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It’s a delicate(棘手的)time — if not every parent’s worst nightmare — when a child enters adolescence. 
Not only are their bodies __   _ physically , but hormones (荷尔蒙) are spreading violently and bad moods are in full swing (活跃).Katie Couric spoke with Dr. Barbara Greenberg, a parenting expert and clinical psychologist , all about how parents can _  _ with their teens , and finally get some answers .Every parent wants to know what is going on inside their teenager’s _   ___, and while the normal instinct (本能) is to give them the third degree (盘问) about their day , Dr Greenberg strongly _  __ us not to question teens closely for long , who are _  __ to get upset or excited all of a sudden.
      direct, general questions like “How was your day?” or “How was the date?”. Teens will respond more positively to        questions like “How was the movie?”      they aren’t ready to give you a whole bunch of information at once. Listening is an important part of any       , and interrupting your child may not get you much       .
Most adolescents are discovering who they are and how they        society. While it might seem that their eyes are laden with laser beams (激光束) and you are their next target, they are also under a lot of pressure, both socially and academically. Let them        themselves freely; this is their way of telling you about their       .
Even though the idea isn’t “cool”, research has found that about 80% of teens admire and want to spend time with their parents. Teens really love their parents!
     , but believe it. They are        between wanting that precious independence and        mom and dad.
Show your kids at an early age that it’s okay to talk about anything at home.        like drugs, sex and alcohol can be scary for both        to discuss, but having these conversations has been proven to help teens keep a healthy lifestyle.
It is totally possible to        a strong relationship with your teen! Just remember to stay calm,      what they have to say, and don’t take that sigh when you ask about their homework too personally.
小题1:
A.promotingB.changingC.enlargingD.increasing
小题2:
A.talkB.liveC.dealD.fight
小题3:
A.roomB.bodyC.schoolD.head
小题4:
A.suggestsB.appealsC.encouragesD.persuades
小题5:
A.supposedB.concernedC.wantedD.expected
小题6:
A.IgnoreB.AskC.EscapeD.Avoid
小题7:
A.commonB.indirectC.accurateD.specific
小题8:
A.unlessB.becauseC.ifD.when
小题9:
A.thought B.understandingC.conversationD.saying
小题10:
A.responseB.loveC.newsD.attitude
小题11:
A.fit intoB.put intoC.object toD.respond to
小题12:
A.examineB.teachC.enjoyD.express
小题13:
A.dayB.futureC.failuresD.studies
小题14:
A.ExcitingB.DisappointingC.Shocking D.Frightening
小题15:
A.fightingB.strugglingC.concerningD.pushing
小题16:
A.carrying on withB.holding on toC.keeping up withD.keeping out of
小题17:
A.WorriesB.ConversationsC.TopicsD.Questions
小题18:
A.partiesB.peopleC.membersD.families
小题19:
A.graspB.findC.hangD.keep
小题20:
A.be silentB.keep smilingC.listen toD.be friendly

答案

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:B
