阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　The old idea that child prodigies(神童)“burn themselves” or “overtax their brains” in the early years, therefore, are prey to failure and(at worst)mental illness is just a myth．As a matter of fact, the outstanding thing that happens to bright children is that they are very likely to grow into bright adults．To find this out, 1500 gifted persons were followed up to their thirty－fifth year with these results：

　　On adult intelligence tests, they scored as high as they did as children．They were, as a group, in good health, physically and mentally．Eighty－four percent of their group were married and seemed content with their life．

　　About 70 percent had graduated from colleges, though only 30 percent had graduated with honors．A few had even flunked out(退学), but nearly half of these had returned to graduate．

　　Of the men, 80 percent were in one of the professions or in business, managers or semiprofessional jobs．The women who had remained single had offices, business, or professional occupations．

　　The group had published 90 books and 1, 500 articles in scientific, scholarly, and literary magazines and had collected more than 100 patents(专利权)．

　　In a material way they didn't do badly either．Average income was considerably higher among the gifted people, especially the men, than for the country as a whole, despite their comparative youth when last surveyed．

　　In fact, far from being strange, maladjusted(难以适应)people locked in an ivory tower, most of the gifted were turning their early promises into practical reality．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nov．10－A 14－year－old boy was arrested today after the rotten body of an 8－year－old girl who was his neighbor was found hidden in his bedroom．She had been stabbed and beaten．

　　The boy, Joshua Earl Patrick Philips, admitted and was charged with murder in the death of the girl, Maddie Clifton, who disappeared on Nov．3, Sheriff Nat Glover said．

　　Joshua, who has no criminal record, would not be eligible(合格的)for the death punishment because of his age．Detectives discovered a knife and a baseball bat believed to be the weapons used to kill the girl, the Sheriff said．

　　The girl had been stabbed at least nine times and was struck in the head, Sheriff Glover said at a news conference．The authorities did not say whether she has been attacked sexually, nor did they give motive for the attack．

　　The boy's mother, Melissa Philips, grew suspicious after the police searched her home on Monday and detected an odor(strange smell), the Sheriff said．This morning she pulled aside the frame of the bed, saw a child's feet and called an officer, he said．

　　Maddie's body was found under a sheet of wood supporting the frame of the water bed, which was filled, Sheriff Glover said, adding, “He put her under the bed and taped her up in it．”

　　Investigators believe the third－grader was killed in the boy's house shortly after she disappeared last Tuesday, touching off a widespread search．

　　On Friday, Maddie's parents, Steve and Sheila Clifton, made an earnest request for her return．

　　The boy's house, like others in the neighborhood, had been searched three times．During the third search on Monday, the mother had at first said she thought the odor came from family pets．

　　Hundreds of volunteers had sent thousands of leaflets with Maddie's picture since she disappeared that evening, about 30 minutes after she went out to play with friends．

　　The girl's house is one of the well－kept, single－family homes in the older working－class of Jacksonville．Yellow ribbons(丝带)still hung from the trees this morning．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Having taken a room at the hotel at which he had been instructed to stay, Smallwood went out; it was a lovely day, early in August, and the sun shone in an unclouded sky．He had not been to Lucerne since he was a boy, but remembered a covered bridge, though not clearly, a great stone lion and a church in which he had sat, bored yet impressed while they played an organ(风琴)；and now wandering along a shady quay(码头)he tried not so much to find his way about a half forgotten scene as to reform in his mind some memories of the shy and eager boy, so impatient for life, who so long ago had wandered there．But it seemed to him that the most lively of his memories was not of himself, but the crowd; he seemed to remember the sun and the heat and the people; the train was crowded and so was the hotel, the lake steamers were packed and on the quays and in the streets you found your way among the holiday－makers．They were fat and old and ugly and strange．

　　Now, in wartime, Lucerne was as deserted as it must have been before the world discovered that Switzerland was the playground of Europe．Most of the hotels were closed, the streets were empty, the boats for hire rocked idly at the water's edge and there was none to take them, and in the avenue by the lake the only persons to be seen were serious Swiss taking their dogs for their daily walk．Smallwood felt happy and sitting down on a bench that faced the water, surrendered(听任)himself to the sensation．The blue water, snowy mountains, and their beauty hit you in the face．So long, at all events(无论如何)as the fine weather lasted he was prepared to enjoy himself．He didn't see why he should not at least try to combine pleasure to himself with advantage to his country．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　We believe that there is more to education than preparation for a job．Children must be prepared for all aspects(方面)of their adult life work, personal relationships, creative activities, dealing with money matters, independence, and parenthood．

　　But it would be unrealistic(不现实的)to provide an education which took no consideration of the needs of employers．

　　What type of training does the business world regard as important?

　　Many young people applying for jobs were, in the employers' opinions, very weak in the basic skills of handwriting, grammar and spelling．Though additional education at university level improved the students' general ability, a report states, "In basic skills the standards remained stubbornly low．"

　　There are different opinions about whether standards(标准)have gone down in recent years．What is certain is that employers do not believe the standard is now high enough．Do technological changes make greater demands upon the students' abilities?

