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1、2014高考英语阅读理解抓分练习题(53)及答案 Washington: A research conducted at the University of Maryland looks at the numerous complex reasons as to why young children decide to include or exclude (排斥) other kids from their group of friends. It suggests that the kids decision-making process is much more complex than
2、 previously believed. They take into account group information, ranging from cliques (小圈子) and networks, when deciding what makes a group work well. Sometimes kids are excluded because they lack social skills, but a lot of time it has nothing to do with that. Instead it has to do with what we refer
3、to as group membership such as gender, race, nation, and culture, says Professor Melanie Killen, the Associate Director of the Centre for Children Relationships and Culture at Maryland, who led the 4-year project. Reporting their findings in the journal, the researcher said whatever was the reason,
4、individuals who experienced long-term exclusion (排斥) from the group of friends suffered from depression, anxiety and loneliness. The study looked at two models to define how children make decisions regarding acceptance of other kids in their group - the individual social deficit model and the inter-
5、group social cognition (认同) model. While the former says that childrens rejection occurs due to social deficits like shyness, wariness or fearfulness, the latter says that it happens because of group dynamics, prejudice and exclusion. It was also found that the age of children was also a factor that
6、 influenced their decisions regarding other kids acceptance as friends. With age, kids become more aware of group dynamics, conventions, customs, and rituals. With this comes a greater concern about group functioning, which can lead to exclusion which can be negative from a social justice viewpoint,
7、 says Killen. The researcher believes that her study may have many benefits, as it could provide insights into how to help when children are rejected by their peers.9. While making friends, kids think more about the following EXCEPT _. A. social skills B. culture C. race D. gender10. The underlined
8、word deficit in Paragraph 5 may mean “_”. A. skill B. relationship C. weakness D. experience11. One of the major purposes of the research is to _. A. tell the reader how to tell inclusion from exclusion B. remind children to be careful while making friends C. seek ways to help kids excluded by their
9、 peers D. stop the children belonging to the inter-group social cognition model12. While making friends, children exclude those of social deficit model to _. A. keep their groups purer B. make their groups more socially powerful C. refuse other customs and cultures D. prove their groups to be strict
10、13. The proper title for this passage is _.A. Techniques of making friends B. Social communication among kids C. Making friends - a special culture D. Kids complex way of making friends参考答案-ACCBD 【福建省南平一中2013三模】DIts 10 pm. You may not know where your child is, but the chip(芯片) does. The chip will al
11、so know if your child has fallen and needs immediate help. Once doctors arrive, the chip will also be able to tell them which drugs are not suitable for little Johnny or Janie. At the hospital, the chip will tell doctors his or her complete medical history. And of course, when you arrive to pick up
12、your child, settling the hospital bill with your health insurance policy will be a simple matter of waving your own chip-the one embedded(植入) in your hand. To some, this may sound unbelievable. But the technology for such chips is no longer the stuff (东西) of science fiction. And it may soon offer ma
13、ny other benefits besides locating(定位) lost children or elderly patients. It could be used as credit cards and people wont have to carry wallets anymore. On the other hand, some are already wondering what this sort of technology may do to the sense of personal privacy and liberty. “Any technology of
14、 this kind could result in improper use of personal privacy,” says Lee Tien, senior staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. “If a kid can be tracked, do you want other people to be able to track your kid? Its a double-edged sword.”Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. in Palm Beach, Florida
15、, says it has recently applied to the Food and Drug Administration for permission to begin testing its device in humans. About the size of a grain of rice, the microchip can be encoded (编码) with bits of information and embedded in humans under a layer (表层)of skin. When scanned by a nearby reader, the embedded chip gives the data.Most embedded chip designs are so-called passive chips, which give information only when scanned by a nearby reader. But active chips-such as the proposed(被提议)Digital Angel of the future-will give out information all the time. And that means designers will