Fromaveryearlyage，somechildrenexhibitbetterself-controlthanothers.Now，anewstudythatbeganwithabout1，000childreninNewZealandhastrackedhowachild’slowself-controlcanpredictpoorhealth，moneytroublesand

　　Fromaveryearlyage，somechildrenexhibitbetter

　　self-controlthanothers.Now，anewstudythatbeganwithabout1，000childreninNewZealandhastrackedhowachild’slowself-controlcanpredictpoorhealth，moneytroublesandevenacriminalrecordintheiradultyears.

　　Researchershavebeenstudyingthisgroupofchildrenfordecadesnow.Theyobservedthelevelofself-controltheyoungstersdisplayed.Parents，teachers，eventhekidsthemselves，scoredtheyoungstersonmeasureslike“actingbeforethinking”and“Persistenceinreachinggoals.”

　　Thestudyled byMoffittofDukeUniversityandcolleaguesfollowed1，000childrenfrombirthtoage32inDunedinNewZealand.

　　“Thechildrenwhohadthelowestself-controlwhentheywereagethreetoten，lateronhadthemosthealthproblemsintheir30s，”Moffittsaid，“andtheyhadtheworstfinancialsituation.Theyweremorelikelytohaveacriminalrecordandtoberaisingachildasasingleparentonaverylowincome.”Moffittexplainedthatself-controlproblemswerewidelyobserved，andweren’tjustafeatureofasmallgroupofmisbehavingkids.

　　Moffittsaidit’sstillunclearwhysomechildrenhavebetterself-controlthanothers，thoughshesaidotherresearchershavefoundthatit’smostlyalearnedbehaviorwithrelativelylittlegeneticinfluence.Butgoodself-controlcanbesettoruninfamillesbecausechildrenwithgoodself-controlaremorelikelytogrowuptobehealthyandprosperousparents.Butthegoodnews，Moffittsaid，isthatself-controlcanbetaughtbyparents，andthroughschoolcurriculathathavebeenshowntobeeffective.

　　【小题1】Fromthefirsttwoparagraphswelearnthat .

　　A．theresearchhasbeencarriedoutforfiveyearsB．self-controlinkidstendstodeterminetheirfutureC．self-controlwasassessedbychildren’sintelligenceD．children’sself-controlisalmostthesameatearlyage【小题2】Childrenwithlowself-controlaremorelikelyto .A．becomewealthyinlaterlifeB．getgoodschoolperformanceC．havebetterfinancialplanningD．adoptnegativebe