六级The adult observers were able to reliably discern an assortment of emotions on the babies faces.
成年观察者能够可靠地辨别婴儿脸上的各种情绪。
2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C
四级By studying about 700 adult smokers, she found out that her mom quit the right way—by stopping abruptly and completely.
通过对700名成年吸烟者的研究，她发现她的母亲突然完全戒烟是正确的。
2017年6月阅读原文
六级Now, a new study that began with about 1,000 children in New Zealand has tracked how a child’s low self-control can predict poor health, money troubles and even a criminal record in their adult years.
现在，一项始于新西兰约1000名儿童的新研究追踪了儿童低自控力如何预测健康不佳、金钱问题，甚至成年后的犯罪记录。
2016年6月听力原文
六级Experts believe there is a relationship between adult abuse of legitimate medicines and the drug culture that has swept our country.
专家认为，成年人滥用合法药物与席卷我国的毒品文化之间存在着某种联系。
2017年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C
六级Terrie Moffitt's paper on "The link Between Childhood Self-control and Adult Status Decades Later" is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
特里·莫菲特关于“几十年后儿童自我控制与成人地位之间的联系”的论文发表在《美国国家科学院院刊》上。
2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C
高考These activities are regulated by flexible rules adapted from standardized sport rules and are set up by the children or by an involved adult.
这些活动由根据标准化体育规则改编的灵活规则进行管理，由儿童或相关成年人制定。
2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读表达 原文
六级Such wariness is well founded: statistics show, for example, that a teenage driver with a same-age passenger in the car is at higher risk of a fatal crash than an adolescent driving alone or with an adult.
这种谨慎是有根据的：例如，统计数据显示，与单独驾驶或与成年人一起驾驶相比，与同龄乘客一起驾驶的青少年驾驶员发生致命车祸的风险更高。
2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
高考The same cognitive systems that make young children feel good about feel good about figuring something out may have been adopted by adult scientists.
成人科学家可能也采用了同样的认知系统，让孩子们对自己的想法感到满意。
2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
高考Any child must be accompanied by at least one paying adult.
任何儿童必须由至少一名付费成人陪同。
2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项
高考Changing levels of body chemicals called hormones not only make teenagers' bodies develop adult characteristics, but also make it hard for teenagers to fall asleep before 11 pm.
一种叫做激素的身体化学物质水平的变化不仅使青少年的身体形成成人特征，而且使青少年在晚上11点之前难以入睡。
2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
高考Emotional health is essential to a wonderful adult life.
情感健康对美好的成人生活至关重要。
2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项
高考Having your grandchildren far away is hard, especially knowing your adult child is struggling, but giving up the life you know may be harder.
让你的孙子远离你是很难的，尤其是知道你的成年孩子正在挣扎，但是放弃你所知道的生活可能会更难。
2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
高考He finds that if babies aged 18 months see an unrelated adult with hands full trying to open a door, almost all will immediately try to help.
他发现，如果18个月大的婴儿看到一个没有亲缘关系的成年人正忙着开门，几乎所有的人都会立即帮忙。
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
高考However, greater parental involvement does not necessarily indicate that parents are failing to let go of their "adult" children.
然而，更多的父母参与并不一定意味着父母没有放过他们的“成年”孩子。
2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
高考However, now they are becoming an extended period of adolescence, during which many of today's students and are not shouldered with adult responsibilities.
然而，现在他们正成为一个青春期的延长期，在这段时间里，许多今天的学生和学生不再肩负着成人的责任。
2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
高考Instead of promoting the idea of college as a passage from the shelter of the family to autonomy and adult responsibility, universities have given in to the idea that they should provide the same environment as that of the home.
大学没有将大学作为从家庭庇护所到自主和成人责任的通道，而是屈服于应该提供与家庭相同的环境的想法。
2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
高考Learn how to deal with people now, because when you're an adult, you don't get to choose your boss or your co-workers, so learn how to respect them now.
现在就学会如何与人打交道，因为当你成年后，你不能选择你的老板或同事，所以现在就学会如何尊重他们。
2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 阅读理解 七选五 原文
高考Maxime's early entry into the adult world with its responsibilities gave her the determination to ensure that her kids would not end up in Waterhouse's roundabout of poverty.
