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In the last few years, some researchers have decided to study why kids lie(撒謊),So they made up a special team of 12 students, all under the age of 21.
Each student was given 36 cards, and each card listed a topic that teens sometimes lie about to their parents, The researchers worked through the cards with the teens, learning what things the kid was lying to his parents about, and why.
By the end of the interviews, the kids saw for the first time how much they were lying and how many of family’s rules they had broken. It was reported that 98% of the teens had lied to their parents.
Out of the 36 topics, the average(平均) teen was lying to his parents about 12 of them. The teens lied about what movie they went to, and whom they went with .They lied about how they spent their afternoons while their parents were at work, and something like that.
Most parents hear their child lie and think he’s too young to understand what lies are or that lying is wrong. They believe their child will stop when he gets older. Many books also advise parents to just let lies go — they’ll grow out of it. But the truth is that kids grow into it. In studies where children are observed(觀察) in their natural environment, a 4-year-old child will lie once every two hours, while a 6-year-old child will lie about once every hour and a half.
【小題1】The researchers started the project by .
A.playing cards | B.free talking | C.doing a survey | D.discussion |
A.parents | B.teachers | C.researchers | D.friends |
A.12% | B.33% | C.98% | D.25% |
A.needn’t worry about it too much |
B.should take it serious enough |
C.had better do something to stop it |
D.should regard it as a great problem |
Britain is facing a sharp rise in its rat population as growing numbers of people leave what they cannot finish of the fast food in the street, an environment group warned .Keep Britain Tidy said the rats were stopping their traditional hunts underground and were running across the streets, invited by burgers, pizzas and crisps left behind by man. “The rat population is on the rise and soon it’ll be as common to see a rat on our street as it is to see a dog or a cat,” said group Director, Sue Nelson. The practice of spreading fast food litter and scraps on the street rather than in the dustbin—with young men the worst group—was behind the rise. According to the National Rodent Survey in 2005, Britain’s rat population has grown by nearly one quarter since 2000 and is now estimated at 60 million, two million more than the human population. On average a rat can give birth every 24-28 days and just a single pair of rats can produce a family of 2,000 a year. Around 200 people a year get Weil’s Disease –an infection which can lead to liver or kidney(肝腎)failure and eventually death and which is carried in rats’ waste. To attract people’s attention to the problem, Keep Britain Tidy produced a cinema ad with a title “How close do you want them to get?” The ad gave a shocking image of a young woman sleeping in a bed of rats--reminding people of the terrible scene from James Herbert’s classic horror tale The Rats, in which rats begin to hunt for humans.
1.Where did the rats use to search for food? k*s5*u
A. In the street B. Under the ground
C. From the dustbins D. In burger shops
2.What was the rat population in Britain in 2000 according to the writer?
A. Around 60 million B. Around 45 million
C. Around 38 million D. Around 2 million
3.We may infer from the passage that ______________.
A. Weil’s Disease will finally end the world
B. pizzas and crisps will become unpopular
C. rats will put human beings’ life in danger
D. young people should take the responsibility for the rat population
4.By writing the passage, the author tries to _____________.
A. close some of the burger and pizza restaurants
B. draw the public attention to the problem of rats
C. prevent the rats from growing up
D. making an advertisement for the classic horror tale The Rats
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My 14-year-old son, John, and I
Spotted(挑出,察覺) the coat at the same time. It was
hanging at a (an) 36 clothing store.
The coat had a black velvet collar(天鵝絨衣領(lǐng)), delightful
tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label (標(biāo)簽) and a (an) 37 price of $28.
We looked at 38 , saying nothing, 39 John’s eyes shone. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with 40 , but could 41 several hundred dollars new.
John 42 the coat. He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied 43 that soon changed into a smile. The 44 was perfect. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. “How did the kids like your coat? ” I asked. “They love it. ” He said, carefully 45 it over the chair and smoothing it flat.
