W: Your country also uses inches, feet and yards, doesn't it?
Q: What are they discussing?
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A.Weights and measures.
B.The government.
C.The cost of living.
D.Science classes.
Don' t just look. You are expected to feel, to turn, to push. Build your own house and earn why t stands or falls. Use computers to work out plans just as famous scientists have done. There s always something new to learn at the Maryland Science Center.
Children and group visitors enjoy half price.
The excitement of the Maryland Science Center does not end when you leave. Visit the Science Store for a gift you' d like to keep. Electronic jewelry(电子珠宝), games, books, and more — take part of the Science Center home with you.
Information
Where to call:
24 hour general(常规的) information(410)685-5225
24 hour STARLINE night, sky information (410)S39-STAR
Group visitor information (410) 685-2370
Hours:
The Maryland Science Center is open 7 days a week(except Thanksgiving Day and Christmas
Day)
Monday-Friday 10 a. m.-p. m
Saturday and Sunday 10a.m.-p.m.
Whacan visitors do at the Maryland Science Center?
A.Learn science by trying it out.
B.Watch and take part in a play.
C.Make gifts for their friends.
At a science museum in Canada, you can feel your hair stand on end as harmless electricity passes through your body. At the Children's Museum in New York, you can play an African drum. There are no "Do Not Touch" signs in some other museums in the USA.
More and more museum directors have realized that people learn best when they can become part of what they are seeing. In many science museums, the visitors are encouraged to touch, listen, operate and experiment so as to discover scientific rules for themselves.
The purpose is not only to provide fun, but also help people feel at home in the world of science. If people don't understand science, they will be afraid of it; and if they are afraid of science, they will not make the best use of it.
One cause of all these changes is the increase in wealth and spare time. Another cause is the growing number of young people in the population. Many of them are college students or college graduates. They see things in a new and different way. They want art that they can take part in. The same is true of science and history.
The old museums have been changing and the government is encouraging the building of new and modern museums. In the United States and Canada, there are more than 6,000 museums, almost twice as many as there were 25 years ago.
The directors of the museums have realized ______.
A.the importance of scientific rules
B.people learn best when they look at something
C.visitors prefer to learn from museums
D.the museums need changes
"Psychological, social and cultural studies pertaining to virtually everything that people treat as a problem in our civilization," the committee writes, "play a large role. "Paradoxically, one would think these would be times when social science research would be riding high. Yet even though governments are more than alarmed about a variety of social problems, they are inclined to deal with them by trial and (often) error. The abuse of drugs is a widely-spread concern, but governments seem to concern themselves with the qualifications of teachers and their salaries.
If we lack an adequate understanding of drug abuse and educational processes, are we flying blind attempting to deal with these behaviors.? What domains of your life could benefit from social and behavioral science research? For instance, are we concerned about crime? Consider that recent sociological research reveals that nearly half of all urban dwelling American males can expect to be arrested for some non-traffic offense during their lives. However, a very small group of career predators are responsible for a grossly disproportionate share of all crimes committed. What does this in sight suggest to you about American criminal justice and prison policies? Sociological work also shows that most criminals halt their careers by age 25 to 30. Does this finding have policy implication? If a 29-year-old burglar whose criminal career is nearly over is imprisoned for ten years, may many years of that imprisonment be wasted on expensive and unnecessary confinement?
According to the author, social and behavioral sciences are losing federal financial support chiefly because some people ______.
A.don't see the seriousness of the present situation
B.don't quite see the use for these sciences
C.only consider natural sciences as true sciences
D.are unable to solve social problems with them
According to the writer, good readers can ______ .
A.often go to the library
B.read at 1,000 WPM
C.change the speed as needed
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
How did the science of preparing metals for use happen?
A.By any planned purpose.
B.By chance.
C.With fire.
D.On the part of those who were concerned about it.
Janice Weinman of the American Association of University Woman says, "Girls tend to be less comfortable than boys with the computer. They use it more for word processing rather than for problem solving, rather than to discover new ways in which to understand information."
After re-examining a thousand studies, the American Association of University women researchers found that girls make up only a small percentage of students in computer science classes. Girls consistently rate themselves significantly lower than boys in their ability and confidence in using computers. And they use computers less often than boys outside the classroom.
The instructor of this computer lab says he's, already noticed some differences. Charles Cheadle of Cesar Chavez School says, "Boys are not so afraid they might do something that will harm the computer, whereas girls are afraid they might break it somehow."
Six years ago, the software company Purple Moon noticed that girls' computer usage was falling behind boys. Karen Gould says, "The number one reason girls told us they don't like computer games is not because they're too violent, or too competitive. Girls just said they're incredibly boring."
Purple Moon says it found what girls want, characters they can relate to and story lines relative to what's going on in their own lives. Karen Gould of Purple Moon Software says, "What we definitely found from girls is there is no intrinsic (内在的) reason why they wouldn't want to play on a computer; it was just a content thing."
The sponsor of the study says it all boils down to this, the technology gender gap that separates the girls from the boys must be closed if women are to compete effectively with men in the 21st century.
In this sixth grade classroom, you would find ______.
A.only boys are allowed to use the computers
B.only girls are allowed to use the computers
C.no computers in the classroom
D.both boys and girls are allowed to use the computers
The author's argument is developed primarily by the use of
A.an attack on the misuse of scientific discoveries by modern film directors
B.a critique of technical developments in science fiction movie special effects
C.an example of how science fiction directors distort science to increase dramatic effect
D.an analogy between science fiction movie special effect and science education in schools
E.a warning against an overreliance on films to teach science to youngsters
Technology itself, and its effective use ____________ (不会局限在), the traditional science subject.