Psychiatrists(精神病专家),who work with older parents say that maturity can be an asset(资产) in child raising----older parents are more thoughtful, use less physical discipline and spend more time with children.But raising kids takes money and energy, many older parents find themselves balancing their limited financial resources, declining energy and failing health against the growing demands of an active child.Dying and leaving young children is probably the older parents’ biggest and often unspoken fear.Having late-life children, says an economics professor, often means parents, particularly fathers, “end up retiring much later.” For many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream.
Henry Metcalf, a 54-year-old journalist, knows it takes money to raise kids.But he’s also worried that his energy will give out first.Sure, he can still ride bikes with his athletic fifth grader, but he’s learned that, young at heart doesn’t mean young.Lately he’s been taking afternoon naps to keep up his energy.” My body is aging,” says Metcalf, “You can’t get away from that.”
Often, older parents hear the ticking of another kind of biological clock.Therapists who work with middle-aged and older parents say fears about aging are nothing to laugh at.“They worry they’ll be mistaken for grandparents, or that they’ll need help getting up out of those little chairs in nursery school.” Says Joann Galst, a New York psychologist .But at the core of those little fears there is often a much bigger one.“that they will not be alive long enough to support and protect their child, ” she says .
Many late-life parents, though, say their children came at just the right time.After marrying late and undergoing years of fertility(受孕) treatment, Marilyn Nolen and her husband, Randy, had twins.“We both wanted children,” says Marilyn, who was 55 when she gave birth.The twins have given the couple what they desired for years, “a sense of family.”
Kids of older dads are often smarter, happier and more sociable because their fathers are more involved in their lives.“The dads are older, more mature,” says Dr.Silber, “and more ready to focus on parenting.”
1.Why do psychiatrists regard maturity as an asset in child raising?
A.Older parents can better balance their resources against children’s demands.
B.Older parents are usually more experienced in bringing up their children.
C.Older parents are often better prepared financially.
D.Older parents can take better care of their children.
2.What does the author mean by saying “For many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream”
A.They have to go on working beyond their retirement age.
B.They can’t get full pension unless they work some extra years.
C.They can’t obtain the retirement benefits they have dreamed of.
D.They are unwilling to retire when they reach their retirement age
3.The author gives the examples of Henry Metcalf to show that______.
A.many people are young in spirit despite their advanced age
B.taking afternoon naps is a good way to maintain energy
C.older parents tend to be concerned about their aging bodies
D.older parents should exercise more to keep up with their athletic children
4.What’s the biggest fear of older parents according to New York psychologist Joann Galst?
A.Being laughed at by other people B.Slowing down of their pace of life
C.Being mistaken for grandparents D.Approaching of death
5.What do we learn about Marilyn and Randy Nolen?
A.They thought they were an example of successful fertility treatment
B.Not until they had the twins did they feel had formed a family
C.They believe that children born of older parents would be smarter.
D.Not until they reached middle age did they think of having children.
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Psychiatrists(精神病专家),who work with older parents say that maturity can be an asset(资产) in child raising----older parents are more thoughtful, use less physical discipline and spend more time with children.But raising kids takes money and energy, many older parents find themselves balancing their limited financial resources, declining energy and failing health against the growing demands of an active child.Dying and leaving young children is probably the older parents’ biggest and often unspoken fear.Having late-life children, says an economics professor, often means parents, particularly fathers, “end up retiring much later.” For many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream.
Henry Metcalf, a 54-year-old journalist, knows it takes money to raise kids.But he’s also worried that his energy will give out first.Sure, he can still ride bikes with his athletic fifth grader, but he’s learned that, young at heart doesn’t mean young.Lately he’s been taking afternoon naps to keep up his energy.” My body is aging,” says Metcalf, “You can’t get away from that.”
Often, older parents hear the ticking of another kind of biological clock.Therapists who work with middle-aged and older parents say fears about aging are nothing to laugh at.“They worry they’ll be mistaken for grandparents, or that they’ll need help getting up out of those little chairs in nursery school.” Says Joann Galst, a New York psychologist .But at the core of those little fears there is often a much bigger one.“that they will not be alive long enough to support and protect their child, ” she says .
Many late-life parents, though, say their children came at just the right time.After marrying late and undergoing years of fertility(受孕) treatment, Marilyn Nolen and her husband, Randy, had twins.“We both wanted children,” says Marilyn, who was 55 when she gave birth.The twins have given the couple what they desired for years, “a sense of family.”
Kids of older dads are often smarter, happier and more sociable because their fathers are more involved in their lives.“The dads are older, more mature,” says Dr.Silber, “and more ready to focus on parenting.”
