorrow night at 8 at Rose Hall，City College．You can probably eat Chinese，Italian，and Arabian food at ．
| A．Central Park on Saturday | B．the ballgame outside |
| C．5：00 in the afternoon | D．the front entrance of City Hall |
You can see movies at．
| A．the Citv College | B．the Central Park |
| C．the City Theatre | D．the Museum Theatre |
If you are going on the Walking Tour，don’t forget·
| A．your worries | B．your comfortable shoes |
| C．your beautiful walk | D．your learning about local history |
“The Zoo ”is．
| A．a park with lots of animals | B．the first concert from the U．S． |
| C．a music group from Australia | D．a popular rock band from Europe |
Born into a poor family，two of the Durers' children still had a dream for art，but they knew their father could not afford to send either of them to the academy(院校)．
After discussions，the two boys finally agreed to toss a coin．The loser would go to the nearby mines and support his brother while he attended the academy．Then，when the winner completed his studies，he would support the other brother，either with sales of his art work or，if necessary，by working in the mines．So they tossed a coin．Albrecht Durer won the toss and went to Nuremberg．Albert went to the dangerous mines and financed his brother，whose work at the academy was almost an immediate success，and by graduation，he was beginning to earn considerable fees for his works．
When the Durer family held a dinner to celebrate Albrecht's homecoming， Albrecht drank a toast to his brother，“Now，Albert，it is your turn to go to Nuremberg and follow your dream，and I will take care of you．”
Albert wiped the tears from his cheeks，glanced at the faces he loved，and said softly，“No，brother．It is too late for me．Look….look what four years in the mines have done to my hands! The bones in every finger have been broken at least once，and lately I have been suffering from arthritis(关节炎)so badly in my right hand that I cannot even hold a glass to return your toast，much 1ess make lines on canvas(画布)with a pen or a brush．No，brother …for me it is too 1ate．”
Therefore，Albrecht took pains to draw his brother’s injured hands with palms together and thin fingers stretched skyward．The entire world almost immediately opened their hearts to his great masterpiece and named it “The Praying Hands”．The passage is mainly about
| A．the early life of Albrecht Durer |
| B．the story behind “The Praying Hands” |
| C．the sacrifice Albrecht made for his brother |
| D．a young man showing his talent through effort |
According to the two brothers’ agreement，．
| A．they let the coin decide who would go to the academy first |
| B．the winner would work at the academy in exchange for the loser’s help |
| C．the loser would go to the mines and earn money to pay for his own education |
| D．the winner would work in the mines after graduation in return for the loser's support |
Albert refused his brother’s offer because．
| A．he was too old to learn drawing |
| B．he suffered an accident. |
| C．he was not used to holding a pen or brush |
| D．his hands were out of shape as a result of hard work |
The artist created the masterpiece “The Praying Hands”
| A．to show kindness to his poor brother |
| B．to encourage people to realize their dreams |
| C．in praise of his brother’s sacrifice and love |
| D．in honor of his brother as a symbol of working people |
Almost 55,000 people who have had a major impact on British society are profiled in a new 60-volume book that has taken 12 years to compile.
It has cost more than ￡25 million and taken 10,000 writers to update the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Murder victims Stephen Lawrence and James Bulger are among those joining the likes of Queen Victoria and Gandhi.
The new version of the dictionary, which was founded in 1882, costs ￡7,500 and takes up 12 feet of shelf space.
Projects director Robert Faber said Stephen Lawrence was included because his death triggered "dramatic developments in British policing and social policy".
Women make up 10% of the entries - double the previous share - and include Queen Elizabeth I, Dusty Springfield, Linda McCartney and Virginia Woolf, whose father compiled the first edition.
Alongside the famous names are lesser known individuals such as the inventor of snooker, army reservist (预备役军人) Neville Chamberlain.
Stephen Lawrence and James Bulger were both included because of the "overwhelming soul-searching (真挚的自我反省、深思) and examination of education and social policy" which followed their deaths.
Mr Faber said: "These are not just people who were killed but people who had an impact. Jill Dando is there as much for her career but also because her death became a public event.
"So many of these people have seized the public imagination and have contributed to public debate."？
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It can be inferred that Jill Dando _____.
| A．died in a case of murder which drew the public much attention |
| B．isn’t included in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
| C．is the director of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
| D．is included in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography only for her death |
_____ are collected in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
| A．Those who were murdered in history | B．Those who have shaped Britain |
| C．Those who are famous all over the world | D．Those who live in Britain |
How much does a volume of the new version cost on average?
| A．More than ￡25million. | B．More than ￡400, 000. | C．￡7, 500. | D．￡125 |
Before the early 1960’s people interested in the differing roles of the left and right hemispheres(半球) of the brain depended almost entirely on facts drawn from animal research, form studies of patients with one-sided brain damage. But it was possible to find out which brain hemisphere was most involved in speech and other functions in normal people by having them listen to two different words coming to the two ears at the same time. This became known as the “dichotic listening” procedure. When several word pairs are given in a row, people are unable to report them all, and most right-handers prefer to report, and report more correctly, words given to their right ears. This seems to be related to the fact that signals from the right ear, although sent to both hemispheres, are better sent to the left hemisphere which controls speech. People who have speech represented(回忆) in the right hemisphere, a very unusual occurrence even in left-handed people, more correctly report what their left ears hear.
In contrast to the right-ear advantage for speech, there is generally a left-ear advantage for another type of auditory(听觉的) signal: music. When right-handed people listen to melodic patterns they report them better from the left ear.Which of the following would be the most proper title for the passage?
| A．An Introduction to Speech Damage in Patients with Brain Damage. |
| B．An Investigation into the Role of the Brain’s Hemispheres. |
| C．An Analysis of Left and Right-handed People. |
| D．An Examination of “Dichotic Listening”. |
The “dichotic listening” procedure could best be described as hearing _______.
| A．two different words in the same ear twice |
| B．the same word twice in the same ear |
| C．two different words in different ears |
| D．two different words twice in two ears |
according to the passage, right-handed people normally _______.
| A．have better hearing in their both ears |
| B．have little difficulty in reporting words given to their right ears |
| C．are unable to report word pairs given to their left ears |
| D．correctly report word pairs given in a row |
according to the passage, music is best appreciated when heard by _______.
| A．the left ear of right-handers |
| B．people with a left-ear advantage |
| C．left-handers in their right ears |
| D．right-handed people who understand melodic patterns |
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