A city child’s summer is spent in the street in front of his
- 阅45A city child’s summer is spent in the street in front of his home, and all through the long summer vacations I sat on the edge of the street and watched enviously the other boys on the block play baseball. I was never asked to take part e......
Papa’s jaw dropped when Mama told him that Sister had cheate
- 阅45Papa’s jaw dropped when Mama told him that Sister had cheated on her final exams—not to succeed but to fail. “It’s unbelievable!” he said. “Sister has always been so proud of her good grades!” “Yes, she has,” said Mama. “But it’......
A new study shows students who write notes by hand during le
- 阅81A new study shows students who write notes by hand during lectures perform better on exams than those who use laptops（笔记本电脑）. Students are increasingly using laptops for note-taking because of speed and legibility（清晰度）. But the......
One morning, Ann’s neighbor Tracy found a lost dog wandering
- 阅6One morning, Ann’s neighbor Tracy found a lost dog wandering around the local elementary school. She asked Ann if she could keep an eye on the dog. Ann said that she could watch it only for the day. Tracy took photos of the dog and printe......
Marie Curie was a Polish physicist and chemist who lived bet
- 阅13Marie Curie was a Polish physicist and chemist who lived between 1867—1934.Together with her husband，Pierre，she discove red two new elements (radium and polonium，two radioactive elements that they extracted chemically from pitchblended......
Five months after my husband Steve died完形填空阅读答案
- 阅76Five months after my husband Steve died，I woke up one morning to the maddening sound of a leaking faucet (水龙头）.I knew it needed repairs badly，but it 16 me so much just to think of it. All our 17 life, I was the “artist,” bringing t......
完形填空 On a trip to California, my family stopped for lunch.
- 阅35完形填空 On a trip to California, my family stopped for lunch. As we walked toward the entrance to the restaurant, a man, with a 41 beard and dirty hair, jumped up from a bench and opened the door for us．Regardless of his 42 , he greeted......
完形填空 There is a small shop about 200 meters from where I liv
- 阅67完形填空 There is a small shop about 200 meters from where I live that sells groceries, meat and other basic necessities. About 10 years ago, there was a beggar who would go into the shop every day and ask the owner for a 1 . The owner, al......
Turning left under a bridge in Beijing,
- 阅15Turning left under a bridge in Beijing, Hu Xingxin, 24, suddenly braked to a stop in front of a yellow light at a busy crossroad. “According to the new traffic regulations, running a yellow light is eq ual to running a red one,” said the......
Sometimes ideas do not appear when you are concentrating you
- 阅85Sometimes ideas do not appear when you are concentrating your attention and mysteriously appear when you are not. Modern science recognizes this as a result of incubating (酝酿) the problem in your subconscious (潜意识) yet can't account f......
With the Tesla Roadster and other plug­in (插入式) elec
- 阅5With the Tesla Roadster and other plugin (插入式) electric vehicles hitting the road，demand is growing for accessible refueling points to recharge th em.Carbon Day Automotive，a Chicagobased company，has now demonstrated a solarpowered re......
One of the latest trend（趋势） in American Childcare is Chinese
- 阅21One of the latest trend（趋势） in American Childcare is Chinese au pairs. Au Pair in Stamford, for example, has got increasing numbers of request for Chinese au pairs from aero to around 4,000 since 2004. And that’s true all across the c......
Perhaps you think you could easily add to your happiness wit
- 阅30Perhaps you think you could easily add to your happiness with more money. Strange as it may seem, if you're unsatisfied, the issue is not a lack of means to meet your desires but a lack of desires—not that you cannot satisfy your tastes b......
Nearly 25% of the entire U．S．population is likely to hit the
- 阅88Nearly 25% of the entire U．S．population is likely to hit the road during the holidays this year．We've picked the best road food stops along some of the South's most traveled interstates（洲际公路）． 1-35 | San Antonio, TX, to Oklahoma......
In a world where comparisons happen non-stop, 完形填空答案
- 阅95In a world where comparisons happen non-stop, it is difficult to look outside yourself and to ever be 41 with who you are. There's always someone who's a bit 42 . The only solution is to reach 43 and measure against what Warren Buffett cal......
A. Goods for auction (拍卖) sales
- 阅61（高三英语）从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项 A. Goods for auction (拍卖) sales B. Definition of bidding C. Way to sell more goods by auction D. Auction sales in history E. Brief introduction to auctions F. Making a larger profit......
A recent study, while showing a generally positive attitude
- 阅9A recent study, while showing a generally positive attitude toward science, also suggests a widespread worry that it may be “running out of control”. This idea is dangerous. Science can be a force for evil as well as for good. Its applic......
If you live in a big city, there are many things to drive yo
- 阅19If you live in a big city, there are many things to drive you crazy on your daily route, and it’s not just overcrowded subway trains. Vicky Zhao is a mainlander working in Hong Kong. For her, one thing she can’t put up with is people sta......
If you think that running marathons will help you live
- 阅115If you think that running marathons will help you live a long and healthy life，new research may come as a shock．According to a recent scientific study，people who do a very strenuous workout are as likely to die as people who do no exerc......
Travis is the manager of G&G where he is responsible for
- 阅75Travis is the manager of GG where he is responsible for forty employees (雇员)and profits (利润) of over $2 million per year. He's never late to work. He does not get upset on the job. When one of his employees started crying after a custo......