题目内容
Children who were breast-fed(母乳喂养) are better at dealing with stress than their bottle-fed classmates, a Swedish research shows．
A study of thousands of British youngsters showed that those who were given powder milk could feel it more difficult to deal with stressful events----such as the divorce( 离婚)of their parents．
It is thought that the close contact helps mother and child bond and encourages a feeling of security that enables the child to deal better with traumatic situations in later life．
Research found a mother’s milk may help reduce stress and the process may feed the growth of the parts of the brain crucial(关键的) in handling stress and anxiety．
The Swedish findings follow a number of other studies which have shown that breast milk protects against infection, heart disease, diabetes and obesity．Breast-feeding may also reduce the mother’s risk of having breast cancer．
The support of breast-feeding is so strong that the Department of Health recommends that mothers should feed their babies on breast milk alone for the first six months to ensure they get the best start in life．
However, many women find breast-feeding difficult and claim they are too busy to do so or are not aware of the knowledge．In the latest study, researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm tracked the health of almost 9,000 boys and girls born in the UK in 1970．
When the children reached ten, researchers gauged(测量)their ability to cope with stress by looking at how they were affected by family problems．
The results showed that those who were bottle-fed were more than four times as stressed by such events than those who were breast-fed．
73．Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word “traumatic”．
74．What does the Department of Health recommend mothers to do?(回答词数不超过10个)
75．According to the research, what do you know about the breast-fed children? (回答词数不超过 6个)
73．Stressful．
74．To feed their babies on breast milk．/To ensure their babies get the best start in life．
75．They cope better with stress．/They deal better with stress．/They are less stressful．
President Obama's plan to improve former president George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind program is an improvement on a good thing. But it doesn't go far enough.
Obama outlined a goal that by 2020, all grade school and high school students are on a path toward college.
However, what we need is a practical plan that not only requires all high school graduates to take at least two years of college but also makes it financially possible for them to do so. We've provided a free public education through the 12th grade. If we're going to keep up—or catch up——with some other countries (like China) in preparing young people for careers, a 12-year education programme no longer is enough.
About 3 million students across the US will graduate from high school this spring. But only 2 million will go on to college, according to a survey by the National Centre for Education Statistics (NCFES). For the more than 1 million who won't go on, money is a main reason. If tuition(学费) were free, about half of them could make up other costs from family or part-time jobs.
Critics (批评家) of free college tuition will say we can't afford it because of the federal deficit (联邦赤字) and other rising costs. Let's see some government spending in detail:
In the last nearly 10 years, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost us $ 1,000 billion. Federal money which was spent on public primary and secondary education in the last year for which figures are available was $ 47 billion. If we end costly and unnecessary wars and nation-building efforts abroad, the federal government could provide more money on public education, for which state and governments now carry most of the burden.
What's the program No Child Left Behind about this year?
All children being taken good care of by the government.
All grade school and high school students receiving college education.
No child being left alone at home.
All children having good jobs in the future.
The author probably agrees that President Obama's plan ________.
has nothing to do with George W. Bush's program.
will surely succeed in ten years
is about 12-year education for all the children
doesn't contain practical measures(措施) to achieve its goal
If tuition were not paid for, about ________ American students could afford college education.
| A. 3 million | B. 2.5 million | C. 2 million | D. 1 million |
What can we learn from the passage?
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were necessary.
The federal government has enough money for the plan.
Critics of free tuition think highly of the plan.
Obama's plan might be difficult to carry out.
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Which number would you call丘f you were looking for a house or an apartment？
A. 375－7742 B.376－8668 C. 462—L606 D. 378—843257
Which address would you give to your friends if they wanted to play tennis？
A. RFD Millville B. 905 S.E. 2nd Terrace
C. 214 S.33rd Drive D. 4100 Oak Street
According to the directions, which of the following people should take the medication described？
A. Someone with high blood pressure. B. Someone with diabetes or heart disease.
C. Someone under six years old. D. Someone who has a cough.
If this medication does not help within three days, one should .
A. take fifteen teaspoonfuls on the fourth day B. stop driving and operating machinery
C. take half of the usual dosage D. stop taking it and see a doctor