Over the next few weeks, the 46 came over John. Quiet, reasoned discussion was 47 argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to 48 . “Good dinner, Mum, ” he would say every evening. One day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner, John said, “You are right, and I guess I will. ”
When I 49 this to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn’t know 50 caused the changes, she said with laughter, “It must be his coat! ” At the library, we 51 to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time. “ 52 this be John? ” He asked, looking up to John’s new height and coat, and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both knew we should never 53 a person’s clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for 54 a standard of excellence for the world to see, for practicing standard of excellence in thought, speech and behavior, and for 55 what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
A. second-hand B. expensive C. big D. cheap
A. reasonable B. unbelievable C. special D. average
A. each other B. one another C. the other D. others
A. therefore B. however C. but D. thus
A. adults B. people C. parents D. teenagers
A. spend B. cost C. pay D. take
A. touched B. buttoned C. held D. obtained
A. gesture B. expression C. attitude D. feeling
A. color B. price C. fit D. style
A. pressing B. taking C. hanging D. folding
A. happiness B. satisfaction C. change D. generosity
A. because of B. instead of C. aware of D. full of
A. please B. understand C. complain D. apologize
A. mentioned B. wrote C. reported D. explained
A. when B. how C. what D. that
A. happened B. came C. intended D. decided
A. Should B. Would C. Must D. Could
A. watch B. judge C. mistake D. consider
A. doing B. showing C. speaking D. wearing
A. comparing B. connecting C. combining D. matching
LG Electronics, the world’s fourth largest cell phone producer, has added another feature to the mobile phone-reading books for the visually impaired(弱視). The company started marketing the model, the LF1300 on Sep.18.No other people but the blind and visually-impaired with a certificate(證書) can buy the talking phone at sales shops of LG Electronics.
“The LF1300 is the world’s first mobile phone that is capable of reading books for the print-disabled, who otherwise could not enjoy them.This is not about making money but about continuing to put froth efforts to reduce the digital difference for the disabled,” LG Vice President said.
Its users can download about 300 audio books from the Internet site of LG Sangam Library to their phones for free in two ways. One is to access the digital library’s Website on a computer designed for the blind to get the audio books and transfer them to cell phones. The other is to download the digital books directly with cell phones through the wireless net work by touching a hot key on the LF1300 phone.
On top of its unique feature of reading books, the LF1300 is no worse than the pupular top-line phones in both outlooks and frnctionalities(功能性). The phone is armed with an MP3 player and a Bluetooth headset, enabling users to listen to the music or talk without a cord. The user interface(界面) of the LF1300 is also designed for the blind,enabling phone users to control it through a voice guidance system.
However, because the phone’s internal mimory of 17MB is small even for a single audio book file, which takes up 80MB on average, a high-volume external memory is a must for the talking book services.
【小題1】 are allowed to buy the talking phone.
A.Disabled people with a certificate |
B.All the blind and poor-sighted people |
C.The blind and poor-sighted with a certificate |
D.Both healthy and disabled citizens |
A.talking to the microphone | B.touching any key |
C.touching its screen | D.touching the hot key |
A.This is the first time LG company has done something for the disabled. |
B.Phone users don’t have to pay much to download the digital books. |
C.LF1300 has a less attractive outlook than any other top-line phone. |
D.The disadvantage of LF1300 is that it has too small internal memory. |
A.A New Type of Cell Phone is on the Market |
B.Mobile Phones Can Read Books for the Print-Disabled |
C.The Disabled will Benefit from Cell Phone Producers |
D.Advanced Technology Helps the Blind Read Books |
Almost 55,000 people who have had a major impact on British society are profiled in a new 60-volume book that has taken 12 years to compile.
It has cost more than £25 million and taken 10,000 writers to update the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Murder victims Stephen Lawrence and James Bulger are among those joining the likes of Queen Victoria and Gandhi.
The new version of the dictionary, which was founded in 1882, costs £7,500 and takes up 12 feet of shelf space.
Projects director Robert Faber said Stephen Lawrence was included because his death triggered "dramatic developments in British policing and social policy".
Women make up 10% of the entries - double the previous share - and include Queen Elizabeth I, Dusty Springfield, Linda McCartney and Virginia Woolf, whose father compiled the first edition.
Alongside the famous names are lesser known individuals such as the inventor of snooker, army reservist (預(yù)備役軍人) Neville Chamberlain.
Stephen Lawrence and James Bulger were both included because of the "overwhelming soul-searching (真摯的自我反省、深思) and examination of education and social policy" which followed their deaths.
Mr Faber said: "These are not just people who were killed but people who had an impact. Jill Dando is there as much for her career but also because her death became a public event.
"So many of these people have seized the public imagination and have contributed to public debate."?
【小題1】 |
|
A.died in a case of murder which drew the public much attention |
B.isn’t included in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
C.is the director of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
D.is included in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography only for her death |
A.Those who were murdered in history | B.Those who have shaped Britain |
C.Those who are famous all over the world | D.Those who live in Britain |
A.More than £25million. | B.More than £400, 000. | C.£7, 500. | D.£125 |
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