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[单项选择]Last week 29 earnest American high school students were invited to an evening of receiving good words, small talk, warm toasts and fancy silverware.
"Find out something about the person sitting next to you," advised former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. "Eventually, you’ll discover they always have something interesting to say. And you should always use the proper silverware in the proper order. "
Albright was the guest of honor at the imitated Official Dinner, which was a lot like a real official dinner in Washington minus the soft money.
The evening was sponsored by the St. Albans School of Public Services to introduce its first class to the fine art of social survival.
More than 84 guests, including students, teachers, school donors and speakers, gathered to replicate the lifestyle of the rich and political.
The idea was to teach the social graces that will help students survive any social situation.
Anyway, the whole proper fork thing
A. to see the life style of the rich and political
B. to discuss international and public policy issues
C. to learn to survive in different social situations
D. to learn to become the future leaders of the White House
[填空题]Most American school students have a long summer vacation. It is usually from June to{{U}} (11) {{/U}}. During this vacation, students often travel or have{{U}} (12) {{/U}}. Some students take some les sons in summer school. Mary is one of them. She also traveled with her family. They visited some{{U}} (13) {{/U}}places near their home in Seattle. Mary’ s friend, Peter, worked at a gas station during the vacation. He sold oil and{{U}} (14) {{/U}}cars. He made some money and saved{{U}} (15) {{/U}}all of it. Peter is going to university next year. He needs money for the tuition.
[单项选择]Why should Native American students be allowed to have specially adapted educational programs, and what is so different about their learning motivation, compared to that of the Anglo majority
Native American students, whether young or old, learn by applying principles and skills to their daily lives. In order for these students to learn a skill, or subject, they must first understand how it relates to their everyday life, and how it can help them to stay upon a strong spiritual path. Learning for Native American students, is not motivated by better grades, or awards, but by the success that it will afford them in future, so when learning environment do not address, or even take into consideration, the cultural, and spiritual differences of the Native American students, future success in life becomes an elusive and unattainable goal. Educational programs for Native American students need to be practical, applicable, and culturally based. The Native American population’s educational
A. everyone has to learn skills useful to their daily lives
B. learning is motivated by scores and awards
C. success is the only motivation for their learning
D. the current educational programs are quite practical and applicable
[简答题]Once upon a time, American students tested better than any other students in the world. Now, ranked against European schoolchildren, America does about as well as Lithuania, behind at least 10 other nations. (46)The relative decline of American edu- cation at the elementary- and high-school levels has long been a national embarrass- ment as well as a threat to the nation’s future.
For much of this time--roughly the last half century-professional educators believed that if they could only find the right method of instruction, all would be well. (47)However, nothing seemed to achieve significant or lasting improvements, yet in recent years researchers have discovered something that may seem obvious, but for many reasons was overlooked or denied. What really makes a difference, what matters more than the class size or the textbook, the teaching method or the technology, or even the curriculum, is the quality of the teacher. Much of the ability to teach is innate--an abi
