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She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs. Tobin!”she said excitedly， “Linda Evans Wagman is my mother.”
Minutes later I heard a voice that I recognized at once， even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives. Now the empty place in my heart is filled.And there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again!
26. The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans ________.
A. at the age of 13 B. before she got married
C. after they moved to new homes D. before the writer’s family moved away
27. They didn’t often write to each other because they ________.
A. got married B. had little time to do so
C. didn’t like writing letters D. could see each other on special time
28. There was an empty place in the writer’s heart because she ________
.
A. was in trouble
B. didn’t know Linda’s address
C. received the card that she sent
D. didn’t have a friend like Linda to share her happiness and sadness
29. The writer was happy when she ________.
A. read the newspaper
B. heard Linda’s voice on the phone
C. met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda
D. wrote to the woman whose last name was Wagman
30. They haven’t kept in touch ________.
A. for about 40 years B. for about 27 years
C. since they got married D. since the writer’s family moved away
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Each new school year brings fresh reminders of what educators call the summer learning gap. Some call it the summer learning setback. Simply speaking， it means the longer kids are out of school， the more they forget. The only thing they might gain is weight.
Most American schools follow a traditional nine-month calendar. Students get winter and spring breaks and about ten weeks of summer vacation. Some schools follow a year-round calendar. They hold classes for about eight weeks at a time， with a few weeks off in between. The National Association for Year-Round Education says there were fewer than three thousand such schools at last count. They were spread among forty-six of the fifty states.
But many experts point out that the number of class days in a year-round school is generally the same as in a traditional school. Lead researcher Paul von Hippel said， “Year-round schools don‘t really solve the problem of the summer learning setback. They simply spread it out across the year.”
Across the country， research shows that students from poor families fall farther behind over the summer than other students. Experts say this can be prevented. They note that many schools and local governments offer programs that can help.
But calling them “summer school” could be a problem. The director of the summer learning center at Johns Hopkins， Ron Fairchild， said research with groups of different parents in Chicago and Baltimore found that almost all strongly disliked the term “summer school”. In American culture， the idea of summer vacation is connected to beliefs about freedom and the joys of childhood. The parents welcomed other terms like “summer camp”， “enrichment”， “extra time” and “hands-on learning”.
31. According to the first paragraph the summer learning gap .
A. helps children to gain weight B. leads children to work harder
C. improves children’s memories D. affects children’s regular studies
32. Compared to traditional schools， students in the year-round ones .
A. perform better and have more learning gains
B. have much less time for relaxation every year
C. have generally the same number of class days
D. hold more classes with more free weeks off
33. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Students from poor families often fall behind after the vacation.
B. Year-round schools can solve the problem of the learning gap.
C. There are schools in each state following a year-round calendar.
D. Nothing can help the students who fall behind after the vocation.
34. Why did almost all parents dislike the term “summer school”?
A. They cherish the children’s rights of freedom very much.
B. They are worried about the quality of the “summer school”.
C. They want their children to be forced to make up the gap.
D. They can’t afford to the further study during vacation.
35. What would be the best title of this passage?
A. Opening Summer Camps
B. Forbidding Summer Schools
C. Spreading Year-Round Education
D. Minding the Summer Learning Gap
C
Tired of all the pushing in supermarkets? Fed up with waiting in endless lines to pay for what you have bought? Angry at wasting time in traffic jams only to find no parking spaces when you eventually arrive at the store? If this is you， then online shopping is the answer to your dreams of trouble-free shopping. Or is it?
Online shopping brings its own challenges. Here are a few things to bear in mind when browsing (浏览) various websites. The claim made by online sites is that shopping online is a safe and secure way to make purchases. The evidence challenges this. In any case， you only have to be the victim of fraud (诈骗) once to experience all the problems that come with this form of stealing. Use only sites that have a trusted history and an excellent reputation.
Another problem is the appearance of items in reality is often quite different from what you see on your computer screen. This might not be a problem if you are buying washing up powder but could be a major disappointment when that beautiful blue dress you ordered turns up in green. Also， product descriptions are sometimes simply untrue. Perhaps the wisest plan is to purchase items where design
and color are not essential to customer satisfaction.
Some even argue that online shopping indirectly contributes to global warming. Yes， your car can stay parked but how are online goods delivered? Often by some large vanspouring out carbon monoxide and adding to our already desperate traffic problems. You are also by now becoming increasingly irritated (使烦恼) by the fact that the delivery is late and you have wasted the leave from work you have taken to receive it!
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