Last week I was watching the evening news on television. The news was about a prize for some scientific discovery. I forgot what it was. The announcer, his name was Ralph Story, said something that caught my attention. “All great discoveries,” he said, “are made by people between the ages of twenty-four and thirty.” Being a little over thirty myself I wanted to disagree with him. Nobody wants to think that he is past the age of making any discovery. The next day I happened to be in the public library and spent several hours looking up the ages of famous people and their discoveries. Ralph was right.

　　First I looked at some of the scientific discoveries. One of the earliest discoveries, the famous experiment that proved that bodies of different weights fall at the same speed, was made by Galileo when he was twenty-six. Madame Curie started her research that led to a Nobel Prize when she was twenty-eight. Einstein was twenty-six when he published his world-changing theory of relativity. Well, enough of that. Yet I wondered if those “best years” were true in other fields.

　　Then how about the field of politics? Surely it took the wisdom of age to make a good leader. Perhaps it does, but look when these people started their careers. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of twenty-six. Abraham Lincoln gave up the life of a country lawyer and was elected to the government at what age? Twenty-six!

　　But why don't best years come after thirty? After thirty, I guess, most people do not want to take risks or try new ways. Then I thought of people like Shakespeare and Picasso. The former was writing wonderful works at the ripe age of fifty, while the latter was still trying new ways of painting when he was ninety! Perhaps there is still hope for me.

(1) What did the writer do to prove Ralph was wrong?

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A．He compared scientific discoveries by young people.

B．He went to the bookstore to buy a lot of books.

C．He searched for useful information in books.

D．He looked at some discoveries by old people.

(2) After his research, the writer ________.

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A．believed what Ralph said and became uneasy

B．argued more forcefully with the TV announcer

C．was sure that he was right to disagree with Ralph

D．doubted more strongly about Ralph's words

(3) How did the writer most probably feel in the end?

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(4) What can we draw from the passage?

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A．Some old people have also made scientific discoveries.

B．People can not make useful discoveries when old.

C．People at twenty-five or thirty are creative.

D．People can be creative at all ages but young people are better.

　　Last week I was watching the evening news on television. The news was about a prize for some scientific discovery. I forgot what it was. The announcer, his name was Ralph Story, said something that caught my attention. “All great discoveries,” he said, “are made by people between the ages of twenty-four and thirty.” Being a little over thirty myself I wanted to disagree with him. Nobody wants to think that he is past the age of making any discovery. The next day I happened to be in the public library and spent several hours looking up the ages of famous people and their discoveries. Ralph was right.

　　First I looked at some of the scientific discoveries. One of the earliest discoveries, the famous experiment that proved that bodies of different weights fall at the same speed, was made by Galileo when he was twenty-six. Madame Curie started her research that led to a Nobel Prize when she was twenty-eight. Einstein was twenty-six when he published his world-changing theory of relativity. Well, enough of that. Yet I wondered if those “best years” were true in other fields.

　　Then how about the field of politics? Surely it took the wisdom of age to make a good leader. Perhaps it does, but look when these people started their careers. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of twenty-six. Abraham Lincoln gave up the life of a country lawyer and was elected to the government at what age? Twenty-six!

　　But why don't best years come after thirty? After thirty, I guess, most people do not want to take risks or try new ways. Then I thought of people like Shakespeare and Picasso. The former was writing wonderful works at the ripe age of fifty, while the latter was still trying new ways of painting when he was ninety! Perhaps there is still hope for me.

(1) What did the writer do to prove Ralph was wrong?

[　　]

A．He compared scientific discoveries by young people.

B．He went to the bookstore to buy a lot of books.

C．He searched for useful information in books.

D．He looked at some discoveries by old people.

(2) After his research, the writer ________.

[　　]

A．believed what Ralph said and became uneasy

B．argued more forcefully with the TV announcer

C．was sure that he was right to disagree with Ralph

D．doubted more strongly about Ralph's words

(3) How did the writer most probably feel in the end?

[　　]

(4) What can we draw from the passage?

[　　]

A．Some old people have also made scientific discoveries.

B．People can not make useful discoveries when old.

C．People at twenty-five or thirty are creative.

