Are you sometimes a little tired and sleepy in the early afternoon? Many people feel this way after lunch. They may think that eating lunch is the cause of the sleepiness. Or，in summer，they may think it is the heat. However，the real reason lies inside their bodies. At that time—about eight hours after you wake up—your body temperature goes down. This is what makes you slow down and feel sleepy. Scientists have tested sleep habits in experiments where there was no night or day. The people in these experiments almost always followed a similar sleeping pattern. They slept for one long period and then for one short period about eight hours later.
In many parts of the world，people take naps (小睡) in the middle of the day. This is especially true in warmer climates，where the heat makes work difficult in the early afternoon. Researchers are now saying that naps are good for everyone in any climate. A daily nap gives one a more rested body and mind and therefore is good for health in general. In countries where naps are traditional，people often suffer less from problems such as heart disease. Many working people，unfortunately，have no time to take naps. Though doctors may advise taking naps，employers don't follow it! If you do have the chance，however，here are a few tips about making the most of your nap. Remember that the best time to take a nap is about eight hours after you get up. A short sleep too late in the day may only make you feel more tired and sleepy afterward. This can also happen if you sleep for too long. If you do not have enough time，try a short nap — even ten minutes of sleep can be helpful.
1. Why do you sometimes feel sleepy in the early afternoon?| A．Because you eat too much for lunch. |
| B．Because it's hot in summer. |
| C．Because your body temperature goes down at that time. |
| D．Because you didn't have a good sleep last night. |
| A．All the people in warmer climates take naps in the middle of the day. |
| B．Doctors need to take naps while employers don't. |
| C．If you take naps every day，you'll never suffer from heart disease. |
| D．Taking naps regularly is beneficial to people's health. |
| A．If you get up at 6：30 am，you'd better take a nap at about 2：30 pm. |
| B．Taking a nap whenever you want will do good to your health. |
| C．You will feel less sleepy if you sleep for a long time. |
| D．You'll feel sleepy at regular intervals. |
| A．Just for a Rest | B．All for a Nap |
| C．A Special Sleep Pattern | D．Taking Naps in Warmer Climates |
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Researchers found that women are overcome by a burning desire to share gossip (流言蜚语) as soon as they hear it. They will typically tell the secret to at least one other person in 47 hours. Depending on who the gossip is about, their boyfriend, husband, best friend or mother is most likely to be the recipients (接受者) of the information.
The study of 3,000 women aged between 18 and 65 also found that four out of ten admitted they were unable to keep a secret — no matter how personal or secret the news was. It was also found that alcohol usually gives us a helping hand to let out secrets — with more than half admitting a glass or two of wine could get them to dish the dirt.
Michael Cox, UK Director of Wines of Chile, said, “ It’s official that women can’t keep secrets. We are really eager to find out with this survey how many secrets people are told. What we don’t count on is how quickly these are passed on by those we trust. No matter how precious the piece of information is, it often comes out within 48 hours.”
Three quarters say they are able to keep quiet about a secret, and 83 percent consider themselves 100 percent reliable within each group of friends. Yet, four in ten admit gossiping to a close friend from another friendship group. Nearly half (45 percent) disclose secrets just for the weight to be lifted from their shoulders. More than four in ten think it is acceptable to share a friend’s secret with someone who doesn’t know him or her.
Private issues, true cost of purchases and affairs emerged top of the secret-keeping list, with girls most likely to share a secret chatting face-to-face, on the phone or via a text message. Fortunately, over a quarter (27 percent) said they forgot what they were told the following day.
1. Please explain the underlined words “ dish the dirt ” in English. (No more than 5 words.)2. What makes women more likely pass on gossip? (No more than 3 word.)
3. What kinds of secrets are women most interested in? (No more than 10 words.)
4. Why do about half women tell secrets to others? (No more than 10 words.)
5. Should women tell secrets to others or keep secrets? Please give your opinions and reasons. (No more than 25 words.)
【推荐2】Teaching can be fairly challenging. Often you find yourself faced with a class made up of a diverse student body. Catering to each student’s individual needs can be difficult.
As a result, many teachers are looking for research-backed study methods to encourage their students to perform well. The Pygmalion effect is one such method. The Pygmalion is also known as the Rosenthal effect. Psychologist Robert Rosenthal wrote that teachers who hold high expectations of their students have better-performing students than those teachers with low expectations.
