第1题
City officials solved the problem in a unique way. They decided to use the many scientific mad cultural institutions in the city as the classrooms. Experts who worked in the various institutions would be the teachers. About 100 institutions in Philadelphia — public, private, and commercial — helped the program.
The experiment in institutions in education, known as the Parkway Program, began in February 1969. John Bremer, an Englishman and an innovator in the field of education, planned the program and became its director.
The Program has grown in size from 142 to 500 high school students end is so popular that thousands of applicants are denied places each year. The program gives a freedom to high school education never known before. Besides basic courses required for a diploma — languages, history, science — students may choose from more than one hundred other courses. Any subject will be offered if an instructor can be found. Every group of 15 buys and girls belongs to a "tutorial group", led by a teacher and one assistant. Students in the Program say that school is no longer a place but an interesting activity.
(26)
A.City officials.
B.Newly-graduated university students.
C.Experts in various institutions.
D.Some famous scientists.
第2题
Mad Scientist Stereotype Outdated
Do people still imagine a physicist as a bearded man in glasses or has the image of the mad scientist changed? The Institute of Physics set out to find out whether the stereotype of a physics "boffin" (科学家) still exists by conducting a survey on shoppers in London. The people were asked to identify the physicist from a photograph of a line-up of possible suspects. 98 percent of those asked got it wrong. The majority of people picked a white male of around 60, wearing glasses and with a white beard.
While this stereotype may have been the image of an average physicist fifty years ago, the reality is now very different. Since 1960 the number of young women entering physics has doubled and the average age of a physicist is now 31.
The stereotype of the absent-minded scientist has lasted a long time because the media and Hollywood help promote the image of men in white lab coats with glasses sitting by blackboards full of equations (等式) or working with fizzing (嘶嘶响) test tubes. These stereotypes are really damaging to society. Very good school children are put off studying science because they don't see people like themselves on television or in magazines doing science. They simply don't relate to the media's image of the mad scientist.
This is one reason why fewer young people are choosing to do science at university. If we want to encourage more young people to study science subjects, we need to change this image of the scientist and make science careers more attractive. But we must also develop children's interest in science.
In an attempt to change this negative image, an increasing number of science festivals are being organized. Thousands of people from secondary schools are also encouraged to take part in nationwide science competitions of which the most popular are the national science Olympiads. Winning national teams then get the opportunity to take part in the International Science Olympiads which are held in a different country every year. These events are all interesting for the young people who take part but they only involve a small proportion of students who are already interested in science. It seems that there is a long way to go before science becomes attractive as subjects like computer studies or fashion and design.
Most people have similar ideas of what a physicist looks like.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
第3题
根据以下材料,回答题
Mad Scientist Stereotype Outdated
Do people still imagine a physicist as a bearded man in glasses or has the image of the mad scientist changed? The Institute of Physics set out to find out whether the stereotype of a physic"boffin" (科学家) still exists by conducting a survey on shoppers in London. The people were asked to identify the physicist from a photograph of a line-up of possible suspects. 98 percent of those asked got it wrong. Most people picked a white male of around 60, wearing glasses and with a white beard.
While this stereotype may have been the image of all average physicist fifty years ago, the reality is now very different. Since 1960 the number of young women entering physics has doubled and the average age of a physicist is now 31.
The stereotype of the absent-minded scientist has lasted a long time because the media and Hollywood help promote the image of men in white lab coats with glasses sitting by blackboards full of equations (等式) or working with fizzing (嘶嘶响 ) test tubes. These stereotypes are really damaging to society. Very good school children are put off studying science because they don"t see people like themselves on television or in magazines doing science. They simply don"t relate to the media"s image of the mad scientist.
This is one reason why fewer young people are choosing to do science at university. If we want to encourage more young people to study science subjects, we need to change this image of the scientist and make science careers more attractive. But we must also develop children"s interest in science.
In an attempt to change this negative image, an increasing number of science festivals are being organized. Thousands of people from secondary schools are also encouraged to take part in the internationwide science competitions of which the most popular are the national science Olympiads. Winning national teams then get the opportunity to take part in the Intemational Science Olympiads which are held in a different county every year. These events are all interesting for the young people who take part but they only involve a small proportion of students who are already interested in science. It seems that there is a long way to go before science becomes attractive as subjects like computer studies or fashion and design.
Most people have similar ideas of what a physicist looks like. 查看材料
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
第4题
Most of us have also had trips that we would【C7】______to forget. Many conditions can produce a had【C8】______experience. For example, if the four conditions【C9】______above do not【C10】______, we will probably have a had experience, or a difficult【C11】______. Students who travel to【C12】______country to study often have a difficult trip. They usually travel【C13】______, they don' t know the language of the new country【C14】______, they are not familiar with the money system and so on. They often arrive in the new country at a huge 【C15】______airport. From the airport they need to【C16】______their way to the City where their school is. Maybe they need to【C17】______airplanes to take a bus, a train, or a taxi. They need to do all this in a country【C18】______everything is unfamiliar: the language, the money, the people, the cities, and the weather. Later, after the experiences are【C19】______, they can laugh. But at the【C20】______, they feel terrible.
【C1】
A.enjoyable
B.amusing
C.happy
D.favorable
第5题
There is less risk of mad cow disease in young cows.
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
第8题
The image of the mad scientist is really encouraging to society.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not rnentioned
第9题
The image of the mad scientist is really encouraging to society.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned