Recently a group of second-graders visited ou...

Recently a group of second-graders visited our school library to work on a “holidays around the world” project. The children created pictures showing holiday customs and then created voice recordings explaining what they drew. ________1.________ Now imagine taking things one step further and creating Podcasts in a classroom setting.

The term Podcast refers to an audio recording, linked to the Web, that can be downloaded to a personal MP3 player. The word is created from broadcast and from iPod—the wildly popular MP3 player from Apple.

Using audio with students isn’t new, of course. Teachers have used audiobooks at listening centers and recorded student voice on tape or CD for many years. ________2.________ Podcasts, however, can reach a much wider audience in a time frame outside the school days. Booktalking, an old way of getting kids excited about books, gets a tech assistance with Podcasting. Students can do some booktalking themselves; book review Podcasts seem to be another natural way for students to share what they know, providing an alternative to the book report.

________3.________ Teachers made audio Podcasts, including visuals or video clips for any content area instruction and review. Some teachers have begun to record themselves teaching important concepts; this creates an account of information online for kids to access when they’re stuck on a homework assignment. ________4.________ Imagine being a classroom teacher in September who can actually hear how his or her students were reading in June the school year before.

You don’t need an iPod to make a Podcast. ________5.________ While an MP3 player is a popular and useful gadget, your audience doesn’t need MP3 players to listen, either. Your students and their families can use the computer to play back what you’ve recorded.

A. Audio and video files can also function as assessment tools.

B. It is clearly showed in the incident that student-created voice recordings are effective.

C. Podcasting is of vital importance to the classroom setting.

D. Podcasting is used for various excellent reasons.

E. You can make a Podcast if you have a computer, a microphone, and some free software.

F. Podcasting needs a variety of devices.

G. Voice and music have been seen as the original media for teaching.

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A group of schools in Minnesota recently made a big change. They took some famous books off their reading list. One book was Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” The other was Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The schools in Minnesota decided that some words in the books were racist and can be hurtful to students.

This is a step in the right direction. But the harmful words in the stories are just the beginning. There are other reasons why these books should no longer be in classrooms.

Many people think the book, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, for example, one of the best books of all time. That is not true. In the book, there is a white lawyer named Atticus Finch. He defends Tom Robinson, a black man, in court. Tom exists only to be saved by Atticus. He does not make decisions for himself. He does not have a full life. He is in the story only to teach the white community about racism. The character is not complete and the white savior (救世主) idea shows poor writing skills.

Students do not learn as much from flat characters like Tom. They should read more authors of color. They should read stories where people of color are important. There are books about people of color that show joy and success. These books give students a fuller understanding of racism. Students of color must be able to see their real lives reflected in books so that they can change to become more accepting of others.

1.What caused the change in some schools’ reading list according to paragraph 1?

A.Efforts to lessen students study burden.

B.Intention to focus students’ attention on certain books.

C.Dissatisfaction with some writers’ choice of words.

D.Disrespect for some writers like Mark Twain.

2.According to the passage, “To Kill a Mockingbird” ________.

A.is the best book of all time

B.depicts all characters in detail

C.shows preference for the white

D.advocates harmony between races

3.What do we know about books about people of color?

A.They may disappoint their readers.

B.They fail to show joy and success.

C.They get in the way of readers’ understanding of racism.

D.They encourage readers’ acceptance of others.

4.What’s the best title of this passage?

A.Classroom reading lists change.

B.Two famous books lose appeal.

C.Different races conflict.

D.Words in books hurt.

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Recently our class held a fierce ________ as to whether to raise the price of school meals or not.

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On January 5th, students in our school visited Robot World, which we saw a great diversity of robot. It was amazed to find those robots could do a great number of things just like real people, including playing chess, playing piano and drawing pictures. What’s more, the robots were in different kinds and shapes, which made us enjoyable. In addition, that excited me most was the show given by a group of robots. They danced just as if they are dancers on the stage. By visiting Robot World, I have learned a lot of about robots , especial about their functions and shapes. The great human wisdom is so powerful that it make us feel more comfortable live in the world.

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Several professors from Peking University came to visit our school, to my surprise, one of ________ was my aunt.

A．them             B．those             C．which            D．whom

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The news of the Ministry's coming to our school for a visit was  ____  on the radio yesterday.

A. turned out                    B. found out                  C. given out                D. carried out

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The news of the mayor’s coming to our school for a visit was ____ on the radio yesterday．

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The news of the mayor’s coming to our school for a visit was _______ on the radio yesterday.

A.turned out                                B.found out

C.given out                             D.carried out

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The news of the mayor’s coming to our school for a visit was _______ on the radio yesterday.

A. turned out      B. found out       C. given out        D. carried out

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At a primary school in a small town in the east of South Carolina, second-grade teachers Garneau and Lynne are convinced that separating elementary-age boys and girls produces immediate academic improvement in both genders(性别).

David Chadwell, South Carolina’s coordinator of single gender education says, “Boys and girls learn, hear and respond to their surroundings differently. We can teach boys and girls based on what we now know.”

Male and female eyes are not organized in the same way, he explains. The composition of the male eye makes it sensitive to motion and direction. “Boys interpret the world as objects moving through space,” he says.

The male eye is also drawn to cooler colors like silver and black. It’s no accident boys tend to create pictures of moving objects instead of drawing the happy colorful family, like girls do in their class.

The female eye, on the other hand, is drawn to warmer colors like red, yellow and orange. To attract girls, Chadwell says, the teacher doesn’t need to move as much as in boy’s class. Using descriptive phrases and lots of colors in presentations or on the blackboard gets their attention.

Boys and girls also hear differently. “When someone speaks in a loud tone, girls interpret it as yelling,” Chadwell says. “They think you’re mad and can shut down.” Girls are more sensitive to sounds. He advises girls’ teachers to watch the tone of their voices. Boys’ teachers should sound more forceful, even excited.

A boy’s nervous system causes him to be more cautious when he is standing, moving, and the room temperature is around 69 degrees Fahrenheit. Stress in boys, he says, tends to increase blood flow to their brains, a process that helps them stay focused. Girls are more focused when seated in a warmer room around 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Girls also respond to stress differently. When exposed to threat and conflict, blood goes to their guts(肠道), leaving them feeling nervous or anxious.

These differences can be applied in the classroom, Chadwell adds. “Single gender programs are about maximizing the learning.”

1.What is David Chadwell’s attitude toward separating elementary-age boys and girls while learning?

A. Supportive               B. Worried            C. Concerned                D. Uninterested

2. To engage boy in a class, the teacher ______.

A. must have a moving object in this hand   B. needs to wear clothes in warm color

C. has to speak politely                              D. had better move constantly while teaching

3.Which of the following shows the organization of the passage?

(= Paragraph 1  ‚= Paragraph 2  ƒ= Paragraph 3  ….. ˆ= Paragraph 8)

A.                                  B.

C.                                     D.

4.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A. Ways of teaching boys and ways of teaching girls

B. Boys and girls should be separated

C. How boys and girls learn differently

D. How to teach more effectively

5.Which of the following students is most likely to be focused?

A. A boy sitting in a warm room                 B. A standing boy who is faced with stress

C. A girl standing in a cold room                D. A girl who is facing a lot of pressure

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