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课时分层作业(七)
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.The findings of the study generated(产生) some public concern.
2.Training is worthless unless there is proof(证明) that it works.
3.Not everyone is so pessimistic(悲观的) about the future.
4.Contrary to general expectations(期待),he announced that all four had given their approval.
5.Can you give me a definite(明确的) answer by tomorrow?
6.Is now an appropriate(合适的) time to make a speech?
7.He had to endure six months' loss of liberty(自由).
8.The judges could not decide which category(类别) it belonged to.
9.The biology of these diseases is terribly complicated(复杂的).
10.We must make the most efficient use of the available(可用的) financial resources.
Ⅱ.阅读理解
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Common Sense Media is a nonprofit group in the United States that studies children's use of media and technology.The group has done a survey asking teachers about the effects of their students' use of entertainment media.
Entertainment media was defined as the TV shows,music,video games that students use for fun.Many teachers said they believe media use has hurt academic performance,which in some cases is already not very strong.Vicky Rideout wrote the report for Common Sense Media.“We have merely four in ten students feel poor at reading,at oral communication and more than that thing the students wrongly fear report writing.So we need to make sure that everything kids are doing is helping to accelerate progress and not preventing it.”
The survey involved 685 teachers around the country.71% of the teachers said they believe entertainment media has reduced students' ability to pay attention in class.And almost 60% said it has hurt their writing skills.Many teachers thought it has negatively affected students' ideas about boys and girls' relationship.Many also thought it encourages aggression and anti social behavior.Teachers who describe themselves as uncomfortable with new technologies were more likely than other teachers to see destructive effects of media use on social development.
But not all effects of