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:D
小题20:C
解析

试题分析:本文属于说明文范畴,在文中作者介绍了父母应该如何和处于青春叛逆期的孩子进行沟通交流。作者认为青春期的孩子独立意识增强,建议家长在和孩子谈话时不要过于直接,而且孩子在不愿意讲的时候,也不要一再地追问。总之在尊重孩子的基础上家长能够和青春期的孩子保持良好的关系。
小题1:.B动词辨析。 A. promoting提升,促进;B. changing改变;C. enlarging扩大;D. increasing增加。此处是not only ……but also表示并列关系,所以根据but后面句子内容可知处于青春期的孩子们不但荷尔蒙增加,脾气变坏,而且身体也在变化,故答案选B。
小题2:.A动词辨析。 A. talk谈话;  B. live生活;C. deal 处理;D. fight打斗。根据下文内容可知家长们想知道如何和孩子们进行交流,talk with sb “与某人交谈”,所以选A。
小题3:.D 名词辨析。A. room房间;B. body身体;C. school学校;D. head头。从上下文语境可知家长们想知道孩子们脑子里在想什么,其他选项不符合语境,选D。
小题4:. C动词辨析。A. suggests 建议; B. appeals  呼吁;C. encourages鼓励;D. persuades劝说。根据上文while引导的状语从句可知尽管父母本能地想去盘问孩子们,但是专家还是让家长不要那么去做,根据用法可知suggest后跟doing sth; appeal to sb to do sth “呼吁某人做某事”,排除AB选项。而persuade 不和strongly搭配,故答案选C。
小题5:. D动词辨析。A. supposed猜想,认为;B. concerned 关心,关注;C. wanted想要;D. expected期望,预计。前句话建议家长不要无休止的去盘问孩子,后面解释不能这样做的原因是孩子们可能会突然变得激动起来,be expected to do“预计,预料”,故答案选D。
小题6:.D动词辨析。 A. Ignore忽略,忽视;B. Ask问;C. Escape逃脱;D. Avoid避免。从下文内容可知专家建议家长要委婉地提出问题,不要直接去问,选D。
小题7:.B 形容词辨析。A. common常见的,共同的; B. indirect 间接的;C. accurate精确的;D. specific明确的,具体的,特定的。上文提到不要问direct“直接的”问题,所以是建议家长要间接地询问,故选B。
小题8:.B 连词辨析。A. unless除非;B. because因为;C. if 如果;D. when当……时候。在上文提到家长应该如何和孩子进行交流,下文内容是关于这样做的原因,前后是因果关系,故答案选B。
小题9:.C 名词辨析。A. thought   想法,念头;B. understanding理解;C. conversation 对话;D. saying俗语。根据空前listening可知此处是指在谈话中的倾听艺术,答案选C。
小题10:.A名词辨析。A. response反应,回应;B. love  爱;C. news新闻;D. attitude态度。根据语境可知当家长打断孩子去询问自己关心的问题时孩子们可能不会对此做出反应,故答案选A。
小题11:.A动词短语辨析。 A. fit into 适合,安装;B. put into放入;C. object to反对;D. respond to做出回应。根据情理可知孩子们在长大的过程中,想去发现如何适应社会,其他不符合语境,故答案选A。
小题12:D动词辨析。A. examine   检查; B. teach教授; C. enjoy 喜欢,享受;D. express表达。从后句话内容this is their way of telling you …..可知这是孩子们自己的表达方式,故答案选D。
小题13:.A 名词辨析。A. day天;B. future未来;C. failures   失败;D. studies学习。根据上文内容可知家长们关心孩子一天是如何度过的,其他选项片面,故答案选A。
小题14:. C形容词辨析。A. Exciting令人兴奋的;B. Disappointing令人失望的;C. Shocking令人震惊的; D. Frightening令人害怕的。从but believe it 可知在下文中作者提出的“孩子们的叛逆行为是要求独立和反对家长管制的表现”是让人们感到吃惊的说法,选C。                
:小题15:.B动词辨析。 A. fighting打斗; B. struggling   挣扎,奋斗; C. concerning关心;D. pushing推。根据上文内容可知孩子们尽管有时候对父母态度不好,但是他们是深爱父母的,所以他们的行为是在父母的权威和要求独立之间的一种挣扎,选B.
小题16:.B动词短语辨析。 A. carrying on with 继续;B. holding on to 坚持;C. keeping up with赶上; D. keeping out of。由上文内容可知处在青春期的孩子们要求独立,不希望父母的过度关心,但是他们又从小听从父母,所以到了叛逆期他们处在是否继续听从父母还是按自己意愿行事的矛盾中,故答案选B。
小题17:. C名词辨析。A. Worries担心;B. Conversations谈话;C. Topics话题;D. Questions问题。根据like后列举的内容可知此处指谈话的话题,故答案选C。
小题18:.A名词辨析。 A. parties 政党,一方(当事人);B. people  人们;C. members   成员;D. families家庭;根据上下文可知此处both是指孩子和父母双方,故答案选A。
小题19:.D动词辨析。A. grasp掌握;B. find发现;C. hang悬挂;吊死;D. keep保持。本篇文章是讲述如何和青春期的孩子和谐相处,由此可知此处是指家长和孩子保持好关系,选D。
小题20:. C短语辨析。A. be silent沉默;B. keep smiling保持微笑;C. listen to 听;D. be friendly友好。根据空后内容what they have to say可知选C,句意:记住要保持冷静,要倾听他们想说的话。
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Picture the scene: the battery on your mobile phone has run out. You can"t make any calls for help and no one can contact you. You are all alone - well, not quite. Just reach into your pocket and take out a piece of sugar.Put it into the battery, wait a minute, and you"re back on the phone.
