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When report came into London Zoo ________ a wild lion had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they did not take it seriously．
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B．where
C．that
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Students who date (约会）in middle school have significantly worse study skills, are four times more likely to drop out of school and report twice as much alcohol and tobacco use than their single classmates, according to new research from the University of Georgia.
"Romantic relationships are a trademark of adolescence，but very few studies have examined how adolescents differ in the development of these relationships," said Pamela Orpinas，study author and professor in the College of Public Health and head of the Department of Health Promotion and Behavior.
Orpinas followed a group of 624 students over a seven-year period from 6th to 12th grade.
Each year, the group of students completed a survey indicating whether they had dated and reported the frequency of different behaviors, including the use of drugs and alcohol. Their teachers completed questionnaires (调查表）about the students* academic efforts. He found some students never or hardly ever reported dating from middle to high school, and these students had consistently the best study skills according to their teachers. Other students dated infrequently in middle school but increased the frequency of dating in high school.
"At all points in time, teachers rated the students who reported the lowest frequency of dating as having the best study skills and the students with the highest dating as having the worst study skills,'1 according to the journal article. Study skills refer to behaviors that lead to academic success such as doing work for extra credit being well organized, finishing homework, working hard and reading assigned chapters.
"Dating a classmate may have the same emotional complications of dating a co-worker," Orpinas said, "when the couple break up. they have to continue to see each other in class and perhaps witness the ex-partner dating someone else. It is reasonable to think this could be linked to depression and divert (转移）attention from studying.”
4tDating should not be considered a ceremony of growth in middle school，”Orpinas concluded.
【小题1】According to the passage, students who date in middle school may_____
| A．have poorer academic performances |
| B．be more likely to hurl others |
| C． enjoy better school lives |
| D．are less likely to use alcohol and tobacco |
| A． followed a group of students of 6th and 12th grade |
| B． completed a survey and a report each year |
| C． completed questionnaires about the students’ academic efforts |
| D． found that the students’ study skills have connection with their frequency of dating |
| A．being diligent | B．bcing well organized |
| C． being kind and helpful | D．finishing assigned schoolwork |
| A． They don’t want to see each other any longer. |
| B． Their attention to studying will be affected. |
| C． They will miss their ex-partners sometimes |
| D． They will think it，s reasonable Io get depressed. |
| A．supportive | B．positive | C．negative | D．indifferent |
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For years, researchers have looked into a possible relationship between heat and violence. There are conflicting results over whether there is an actual connection between rising anger and rising temperature, but the murder rate constantly increases during the months of July and August, according to the FBI’s annual crime report.
Many police chiefs say they put more policemen on the streets when the heat rises. “Calls for service always increase from May, June, July and August,” said New Bedford’s Captain Richard Spiriet. “The longer period of time you have the heat, the worse it is. It’s just the opposite in the winter time.”
Craig Anderson, a professor and specialist in social psychology at Lowa State University, argues the evidence is clear. “As the temperature goes up, people become more uncomfortable. They become easier to get angry,” he said. “That increases the possibility that a small conflict will be interpreted as more major.” Anderson conducted a couple of studies looking at crime rates over the course of several years within the same area to see when most violent crimes occurred. He found that violent crimes were more likely to occur on hot days and hot months － even hot years had higher violent rates than cold years, according to his research.
Other research shows it is not so much the physical climate, but rather the social climate, that causes increased violence. “During the summer months, people stay up later. They talk with their neighbors. They party with their friends,” said Jack Levin, director of the Brudnick Centre on Violence at Northeastern University. “There are more likely to be large numbers of people interacting, and they are more likely to argue.”
Perhaps the realization that there is a link will help people in an argument step back and say, “Let’s cool off” － both literally (字面上地) and figuratively (比喻地).
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Heat and Violence |
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Theme |
Violence possibly has a 1.___________ with heat. |
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Facts |
☆July and August witness the2.____________ increase of murder rate. ☆More policemen are called in with the heat3.___________. ☆People get angry more4.___________ as the temperature goes up. |
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5._________ of the research |
☆Fewer violent crimes occur on 6.___________ days. ☆The7.___________ climate causes increased violence. ☆People usually go to8.___________ later during the summer months. ☆There are more likely to be9.____________ when people chat with each other. |
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Conclusion |
10.__________the link will help people in an argument cool off. |