D．People can be creative at all ages but young people are better.

As a parent of an overweight child, it is your duty to help them lose weight and develop healthy eating and exercise habits. However, correcting the diet habits of your children can become increasingly harder as they age, especially as they become increasingly aware of bad foods like McDonalds and other fast food choices. For this reason, you should aim to help your child lose weight early, and let them grow up with healthy food and exercise habits so that they can make smart decisions as they grow up.

Teach them the basics of good nutrition and exercise, so that he or she has the necessary tools to make the right decisions. You need to facilitate（使容易）that rather than simply force it on your child. Diets may seem like the answer at first, but it is much more useful to teach them correct eating and good nutrition, so you can be a good role model rather than the person that forced a diet on him or her.

Find ways to get your child more active without stressing him or her out. There are plenty of ways to exercise in a sport or after school activities. Buy your child a skateboard, roller skates, a bicycle, or some other tool so that they can use to enjoy exercise on their own terms. And never force physical activity on them if you do not want the exercise idea to be completely rejected.

You may have had body issues as a child, but you do not need to project this onto your child, who is probably already dealing with issues. You do not want to create self image problems in your child if you can help it. Let your child develop his or her own self image rather than forcing your self image issues onto him or her.

71. Parents should help their children lose weight earlier because children __________.

   A. haven’t formed their eating habits

   B. can’t make their own decisions

   C. tend to take more exercise

   D. can lose weight easily

72. Which of the following can be put in the blank?

   A. Find ways for your children to exercise.

   B. Avoid forcing exercise on your child.

C. Encourage the children to exercise more.

   D. Make the children exercise in their own way.

73. The underlined word “projecting” is closest in meaning to “___________”.

   A. describing             B. exploring               C. expressing           D. forcing

74. Which of the following is true according to the text?

   A. Fast food has nothing to do with overweight.

   B. Good habits can help children keep fit.

   C. Parents are bad role models for their children.

   D. Children usually have self image problems.

75. In the author's view, letting your child develop his or her own self image is _________.

   A. important                   B. difficult                  C. wrong                 D. impossible

As a parent of an overweight child, it is your duty to help them lose weight and develop healthy eating and exercise habits. However, correcting the diet habits of your children can become increasingly harder as they age, especially as they become increasingly aware of bad foods like McDonalds and other fast food choices. For this reason, you should aim to help your child lose weight early, and let them grow up with healthy food and exercise habits so that they can make smart decisions as they grow up.

Teach them the basics of good nutrition and exercise, so that he or she has the necessary tools to make the right decisions. You need to facilitate（使容易）that rather than simply force it on your child. Diets may seem like the answer at first, but it is much more useful to teach them correct eating and good nutrition, so you can be a good role model rather than the person that forced a diet on him or her.

Find ways to get your child more active without stressing him or her out. There are plenty of ways to exercise in a sport or after school activities. Buy your child a skateboard, roller skates, a bicycle, or some other tool so that they can use to enjoy exercise on their own terms. And never force physical activity on them if you do not want the exercise idea to be completely rejected.

You may have had body issues as a child, but you do not need to project this onto your child, who is probably already dealing with issues. You do not want to create self image problems in your child if you can help it. Let your child develop his or her own self image rather than forcing your self image issues onto him or her.

71. Parents should help their children lose weight earlier because children __________.

　 A. haven’t formed their eating habits

　 B. can’t make their own decisions

　 C. tend to take more exercise

　 D. can lose weight easily

72. Which of the following can be put in the blank?

　 A. Find ways for your children to exercise.

　 B. Avoid forcing exercise on your child.

C. Encourage the children to exercise more.

　 D. Make the children exercise in their own way.

73. The underlined word “projecting” is closest in meaning to “___________”.

　 A. describing B. exploring C. expressing D. forcing

74. Which of the following is true according to the text?

　 A. Fast food has nothing to do with overweight.

　 B. Good habits can help children keep fit.

　 C. Parents are bad role models for their children.

　 D. Children usually have self image problems.

75. In the author's view, letting your child develop his or her own self image is _________.

　 A. important B. difficult C. wrong D. impossible