Thanks to a couple of American scientists, this situation could become real.Swadesh Chaudhuri and Derek Lovely have invented the"bacteria battery" - powered by bacteria that eats sugar and turns it into electricity.
"This is a special organism," Lovely said."You can harvest enough electricity to power a cell phone battery for about four days from a spoonful of sugar."
In the past, bacteria batteries have been expensive and not long-lasting. But this battery uses more efficient bacteria that can turn 80 percent of sugar into electrical energy. This is 30 percent more than similar batteries can manage.
The bacteria battery could become as small as a household battery. It"s also cheap and stable, as sugar can be taken from waste and crops.
But the sugar to electricity process is slow: it could take weeks for the bacteria to digest a cup of sugar.And it produces "greenhouse" gases which pollute the environment.
The scientists understand there is a lot more work to be done. "It is still young," said Lovely."Where we are now is where solar power was 200r 30 years ago."
But he believes the battery could be used in scientific equipment at the bottom of the ocean.Other ideas include using sugar in the blood to run medical devices in the human body, and taking sugar from animal waste to provide energy to power homes in rural areas.
小题1:This passage is mainly about_       
A.how to change sugar into electricity
B.a scientific invention of a new kind of bacteria battery
C.a new way to reduce pollution caused by mobile phones
D.a new kind of mobile phones and its future
小题2:Which of the following is not the strong point of the newly-developed battery?
A.Convenient.B.Stable.C.Inexpensive.D.Quick.
小题3:The underlined sentence in the 7th paragraph actually means        
A.the bacteria battery shares some similarities with solar energy
B.scientists will continue their work until they find solar power
C.there is much room for the improvement of the bacteria battery
D.the bacteria battery will get popular in 20 0r 30 years
小题4:According to the passage, who will find the bacteria battery less useful?
A.Farmers.B.Divers.C.Doctors.D.Electricians.

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Around 200 million years ago, the earth was 18 degrees warmer than it is now.  That might be a bit hot for humans, but it was just right for the giant dinosaurs that wandered about the earth during the Mesozoic (中生代的) era. A new study found that planteating dinosaurs may have contributed to the warming of the earth­by releasing significant amounts of methane (甲烷).
The study, published in science journal Current Biology, focused on sauropods, long­necked herbivores (食草动物) that munched (用力咀嚼) on the top of trees. They  were the largest of the dinosaurs; food broke down in their  stomachs for long periods of time.  The researchers estimate that a sauropoda released 2,675 liters of methane per  day—adding up to a large amount of the greenhouse gas  being pumped from dinosaur"s gut into the atmosphere.
Plant eaters naturally release methane as part of their   digestive process. The larger the animal, the more methane  it produces. Methane, a greenhouse gas, traps heat and remains in the atmosphere for approximately 9­15 years,  which warms the atmosphere.
Today,  some  animals,  such  as  cattle,  goats  and  sheep, produce large amounts of methane as a by­product  to their food digestion. Methane is also released from human—influenced sources such as landfill, agricultural activities, coal mining and other industrial practices—which all contribute to today"s climate change, according to the  Environmental Protection Agency.
The researchers estimate that earth"s sauropods would  have produced about 520 million tons of methane per  year—similar to the total amount of methane produced today by natural and man­made sources.  However, the researchers warn that their numbers are estimates based on  multiple assumptions about the digestive systems and populations of dinosaurs.
