[单项选择]His poor performance may be ______ to lack of motivation rather than to reading difficulties.
A. aided
B. amounted
C. added
D. attributed

[填空题]Poor health and lack of money may both __________________(成为教育进步的障碍).

[填空题]His government may have appeared to have whitewashed its tone, if not its message, over the weekend, in order to________public concern.
A. A．demonstrate
B．mollify
C．proclaim
D．aggravate
E．coerce

[单项选择]His future plan may NOT include
A. expanding the market for jam.
B. developing other food products.
C. buying supermarkets in Americ

[单项选择] Perhaps it was his own lack of adequate schooling that inspired Horace Mann to work so hard to accomplish the important reforms in education. While he was still a boy, his father died, and he had to support his family. Like most of the children in his town, he attended school two or three months a year. Later, with the help of several teachers, he was able to study law and become a member of the Massachusetts bar, but he never forgot those early struggles. While serving in the Massachusetts legislature, he signed a historic education bill that set up a state board of education. Without regret, he gave up his successful legal practice to become the first secretary of the board. There he exercised an enormous influence during the critical period of reconstruction that brought into existence the American graded elementary school as a substitute for the older district school system. Under his leadership, the curriculum was restructured, the school year was increased to a minimum o
A. The Father of American Public Education
B. Philosophy of Educational
C. Policies of Educational Institutions
D. Horace Mann and the Massachusetts State Board of Education

[单项选择]His failure to pass the exam was（）lack of effort
A. thanks to
B. because
C. due to
D. in spite of

[填空题]While Sutter is a______, he says his peers may be put off by the price tag.

[填空题]From his appearance we may safely _____ that he is a heavy smoker.

[填空题]Each of us may hold his own view about future development,_____________________________________________(但是谁都不能对自己预言很有把握)

[单项选择]

A child may lean against a doorpost with his or her arms folded. To the onlooker, it may look like a benign posture—however, there may be a victimized child who understands that this is the bully’s "shorthand" code of conveying the message: "Hand me your lunch as you walk by me, or else."
Bullying may be expressed in many forms. Boys are generally targeted more than girls. Boys tend to use physical aggression when they bully .by hitting, kicking, and fighting. Girls, on the other hand, more often use exclusionary techniques to bully—a form of aggression often referred to as relational aggression. Girls often start rumors, form cliques to keep certain people out, and ignore other children in attempts to show dominance over another child.
Many children who are victimized fit into one of two types: the passive victim, and the provocative victim. While people often feel bad about passive victims, provocative victims often e
A. Provocative victims are the victims who ask for trouble themselves and deserve what they get.
B. Provocative victims do what they do to avoid interacting with others.
C. Provocative victims are just trying to be get some attention and communication.
D. Provocative victims are used to those repeated physical or verbal aggression.