Teenagers who drink alcohol are at higher risk of becoming victims of violence, a Cardiff University study has found.

A team from the School of Dentistry’ s Violence Research Group studied drinking habits in children aged 11 - 16 in England. They found not only a link between drink and violence but also that children who drank were more likely to be hit, even if they weren’t violent themselves.

The researchers are now calling for measures to prevent alcohol misuse to reduce injury risk. Current policy focuses on reducing aggression but this research shows that there should be equal effort to reduce victimization.

More than 4,000 children were surveyed at 13 schools at four local authorities in the North, the Midlands, London, and the South. The study found that 25% of 11-year-olds were drinking monthly and 3.6% daily, with 12.8% admitting to getting drunk 3 to 5 times a year. By the age of 16, 40% were drinking weekly and 6.2% were drinking every day. The research also showed 22.6% of 16-year-olds were getting drunk more than 21 times a year.

The study, which has just been published in the Journal of Adolescence, found a strong link between frequency of drinking and frequency of hitting other people.

However, children who reported drinking monthly were also three times more likely to be hit. Adolescents（青少年） who drank but didn’t get into fights were more likely to be hit than those who did fight.

Professor Jonathan Shepherd, who led the research, said a lot of previous alcohol-related violence work had focused on the offenders（惹事的人） rather than the victims. His team is calling for more prevention work from parents and teachers in the first two years of secondary school by taking advantage of the “teachable moment”，that is, immediately after a student has missed school because of drunkenness.

Previous work by Professor Jonathan Shepherd has shown drinkers may be more at risk of violence because of reduced physical co-ordination, poor decision-making in threatening situations and isolation while out late at night. He said, “This new study seems to be the first to show a direct link between alcohol misuse and victimization. There now needs to be much more effort put into reducing alcohol misuse in order to reduce injury.”

61. The main idea of the passage is that teenagers who drink alcohol ________.

A. often offend other people

B. often become injured

C. are more likely to become victims of violence

D. are more likely to fight with others

62. The underlined word “aggression” in the third paragraph probably means “________”．

A. violence　　　 B. sad feelings       C. bad manners          D. drunkenness

63. The research argues that more effort should be made to ________.

A. reduce aggression            B. prevent fighting

C. reduce victimization          D. prevent drinking alcohol

64. Drinkers may be more at risk of violence because of all the following EXCEPT ________.

A. reduced physical co-ordination          B. isolation while out late at night

C. a higher frequency of hitting other people

D. poor decision-making in threatening situations

65. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to Professor Shepherd’ s research?

A. The frequency of children getting drunk increases with age.

B. His previous alcohol-related violence work had focused on the offenders.

C. Some children missed school because of drunkenness.

D. This new study shows a direct link between alcohol misuse and victimization.

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56．Tim wants to polish his writing, it is best for him to attend the related activity on________.

A. Monday　　　B. Tuesday       C. Thursday        D. Friday

57．Which of the following descriptions about the annual Children’ s Gathering is true?

A. Tickets are a must in order to attend it.

B. Only those who have received an invitation are admitted in the Gathering.

C. You have to make a reply to the invitation to make sure you get a seat.

D. You’ d better apply in advance because there are not enough seats for everyone.

58．Which of the following is NOT true according to the announcement?

A. The children who are interested in the mysteries of killer dinosaurs can attend the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday.

B. Children can’ t attend all the activities with their parents.

C. Children can choose more than one of the activities.

D. Children can borrow some relevant books for the activities.

59．If there is an emergency, you should________.

A. call the Help Desk                 B. contact hld @ wnbl. corg

C. stay in the library and wait           D. ring 926 3637

60．The announcement is mainly intended for________.

A. staff members of the library         B. parents of the school children

C. the school children                D. volunteers of the activities

An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to (歸因于) the global economic crisis awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how the financial system works.

Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January, according to UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A level（A級）were also up.

Professor John Beath, the president of the society and a leading lecturer at St Andrews University, said his first year lectures — which are open to students from all departments — were drawing crowds of 400, rather than the usual 250.

“There are a large number of students who are not economics majors, who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t traditionally done，” he added.

University applications rose 7% last year, but there were rises above average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed interest in careers in the public sector(部門), which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.

A recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters, and almost half said their children had asked them what was going on, although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.

Zack Hocking, the head of Child Trust Funds, said: “It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn will be a generation that’s financially wiser and better equipped to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty. ”

51．Professor John Beath’s lectures are ________.

A. given in a traditional way

B. connected with the present situation

C. open to both students and their parents

D. warmly received by economists

52．Careers in the public sector are more attractive because of their ________.

A. greater stability（穩(wěn)定）              B. higher pay 

C. fewer applications                D. better reputation（名聲）

53．In the opinion of most parents，________.

A. economics should be the focus of school teaching

B. more students should be admitted to universities

C. the teaching of financial matters should be strengthened

D. children should solve financial problems themselves

54．According to Hocking, the global economic crisis might make the youngsters ________.

A. wiser in money management        

B. have access to better equipment

C. confident about their future careers  

  D. get jobs in Child Trust Funds

55．What’s the main idea of the text?

