Question

In the past，people usually believed what newly?born babies wanted was food and to be kept warm and dry.They thought babies were not able to ____ things until they were five or six months old.____ the researchers in the United States now believe babies begin learning on their first ____ of life.They say babies are strongly ____ by their environment and one baby will ____ if his or her mother does something that the baby likes.

A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to ____ her mother.This is how babies start to learn to ___ and communicate with other people.The researchers say this ability to learn ___ in a baby even before birth.They also ____ the idea that newly?born babies can ____ and understand sounds they heard while they were still ____ inside their mothers.

Recently，an American study ____ 112 babies found babies learned better when they were ____.The babies appeared to learn well whether they were sitting up on their own，sitting in seats or __ to sit up.The researchers say keeping that kind ____ had what they called a ____ effect on the babies' ability to learn about objects.They say the body position may be linked to development in the ____．One ____ says babies can pay more attention to ___ an object if they do not have to be worried about their balance.

1.A.eat　　　　　　B．know　　　　　　C．remember　　D．learn

2.A.Besides B．While C．But D．Therefore

3.A.hour B．day C．week D．month

4.A.influenced B．accepted C．disturbed D．moved

5.A.cry B．smile C．eat D．sing

6.A.annoy B．love C．notice D．please

7.A.live B．connect C．speak D．smile

8.A.disappears B．informs C．exists D．happens

9.A.infer B．support C．deny D．instruct

10.A.recognize B．realize C．receive D．record

11.A.sleeping B．delivering C．shaping D．developing

12.A.helping B．raising C．involving D．containing

13.A.sleeping soundly B．lying down C．awaking clearly D．sitting up

14.A.assisted B．forced C．asked D．mentioned

15.A.hobby B．gesture C．decoration D．purpose

16.A.negative B．unmarked C．significant D．side

17.A.language B．feeling C．brain D．body

18.A.psychologist B．mother C．doctor D．researcher

19.A.exploring B．finding C．feeling D．discovering

20.A.anxious B．confident C．worried D．curious

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.C

16.C

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】以前人們認為嬰兒要到五六個月大的時候才開始學習事物，但最新的研究表明嬰兒從一出生就開始了學習過程，甚至在他們還未出生就開始了。

1.

2.2】C　此句與上一句形成轉折關系，因此用but。

3.3】B　嬰兒從出生后的第一天就開始了學習。此題可依據判斷。

4.4】A　嬰兒會強烈地受到環境的影響。

5.5】B　由本句后面的“something that the baby likes”及第二段的首句可知答案。

6.6】C　這種學習能力在嬰兒還沒有出生之前就在嬰兒身上存在了。

7.7】B　與空格后面的communicated形成順承關系。

8.8】D　嬰兒通過微笑使母親高興是為了得到最好的照料。

9.9】B　他們(研究人員)也支持這種想法，與上文形成順承關系。

10.0】A　嬰兒能夠識別并理解他們在沒出生前就曾聽到的聲音。

11.1】D　在母體中發育。

12.2】C　包含112名嬰兒的一項美國研究。

13.3】D　根據本空后面的句子“whether they were sitting up on their own，sitting in seats or helped to sit up”可知答案。

14.4】A　無論是嬰兒自己獨立坐，坐在椅子里還是得到協作地坐起來。

15.5】C　保持那種姿態對嬰兒學習事物的能力有重要的影響。且gesture與后文中的“hey say the body position”向對應。

16.6】C　同50題。

17.7】C　嬰兒學習能力的獲得是通過大腦實現的，且后一句中也涉及到了與腦力有關的“pay more attention”。

18.8】D　由50及52空所在句子的主語可以看出，此處的主語與他們一致。

19.9】A　孩子如果不用擔心自己身體平衡的話，他們就可以把更多的注意力用于新事物的探/ 摸索上。

20.20】C　同54題。