【听听测测】Model Test 74

 Boys just____ for the____ of it but girls will not waste___ on competition unless it pays. A Canadian study has___. Rose and Roy from the Gill University in Montreal and her colleagues got forty groups of four boys and four girls aged¹ five to six or nine to ten to play two____ designed games. In one for __, the children had to____ beads³ on sticks until they are full, taking the beads from___ a common pot or another player. One set of____ meant that everyone would___ win. So competition was_____. Another set of rules_____ for only one winner. So competing makes____. The girls spent more time watching the____ of their competitors and_____ to them. They would_____ watch the facial_____ of their____ as they decided⁴ whether or not to take the bead². Sometimes they will decide not to , says Roy and the older girls wasted no time on competition____ when it paid off. 

1 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

2 bead   

n.念珠；(pl.)珠子项链；水珠

参考例句：

• She accidentally swallowed a glass bead.她不小心吞下了一颗玻璃珠。
• She has a beautiful glass bead and a bracelet in the box.盒子里有一颗美丽的玻璃珠和手镯。

3 beads   

n.（空心）小珠子( bead的名词复数 )；水珠；珠子项链

参考例句：

• a necklace of wooden beads 一条木珠项链
• Beads of perspiration stood out on his forehead. 他的前额上挂着汗珠。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。