According to the Pygmalion effect, people internalize (内化) the labels placed on them by others. Thus, those who receive positive labels from others are found to think more positively of themselves, while those receiving negative labels think negatively of themselves. These ideas of self can affect performance, with positive ideas of self producing better performance.
One way to get students to feel positive in the classroom is by giving them a choice. While the teacher is the authority in the classroom, it’s essential that students feel included. While teachers have to reach certain curriculum (课程) requirements each week, giving students a say in deciding which goals to reach each week may be helpful. Students who take part in the curriculum planning process may perform more positively.
Satisfying a diverse student body can be difficult, but the Pygmalion effect can help improve student performance. Allowing students to engage in a positive classroom environment will help improve performance.
1. What do the underlined words “catering to” in Paragraph 1 mean?| A．Satisfying. | B．Understanding. |
| C．Transforming. | D．Evaluating. |
| A．Guide students to study effectively. |
| B．Require students to take certain curriculums. |
| C．Have students become the authority in classroom. |
| D．Involve students in making plans for their courses. |
| A．Worried. | B．Favoured. |
| C．Indifferent. | D．Critical. |
| A．Teaching is fairly challenging. |
| B．The Pygmalion effect is widly used. |
| C．One way to get students to perform well in class. |
| D．The learning methods accessible for different students. |
【推荐3】All living things need energy to move and grow. Energy can come in many different forms.
Where do plants get their energy? They get their energy from the sun. Plants absorb sunlight with their leaves.
Plants are called producers because they produce their own food. Producers form the base of every food chain in an ecosystem. Plants are eaten by animals, which are eaten by larger animals. For example, a plant takes in energy from the sun and turns it into plant food.
The food humans eat provides us with energy. When we chew and digest food, a chemical reaction takes place.
| A．The energy produced from this reaction fuels our bodies. |
| B．Eater, that plant might be eaten by a rabbit, giving the rabbit energy. |
| C．Notice how you feel when you eat whole foods like vegetables and fruits. |
| D．Through this process, energy from the sun is moved from one living thing to another. |
| E．They use the sun’s energy to change water and carbon dioxide into plant food and oxygen. |
| F．The amount of energy we get from food depends on which nutrients are in the food we eat. |
| G．For example, light energy, heat energy, and chemical energy are all different forms of energy. |
【推荐1】For the rapidly decreasing number of Americans who’ve never heard of pickleball, the little-known paddleball game is one of America’s fastest-growing sports.
Invented in 1965 by three middle-aged fathers in Washington state, pickleball is an odd cross among tennis, ping-pong and badminton, played with a paddle and a perforated (穿孔的) plastic ball. The founders are said to have named the game after a family dog called Pickles.
Most of pickleball’s core players — those who play more than eight times per year — are over age 65, but the game is getting younger, with the strongest growth among players under 55, according to USA Pickleball. But with so many new players, the US is struggling to keep up with the demand for courts. The country has only about 10,000 places to play, by USA Pickleball’s count, but that continues to grow by several dozen every month.
Pickleball is also fast becoming a spectator sport (观赏性运动). Its first professional tournament, the Professional Pickleball Association (PPA) Tour, was formed in 2018 and the professional players are being able to really become celebrities and spotlights. Traditional broadcasters’ interest in the sport is growing. So far, pickleball fans can watch amateur and professional matches on sports or social channels, mostly online.
“The ability for a sport to find an audience quickly via social media is unprecedented (前所未有的),” says Ben Shields, who lectures at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and studies the sports industry. Shields adds that pickleball still needs a famous star to draw in wider audiences, as has been the key to success for other sports leagues — that also started with grassroots and unusual names. “I think if pickleball, in its own humble way, can continue to grow its participation and find ways to make the sport an appealing fan product, who knows, 10, or 20 years, it could be a big competitor in the global sports industry.”
1. What do we know about the pickleball game from the text?| A．It was named after a dog. |
| B．It was popular among young kids. |
| C．It’s a cross between tennis and volleyball. |
| D．It was invented by three ordinary women. |
| A．The playing time. | B．The form of matches. |
| C．The number of courts. | D．The participation rate. |
| A．Humble. | B．Inflexible. | C．Harmful. | D．Influential. |
| A．The History of Pickleball | B．The Growing Popularity of Pickleball |
| C．The Rise and Fall of Pickleball | D．The Rules of Playing Pickleball |
【推荐2】Environmental groups and rock climbers are always at loggerheads because of the effect of rock climbing on the environment. There have been many examples, wherein rock climbers are accused of going into natural reserves and treating the animals, plants and rocks there badly. However, with the changing times, rock climbers are conscious and carry out minimal climbing.
