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[单项选择]Children born in the winter months already have a few strikes against them. Study after study has shown that they test poorly, don’t get as far in school, earn less, are less healthy, and don’t live as long as children born at other times of year. Researchers have spent years documenting the effect and trying to understand it.
But economists Kasey Buckles and Daniel Hungerman may have uncovered an overlooked explanation for why season of birth matters. Their discovery challenges the validity of past research and highlights how seemingly safe assumptions economists make may overlook key causes of curious effects. And they came across it by accident.
In 2007, Mr. Hungerman was doing research on sibling behavior when he noticed that children in the same families tend to be born at the same time of year. Meanwhile, Ms. Buckles was examining the economic factors that lead to multiple births, and coming across what looked like a relationship between mothers’ education levels and wh
A. are not good at economy
B. get little education
C. are more curious than those born in other seasons
D. cannot do tests well
[填空题]Malta’s winter months are ideal for students who are looking for______
[单项选择]A. They have seen it already. B. Children are not allowed in.
C. Children are not interested in the movie. D. The movie starts too late.
[单项选择]In winter, animals have a hard time________ anything to eat.
A. to find
B. to finding
C. to find out
D. finding
[单项选择]In winter drivers have trouble stopping their cars from_______on icy roads.
A. skating
B. skidding
C. sliding
D. slipping
[填空题]Severe winter storms have worsened the nation’s usual post-holiday blood shortage, prompting an urgent call today for people to donate blood. Type O blood is the most urgently needed, because it is the universal blood type, meaning it can be safely transfused to most people in an emergency. "The severe winter weather has forced the cancellation of blood drives and limited our ability to collect blood," American Red Cross President Elizabeth Dole said. The Red Cross reported having less than one day’s supply of Type O blood on hand in 18 of the organization’s 38 collection regions. The Red Cross provides about half of the nation’s blood supply. America’s Blood Centers, which supplies most of the rest, also has reported shortages.
Reacting to the shortage, a Pittsburgh blood bank asked 40 hospitals in western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio to postpone elective surgeries through Wednesday. At least 1,000 donors are needed each day for the next several days to stabilize the su
[简答题]We regret that your sales in recent months have fallen considerably. At first we thought this might be due to the general trend of market in this period, but on looking the matter more closely, we find it was not so. It is possible that you are facing difficulties of which we are not aware. If so, we would like to know what we can do to help. We, therefore, look forward to receiving from you a detailed report on the situation and suggestions as to how we may help in restoring our sales to their former level.
[单项选择]Some people are born to have a very good memory whereas many other people are born to have a memory like a ______.
A. sleeve
B. sieve
C. button
D. basket
