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There are several reasons why school uniforms are good idea. First of all, uniforms help the school look smart. The students feel that they belong to a particular group. When every pupil in the school wears the uniform, nobody ____1____ (have) to worry about fashion(时尚). Everybody wears____2____ same style of clothes. Uniforms can be useful in unexpected ways, A school in Ireland has introduced an interesting new uniform. On the edge of the jacket, there is a piece of cloth ____3____gives off light in the dark. When the children are walking or ____4____ (cycle) to school on dark mornings, car drivers can ____5____ (easy) see them.
But can uniforms help improve school standards? The answer ____6____ this question is not clear. One study in America found that students' grades ____7____ (improve) a little after the school introduced uniforms. But some students didn't want ____8___ (wear) the uniform. Other American studies showed no ____9___(connect) between uniforms and school performance.
School uniforms are ___10_____ (tradition) in Britain, but some schools are starting to get rid of them. Some very good schools don't have a uniform policy. However, uniforms are still popular. Pupils at about 90 percent of British secondary schools wear uniforms.
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A 90-year-old has been awarded "Woman Of The Year" for ___1_____ （be）Britain's oldest full-time employee-still working 40 hours a week. Now Irene Astbury works from 9am to 5pm daily at the pet shop in Macclesfield， ____2____ she opened with her late husband Les. Her years of hard work have ____3____（final）been acknowledged after a customer nominated（提名）her to be Cheshire's Woman Of The Year.
Picking up her "Lifetime Achievement" award，proud Irene ___4_____（declare） she had no plans ____5___ （retire） from her 36-year-old business. Irene said," I don't see any reason to give up work. I love coming here and seeing my family and all the friends I ____6____（make） over the years. I work not because I have to, ____7____ because I want to."
Granddaughter Gayle Parks，31-who works alongside her in the family business-said it remained unknown as to who nominated Irene for the award. She said，"We don't have any idea who put grandma forward. When we got a call ____8____ （say）she was short-listed，we thought it was ____9____ joke. But then we got an official letter and we were blown away. We are so proud of her. It's ___10___ (wonder）."
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According to a review of evidence in a medical journal runners live three years____61___(long) than non-runners You don't have to run fast or for long____62____(see)the benefit You may drink, smoke, be overweight and still reduce your risk of ____63____（die）early by running.
While running regularly can make you live forever, the review says it ____64____ (be)more effective at lengthening life ____65____walking , cycling or swimming. Two of the authors of the review also made a study published in 2014 ___66_____showed a mere five to 10 minutes a day of running reduced the risk of heart disease and early deaths from all ____67____(cause).
The best exercise is one that you enjoy and will do. But otherwise ……
It's probably running. To avoid knee pain, you can run on soft surfaces to ___68____(strength)your leg muscles(肌肉),avoid hills and get good running shoes. Running is cheap, easy and it's always ___69___(energy). If you are time poor, you need run for only half the time to get the same benefits other sports, so perhaps we should all give ____70____a try.
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Diets have changed in China﹣and so too has its top crop． Since 2011，the country （1） （grow）more corn than rice． Corn production has jumped nearly 125 percent over （2） past 25 years， while rice has increased only 7 percent．
A taste for meat is（3） （actual） behind the change：An important part of its corn is used to feed chickens， pigs， and cattle． Another reason for corn's rise： The government encourages farmers to grow corn instead of rice （4） （improve） water quality． Corn uses less water（5） rice and creates less fertilizer（化肥） runoff． This switch has decreased （6） （pollute） in the country's major lakes and reservoirs and made drinking water safer for people．
According to the World Bank， China accounts for about 30 percent of total（7） （globe）fertilizer consumption． The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture finds that between 2005﹣when the government （8） （start） a soil﹣testing program（9） gives specific fertilizer recommendation to farmers ﹣ and 2011， fertilizer use dropped by 7.7 million tons．That prevented the emission（排放） of 51.8 million tons of carbon dioxide．China's approach to protecting its environment while （10） （feed） its citizens "offers useful lessons for agriculture and food policymakers worldwide，" says the bank's Juergen Voegele．
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Does the name of the college you attend really matter? Research on the question ________ (suggest) that, for most students, it doesn't. What students do at college seems to matter much more than ________ they go. The students benefitting most from college are those ________ are totally engaged (参与) in academic life. taking full advantage of the college's chances and resources (资源). Students should have a proper attitude towards college before thinking about which college to attend, and it's never too early to make necessary preparations for a healthy and ________ (meaning) college experience.
