There’s no supermarket in the _area.

Mrs. White's husband tried to ______.

A．cheer her up

B．stop her from going to the supermarket

C．stop her from buying unnecessary things

D．make her less happy

A.stayed

B.hadbeenstaying

C.havebeenstaying

D.havestayed

tell you【C2】______technology has crept into nearly【C3】______aspects of playtime and nearly every type of toy. The Hyper Dash, introduced recently from Wild Planet, is a【C4】______in point. "Its the perfect blend of technology, learning and exercise," says an educational psychologist. Wild Planet has【C5】______unveiled a younger version of Hyper Dash, for kids 3 to 5, 【C6】______Animal Scramble, which is due【C7】______stores in September. In【C8】______,the firm will soon release Hyper Jump. "Play and technology are【C9】______," says Claire Green of the nonprofit ParentsChoice Foundation. "Theres【C10】______putting the genie back in the bottle."

【C1】

m in Intemet-based instruction. In just a fewyears,34 percent ofAmerican universities have begun offering some form. ofdistance learning (DL), and among the larger schools,its closer to 90 percent.If you doubt the popularity of the trend, you probably havent heard of theUniversity ofPhoenix. It grants degrees entirely on the basis of onlineinstruction. It enrolls 90,000 students, a statistic used tosupport its claimto be the largest private university in the country. Whilethe kinds of instruction offered in these programs will differ, DL usuallysignifies a course in which theinstructors post syllabi(课程大纲), reading assignments, and schedules on Websites, and students sendin theirassignments by e-mail. Generally speaking, face-to-face communicationwith an instructor is minimized oreliminated altogether. Theattraction for students might at first seem obvious. Primarily, theres theconvenience promised by courseson the Net: you can do the work, as they say, inyour pajamas (睡衣). But figures indicate that the reducedeffortresults in a reduced commitment to the course. While dropout rates for allfreshmen at American universitiesis around 20 percent, the rate for onlinestudents is 35 percent. Students themselves seem to understand theweaknessesinherent in the setup. In a survey conducted for eComell, the DL division ofComell University, lessthan a third of the respondents expected the quality ofthe online course to be as good as the classroom course. Clearly,from the schools perspective, theres a lot of money to be saved. Althoughsome of the moreambitious programs require new investments in servers andnetworks to support collaborative software, most DLcourses can run on existingor minimally upgraded(升级)systems. The more students who enroll in acourse butdont come to campus, the more the school saves on keeping the lightson in the classrooms, paying doorkeepers,and maintaining parking lots. Andtheres evidence that instructors must work harder to run a DL course foravariety of reasons, they wont be paid any more, and might well be paid less. What is the most striking feature of theUniversity of Phoenix？

A.Allits courses are offered online.

B.Itsonline courses are of the best quality.

C.It boasts the largest number of studentson campus.

D.Anyone taking its online courses is sure to get a degree.

t of the prefrontal cortex—a part of the brain involved in controlling our behavior. It doesnt fully develop until young【B2】______, after which it gradually declines. We【B3】______that the ability to lie would also follow this【B4】______and thats what we found. We focus on the cognition of lying—how hard it is to lie,【B5】______we can judge by how long it takes a person to【B6】______a false statement. Theres a lot of evidence suggesting lying is more【B7】______demanding than telling the truth. Lying is a very【B8】______phenomenon. There are many【B9】______involved—the motivation to lie, emotions , social factors and so on. We【B10】______the cognitive aspect of lying. Its a narrow scope, but that【B11】______us to apply science to the issue. Why do young adults lie【B12】______？ I am speculating, but it【B13】______has something to do with gaining【B14】______at that age—becoming an individual and【B15】______themselves from their parents or teachers. They tend to lie more to authority figures. Weve been developing computerised tests where we try to【B16】______whether a person is lying or not, based on how fast they respond. Another approach might be to make lying more【B17】______You could ask them to tell their story in【B18】______order, for example, or ask questions that they wouldnt【B19】______For a long time, lie detection has focused on techniques that are based on stress. But these gave a lot of false positives, because truth-tellers can get as stressed as【B20】______

