Each year, bad food ___________ about one in six Americans. Proposed new rules aim to improve food safety. Officials say the changes could prevent more than ___________ million cases of food-related illnesses each year. The new rules were proposed this month, exactly two years after President [...]
A researcher who helped make crops grow in ___________ land areas received the World Food Prize last week. Daniel Hillel was recognized for his work in developing what is called «micro-irrigation» or ___________ irrigation.» It has made farming possible in places where there is little [...]
Millions of students have been taught a formula that has nothing to do with chemistry. The formula is for writing a five-paragraph essay. First, write an introductory paragraph to state the ____________. Then, add three paragraphs of ____________. Finally, write a ____________. Linda Bergmann is [...]
1. According to the article, there are two methods of studying a foreign language. What happens in the ‘explicit method’? Students do not study grammar rules. Students talk with native speakers. Students are taught a lot of information about grammar rules. 2. What happens in the [...]
Precision agriculture is a way of thinking about how to improve production and get more from existing resources. It often ____________ the use of technology. An example found mostly in wealthier countries is a computer-guided tractor. The computer does most of the driving. It uses signals from [...]
A new study suggests that early exposure to germs __________ the immune system. That means letting children get a little dirty might be good for their health later in life. The study involved laboratory mice. It found that adult mice raised in a germ-free environment were more likely to [...]
Today we take another look at facial recognition systems. These can __________ friends in Facebook photos or help police identify suspects in the recent __________ in Britain. Kurt Roemer is chief security strategist for Citrix Systems in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He says technology makes it [...]
1. The International Primary Curriculum is taught in 58 schools. True. False. It’s not said. 2. Skelton says that this curriculum helps develop «international mindedness» starting from the age of four. five. six. 3. The children just have to do the same worksheet type of format every single [...]
State and local governments across the United States are facing big ___________ deficits. Many of these shortfalls include promises of future retirement payments for public employees. Several states have had to ___________ money for pension plans that have fallen below required funding levels. [...]
Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people __________ about getting older. Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they __________ the age of fifty. In fact, they say by the age of eighty-five, people [...]
An IBM supercomputer named Watson has won the latest battle of man versus machine. Watson won the first ever “Jeopardy!” quiz show competition __________ a computer as a player. The show was broadcast on American television February sixteenth. The supercomputer __________ former [...]
Silicon Valley in Northern California is home to many of the world’s largest technology companies. These include Apple, Google, Oracle, Intel, Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard. The valley is also home to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. It reopened last month after nineteen [...]
Traditional fisheries may no longer be the world’s most important __________ of fish. A new United Nations report shows that fish farming or aquaculture may soon lead fish production. The Food and Agriculture Organization says aquaculture is growing by a rate of __________ percent a year. [...]
In recent years, Bill Gates has given financial support to ___________ American education. Late last year, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation launched the Measures of Effective Teaching project. The project tests new ways to recognize what makes a good teacher. Its ___________ is to help [...]
Thanksgiving Day is America’s version of a _________ festival. The holiday is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. This Thursday, millions of Americans will join family and friends to give thanks and eat a meal with a history that is _________ old. Early European settlers in [...]
Cacao or cocoa trees grow in hot, rainy areas of Africa, Asia and Central and South America. Their beans are used to make cocoa _________________, cocoa butter and of course chocolate. There are five to six million growers, maybe more. Many are poor family farmers with only a few _______________. [...]
Years ago, scientists began to learn that certain parts of the brain had certain __________. For example, one part was responsible for breathing; another dealt with the sense of smell. Scientists thought our brains could not change. But then they discovered that the brain could [...]
The World Health Organization says obesity rates are rising in Pacific island countries. So, too, are health problems linked to being overweight. The WHO says a major reason for the _____________ obesity rates is an increase in imported foods. It says many Pacific islanders have replaced their [...]
Millions of high school students have ____________ «To Kill a Mockingbird.» The novel by Harper Lee offers moral ____________ about racial justice and respect. It tells the story of a young girl named Scout and her father, Atticus Finch, a ____________ . He defends a black man wrongfully [...]
Weather does not discriminate between large and small farms. If it rains too much or too little, crop insurance can pay for __________. Yet insurance usually costs too much for a farmer with as little as a hectare or two of land. But now a program called Kilimo Salama, or __________ farming, [...]