A. Universities have received more applications.

B. Economics is attracting an increasing number of students.

C. College students benefit a lot from economic uncertainty.

D. Parents are concerned with children’s subject selection.

We bet that on cold wintry days, many of you love to stay in your warm home and, every now and then，come out into the kitchen for a snack. Unfortunately, plenty of creepy-crawly critters (爬行生物) like to do the same thing!

Winter is the time when bugs (蟲子) invade your house without an invitation. The season can be tough for such creatures. In winter the air is cold, the ground is hard and many trees have no leaves. So bugs do what they have to do to survive.

Monarch butterflies head south to warmer climates. Ants crowd in deep underground colonies and eat food they have been storing all year. Many insects go into a deep sleep called diapauses. There’ re different kinds of diapauses, but all are similar to hibernation, a time when bigger animals become inactive in the cold. Insects go into an inactive period, too, but it often isn’t when the temperature drops.

They rely on more dependable signals in the environment. For example, many insects can tell how much sunlight there’ s each day. They use that to tell themselves when to shut down. Bugs are cold-blooded, meaning that their inside temperature is the same as the outside. They can’ t move much when it gets below 40 degrees Fahrenheit. So they search for any warm place.

They’ re looking for protection. These guys have been doing this for 300 million years, so they don’ t really know they’ re coming into your house. The home is a recent event in terms of their evolutionary behavior. They enter through tiny cracks or come in unnoticed on your clothes or shoes. Remember that they may be invading your homes for warmth and food, but they don’t care about humans.

46. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

A. To point out that humans like to stay at home in winter.

B. To mean that humans and bugs have the same living habits.

C. To mean that bugs will invade humans’ houses for their winter.

D. To put forward the idea that bugs are not welcome in winter.

47. According to the text, what is diapauses?

A. It is the same as the animals’ hibernation.

B. It often appears in warm areas all the year.

C. It is done to keep bugs active in winter.

D. It is a deep sleep similar to hibernation.

48．What often decides bugs’ diapauses?

A. The lower local temperature.        B. The amount of sunlight.

C. Kinds of environmental signals.      D. The insects’ inside temperature.

49．According to the text, bugs invade humans’ homes to________.

A. attack humans            B. look for enough food

C. seek for protection         D. show their evolutionary results

50．What would be the best title for the text?

A. Bugs’ life on cold wintry days.         

B. Why do bugs invade your home in winter?

C. Good relations between humans and bugs. 

D. What does diapauses mean?

I used to work as a waitress in a little restaurant. I felt frustrated then so I had been   26   that period. I hadn’t told anybody except my employer. Somehow a   27   had overheard (無意中聽到) my saying that I had to go to another    28  . As I passed her table, she   29   me a card with her phone number on it. She explained that she lived in Sydney and that I should call   30  I needed any help.

Some weeks later, it was time for   31   appointment in Sydney and I flew there. I was   32  as I had never been there before and didn’t   33   anyone else there. So I   34   to ring the lady who had given me her   35   number, even though I had only met her that once. 36     I had arrived, she was very excited and came   37   to meet me. She gave me a bed and a meal and took me to my appointment the next day and afterwards, she took me back to the   38 . She treated me so   39   that I offered her a gift to express my   40   but she refused. She said “Your   41   to me is to offer your help to another when it is   42  .” Over the months we kept in touch but then for some reason our communication got less and less   43  .

I always felt I wasn’t giving enough to others as a   44  , but she had told me that I gave her very much and the way I   45   people was a gift. I now give a hand to others every day even if it is only a smile to those who have none to give.

26．A. going through        B. worrying about        C. wishing for                     D. dreaming of

27．A. manager                B. waiter                   C. customer                D. friend

28．A. restaurant                  B. school                            C. town                       D. city

29．A. showed                  B. handed                   C. lent                         D. returned

30．A. before                        B. after                        C. if                          D. because

31．A. her                         B. their                        C. my                          D. his

32．A. pleased                  B. tired                        C. scared                        D. honest

33．A. help                        B. know                       C. meet                       D. serve

34．A. decided                  B. promised                C. refused                   D. expected

35．A. room                      B. hotel                       C. car                          D. phone

36．A. Considering           B. Admitting                C. Learning              D. Thinking

37．A. secretly                  B. immediately            C. slowly                         D. unwillingly

38.  A. room                            B. airport                            C. park                     D. station

39．A. calmly                         B. warmly                    C. coldly                   D. poorly

40．A. thankfulness          B. concern                  C. excitement                  D. attitude

41．A. advice                        B. question                 C. pay                         D. gift

42．A. needed                  B. tested                            C. appreciated                D. accepted

43．A. frequent                 B. valuable                  C. important                D. meaningful

44．A. nurse                         B. waitress                  C. teacher                   D. cook

45．A. laughed at                  B. recognized                  C. talked about           D. treated

 Next door to ours _______, who has just returned from abroad.

A. where lives an old man            B. where does an old man live

C. lives an old man                 D. does an old man live

 At school, some students are active _______ some are shy, yet they can be good friends with one another.

A. while        B. although        C. so        D. as

 Eating too much fat can _______ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.

A. attend to       B. cause to      C. contribute to       D. devote to

 He felt rather _______ as he was the only person who wore sportswear at the dinner party.

A. in place       B. in the way      C. by the way      D. out of place

 The island country, ________ more than 50 separate islands, is one of the top attractions for tourists around the world.

A. making up      B. consisting of      C. forming     D. building up