Rock climbers hammer bolts (螺栓) on climbing routes and in the process damage the nature of rocks. In addition, climbing activities also have an effect on the animals and plants situated near the climbing area. The plants growing near the base of rocks are trampled (踩踏), and the animals living in the climbing area are forced out of their places, whenever humans are around. For example, during the summer climbing season, pregnant females of an endangered species of snake live in open areas like roadsides, exposed walls or rocks, where there is less canopy closure (树冠郁闭) compared to areas occupied by non-pregnant females and males. According to climbers, these open areas are very ft for climbing during summer.
Many rock climbers have understood the significance of wildlife plant and animal preservation and related issues, and therefore take measures to reduce effects on climbing areas. Considering the effect of climbing activities on natural reserves, various national parks and wildlife agencies have put forth certain regulations on climbers. There are seasonal closures of climbing areas to avoid illegal entrance of uninformed rock climbers.
Climbers are always expected to support wilderness preservation. Many environmental organizations have been formed to protect the environment and in the process draw up certain guidelines for rock climbers. Both sides have come to a common understanding of the effect of rock climbers on protected areas.
1. What does the underlined part “at loggerheads” in Paragraph 1 mean?| A．In support. | B．In difficulty. |
| C．In disagreement. | D．In communication. |
| A．To show how special their living habits are. | B．To show rock climbing affects their lives. |
| C．To show climbers are exposed to great danger. | D．To show how to avoid wild animals in summer. |
| A．Give guidelines to rock climbers. | B．Accuse climbers of their climbing. |
| C．Close some secured natural reserves. | D．Encourage climbers to choose open areas. |
| A．Efforts made to protect rock climbers. | B．The recent popularity of rock climbing. |
| C．Environmental issues of rock climbing. | D．Rock climbers’ environmental awareness. |
【推荐3】Air pollution shortens human lives by more than a year, according to a new study from a team of leading environmental engineers and public health researchers. Better air quality could lead to a significant extension of lifespan(寿命) around the world.
It is the first time that data on air pollution and the lifespan has been studied together in order to check how air pollution affects overall life expectancy.
The researchers looked at outdoor air pollution from particulate matter (PM)(颗粒物) smaller than 2.5 microns. These particulates can enter deep into the lungs, and breathing PM 2.5 is associated with the increased risk of heart attacks, strokes and cancers. PM 2.5 pollution comes from power plants, cars and trucks, fires, agriculture and industrial emissions(排放物).
Led by Joshua Apte, the team used data from the Global Burden of Disease Study to measure PM 2.5 air pollution exposure and its consequences in 185 countries. They then quantified the national impact on life expectancy for each individual country as well as on a global scale.
“The fact that air pollution is a major global killer is already wellknown,” said Apte. “And we all care about how long we can live. Here, we were able to systematically identify how air pollution shortens lives around the world. What we found is that air pollution has a very large effect on survival — on average about a year globally.”
In the context of other significant phenomena negatively affecting human survival rates, Apte said this is a big number. “For example, it’s considerably larger than the benefit in survival we might see if we found cures for both lung and breast cancer combined,” he said. “In countries like India and China, the benefit for elderly people of improving air quality would be especially large. For much of Asia, if air pollution were removed as a risk for death, 60yearolds would have a 15 percent to 20 percent higher chance of living to age 85 or older.”
1. What do we know about PM 2.5?| A．It has a bad effect on human health. | B．It will be controlled in the future. |
| C．It only comes from industrial emissions. | D．It spreads to the world from Asian countries. |
| A．They collected accurate information from all the Asian countries. |
| B．They employed the research data to calculate the effect. |
| C．They studied the disease and lifespan together time and time again. |
| D．They measured particulate matter much more carefully than before. |
| A．The key to people living longer is good air quality. |
| B．People think air pollution is the most dangerous killer to them. |
| C．Apte will agree that people should take action to deal with air pollution. |
| D．Factories should decrease the production of cars to stop air pollution. |
| A．The Way Human Beings Enjoy a Longer Lifespan |
| B．The Importance of Getting Rid of Air Pollution |
| C．Asian People Are Suffering from Serious Air Pollution |
| D．Air Pollution Reduces the Lifespan by More than One Year |
【推荐1】A modern phone can put the world at the user’s fingertips. Calls, messaging, photos and information access, all make for a better lifestyle. But sometimes, these phones are of little practical use. Leku Wuniure’s 63-year-old mother communicates in the Yi language, because she can’t read Chinese or speak Mandarin and is even unable to read numbers. As a result, a very simple, taken-for-granted feature of any modern phone like finding someone, can prove to be difficult. Whenever she wants to call her son, she has to ask someone to help her to dial his number.
