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Look closely at your hands. Are they clean? It doesn't matter how many times you wash your hands, tiny microbes (微生物) still stay on them. But don't worry. Most microbes don't harm you. Now scientists say the microbes on our hands could be used in a surprising way; fighting crime, According to a recent survey microbes as well as fingerprints (指纹) could be used to indentify the criminal. Everyone has his own set of microbes on the hands. That is to say, if you and your best friend were able to see and compare all the microbes on your hands, your hands probably would look different. Some microbes only show up on your hands while others live only on your friend's hands.

When you work on a computer you leave the microbes from your hands on the keyboard. The scientists can easily tell the owner of the keyboard by looking at the microbes on it. Even if you don't leave your fingerprints behind, your microbes may give you away.

Noah Fierer, a scientist, says. "You can only clean a fingerprint, but you can't sterilize (使无菌) a surface just by wiping (擦) it off," He says that scientists have a lot more work to do before the microbe is used as a useful tool.

8. According to the passage, ________ could be used to identify the criminal.

A. Fingerprints

B. scientists' hands

C. microbes

D. fingerprints and microbes on people's hands

9. Paragraph 3 tells us that ________.

A. our hands look similar

B. the microbes will make the keyboard dirty

C. we should compare hands often

D. we have our own sets of microbes

10. When you work on computer, the microbes ________.

A. just stay on our hands

B. also stay on the keyboard

C. will do harm to you

D. will disappear

11. From Noah Fierer we know that ________.

A. fingerprints are no longer useful in fighting crime

B. microbes can be found on everyone's hands

C. unlike microbe fingerprints can be cleaned if people wipe them

D. the microbe is used as a useful tool

12. What's the best title of the passage?

A. Microbes May Tell Who You Are

B. Scientists Say Everyone Has Microbes

C. Noah Fiercer Does Research Into Microbes

D. Fingerprints Help Catch Criminals

C

Some children are natural-born bosses. They have a strong need to make decisions，manage their environment，and lead rather than follow. Stephen Jackson，a Year One student，“operates under the theory of what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine，”says his mother. “The other day I bought two new Star Wars light sabers (剑). Later，I saw Stephen with the two new ones while his brother was using the beat-up ones.”

“Examine the extended family，and you'll probably find a bossy grandparent，aunt，uncle or cousin in every generation. It's an inheritable trait，”says Russell Barkley，a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Other children who may not be particularly bossy can gradually gain dominance (支配地位) when they sense their parents are weak，hesitant，or in disagreement with each other.

Whether it's inborn nature or developed character at work，too much control in the hands of the young isn't healthy for children or the family. Fear is at the root of a lot of bossy behavior，says family psychologist John Taylor. Children，he says in his book From Defiance to Cooperation，“have secret feelings of weakness”and “a desire to feel safe.”It's the parents' role to provide that protection. When a “boss child”doesn't learn limits at home，the stage is set for a host of troubles outside the family. The overly willful and unbending child may have trouble obeying teachers or coaches，for example，or trouble keeping friends. It can be pretty lonely as the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways.

“I see more and more parents giving up their power，”says Barkley，who has studied bossy behavior for more than 30 years. “They bend too far because they don't want to be as strict as their own parents were. But they also feel less confident about their parenting skills. Their kids，in turn，feel more anxious.”

4.Bossy children like Stephen Jackson_________.

A.make good decisions

B.show self-centeredness

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D.have little sense of fear

5.The underlined phrase “inheritable trait”in Paragraph 2 means ___________.

A.inborn nature

B.developed character

C.accepted theory

D.particular environment

6.The study on bossy behavior implies that parents_________.

A.should give more power to their children

B.should be strict with their children

C.should not be so anxious about their children

D.should not set limits for their children

7.What is the passage mainly about？

A.How bossy behavior can be controlled.

B.How we can get along with bossy children.

C.What leads to children's bossy behavior.

D.What effect bossy behavior brings about.

B

I’ve loved my mother?s desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of it. Mother sat writing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be a most wonderful thing in the world.

Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,”she said again, “is for Elizabeth.”

I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed in action. But as a young girl. I wanted to have heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.

They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional (易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface (表面)”.

As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me. My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace –it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.

But the present of her desk told me, as she?d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside –a photo of my father and a one-paper letter, folded and refolded many times. It was my letter. “In any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.”

1．The writer began to love her mother?s desk________.

A．after Mother died B．before she became a writer

C．when she was a child D．when Mother gave it to her

2．The passage shows that_________.

A．Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter

B．Mother was too serious about her daughter in words

C．Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words

D．Mother wrote to her daughter in careless words

3．The underlined word “gulf”in the passage means_______.

A．deep understanding between the old and the young

B．different ideas between mother and daughter

C．free talks between mother and daughter

D．part of the sea going far in land

4．What did Mother do with her daughter?s letter asking for forgiveness?

A．She had never received the letter.

B．For years, she often talked about the letter.

C．She didn?t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.

D．She read the letter again and again till she died.

5．What?s best title of the passage?

A．My letter to Mother B．Mother and children

C．My Mother?s Desk D．Talks between Mother and me 阅读理解技巧总结：