Size isn't everything, but it does matter, and the past decade has seen a noticeable counter trend toward smaller schools.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

And most noticeable of all, there is the phenomenon of large urban and suburban high schools that have split up into smaller units of a few hundred, generally housed in the same grounds that once boasted thousands of students all marching to the same band.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

Ten years ago, when the first Newsweek list based on college-level test participation was published, only three of the top 100 schools had graduating Classes smaller than 100 students.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

But not all schools show advances after downsizing, and it remains to be seen whether smaller schools will be a cure-all solution.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

Some large schools have split up into smaller ones.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

So there used to be transport problems, now though there are new train links and better roads, but it may be that some smaller towns inland remain not very well connected, is that OK?

出自-2012年6月听力原文

All girls schools tend to be smaller than coeducational schools, which means teachers would be able to tailor the materials to girl students' personal learning styles and interest.

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

As smaller cities copy the model of these "24-hour cities", more affordable versions of these places will be created.

2017年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

Even more interesting is that the promise of a future reward was enough to make adults choose the smaller portion.

2016年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

In between the midday meal and a late, smaller dinner came a small snack.

2016年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

Later, at 5 or 6, you'd have a smaller supper.

2016年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

The data will certainly fuel the ongoing debate over whether physical education classes should be cut as schools struggle to survive on smaller budgets.

2016年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

The most recent of these studies, published in The Journal of Applied Gerontology, surveyed 150 Connecticut residents of assisted living, nursing homes and smaller residential care homes known in some states as board and care homes or adult care homes.

2016年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

The researchers, led by Martin Reimann, carried out a series of experiments to see if people would choose a smaller meal if it was paired with a non-food item.

2016年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

But in order to take advantage of these common-sense solutions, Americans will have to put aside their own attachment to the idea of smaller government and less regulation.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

They give up the idea of smaller government and less regulation

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

The larger the trade deficit, the smaller the GDP.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Private colleges and universities generally do better, partly because they offer smaller classes and more personal attention.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

their classes are generally smaller

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

Act Two is similar except that the yellow cube is smaller.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

"If we can help to direct students to more of these types of campuses and help students to understand them to be realistic and accessible places, have them apply to these schools at greater frequency and ultimately get in and enroll, we are going to raise

2015年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

As conservation areas become smaller, lions are increasingly coming into contact with human populations, which are expanding to the boundaries of these protected areas.

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

Because of their smaller size, most keep hours that allow people to enjoy themselves, then have some quiet after midnight, as opposed to large major cities like New York, where the buzz of activity is ongoing.

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

first of all, small is beautiful: people definitely prefer working for smaller organizations or companies with less than 100 staff.

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

It's just a much smaller market today.

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

Maybe you could gather capital from other sources, smaller loans from more lenders?

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

Mediterranean cooking uses smaller amounts of saturated fat and higher amounts of unsaturated fat, mostly in the form of olive oil.

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

So far, the main thing many large retailers have done in response to all this is to open online stores, so people will come to them directly rather than to Amazon and its smaller online rivals.

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

Tennessee State's overall graduation rate is a tiny 39 percent, but at least it has a smaller gap between the outcomes for first-generation students and those of their peers.

2015年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

Then there were the face slimming rollers that were said to improve your blood circulation and make your face smaller.

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

Twenty years ago, the Urban Land Institute defined the two types of cities that dominated the US landscape: smaller cities that operated around standard 9-5 business hours and large metropolitan areas that ran all 24 hours of the day.

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

with the rise of a new concept in urban planning that aims to make life easier and more convenient, however, increasing popularity for urban areas that caused the real estate pushes, in major cities like San Francisco or New York, has inspired a type of f

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller, a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles about 515 kilometers long was seen near cincinnati.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

However, you seldom find such a variety of people in a smaller town.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

If Tononi's theory is right, it would explain why, when we miss a night's, we find it harder the next day to concentrate and learn new information — our brains may have smaller room for new experiences.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Secondly, their muscles grew smaller and weaker.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 任务型阅读 原文

The synapses in the mice taken at the end of a period of sleep were 18 per cent smaller than those taken before sleep, showing that the connections between neurons weaken while sleeping.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

The under-estimation was systematic: when adding two numbers, the monkeys always paid attention to the larger of the two, and then added only a fraction of the smaller number to it.

2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

They require a bigger commitment than smaller ones, and they have a more powerful effect on the feeling of a space.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 七选五 原文

When we choose a large spoon over a smaller one, total intake jumps by 14 percent.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Big retailers must understand these differences before they can identify the segments of European wholesaling in which their particular abilities might unseat smaller but entrenched competitors.

2010年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Often they "trade up", leaving riskier, smaller firms for larger and more stable firms.

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Sellers that use eBay and Etsy, which provide platforms for smaller sellers, also haven't been collecting sales tax nationwide.

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

The losers, said retail analyst Neil Saunders, are online-only retailers, especially smaller ones.

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