1.Why do psychiatrists regard maturity as an asset in child raising?
A.Older parents can better balance their resources against children’s demands.
B.Older parents are usually more experienced in bringing up their children.
C.Older parents are often better prepared financially.
D.Older parents can take better care of their children.
2.What does the author mean by saying “For many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream”
A.They have to go on working beyond their retirement age.
B.They can’t get full pension unless they work some extra years.
C.They can’t obtain the retirement benefits they have dreamed of.
D.They are unwilling to retire when they reach their retirement age
3.The author gives the examples of Henry Metcalf to show that______.
A.many people are young in spirit despite their advanced age
B.taking afternoon naps is a good way to maintain energy
C.older parents tend to be concerned about their aging bodies
D.older parents should exercise more to keep up with their athletic children
4.What’s the biggest fear of older parents according to New York psychologist Joann Galst?
A.Being laughed at by other people B.Slowing down of their pace of life
C.Being mistaken for grandparents D.Approaching of death
5.What do we learn about Marilyn and Randy Nolen?
A.They thought they were an example of successful fertility treatment
B.Not until they had the twins did they feel had formed a family
C.They believe that children born of older parents would be smarter.
D.Not until they reached middle age did they think of having children.
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Psychiatrists(精神病专家),who work with older parents say that maturity can be an asset(资产) in child raising----older parents are more thoughtful, use less physical discipline and spend more time with children. But raising kids takes money and energy, many older parents find themselves balancing their limited financial resources, declining energy and failing health against the growing demands of an active child. Dying and leaving young children is probably the older parents’ biggest and often unspoken fear. Having late-life children, says an economics professor, often means parents, particularly fathers, “end up retiring much later.” For many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream.
Henry Metcalf, a 54-year-old journalist, knows it takes money to raise kids. But he’s also worried that his energy will give out first. Sure, he can still ride bikes with his athletic fifth grader, but he’s learned that, young at heart doesn’t mean young. Lately he’s been taking afternoon naps to keep up his energy.” My body is aging,” says Metcalf, “You can’t get away from that.”
Often, older parents hear the ticking of another kind of biological clock. Therapists who work with middle-aged and older parents say fears about aging are nothing to laugh at. “They worry they’ll be mistaken for grandparents, or that they’ll need help getting up out of those little chairs in nursery school.” Says Joann Galst, a New York psychologist .But at the core of those little fears there is often a much bigger one. “that they will not be alive long enough to support and protect their child, ” she says .
Many late-life parents, though, say their children came at just the right time. After marrying late and undergoing years of fertility(受孕) treatment, Marilyn Nolen and her husband, Randy, had twins. “We both wanted children,” says Marilyn, who was 55 when she gave birth. The twins have given the couple what they desired for years, “a sense of family.”
Kids of older dads are often smarter, happier and more sociable because their fathers are more involved in their lives. “The dads are older, more mature,” says Dr. Silber, “and more ready to focus on parenting.”
1.Why do psychiatrists regard maturity as an asset in child raising?
A Older parents can better balance their resources against children’s demands.
B Older parents are usually more experienced in bringing up their children.
C Older parents are often better prepared financially.
D Older parents can take better care of their children.
2.What does the author mean by saying “For many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream”
A They have to go on working beyond their retirement age.
B They can’t get full pension unless they work some extra years.
C They can’t obtain the retirement benefits they have dreamed of.
D They are unwilling to retire when they reach their retirement age
3.The author gives the examples of Henry Metcalf to show that______.
A many people are young in spirit despite their advanced age
B taking afternoon naps is a good way to maintain energy
C older parents tend to be concerned about their aging bodies
D older parents should exercise more to keep up with their athletic children
4.What’s the biggest fear of older parents according to New York psychologist Joann Galst?
A Being laughed at by other people B Slowing down of their pace of life
C Being mistaken for grandparents D Approaching of death
5.What do we learn about Marilyn and Randy Nolen?
A They thought they were an example of successful fertility treatment
B Not until they had the twins did they feel had formed a family
C They believe that children born of older parents would be smarter.
D Not until they reached middle age did they think of having children.
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Parents might tell older children to “Act your age”. But some researchers say that is what persons from thirteen to nineteen years old are doing. While teenagers can look all grown up, studies have shown that their brains are still developing. How much this explains their behavior, though, is a subject of debate.
Jay Giedd of America’s National Institutes of Health is a leader in this area of research. Doctor Giedd has been studying a group of young people since 1991. They visit him every two years for imaging tests of their brains. He says considerable development continues in young people from the teenage years into the twenties.
