PART III CLOZE [15 MIN]
Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inrted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
A study that followed children into adulthood found that kids with lf-control issues (31)______ grow up to become adults with a far more troubling t of issues (32)______.
From a very early age, some children (33)______ better lf-control专题研究报告
than others. Now, a new study has (34)______ how low lf-control can (35)______ poor health, money troubles and even a (36) _______ record in their adult years.
The study began with 1,000 children in New Zealand. Rearchers followed them for decades. They obrved the level of lf-control the youngsters displayed. Parents, teachers, even the kids themlves, scored the youngsters on measures like "acting before thinking" and "(37) ________ in reaching goals."
The children of the study are now adults in their thirties. Terrie Moffitt of Duke University fou
nd that "The children who had the lowest lf-control when they were age 3 to 10 (38) ________ had the most health problems in their thirties," Moffitt said, "and they had the worst (39)_______ situation. They were more likely to have a criminal record and to be raising a child as a single parent (40)_______ a very low income."
Moffitt explained that lf-control problems were widely obrved, and weren't just a feature of a small group of (41)________ kids. "Even the children who had above-average lf-control as pre-schoolers, could have (42)________ more lf-control training. They could have improved their financial, physical and mental health situations 30 years later."
Moffitt said it's still unclear why some children have better lf-control than others, though other rearchers have found that it's mostly a (43)________ behavior, with relatively little (44)_______ influe叉车英文
nce. But good lf-control can run in families becau children with good lf-control are more likely to grow up to be healthy and (45)________ parents.
"Whereas some of the low-lf-control study members are more likely to be single parent
s with a very low income and the parent is in poor health and likely to be a heavy substance (46)________," said Moffitt. "So that's not a good (47)________ for a child. So it looks as though low-lf-control is something that in one generation can (48)________ the next generation."
But the good news, according to Moffitt, is that lf-control can be taught by parents, and through school (49)_______ that have been shown to be (50)_______.
(31) A. inclined to B. tended to C. often D. usually
(32) A. to deal with B. to handle against C. to handle with D. to cope
(33) A. appear B. suggest C. show D. exhibit
(34) A. tracked about B. tracked with C. tracked D. tracked up
(35) A. predict B. result from C. show D. lead in
(36) A. terrible B. surprising C. unlawful D. criminal
(37) A. insistence B. prence C. correspondenc D. persistence
(38) A. later on B. from then on C. and then D. following
(39) A. economic B. financial C. monetary D. economical
(40) A. at B. on C. in D. over
(41) A. abnormal B. undereducated C. misbehaving D. undesirable
(42) A. benefited from B. been benefi穿越言情
cial to
C. profited with D. been profitable from
(43) A. natural B. artificial C. nurtured D. learned
(44) A. generative B. general C. genetic D.generous
(45) A. prosperous B. purpoful C. prospective D. protective
(46) A. consumer B. wastrel C. abur D. customer
(47) A. situation B. condition C. surroundings D. atmosphere
(48) A. underprivilege B. discourage C. disadvantage D. misdirect
(49) A. education B. books C. cours D. subjects
(50) A. effective B. efficient C. emergent D. encouraging
Model 1
PART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [15 MIN]
There are thirty ntences in this ction. Beneath each ntence there are four words or phras marked A, B, C and D. Choo one word or phra that best completes the ntence.
Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
51. With a population of 7,000, Logan is a typical small Midwestern town and its bread and butter _____ its manufacturing industry.
