Feeling awful? Need some medical treatment but you’d really like a holiday, too? Now you can have both!
A number of countries with excellent medical institutes and spectacular tourist attractions have started to offer medical vacations. In places like Thailand and South Africa, quality medical care enables you to have a surgical procedure done at minimal cost, as well as time to recover in a beautiful environment. The same surgery costs four times as much in New York. A typical holiday consists of one week as a patient in a clinic or hospital followed by another week at a wonderful neighboring hotel or resort (度假胜地). Doctors keep track of your rapid recovery. Imagine floating in the shallow waters near a tropical island or trying to catch up with a herd of zebras while you restore your health! As with any health treatment, check the reputation of the medical facility before you plan your trip. So far, though, there have been few complaints.
55. Which is NOT true about Sundance?
A. New films are shown there. B. You can see documentaries.
C. Famous performers go there. D. The films are usually very expensive to make.
56. Who make the movies shown at Sundance?
A. Hollywood studios. B. Famous movie stars.
C. Independent filmmakers. D. Television directors.
57. Sometimes people at Sundance are surprised because ________
A. unknown films really take off. B. young actors show potential.
C. the media don’t cover movies. D. the festival isn’t permanent.
58. What has been the attitude of people who have taken a medical vacation?
A. They complain. B. They are mostly pleased.
C. They feel honored. D. They find it awful.
59. What is the best title for the whole reading passage?
A. Creative Vacation Ideas B. Spectacular Entertainment
C. A Week in an African Clinic D. My Holiday Disaster on Film
C
Even though a young child might be nervous about starting school, he or she is more often than not excited as well on the first day of school. Perhaps that excitement lasts through the first few years of school. But over time, many children are less excited about going to school. School becomes a place of “all work and no play”. As the years go by, students are pressured to do more work and to do it better, make better test scores, and have a higher class rank. It is therefore not surprising that by middle school many students lose interest in school and learning.
Teachers face a big challenge in such a situation. When they enter a classroom in which most of the students do not want to be there and do not want to study, how can they teach? Some teachers may focus their energy on the handful of students in the classroom who show an interest in learning. Other teachers may choose to reward “good” students and punish “bad” students in the hope that this may somehow motivate all students to try harder.
Through his own teaching experience, Dr. Richard Lavoie became interested in the problem of motivating students. He wondered what motivated some students to want to learn. In studying this question, Dr. Lavoie discovered that the people who seemed to know the most about what motivates kids were researchers who work for companies that were advertising products such as toys and music for children.
By applying some of the information from the existing advertising research to his own study, Dr. Lavoie was able to determine eight types of motivation for children. From these eight types, a child usually responds to one or two kinds of motivation more than the others. Therefore, if teachers and parents can figure out which type of motivation a child most responds to, lessons and classroom activities can be adapted in that way to motivate the child to try harder and get excited about learning again.
For example, one type of motivation is responsibility or authority. A student who responds to this type of motivation can be given a position of responsibility in a group or in the classroom to excite his or her interest in learning. Another type of motivation is competition. Competitive students get excited about learning when they are given a chance to win or when they can support others to win. The other types of motivation listed by Dr. Lavoie are interaction, connection with a group, independence, exploration, encouragement, and status.
The challenge is for teachers to recognize the different ways to motivate students who have lost interest in learning. Not all students will respond to the same type of motivation in the classroom. But by adapting different lessons to suit different types of motivation, more students may begin to respond and get excited about learning again.
60. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Students can be motivated in different ways.
B. Teachers must challenge students in class.
C. Dr. Lavoie’s students do very well in school.
D. Toys and music can be used to motivate students.
61. What kind of research did Dr. Lavoie do?
A. He gave a survey to teachers.
B. He read advertising research.
C. He studied rewards and punishments.
D. He taught students to do experiments.
62. Which is NOT a possible motivation for students listed in the passage?
A. Competition. B. Responsibility. C. Profit. D. Status.
