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Passage One
The strange close understanding between twins is a familiar enough phenomenon. Often they seem to understand each other and share each other’ s emotions to such an extent that one suspects some kinds of thought communication.
What is not so widely known is that this special relationship often acts as brake on twins’ intellectual development. As they are partly isolated in their own private world, twins communicate less with adults than do other children. The verbal ability of a four-year-old twin is typically six months behind that of a non-twin. The problem can be particularly severe in a deprived home, a one-parent family for example, where there is little stimulation for children anyway.
Such children, while capable of mutual comprehension in a private language, often remain in comprehensible to outsiders and thus at a severe educational disadvantage. The only solution to the problem, cruel though it may seem, is to separa
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Passage One
The strange close understanding between twins is a familiar enough phenomenon. Often they seem to understand each other and share each other’ s emotions to such an extent that one suspects some kinds of thought communication.
What is not so widely known is that this special relationship often acts as brake on twins’ intellectual development. As they are partly isolated in their own private world, twins communicate less with adults than do other children. The verbal ability of a four-year-old twin is typically six months behind that of a non-twin. The problem can be particularly severe in a deprived home, a one-parent family for example, where there is little stimulation for children anyway.
Such children, while capable of mutual comprehension in a private language, often remain in comprehensible to outsiders and thus at a severe educational disadvantage. The only solution to the problem, cruel though it may seem, is to separa
A. twins understand each other very well
B. twins are slow to learn to talk
C. twins are unlikely to do less well at school than other children
D. there exists more communication between twins

[单项选择]According to the passage, an understanding of the self can be______.


A. highly biased due to unconscious factors
B. profound even when vaguely conceived
C. improved by specialized training
D. irrelevant for understanding human relations

[单项选择]What is the one strange statistic for May


A. There are more robberies in May.
B. There are more dog bites in May.
C. There is the most crime in May.
D. There are more suicides in May.

[单项选择]（） any one should think it strange, let me assure you that it is quite true.
A. In order that
B. Lest
C. If
D. Providing

[单项选择]What kind of dispute strains the relationship between Japan and Russia


A. Debts.
B. Ideology.
C. Territory.
D. Economic.

[单项选择]The passage implies that the basic difference between retributive justice and corrective justice is the______.


A. type of crime that was proven
B. severity for the punishment
C. reason for the sentence
D. outcome of the trial

[单项选择]A random variable X is continuous and bounded between zero and five, X:(0≤X≤5). The cumulative distribution function (cdf) for X is F(X)=X/5. Calculate P(2≤X≤4).

[单项选择]The conversation is most likely to take place between


A. neighbors.
B. husband and wife.
C. doctor and patient.
D. colleagues.

[单项选择]According to the passage, the main difference between a homogeneous society and a heterogeneous one lies in


A. the number of opportunities offered.
B. the nature of conflicts of interest.
C. the awareness of the need for change.
D. the role of social organizations.