（B）
Unlike the other senses，which are located only in your head，your sense oftouch is all overyour body．Throughout your life，youreceive an endless flowof information about the worldand yourself fromyour sense of touch．It tells you if something is hot or cold，hard or soft．It sends messages of pain，such as a hea

Years ago，children in the countryside attended one-roomschoolhouses，where one teachertaught children of all ages and gradelevels in one small classroom．
Of course，our education systemnowis quite different．The one-roomschoolhouse hasbeen replaced by large school complexes that contain many classrooms，long hallways，li-braries，cafet

MILLIONS of holiday-maker s head over seas each year without tr avel insurance．They over-look the dangers of SARS，terrorism，crime and accidents and sign up for hazardous ac-tivities such as bungee jumping（蹦极）and water skiing without worry．Hereare ten reasonswhy you should not leave home withouta travel policy．
①C

Most students enter college expecting to leave with a bachelor's degree; only half ever do. The others drop out.
College counselor(顾问), faculty advisers and a very successful student offer the following tips on how to get the m

When TV news programs report war or diseases, the editors rarely use the most horrifying pictures of dead or wounded victims(受害者) because they don't want to upset their viewers. Even so, viewers are usually warned in advance that they “may find some of these scenes disturbing,” so

The following form shows the result of a survey（调查）of parents from five countries, who were asked why children are important to them. They were required to choose three main reasons from seven dealing with personal interests, family relations and social responsibility（责任）. Each num

Anne Whitney, a sophomore(大学二年级学生) at Colorado State University, first had a problem with taking tests when she began college. “I was always well prepared for my tests. Sometimes I studied for weeks before a test. Yet I would go in to take the test, only to find I could not answer

Treasure hunts（寻宝）have excited people's imagination for hundreds of years both in real life and in books such as Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island．Kit Williams，a modern writer，had the idea of combining the real excitement of a treasure hunt with clues（线索）found in a book when he wrote a children's story，

A child's birthday party doesn't have to be a hassle；it can be a basket of fun， according to Beth Anaclerio，an Evaston mother of two，ages 4 and 18 months．
“Having a party at home usually requires a lot of running around on the part of the parents，and often the birthday

  I saw my first tiger in a national park in India．It was a young male and he was drinking at a waterhole．He raised his head slowly and stared at us for a full minute．Then he turned his back on us and disappeared quickly into the jungle．
    Twenty years ago，the tiger was in trouble．In India its numbers were

  It is said that standardized testing harms children．The tests upset pupils and make them afraid．If a pupil gets a low score he will be seriously damaged．Standardized testing is not helpful to the normal educational aims designed to help the child．
    There is，no doubt，anecdotal（奇闻轶事的）evidence to support s

Culture Shock
Specialists say that it is not easy to get used to life in a new culture．“Culture shock”is the term these specialists use when talking about the feelings that people have in a new environment．There are three stages of culture sho

Recycling  Resources
Increased population increases the need for natural resources and also increases waste products．Making a new useful product out of a waste product decreases（减少）our need for natural resources．Recycling means using some

天花是一种可怕的疾病，人们与它斗争了很长时间。人类是怎样把天花彻底根除的呢？
The world's last known case of smallpox（天花）was reported in Somalia，the Horn of Africa，in October 1977．The victim was a young cook called Ali Maow Maalin．His case became a landmark in medi

在英语学习中，阅读占有很重要的地位，人们不但在日常工作和学习中要大量地阅读很多英文资料，而且在考试中阅读理解题也占很大的比重，这些都对考生的阅读能力提出了很高的要求。但是在日常的练习中有不少学生养成了不良的阅读习惯，大大妨碍了阅读效率。因此，要想提高阅读水平，首先应该养成好的阅读习惯，克服以下不良习惯。
一、朗读
许多学生都有出声阅读的习惯，出声阅读的主要弊病就是使阅读速度受说话速度的限制。因为，正常默读速度几乎要比出声朗读的速度