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．
Billy: I’m really busy with work these days, and most of the time I just eat fast food.
Jennifer: Aw, you shouldn’t eat that much fast food. It’s terrible for you.
Billy: I wish it ________ (be) this way either, but the pace of city life these days is
___ fast that anything you do needs to be really efficient（有效率的）.If you’re a little slower than other people, it could give the impression that you’ve failed somehow.
Jennifer: OK, but when you’ve got some free time, I’ll take you out to a special restaurant, ________ you might change your mind.
Billy: What’s so special about this restaurant?
Jennifer: It’s a “slow food” restaurant? The foods there_________ (cook) carefully, and the atmosphere of the place is really
________ (peace).There’s a snail
_______(paint) on the wall of the restaurant, expressing the hope that people will enjoy their food at a snail’s pace.
Billy: _______ (sound) really interesting! Who first put
_______ this idea of “slow food”?
Jennifer: In the 80s, a few Italians established a “Slow Food Society” as _______ way of speaking out against fast food. In fact, the “slow food movement” is a kind of return to the more natural beginnings of life. “Slow food” doesn’t just mean
_______ you eat slowly; it’s also supporting food with personality.
Billy: Well, I can’t wait to go and eat there now.[
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Last week,our class was on duty in the cafeteria. On the first day,I was shocked to see so much leftover food (throw) away by students. What
waste! Being concerned about it,my classmates and I had a heated discussion on how
(solve) the problem. Lots of good ideas came up,such as holding class meetings,putting up a wall newspaper and charging a fine for wasting food.
(final),we all agreed that putting up a wall newspaper would be a good
(choose).
The next day, we put our idea into reality. Towards lunch time, we put up a wall newspaper outside the school cafeteria, (call) on students not to waste food. Many students gathered around to read and express their support.
my great delight, there were changes soon. In the cafeteria, I
(find) the plates returned after lunch all empty without any leftover. Food
(save) and the dining hall was cleaner. Seeing this, I felt proud of
we had done.
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If you’re a fan of The Hunger Games, you shouldn’t miss another trilogy called Divergent.
The second book, by US author Veronica Roth, ______ (publish) in 2012. It has spent 105 weeks on the USA Today best-selling books list and
____ (current) ranks No 1.
The trilogy’s story begins in a futuristic Chicago_____ people are divided into five distinct groups. Each group is characterized by certain traits – Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Erudite (the intelligent), Amity (the peaceful) and Candor (the honest). Every child, at 16, takes a test
______ (see) which of the five factions he or she belongs to. But Beatrice Prior, born in Abnegation, is qualified
_____ three, meaning she is a Divergent. And she is told not to tell
_____ if she wants to stay alive.
So the decision is between staying with her family or being true to herself. Beatrice ends up _____ (choose) the Dauntless. After joining her new group, Beatrice renames herself Tris and tries to prove her
_____ (brave) with amazing things like jumping off a moving train onto a rooftop. While undergoing these extreme physical tests, Tris must also determine who her real friends are.
The story of the trilogy “explores a more common adolescent anxiety – the painful realization ______ coming into one’s own sometimes means leaving family behind, both ideologically
______ physically”, commented The New York Times.
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A baby is in danger and its mother is crazy with worry. This is something anyone can relate to, even though we are talking about a mother elephant that has been separatedher child.
A video capturing(捕捉)the reunion between the elephant and her 8-month-old baby in Kenya was one of the(impressive)scenes in 2012. The baby fell inside
man-made hole and was unable to climb out, according to the video released by the Amboseli Trust for Elephants. Despite the best efforts of her desperate mother, the baby seemed helpless
a team of conservation workers rushed to help. They had to chase the overprotective mother away first, so that
could get close enough to rescue the baby. They
(struggle)to pull the baby out with ropes and a vehicle.
(lucky), the workers managed to pull the baby to safety.
followed was a touching scene. As soon as the baby was free, it ran away across the plain. In the
(distant), the cries of her mother could be heard as she came running from the opposite direction. The two were reunited,
(hug)each other with their trunks.
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Gandhi, an Indian national hero, was honored _______ the father of the Indian nation. He has been respected and beloved by the Indians.
He was born in India in 1869. Following the local custom, he got _________（marry）at the age of 13. In 1888 he sailed to England, ____
____ he studied law for three years and became a lawyer. On his return to India, he was sent to South Africa to work on a law case.
In South Africa he ______ （surprise）to find that the problem of racial discrimination （种族歧视）was serious. There he formed an organization and started a magazine to fight ____
___ equal rights.
Gandhi returned to India in 1915, ________ India was controlled by the British. He led the Indians to fight for an end to the British rule and __
______ （depend）for his country. In the political movement many Indians including Gandhi were put in prison. ____
____, the struggles never stopped. The British government had to give _____
___and India won its independence in 1947. ____
____（fortunate）Gandhi was shot by an Indian who opposed his views and died on January 30th, 1948.
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