共用题干 第二篇One一Room SchoolsOne-room sohools are part of the heritage of the United States,and the mention of them makeo PeoPle feel a longing for"the way things were".One-room schools are an endangered species,however.For more than a hundred years,one-room s

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As many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder called dyslexia.
Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not a disease.They say that persons with dyslexia use information in a different way.One of the world's great thinkers and scientists,Albert Einstein was dyslexic.Einstein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do.He said that he thought in pictures instead.The American inventor Thomas Edison was also dyslexic.Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe and the United States more than 80 years ago.Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the disorder were not mentally slow or disabled.The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia are different.In most people,the left side of the brain一 the part that controls language is larger than the right side.In persons with dyslexia,the right side of the brain is bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes this difference.However,research has shown that dyslexia is more common in males than in females,and it is found more often in persons who are left handed.No one knows the cause of dyslexia,but some scientists believe that it may result from chemical changes in a baby's body long before it is born.They are trying to find ways to teach persons with dyslexia. Dyslexic persons think differently and need special kinds of teaching help.After they have solved their problems with language,they often show themselves to be especially intelligent or creative.

The left side of the brain in a dyslexic person is bigger than the right side.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

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As many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder called dyslexia.
Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not a disease.They say that persons with dyslexia use information in a different way.One of the world's great thinkers and scientists,Albert Einstein was dyslexic.Einstein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do.He said that he thought in pictures instead.The American inventor Thomas Edison was also dyslexic.Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe and the United States more than 80 years ago.Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the disorder were not mentally slow or disabled.The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia are different.In most people,the left side of the brain一 the part that controls language is larger than the right side.In persons with dyslexia,the right side of the brain is bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes this difference.However,research has shown that dyslexia is more common in males than in females,and it is found more often in persons who are left handed.No one knows the cause of dyslexia,but some scientists believe that it may result from chemical changes in a baby's body long before it is born.They are trying to find ways to teach persons with dyslexia. Dyslexic persons think differently and need special kinds of teaching help.After they have solved their problems with language,they often show themselves to be especially intelligent or creative.

It is believed that dyslexia is related to the bad habits of a baby's mother.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

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第一篇

The United States perceives itself to be a middle-class nation.However,middle class is not a real designation,nor does it carry privileges.It is more of a perception,which probably was as true as it ever could be right after World War Ⅱ.The economy was growing,more and more people owned their own homes,workers had solid contracts with the companies that employed them,and nearly everyone who wanted a higher education could have one.Successfi1l people enjoyed upward social mobility.They may have started out poor,but they could become rich.Successful people also found that they had greater geographic mobility.In other words,they found themselves moving to and living in a variety of places.
The middle class collectively holds several values and principles.One strong value is the need to earn enough money to feel that one can determine one's own economic fate.In addition,middle class morality embraces principles of individual responsibility,importance of family,obligations to others,and believing in something outside oneself.
But in the 1990s those in the middle class found that there was a price for success.A U. S. News&World Report survey in 1994 indicated that 75 percent of Americans believed that middle class families could no longer make ends meet.Both spouses now worked,as did some of the children;long commutes became routine;the need for child care put strains on the family;and public schools were not as good as they once were.Members of the middle class were no longer financing their lifestyles through earnings but were using credit to stay afloat. The understanding of just what middle class meant was changing.

In the years after World War Ⅱ,the middle class could be defined as__________.
A:overburdened and in debt
B:hard working and suspicious
C:prosperous and optimistic
D:young and foolish

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第二篇

One一Room Schools

One-room sohools are part of the heritage of the United States,and the mention of them makeo PeoPle
feel a longing for"the way things were".One-room schools are an endangered species,however.For more
than a hundred years,one-room schools have been systematically shut down and their students sent away to
centralized schools.As recently as 1930 there were 149,000 one-room schools in the United States.By 1970
there werel,800.Today,of the nearly 800 remaining one-room schools,more than 350 are in Nebraska.The
rest are spread through a few other states that have on their road maps wide-open spaces between towns.
Now that there are hardly any left,educators are beginning to think that maybe there 15 something yet to
be leamed from one-room schools,something that served the pioneers that might serve as well today.Progres-
sive educators have come uP with progressive-sounding names like"peer-group teaching"and"multi-age
grouping" for educational procedures that occur naturally in one-room schools.In a one-room school the chil-
dren teach each other because the teacher 15 busy part of the time teaching someone else.A fourth grader can
work at a fifth-grade level in math and a third-grade level in English without the bad name associated with
being left back or the pressures of being skiPped ahead.A youngster with a learning disability can find his or
her own level without being separated from the other pupils.A few hours in a small school that has only one

classroom and it becomes clear why so many parents feel that one of the advantages of living in Nebraska is
that their children have to go to a one-room school.

