manyof the women whoworked part—time for her software development company didn’t havetime in their busy lives to read.She decided to type part of a chapter of a book,and send it to heremployees through email.The next day she typed a little more,and continued tosend literary
installments each day.She says she started getting feedback from the staff about how readingmade them feel.“They were interested,and realized that.though they didn’t have time in theirbusv lives for reading,just reading that little bit each day got them back in the habit."Realizingthat many other people could benefit.she decided to take the idea even further and start an email"chapter-a-day’’book club to help others ease their way back into daily reading.“Reading makeschanges in people’S lives.”Beecher says.
Pat Dempsey.a librarian at a public library in Ohio,has found Chapter—A—Day helps her li—brary clients get back in the habit of reading."It’s a different way to get people h00ked onbooks,”she says.
3 1.Chapter-A-Day is intended to help people__.
A.get back into the habit of reading
B.relieve stress from office work
C.find interesting books online
D.buy books more conveniently
32.The passage was written in__.
A.1999 B.2000 C.2001 D.2002
33.1t can be inferred that through Chapter—A-Day——.
A.Dublic libraries have become crowded with readers
B.Ms Beecber made much money for her software company
C.Deople begin to read very slowly and patiently
D.Deople cannot finish reading any book online
34.The word“installment”in the passage probably means“——”-
A.a 1ibrary email B.a rare piece of literature
C.a free novel D.a part of a book
35.Ms Beecher decided to expand her Chapter—A—Day service because__•
A.over 3 000 1ibraries had j oined
B.many other people could benefit
C.eight book clubs supported her
D free emajl service was available
Passage two
Chicago Public Schools are going to great lengths to hire teachers--now the school districtrecruits teachers fr。m other countries to help solve a shortage of teachers.It all started in 1999,when R。uses Hannon.a math and physics teacher from Palestine(巴勒斯坦),visited Chicago He read about the teacher shortage at Chicago Public Schools and asked the school board if they dhire him The board was interested and decided to create a special program for foreign—born teach—ers like Hannon,and he was the first teacher hired.
The program is called the Global Educator Outreach or GEO,and it’s a partnership between
Chicago Public Schools and the U。S. government. Because the teacher shortage in Chicago is soextreme,the Government allows the school district to temporarily hire foreign teaching candi—dates using H1一B visas.The Government grants these visas oniy to skilled foreign_born citlzens SO they can work in highly specialized jobs that can’t be filled with available U.S.workforce.
Through the GEO,the school district has hiredtries.Applicants must pass an English language test dozens of teachers from 22 different coun—and specialize in math,science。world lan—guage or bilingual(双语的)education.Hannon and the first GEO teachers started in the class—room at the beginning of the 2000~2001 school year,
What do the GEO teachers think of the American classroom?ttannon, who was hired toteach math at Gage Park High School,says classrooms in Chicagoare very different from those inPales tine. For one thing,he says,the fixed schedule that forces students t0 attend the same clas—ses at the same time each day becomes too dutl. In Palestine,the class sehedule changes eachweek.He says in Palestine,the culture forces students to work hard because if they don't they'ilbe kicked out and put in vocational schools,which limits their career options.There is not nearlvaS much pressure for American students to do,veil。He says he has todouble the amounts of
work just to get his students interested,
36.Chicago Public Schools began to employ foreign teachers because
A.there were not enough American teachers
B.a program for foreign teachers was started
C.the schooi board was interested in foreign teachers
D.foreign teachers taught better than American teachers
37.The American Government is involved in the program because .
A.the schools are public schools
B.the Government is to finance the program
C.the Government grants visas to the foreign teachers
D.the program involves bilingual education
38.It seems that the Global Educator Outreaeh wiil .
A.be difficult to continue B.last a limited period of time
C.pose a threat to U.S.workforce D.be extended to other cities
39.Chicago Public Schools do not seem to lack teachers of_____.
A.English B.math
C.science D.world language
40.Hannon,as a GEO teacher,has found that____.
