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“Iwasreallyexcitedthefirstmonth,whenwehad49visitors,”shesaid.Now,morethan480,000peoplefroma11overtheworldhavevisitedthesite.“Igete-mailsfromChina,Egypt,India,andBrazil.”Theysay,“Thankyousomuchforthisresource,we’vebeenwaitingforitforsolong!
”Ellielovesknowingsheishelpingsomanypeople.
GloriaBarronPrizewinnerslikeEllieareenthusiasticabouttheworktheydo.Andtheyencourageotherstojoininiftheyseeaneed.Anybodycanbenegative,butitneedssomebodybravetobepositive.Areyouthebraveone?
21.Choosetherightorderofthefollowing.
a.ElliestartedaWebsite,RepeatAfterUs.
b.ElliehappenedtomeetadultsinanEFLclass.
c.Alltherecordingswerelost.
d.ElliebecameaGloriaBarronPrizewinner.
e.Morethan480,000peoplefromallovertheworldvisitedthesite.
A.c—b—a—e—dB.a—e—d—c—bC.b—a—c—e—dD.b—c—a—e—d
22.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?
A.TheGloriaBarronPrizehonorspeopleshowingleadershipandcourage.
B.EachyeartenwinnersshareUS$2,000tosupporttheirhighereducation.
C.EllieWenwasbadlypaidatacommunitycenterinLosAngeles.
D.PeoplecanpracticetheirEnglishviaEllie’swebsite.
23.Thewritermainlytalksabout_____.
A.howtoopenupawebsitewiththehelpofothers
B.howtoteachimmigrantfamiliesEnglishviatheInternet
C.theGloriaBarronPrizeandthestoryofoneofitswinners
D.youngpeoplewhohelpothersinvariousways
B
Cellphones:
Isthereacancerlink?
Couldyourcellphonegiveyoucancer?
Whetheritcouldornot,somepeopleareworryingaboutthepossibilitythatphones,powerlinesandWi-Ficouldberesponsibleforarangeofillnesses,fromrashestobraintumors.
Somesaythereisevidencetosupportthegrowinganxieties.DavidCarpenter,aprofessorofenvironmentalhealthsciencesattheuniversityatAlbany,inNewYork,thinksthere’sagreaterthan95percentchancethatpowerlinescancausechildhoodleukemia(白血病).Alsothere’sagreaterthan90percentchancethatcellphonescancausebraintumors.“It’sapparentnowthatthere’sarealrisk,”saidCarpenter.
Butothersbelievetheseconcernsarenotjustified.DrMarthaLinet,headofradiationepidemiology(流行病学)attheUSNationalCancerInstitute,haslookedatthesameresearchasCarpenterbuthasreachedadifferentconclusion.“Idon’tsupportwarninglabelsforcellphones,”saidLinet.“Wedon’thavetheevidencethatthere’smuchdanger.”
StudiessofarsuggestaweakconnectionbetweenEMFs(电磁场)andillness—soweakthatitmightnotexistata11.Amultinationalinvestigationofcellphonesandbraincancer,in13countriesoutsidetheUS,hasbeenunderwayforseveralyears.It’sfundedinpartbytheEuropeanUnion,inpartbyacellphoneindustrygroup.Thefinalreportshouldcomeoutlaterthisyear,butdatasofardon’tsuggestastronglinkbetweencellphoneuseandcancerrisk.
24.Fromthepassagewecanlearnthatsomepeopleareworriedbecause________.
A.theyhaveevidencethattheuseofcellphonescanleadtocancer
B.theyfeelsurprisedandalarmedaboutcellphoneuse
C.someexpertshavegivenawarning
D.cellphonesareresponsibleforbraintumors
25.Bysaying“Idon’tsupportwarninglabelsforcellphones,”DrMarthaLinethastheideathat_______.
A.theworryingisunnecessary
B.cancer—warninglabelsshouldbeoncellphones
C.thereisalinkbetweencellphonesandcancer
D.cellphoneshavenothingtodowithcancer
26.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribestheattitudeoftheauthortowardsthedebate?
A.Optimistic.B.Objective.C.Opposite.D.Casual.
27.Theunderlinedword“justified”inParagraph3isclosestinmeaningto_____.
A.explainedB.confirmedC.classifiedD.restricted
C
Canyoubelieveyoureyes?
Arecentexperimentsuggeststhattheanswertothatquestionmaydependonyourage.
MartinDoherty,apsychologistattheUniversityofStirlinginScotland,ledtheteamofscientists.Inthisexperiment,Dohertyandhisteamtestedtheperception(观察力)ofsomepeople,usingpicturesofsomeorangecircles.Theresearchersshowedthesamepicturestotwogroupsofpeople.Thefirstgroupincluded151childrenaged4to10,andthesecondgroupincluded24a—dultsaged18to25.