Leku, 25, a young man of the Yi ethnic (彝族) group, naturally, wanted to help. So he created an app that responds to his mother’s request to “call my son” in the Yi language. Once this is said, the app will automatically(自动地) dial his number. The app is called Yayou. It turned out to be a fantastic aid for his mother and has also benefited many among the more than 8 million Yi people in China.
“With the app, I wanted to help my mom, as well as the Yi people,” says Leku, a college student at Chongqing University. “Besides my mother’s plight, I’ve also seen some villagers, who left to make a living as workers in cities, suffering financial losses or misunderstanding due to the obstacles (障碍) in communication.”
The dream is becoming bigger-after more than two years’ development, Leku and his partner Mise Achang are ready to launch an updated version of their app in May. The 2.0 version of Yayou will have several new functions, providing news and entertainment content, as well as online shopping services, in both the Yi and Chinese languages. What’s more exciting, some users will be able to test the new voice assistant function and interact with their smartphones in the Yi language, before its final release.
With the app, users could listen to more songs, watch videos and read news presented on the app in the Yi language. The app, apart from bringing greater convenience, can also serve as an important cultural tool. It can be used as a database to collect oral and written records of Yi culture and help keep it.
1. What makes it hard for Leku’s Mother to ring him up?| A．New technology. | B．Language difficulty. | C．Her old age. | D．The complex number. |
| A．Understanding. | B．Impression. | C．Trouble. | D．Request. |
| A．To develop a latest multifunctional version of their app. |
| B．To help Leku’s mom communicate better. |
| C．To get over the communication obstacles. |
| D．To help interract with their smartphones. |
| A．Mother’s Request Is Satisfied. | B．App Helps Ring in a Better Life. |
| C．A Practical App for Cellphone. | D．A Clever Son and His Mother. |
【推荐2】Managing a popular tourist attraction can be kind of like throwing a party — everyone wants to come and have fun, but nobody wants to help clean up when it's over. But the Faroe Islands have come up with a creative way to take care of their home and welcome visitors at the same time.
An official notice on the islands' national tourism website reads "closed for maintenance (维护), open for voluntourism.”Following a successful plan this year, the country has made the decision to "close” its major tourism sights and attractions during the weekend of April 16-17, 2020. Hotels will be open, and flights will continue. That weekend, people all over the Faroe Islands will be working on environmental protection projects.
However, people who are just dying to visit the Faroe Islands during that weekend can sign on to help with the housekeeping. The islands are looking for 100 volunteers to come to the country to help with the caretaking efforts. There were thousands of applications for the 2019 plan, so would-be islanders better apply fast.
"For us, tourism is not all about numbers, " Director at Visit Faroe Islands told CNN Travel earlier this year." We welcome visitors to the islands each year, but we also have a responsibility to our community and to our beautiful environment, and our aim is to protect the islands, ensuring responsible growth." The first group of voluntourists included travelers from Mexico, Israel, Australia, China and the United States. The director said that because of the surprising popularity of the volunteering weekend in 2019, the Faroes will host the event yearly. According to the Faroes' tourism authority, visits to the country have increased by 10% over the past few years.
1. Who can visit the Faroe Islands on April 16-17, 2020?| A．Any tourists. | B．Selected voluntourists. |
| C．Housekeepers. | D．All islanders. |
| A．To protect and develop their home. | B．To make more money in tourism. |
| C．To attract more foreign visitors. | D．To please the tourists. |
| A．All travelers have a chance to volunteer in 2020. |
| B．The Faroe Islands are likely to hold a party yearly. |
| C．The plan has made some difference in recent years. |
| D．Some tourism sights and attractions are closed for all. |
| A．Indifferent. | B．Doubtful. | C．Negative. | D．Objective. |
| A．Sports. | B．Travel. | C．Technology. | D．History. |
【推荐3】Volunteers Wanted!