We learn from the first paragraph that one-room schools___________.
A:are the best in Nebraska
B:are becoming more and more centralized
C:have had a strong influence on American people
D:need to be shut down

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Learning Disorder一Dyslexia



As many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder

called dyslexia.

Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not a disease.They say that persons with dyslexia use infor-

ination in a di价rent way.One of the world's great thinkers and scientists Albert Einstein was dyslexic.Ein-

stein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do.He said that he thought in pictures in-

stead.The American inventor Thomas Edisoii was also dyslexic.Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe and

the United States more than 80 years ago.Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the

disorder were not mentally slow or disabled.The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia are

different,In most people,the left side of the brain一the part that controls language一is larger than the right

side.In persons with dyslexia,the right side of the brain is bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes this

difference.However,research has shown that dyslexia is more common in males than in females,and it is

found more often in persons who are left-handed.No one knows the cause of dyslexia,but some scientists

believe that it may result from chemical changes in a baby's body long before it is born.They are trying to

find ways to teach persons with dyslexia. Dyslexic persons think differently and need special kinds of teaching

help.After they have solved their problems with language,they often show themselves to be especially intelligent

or creative.

Generally speaking,dyslexia is more common in left一handed males than in right-handed females.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

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Learning Disorder一Dyslexia



As many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder

called dyslexia.

Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not a disease.They say that persons with dyslexia use infor-

ination in a di价rent way.One of the world's great thinkers and scientists Albert Einstein was dyslexic.Ein-

stein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do.He said that he thought in pictures in-

stead.The American inventor Thomas Edisoii was also dyslexic.Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe and

the United States more than 80 years ago.Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the

disorder were not mentally slow or disabled.The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia are

different,In most people,the left side of the brain一the part that controls language一is larger than the right

side.In persons with dyslexia,the right side of the brain is bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes this

difference.However,research has shown that dyslexia is more common in males than in females,and it is

found more often in persons who are left-handed.No one knows the cause of dyslexia,but some scientists

believe that it may result from chemical changes in a baby's body long before it is born.They are trying to

find ways to teach persons with dyslexia. Dyslexic persons think differently and need special kinds of teaching

help.After they have solved their problems with language,they often show themselves to be especially intelligent

or creative.

The left side of the brain in a dyslexic person is bigger than the right side.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

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第一篇

From Ponzi to Madoff

The year was 1920.The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Ponzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you$5
a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $ 100 you gave
him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $ 250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law. The
people who gave him their money didn't think anything was wrong. Ponzi paid them every month,just like a
bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn'thave enough money to pay
all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a lot
more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him$170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The people
who gave Madoff their money also didn't think anything was wrong because he paid them every month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay. That's when people
discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the way
Charles Fonzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn't have to
go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi'5.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!

What was Ponzi's crime?
A:He robbed the banks of millions of dollars.
B:He gave people more than the bank did.
C:He kept a lot of other people's money for himself.
D:He did not pay people their interests.

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Learning Disorder一Dyslexia



As many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder

called dyslexia.

Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not a disease.They say that persons with dyslexia use infor-

ination in a di价rent way.One of the world's great thinkers and scientists Albert Einstein was dyslexic.Ein-

stein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do.He said that he thought in pictures in-

stead.The American inventor Thomas Edisoii was also dyslexic.Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe and

the United States more than 80 years ago.Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the

disorder were not mentally slow or disabled.The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia are

different,In most people,the left side of the brain一the part that controls language一is larger than the right

side.In persons with dyslexia,the right side of the brain is bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes this

difference.However,research has shown that dyslexia is more common in males than in females,and it is

found more often in persons who are left-handed.No one knows the cause of dyslexia,but some scientists

believe that it may result from chemical changes in a baby's body long before it is born.They are trying to

find ways to teach persons with dyslexia. Dyslexic persons think differently and need special kinds of teaching

help.After they have solved their problems with language,they often show themselves to be especially intelligent

or creative.

