摘要:D For five years from December 1903 to September 1908, two young bicycle mechanics from the state of Ohio in America repeatedly claimed that they had built a heavier-than-air machine which they had flown successfully. Despite demonstrations and photographs of themselves flying, the claims of Wilbur and Orville Wright were laughed at and dismissed as a practical joke by the magazine Scientific American, the newspaper the New York Herald, the US Army and most American scientists. Experts rejected the Wright brothers' claim without troubling to examine the evidence as they were so convinced, on purely scientific grounds, that flight in powered machines which were heavier than air was impossible. It was not until President Theodore Roosevelt ordered public trials at Fort Myers in 1908 that the Wrights were able to prove their claim conclusively and the Army and the scientific press were forced to accept that their flying machine was a reality. It is perhaps not too surprising that a couple of young bicycle mechanics in a remote town on the prairies should be ignored by the intellectuals of the more sophisticated east coast of America at a time when the horse was still the principal means of transport. What is more surprising is that the local newspapers in their home town of Dayton, Ohio, should have ignored the Wrights. In 1904, a local banker, Torrence Huffman, allowed the brothers to use a large piece of farm land owned by him outside the town for their flying experiments. The land was bordered by two main roads and the local railway line so that, as the months went by, hundreds of people actually saw the Wrights flying. Many of the amazed passengers wrote to the local newspapers to ask who were the young men who were regularly flying near the railway line and why had nothing appeared about them in the papers. Eventually the enquiries became so frequent that the papers complained that they were becoming a nuisance, but still their editors showed no interest in the story, sending neither a reporter nor a photographer. In 1940, Dan Kumler, the city editor of the Dayton Daily News at the time of the flights gave an interview about his refusal to publish anything thirty-five years earlier and spoke frankly about his reasons. Kumler recalled,"I guess we just didn't believe it. Of course, you must remember that the Wrights at that time kept things very secret." The interviewer responded in amazement,"You mean they kept things secret by flying over an open field?" Kumler considered the question, grinned and said,"I guess the truth is we were just plain stupid." 37. What do we learn about the Wright brothers in the first paragraph? 38. How did Theodore Roosevelt become involved with the Wright brothers? 39. Why are horses mentioned in the third paragraph? 40. The writer surprisingly finds that . 41. Torrence Huffman helped the Wright brothers by . 42. Why did people write to the newspapers? 43. Why was the interviewer surprised by the first answer given by Dan Kumler?

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The Brisbane City Council(BCC)is responsible for bus and ferry services within the city limits and suburbs,Most buses will either arrive at the city or an interchange where connecting buses can be caught.BCC buses operate from 5:30 am to 11:00 pm Monday to Thursday and 5:30 am to 12:00 am on Fridays.On weekends and public holidays buses operate less frequently. Pre­paid bus tickets can be purchased from the QUT (Queensland University of Technology)bookshop,the campus newsagency.most other newsagencies and general stores,and any BCC Customer Service Centre.Short­term students at QUT cannot use their ID cards to gain a discount fare on BCC public transport.You will need to buy an adult ticket to travel.Bus fares are dependent on the number of zones you have to travel.There are several types of tickets:

Zone

Cost(AUD)

Single

Daily

Off­peak Daily

Ten­trip Saver

Weekly

Monthly

1

2.50

4.20

3.50

16.80

16.80

67.20

2

2.90

5.00

4.10

20.00

20.00

80.00

3

3.30

5.80

4.70

23.20

23.20

92.80

Single:one way ticket to reach your destination,including transfers within 2 hours.

Daily: unlimited travel within the zones.

Off­peak Daily:discounted unlimited travel between 9:00 am and 3:30 pm and after 7:00 pm

Monday to Friday,and all day on weekends and public holidays.

Weekly:unlimited travel within the zones for one week from the date of issue.Monthly:unlimited travel within the zones for one calendar month from the date of issue.

Ten­trip Saver: 10 trips at any time within the zones on buses and ferries only.

Transport routes,timetables and fare information are available from:

Public Transport Information Centre

69 Ann Street (corner of George St)

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Phone 13 12 30(Transport Information Service)

64.The transport guide above is most likely provided by________.

A.Public Transport Information Centre

B.the Brisbane City Council

C.Queensland University of Technology.

D.BCC Customer Service Centres

65.We can learn from the passage that________.

A.buses are scheduled as usual on weekends and public holidays

B.regular students at QUT need to buy adult tickets

C.pre­paid tickets can be bought from the Public Transport Information Centre

D.Ten­trip Savers can be used at off­peak time

66.An exchange student staying at QUT for five days has to travel between zones every day.What type of ticket would he probably buy?

A.Single.    B.Weekly.

C.Off­peak Daily.      D.Ten­trip Saver.

  

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From a very early age,some children exhibit better

self-control than others.Now,a new study that began with about 1,000 children in New Zealand has tracked how a child’s low self-control can predict poor health,money troubles and even a criminal record in their adult years.

Researchers have been studying this group of children for decades now.They observed the level of self-control the youngsters displayed.Parents,teachers,even the kids themselves,scored the youngsters on measures like“acting before thinking”and “Persistence in reaching goals.”

The study led  by Moffitt of Duke University and colleagues followed 1,000 children from birth to age 32 in Dunedin,New Zealand.

“The children who had the lowest self-control when they were age three to ten,later on had the most health problems in their 30s,” Moffitt said, “and they had the worst financial situation.They were more likely to have a criminal record and to be raising a child as a single parent on a very low income.”Moffitt explained that self-control problems were widely observed,and weren’t just a feature of a small group of misbehaving kids.

Moffitt said it’s still unclear why some children have better self-control than others,though she said other researchers have found that it’s mostly a learned behavior,with relatively little genetic influence.But good self-control can be set to run in familles because children with good self-control are more likely to grow up to be healthy and prosperous parents.But the good news,Moffitt said,is that self-control can be taught by parents,and through school curricula that have been shown to be effective.

From the first two paragraphs we learn that         .

A.the research has been carried out for five years

B.self-control in kids tends to determine their future

C.self-control was assessed by children’s intelligence

D.children’s self-control is almost the same at early age

Children with low self-control are more likely to         .

A.become wealthy in later life      B.get good school performance

C.have better financial planning    D.adopt negative behaviors

According to Moffitt,        .

A.only good genetic factors can shape their lives in the future

B.scientists know well why some children have better self-control

C.self-control in childhood has nothing to do with criminal activity

D.willpower as a child really influences people’s chances of adulthood

What can be inferred from the passage?

A.Self-control cannot be taught in schools.

B.The study is restricted within few participants.

C.It’s never too late to deal with self-control problems.

D.Good parenting can improve self-control and life success.

.Which of the following might be the best title of the  passage?

A.Child’s self control predicts future health,success

B.Kids are encouraged to take risks at an early age

C.Children’s development cannot be changed by teachers

D.How to teach the kids a bit of self-control in schools

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