[单项选择]Four in 10 teachers have faced verbal or physical aggression (袭击) from a pupil’s parent or guardian, according to the Association of Teachers and Lecturers. And of the 1 000 teachers surveyed, a quarter said a pupil had attacked them. Over a third of teachers in primary schools said they had experienced physical aggression, compared with 20% in secondary schools.
The government says teachers have sufficient means at their disposal to punish destructive pupils. However, almost 60% of those questioned for the Association of Teachers and Lecturers’ survey thought pupil behavior had worsened during the past five years. And the responses of the survey questioning over 1 000 teachers from primary and secondary schools appear to suggest that bad behavior is not the preserve of secondary schools.
One teacher at a primary school in England said: "A six-year-old completely trashed the staff room, put a knife through a computer screen, attacked staff and we had to call the police. A
A. Teachers belong to the Association of Teachers and Cultures.
B. The 1 000 teachers who take part in the survey.
C. Teachers in primary schools.
D. Teacher in secondary schools.

[单项选择]Four in 10 teachers have faced verbal or physical aggression (袭击) from a pupil’s parent or guardian, according to the Association of Teachers and Lecturers. And of the 1 000 teachers surveyed, a quarter said a pupil had attacked them. Over a third of teachers in primary schools said they had experienced physical aggression, compared with 20% in secondary schools.
The government says teachers have sufficient means at their disposal to punish destructive pupils. However, almost 60% of those questioned for the Association of Teachers and Lecturers’ survey thought pupil behavior had worsened during the past five years. And the responses of the survey questioning over 1 000 teachers from primary and secondary schools appear to suggest that bad behavior is not the preserve of secondary schools.
One teacher at a primary school in England said: "A six-year-old completely trashed the staff room, put a knife through a computer screen, attacked staff and we had to call the police. A
A. They can be as destructive as secondary students.
B. The younger ones are more violent.
C. They will get even more violent in five years.
D. They are only afraid of the punishment from the head.

[单项选择]Passage Four Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were treated unfairly Have you ever bought something just because the salesman talked you into it Are you afraid to ask someone for a date Many people are afraid to assert themselves (坚持已见). Dr. Robert Alberti, author of Stand Up, Speak Out, and Talk Back, thinks it’s because of their lack of confidence. "Our structure of organization tends to make people distrust themselves," says Alberti. "There’s always a ’superior’ around—a parent, a teacher, a boss—who knows better’. These ’superiors’ often gain when they keep breaking at your self-image." But Alberti and other scientists are doing something to help people assert themselves. They offer "assertiveness training" courses—AT for short. In the AT course people learn that they have a right to be themselves. They learn to speak out and feel good about doing so. They learn to be aggressive without hurting people. In one way, learning to speak out is to overc
A. they have a poor self-image
B. they have not received AT courses
C. they have not grasped communication skills
D. they are not generous enough to share things

[填空题]Those baby-faced people now have another reason to be smug (自鸣得意的 ): a new Danish study says looking young (47) means a longer life. Research suggests that people who look younger than their years also live longer.
In 2001, Danish researchers (48) physical and cognitive tests on more than 1,800 pairs of twins over aged 70, as well as taking photos of their faces. Three groups of people who didn’t know the twins’ real ages guessed how old they were. The researchers then (49) how long the twins (50) over 7 years.
The experts found that people who looked younger than their (51) age were far more likely to survive, even after they (52) for other factors like gender and environment. The bigger the difference in (53) age within any twin pair, the more likely it was that the older-looking twin died first.
They also found a possible biological (54) : people who looked younger also tende

[单项选择]Passage Four Americans have a great love for informality and nowhere is this better expressed than in their love for nicknames （昵称、绰号）.Upon greeting strangers for the first time they will quickly introduce themselves by their nickname. These are shortened forms of their given name at birth and reflect the casual relationships which exist among friends and coworkers. Family names are hardly ever used in daily situations and the use of one’s father’s last name is saved only for rare and formal occasions. In many traditional cultures the use of the family name is seen as a sign of respect. For Americans, however, it’s the nickname which creates an immediate intimacy between two people upon which to build a relationship. By speaking to another on a first name basis and using his nickname, walls are immediately torn down and equality between two people is established. At work bosses will refer to their employees by their nicknames. Should an employer use a worker’s family nam
A. unclear
B. sound
C. funny
D. popular