Thefirstgroupofpicturesshowedtwoorangecirclesaloneonawhitebackground.Oneofthecircleswaslargerthantheother,andthesepeoplewereaskedtoidentifythelargerone.Four-year-oldsidentifiedthecorrectcircle79percentofthetime.Adultsidentifiedthecorrectcircle95percentofthetime.
Next,bothgroupswereshownpictureswheretheorangecircles,againofdifferentsizes,weresurroundedbygraycircles.Here’swherethetricklies.Insomeofthepictures,thesmallerorangecirclewassurroundedbyevensmallergraycircles—makingtheorangecircleappearlargerthantheotherorangecircle,whichwasthereallargerone.Andthelargerorangecirclewassurroundedbyevenbiggergraycircles—soitappearedtobesmallerthantherealsmallerorangecircle.
Whenyoungchildrenaged4to6lookedatthesetrickypictures,theyweren’tfooled—theywerestillabletofindthebiggercirclewithroughlythesameaccuracyasbefore.Olderchildrenandadults,ontheotherhand,didnotdoaswell.Olderchildrenoftenidentifiedthesmallercircleasthelargerone,andadultsgotitwrongmostofthetime.
Aschildrengetolder,Dohertysaid,theirbrainsmaydeveloptheabilitytoidentifyvisualcontext.Inotherwords,theywillbegintoprocessthewholepictureatonce:
thetrickygraycircles,aswellastheorangecircleinthemiddle.Asaresult,they’remorelikelytofallforthiskindofvisualtrick.
28.Dohertyandhisteamofscientistsdidanexperimenttoevaluate______.
A.Children’sandadults’eye-sight
B.people’sabilitytoseeaccurately
C.children’sandadults’brains
D.theinfluenceofpeople’sage
29.Whenaskedtofindthelargercircle,_____.
A.childrenat6gotitwrong79%ofthetimewithnograyonesaround
B.onlyadultsover18gotitright95%ofthetimewithgrayonesaround
C.childrenat4gotitrightabout79%ofthetimewithgrayonesaround
D.adultsgotitrightmostofthetimewithgrayonesaround
30.Accordingtothepassage,wecanknowthat_____.
A.asmallerorangecircleappearsbiggeronawhitebackground
B.anorangecircleappearsbiggerthanagrayoneofthesamesize
C.acirclesurroundedbyothercircleslooksbiggerthanitsrealsize
D.acirclesurroundedbybiggeroneslookssmallerthanitsrealsize
31.Whyareyoungerchildrennotfooled?
A.Becausetheyaresmarterthanolderchildrenandadults.
B.Becauseolderpeopleareinfluencedbytheirexperience.
C.Becausepeople’seyesbecomeweakerastheygrowolder.
D.Becausetheirbraincanhardlynoticerelatedthingstogether.
D
Asyouareprobablyaware,thelatestjobmarketsnewsisn’tgood:
Unemploymentisstillmorethan9percent,andnewjobgrowthhasfallenclosetozero.That’sbadfortheeconomy,ofcourse.Anditmaybeespeciallydiscouragingifyouhappentobelookingforajoborhopingtochangecareersrightnow.Butitactuallyshouldn’tmattertoyounearlyasmuchasyouthink.
That’sbecausejobgrowthnumbersdon’tmattertojobhuntersasmuchasjobstaff-turnover(人员流动)data.Afterall,existingjobsopenupeverydayduetopromotions,resignations,andretirements.(Yes,peopleareretiringeveninthiseconomy.)Inbothgoodtimesandbad,staff-turnovercreatesmoreopeningsthaneconomicgrowthdoes.EveninJuneof2007,whentheeconomywasstillboomingalong,jobgrowthwasonly132,000,whilestaff-turnoverwas4.7million!
Andasitturnsout,eventoday—withjobgrowthnearzero—over4millionjobhuntersarebeinghiredeverymonth.
Idon’tmeantoimplythatoveralljobgrowthdoesn’thaveanimpactonone’sabilitytolandajob.It’struethatiftotalemploymentwerehigher.itwouldmeanmorejobsforallofustochoosefrom(andcompetefor).Andit'
struethattherearecurrentlymorepeopleapplyingforeachavailablejobopening,regardlessofwhetherit’sanewoneornot.
Butwhatoftendistinguishesthosewholandjobsfromthosewhodon’tistheirabilitytostaymotivated.They’rewillingtodothehardworkofidentifyingtheirvaluableskills;
becreativeaboutwhereandhowtolook;
learnhowtopresentthemselvestopotentialemployers;
andkeepgoing,evenafterrepeatedrejections.TheBureauofLaborStatisticsdatashowthat2.7millionpeoplewhowantedandwereavailableforworkhadn’thuntedforitwithinthelastfourweeksandwerenolongerevenclassifiedasunemployed.
Sodon’tlettheheadlinesfoolyouintogivingup.Fourmil