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[单项选择]Increasing numbers of parents in the U.S. are choosing to teach their kids at home. In fact, the U.S. Department of Education estimated that, in 1999, around 850,000 children were being homeschooled. Some educational experts say the real figure is about double this estimate, and the ranks of homeschooled children appear to growing at a rate of about 11 percent annually.
At one time, there was a stigma associated with homeschooling. It was traditionally used for students who could not attend school because of behavioral or learning difficulties. Today, however, more parents are taking on the responsibility of educating their children at home due to dissatisfaction with the educational system. Many parents are unhappy about class size, as well as problems inside the classroom. Teacher shortages and lack of funding mean that, in many schools, one teacher is responsible for thirty or forty pupils. The result is often that children are deprived of the attention they need. Esc
A. Teacher shortages and lack of funding.
B. Escalating classroom violence.
C. Large class and problems inside the classroom.
D. Dissatisfaction with the educational system.
[单项选择]Hypnosis
1 Increasing numbers of American doctors are using a technique known as hypnosis. They say hypnosis often can help persons suffering pain and stress. It also can help speed the healing of burns and treats some forms of asthma and some skin diseases. Hypnosis is not new. It has been used for many years both in scientific research and to please crowds at public gatherings.
2 Hypnosis is commonly described as a condition similar to sleep. But, experts say it is more a form of deep thought. The thought becomes so intense that it is no longer just a thought. To the person, it becomes reality.
3 Hypnotized patients are reported to have increased self-control and a reduced sense of pain. Some doctors use hypnosis to limit pain during a medical operation. Hypnosis is used mainly when the patient may have problems with usual anesthetic or pain-killing drugs.
4 Experts say there is little chance that a patient will awaken during such an operation. But, if this happens, the o
A. hypnosis can reduce or end a patient’s pain.
B. Why hypnosis is not effective in treating cigarette smokers and some other illness.
C. Hypnosis can treat burn victims.
D. The definition of hypnosis
E. The function of hypnosis
F. The importance of hypnosis oppose
[填空题]Increasing numbers of farmers are growing genetically engineered crops. A new report also says that the total land area where such crops are grown is increasing.
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[简答题]Write on the following topic.
Increasing numbers of people are virtually slaves to their schedules. We are not leading our lives, but merely following a dizzying timetable of duties, commitments and demands and options.
Write article in about 160 words in an appropriate style on the answer sheet，giving reasons for your answer and including relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
[填空题]Increasing numbers of people have migrated from the countryside and moved into towns and cities over the
(77) . Most are in the Third World, where they are
(78) accommodate because facilities are at their most inadequate and meager resources are most stretched. In spite of
(79) living conditions, the vast numbers of people moving into cities constitute the biggest
(80) ever. While governments can take action to improve the conditions of squatters, the real solution is to
(81) the process of urbanization. But to do this governments need to change the ways in which they
(82) their development funds on the urban areas. If their priorities
(83) , rural productivity could be increased and this would help develop the national economy. In the end, however, the rural population also lacks the
(84) that their urban countrymen can exert on governments.
- A. dreadful
- B. hardest to
- C. elated
- D. slow down
