I have two boys but ________ of them likes sweets.A) bothB) neitherC) eitherD) none
I have two boys but ________ of them likes sweets.
A) both
B) neither
C) either
D) none
I have two boys but ________ of them likes sweets.
A) both
B) neither
C) either
D) none
I have two boys but ______ of them likes sweets.
A.both
B.either
C.none
D.neither
I have two boys but ________ of them likes sweets.
A) both
B) none
C) either
D) neither
W: No, they had twin girls the year before.
Q: How many children do the Greens have now?
(13)
A.Two boys and a girl.
B.Four boys and a girl.
C.Two boys and three girls.
D.Two boys and two girls.
Deaf teenagers Orlando Chavez and German Resendiz have been friends since kindergarten(幼儿园).Together the two boys,who go to Escondido High School in California,have had the difficult job of learning in schools where the majority of the students can speak and hear.
Orlando lost his hearing at the age of one.German was born deaf,and his parents moved from Mexico to find a school where he could learn sign language.He met Orlando on their first day of kindergarten.
“We were in a special class with about 25 other deaf kids,”German remembers.“Before then,I didn't know I was deaf and that I was different.”
“Being young and deaf in regular classes was very hard,”signs Orlando.“The other kids didn't understand us and we didn't understand them.But we've all grown up together,and today,I'm popular because I'm deaf.Kids try hard to communicate with me.”
Some things are very difficult for the two boys.“We can't talk on the phone,so if we need help,we can't call an emergency service,”German signs.“And we can't order food in a drive-thru.”
Despite their difficulties,the two boys have found work putting food in bags at a local supermarket.They got their jobs through a“workability”program,designed for teenagers from local schools with different types of learning disabilities.
German has worked in the supermarket since August,and Orlando started in November.
“The other people who work here have been very nice to us,”Orlando signs.“They even sign sometimes.At first,we were nervous,but we've learned a lot and we're getting better.”
The opportunity to earn money has been exciting,both boys said.After high school,they hope to attend the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in New York.
Orlando and German have been______.
A.to Mexico together.
B.deaf since they were born.
C.to different high schools.
D.friends since they were very young.
Sharing Silence
Deaf teenagers Orlando Chavez and German Resendiz have been friends since kindergarten(幼儿园). Together the two boys,who go to Escondido High School in California,have had the difficult job of learning in schools where the majority of the students can speak and hear.
Orlando lost his hearing at the age of one.German was born deaf,and his parents moved from Mexico to find a school where he could learn sign language.He met Orlando on their first day of kindergarten.
“We were in a special class with about 25 other deaf kids,”German remembers.“Before then,I didn’t know I was deaf and that I was different.”
“Being young and deaf in regular classes was very hard,”signs Orlando.“The other kids didn't understand us and we didn't understand them.But we”ve all grown up together,and today,I'm popular be cause I'm deaf.Kids try hard to communicate with me.”
Some things are very difficult for the two boys.“We can't talk on the phone,so if we need help,we can't call an emergency service,”German signs.“And we can't order food in a drive-thru.”
Despite their difficulties,the two boys have found work putting food in bags at a local supermarket. They got their jobs through a“workability”program,designed for teenagers from local schools with different types of learning disabilities.
German has worked in the supermarket since August,and Orlando started in November.
“The other people who work here have been very nice to us,”Orlando signs.“They even sign some times.At first,we were nervous,but we've learned a lot and we’re getting better.”
The opportunity to earn money has been exciting,both boys said.After high school,they hope to attend the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in New York.
0rlando and German have been______.
A.to Mexico together.
B.deaf since they were born.
C.to different high schools.
D.friends since they were very young.
How many children did Alice have?
A.Two boys and one daughter.
B.One boy and two daughters.
C.Two boys and two daughters.
D.One boy and one daughter.
A、two bread
B、two breads
C、two pieces of bread
D、two piece of bread
How many children did Alice have?
A.Two boys and two daughters.
B.One boy and one daughter.
C.Two boys and one daughter.
D.One boy and two daughters.
TEXT A
This fishing village of l,480 people is a bleak and lonely place. Set on the southwestern edge of Ice- land, the volcanic landscape is whipped by the North Atlantic winds, which hush everything around them. A sculpture at the entrance to the village depicts a naked man facing a wall of seawater twice his height.
There is no movie theater, and many residents never venture to the capital, a 50-min. drive away.
But Sandgerdi might be the perfect place to raise girls who have mathematical talent. Government re- searchers two years ago tested almost every 15-year-old in Iceland for it and found that boys trailed far behind girls. That fact was unique among the 41 countries that participated in the standardized test for that age group designed by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development But while Iceland's girls
were alone in the world in their significant lead in math, their national advantage of 15 points was small compared with the one they had over boys in fishing villages like Sandgerdi, where it was closer t0 30.