City of Sunrise Police Department volunteers serve the community while learning more about law administration and making new friends. Volunteers act in a variety of roles - such as providing administrative assistance to the Department, greeting visitors at the Public Safety Complex, and lending a hand at special events. Please review the Sunrise Police Department Volunteer Program Application or call (954) 746-3370 for general information regarding the Department’s volunteer opportunities.
The Department also offers residents an opportunity to participate in the Citizens Volunteer Patrol (CVP). The CVP is designed to reduce crime by having citizens guard their own neighborhoods and report any suspecting or criminal activity to the police. Qualified participants must be 21 years of age or older. For more information, contact PSA Arnie Axelrodat at (954) 746-3770.
Other specialized volunteer programs within the Sunrise Police Department include:
Seniors and Lawmen Together (SALT) Council. SALT is comprised of retired leaders working in cooperation with public safety and elder affairs professionals. Through education and communication, SALT tries to reduce the criminal victimization of older citizens and enhance the delivery of law administration services to seniors. For more information, please call (954) 746-3384.
Police Explorers. This program provides a means through which young men and women aged 14 to 20 may decide, by means of actual experience, whether they would like to pursue a law administration career. The Explorer program focuses on community service and citizen involvement. For more information, please call (954) 746-3376.
1. What can City of Sunrise Police Department volunteers do?| A．Giving law assistance to the Department. |
| B．Greeting visitors in community centre. |
| C．Offering general information to the police. |
| D．Providing help at special events. |
| A．A 21-year-old law graduate. |
| B．A businessman living in the City of Sunrise. |
| C．A retired leader expert in public safety. |
| D．Teenagers pursuing a career in law. |
| A．(954) 746-3370. | B．(954) 746-3770. | C．(954) 746-3384. | D．(954) 746-3376. |
【推荐1】As technology in the security field advances, so does the intelligence of the burglars in prevailing over this technology. Gone are the days when a simple alarm system, connected to your phone line, was enough to protect you from potential security risks.
Cellular alarm systems (蜂窝报警系统)are a replacement of the traditional wired phone line security networks. These systems work just like your cell phone. A cellular module is placed in the main control panel and it sends signals, without the use of wires, to the monitoring station. The cellular signal is sent via the data part of a cellular signal, much like a text message.
Sensors can be placed anywhere in your house. Whenever there is an emergency, the relevant sensor picks up the unusual activity and sends a cellular signal to the main control panel. The control panel serves more than one purpose, which sends a cellular signal at the same time to the monitoring service at the back end. The monitoring service later informs the relevant authorities in the form of high-pitched sirens (高音警笛声). Typically it takes a few minutes for emergency services to arrive at the scene. Depending on the efficiency of your monitoring service and the local authorities, help should arrive soon and deal with the potential threats.
It allows you to monitor your house remotely. All you have to do is simply access the cameras from your phone and keep a check for any unusual activities while you are not around. With cellular technology securing your house, you don’t have to worry about the power failure or even burglars cutting your phone lines.
Since these systems operate on batteries, you should be careful about when the batteries die out. There might be other appliances including microwave ovens and WiFi in the house that can cause disruption (干扰). Ensure that your cellular alarm system's range is not affected by the presence of these appliances. Many homeowners tend to go for wireless systems due to the ease of installation (安装）factor. However，keep in mind that a non-professional installation might actually leave the system easy to damage.
1. What do the underlined words ''prevailing over'' mean in Paragraph 1?| A．Improving. | B．Defeating. |
| C．Worrying about. | D．Looking into. |
| A．They hear high-pitched sirens. |
| B．They read the cellular signal. |
| C．They check the control panel online. |
| D．They notice the unusual activity via sensors. |
| A．It looks like a phone. | B．It is energy-saving. |
| C．It needs to be improved. | D．It is wireless. |
| A．To give cautions about the system. |
| B．To introduce the benefits of the system. |
| C．To call on people to watch out for security risks. |
| D．To teach people to install the system correctly. |
【推荐2】A woman whose sports car was stolen with her dog in it put up notices all over the area that made it clear getting back her pet was more important than her car.
“Whoever did this can keep my car. Please let Benjerman come home,” the notice said.
It is not known whether the thief showed any pity, but almost 30 hours after the 1 p.m. theft Friday, Kimberly Atkins of Dover and Benjerman, a 12-year-old black retriever(猎犬), were reunited after police located them in Barrington.
