around the festival. This is expected to be a special Water-Sprinkling Festival.

Coalmine Disaster

A coalmine operated by Dongxing Coalmining Co. in Xinmi, Henan Province, where an underground fire killed 25 miners on March 15 became a public concern.

A local work safety regulator said the mine should have been going through technical reforms, but restarted production without a license.

After the tragedy, the police detained(扣押) an investor and several senior managing persons of the coalmine. Four officials who are believed to have failed to perform their managing roles effectively, including a vice mayor of Xinmi, were removed from their posts.

13.The suspect created a bloody case mainly because _______.

A. he caused a medical accident during an operation in the clinic and was fired

B. his girlfriend left him and married a teacher in that school

C. he became mentally disturbed after a set of failures in finance

D. he hated the whole society deeply after a series of failure in personal life

14. What happened to Dai people this year? ________.

A. Their Water-Sprinkling festival was called off thanks to the drought in Yunnan

B. They had to celebrate their annual Spring Festival simply without enough water

　　C. People throughout our country only donated to those earthquake-stricken areas in Qinghai

D. Their prayers for rain didn't come true

15. _______ probably led to Dongxing Coalmine disaster according to paragraph 2.

　　A. the restarting production without necessary technical and safety gurantees (保障)

　　B. an underground fire

　　C. the officials' failure to inspect the safety conditions of the coalmine

　　D. the bad management of Dongxing Coalmining Co. in Xinmi, Henan Province

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　　The jobs of the future have not yet been invented. 16 . By helping them develop classic skills that will serve them well no matter what the future holds.

　　1.Curiosity

　　Your children need to be deeply curious. 17 . Ask kids, "What ingredients (配料)can we add to make these pancakes even better next time ?" and then try them out. Ingredients make the pancakes better? What could we try next time?

　　2. Creativity

　　True creativity is the ability to take something existing and create something new 18 . There are a dozen different things you can do with them. Experimenting with materials to create something new can go a long way in helping them develop their creativity.

　　3.Personal skills

　　Understanding how others feel can be a challenge for kids. We know what's going on inside our own head, but what about others? Being able to read people helps kid from misreading a situation and jumping to false conclusions. 19 . "Why do you think she's crying?" "Can you tell how that man is feeling by looking at his face?" "If someone were to do that to you, how would you feel?"

4. Self Expression