Whatever side you take, gossip is here to stay. ―It is universal human practice and it is too complex to say it is either good or bad, ―a University of Colorado researcher says. The Key: Some researchers believe that office gossip is a way of building bonds among people and sharing essential information, more see it as being savage and destructive. The author has seen both positive and negative effects of office gossip, and probably is more in favor of it, for office gossip helps him/her get information and figure out what is going on.（60） 题型分析： 本文讲解是办公室八卦聊天的说明文。一些研究人员认为，办公室八卦是在人们之间建立联系，分享重要信息的一种方式，更多的人认为这是野蛮和破坏性的。作者已经看到了办公室八卦的正面和负面影响，而且可能更倾向于此，因为办公室八卦可以帮助他/她得到信息，弄清楚到底发生了什么。 （B） New Solution to Computer Theft ―Get your hands off me, I have been stolen,‖ the laptop, a portable computer, shouted. That is a new solution to laptop computer theft: a program that lets owners give their property a voice when it has been taken. The program allows users to display alerts on the missing computer‘s screen and even to set a spoken message. Tracking software for stolen laptops has been on the market for some time, but this is thought to be the first that allows owners to give the thief a piece of their mind. Owners must report their laptop missing by visiting a website, which sends a message to the model: a red and yellow ―lost or stolen‖ sign appears on its screen when it is started. Under the latest version（版本）of the software, users can also send a spoken message. The message can be set to reappear every 30 seconds, no matter how many times the thief closes it.‖ One customer sent a message saying,‘ You are being tracked. I am right at your door‘,‖ said Carrie Hafeman, chief executive of the company which produces the program, Retriever. In the latest version, people can add a spoken message. For example, the laptop‘s speakers will say: ―Help, this laptop is reported lost or stolen. If you are not my owner, report me now.‖ 16 / 18
The Retriever software package, which costs $29.95 but has a free trial period, has the functions of many security software programs .Owners can remotely switch to an alternative password if they fear that the thief has also got hold of the access details. If a thief accesses the internet with the stolen laptop, Retriever will collect information on the internet service provider in use, so that the police can be alerted to its location. The Key: Retriever is a program to help with laptop computer theft. It can display alerts on the missing computer’s screen, remotely switch to an alternative password or collect information on the Internet service provider in use to alert the police of its location. In addition, the latest version even allows the owner of the missing computer to send a spoken message.（60） 题型分析：以本文是一篇关于关于电脑防盗得说明文。为了防止电脑信息得盗取，商家生产了一种叫做retriever系统区帮助防盗。它有不少得功能，它可以在丢失的计算机屏幕上显示警报，远程切换到另一个密码或收集互联网服务提供商的信息，以提醒警方其位置。此外，最新版本甚至允许丢失的计算机的所有者发送口头消息。 （C） The Crucial Role of Early Childhood Environment The environment we are in affects our moods, ability to form relationships, effectiveness in work or play—even our health. In addition, the early childhood group environment has a very crucial role in children‘s learning and development for two important reasons. First, young children are in the process of rapid brain development. In the early years, the brain develops more synapses or connections than it can possibly use. Those that are used by the child form strong connections, while the synapses that are not used are pruned away. Children‘s experiences help to make this determination. The National Scientific Council of the Developing Child compares the development of the brain to constructing a house stating, ―Just as a lack of the right materials can result in blueprints that change, the lack of appropriate experiences can lead to alterations in genetic plans.‖ They further state, ―Building more advanced cognitive, social, and emotional skills on a weak initial foundation of brain architecture is far more difficult and less effective than getting things right from the beginning‖. Because children‘s experiences are limited by their surroundings, the environment we provide for them has a crucial impact on the way the child‘s brain develops The second reason that the early childhood group environment has such a strong role in children‘s development is because 17 / 18
of the amount of time children spend in these environments. Many children spend a large portion of their wakeful hours in early childhood group settings. For example, a baby beginning child care will spend up to 12,000 hours in the program. This is more time than he will spend in both elementary and secondary school. Children will typically spend another 4,000 hours in kindergarten through third grade classrooms. Anita Rui Olds, a well-known environmental designer, believes that we should design our early childhood environments for miracles, not minimums. She states:Children are miracles. Believing that every child is a miracle can transform the way we design for children‘s care. When we invite a miracle into our lives, we prepare ourselves and the environment around us. We may set out flowers or special offerings. We may cleanse ourselves, the space, or our thoughts of everything but the love inside us. We make it our job to create, with reverence and gratitude, a space that is worthy of a miracle! Action follows through. We can choose to change. We can choose to design spaces for miracles, not minimums. The Key: The early childhood environment has a very crucial role in children’s learning and development for two important reasons. First, young children’s experiences are limited by their surroundings, so the environment has a crucial impact on the way the child’s brain develops. The second reason is that many children spend a large portion of their wakeful hours in early childhood settings. (60) 题型分析： 这篇文章是讲关于童年的重要作用的说明文。首先作者在首段就点明了童年的环境对于我们的方方面面的形成都是有重要的作用的。一方面讲，孩子的成长过程中，大脑是受他周边环境的影响，所以周边的环境对于孩子脑部的发展是有显著的作用的。另一方面，许多孩子会在他们早期的童年时间花费更多的比较清醒时间。因此最后一段总结童年的花镜对于我们日后的成长都会有深远的影响。
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