A. has been widely accepted B. costs lots of time and money

　　C. is harmful to the environment D. is time and money-saving

　　There is a popular saying in the English language: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Well, that is not true. Unkind words, name­calling or even the so­called "the silent treatment" can hurt children as much as being physically hit, sometimes even more so.

　　A recent study of middle school children showed that verbal (言语的) abuse by other children can harm development in the brain. The study was a project of researchers at Harvard Medical School in Massachusetts. Researcher Martin Teicher and his team studied young adults, aged 18 to 25. These young men and women had not ever been treated in a cruel or violent way by their parents. The researchers asked the young people to rate their childhood exposure to verbal abuse from both parents and other children. Then the researchers performed imaging tests on the brains of the subjects.

　　The images showed that the people who reported suffering verbal abuse from peers in middle school had underdeveloped connections between the left and right side of the brain. The two sides of the brain are connected by a large bundle of connecting fibers called the corpus callosum. This was the area that was underdeveloped.

　　The middle school years are a time when these brain connections are developing. So, unkind, hurtful comments from children or adults during this period have the greatest effect. The researchers tested the mental and emotional condition of all the young people in the study. The tests showed that this same group of people had higher levels of fear, depression, anger and drug abuse than others in the study.

　　The researchers published their findings online on the American Journal of Psychiatry's website.

　　Parents cannot control what other people say to their children, but they can prepare their children.

　　32. Why does the author use the popular saying at the beginning?

　　A. To show the power of words.

　　B. To introduce an opposite view.

　　C. To prove the author's argument.

　　D. To show ancient people's wisdom.

　　33. What did the subjects have in common?

　　A. They were hurt by unkind words.

　　B. They performed poorly in imaging tests.

　　C. They had their brain slightly damaged.

　　D. They experienced no physical abuse at home.

　　34. What will be discussed in the next paragraph?

　　A. Comments on the findings.

　　B. Approaches to further studies.

　　C. Suggestions to parents.

　　D. Different opinions on the matter.

　　35. What is the main idea of the passage?

　　A. The way we speak matters.

　　B. Verbal violence should be stopped.

　　C. Unkind words hurt the brain.

　　D. Words are worse than sticks and stones.

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　　Mike Cohn was a typically active 8-year-old running across a park when he suddenly lost his balance and fell flat on his face. Countless doctors' examinations later, he discovered that he was a victim of a rare neurological (神经上的) disorder that would quickly damage his eyesight and speech as well as his ability to move.

　　He asked his mother if she could change things to make him like everyone else. "She said no," he said. "36 "

　　37 Instead of worrying about what he couldn't do, he started focusing on what he could do - especially those things that other people thought he shouldn't be able to do. He got a master's degree in education from the University of Minnesota and founded Promote Awareness, an organization that gives special attention to the abilities of people with disabilities.

　　"He overcomes obstacles (障碍) very fast," said his sister, Leslie Zent.

　　38 So he decided to start taking classes at Zenon Dance School. Now he has set up his own dance company, I Can Dance, You Can Dance.

　　He tends to use a wheelchair to help him get around. 39 In one of his dances, he stands while turning his walker into a dancing partner, swinging it around him as he moves and, at one point, lying on the floor and rolling the walker over his body.

　　"Dance is my therapy (疗法)," said Cohn. 40 "When I first got sick, I felt ugly," he said. Dance enables him to create beauty. "My body moves like lots of dancers' bodies."

A. It is emotional as well as physical.