The author of the study David Wilkinson says the  emission of methane from dinosaurs would have been just  one of the causes of warm climate during the Mesozoic era.  Other  causes  include  gases  produced  from  volcanoes,  swamps, shallow seas and so on. Still, Wilkinson says,“  The amount of methane from dinosaurs is large enough to  have a measurable effect.”
小题1:Scientists think dinosaurs may have led to the global     warming because ________.
A.they ate everything they found
B.they usually had a good appetite
C.they released a lot of methane
D.there were too many dinosaurs on earth
小题2:What do we know about dinosaurs from Paragraph 2?
A.Sauropods fed on plants.
B.Sauropods were of medium size.
C.Dinosaurs used to live on trees.
D.Dinosaurs digested food quickly.
小题3:Which  of  the  following  activities  doesn"t  produce     methane?
A.Coal is dug out by machine.
B.Trees and flowers are planted.
C.Goats digest grass under the tree.
D.Food is being processed in the factory.
小题4:How does the author make his writing reliable?
A.By listing some facts.
B.By making predictions.
C.By citing figures.
D.By using mind pictures.
小题5:David Wilkinson seems to believe that ________.
A.methane had little effects on the earth
B.many other factors contributed to warm climate
C.other causes for warm climate were worth considering
D.dinosaurs were mainly to blame for global warming

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As we know, the earth"s climate has changed over time.The present rate of climate change depends, in large part, on human activities.Today, people all over the world are making everyday choices that help the environment.Small actions matter.In other words, climate change is your business.
A woman in Nicaragua buys fluorescent (荧光的) light bulbs that are 80 percent more energy­saving than traditional ones. Many  governments are now subsidizing energy­saving lights to encourage people  to turn to them.Consumers are discovering that the new­generation bulbs   help them save money in the long run.
Agriculture accounts for about 14 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions (排放) , and transporting the food around adds to the environmental cost.There is a team of young vegetable growers in the United Kingdom who want to encourage kids to start planting their own fruit and vegetables.
A young lawyer wearing business clothes rides her bicycle to work in a large U.S.city.She"s been biking to work every day for the past two years and says it"s a lot easier than many people think.A recent study shows that more Americans bike or walk to work today than before.
A university student from southeastern China carries a reusable shopping bag to cut back on disposable (一次性的) plastics.Some large shopkeepers have removed paper and plastic bags, and consumers are responding.
In Canberra, Australia, summers are hot and winters cold.To save electricity, Adam Wilson in Canberra uses an energy­saving heating system, and he keeps the temperature lower than he did in years past.He still makes it through the summer without air conditioning.
小题1:The passage mainly tells us that________.
A.climate change is concerned with everyone
B.the global warming is getting worse
C.saving energy is of great necessity
D.human is to destroy the environment
小题2:The underlined word “subsidizing” in Paragraph 2 probably means “________”.
A.chargingB.producing
C.giving allowance toD.taking advantage of
小题3:According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A.The governments don"t expect consumers to use the new­generation bulbs.
B.Agriculture should be responsible for part of the global gas emissions.
C.Many people in Nicaragua go to work on foot or by bike.
D.University students from China always carry disposable shopping bags.
小题4:We can learn from the last paragraph that________.
A.the climate in Canberra is mild all the year round
B.an energy­saving heating system will come into use
C.Adam Wilson has a good habit of saving energy
D.Adam Wilson is skilled in inventing the energy­saving equipment

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We can make all the jokes we want about taking baths ourselves, but if we are ill in bed and can"t get up, we"ll be thankful to the nurses who help us get clean. While I am not a nurse, and have never given anyone a bath, I would imagine that it would take a lot of sympathy (同情) and patience to do so.
Yet those who attended the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems last month were introduced to Cody, a robot that can bathe human beings.
The robot has a base that can be turned to all directions, two human­like arms, and movable wrists (腕). It uses a camera to locate parts of the human body.  It then uses bath gloves to clean with a little pressure.
The robot was designed at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Charles Kemp of the Healthcare Robotics Lab is the senior researcher for the project. In a test run, Cody   was able to remove 96% of a test subject"s dirt—not bad  for a robot.