Many great thinkers and scientists in the world are dyslexic.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

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Learning Disorder一Dyslexia



As many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder

called dyslexia.

Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not a disease.They say that persons with dyslexia use infor-

ination in a di价rent way.One of the world's great thinkers and scientists Albert Einstein was dyslexic.Ein-

stein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do.He said that he thought in pictures in-

stead.The American inventor Thomas Edisoii was also dyslexic.Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe and

the United States more than 80 years ago.Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the

disorder were not mentally slow or disabled.The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia are

different,In most people,the left side of the brain一the part that controls language一is larger than the right

side.In persons with dyslexia,the right side of the brain is bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes this

difference.However,research has shown that dyslexia is more common in males than in females,and it is

found more often in persons who are left-handed.No one knows the cause of dyslexia,but some scientists

believe that it may result from chemical changes in a baby's body long before it is born.They are trying to

find ways to teach persons with dyslexia. Dyslexic persons think differently and need special kinds of teaching

help.After they have solved their problems with language,they often show themselves to be especially intelligent

or creative.

One out of five American children suffers from dyslexia.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

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第二篇

From Ponzi to Madoff

The year was 1920. The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Pouzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you
$5 a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $100 you
gave him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law.The
people who gave him their money didri't think anything was wrong.Ponzi paid them every month,just like
a bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn't have enough money to
pay all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a
lot more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him $170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The
people who gave Madoff their money also didn'tthink anything was wrong because he paid them every
month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay.That's when
people discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the
way Charles Ponzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn'thave
to go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi's.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!

What did Ponzi do with the money people gave him?
A:He spent it all on things for himself.
B:He used some of it to pay other people.
C:He deposited it all in a bank.
D:He kept it all to save for a good plan.

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第二篇

From Ponzi to Madoff

The year was 1920. The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Pouzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you
$5 a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $100 you
gave him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law.The
people who gave him their money didri't think anything was wrong.Ponzi paid them every month,just like
a bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn't have enough money to
pay all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a
lot more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him $170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The
people who gave Madoff their money also didn'tthink anything was wrong because he paid them every
month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay.That's when
people discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the
way Charles Ponzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn'thave
to go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi's.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!

How long did Madoff's tricks last?
A:Forty years.
B:Four years.
C:Nine years.
D:Ninety years.

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As many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder called dyslexia.
Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not a disease.They say that persons with dyslexia use information in a different way.One of the world's great thinkers and scientists,Albert Einstein was dyslexic.Einstein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do.He said that he thought in pictures instead.The American inventor Thomas Edison was also dyslexic.Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe and the United States more than 80 years ago.Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the disorder were not mentally slow or disabled.The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia are different.In most people,the left side of the brain一 the part that controls language is larger than the right side.In persons with dyslexia,the right side of the brain is bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes this difference.However,research has shown that dyslexia is more common in males than in females,and it is found more often in persons who are left handed.No one knows the cause of dyslexia,but some scientists believe that it may result from chemical changes in a baby's body long before it is born.They are trying to find ways to teach persons with dyslexia. Dyslexic persons think differently and need special kinds of teaching help.After they have solved their problems with language,they often show themselves to be especially intelligent or creative.

Dyslexic people often turn out to be intelligent or creative once they have learned to handle lan-guage properly.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

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As many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder called dyslexia.
Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not a disease.They say that persons with dyslexia use information in a different way.One of the world's great thinkers and scientists,Albert Einstein was dyslexic.Einstein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do.He said that he thought in pictures instead.The American inventor Thomas Edison was also dyslexic.Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe and the United States more than 80 years ago.Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the disorder were not mentally slow or disabled.The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia are different.In most people,the left side of the brain一 the part that controls language is larger than the right side.In persons with dyslexia,the right side of the brain is bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes this difference.However,research has shown that dyslexia is more common in males than in females,and it is found more often in persons who are left handed.No one knows the cause of dyslexia,but some scientists believe that it may result from chemical changes in a baby's body long before it is born.They are trying to find ways to teach persons with dyslexia. Dyslexic persons think differently and need special kinds of teaching help.After they have solved their problems with language,they often show themselves to be especially intelligent or creative.

