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sbecauseboysusedtokeepongrowinguntiltheyreachedage26.Buttodaytheystopgrowingat18or19.Mostgirlsstopgrowingevenearlier.Sotoday'

steenagersarebiggerthan26-year-oldswere60yearsago.

Whatiscausingthischange?

ProfessorTannersaysit'

sproperfood.Agooddietalonecannotmakeyougrowbeyondyournaturallimits.Yourfinalheightispartlycausedbytheheightofyourparentsandgrandparents.Buteatingproperfoodcanhelpyoureachyourfinalheight--andreachitearlyinlife.

Willpeoplekeepongettingbigger?

Willwehavearaceofgiants?

NO--atleastnotiftheU.S.isanexample.Tannersaysthatwehaveeatenproperfoodforyears,andourgrowthratehasalreadybeguntoleveloff.

1.Thisarticleismainlyabout________.

A）thechangeofteenagetastes 

B）theimprovingofdiet

C）thechangeofteenagers'

behavior 

D）thechangeofteenagers'

shape

2.Thestatementthatprovesthatteenagershaveanewshapethesedaysisthat________.

A）J.M.Tannerhasbeenmeasuringpeoplefromallovertheworld

B）accordingtoTanner,adultsalsoaretallerthaneverbefore

C）theyareabout20poundsheavierandaboutfourinchestallerthantheywere60yearsago

D）today'

steenagersarebiggerthan26-year-oldswere60yearsago

3.________isleastimportantforunderstandingthemainideaofthisarticle.

A）Thefactthatpeople,especiallyyoungpeople,arebiggertodaythaneverbefore

B）Eatingproperfoodcanhelpyoureachyourfinalheightearlyinlife

C）J.M.TannerlivesinEnglandD）Mostgirlsstopgrowingevenearlier

4.Thearticlewasprobablywrittenin________.

A）1950'

s 

B）1960'

C）1970'

D）1980'

s

5.Theword"

giants"

inthisselectionprobablymeans________.

A）peopleofhuge 

B）shortpeople 

C）maturepeople 

D）unhealthypeople窗体顶端

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Australiaisanislandanditisacontinent.Itisthelargestislandintheworldbutitisthesmallestcontinent.Itisalmost7.7millionsq.km..ComparedwithChina,Chinaisabout2millionsq.km.Larger.

Australiaisinthesouthoftheworld.ItliesbetweentheIndianOceanandthePacificOcean.TheIndianOceanistothewestandthesouth.ThePacificOceanistotheeast.

MostofthewesternhalfofAustraliaishighland.Butitisnotveryhigh,andthelandisratherflat.Highflatlandisnotcalledmountains.ItiscalledPlateau.ThewestofAustraliaiscalledtheWestern-AustralianPlateau.Itisabout300mhigh.

ThereishighlandintheeastofAustralia,too.Someofitisplateauandsomeofitismountains.Thehighestmountainisinthesoutheast.ItiscalledMTKosciusko.Itis2228mhigh.ThishighlandintheeastissometimescalledtheGreatDividingRange.Ithasthisnamebecauseitdividestheeastcoastfromtherestofthecountry.BetweentheGreatDividingRangeandthewesternAustralianPlateauthelandislow.ThispartofthecountryiscalledtheCentralLowlands.

TheonlybigriverinAustraliaistheRiverMurray.ItbeginsinthemountainsinthesoutheastofthecountryanditrunswestwardintotheIndianOcean.

6.Australiais__________.

A）abigisland 

B）asmallisland 

C）thelargestoneoftheislandsintheworldD）thelargestoneofthecontinentsintheworld

7.Chinais__________.

A）about7.7millionsq.km. 

B）about2millionsq.km.

C）about9.7millionsq.km. 

D）about0.7millionsq.km.

8.MostofthewesternhalfofAustraliais______.

A）veryhigh 

B）mountain 

C）flatland 

D）plateau

9.MTKosciuskois__________.

A）inthesoutheast 

B）inthewest 

C）intheeast 

D）plateau

10.WhyisthehighlandintheeastsometimescalledtheGreatDividingRange?

A）Becauseitdividestheeastcoastfromtherestofthecountry.

B）BecausethelandbetweentheGreatDividingRangeandtheWesternAustralianPlateauislow.

C）Becauseitdividesthesoutheastseafromthecountry.

D）BecausetheeastcoastiscalledtheCentralLowlands.

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Bluejeansaretheall-American,all-purposeclothing.Farmersandlaborerswearthemtoworkin.Childrenwearthemtoplayin.Teenagersandadultswearthemtolookfashionable（时髦）.Beforethe1950'

s,bluejeanswerepopularonlyintheWestandtheSouthwest.Todayalmosteveryonewearsthem.

