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offers a picture of how dangerous it is to get a lift from a teenage driver. Indeed, a 16-year-old driver
with three or more passengers has three times the possibility of a serious accident, compared with a
teenager driving alone.
The authors also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased greatly after 10 p.m., and
especially after midnight. With passengers in the car, the driver was even more likely to die in a late-night
accident.
Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says
the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with "really stupid behavior" than with just a lack of driving experience. "The basic issue is that adults who are responsible for giving out licenses fail to
recognize how complex and skilled driving is." he says.
Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to mitigate (使缓解) the problem is to have
states set up so-called graduated licensing systems, in which getting a license is a process with several
stages. A graduated license requires that a teenager first prove himself able to drive in the presence(在场)
of an adult, followed by a period of driving with night of passenger restrictions (限制) before graduating
to full driving rights.
Graduated licensing systems have reduced teenage driver crashes, according to recent studies.
B. A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car.
C. Adults driving with three or more teenage passengers late at night.
D. A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight.
B. their frequent driving at night
C. their wrong way of driving
D. their driving with passengers
B. Driving is a skill too complex for teenagers to learn.
C. Restrictions should be forced on teenagers demanding to take driving licenses.
D. The licensing department is partly responsible for teenagers" driving accidents.
B. they should be forbidden to take on passengers
C. they should not be allowed to drive after 10 pm
D. driving in the presence of an adult should be made a rule
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door.
They believe the 220- kilogram brown bear probably learned the trick while nudging (轻推) a door
to get it to open.
Experts have a guess that the nudging was mistaken by the owners for knocking and that the bear,
pleased by the result, repeated the trick.
The Loknar family from Gerovo in western Croatia said the bear had knocked at their door three
times and they were now refusing to answer the door.
""We jumped out of the window as he came in through the door and went into the kitchen to take
some food for the first time." Mum Nevenka Loknar told a reporter from a local newspaper. "I opened
the door and saw him standing there and I didn"t believe my eyes at first, then I ran for it as he walked in
as if it was the most normal- thing in the world."
Bears are a common thing in the woods around here, but no one has ever heard of a bear that knocks
at the door.
Mum Nevenka Loknar said, "The bear is so intelligent. It"s incredible. We"ve tried to put up lots of
obstacles to stop him coming in, like a wire fence but he still gets through. I wouldn"t be surprised if he
knew how to use wire cutters (钢丝剪)."
B. By accident.
C. By learning from the owner of a family.
D. By imitation.
B. Knocking at the door.
C. Walking into the house.
D. Answering the door.
B. a troubling problem
C. common
D. an exciting experience
B. knew how to use wire cutters
C. jumped across her wire fence three times
D. was clever at getting through the obstacles
on high grounds, the cool hilltops with rows and rows of tea plants. The plants are about one metre apart. The plant is often pruned so that it remains only 60 to 90 centimetres high. Pruning is important because it
encourages the growth of tender shoots, or young leaves. It is from these shoots that the best tea is got.
Practically all the tea pickers are women. The estates prefer to employ women pickers because they
are more careful. Their thin fingers can easily remove the twin leaves and new shoots from the plant,
which are the parts used for processing (加工) tea. The pickers carry large baskets into which they throw
their pickings. A skilled worker can harvest between 9 to 14 kilogrammes of tea leaves a day. Usually
new shoots can be picked from the plants about every ten or fifteen days.
Processing tea shoots into the familiar dry tea leaves requires great care and skill. There are various
methods of processing depending on the type of tea required. For black tea, the young green leaves are
first spread out on shelves to dry. This process removes much of its water and the leaves become soft.
After this, the leaves are passed through heavy rollers. This operation will press the leaves for juices
which give the tea both its colour and taste. Then the leaves are spread out on floors and left to ferment
(发酵)under wet conditions. Fermentation develops the rich taste of black tea. The fermented leaves are
then dried with a hot-air blower until they become rolled-up black leaves. The final step is to sort and
grade them before the black tea is ready for sale to countries all over the world.
B. frequent watering
C. regular use of chemicals
D. growing the plants high in the mountain
B. they can throw their pickings more easily into the baskets
C. their fingers fit them better for the job
D. they can more easily find the twin leaves
B. Four.
C. Five.
D. Six.
B. To persuade readers to buy tea from Sri Lanka.
C. To tell a story that had happened in the tea gardens.
D. To inform readers of tea growing, picking and processing.
family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how
much more.
Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotaping the families while they ate ordinary
meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and
their children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents" efforts
to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. "In general the
more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children"s IQ scores," Lewis says. "And the more
children there are, the less question-asking there is."