A part of the brain called the dorsal-lateral prefrontal cortex appears especially undeveloped in teenagers. Researchers believe that this area controls judgment and consideration of risk. So, its underdevelopment may explain why young people seem more willing to take risks like driving too fast.
Laurence Steinberg is a psychology professor at Temple University in Philadelphia. He says stronger laws and stronger parental control are needed to protect teens from themselves. That includes raising the age for driving. He says research shows that teenage brains are not fully equipped to control behavior.
Other researchers, however, say there is not enough evidence to make a strong case for such findings. Psychologist Robert Epstein is a visiting scholar at the University of California in San Diego. Mr. Epstein notes that teen behavior differs from culture to culture. He says behavior depends for the most part on socialization. He believes that teenagers will demonstrate(表明) better, safer behavior if they spend more time with adults, and are treated more like them.
But is that always true? Mike Males works at the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice in San Francisco. He suggests that all of this talk lately about brainless teens could be an attempt to take away attention from the reality. Writing in the New York Times, he says it is middle-aged adults whose behavior has worsened. In his words, if grown-ups really have superior brains, why don’t we act as if we do?
1.If your parents ask you to act your age, they really mean to advise that you __________.
A. behave yourself
B. take care of yourself
C. make yourself at home
D. do everything on your own
2.Why do young people seem more willing to take adventures?
A. Because they can all look grown up in that way.
B. Because their dorsal-lateral prefrontal cortex appears undeveloped.
C. Because some researchers have been studying and encouraging them.
D. Because stronger laws and stronger parental control protect them
3.Which of the following is TRUE about teenagers?
A. Their brains have almost stopped developing.
B. Their cultures have influenced their behavior more or less.
C. The behavior of brainless teens has drawn a lot more attention.
D. Staying more often with adults makes things even worse.
4.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Mike Males _______.
A. agrees with what Robert Epstein says
B. keeps silent about the subject of debate
C. is a leader in this area of research
D. has the opinion of his own
5.The passage is written mainly to tell people that __________.
A. development continues in young people from the teens into the twenties
B. teenagers’ behavior differs from culture to culture
C. there is still a debate between researchers about people’s behaviors
D. the talk about brainless teens could take away attention from governments
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A report says older adults who test their minds with increasingly difficult projects have better mental ability than those who do less demanding activities.
To keep our brains sharp as we age, we are often told to keep our minds active. As the old saying goes, “Use it or lose it.” But, there is very little scientific evidence to support than.
Denise Park is head of the university’s Center for ? Vital Longevity. She designed a study in which she and her tern placed 221 healthy aging and older adults into one of three groups.
“We asked people to learn new things, like quilting or photography. We asked other people to just do fun things like being in a social group function but were not likely to have a very large effect.”
The subjects took part in their assigned activities for 15 hours a week over three months. At the end of that time, the researchers found that the adults who learned new skills, such as digital photography, showed the greatest improvements on memory tests.
No improvements were seen in the results of those in the social group that did activities together like going on field trips. There were also no improvements among the third group that listened to classical music or did crossword puzzles.
Denise Park believes one reason for improved memory in the active learning group is that its members were being pushed to learn new skills. The other groups took part in what she call receptive activities. Learning new skills may not cure age-related mental decline. But, Ms. Park thinks being mentally active slows down the process.
Denise Park says the latest information shows that the improvements lasted for at least a year. She and her team plan to do longer follow-up studies with all three groups. She also is interested in learning whether taking part in demanding mental activities delays the development of conditions like Alzheimer’s disease.
1.What may the social group be asked to do?
A. Learn to take photos.
B. Listen to music at home.
C. Go hiking together.
D. Do the dishes.
2.What did Denise Park and her team find?
A. Doing more exercise can help slow down our age-related mental decline.
B. Having a relaxing life is beneficial to keeping our minds sharp.
C. Keeping our minds active is associated with our health.
D. Learning new skills may help to keep our minds active.
3.If you want to keep your brain sharp you could_______.
A. go swimming with your friends.
B. play chess with your family.
C. learn how to repair the computer.
D. do crossword puzzles online
4.The text is likely to be selected from a book of______.
A. medicine B. education
C. aging D. science
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Some people like modem art, while others say that is rubbish. But a cleaner who works in the Tate Gallery in London isn’t able to tell the difference. The woman, whose name isn’t known, mistook a work of art by the German painter Gustav Metzger for a bag of rubbish, and threw it out with other bags. The plastic bag, which contained pieces of paper and cardboard, was later recovered outside the gallery, but the artist thought that it was too damaged to be put on show again. 78-year-old Mr Metzger explained that the exhibit, which he said was a copy of a similar work he had created in 1960, was meant to show that all art is temporary and “finite” (有限的).
