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s future career prospects, the research shows. Academics at the University of Newcastle, who carried out the study, also found that men tended to pay more attention to their sons than their daughters. The researchers warned that it was not enough for parents to live together, but that a father should be actively involved in a child'

s life to benefit their development. The study looked at more than 11,000 British men and women, born in 1958. The scientists asked their mothers how often the father of their child took part in activities with them, including reading, organising outings and general quality time . The findings, published in the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour, show that those children whose fathers spent more time with them had a higher IQ and were more socially mobile than those who had received little attention. The differences were still detectable by the age of 42. Dr Daniel Nettle, who led the research, said: What was surprising about this research was the real sizeable difference in the progress of children who benefited from paternal interest and how thirty years later, people whose dads were involved are more upwardly mobile. The data suggest that having a second adult involved during childhood produces benefits in terms of skills and abilities that endure throughout adult life, he added. Jon Davies, chief executive for Families Need Fathers, said: We hope that research like this will lead to the government to reconsider how poorly served separated families often are and how a child needs a father as well as mother. 21. We can learn from the passage that ____ A. fathers don'

t like children. B. fathers pay more attention to their sons than daughters. C. fathers are often actively involved in children'

s life. D. fathers often read books to their sopns. 22. What made the researchers surprised? A. the real sizeable difference lasts as long as

30 years. B. People whose dads were involved in their lives are more upwardly mobile. C. Children who spent large amounts of time with their fathers have higher IQs. D. Children who often take part in activities with their fathers are outgoing. 23. According to Jon Davies, the purpose of the research was _______ A. to warn the fathers not to spend too much time with their sons. B. to tell the fathers to pay more attention to daugthters than sons. C. to tell us that a child needs a father as well as a mother. D. to require government to help with the research. B WHEN I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000m race. My job was to hand out water to the runners. I remember being so excited to see all the different kinds of people who passed by and grabbed (抓起) a cup of water. Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past. I saw so many types of people doing it, I thought maybe I can do it too! So the next year I ?signed up for the race and gave it a shot. That first 10,000m race was quite an experience. I jogged (慢跑), I walked, I jogged and I walked. At times, I didn'

t know if I could finish. Then came a defining moment. At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, very very fast, and I felt embarrassed that I was

50 years younger than he and I couldn'

t even keep up with him. I felt defeated for a second. But then I realized something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had different capacities (能力), experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my goal was only to finish. After a minute, it hit me that this was a lesson I could I learned something about myself in that moment. I turned my?draw from. embarrassment into inspiration. I decided that I would not give up on running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and prepare properly and one day I would be one of those 70-year-olds who was still running. As I crossed the finish line, I was proud of my accomplishment. In life we all have those moments when we compare ourselves to others. It'