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[单项选择]The Knowledge Is Power Program, the most successful charter school (特许学校)network, has a new official name, KIPP, and a new approach to raising achievement for disadvantaged children. In its first decade the network focused on creating middle schools that started with fifth graders two or three years below grade level and got them up to speed by eighth grade. Now it is opening elementary schools so it can start raising achievement in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten.
The thought is that by fifth grade there will be no need for hero teachers who work ten hours a day, plus summers and some Saturdays, to save kids who have fallen so far behind. There will be less stress on staff and more hope for kids.
It makes sense. But I see a problem. What happens to the many fifth graders who are still far behind but find the doors to KIPP, or any of the other successful charters, are closed because they filled those classes back in pre-K and kindergarten
The most effective regular and
A. making more money in pre-kindergarten level
B. helping disadvantaged students at an early age
C. getting students to be used to ten hours’ classes
D. enrolling more hopeful students for the school
[填空题]Great Britain is believed to be the most successful country to have acted to control or reduce environmental problems.
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In most cases, you can transplant a tree successfully, at any time, if you follow the instructions for planting a tree. The most important thing is to dig out enough roots, but this process is difficult with a large tree.
When you dig out the tree, leave a ball of earth around its roots. This ball of earth should measure about a foot wide for every inch of the tree trunk’s diameter. Dig deep enough to avoid cutting off too many taproots.
It is wise to call in a professional tree expert to transplant a tree more than a few inches in trunk diameter.
Transplanting a tree is （）
A. very different from planting a tree
B. so difficult that an expert should always be called in
C. much like planting a tree
D. done successfully in the right seasons
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Knowledge is power. But there is another thing we must remember. An intelligent mind needs a strong body to make it most useful.
There are a great many good exercises for building up our bodies. Many of them may be done indoors in rainy weather. Indoor exercises, however, are never as helpful as those taken out of doors because in the open air there is more oxygen. The air in the house is not fresh. But out of doors it is very fresh, especially in the morning.
But what shall we play There are a number of games such as football, basketball, races... Any game with plenty of exercises is good.
Do not neglect(忽略) your health. It is of as much importance as your mind. Our country now needs people with creative minds, good judgement, and healthy bodies.
One who has an intelligent mind is （）
A. very strong
B. healthy
C. very clever
D. stupid
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