The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in
life than their siblings(兄弟姐妹). Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner
conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest,
who needs the most attention. "Middle children are invisible," says Lewis. "When you see someone get
up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are that it"s the middle child." There is,
however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: "When the
TV is on," Lewis says, "dinner is a non-event."
B. teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table
C. report on the findings of a study
D. give information about family problems
B. get the least attention from the family
C. are often kept away from the dinner table
D. find it hard to keep up with other children
B. why parents should keep good order
C. why children in small families seem to be quieter
D. why middle children seem to have more difficulties in life
B. It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner.
C. Parents should talk to each of their children frequently.
D. Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner.
science can be easy; there"s no need for a lot of scientific terms or expensive lab equipment.You only
have to share your children"s curiosity.Firstly, listen to their questions.I once visited a classroom of
seven-year- olds to talk about science as a job.The children asked me "textbook questions" about
schooling, salary and whether I liked my job.When I finished answering, we sat facing one another in
silence.Finally I said, "Now that we"re finished with your lists, do you have questions of your own about
science?"
After a long pause, a boy raised his hand, "Have you ever seen a grasshopper (蚱蜢) eat? When I try
eating leaves like that, I get a stomachache.Why?"
This began a set of questions that lasted nearly two hours.
Secondly, give them time to think.Studies over the past 30 years have shown that, after asking a
question, adults typically wait only one second or less for an answer, no time for a child to think.When
adults increase their "wait time" to three seconds or more, children give more logical, complete and
creative answers.
Thirdly, watch your language.Once you have a child involved in a science discussion, don"t jump in
with "That"s right" or "Very good".These words work well when it comes to encouraging good behavior.
But in talking about science, quick praise can signal that discussion is over.Instead, keep things going by
saying, "That"s interesting" or "I"d never thought of it that way before", or coming up with more questions or ideas.
Never push a child to "Think".It doesn"t make sense, children are always thinking, without your telling
them to.What"s more, this can turn a conversation into a performance.The child will try to find the answer
you want, in as few words as possible, so that he will be a smaller target for your disagreement.
Lastly, show; don"t tell.Real-life impressions of nature are far more impressive than any lesson children can learn from a book or a television program.Let children look at their fingertips through a magnifying
glass, and they"ll understand why you want them to wash before dinner.Rather than saying that water
evaporates, set a pot of water to boil and let them watch the water level drop.
way if adults ______.
B. wait for one or two seconds after a question
C. tell them to answer the next day
D. wait at least for three seconds after a question
in a science discussion?
B. The fourth and fifth.
C. The fifth and sixth.
D. The seventh.
B. any problems
C. questions from textbooks
D. any number of questions
EXCEPT that adults should ______.
B. offer their children chances to see things for themselves
C. be patient enough when their children answer questions
D. encourage their children to ask questions of their own
million more pet cats than dogs? Yes, kittens are adorable (讨人喜欢的).Yes, they can grow up to be
good mousers and are very entertaining to watch.And yes, cats are independent and don"t require as
much care as dogs.But research shows cats can also be caretakers for us and our families, improve our
health and teach us and our children to be kinder, gentler souls.
Theodora Wesselman is 94 and has lived the past two years with her elderly cat, Cleo, at TigerPlace,
a retirement community in Columbia, Mo.Their enduring friendship is a classic example of how humans
and animals can become family and look out for each other.
Wesselman visits other residents, and her children stop by, but Cleo is her best friend, she says.
They"ve been together nearly 21 years.
"She sleeps on her own pillow right beside mine," Wesselman says."In the morning, she pecks on my
cheek to wake me up.It"s really sweet.I pet her, tell her I love her and take her to the kitchen to prepare
her food."
Research shows that being able to care for a pet improves our morale (士气;精神状态), helps
validate us and encourages us to take care of ourselves, says Rebecca Johnson, director of the
University of Missouri"s Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction.The body of research is leading
more retirement communities and universities to roll out the welcome mat for pets.
should appear in the passage?
B. Between para.2 and para.3
C. Between para.3 and para.4
D. Between para.4 and para.5
B. Critical
C. Reserved
D. Doubtful
B. To suggest to what degree humans and pet cats can be caretakers for each other.
C. Because Theodora Wesselman has been living with a pet cat for the past two years.
D. Because Theodora Wesselman pets her cat Cleo and tells her she loves her.
B. To make the welcome mat flat on the ground for pets.
C. To open out the welcome mat for pets to sleep.
D. To wrap the welcome mat to make room for pets.
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