马克西姆带着责任早早地进入了成人世界，这让她下定决心确保自己的孩子不会最终陷入沃特豪斯的贫困困境。
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
高考Most of his adult life has been a losing struggle against debt and misfortune.
他成年后的大部分时间都在与债务和不幸的斗争中失败。
2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
高考Perhaps evolution provided human babies with curiosity and a natural drive to explain their worlds, and adult scientists simply make use of the same drive that served them as children.
也许进化为人类婴儿提供了好奇心和解释他们世界的自然动力，而成年科学家只是利用了与他们小时候一样的动力。
2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
高考The annual death rate for adult condors has dropped from 38% in 2000 to 5%.
成年秃鹰的年死亡率已从2000年的38%下降到5%。
2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
高考The changes of adult children's behavior.
成年儿童行为的变化。
2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项
高考The college years are supposed to be a time for important growth in autonomy and the development of adult identity.
大学时代应该是自主性和成人身份发展的重要成长时期。
2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
四级She studied the smoking patterns of adult smokers.
她研究了成年吸烟者的吸烟模式。
2017年6月阅读原文
四级[The most recent of these studies, published in The Journal of Applied Gerontology, surveyed 150 Connecticut residents of assisted living, nursing homes and smaller residential care homes ( ' , known in some states as board and care homes or adult care homes).
[这些研究中最新的一项发表在《应用老年学杂志》上，调查了150名康涅狄格州的辅助生活、疗养院和小型安老院（在一些州被称为“董事会和护理院”或“成人护理院”）的居民。
2016年6月阅读原文
四级Whether you can successfully change your personality as an adult is the subject of a longstanding psychological debate.
作为一个成年人，你是否能成功地改变你的个性是一个长期存在的心理学争论的主题。
2016年6月阅读原文
四级And that the characteristics adult children look for when they begin the search are not necessarily the things that make a difference to the people who are going to move in.
成年儿童在开始寻找时所寻找的特征不一定对即将入住的人产生影响。
2016年6月阅读原文
四级It is reported that 49 million Americans are unsure of where they will find their next meal What's most surprising is that 36% of them live in households where at least one adult is working.
据报道，4900万美国人不确定下一顿饭在哪里吃。最令人惊讶的是，其中36%的人生活在至少有一名成年人在工作的家庭中。
2012年6月阅读原文
四级The more healthy an older adult is, the more they sleep like they did when they were younger.
老年人越健康，他们就越像年轻时那样睡觉。
2011年6月阅读原文
四级When people care for an elderly relative, they often do not use available community services such as adult daycare centers.
当人们照顾老年亲属时，他们通常不使用可用的社区服务，如成人日托中心。
2011年6月听力原文
四级If the caregivers are adult children, they are more likely to use such services, especially because they often have jobs and other responsibilities
如果照顾者是成年儿童，他们更有可能使用此类服务，特别是因为他们经常有工作和其他责任
2011年6月听力原文
四级On the other hand, they may want to live with their adult children.
另一方面，他们可能想和成年子女住在一起。
2011年6月听力原文
四级Why are adult children more likely to use community services to help care for elderly parents
为什么成年儿童更有可能利用社区服务来帮助照顾年迈的父母
2011年6月听力原文
四级Adult day-care centers are easily accessible.
成人日托中心很容易进入。
2011年6月听力原文
四级Economic factors seem to explain less of why young adult women are increasingly likely to live at home.
经济因素似乎无法解释为什么年轻成年女性越来越可能住在家里。
2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
四级If not cultivated, it will not survive: "Childhood curiosity is a collaboration between child and adult."
如果不加以培养，它将无法生存：“儿童好奇心是儿童和成人之间的合作。”
2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
四级The most recent of these studies, published in The Journal of Applied Gerontology, surveyed 150 Connecticut residents of assisted living, nursing homes and smaller residential care homes known in some states as board and care homes or adult care homes.
这些研究中最新的一项发表在《应用老年学杂志》上，调查了150名康涅狄格州的辅助生活、疗养院和一些州称为寄宿和护理院或成人护理院的小型住宿护理院的居民。
2016年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B
四级While cereal remains a firm favourite among breakfast consumers in the UK and US, a recent investigation into the sugar content of "adult" breakfast cereals found that some cereals contain more than three-quarters of the recommended daily amount of free s
尽管谷物仍然是英国和美国早餐消费者的最爱，但最近一项针对“成人”早餐谷物糖含量的调查发现，一些谷物含有超过每日推荐量的四分之三的免费谷物
2019年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B
六级Then Michael, the eldest of her four adult children suggested they move in with his family.
