When is the right time to get kids involved in teamwork and what does it mean to be part of a team? There are many great ways to introduce kids to team building．Use team building games and activities to get kids to understand the meaning of being in a team．
Try to find some games that have kids work together on some kind of problem solving．Children naturally have a shorter attention span(一段时间)than adults so present it in a funny way．Create a reward system for teams that are able to work together in order to reach a common goal．When they solve the problem and receive a reward, it gives them initiative to keep working hard and cooperating with others．The best games are those that require direct communication between team members．
Organize a game of 20 questions for the kids to play while building a team．Draw up a series of cards with different questions on each．Have each child select a card and then ask another question on it casually．It's a great way for the kids to share and discover common interests．Kids need to be entertained and social when in a large group．This will lighten the mood greatly and help the quieter team members to come out of their shells．
Have the kids sit in a circle or around a table and share their favorite things．Start with something like movies or books and move on to anything from toys to animals．Sharing interests creates discussion．When you share interests with someone, it is easier to relate to them．Kids finally want to be friends with most other kids．Encouraging them to get along socially is always positive．By sharing interests they can form valuable bonds that will serve them as both individuals and as a team．
(1)
What's the main idea of the passage?
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A．
How to be active in a game．
B．
How to share common interests with others．
C．
A game for the kids to play
D．
Ways to get kids to understand the meaning of being a team．
(2)
Which of the following is TRUE?
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A．
Children have a shorter attention span than adults．
B．
The game of 20 questions requires kids to answer questions in turn．
C．
The best team game is having the kids sit in a circle．
D．
A reward is the most important part in team activities．
She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121st birthday．
Whe n it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world’s recordholder．She lived to the ripe old age of 122．So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span(寿命)?If scientists come up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150－or beyond?
Researchers don’t entirely agree on the answers．“Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135,”says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas．
Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees．“People can live much longer than we think,”he says．“Experts used to say that humans couldn’t live past 110．When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120．So why can’t we go higher?”
The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it’s all just guessing．“Anyone can make up a number,”says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan．“Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine．”
Won’t new anti-aging techniques keep us alive for centuries?Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120．Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most．So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller,“adding another 50 percent would get you to 120．”
So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers?That life span is flexible(有弹性的)，but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington．“We can get flies to live 50 percent longer,”he says．“But a fly’s never going to live 150 years．”
“Of course, if you became a new species(物种)，one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story,”he adds．
Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve(进化)their way to longer life?“It’s pretty cool to think about it,”he says with a smile．
(1)
What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us?
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A．
People can live to 122．
B．
Old people are creative．
C．
Women are sporty at 85．
D．
Women live longer than men．
(2)
According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, ________．
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A．
the average human life span could be 110
B．
scientists cannot find ways to slow aging
C．
few people can expect to live to over 150
D．
researchers are not sure how long people can live
(3)
Who would agree that a scientist will become famous if he makes the wildest guess at longevity?
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A．
Jerry Shay．
B．
Steve Austad
C．
Rich Miller
D．
George Martin
(4)
What can we infer from the last three paragraphs?
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A．
Most of us could be good at sports even at 120．
B．
The average human life span cannot be doubled．
C．
Scientists believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before．
D．
New techniques could be used to change flies into a new species．
