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New research says 35 percent of the deaths of children worldwide are caused by hunger. The research is from poor to middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Robert Black from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in
He says more than two million children die from underdevelopment, either before or after birth. Millions of others who survive face a lifetime of disabilities or early death. And the effects are not just physical. Poor brain development can limit economic success as children become adults. Then the cycle of poverty and hunger often repeats for their children.
Doctor Black says hungry children are also more likely to have conditions like high blood pressure and heart disease as adults. He says the studies show that food programs need to place the greatest importance on the first two years of life. Hungry children can suffer the whole life damage from age two.
So it is high time to improve their diets. Diets should include foods rich in vitamin A and other useful things. The researchers say early help like these could reduce child deaths by 25%.
The research has faced some criticism(批评). A medical aid group says the researchers underestimate(低估)the number of child deaths from hunger. The researchers say there are findings that support this treatment but more studies are needed to compare it to hospital care.
64.What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
A. Poverty and hunger have influenced all children's lives in the world.
B. Hunger has some bad effects on children's physical and mental development.
C. Ever year over two million children die of hunger after birth.
D. Poverty and hunger can limit people's success.
65.What can we learn from this passage?
A. If a child is hungry at childhood, he will be disabled in the future.
B. Criticism is the best medicine for hunger.
C. The results from the research is not satisfactory.
D. Generally speaking, hungry children have less chance of catching heart disease when they grow up.
66.Which period is the most important for children's physical development?
A. Before birth. B. Between birth and the age of two.
C. From age two to five. D. Under the age of five.
67.Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?
A. Hunger―children's biggest enemy. B. How to prevent hunger.
C. A latest survey about hunger all over the world. D. Time to improve our living conditions.
Your name made you do it, though unconsciously, suggests new research that finds your name can negatively make you achieve less. Psychologists at Yale and the University of California, San Diego studying the unconscious influence of names say a preference for our own names and initials — the “name-letter effect” — can have some negative consequences.
Students whose names begin with C or D get lower grades than those whose names begin with A or B; major league baseball players whose first or last names began with K (the strikeout-signifying letter) are significantly more likely to strike out.
Assistant professors Leif Nelson of UCSD and Joseph Simmons of Yale have conducted five studies over five years using information from thousands of individuals.
“The conscious process is baseball players want to get a hit and students want to get A's,” Nelson says. “So if you get a change in performance consistent with the name-letter effect, it clearly shows there must be some unconscious desire operating in the other direction.”
The researchers' work supports a series of studies published since 2002 that have found the “name-letter effect” causes people to make life choices based on names that resemble their own. Those studies by Brett Pelham, an associate professor at SUNY University, have found that people are disproportionately(不定比例地)likely to live in states or cities resembling their names, have careers that resemble their names and even marry those whose surnames begin with the same letter as their own.
The twist, Pelham says, is that he has believed the name-letter effect would apply only to positive outcomes. Nelson and Simmons, he says, are “showing it applies more so to negative things than positive things.”
The researchers say the effect is definitely more than coincidence but is small nevertheless. “I know plenty of Chrises and Davids who have done very well in school,” Simmons says.
1.The new research is mainly about the relationship between one’s ______.
A.name and unconsciousness |
B.name and characteristics |
C.name and success |
D.sports and school achievements |
2.Who may serve as an example to show the “name-letter effect”?
A.Miss Smith working as a lawyer. |
B.Charles Brown married to Sue Rogers. |
C.Mr. Watt living in Washington |
D.Paula Snow fond of the color white. |
3.Which can be used to explain the underlined word “twist” in the last but one paragraph?
A.Difference. |
B.Conclusion. |
C.Funny side. |
D.Shared part. |
4.The last paragraph mainly tells us that the “name-letter effect” ______.
A.isn’t believed in by many people |
B.doesn’t work with certain names |
C.may not really exist |
D.is often too small to show |