Embarrassed officials at the museum said that they had to call a meeting with cleaners to explain which things should not be touched. They would not say whether Mr Metzger would be paid any compensation for the incident. However, to make absolutely sure the same thing would not happen again, they decided to cover Mr Metzger’s work every evening with a colored cloth. In this way the cleaners arriving after the gallery had closed to the general public would realize they should not touch it.
This is not the first time that museum cleaners have had trouble distinguishing exhibits from rubbish. In 2001, in another London gallery, a cleaner threw away a work by the well-known British artist Damien Hirst. It was an arrangement of empty beer bottles, coffee cups, and overflowing ashtrays, which were meant to indicate the chaos in the life of an artist.
However, cleaners don’t always throw things away—sometimes they clean them! This was the case with a dirty bath, which was on show in a gallery in Germany. Without asking what the bath was doing in the gallery, the cleaners simply scrubbed it clean.
1.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Cleaners mistake modem art for rubbish
B. Modem art shouldn’t be cleaned
C. What makes a great work of art
D. Cleaners don’t always throw things away
2.The officials of the museum covered Mr Metzger’s work so that .
A. the visitors couldn’t get close in the evening
B. they could get recovered soon
C. the cleaners wouldn’t make the same mistake
D. they would return to normal
3.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. People have different opinions on modem art
B. Mr Metzger would be paid much compensation
C. A work of Damien Hirst was thrown away by a cleaner in 2001
D. Some modem work is about artists’ chaos of their life
4.The last paragraph is written to show that .
A. cleaners often make exhibits as clean as possible
B. cleaners can’t always differ exhibits from rubbish
C. exhibits are usually difficult to clean
D. exhibits are not always so beautiful
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Some people like modern art, while others say that is rubbish.But a cleaner who works in the Tate Gallery in London isn't able to tell the difference.The woman, whose name isn't known, mistook a work of art by the German painter Gustav Metzger for a bag of rubbish, and threw it out with other bags. The plastic bag, which contained pieces of paper and cardboard, was later recovered outside the gallery, but the artist thought that it was too damaged to be put on show again. 78yearold Mr Metzger explained that the exhibit, which he said was a copy of a similar work he had created in 1960, was meant to show that all art is temporary and “finite (有限的)”.
Embarrassed officials at the museum said that they had had to call a meeting with cleaners to explain which things should not be touched. They would not say whether Mr Metzger would be paid any compensation for the incident. However, to make absolutely sure the same thing would not happen again, they decided to cover Mr Metzger's work every evening with a coloured cloth. In this way the cleaners arriving after the gallery had been closed to the general public would realize they should not touch it.
This is not the first time that museum cleaners have had trouble distinguishing exhibits from rubbish. In 2001, in another London gallery, a cleaner threw away a work by the wellknown British artist Damien Hirst. It was an arrangement of empty beer bottles, coffee cups, and overflowing ashtrays, which were meant to indicate the chaos in the life of an artist.
However, cleaners don't always throw things away — sometimes they clean them! This was the case with a dirty bath, which was on show in a gallery in Germany. Without asking what the bath was doing in the gallery, the cleaners simply scrubbed it clean.
1.The officials of the museum covered Mr Metzger's work so that ________.
A.the visitors couldn't get close in the evening
B.they could get recovered soon
C.the cleaners wouldn't make the same mistake
D.they would return to normal
2.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.People have different opinions on modern art.
B.Mr Metzger would be paid much compensation.
C.A work of Damien Hirst was thrown away by a cleaner in 2001.
D.Some modern work is about the chaos of an artist's life.
3.The last paragraph is written to show that________.
A.cleaners often make exhibits as clean as possible
B.cleaners can't always differ exhibits from rubbish
C.exhibits are usually difficult to clean
D.exhibits are not always so beautiful
4.What's the best title of the passage?
A.Cleaners mistake modern art for rubbish
B.Modern art shouldn't be cleaned
C.What makes a great work of art
D.Cleaners don't always throw things away
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It’s an art to be parents. With children, if you say “no”, you have to mean_____.
A. that B. this
C. it D. one
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It’s an art to be parents. With children, if you say “no”, you have to mean_____.
A. that B. this
C. it D. one
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A recent survey shows that the number of children who from the countryside with their parents ________nearly 320,000 in Beijing.
A. comes; are B. come; is C. come; are D. comes; is
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Contrary to my expectation, the teacher was by no means satisfied with my works, saying that the trees had been painted too________.
A. basically B. stiffly
C. definitely D. Originally
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