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In Zurich,a leading canton in the Swiss Confederation,it has been proposed to teach one foreign language—English—in primary schools.This would represent a change【C1】______Zurichs elementary school kids now study English and French.Voters will decide whether French will be【C2】______. Some educators believe that two foreign languages are too much for kids.Supporters of one foreign language believe that kids fail to reach strong【C3】______in German, the mother tongue for schoolchildren in Zurich. In fact, Zurich kids speak Swiss German, which is【C4】______an oral language.In school they have to learn standard German, which in some ways is a foreign language.【C5】______you add them all together Zurich kids are learning four languages. All of Switzerland will watch what Zurich voters decide because Zurich is an influential canton and others may【C6】______.Yet some German-speaking cantons have already decided to reject plans to reduce the number of foreign languages. Regardless of what happens, Swiss kids will be fluent in more than one language which is a definite asset in todays【C7】______economy.It is also a definite asset in learning other subjects.Studies【C8】______in American universities have found that kids who study in dual-language schools outperform. their【C9】______who are taught in English only.Apparently, kids educated in two languages develop a mental agility that monolingual kids lack.Perhaps four languages are too many in elementary school,but two is not【C10】______at all.
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A.which
B.since
C.even if
D.now that
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Engineering students are working less because, in a booming market, they are spending more and more time investigating different job opportunities.
Whether or not students do the work they are assigned is a good indication of how lazy they are.
Engineering students should work harder than students in less demanding fields.
Ms. Dennis’ students are doing less work because Ms. Dennis is not as effective a teacher as she once was.
Laziness is something most people do not outgrow.
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By limiting TV and computer use to less than two hours a day.
By getting more physical exercise.
By playing more educational computer games.
By going to bed earlier each night.
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Playing computer every day.
Watching TV 3 hours per day.
Doing few physical activities.
Owning few friends.
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On average, less-productive employees spend no fewer hours per day at their workstations than do their more-productive peers.
Unpleasant surroundings give employees less motivation to work hard than more pleasant surroundings do.
The more-productive employees are generally rewarded with pleasant office space.
More-productive employees do not work any more hours than their less-productive peers.
Peer pressure discourages employees in crowded, unpleasant surroundings from making phone calls to their own family members during work time.
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It describes the reasons people watch television.
It reports the findings of a scientific study.
It discusses ways to improve children's physical health.
It advises parents on raising their children.
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The results of it have been published.
All kids who take part in the study had an interview.
The questionnaires of it contained five questions.
It was done by an elementary school.
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By reviewing children's records online.
By interviewing children's parents.
By watching children in their home.
By asking children questions.
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Men are more susceptible to colds than women.
Women having babies are more susceptible to colds.
People who live in a cold climate have more colds than those who live in a warm one.
People who don’t have children are more susceptible to colds than those who do in their thirties or forties.