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Adultsareoftenunwillingtoaskforaid.Themomentyouask

fordirections,afterall,yourevealthatyouarelost.Seeking

assistancecanfeellikeyouarebroadcastingyourincompetence.

Newresearchsuggestsyoungchildrendon,tseekhelpin

schoolforthesamereason.Theyhatehearingirresponsible

comments.Psychologistsassumedthatchildrendidnotstartto

careabouttheirreputationuntilaroundagenine.Thisresearch

hasrevealedthatyoungstersasyoungasagefivestarttocare

aboutthewayothersthinkaboutthem.Italsosuggeststhatas

earlyasageseven,childrenbegintoconnectaskingforhelp

withlookingincompetentinfrontofothers.

Ourresearcherscraftedsimplestoriesandthenasked

childrenquestionstoallowthemtoshowtheirthinking.Inone

study,theyasked576childrenagedfourtoninetopredictthe

behavioroftwokidsinastory.Oneofthekidsgenuinelywanted

tobesmart,andtheothermerelywantedtoseemsmartto

others.Bothkidsdidpoorlyonatest.Childrenwereaskedwhich

ofthesekidswouldbemorelikelytoasktheteacherforhelpin

frontoftheirclass.

Thefour-year-oldswereequallylikelytochooseeitherofthe

twokidsastheonewhowouldseekhelp.Butbyagesevenor

eight,childrenthoughtthatthekidwhowantedtoseemsmart

wouldbelesslikelytoaskforassistance.Whenassistancecould

besoughtprivately,theythoughtbothcharacterswereequally

likelytoaskforit.

Ifchildrenareafraidtoaskforhelpbecausetheirclassmates

arewatching,learningwillsuffer.Teacherscouldmake

themselvesavailabletostudentsforone-on-oneconversations

whiletheirclassmatestacklegroupwork.Theyshouldalsohelp

studentsperceiveitaspositivebehavior.

Seekinghelpcouldevenbeframedassociallydesirable.

Parentscouldpointouthowachild1squestionkickedoffa

valuableconversationinwhichtheentirefamilygottotalkand

learntogether.Suchresponsesendsastrongsignalthatother

peoplevalueawillingnesstoaskforaid.

28.Whydochildrenresistaskingforhelpinschool?

A.Toavoidjudgement.B.Tobeindependent.

C.Tohidecompetence.D.Toliveintheirownworld.

29.WhatdoesParagraph3mainlytalkabout?

A.Whythestudywasdesigned.B.Howthestudywascarried

out.

C.Whowereinvolvedinthestudy.D.Whatthestudytoldus

aboutkids.

30.Whatissuggestedforteachersasapossiblesolution?

A.Payingattentiontogroupwork.B.Buildingaclassofpositive

behavior.

C.Havingpersonalinteractionwithstudents.D.Warning

studentsagainstlearningdifficulties.

31.Whatshouldparentsdotohelpchildrenseekaid?

A.Lowerthesocialrisks.B.Talktothemregularly.

C.Learntogetherwiththem.D.Showthevalueoftheir

questions.

28.A29.B30.C31.D

Threeyearsintomypostdoctoral（博士后）position,IdecidedI

neededanewcareerplan.Afterapplyingformorethantwo

dozenteachingjobs,Ihadnztlandedasingleinterview.Iwas

disappointedbutnotsurprised.Iwasapplyinginthemiddleof

the2008financialcrisis,whenmanyuniversitiescarriedout

hiringfreezes,andmypublicationrecorddidnztstandout.

Onedayaftermyfailedjobsearch,myofficematewas

amazedbywhatajournal'sscientificillustratorhaddonetothe

sketches（草图）inherreviewarticlewithartistictechniques.I

thoughttomyself,“Thatwouldbesuchafunjob.KAlong

dormant（蛰伏的）dreamofbecominganartistbegantostir.

Myfamilywasburstingwithmathematiciansandengineers

whopursuedmusicandliteratureintheirsparetime,soitfelt

naturaltohavemydailyliferevolvearoundscience,withartas

mydreamylunarcompanion.Ihadonceconsideredgoingtoart

schoolbuthadputthatideaasidewhenIdecidedtopursue

chemistryasanundergraduate.Intheyearsthatfollowed,Ikept

upmyinterestinartbytakingdrawingandpaintingclassesat

night.

Idecidedtotestoutanewcareerdirectionbycreatingsimilar

illustrationsformyinstitute1snewsletters.Ispentnightsand

weekendsreadingscientificpapersandthinkingabouthowto

illustratetheresults.Itwasafuntask-somethingthatengaged

myartistic,creativesideandmadeuseofmyscientifictraining.I

feltIwasontherightpath.

Itwasexcitingtofindacareerthatdrewonmydiverseskill

set.Ididfeelasenseoflossfornotbecominganacademic

educator,andIworriedFdbelettingdownthepeopleand

institutionswho*dinvestedtimeandresourcesinme.Butit

helpedtoremindmethatmynewcareerpathwasnztremoved

fromscience.Inowworkasavisualdesigneratabiomedical

researchinstitute,notfarfrommyhusband,scompany,andmy

businessisflying.

24.Whydidtheauthorfailtolandajobatfirst?

A.Shelackedinterviewskills.B.Itwasaverydifficultperiod.

C.Herpublicationswereoflittlevalue.D.Universitiesadopted

rigidhiringrequirements.

25.Whatmainlyinfluencedtheauthorzschoiceofscience?

A.Herfamilyculture.B.Herchildhooddream.

C.Hertalentforscience.D.Hercolleague'sencouragement.

26.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribestheauthor?

A.Romanticandcurious.B.