Researchers put patients through a set of psychological tests to determine the negative
A、deficit
B、abundance
C、defend
D、derive
A、deficit
B、abundance
C、defend
D、derive
A.joint
B.intensive
C.overall
D.decisive
The ports themselves reckon they are responsible for about 12% of all the diesel particle emissions and 45% of the sulphur oxides (硫的 氧化物) in southern California. Carried east by prevailing winds, such pollutants help to create some of America's worst air more than 50 miles inland. Those who live close to the freeways leading out of the ports suffer the most. Researchers have found that children living within a few hundred meters of such roads are not only more likely to suffer from asthma, a disease of the breathing system and characterized by sudden recurring attacks of labored breathing, and coughing. They actually have smaller lungs.
The most ambitious effort to control pollution, and the one that may affect the local economy most drastically, involves truckers. Some 16,000 lorries currently haul containers between ships and warehouses, most of whom are owned by Hispanic immigrants. The drivers put in long hours: 13 a day is not unusual, according to a survey. They earn, on average, just under $35,000 a year. Such jobs, like many connected to the port, are an important stepping-stone on the path to the middle class.
The ports want to remove the oldest trucks and gradually upgrade the others so that, within five years, the fleet emits four-fifths less pollution than at present. To help pay for this, they intend to levy (征收-) a fee of $34 to $54 on every “dirty” vehicle entering the port. Most important, they want to turn a large, unwieldy network of independent contractors into a more orderly group of companies, as happens in an airport. “We need to have more control,” explains Geraldine Knatz, the head of Los Angeles' port.
The reforms do nonetheless pose a threat to the ports' competitiveness. At present, the truckers who work at the docks are price-takers, not price-setters. Because they are self-employed, they are almost impossible to unionize, and consequently have little bargaining power. All that could quite easily change if they were to become the employees of a few large firms. Indeed, the most enthusiastic welcome for the ports' plans has come not from environmental groups but from the Teamsters' union.
第31题:What is the passage mainly about?
[A]The consequences of shipping industry in southern California.
[B]The causes of pollution along the coast of southern California.
[C]The pollution problem of the shipping industry in southern California.
[D]The role of shipping industry in southern California's economy.
A.known
B.informed
C.noticed
D.told
Which of the following statements is proposed by researchers?
A. Later-borns do not compete for attention.
B. First-borns tend to become rebels.
C. Later-borns are prone to diseases.
D. First-borns achieve more than younger ones.
A trillion phone calls later, the conversation is the same. When children are teased or tyrannized, the parental impulse is to grab the phone and rant. But these days, as studies in the U.S.show bullying on the rise and parental supervision on the decline, researchers who study bullying say that calling moms and dads is more futile than ever. Such calls often lead to playground recriminations and don’t really teach our kids any lessons about how to navigate the world and resolve conflicts.
When you call parents, you want them to “extract the cruelty” from their bullying children, says Laura Kavesh, a child psychologist in Evanston, Illinois. “But many parents are blown away by the idea of their child being cruel. They won’t believe it.” In a recent police-department survey in Oak Harbor, Washington, 89% of local high school students said they had engaged in bullying behavior. Yet only 18% of parents thought their children would act as bullies.
In a new U.S.PTA survey, 5% of parents support contacting other parents to deal with bullying. But many educators warn that those conversations can be misinterpreted, causing tempers to flare. Instead, they say, parents should get objective outsiders, like principals, to mediate.
Meanwhile, if you get a call from a parent who is angry about your child’s bullying, listen without getting defensive. That’s what Laura McHugh of Castro Valley, California, did when a caller told her that her then 13-year-old son had spit in another boy’s food. Her son had confessed, but the victim’s mom “wanted to make sure my son hadn’t given her son a nasty disease,” says McHugh, who apologized and promised to get her son tested for AIDS and other diseases. She knew the chance of contracting any disease this way was remote, but her promise calmed the mother and showed McHugh’s son that his bad behaviour was being taken seriously. McHugh, founder of Parents Coach Kids, a group that teaches parenting skills, sent the mom the test results. All were negative.
Remember: once you make a call, you might not like what you hear. If you have an itchy dialing finger, resist temptation. Put it in your pocket.
第11题:The word “bullying” probably means _____.
[A] frightening and hurting [B] teasing [C] behaving like a tyrant [D] laughing at
The researchers have been working hard to
A.reduce the damage by earthquakes
B.explore the functions of bamboo
C.build bamboo houses for a billion people
D.design bamboo house models
A.become more stable
B.report increased earnings
C.do less well in the stock market
D.perform. worse in lawsuits
If you are a put seller, you have to ______ in order to offset the original deal.
A.buy a put at a lower strike price and earlier expiration
B.sell a put with the same strike price and expiration
C.buy a put with the same strike price and expiration
D.sell a put at a higher strike price and earlier expiration
The passage indicates that Shakespeare put ______ into Romeo and Juliet.
A.historical events
B.Elizabethan beliefs
C.his personal experience
D.political issues at the time