中山市2012年高中英语读写能力竞赛高三试题(3)

C．he might be killed out of the other’s careless driving D．it was dark and the highway road was a two-lane road A．only one experience 8．From the second paragraph, we know the author drew the important lesson from B．many similar experiences C．a driver on a dark road

D．many friends and strangers

9．The need for cooperation increases because .

A．peoples’ fates can’t be controlled by themselves B．the SARS virus spread quickly C．terrorism can happen everywhere D．the world is smaller than before A．believed in one’s own personal responsibility B．counted upon himself alone in everything C．had no trust in others’ good faith and judgment D．had a change on his viewpoint of life 10．We can infer from the last paragraph that the author has Passage 3

Scientists claim that children who have low levels of self-control at three are more likely to have health and money problems and a criminal record by the age of 32, regardless of background and IQ.

Researchers from Britain, the U.S. and New Zealand analyzed data from two large studies in which children completed a range of physical tests and interviews to assess genetic and environmental factors that can shape their lives.

They found that children with low self-control were more likely to have health problems in later life including high blood pressure, being overweight, breathing problems. They were also more likely to be dependent on things such as tobacco, alcohol and drugs, more likely to be single parents, have difficulty managing money and have criminal records.

―Our study shows, for the first time, that willpower as a child really does influence your chances of a healthy and wealthy adulthood.‖

The researchers firstly looked at data from around 1,000 children born in New Zealand between April 1972 and March 1973.

The participants’ self-control was assessed by teachers, parents, observers and the children themselves and included things like having fear of failure, lacking persistence in reaching goals, being over-active and acting before thinking.

Dr Moffitt's team then found that when the participants reached their early 30s, this impulsivity(冲动) and relative inability to think about the long-term gave them more problems with finances, including savings, owning a home and credit card debt.

The children with lower self-control scores also scored highest for things like weight problems, having high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

To support the findings, the researchers ran the same analysis on data from 500 pairs of twins in Britain.

They found that the brother or sister with lower self-control scores at age five was more likely to start smoking, do badly at school and engage in anti-social behaviour at age 12.

Dr Avshalom Capsi, who worked with Dr Moffitt on the study, said: ―This shows that self-control is important by itself, apart from all other factors that brothers or sisters share, such as their parents and home life.‖