然后，迈克尔，她四个成年孩子中最大的一个，建议他们搬来和他的家人一起住。
2012年12月听力原文
六级"I’ve seen very expensive protein supplements that claim to be high quality but they might not really be beneficial for the average healthy adult," she says.
她说：“我见过一些非常昂贵的蛋白质补充剂，它们声称质量很高，但它们可能对普通健康成年人没有真正的好处。”。
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
六级At around age 60, "muscles really start to break down," says Kathryn Starr, an aging researcher, "and because of that, the protein needs of an older adult actually increase.
在60岁左右，“肌肉真的开始崩溃，”老龄化研究人员凯瑟琳·斯塔尔说，“正因为如此，老年人对蛋白质的需求实际上增加了。
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
六级government's recommended daily allowanceRD for the average adult is 50 to 60 gram of protein a day.
政府建议普通成年人每天摄入50至60克蛋白质。
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
六级It's just that suddenly at university you are expected to behave like an adult.
只是在大学里，人们突然期望你表现得像个成年人。
2019年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A
六级Now, a new study that began with about 1,000 children in New Zealand has tracked how a child's low self-control can predict poor health, money troubles and even a criminal record in their adult years.
现在，一项始于新西兰约1000名儿童的新研究追踪了儿童低自控力如何预测健康不佳、金钱问题，甚至成年后的犯罪记录。
2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C
六级She may have observed the adult moth just as it emerged from its pupa.
她可能已经观察到成年蛾刚从蛹中出来。
2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
考研An adult with a Bmi of 18 to 25 is often considered to be normal weight.
体重指数在18到25之间的成年人通常被认为是正常体重。
2014年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ
考研Pretty in pink: adult women do not remember being so obsessed with the colour, yet it is pervasive in our young girls' lives.
《粉红佳人》：成年女性不记得曾经如此痴迷于颜色，但它在我们年轻女孩的生活中无处不在。
2012年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
考研sixty toddlers were each introduced to an adult tester holding a plastic container.
六十个蹒跚学步的孩子被介绍给一个拿着塑料容器的成人测试者。
2018年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ
考研They housed eight adult rats with two types of robotic rat- one social and one asocial - for 5 our days.
他们用两种机器人老鼠饲养了8只成年老鼠，一种是社交老鼠，另一种是社交老鼠，为期5天。
2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
四级Why are adult children more likely to use community services to help care for elderly parents?
为什么成年儿童更有可能利用社区服务来帮助照顾年迈的父母？
2011年6月听力原文
四级If the caregivers are adult children, they are more likely to use such services, especially because they often have jobs and other responsibilities.
如果照顾者是成年儿童，他们更有可能使用此类服务，特别是因为他们经常有工作和其他责任。
2011年6月听力原文
六级“The adolescent becomes an adult when he 26 a real job.
“当青少年26岁成为一个真正的工作时，他就成了成年人。
2016年6月大学英语六级第1套真题
六级The government’s recommended daily allowance (RD for the average adult is 50 to 60 grams of protein a day.
政府建议的每日摄入量（RD）为平均成年人每天50至60克蛋白质。
2019年12月六级真题（第2套）
六级At around age 60, “muscles really start to break down,” says Kathryn Starr, an aging researcher at Duke University School of Medicine, “and because of that, in addition to the fact that as we get older our body's ability to break down protein is reduced, the protein needs of an older adult actually increases.
杜克大学医学院的衰老研究人员Kathryn Starr说，在60岁左右，“肌肉真的开始分解，正因为如此，除了随着年龄的增长，我们身体分解蛋白质的能力降低之外，老年人对蛋白质的需求实际上也在增加。”。
2019年12月六级真题（第2套）
六级Would you let your fourth-grader ride public transportation without an adult?
你会让你的四年级学生在没有成年人的情况下乘坐公共交通工具吗？
2009年6月英语六级真题
六级Some people take it for granted and think through this method, their kids can make use of leisure time to learn more skills and be prepared for the future fierce competition in the adult world.