【B1】

A．in accordance with

B．in line with

C．in comparison with

D．in addition to

an objective method to assess teachers. Studies show that over time, test scores do not provide a【C1】______ means of separating good from bad instructors. Test scores are an【C2】______ indicator of quality because too many factors outside of the teachers control can influence student【C3】______ from year to year—or even from classroom to classroom during the same year. Often, more than half of those teachers【C4】______ as the poorest performers one year will be judged average or above average the next, and the results are【C5】______ as bad for teachers with【C6】______ classes during the same year. 【C7】______, theres a far more direct approach: measuring the amount of【C8】______ a teacher spends delivering relevant instruction—【C9】______, how much teaching a teacher actually gets done in a school day. This is hardly a new【C10】______. Thirty years ago two studies using this approach found that some teachers were able to deliver【C11】______ 14 more weeks a year of relevant instruction than their less efficient【C12】______. There was no【C13】______ to their success: it was obvious that the efficient teachers【C14】______ strictly to the curriculum, maintained stern discipline and【C15】______ non-instructional activities, like【C16】______ unessential classroom business when they【C17】______ focused on the curriculum. And both studies found that the teachers who【C18】______ more were also the teachers who【C19】______ students who performed well on【C20】______ tests.

【C1】

A．persistent

B．consistent

C．continuous

D．useful

ess, and, for some, even adds extra years to their life. While the【C1】______between marriage and well-being has been【C2】______studied, predicting marital success is【C3】______. Exactly which people are likely to make successful 【C4】______and what can they do to【C5】______the odds of being successful and happy in marriage？ "The state of marriage is that its going in two directions. For people with a college degree, marriage is still going【C6】______." However, Cherlin explains, "for people with less 【C7】______, theres less marriage and more breakups." Happy marriage【C8】______are much less common in such households. Another predictor of successful marriages is the quality of a【C9】______childhood relationship with their parents. "The kind of relationships you have with your parents【C10】______up are predictive of marital quality in【C11】______Umberson says. Finally, there is a chicken-and-egg【C12】______to successful marriages. "People who are married are【C13】______than people who arent. The question is how much of this is【C14】______and how much is effect？" While natural selection【C15】______has an impact here, Cherlin says, "people who are【C16】______happy are more likely to get married, but marriage makes them even healthier." The【C17】______to good marriages is similar in Umbersons view. "I think its the presence of emotional support, and that the person youre with does make you feel emotionally supported," she says.【C18】______, "If your partner is 【C19】______and demanding" all the time, those "are just red flags" in terms of marital happiness. And in terms of【C20】______, she notes, "marital strain is worse for your health than marital happiness is good for your health."

【C1】

A．match

B．link

C．chain

D．mark

Coffee is a powerful drink. On a personal level, it helps keep us awake andactive. (80)On a much general level, it has helped shape our history and continues to shape our culture. Coffee plants grow wild in parts of Africa and were probably used by travelling tribes (部落)for thousands of years, but it wasnt until the 1400s that people figuredout they could roast its seeds. "Then it really took off," said historian Mark Pendergrast-author of Uncommon Grounds: the History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World. By the 1500 s, the drink had spread to coffeehouses across the Arab world within another 150 years, it took Europe by storm. "It actually had a major impact on the rise of business," Pendergrast says. Coffeehouses became a spot not just to enjoy a cup but to exchange ideas. The insurance industry was founded hundreds of years ago in one of Londons 2,000 coffeehouses. Literature, newspapers and even the works of great composers like Bach and Beethoven were also inspired in coffeehouses. It is often said that after the Boston Tea Party of 1773, when American colonists (^殖民者) attacked British tea ships and threw large boxes of tea into the harbor, Americans everywhere switched over to drinking coffee. "Theres a lot of truth to the story, I found," Pendergrast says. He mentions a letter John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, in which the Founding Father declares his love of tea but says he will have to learn to accept coffee instead, because drinking tea had become unpatriotic. For all the upsides coffee has brought the modern world, it also brought its fair share of downsides , too. Europeans carried coffee with them as they colonized various parts of the world, and this frequendy meant they made people into slaves in order to grow it.