“He’s hungry, he’s dirty, but he’s very happy to be home,” Atkins said.
The car was found at about 5 p.m. Saturday off Route 125 in a swampy area frequented by off-the-road cars and dirt bikes. However, the police couldn’t control Benjerman, and they had to call Atkins to come and get him.
Atkins said the thief cared for Benjerman a little by providing him with some dry cat food. She believed Benjerman ended up drinking some muddy water in the area.
She said they have been together for nearly 11 years after she took him hack from a society shelter in Dallas, Texas.
Before Benjerman was found, Atkins and several friends put up notices all over the city and in Somersworth. They also contacted animal shelters throughout southern New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
The notice stated there was a reward, and also that the dog needed medication. Any caller could remain anonymous(匿名的).
Atkins had parked the car outside a hardware store with the keys inside and gone in to rent a carpet cleaner.
“It was 10 minutes and I came out and my car was gone along with Benjerman in broad daylight,” Atkins said.
The car thief threw Atkins’ wallet and other personal items out of the car before escaping from the scene.
1. What could be the best title for the passage?| A．A car with a dog was stolen |
| B．Lucky dog was returned to his owner |
| C．Stealing cars: a most important social problem |
| D．Woman wants dog back more than stolen car |
a. Notices were put up saying there was a reward.
b. Atkins saw Benjerman again.
c. Police found Atkins’ car.
d. Atkins took Benjerman back from a society shelter.
e. Atkins hired a carpet cleaner in a hardware store.
| A．d, e, a, b, c | B．e, a, c, d, b |
| C．e, a, d, b, c | D．d, e, a, c, b |
| A．the dog was treated extremely badly by the thief |
| B．car stolen accidents happen frequently nowadays |
| C．the dog was found because of the reward |
| D．the thief stole the car easily |
【推荐3】An 8-year-old boy I know is small for his age, shorter and slighter than his friends, even smaller than his 5-year-old sister. Concerned about the increasing use and possible risks of growth hormone(生长激素), I asked his mother if she’d considered treating him with it. She replied, “Not really. He’s built like his father, who was short and slight as a boy and didn’t shoot up until college.”
His father, at 41, is now 6 feet tall, though still very slender. He recalls being a reasonably athletic child but without the physical power of his friends, making up for what he lacked in mass with speed and agility. “I enjoyed competitive sports and worked on skills others didn’t have,” he told me, and said he encourages his son to recognize and capitalize on the skills he has.
If only every parent with a short but healthy child approached the matter as sensibly. Experts estimate that 60% to 80% of children who are short for their age do not have a growth hormone deficiency(缺乏) or other medical condition that limits growth. But knowing there’s a therapy available to increase height, some parents seek a medical solution for a perceived problem, even when there is no medical abnormality. They should also know, however, that new research has linked growth hormone treatment to serious unfavorable health effects years later.
Dr. Adda Grimberg, a doctor at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, recalled that “Twenty years ago, families were focused on health. They came in with a child who was not growing right and wanted to know if there was an underlying disease. Now, more and more, they’re focused on height. They want growth hormone, looking for a specific height. But this is not like online shopping; you can’t just place an order and make a child the height you want.”
In 2003, the Food and Drug Administration approved use of recombinant human growth hormone for the condition known as “idiopathic short stature”, or short build of unknown cause, which is not a disease. But it has caused a growing number of parents to consider using the hormone to boost the height of their children.
The resulting rush to therapy reflects concerns about a widespread societal bias(偏见) against shortness, rather than a true medical need. Experts have noted that the practice backs up the belief that short stature is unacceptable, leading to an increasing demand for therapy. It is far better, Dr. Grimberg suggested, to help a short child develop coping skills than to buy inches through medicine.
1. As for the parents’ attitude to their 8-year-old boy’s shortness, the author is ________.| A．critical | B．tolerant | C．supportive | D．worried |
| A．They are eager to get the expected result. |
| B．They spare no effort to sort out the cause. |
| C．They feel disturbed by their children’s health. |
| D．They help develop their children’s coping skills. |
| A．It might be officially recommended. |
| B．It may fuel height discrimination. |
| C．It is pushed by a medical need. |
| D．It is targeted at certain diseases. |
| A．Shower the Short with Growth Hormones |
| B．Find Replacement for Growth Hormones |
| C．Assess the Effects of Growth Hormones |
| D．Weigh the Use of Growth Hormones |