A.class schedules in America and Palestine are very much the same
B.fixed class schedules make it easy for teachers to prepare lessons
C.vocational schools offer a good career option for American students
D.American students do not work as hard as Palestinian students
Passage Three
Workforce is defined as the total number of people who are available to work and earn in—comes.The definition includes everyone who is employed or seeking paid employment,SO it ill—cludes employees and the self-employed.
Although the size of the workforce depends a great deal on the size of the total population,there are several other influences which also affect it.The age distribution of the total populationhas a very marked effect on the available workforce.If the population has a high proportion of very young people or of those too old to work,then the available workforce would be lower thanif there were an evenly spread age distribution.If the population grows rapidly from natural in—crease,i.e.the number of births greatly exceeds the number of deaths,then as the total popula—tion increases,the proportion in the workforce declines.
Sometimes a population is described as aging,which means that the birth rate is either failing or growing very slowly,and as people retire from the workforce,there are not enough young people entering it to replace those who are leaving it.The population is top—heavy with older peo—ple.So the percenLage of the population in the workforce declines when there is either a rapid in—crease in births or a failing birth rate.
The age distribution of the population has several important effects on the economy.If the population is aging and there is an increase in the number of people retiring without a correspond—ing increase in the number entering the workforce,this raises the problem of the ability of the economv to provide a reasonable level of social services to the retired group. If the aged are to be cared for in special hc)mes or hotels,finances must be available for that purpose.If tbe size of the workforce is small relative to the total population,then the government tax receipts are relatively low and either the government has less money available to it or the workforce members have to be taxed more heavily.
41.Workforce is composed of________.
A.both the employed and the self-employed
B.people employed to work for others
C.both employers and employees
D.people avai lable to work and earn incomes
42.The factor that does not influence the size of the workforce is___
A.the size of the total population
B.the age distribution of a population
C.the national economy
D.the natural population growth
43.It can be concluded from Paragraph 2 that一——.
A.a population growth leads to a greater proportion of workforce
B.a 1arge population does not necessarily mean a high proportion of workforce
C.the size of the aged determines the proportion of workforce
D.the Droportion of the very young determines the size of workforce
44.1 he size o±the workforce declines when__.
A.many people reach the retiring age
B.the birth rate falls rapidly
C.the number of retirees exceeds that of new workers
D.the death rate increases
45.The last paragraph focuses on_______.
A.the factors that influence the workforce structure
B.the importance of workforce distribution to the economy
C.the relationship between the age distribution and the economy
D.the influence of population growth on the national economy
Passage Four
Honesty is the best policy,as the English saying goes.Unfortunately,honesty often deserts
us when no one is watching.British psychologists reported last week.
Researchers at UK’s Newcastle University set up an experiment in their psychoiogy department’s coffee room.They set a kettle with tea,coffee and milk on the counter and hung up
a sign listing the prices for drinks.People helping themselves to a cup of drink were supposed to
put a few cents in the box nearby.The scientists hung a poster above the money box,and itchanged each week between images of gazing eyes and pictures of flowers.The researchers foundthat staff paid 2.76 times more for their drinks when the image of the eyes was hung.“Franklywe were shocked by the size of the effect,”said Gilbert Roberts。one of the researchers.
Eyes are known to be a powerful perceptual(感官的)signal for humans.“Even though the
eyes were not real,they stitl seemed to make people behave more honestly.”said Melissa Bate—son.a behavioral biologist and leader of the study.
Researchers believe the effect sheds light on our evolutionary past It may arise from behav-ioral features that developed when early humans formed social groups to strengthen their chancesof survival.For social groups to work,individuals had to co-operate。rather than act selfishly.“There’s an argument that if nobody is watching us,it is in our interests to behave selfishly.But when were being watched we should behave better.So people see us as co—operative and behave the same way towards us,”Bateson said.
The new finding indicates that people have a striking response to eyes.That might be be—
cause eyes and faces send a strong biological signal we have evolved to respond to.The finding
could be put to practical use,too.For example,images of eyes could increase ticket sales on pub—lic transport and improve supervision systems to prevent antisocial behavior.
46.The experiment conducted in Newcastle University shows that____.
A.people enj oy free drinks more than paid ones
B.most people are dishonest if nobody is watching
C.people like pictures of flowers more than pictures of eyes
D.people are more honest when watched by pictures of eyes
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