Join the Family Read-Aloud Celebration, held by the Gonda Family Library and the Family School Alliance at UCLA Lab School, from February 21 to March 14,2014. We ask you to spend time reading aloud to your children at least 20 minutes each day.We hope to help families develop a habit of reading aloud every day throughout and beyond primary school. We'll finish the celebration with a party on March 14 for the whole school. Ways to join: * Visit Book Corner for reading aloud suggestions. Come to the start of the activity on Friday, Feb, 21. * Add books to our list of favorite read aloud * Send us a photo of your family reading together (jkan,tor@ucta. edu). We will share it at the party. *  Record your family's reading journey! . *  Join us for th< party on March 14,57 p. rn. Go on a reading journey! Books can introduce your family to interesting people, exciting places, adventures and information. Let your journeys take you through these categories: *Fiction            *  Picture books        *  Poetry *Science            *  History              *  Sports *Arts               * other Non-Fiction     * Benefits of Reading Aloud Reading aloud helps a cloud to read with pleasure, create background knowledge, and build vocabulary.  It also provides children with a reading model. Reading aloud doesn't just benefit young children. Parents should continue reading aloud as their children grow because listening comprehension is more important than reading skills in middle school. Jim Trelease, in his Read-Aloud Handbook, has noted that almost as big a mistake as not reading to children at all is stopping too soon  Until about the eighth grade, children listen and comprehend on a higher level than their reading skills allow them to read independently, This means children can hear and understand stories that are more difficult and more interesting than anything they can read on their own We can infer from Jim Tyelease that. A) young children show greater skills at listening than reading B) children should be allowed to make mistakes in reading C) interesting stories are easier for children to understand D) the eighth-graders can-t read on their own
A


Our historic1740 Shenandoah Valley Bed and Breakfast is the perfect place to relax and enjoy the beauty and history of the Valley. Once a haven   against Indian attacks on the Virginia frontier and later Stonewall Jackson's headquarters during the Valley Campaign   of 1862, our Shenandoah Valley inn(small hotel) now welcomes travelers looking for comfortable bed and board and friendly welcome. On Route11,the Old Valley Turnpike, only two miles from Interstate 81 at Woodstock, the inn has a country atmosphere on five private acres along the Shenandoah River. The inn offers 12 guest rooms, a well-equipped meeting room for small managing meetings, many common areas, and lovely grounds to host sendoffs and family gatherings. A hearty Inn at Narrow Passage breakfast will get your day off to a great start! If you have special food needs, tell us ahead of time, and we will try to have just what you need. "We had a wonderful four-day stay. Quiet and peaceful with the warmth of fireplaces in the room and bar to comfort and relax you. Ed and Ellen make you feel like family. Breakfast was outstanding." A visitor said. After a busy day of hiking or sightseeing, return for a cool drink on the porch in summer or hot, spiced tea by the fire in winter. In the evening, walk down to the river to feed the ducks, or maybe spend a little time fishing. We hope you'll be able to visit us soon. We'll do all we can to make your stay a happy one. Where can we see this passage? A) In a geography book. B) In a tourist magazine. C) In a cooking diary. D) In an evening newspaper.
B


Q: Nearly 28% of college Students plan to seek employment using Linkedin, up from 5% last year, according to a survey out today from employee recognition provider i Love Rewards and career-services network Experience.Slightly more than 7% plan to use Facebook, up from 5%.     No longer do students just wait for visiting campus recruiters to learn about job possibilities.Instead they're using digital tools to find their dream jobs, says I Love Rewards CEO Razor Suleman.Companies need to know their online image, then update anything that is outdated, inaccurate or not inleractive .     'The recruited have now become the recruiters," Suleman says."They are now going out and finding the companies they want to apply for."     Students learn about employers by viewing their websites, reading Facehook and Twitter updates and perusing Linkedln profiles.Another information source: Comments by past and current employees on job-oriented websites.     A strong digital presence is one way for employers to stand out as the search for the best and brightest gets competitive.     Slightly more than four in 10 employers say they will use "different" recruiting tactics to reach Generation Y, according to a survey by job-search site Monster.com to be released today.Of those respondents, almost 60% say social-networking sites are popular tools to reach Gen Y candidates.     "Our reason for using social media is because that's where we think the candidates are," he says.     The company posts updates and videos on topics such as job opportunities and the benefits of being an employee.It also created a mobile-friendly site for those who want to apply via smart phone.     "Younger people want to attach to you in a different way than the past," Lavery says."They want to interact with you.They want to learn about you."     The updated recruitment techniques take effort, but they work, he says.     In 2010, UPS used those tactics to  _ 955 employees.The year before, it hired 29 employees through those means.     "It's a time investment... In order to find their dream jobs, more American graduates like to use   _  . A) newspapers B) magazines C) the Internet D) radios
A: C


A troubled young man in Connecticut laid his hands on the kinds of guns that no civilian should ever have and shot 20 children and 6 adults . It was a tragedy that " broke the hearts of America " , as President Barack Obama said . The obvious way to prevent the next such _ is gun control . And , yes , we need it now . Voters need to be loud , politicians need to be brave , and the gun lobby needs to be defeated . Perhaps Barack Obama , no longer up for election , will no longer be chicken . But American violence doesn't just come from the weapons we buy and the gun shows we frequent . It's much deeper than that . This is also the country that supplies three-quarters of the world's arms trade . These are weapon sales authorized by our government and by a Democratic President . International weapon sales by America between 2010 and 2011 tripled . The same Democratic President continues a policy of targeted ( often poorly ) assassinations in Pakistan . This country also supplies most of the world's violent entertainment . America leads the world in massacres in life , and in film too . The most popular movie this week , " SKyfall , " is a load of fun ; but every emotional climax involves a shooting , sometimes with small guns sometimes with large ones . Firearms have long been identified with manliness in popular culture . Ever more they are identified with womanliness , too . The most popular culture . Every more they are identified with womanliness , too . The most popular video game this week is " Halo 4 ; " the most popular novel is Tom Clancy's " Treat Vector ; " the second and s\third best-selling works of nonfiction are " Killing Kennedy " and " Killing Lincoln , " respectively . Every author , and every creator , should have the right to make what they want . Still , every civilian has a right to choose what to see and what to buy . Violence is sometimes essential to art , and often to foreign policy , too . But the cruel killing in Newtown , the worst single event in this country in eleven years and... The author lists some examples of violent entertainment EXCEPT   _   . A) movies B) books C) songs D) games

C