LeviStraussandCompanymakesaboutone-thirdofallthejeansintheUnitedStatesandaboutone-seventhofthoseinothercountries.Infact,foralongtime,peopleusedthewordLevi'

sasasynonym（同义词）forbluejeans.That'

sbecauseLevi'

swerethefirstjeansevermade.TheirinventorwasaGermanimmigrant（移民）namedLeviStrauss.

LeviStraussleftGermanyin1848,whenhewasayoungman.HecametoNewYorkCitytobenearhistwobrothers.Fortwoyears,hewasadoor-to-doorsalesman.Heworkedhard,buthedidn'

tmakemuchmoney.ThenlikemanyotherEasterners,hedecidedtogotoSanFrancisco. 

WhenLeviwentWest,hebroughtsomecanvas（averystrongcloth）withhim.Hewantedtosellittothegoldminersformakingtents.Hiscanvaswasthewrongkindfortents,butLevifoundanotheruseforit.AminertoldLevithatheneededastrongpairofpantsbecausediggingforgoldwashardwork.WhenLeviheardthat,hemadehimapairofcanvaspants.TheminerpaidLevi$6ingolddustandtoldtheothersabout"

thosepantsofLevi'

s"

.Leviquicklysoldalotofpants,butheranoutofcanvas.HewrotetohisbrothersinNewYorkandtoldthemtosendmore.Instead,theysenthimsomeheavycottonclothcalleddenim.MuchofthiskindofclothcamefromGenes（theFrenchnameforthecityofGenoa,Italy）.LevichangedthespellingofGenestojeans.Healsodyed（染）thedenimblue.Hecalledhisnewpantsbluejeans.

11.Accordingtothepassage,bluejeansdidn'

tbecomepopularacrosstheUnitedStatesuntilafter______.

A）themid-17thcenturyB）themid-18thcenturyC）themid-19thcenturyD）themid-20thcentury

12.ThepurposeofLeviStrauss'

movingfromGermanytotheU.S.wasto______.

A）livenearhistwobrothersinNewYorkB）makemoneyasadoor-to-doorsalesman

C）findgoldinCaliforniawithotherEasternersD）inventandsellbluejeanstominers

13.Whichlanguageistheword"

jeans"

from?

A）English 

B）French 

C）German 

D）Italian

14.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

A）LeviStraussmadethefirstjeansforaWesterngoldminer.

B）LeviStrausswentWestbecausehewasunsuccessfulinNewYork.

C）LeviStraussbeganhisbusinesscareerasagoldminer.

D）LeviStrausswasthefirstintheworldtomakejeans.

15.Bluejeansare______.

A）madeofdeniminsteadofcanvas 

B）thestrongpantsonlyforhardworklikegold-mining

C）well-lovedbyalimitednumberofpeopleatacertainage

D）thefashionableclothinginventedbyLeviandhisbrothers

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Somechildrenarebackwardinspeaking.Mostoftenthereasonforthisisthatthemotherisinsensitivetothecuesandsignalsoftheinfant,whosebrainisprogrammedtomopup（吸收）languagerapidly.Therearecriticaltimes,itseems,whenchildrenlearnmorereadily.Ifthesesensitiveperiodsareneglected,theidealtimeforacquiringskillspassesandtheymightneverbelearnedsoeasilyagain.Abirdlearnstosingandtoflyrapidlyattherighttime,buttheprocessisslowandhardoncethecriticalstagehaspassed. 

Linguistssuggestthatspeechmilestonesarereachedinafixedsequenceandataconstantage,buttherearecaseswherespeechhasstartedlateinachildwhoeventuallyturnsouttobeofhighIQ（IntelligenceQuotient智商）.Attwelveweeksababysmilesanduttersvowel-likesounds;

attwelvemonthshecanspeaksimplewordsandunder-standsimplecommands;

ateighteenmonthshehasavocabularyofthirtytofiftywords.Atthreeheknowsabout1000wordswhichhecanputintosentences,andatfourhislanguagediffersfromthatofhisparentsinstyleratherthangrammar.

Recentevidencesuggeststhataninfantisbornwiththecapacitytospeak.Whatisspecialaboutman'

sbrain,comparedwiththatforthemonkey,isthecomplexsystemwhichenablesachildtoconnectthesightandfeelof,say,ateddy-bearwiththesoundpattern"

teddy-bear"

.Andevenmoreincredible（不可思议）istheyoungbrain'

sabilitytopickoutanorderinlanguagefromthehubbub（喧哗）ofsoundaroundhim,toanalyse,tocombineandrecombinethepartsofalanguageinnovelways. 

Butspeechhastobetriggered（触发）,andthisdependsoninteractionbetweenthemotherandthechild,wherethemotherrecognizesthecuesandsignalsinthechild'

s 

babbling,（咿咿呀呀）clinging,grasping, 

crying,smiling,andrespondstothem.Insensitivityofthemothertothesesignalsdullstheinteractionbecausethechildgetsdiscouragedandsendsoutonlytheobvious 

signals.Sensitivitytothechild'

snon-verbalcuesisessentialtothegrowthandd