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A. Goldie does not care about beauty or clothes B. She learned to make a machine with the blocks（积木） C. Yet girls appear far less interested in STEM subjects D. They should also provide a good education E. The four areas together are known as STEM |
Not enough American students want to be engineers, mathematicians, or scientists. The US government wants to change that. The government will spend three billion dollars on the education of young Americans in science, technology, engineering, and math. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Many jobs in the STEM fields will open in the coming years. The purpose of the government's investment（投资）is to increase the number of Americans who can take those jobs.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} than boys. Only 25 percent of STEM students are girls.
Camsie McAdams is at the US Education Department. She says girls simply do not feel welcomed in STEM subjects.
Debbie Sterling is an engineer. She invented a toy for girls. The name of the toy is “Goldie Blox”. To interest girls, Sterling created the character “Goldie”. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Goldie tells stories, solves difficult problems and builds new worlds.
Mia is a seven-year-old girl who likes science. In her room, she has no fashion dolls. Instead, she received a set of Goldie Blox from her grandmother. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} .
Experts say parents should do more than just buy toys to interest their girls in STEM subjects. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} . At school, girls should take part in projects that require teamwork and creative thinking.
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Mr. Shute lives in a village. He has got a big family and a strong dog. His farm is small{#blank#}1{#/blank#} he is often free in winter. So he goes to a city and finds work there.
Once he stayed in a city for two {#blank#}2{#/blank#} . When New Year was coming, he went back home to see his wife and his children. On his way home, something was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} with his eyes. When he knocked on the door, his dog {#blank#}4{#/blank#} out and was not friendly to him. His wife hurried to drive it away. The next morning he went to see a doctor. The doctor looked over his eyes {#blank#}5{#/blank#} and gave him some {#blank#}6{#/blank#} . Before he left, he told the doctor about his dog. When he heard this, the doctor began to laugh and said, “Maybe something is wrong with your dog's eyes, too.”
When Mr. Shute got home, he told his wife about it. The woman said, “I'm afraid it's true. If a thief comes into our house, it won't see him and he'll steal {#blank#}7{#/blank#}here.”
Mr. Shute thought his wife was right. He then made his dog {#blank#}8{#/blank#} his medicine instead.
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Many teenagers have {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. But sometimes these can get in the way of {#blank#}2{#/blank#} schoolwork. Liu Yu is a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} star on his school team. His dream is to be a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} runner when he {#blank#}5{#/blank#} up. His parents won't allow him {#blank#}6{#/blank#} so much although they have nothing {#blank#}7{#/blank#} running. They think their son needs to think about other possible{#blank#}8{#/blank#}. Liu Yu {#blank#}9{#/blank#} with them. He thinks his parents are too strict with him. He also thinks it's very important {#blank#}10{#/blank#} for himself. Only in this way can he have a chance to achieve his dream.
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