The teachers of Sandgerdi's 254 students were only mildly surprised by the results. They say the gender gap is a story not of talent but motivation. Boys think of school as sufferings on the way to a future of finding riches at sea; for girls, it's their ticket out of town. Margret Ingporsdottir and Hanna Maria Heidarsdottir, both 15, students at Sandgerdi's gleaming school-which has a science laboratory, a computer room and a well-stocked library-have no doubt that they are headed for university. "I think I will be a pharmacist," says Heidarsdottir. The teens sat in principal Gudjon Kristjansson's office last week, waiting for a ride to the nearby town of Kevlavik, where they were competing in West Iceland's yearly math con- test, one of many throughout Iceland in which girls excel.
Meanwhile, by the harbor, Gisli Tor Hauksson, 14, already has big plans that don't require spending his aftemoons toiling over geometry. "I'll be a fisherman," he says, just like most of his ancestors. His father recently returned home from 60 days at sea off the coast of Norway. "He came back with l.1 million kro- na," about $18,000, says Hauksson. As for school, he says, "it destroys the brain." He intends 'to quit at 16, the earliest age at which he can do so legally. "A boy sees his older brother who has been at sea for only two years and has a better car and a bigger house than the headmaster," says Kristjansson.
But the story of female achievement in Iceland doesn't necessarily have a happy ending. Educators have found that when girls leave their rural enclaves to attend universities in the nation's cities, their sci- ence advantage generally shrinks. YVhile 61% of university students are women, they make up only one-third of Iceland's science students. By the time they enter the labor market, many are overtaken by men, who become doctors, engineers and computer technicians. Educators say they watch many bright girls suddenly flinch back in the face of real, head-to-head competition with boys. In a math class at a Reykjavik schooL
Asgeir Gurdmundsson, 17, says that although girls were consistently brighter than boys at school, "they just seem to leave the technical jobs to us." Says Solrun Gensdottir, the director of education at the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture: ';We have to find a way to stop girls from dropping out of sciences."
Teachers across the country have begun to experiment with ways to raise boys to the level of girls in elementary and secondary education. The high school in Kevlavik tried an experiment in 2002 and 2003, separating 16-to-20-year-olds by gender for two years. That time the boys slipped even further behind. "The boys said the girls were better anyway," says Kristjan Asmundsson, who taught the 25 boys. "They didn't even try."
Which of the following words can best describe Sandgerdi?
[A] desolate
[B] poor
[C] bustling
[D] thriving
Clint was playing a game with a girl. I sat in the corner watching him. I didn’t feel that I had whatever it took to get up and mix with others because of my self-esteem problem. Finally I got up the courage to order a drink for him. When he got it, he gave me the most dazzling smile. We spent the rest of the evening talking until I realized that it was almost morning. I figured that he was simply being nice to me because I had brought him a drink, but the next day he called and told me that he could not stopping thinking about me and that he wanted to meet my kids too.
About 3 months later, my divorce was final and Clint sat my boys down and asked them if it was all right with them if he asked me to marry him because he could not imagine life without the three of us anymore. I was so touched that he went to my boys and asked for their approval because they were the “men of the house” at the ripe old ages of 2 and They said yes and we have all been together even since. Clint gave me and my boys a second chance at a wonderful life. Not a day goes by that he doesn’t tell we are the best thing that ever has happened to him and that he loves us.
The writer’s first marriage was unsuccessful because ______.
A.her husband often woke her up at midnight
B.her husband kept criticizing her
C.she was unattractive
D.she had a self-esteem problem
When the writer asked for a divorce, her husband ______.A.told her that she would never find one who loved her as he did
B.delayed two years before giving her a reply
C.accused her of having an affair
D.said that she was unattractive and not worth loving
When the writer first met Clint, she felt that ______.A.she should have listened to her friend and met Clint earlier
B.Clint was a nice, dazzling young man
C.Clint could not be really interested in her
D.she would find true love in Clint
The writer was particularly touched by Clint because ______.A.he believed that at 2 and 4, the two kids were the “men of the house”
B.he said that he could not imagine a life without her and the kids
C.he loved the kids and asked for their approval of the marriage
D.he kept her company and talked with her until the next morning
The writer’s marriage to Clint is important to her mainly because ______.A.it made her kids happy, which is all she cared about
B.every day Clint would tell the writer that he loved her
C.it helped her to regain herself respect
D.it gave her and her sons a second chance to live a happy life
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