But don"t go asking for Cody yet—he"s still a model.  Yet researchers believe that one day Cody may take the  place of nurses for this task.  Researchers say that Cody  will give patients dignity and protect their personal information. I suppose that would depend on the patient.  I"m  not sure whether a robot using a camera would make me  feel very dignified.
Even so, I can appreciate the need.  We don"t have  enough nurses to go around, and those places that are the  most short­handed, for example, nursing homes, are those  that have the most patients who are unable to bathe themselves. Still, before I get there, I hope they think of a better way to solve the problem.
小题1:The writer thinks bathing others must ________.
A.be a lot of fun
B.make you feel thankful
C.take a lot of patience
D.make you feel dignified
小题2:What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A.Why and where Cody was designed.
B.What Cody looks like and who designed it.
C.What Cody can do and where it will work soon.
D.How Cody works and what has made that possible.
小题3:We know from the fourth and fifth paragraphs that ________.
A.Cody can bathe patients better than a real nurse can
B.robots like Cody are being produced in large numbers right now
C.Cody can take the place of nurses completely in hospitals
D.researchers think Cody can protect patients" personal information
小题4:There is a need for Cody because ________.
A.people are becoming lazier
B.it can bring down the cost of nursing
C.there are not enough nurses
D.there are too many nursing homes
小题5:In the writer"s opinion, Cody is ________.
A.acceptable but not perfect
B.strange but not creative
C.clever and strong
D.lovely and careful

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Research shows that much of  our predisposition (倾向) towards determination, sociability and self­control and sense of purpose is in our genes. In  fact, our DNA plays a bigger role in influencing these traits (characteristics) than our upbringing (儿童期的教养) and the company we keep.  Taken together, these aspects of personality can make the difference between success and failure, say the Edinburgh University researchers.
They questioned more than 800 pairs of twins about  their attitudes to life to tease apart the influences of nature  and nurture. Comparing identical twins, who share all their  DNA and their upbringing, with non­identical twins, who  have a shared background but are no more genetically alike  than other brothers and sisters, is a technique often used  by researchers to quantify the influence of genetics.
The results, published in the Journal of Personality,  showed that genes play a much bigger role than lifestyle,  with self­control particularly etched (铭刻) into our DNA.
Our genes also largely determine how determined and persistent we are. This is important in terms of success, as someone who refuses to give up is more likely to achieve their dreams than someone_who_throws_in_the_towel_at_the_first_hiccough.
Researcher Professor Timothy Bates said, “Ever since the ancient Greeks, people have debated the nature of a good life and the nature of a virtuous life. Why do some people seem to manage their lives, have good relationships and cooperate to achieve their goals while others do not? Previously, the role of family and the environment around the home often controlled people"s ideas about what affected psychological well­being. However, this work emphasizes a much more powerful influence from genetics.”
However, those who haven"t been dealt a helpful hand of genes shouldn"t be too depressed. The professor says a sense of purpose is the key and advises those who are eager for success to focus their thoughts on making a difference.
小题1:What does the result of the research indicate?
A.Our DNA is the only factor to decide our traits.
B.Our DNA plays a decisive role in achieving success.
C.Education plays little part in the formation of our character.
D.Society has little effect on us in our personality.
小题2:The underlined part in Paragraph 4 refers to someone   who ________.
A.is born successful
B.determines to make a difference
C.makes great effort
D.admits defeat easily
小题3:Timothy Bates mentions the ancient Greeks in order to   indicate that ________.
A.some people can live a good life because they can manage their lives
B.people haven"t made it clear yet what is the key personality trait to be a success
C.in ancient Greece the role of family and the environment was ignored
D.the relationship between personality and success has always been people"s concern
小题4:According to the passage, the key personality trait is ________.
A.determination      B.kindness
C.politenessD.sociability
小题5:What is the best title for the passage?
A.How do people work hard?
B.Why can some people succeed?
C.DNA determines success or failure.
D.Several factors determine personality.

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