Starrett's daughters—Georgia, 10, and Caroline, 7—attend Vallecito.They are thrilled with their desks.“You feel happier, you're less tired, andyou're more active,” Georgia says.
Some of the desks have wheels and fidget bars.The bars let kidsmove in a way that doesn't disturb the class.Wheels allow the desks to bemoved easily.The desks also adjust to different heights.Kids take breaks bysitting on the floor or on stools.
There is the trend of designing things to make them easy and safe touse.According to Mark Benden, director of the Texas A&M Center, standingworkers are more focused and healthier.He says his research shows that kidsusing standing desks are more engaged and burn more calories (卡路里).InDecember, researchers in New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdomreleased similar findings.But not everyone is convinced standing is betterthan sitting.Some parents and teachers worry that kids will get tired and thatstanding for long periods of time may be harmful.And standing desks are moreexpensive.
Benden says both sitting and standing desks can cause problems ifthey are not the proper height.“Our message should not be ‘Sit less, standmore,'” he says, “but ‘Sit less, move more.'”
11.How many classrooms in Vallecito areequipped with standing desks?()
A.3
B.25
C.19
D.22
12.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?()
A.Why standing desks are used
B.Where standing desks are used
C.How standing desks are used
D.Who use standing desks
13.Mark Benden's research shows that kidsusing standing desks().
A.feel more tired
B.are more focused
C.get better scores
D.tend to eat more
14.The researchers in Australia and the UK(para.4)().
A.would agree with Benden
B.are not fully convinced by Benden
C.partly support Benden's findings
D.find it hard to accept Benden's theory
15.Some parents and teachers worry that usingstanding desks may().
A.disturb the kids in class
B.leave the classroom noisy
C.harm the students' health
D.increase the teachers' workload
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B.a Theory Y manager
C.a Theory Z manager
D.a human relations manager
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B.they should be
C.care
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B.in other words
C.as a result
D.on the other hand
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