有些人认为这是理所当然的，并认为通过这种方法，他们的孩子可以利用业余时间学习更多的技能，并为未来成人世界的激烈竞争做好准备。
2009年12月英语六级真题
四级What the speaker was really saying is that eh is no longer young; he has been teaching for sixteen years, and is able to think and speak like a mature adult.
演讲者真正说的是，呃已经不年轻了；他已经教书十六年了，能像一个成熟的成年人一样思考和说话。
1996年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题
四级This is true because boys and girls are being prepared, even in play, to step into the roles and responsibilities of the adult world.
这是真的，因为男孩和女孩正在准备，甚至在游戏中，进入成人世界的角色和责任。
1999年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题
四级Because toys can be generally regarded as a kind of art form, they have not been subject to technological leaps that characterize inventions for adult use.
因为玩具通常可以被视为一种艺术形式，所以它们没有受到成人使用发明的技术飞跃的影响。
1999年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题
四级A graduated license requires that a teenager first prove himself capable of driving in the presence of an adult, followed by a period of driving with night of passenger restrictions, before graduating to full driving privileges.
分级驾照要求青少年首先证明自己有能力在成年人在场的情况下驾驶，然后在夜间有乘客限制的情况下行驶一段时间，然后才能获得完全的驾驶特权。
2003年9月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题
四级About half of the states now have some sort of graduated licensing system in place, but only 10 of those states have restrictions on passengers, California is the strictest, with a novice (新手) driver prohibited from carrying any passenger under 20 (without the presence of an adult over 25) for the first six months.
大约一半的州现在有某种分级许可制度，但其中只有10个州对乘客有限制，加利福尼亚州是最严格的，有一个新手(新手) 在前六个月内，禁止驾驶员携带20岁以下的任何乘客（在没有25岁以上成年人在场的情况下）。
2003年9月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题
四级Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages: traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.
孩子们总是被教导成人的秘密，但是缓慢而分阶段的：传统上，我们会告诉六年级学生我们对五年级学生隐瞒的事情。
2003年9月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题
四级Physical punishment, once accepted from any adult, is no longer appropriate.
任何成年人一旦接受体罚，就不再合适。
2008年12月英语四级考试真题
四级We’re a nation that’s sweet on sugar: the average U. S. adult downs 22 teaspoons of sugar a day, according to the American Heart Association, and surveys have found that teens swallow 34 teaspoons.
我们是一个吃糖的国家：根据美国心脏协会的数据，美国成年人平均每天摄入22茶匙糖，调查发现青少年摄入34茶匙糖。
2012年12月大学英语四级真题试卷（1）
四级For my entire adult life, a good education has been the most important thing for middle-class households.
在我的整个成年生活中，良好的教育一直是中产阶级家庭最重要的事情。
2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)
四级And that the characteristics adult children look for when they begin the search are not necessarily the things that make a difference to the people who are going to move in.
成年儿童在开始搜索时所寻找的特征不一定会对即将搬进来的人产生影响。
2016年6月大学英语四级真题（第1套）
四级The most recent of these studies, published in The journal of Applied Gerontology, surveyed 150 Connecticut residents of assisted living, nursing homes and smaller residential care homes（known in some states as board and care homes or adult care homes).
这些研究中的最新研究发表在《应用老年病学杂志》上，调查了150名康涅狄格州辅助生活、养老院和小型寄宿养老院（在一些州被称为寄宿养老院或成人养老院）的居民。
2016年6月大学英语四级真题（第1套）
四级If not cultivated, it will not survive: “Childhood curiosity is a collaboration between child and adult.
如果不培养，它将无法生存：“童年的好奇心是儿童和成年人之间的合作。
2017年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)
四级In addition, a growing share of young adult may be avoiding marriage altogether.
此外，越来越多的年轻人可能完全避免结婚。
2019年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套）
四级A previous Pew Research Center analysis projected that as many as one-in-four of today’s young adult may never marry.
皮尤研究中心之前的一项分析预测，当今多达四分之一的年轻人可能永远不会结婚。
2019年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套）
四级Beyond gender, young adult’s living arrangements differ considerable by education—which is tied to financial means.
除了性别之外，年轻人的生活安排也因教育而有很大差异，而教育又与经济手段有关。
2019年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套）
四级Our recently published study answered this question by tracking a large national random sample of Americans over a critical time period when bodies change from teenage shape into adult form and when people build their identities.
