题目内容
Don’t take her seriously, she’s just ____
- A.acted out
- B.acted up
- C.acting out
- D.acting up
短语辨析。Act out把……表演出来;act up出毛病。句意:不能太严肃的对待她。她只是做做样子。结合语境可知谓语描述的是正在进行的动作,故用进行时态,故选C。
Have you thanked your grandma today? You might want to consider it. A recent study found that kids live longer when a grandmother takes part in their daily lives.
Most animals die soon after their childbearing years are over. Women, however, often live for many years after they stop having kids.
To try to understand why, researchers from Finland looked at birth and death records of two communities from the 18th and 19th centuries, one in Finland and one in Canada. In these communities, 537 Finnish women and 3,290 Canadian women were grandmothers who had lived past the age of 50.
For every decade they lived beyond 50, the researchers found that the women ended up with an average of two extra grandkids. It didn’t matter what the differences in health or living conditions were between the two communities or from family to family.
Grandchildren were also more likely to live into adulthood if their grandmothers were alive when they were born. If their grandmothers were younger than 60 at the time, that was even better. The study also found that women had children 2 to 3 years earlier if their own mothers were still alive at that time than those whose mothers had died.
The researchers suggested that grandmothers have provided important assistance in raising their grandchildren for at least the past 200,000 years. As a result, they helped extend everyone’s lifespan.
So, don’t take your grandma for granted!
【小题1】How many women in the survey in the two communities were grandmothers who had lived past the age of 50?
A.537. | B.3,290. | C.3,827. | D.2,753. |
A.She was also more likely to live into adulthood. |
B.She had children 2 to 3 years earlier. |
C.She ended up with an average of two extra grandkids. |
D.It had no influence on her. |
A.They provided them with better living conditions. |
B.They provided assistance in raising their grandchildren. |
C.They helped with housework. |
D.They made everyone happy. |
A.kids live longer when grandmothers take part in their daily lives |
B.most animals die soon after their childbearing years are over |
C.women often live for many years after they stop having kids |
D.grandchildren are less likely to live into adulthood if their grandmothers are alive |