　　We should also remember that the job expectations of young people have increased．The girls who would have once become shop assistants or hairdressers now want to be secretaries．Boys who sought an apprenticeship(学徒)20 years ago now desire to have an engineering degree．But it is still the same girls and boys with the same degree of ability．No wonder there are problems in reaching the "necessary standards" of the business world．

　　Many employers believed that it was important for teachers to have experience outside the world of college and school．They should work for a while at some other kinds of job "to see how the world of business are different form their own"．The teaching occupation and society in general needed a greater understanding of manpower needs and therefore of "the desired" direction of the education system．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Malls are popular places for Americans to go．Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called mall rats．Mall rats shop until they drop in the hundreds of stores under one roof．

　　People like malls for many reasons．They feel safe because malls have police stations or private security(安全)guards．Parking is usually free, and the weather inside is always fine．The newest malls have beautiful rest area with waterfalls and large green trees．

　　The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota．It covers 4.2 million square feet．It has 350 stores, eight night clubs, and a seven－acre(公顷)park! There are parking spaces for 12, 750 cars．About 750, 000 people shop every week．

　　The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota．People loved doing all their shopping in one place．More malls were built all over the country．Now, malls are like town centers where people come to do many things．They shop, of course．They also eat in food houses that have food from all over the world．They see movies at theatres．Some people even get their daily exercise by doing the new sport of mall walking．Others go to malls to meet friends．

　　In some malls, people can see a doctor or a dentist and even attend church．In other words, people can do just about everything in malls．Now residents(居民)can actually live in their favorite shopping center．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　A man was on the side of the road hitchhiking(搭便车)on a very dark night in the middle of a terrible rainstorm, with no cars on the road．The storm was so strong that the man could hardly see a few feet ahead of him．Suddenly, he saw a car come towards him and stop．The man, without thinking about it, got in the car and closed the door and only then did he realize that there was nobody behind the steering wheel(方向盘)!

　　The car started to move very slowly．The man looked at the road and saw a curve(拐弯处)coming his way．Terrified, he started to pray, begging for his life．He had not come out of shock when, just before the car hit the curve, a hand suddenly appeared through the window and moved the wheel．The man, paralyzed(麻痹，瘫痪)with fear, watched how the hand appeared every time the car was drawing near a curve．Finally, although terrified, the man managed to open the door and jump out of the spooky(阴森森的)car．Without looking back, the man ran through the storm all the way to the nearest town．In a state of complete horror, the man walked into a nearby bar and asked for two glasses of Scotch whisky．

　　Then, still shaking with fright, he started telling everybody in the bar about the horrible experience he just went through in the spooky car．Everyone in the bar listened in silence and became frightened, with hair standing on end, when they realized the man was telling the truth because he was crying and he was certainly not drunk!

　　About half an hour later, two other young men walked into the same bar and one said to the other, “Hey, there's a stupid man who jumped into the car while we were pushing it! ”

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　　I got my first driver's license in 1953 by taking driver education in my first year at Central High School in Charlotte, North Carolina．Four years later when it was time to renew my license I was a married woman．Henry and I were living in Baltimore, Maryland．Two weeks before my 20^th birthday, Henry drove me to the motor vehicle office on a hot July afternoon．When I got to the office and showed to the man behind the counter my North Carolina driver's license, ready to renew, the man told me that I was under age by Maryland law since I was not yet 21．“Mr．Henry Smith, your husband, will have to sign for you,” he said．

　　I argued, pointing to a very large belly of mine,” I am married．I am having a baby．Why should I have to have someone sign for me to drive?” He answered coldly, “It's the law, madam?” Henry encouraged me to calm down, just go ahead and get the license and be done with it．“No．” I said．I refused to have him sign for me．So I left without a Maryland license．

　　I called the North Carolina Motor Vehicle Office and renewed my NC license by mail－using my name Susan Brown．And thus it was for the next twelve years．Since Henry was in the army I could drive under my home state license．By the time Henry left the army we were once again living in Maryland, and I had to take the Maryland driver's exam．Since then I just go in and renew every four years－sign the name Susan Brown, have my new picture taken, and walk out with a license to drive．

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　　Sports can help you keep fit and get in touch with nature．However, whether you are on the mountains, in the waves, or on the grassland, you should be aware that your sport of choice might have great influence on the environment．

　　Some sports are resource－hungry．Golf, as you may know, eats up not only large areas of countryside, but also tons of water．Besides, all sorts of chemicals and huge amounts of energy are used to keep its courses(球场)in good condition．This causes major environmental effects．For example, in the dry regions of Portugal and Spain, golf is often held responsible for serious water shortage in some local areas．

　　There are many environment－friendly sports．Power walking is one of them that you could take up today．You don't need any special equipment except a good pair of shoes; and you don't have to worry about resources and your purse．Simple and free, power walking can also keep you fit．If you walk regularly, it will be good for your heart and bones．Experts say that 20 minutes of power walking daily can make you feel less anxious, sleep well and have better weight control．

　　Whatever sport you take up, you can make it greener by using environment－friendly equipment and buying products made from recycled materials．But the final goal should be “green gyms” ．They are better replacements for traditional health clubs and modern sports centers．Members of green gyms play sports outdoors, in the countryside or other open spaces．There is no special requirement for you to start your membership．And best of all, it's free．

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