我们最近发表的研究回答了这个问题，在身体从青少年形态转变为成人形态的关键时期，以及人们建立身份的关键时期对美国进行了大规模的全国随机抽样调查。
2020年9月大学英语四级真题（第1套）
四级A child born in the ear-ly 1980s into a low-income family in San Jose had a 12.9 percent chance of becoming a high earner as an adult,according to a landmark study released in 2014 by the economist Raj Chetty and his colleagues from Harvard and Berkeley.
哈佛大学和伯克利分校的经济学家Raj Chetty及其同事于2014年发布的一项具有里程碑意义的研究显示，一个在20世纪80年代出生在圣何塞低收入家庭的孩子，成年后成为高收入者的几率为12.9%。
2020年12月大学英语四级真题（第1套）
考研To find this out, l, 500 gifted persons were followed up to their thirty-fifth year with these results:
On adult intelligence tests, they scored as high as they had as children.
为了找出这一点，对1500名有天赋的人进行了随访，直到他们35岁，结果如下：
1990年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题
考研It is during the nine years from the twelfth birthday to the twenty-first that the protective and restrictive aspects of childhood and minor status are removed and adult privileges and responsibilities are granted.
正是在从十二岁生日到二十一岁的九年里，儿童和未成年人身份的保护和限制方面被取消，成年人的特权和责任被赋予。
1991年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题
考研Basically, the individual at this age loses childhood privileges without gaining significant adult rights.
基本上，这个年龄的人失去了童年的特权，而没有获得重要的成年权利。
1991年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题
考研At the age of sixteen the adolescent is granted certain adult rights which increase his social status by providing him with more freedom and choices.
在16岁时，青少年被授予某些成人权利，这些权利为他提供了更多的自由和选择，从而提高了他的社会地位。
1991年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题
考研At the age of eighteen the law provides adult responsibilities as well as rights; the young man can now be a soldier, but he also can marry without parental permission.
在18岁时，法律规定了成年人的责任和权利；这个年轻人现在可以当兵了，但他也可以在没有父母许可的情况下结婚。
1991年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题
考研At the age of twenty-one the individual obtains his full legal rights as an adult.
个人在二十一岁时获得成年后的全部合法权利。
1991年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题
考研For these children to develop to their full adult potential, their education must be adapted to those differences.
为了让这些儿童充分发挥其成年潜力，他们的教育必须适应这些差异。
1994年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题
考研Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death—probably by a deadly injection or pill—to put an end to suffering.
根据新的北领地法律，成年患者可以要求死亡——可能是通过致命的注射或药丸——以结束痛苦。
1997年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题
考研When a Scottish research team startled the world by revealing 3 months ago that it had cloned an adult sheep, President Clinton moved swiftly.
三个月前，当苏格兰的一个研究小组发现他们克隆了一只成年羊，震惊了世界时，克林顿总统迅速采取了行动。
1999年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题
考研In a draft preface to the recommendations, discussed at the 17 May meeting, Shapiro suggested that the panel had found a broad consensus that it would be “morally unacceptable to attempt to create a human child by adult nuclear cloning.
夏皮罗在5月17日会议上讨论的建议序言草案中表示，该小组已达成广泛共识，即“试图通过成人核克隆制造人类儿童在道德上是不可接受的”。
1999年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题
考研The test comes primarily in two forms: the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale and the Wechsler Intelligence Scales (both come in adult and children’s version).
该测试主要有两种形式：斯坦福-比奈智力量表和韦克斯勒智力量表（都有成人版和儿童版）。
2007年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题
考研Even if a job’s starting salary seems too small to satisfy an emerging adult’s need for rapid content, the transition from school to work can be less of a setback if the start-up adult is ready for the move.
即使一份工作的起薪似乎太低，无法满足新兴成年人对快速内容的需求，但如果创业成年人准备好了，从学校到工作的过渡也不会那么困难。
2007年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题
考研They should exhibit strong interest and respect for whatever currently interests their fledging adult (as naive or ill conceived as it may seem) while becoming a partner in exploring options for the future.
在成为探索未来选择的伙伴时，他们应该对他们刚刚成年的成年人目前感兴趣的事情表现出强烈的兴趣和尊重（尽管看起来很天真或考虑不周）。
2007年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题
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