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4) “ It makes me feel so proud.” Says Brian Jones, who works in a secondary school in London. So what does he think the government should do to encourage more people to become teachers?” “My view is that the government should reduce the burden of work on teachers. I find that I always have too much work to do.”
5) The report is clear that the problem of teacher shortage is a very serious one. It says that the government should raise teachers’ pay significantly, to catch up with workers in other professions. It also suggests that the government could launch a nationwide publicity campaign, with some advertisements on TV and in the newspapers, to show the positive sides of teaching to young people. Another solution could be set a maximum number of hours per week that teachers can work, in order to reduce stress on teachers. “Hopefully,” the report concludes, “these solutions can improve the poor image of secondary teaching, and increase the number of young people who want to become teachers in the future. 【题干】
23. Paragraph 1__________ 24. Paragraph 2__________ 25. Paragraph 3__________ 26. Paragraph 4__________ 【选项】
A. Students’ bad behavior and lack of discipline B. Improvement of children behavior C. Heavy workload on teachers D. The problem of low salary E. A report on teacher shortage F. A nationwide publicity campaign 【题干】
27. More and more young people are held back from teaching____________.
28. Parents are encouraged to back the teacher up when there are_________ 29. The government should reduce the workload on teachers to ease_________.
30. The government should promote teaching as a career by advertising_________. 【选项】 A. Its benefits
B. Their childhood memories C. their stress D. more training E. discipline problems F. because of its low pay
第4部分 阅读理解(第31-45题，每题3分，共45分)
下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。
第一篇 Why Buy Shade-Grown Coffee?
When people argue about whether coffee is good for health, they're usually thinking of the health of the coffee drinker. Is it food for your heart? Does it increase blood pressure? Does it help you concentrate? However, coffee affects the health of the human population in other ways, too.
Traditionally, coffee bushes were planted under the canopy(树冠)of taller indigenous(土生土长的)trees. However, more and more farmers in Latin America are deforesting the land to grow full-sun coffees. At first, this increases production because more coffee bushes can be planted if there aren’t any trees. With increased production come increased profits.
Unfortunately, deforesting for coffee production immediately decreases local-wildlife habitat. Native birds nest and hide from predators(捕食者)in the tall trees and migrating birds rest there.
Furthermore, in the long term, the full-sun method also damages the ecosystem because more chemical fertilizers and pesticides are needed to grow the coffee. The fertilizers and pesticides kill insects that eat coffee plant, but then the birds eat the poisoned insects and also die. The chemicals kill or sicken other animals as well, and can even enter the water that people will eventually drink.
Fortunately, farmers in Central and South America are beginning to grow more coffee bushes in the shade. We can support these farmers by buying coffee with such labels as \might cost a little more. But we're paying for the health of the birds, the land, ourselves, and the planet. I think it's worth it. is the main idea of this passage?
A. Farmers are changing the way they grow coffee. B. Coffee is becoming more expensive to produce.
C. Shade-grow coffee is more expensive than sun-grow coffee. D. People should buy shade-grown coffee.
function of the word \ A. the positive effects of coffee. B. a change of coffee growth.
C. something that is the most important. D. how coffee production used to be.
does increased production of full-sun coffee bring about? A. More insects. B. Better quality coffee. C. Larger farms. D. Higher profits.
do farmers find more land for growing full-sun coffee?
A. They buy more land from other farmers. B. They cut down trees.
C. They move to another country. D. They turn grassland into farmland.
full-sun method may affect the following EXCEPT_____ full sun A. insects. B. air. C. birds D. humans
第二篇 Washoe Learned American Sign Language
An animal that influenced scientific thought has died. A chimpanzee named Washoe and born in Africa died of natural causes late last month at the age of 42 at a research center in the American state of Washington. Washoe had become known in the scientific community and around the world for her ability to use American Sign Language. She was said to be the first non-human to learn a human language. Her skills also led to debate about primates and their ability to understand language.
Research scientists Allen and Beatrix Gardner began teaching Washoe sign language in 1969, the Gardners described Washoe's progress in a scientific report. The people who experimented with Washoe said she grew to understand about 250 words. For example, Washoe made signs to communicate when it was time to eat. She could request foods like apples and bananas. She also asked questions like,\spread, many language scientists began studies of their own into this new and exciting area of research. The whole direction of primate research changed. However, critics argued Washoe only learned to repeat sign language movements from watching her teachers. They said she had never developed true language skills. Even now, there are some researchers who suggest that primates learn sign language only by memory, and perform the signs only for prizes. Yet Washoe's keepers disagree. Roger Fouts is a former student of the Gardeners. He took Washoe to a research center in Ellensburg, Washington.