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Earth Day, ________ (mark)on 22 April, is an annual event aiming to raise public awareness about environmental protection. First celebrated ________ 1970, the Day now includes events in more than 190 countries and regions (地区). No matter what you like to do, there is a way to get involved in various ________ (activity) on Earth Day. You can plant a tree, make a meal with locally grown vegetables, or save power-the possibilities are endless.
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On the first day of my first grade, I stood by the door with butterflies in my stomach. I ________ (voice) my biggest concern to my mother. "How will I make friends?" She handed me advice. "Be yourself." For the past 20 years. I have lived by these words. Soon I will graduate and become part of the real world. Nervously ________ (face) challenges. I know I will whisper to ________ (I) the two simple words "Be yourself".
She looks like any other schoolgirl, fresh-faced and full of life. Sarah Thomas is looking forward to challenge of her new A-level course .But unlike school friends ,16-year-old Sarah is not spending half-term 6 1 (real)Instead, she is earning ＄6500 a day as 6 2 model in New York.
Sarah 6 3 (tell) that she could be Britain's new supermodel ea rn ing a million dollars in the new year. Her father Peter44,want her to give up school to model fulltime But Sarah, 6 4 has taken part in shows along with top models wants 6 5 (prove) that she has brains as well as beauty she is determined to carry on with her 6 6 (educate).
She has turned down several 6 7 (invitation) to star at shows in order to concentrate on her studies After school she plans to take a year off to model full time before going to university to get a degree 6 8 engineering or architecture.
Sarah says, "My dad thinks I should take the offer now. But at the moment, school 6 9 (come) first. I don't want to get too absorbed in modeling. It is 7 0 (certain) fun but the lifestyle is a little unreal. I don't want to have nothing else to fall back on when I can't model my more."
In 1863the first underground passenger railway in the world opened in London. It ran for just under seven kilometers and allowed people to avoid terrible __61__(crowd) on the roads above as they travelled to and ___62__ word. It took three years to complete and was built using an interesting method. This included digging up the road, ____63___(lay) the track and then building a strong roof over___64___ top. When all those had been done, the road surface was replaced.
Steam engines ___65__(use) to pull the carriages and it must have been___66__(fair)unpleasant for the passsengers, with all the smoke and noise. However, the railway quickly proved to be a great success and within six months, more than 25,000 people were using___67__ every day.
Later, engineers ____68___(manage) to construct railways in a system of deep tunnels (隧道）, which became known to the tube. This development was only possible with the ___69___ (introduce) of electric-powered engines and lifts. The central London Railway was one of the most ___70___(success) of these new lines, and was opened in 1900. It had white-painted tunnels and bright red carriages, and proved extremely popular with the public.
There has been a recent trend in the food service industry toward lower fat content and less salt. This trend, which was started by the medical community（医学界） 61 a method of fighting heart disease, has had some unintended side 62 (effect) such as overweight and heart disease-the very thing the medical community was trying to fight.
Fat and salt are very important parts of a diet. They are required 63 (process) the food that we eat, to recover from injury and for several other bodily functions. When fat and salt 64 (remove) from food, the food tastes as if is missing something. As 65 result, people will eat more food to try to make up for that something missing. Even 66 (bad), the amount of fast food that people eat goes up. Fast food 67 (be) full of fat and salt; by 68 (eat) more fast food people will get more salt and fat than they need in their diet.
Having enough fat and salt in your meals will reduce the urge to snack(吃点心) between meals and will improve the taste of your food. However, be 69 (care) not to go to extremes. Like anything, it is possible to have too much of both, 70 is not good for the health.
In much of Asia,especially the so-called＂rice bowl＂ cultures of China,Japan,Korea, 41Vietnam,food is usually eaten with chopsticks.
Chopsticks are usually two long,thin pieces of wood or bamboo.They can also be made of plastic,animal bone or metal.Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic.Truly elegant chopsticks might 42 (make)of gold and silver with Chinese characters.Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal 43 (create)special designs.
The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years.People probably cooked their f ood in large pots, 44 (use)twigs( 树枝 )to remove it.Over time, 45 thepopulation grew,people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly.
Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which 46(gradual)turned into chopsticks.
Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, 47 lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C.,influenced the 48 (develop)of chopsticks.Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and 49 (be)too violent for use at the table.
Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia.In India,for example,most people traditionally eat 50their hands.
Last October ,while tending her garden in Mora ,Sweden ,Lena Pahlsson pulled out a handful of small 56 (carrot) and was about to throw them away .But something made her look closer ,and she noticed a 57 (shine) object .Yes ,there beneath the leafy top of one tiny carrot was her long-lost wedding ring.
