In the fourth sentence of paragraph 1，the expression“berate their children”probably means _____ .

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• 1Parents of highneed achievers _____ .

  A.usually leave their children alone

  B.set very high standards for their children

  C.allow for failure on the part of their children

  D.control their children to a minimum degree

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• 2Being _____ by nature,he could not help asking questions whenever he asw something unusual.

  A.fantastic

  B.optimistic

  C.questionable

  D.inquisitive

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• 3This unconventional theory was at first greeted with a good deal of _____ ,but soon those who had laughed at him realized how wrong they were.

  A.barrier

  B.accusation

  C.ridicule

  D.elimination

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• 4When people do not _____ to an acceptable standard of behavior,they are bound to offend other people.

  A.confirm

  B.conform

  C.confine

  D.confound

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• 5He was such a busy man that after a long delay,he _____ writing the letter.

  A.got around to

  B.look forward to

  C.passed on to

  D.took up with

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• 6If a child gets good marks for some courses and lower marks for others，a parent of a highneed achiever will _____ .

  A.criticize him for the lower marks and praise him for the good

  B.praise him and give some suggestions for further improvement

  C.praise him for the good marks and reward him

  D.criticize him for the lower marks and punish him

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• 7The passage is mainly about the role of _____ .

  A.reward in promoting their children's study

  B.selfcontrol and independence in child growth

  C.emotional reaction in promoting achievement

  D.praise in promoting desired behavior

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• 8Jungers'finding showed that _____ .

  A.human beings walked upright later than australopithecines

  B.bipedalism might have developed suddenly in early humans

  C.early humans might have learned to walk gradnally

  D.human beings evolved from australopithecines rather than from apes

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• 9Jungers'report was based upon his comparison of _____ .

  A.the body size of people, apes and australopithecines

  B.the skeleton of people, apes and australopithecines

  C.the hips and leg joints of people, apes and australopithecines

  D.the size of hip and leg joints of modern people and australopithecines

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• 10Which of the following is TRUE about Lucy according to Junger、

  A.Lucy walked more like apes than like human beings.

  B.Lucy moved her steps in the same manner as people.

  C.Lucy might walk quite differently from modern man.

  D.Lucy had hip and leg joints like people's.

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