Many great thinkers and scientists in the world are dyslexic.
A:Right
B: Wrong
C:Not mentioned

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第二篇

One一Room Schools

One-room sohools are part of the heritage of the United States,and the mention of them makeo PeoPle
feel a longing for"the way things were".One-room schools are an endangered species,however.For more
than a hundred years,one-room schools have been systematically shut down and their students sent away to
centralized schools.As recently as 1930 there were 149,000 one-room schools in the United States.By 1970
there werel,800.Today,of the nearly 800 remaining one-room schools,more than 350 are in Nebraska.The
rest are spread through a few other states that have on their road maps wide-open spaces between towns.
Now that there are hardly any left,educators are beginning to think that maybe there 15 something yet to
be leamed from one-room schools,something that served the pioneers that might serve as well today.Progres-
sive educators have come uP with progressive-sounding names like"peer-group teaching"and"multi-age
grouping" for educational procedures that occur naturally in one-room schools.In a one-room school the chil-
dren teach each other because the teacher 15 busy part of the time teaching someone else.A fourth grader can
work at a fifth-grade level in math and a third-grade level in English without the bad name associated with
being left back or the pressures of being skiPped ahead.A youngster with a learning disability can find his or
her own level without being separated from the other pupils.A few hours in a small school that has only one

classroom and it becomes clear why so many parents feel that one of the advantages of living in Nebraska is
that their children have to go to a one-room school.

It can he learned from Paragraph 2 that many parents in Nebraska___________.
A:don't like centralized schools
B:come from other states
C:received education in one-room schools
D:prefer rural life

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Learning Disorder一Dyslexia



As many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder

called dyslexia.

Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not a disease.They say that persons with dyslexia use infor-

ination in a di价rent way.One of the world's great thinkers and scientists Albert Einstein was dyslexic.Ein-

stein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do.He said that he thought in pictures in-

stead.The American inventor Thomas Edisoii was also dyslexic.Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe and

the United States more than 80 years ago.Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the

disorder were not mentally slow or disabled.The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia are

different,In most people,the left side of the brain一the part that controls language一is larger than the right

side.In persons with dyslexia,the right side of the brain is bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes this

difference.However,research has shown that dyslexia is more common in males than in females,and it is

found more often in persons who are left-handed.No one knows the cause of dyslexia,but some scientists

believe that it may result from chemical changes in a baby's body long before it is born.They are trying to

find ways to teach persons with dyslexia. Dyslexic persons think differently and need special kinds of teaching

help.After they have solved their problems with language,they often show themselves to be especially intelligent

or creative.

Dyslexic people often turn out to be intelligent or creative once they have learned to handle languageproperly.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

共用题干
Learning Disorder一Dyslexia



As many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder

called dyslexia.

Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not a disease.They say that persons with dyslexia use infor-

ination in a di价rent way.One of the world's great thinkers and scientists Albert Einstein was dyslexic.Ein-

stein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do.He said that he thought in pictures in-

stead.The American inventor Thomas Edisoii was also dyslexic.Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe and

the United States more than 80 years ago.Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the

disorder were not mentally slow or disabled.The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia are

different,In most people,the left side of the brain一the part that controls language一is larger than the right

side.In persons with dyslexia,the right side of the brain is bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes this

difference.However,research has shown that dyslexia is more common in males than in females,and it is

found more often in persons who are left-handed.No one knows the cause of dyslexia,but some scientists

believe that it may result from chemical changes in a baby's body long before it is born.They are trying to

find ways to teach persons with dyslexia. Dyslexic persons think differently and need special kinds of teaching

help.After they have solved their problems with language,they often show themselves to be especially intelligent

or creative.

The first cases of dyslexia in Europe were discovered less than a century ago.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

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第二篇

One一Room Schools

One-room sohools are part of the heritage of the United States,and the mention of them makeo PeoPle
feel a longing for"the way things were".One-room schools are an endangered species,however.For more
than a hundred years,one-room schools have been systematically shut down and their students sent away to
centralized schools.As recently as 1930 there were 149,000 one-room schools in the United States.By 1970
there werel,800.Today,of the nearly 800 remaining one-room schools,more than 350 are in Nebraska.The
rest are spread through a few other states that have on their road maps wide-open spaces between towns.
Now that there are hardly any left,educators are beginning to think that maybe there 15 something yet to
be leamed from one-room schools,something that served the pioneers that might serve as well today.Progres-
sive educators have come uP with progressive-sounding names like"peer-group teaching"and"multi-age
grouping" for educational procedures that occur naturally in one-room schools.In a one-room school the chil-
dren teach each other because the teacher 15 busy part of the time teaching someone else.A fourth grader can
work at a fifth-grade level in math and a third-grade level in English without the bad name associated with
being left back or the pressures of being skiPped ahead.A youngster with a learning disability can find his or
her own level without being separated from the other pupils.A few hours in a small school that has only one

classroom and it becomes clear why so many parents feel that one of the advantages of living in Nebraska is
that their children have to go to a one-room school.