Pahlsson screamed 58 loudly that her daughter came running from the house ."she thought I had hurt 59 (I),"says Pahlsson Sixteen years 60 (early),Pahlsson had removed the diamond ring 61 (cook) a meal. When she
wanted to put the ring back on later, it was gone. She
supected that one of her three daughters-then ten. eight, and six- had picked it up, but the girls said they hadn't. Pahlsson and her husband 62 (seareh) the kitchen, checking every corner. but turned up nothing. "I gave up hope of finding my ring again," she says. She never replaced it.
Pahlsson and her husband now think the ring probably got 63 (sweep) into a pile of kitchen rubbish and was spread over the garden, 64 it remained until the carrot's leafy top accidentally sprouted (生长) through it. For Pahlsson, its return was 65 wonder.
Population Change
Why is the world's population growing? The answer is not what you might think. The reason for the explosion is not that people have been reproducing like rabbits, but that people have stopped dropping dead like flies. In 1900, people died at the average age of 30.By 2000 the average age was 65.But while increasing health was a typical feature of the 20 thcentury, declining birth rate could be a defining one of the 21 st.
Statistics show that the average number of births per woman has fallen from 4.9 in the early 1960s to 2.5 nowadays. Furthermore, around 50% of the world's population live in regions where the figure is now below the replacement level(i.e.2.1 births per woman)and almost all developed nations are experiencing sub-replacement birth rate. You might think that developing nations would make up the loss(especially since80% of the world's people now live in such nations), but you'd be wrong. Declining birth rate is a major problem in many developing regions too, which might cause catastrophic global shortages of work force within a few decades.
A great decline in young work force is likely to occur in China, for instance. What does it imply? First, China needs to undergo rapid economic development before a population decline hits the country. Second, if other factors such as technology remain constant, economic growth and material expectations will fall well below recent standards and this could invite trouble.
Russia is another country with population problems that could break its economic promise. Since 1992 the number of people dying has been bigger than that of those being born by a massive 50%,Indeed official figures suggest the country has shrunk by 5% since 1993 and people in Russia live a shorter life now than those in 1961.Why is this occurring? Nobody is quite sure, but poor diet an above all long-time alcoholism have much to do with it. If current trends don't bend. Russia's population will be about the size of Yemen's by the year 2050.
In the north of India, the population is booming due to high birth rates, but in the south, where most economic development is taking place, birth rate is falling rapidly. In a further twist, birth rate is highest in poorly educated rural areas and lowest in highly educated urban areas. In total, 25% of India's working-age population has no education. In 2030, a sixth of the country's potential work force could be totally uneducated.
One solution is obviously to import foreign workers via immigration. As for the USA, it is almost unique among developed nations in having a population that is expected to grow by 20% from 2010-2030. Moreover, the USA has a track record of successfully accepting immigrants. As a result it's likely to see a rise in the size of its working-age population and to witness strong economic growth over the longer term.
If you feel stressed by responsibilities at work, you should take a step back and identify (识别)those of 41 (great)and less importance. Then, handle the most important tasks first so you'll feel a real sense of 42(achieve). Leaving the less important things until tomorrow 43(be) often acceptable.
Most of us are more focused 44 our tasks in the morning than we are later in the day. So, get an early start and try to be as productive 45possible before lunch. This will give you the confidence you need to get you through the afternoon and go home feeling accomplished.
Recent 46 (study) show that we are far more productive at work if we take short breaks 47 (regular). Give your body and brain a rest by stepping outside for 48 while, exercising, or dong something you enjoy.
If you find something you love doing outside of the office, you'll be less likely 49 (bring) your work home. It could be anything-gardening, cooking, music, sports-but whatever it is, 50(make) sure it's a relief from daily stress rather than another thing to worry about.
Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires, Asia's biggest building, and fancy new hotels. But for tourists like me, pandas are its top____61_(attract).
So it was a great honour to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research, I_____62_（allow）to get up close to these cute animals at the 600-acre centre. From tomorrow, I will be their UK ambassador. The title will be __63___(official) given to me at a ceremony in London. But my connection with pandas goes back ____64__ my days on a TV show in the mid-1980s, ____65_ I was the first Western TV reporter__66___ (permit) to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued from starvation in the wild. My ambassadorial duties will include ____67_(introduce) British visitors to the 120-plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research in the misty mountains of Bifengxia.
On my recent visit, I help a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by _____68_ (it) mother. The nursery team switches him every few __69__( day) with his sister so that while one is being bottle-fed, __70____ other is with mum-she never suspects.
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