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towonderaboutthewisdomofallowingnewteendriverstotakeacarloadoffriendsanywhere,evenifthelawpermitsit．AstudyattheNationalInstitutesofHealthindicatesthatthepartofthehumanbrainthatcontrolsjudgmentandevaluatestheconsequencesofouractionsmightnotbefullyformeduntiltheageof25．Untilthisstudyresearchershadcedtheageat18．Ifthisistrue,itcouldexinthereckless（魯莽的）behaviorofmanyteens,behaviorthatoftenextendsintotheirtwenties．ItalsocouldbeastrongreasonforbeingcautiousaboutthedrivingcircumstancesofyoungThisisnottheonlystudythatindicatessuchcautionisnecessary．OnestudyatTempleUniversityinPhiladelphiaexaminestheresultsofpeerpressureinriskydrivingsituations．Thestudy,whichusesadrivinggame,hasanindividualguideacarthroughacourse,bothaloneandinthepresenceoffriends．Threedifferentagegroupsparticipatedinthestudy:13-16,18-22,and24andolder．Membersoftheoldestgroupshowedcautionwhetherdrivingaloneorwithfriendspresent,butthetwoyoungergroupstookmorechanceswhentheywerewiththeirfriends．Furthermore,becausethesedriverswereaccustomedtothenoiseanddistractionofmanypassengers,theywereunabletoseetheirownmistakes．Onceagain,thisisagoodindicationthatalawrestrictingthenumberofteenagersinthecarwithayoungdriverisagoodidea．WhatdoestheauthormainlylusinParagraphManydeathshaveoccurredbecauseofinexperienceandIt'sreasonabletoseverelylimitthepassengernumberofteenNewteendrivershaveto．a(chǎn)skpermissionbeforedrivingwithTherearemanycausesbehindtheteens'drivingFromthetwostudies,theauthorprobablysuggests．A．differentagegroupshavedifferentpeerpressureB．teenagersoftengivewrongjudgmentsabovepassengers'noiseC．underdevelopedbrainmakesteensignoretheirmistakesD．drivingcircumstancesareboundupwiththeriskofaccidentsWecaninferthatthelawrestrictioncan protectteensontheraiseteens'senseofreducethenumberoffatalteenstodrivewithWithwhichstatementwouldtheauthormostlikelySometeenagershaveriskybehaviorwhileCertainlawstreatteenagersandadultsWestillneedmorestudiesonteenDrivingisimportanttoateenager'ssenseof高考模擬綜合練習(xí)之閱讀完型詞匯及技巧（二There’salwaysbeenadebateonwhetherhumanbeingsareborngoodorbad.Dependingonhowyouviewtheworld,youcanthinkofallthecrimesandinjusticeandconcludethatwe’rebad,soweneedasystemoflawstokeepusincheck.However,therearealsoalotofstoriesofgooddeeds.Ithinkwe’reallborngood.Today,ItookatriptoSouthBendtoattendmyfriends’weddingreception.Ihad36thenightbeforeattheforecastanditsaidweweregoingtogetabout3inchesofsnow,soIthought,“That’snotso37.”IsetoutonmyjourneyanditwascompleyclearuntilI38togettowardsNiles,M1…Iwas39withthisominous(不祥的)cloud.Ithoughttomyself,“Hmm,thiscan’tbeagood40.”Soonenough,thehighwaybecameasnow-packedwallofwhite.Ishouldhaverememberedthatsuchseverechangesin41arecommoninthispartofAmerica.IthentriedtogettothepopulousareaofSouthBendandgot42inthesnow,43toturnleftontoastreetI44for20minutestodigmyselfoutwithonlyascraper(刮刀Itwasn’tavery45street,soIdidn’tseemanypeople.JustasIwasstartingtogiveup,afewpeoplestoppedbymycarandthenhelpedpushmeoutofthesnowbank.Itwasone 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estheother:Loveisarose．Althoughthisdoesnotsoundlikeaparticularlyrichimage,ametaphorcancommunicatesomuchaboutaparticularimagethatpoetsusethemmorethananyothertypeoffigurativelanguage．Thereasonforthisisthatpoetscomposetheirpoetrytoexpresswhattheyareexperiencingemotionallyatthatmoment．Consequently,whatthepoetimagineslovetobemayormaynotbeourunderstandingoflove．Therefore,thepoet’sjobistoenableustoexperienceit,tofeelitthesamewayasthepoetdoes．Let’syzethisremarkablysimplemetaphorconcerningloveandtherosetoseewhatitoffers．Becausethepoetusesacomparisonwitharosefirstwemustexaminethecharacteristicsofthatflower．Aroseisimpressiveinitsbeauty,itspetals（花瓣）arenicelysoftanditssmellispleasing．It’spossibletosaythataroseisactuallyafeasttothesensesofsight,touch,andsmell．Therose’sappearanceseemstoborderonperfection,eachpetalseeminglyequalinform．Isn’tthisthewayone’sloveshouldbe？Alovedoneshouldbeadelighttoone’ssensesandseemperfect．conveytheideathatrosescanbetricky．Socanlovethemetaphorlsus．Whenonereachesoutwithabsolutetrusttotouchtheobjectofhisorheraffection,ouch,athorncancausegreatharmBecareful,”themetaphorwarns,“Loveisafeasttothesenses,butitcanoverwhelmus,anditcanalsohurtusandcauseacutesuffering．Thisisthepoet’sWhasimplemetaphorcommunicatesinonlyfourwords!Thatistheryandthejoyofthesimplemetaphor．Accordingtothepassage,ametaphoris．A．descriptionoftwosimilarobjectsinapoetic rydevicespeciallyemployedinpoetryC．contrastbetweentwodifferentthingstocreateavividimageD．comparisonbetweentwodifferentobjectswithsimilarfeaturesAsismeantbytheauthor,thornsofa addanewelementtotheimageofprotecttherosefromharmC．symbolizereducedloveD．causeacutesufferingItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatametaphor difficultto B．richinC．simpleto D．perfectinThemainideaofthispassageis 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