A major characteristic of the one-room school system is that___________.
A:learning is not limited to one grade level
B:pupils mostly study math and English
C:some children have to be left back
D:teachers are always busy

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Learning Disorder一Dyslexia



As many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder

called dyslexia.

Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not a disease.They say that persons with dyslexia use infor-

ination in a di价rent way.One of the world's great thinkers and scientists Albert Einstein was dyslexic.Ein-

stein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do.He said that he thought in pictures in-

stead.The American inventor Thomas Edisoii was also dyslexic.Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe and

the United States more than 80 years ago.Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the

disorder were not mentally slow or disabled.The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia are

different,In most people,the left side of the brain一the part that controls language一is larger than the right

side.In persons with dyslexia,the right side of the brain is bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes this

difference.However,research has shown that dyslexia is more common in males than in females,and it is

found more often in persons who are left-handed.No one knows the cause of dyslexia,but some scientists

believe that it may result from chemical changes in a baby's body long before it is born.They are trying to

find ways to teach persons with dyslexia. Dyslexic persons think differently and need special kinds of teaching

help.After they have solved their problems with language,they often show themselves to be especially intelligent

or creative.

It is believed that dyslexia is related to the had habits of a baby's mother.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned

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One一Room Schools

One-room sohools are part of the heritage of the United States,and the mention of them makeo PeoPle
feel a longing for"the way things were".One-room schools are an endangered species,however.For more
than a hundred years,one-room schools have been systematically shut down and their students sent away to
centralized schools.As recently as 1930 there were 149,000 one-room schools in the United States.By 1970
there werel,800.Today,of the nearly 800 remaining one-room schools,more than 350 are in Nebraska.The
rest are spread through a few other states that have on their road maps wide-open spaces between towns.
Now that there are hardly any left,educators are beginning to think that maybe there 15 something yet to
be leamed from one-room schools,something that served the pioneers that might serve as well today.Progres-
sive educators have come uP with progressive-sounding names like"peer-group teaching"and"multi-age
grouping" for educational procedures that occur naturally in one-room schools.In a one-room school the chil-
dren teach each other because the teacher 15 busy part of the time teaching someone else.A fourth grader can
work at a fifth-grade level in math and a third-grade level in English without the bad name associated with
being left back or the pressures of being skiPped ahead.A youngster with a learning disability can find his or
her own level without being separated from the other pupils.A few hours in a small school that has only one

classroom and it becomes clear why so many parents feel that one of the advantages of living in Nebraska is
that their children have to go to a one-room school.

What is the author's attitude towards one-room schools?
A:Critical.
B:Humorous.
C:Angry.
D:Praising.

One-room schoolhouse can still be found in isolated areas of North America.

A:bare
B:deprived
C:remote
D:developed

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From Ponzi to Madoff

The year was 1920. The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Pouzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you
$5 a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $100 you
gave him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law.The
people who gave him their money didri't think anything was wrong.Ponzi paid them every month,just like
a bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn't have enough money to
pay all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a
lot more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him $170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The
people who gave Madoff their money also didn'tthink anything was wrong because he paid them every
month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay.That's when
people discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the
way Charles Ponzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn'thave
to go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi's.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!

For every$100,Ponzi promised to pay people_________.
A:$5 a year
B:$20 a year
C:$40 a year
D:$100 a year

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From Ponzi to Madoff

The year was 1920. The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Pouzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you
$5 a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $100 you
gave him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law.The
people who gave him their money didri't think anything was wrong.Ponzi paid them every month,just like
a bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn't have enough money to
pay all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a
lot more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him $170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The
people who gave Madoff their money also didn'tthink anything was wrong because he paid them every
month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay.That's when
people discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the
way Charles Ponzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn'thave
to go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi's.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!

What was Ponzi's crime?
A:He robbed the banks of millions of dollars.
B:He gave people more than the bank did.
C:He kept a lot of other people's money for himself.
D:He did not pay people their interests.