According to the passage, which of the following has nothing to do with coffee？

A．Literature.

B．Newspapers.

C．The insurance industry.

D．The oil industry.

As a general rule,American men earn more than American women． This holds true across industries, across education levels, and across states． But, theres at least one big【C1】______: part-time employees． In 2012, women who worked less than 40 hours a week generally out-earned men who spent the same【C2】______at their jobs． If they worked 35 hours a week, they earned about 11 percent mor

E．If they worked 25 hours a week, they earned about 4 percent mor

E．But once females hit that magic 40 hour【C3】______their relative pay declined dramatically． So why do women beat out men while working part-time and【C4】______out while working full-time My guess is that much of the explanation【C6】______down to two reasons: marriage and children． Women, including highly educated【C7】______, tend to cut their hours once they have families and children, especially【C8】______their husband has a higher salary． Men, meanwhile,are more likely to keep working a【C9】______week And so part-time women, as a group, are somewhat more likely to have gone to college,and【C10】______less likely to have dropped out of high school, than part-time men, who may well be working shorter【C11】______for lack of better options． The problem for women is that working part-time early in their careers can cost them salary while working full-time later in their careers,【C12】______lost experience and perhaps some【C13】______opportunities for promotions． Motherhood might be the most【C14】______job in the worl

D．But all too often, our economy still makes it【C15】______a career killer． So【C16】______part-timers, which other women out-earn men The BLS includes a job-by-job breakdown of the wage【C17】______, and among the nearly 150【C18】______with good-enough data to【C19】______, it found just two where females were better paid: counselors and health technicians． That said,as men look more toward those sorts of traditionally pink-collar jobs for employment, one has to【C20】______how long that pay advantage will last． 【C1】 A．problem

B．surprise

C．turn

D．exception

s of academic dishonesty on the part of students have become more frequent—and are less likely to be punished—than in the past. Cheating appears to have gained acceptance among good and poor students alike. Why is student cheating on the rise？ No one really knows. Some blame the trend on a general loosening of moral values among todays youth. Others have attributed increased cheating to the fact that todays youth are far more pragmatic(实用主义的)than their more idealistic predecessors. Whereas in the late sixties and early seventies, students were filled with visions about changing the world, todays students feel great pressure to conform. and succeed. In interviews with students at high schools and colleges around the country, both young men and women said that cheating had become easy. Some suggested they did it out of spite for teachers they did not respect. Others looked at it as a game. Only if they were caught, some said, would they feel guilty. "People are competitive," said a second-year college student named Anna, from Chicago. Theres an underlying fear. If you dont do well, your life is going to be ruined. The pressure is not only from parents and friends but from oneself. To achieve. To succeed. Its almost as though we have to outdo other people to achieve our own goals. Edward Wynne, a magazine editor, blames the rise in academic dishonesty on the schools. He claims that administrators and teachers have been too hesitant to take action. Dwight Huber, chairman of the English department at Amarillo, sees the matter differently, blaming the rise in cheating on the way students are evaluated. " I would cheat if I felt I was being cheated," Mr. Huber said. He feels that as long as teachers give short-answer tests rather than essay questions and rate students by the number of facts they can memorize rather than by how well they can put information together, students will try to beat the system. "The concept of cheating is based on the false assumption that the system is legitimate and there is something wrong with the individuals who are doing it," he said. "Thats too easy an answer. Weve got to start looking at the system. "

Educators are finding that students who cheat______.

A．are more likely to be punished than before

B．have poor academic records

C．are not only those academically weak

D．tend to be dishonest in later years