The more hours young children spend in child care, the more likely they are to turn out aggressive and disobedient by the time they are in kindergarten, according to the largest study of child care and development ever conducted. Researchers said this correlation(相关性) held true regardless of whether the children came from rich or poor homes, were looked after by a relative or at a center, and whether they were girls or boys.

What is uncertain, however, is whether the child care actually causes the problem or whether children likely to turn out aggressive happen to be those who spend more hours in child care. It also remains unclear whether reducing the amount of time in child care will reduce the risk that a child will turn into a mean person. What's more, quality child care is associated with increased skills in intellectual ability such as language and memory, leading some academics to suggest that child care turns out children who are "smart and naughty".

The government-sponsored research, which has tracked more than 1,300 children at 10 sites across the country since 1991, is bound to cause the debate over child care again: How should people balance work and family? And how should parents, especially mothers, resolve the demands that are placed on them to be both breadwinners and supermoms?

That debate was already on display at a new briefing yesterday, where researchers themselves had different opinions about the data and its implications(含义). "There is a constant relationship between time in care and problem behavior, especially those involving aggression and behavior," said Jay Belsky of Birkbeck College in London, one of the lead investigators of the study who has previously annoyed women's groups because of his criticisms of child care. "On behalf of fathers or mothers?" interrupted Sarah Friedman, a developmental psychologist at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and one of the other lead scientists on the study. "On behalf of parents and families," responded Belsky.

"NICHD is not willing to get into policy recommendations," said Friedman, contradicting her colleague. "There are other possibilities that can be entertained. Yes it is a quick solution—more hours in child care is associated with more problems. The easy solution is to cut the number of hours but that may have implications for the family that may not be beneficial for the development of the children in terms of economics." In an interview after the briefing, Friedman said that asking parents to work fewer hours and spend more time with their children usually meant a loss of family income, which adversely(不利地)affects children.

Scientists said that the study was highly reliable. But the researchers said they had no whether the behavioral difficulties persisted as the children moved to higher grades.

1.Children who spend more time in quality child care will ________.

A. develop greater ability in language

B. be easy to manage and less naughty

C. possess great risk-taking spirit

D. be greedy and mean to their classmates

2.What is still unknown about higher level of aggressiveness in kindergarten children?

A. Whether higher level of aggressiveness can be avoided with longer child care.

B. Where longer child care equally affects children from different families.

C. Whether aggressiveness is a direct result of longer child care.

D. Whether longer child care improves intellectual ability in children.

3.In the fifth paragraph the word "it" probably mean “________”.

A. NICHD is unwilling to give parents recomme ndations

B. NICHD is willing to give policy advice concerning child care

C. the number of hours in child care should be reduced significantly

D. parents should discipline the behavior of their children more strictly

On our first anniversary, Jack bought a bottle of Casaque, an expensive cologne(古龙香水)for me. "We agreed to save the money for your postgraduate education", I said somewhat half-heartedly as I took it out from a beautifully-wrapped packet. "I am unable not to give something_______to the world’s most beautiful bride, honey!" I held it to my_______, and smelled the most pleasant flavor I could ever_______. Looking down at my_______blue jeans and ugly, ragged tennis shoes, I wondered if I could ever be worthy of it. But I would _______. I used only a little of it every time _______Jack graduated and our life was financially easier. It’s a _______the foolish love of a young husband.

Then one day three-year-old Jim was sitting on the floor_______the empty cologne bottle. His lips wet, he was making a(n) _______face. He drank my________cologne! "Jack, come quick," I cried, "can cologne________my baby? Jim drank the rest of it!" "It's mostly just alcohol, honey," Jack________me. Little Jim was fine, and my concern for my child was________. I now felt ________to see the empty cologne bottle.

A few weeks later, Jack bought another bottle of my beloved cologne. I ________it as much as I had done to the earlier one. ________, it became three-quarters empty. I thought it best to buy another ________. But the shop assistant told me that there wasn’t even a maker of that brand any more.

Now I only use my special cologne on very important occasions, because there will be________to replace it when these last few precious________are gone. But from the bottom of my heart it's not three-quarters empty but still one-quarter full. Perhaps if I'm very careful, I can ________using it for the rest of my life.

1.A. special B. terrible C. practical D. cheap

2.A. nose B. eye C. hand D. mouth

3.A. afford B. imagine C. touch D. describe

4.A. clumsy B. unique C. faded D. stylish

5.A. act B. try C. insist D. withdraw

6.A. unless B. even if C. until D. even after

7.A. cost B. consequence C. standard D. symbol

8.A. looking for B. holding C. reaching for D. filling

9.A. amused B. excited C. awful D. happy

10.A. precious B. poisonous C. dangerous D. magical

11.A. attract B. hurt C. frighten D. please

12.A. criticized B. encouraged C. educated D. comforted

13.A. relieved B. increased C. confirmed D. developed

14.A. grateful B. nervous C. heartbroken D. desperate

15.A. resisted B. wasted C. protected D. prized

16.A. So B. Still C. Otherwise D. Therefore

17.A. bottle B. brand C. flavor D. color

18.A. some B. none C. another D. more

19.A. quarters B. packets C. drops D. shops

20.A. turn to B. devote to C. count on D. decide on

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