I have been consistently opposed to feeding a baby regularly. As a doctor, mother and scientist in child development, I believe there is nothing to recommend it, from the baby’s point of view.
Mothers, doctors and nurse alike have no idea of where a baby’s blood sugar level lies. All we know is that a low level is harmful to brain development and makes a baby easily annoyed. In this state, the baby is difficult to calm down and sleep is impossible. The baby asks for attention by crying and searching for food with its mouth.
It is not just unkind but also dangerous to say a four-hourly feeding schedule will make a baby satisfied. The first of the experts to advocate a strict clock-watching schedule was Dr Frederic Truby King who was against feeding in the night. I’ve never heard anything so ridiculous. Baby feeding shouldn’t follow a timetable set by the mum. What is important is feeding a baby in the best way, though it may cause some inconvenience in the first few weeks.
Well, at last we have copper-bottomed research that supports demand feeding and points out the weaknesses of strictly timed feeding. The research finds out that babies who are fed on demand do better at school at age 5, 7, 11 and 14, than babies fed according to the clock. By the age of 8, their IQ scores are four to five percent higher than babies fed by a rigid timetable. This research comes from Oxford and Essex University using a sample（样本）of 10,419 children born in the early 1990s, taking account of parental education, family income, a child’s sex and age, the mother’s health and feeding style. These results don’t surprise me. Feeding according to schedule runs the risk of harming the rapidly growing brain by taking no account of sinking blood sugar levels.
I hope this research will put an end to advocating strictly timed baby feeding practices.
小题1:What does the author think about Dr King?| A．He is strict | B．He is unkind | | C．He has the wrong idea. | D．He sets a timetable for mothers |
小题2:The word copper-bottomed in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to __________.| A．basic | B．reliable | C．surprising | D．interesting |
小题3:What does the research tell us about feeding a baby on demand?| A．The baby will sleep well. | | B．The baby will have its brain harmed. | | C．The baby will have a low blood sugar level. | | D．The baby will grow to be wiser by the age of 8. |
小题4:The author supports feeding the baby __________.| A．in the night | B．every four hours | | C．whenever it wants food | D．according to its blood sugar level |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C |
试题分析:
小题1:推理题，由第三段第四行I’ve never heard anything so ridiculous.可以推出他的观点是错的，故选C。
小题2:推理题，由倒数第二段第一句hat supports demand feeding and points out the weaknesses of strictly timed feeding.可以推出是可靠的，所以选B。
小题3:推理题，由倒数第二段第四行By the age of 8, their IQ scores are four to five percent higher than babies fed by a rigid timetable可以推出答案，所以选D
小题4:推理题，由最后一段I hope this research will put an end to advocating strictly timed baby feeding practices.可以推出小孩什么时候想吃就什么时候喂，所以选C
点评：本文研究说明了小孩什么时候想吃就什么时候喂。推断题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。 |
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Welcome to your future life!
You get up in the morning and look into the mirror. Your face is firm and young-looking. In 2035, medical technology is better than ever. Many people of your age could live to be 150, so at 40, you’re not old at all. And your parents just had an anti-aging (抗衰老的) treatment. Now, all three of you look the same age!
You say to your shirt, “Turn red.” It changes from blue to red. In 2035, “smart clothes” contain particles(粒子) much smaller than the cells in your body. The particles can be programmed to change clothes’ color or pattern.
You walk into the kitchen. You pick up the milk, but a voice says, “You shouldn’t drink that!” Your fridge has read the chip (芯片) that contains information about the milk, and it knows the milk is old. In 2035, every article of food in the grocery store has such a chip.
It’s time to go to work. In 2035, cars drive themselves. Just tell your “smart car” where to go. On the way, you can call a friend using your jacket sleeve. Such “smart technology” is all around you.
So will all these things come true? “For new technology to succeed,” says scientist Andrew Zolli, “it has to be so much better that it replaces what we have already.” The Internet is one example. What will be the next?
小题1:We can learn from the text that in the future ___________.| A．people will never get old | | B．everyone will look the same | | C．red will be the most popular color | | D．clothes will be able to change their pattern |
小题2:What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?| A．Milk will be harmful to health. | | B．More drinks will be available for sale. | | C．Food in the grocery store will carry electronic information. | | D．Milk in the grocery store will stay fresh much longer. |
小题3:What is the text mainly about?| A．Food and clothing in 2035. | | B．Future technology in everyday life. | | C．Medical treatments of the future. | | D．The reason for the success of new technology. |
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The day started out bad. She overslept and was late for work. Then everything __16__ happened at the office made her unhappy, too. By the time she reached the bus stop for her bus to go home, she had a bad stomachache.
As usual, the bus was late, and full of people. There was no free seat for her and she had to stand in the bus. As the bus drove, it pulled her __17__ all directions, and she felt even __18__(bad).
Then she heard a voice from up front, "Beautiful day, isn’t it?" Because of the crowd, she could not see the man, __19__ she heard him as he continued to comment on the beautiful spring scenery, __20__ (call) attention to every building and thing that people could see as the bus passed by. Soon, all of the passengers __21__ (look) out of the windows. The man’s words were so powerful that she found __22__ smiling for the first time that day.
The bus reached her stop, and as she moved toward the door, she got a look at their "guide": an old gentleman __23__ a beard, wearing dark glasses and carrying a thin white cane(木杖). He was blind.
Sometimes it is not that there is no __24___(beautiful) in __25___ world, it is just that there is no eye that can see that . Open your eyes and say, "Beautiful day, isn’t it?" |
Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother’s Camp（营地）. There, husbands and children are not allowed. Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family? Some women say they need time to be alone.
At Mother’s Camp a woman has room to herself. She can sleep, read or watch TV, and no one will bother her. No children will ask,“Mom, what’s for dinner?” No husband will say, “Oh, dear, I can’t find any clean socks.”In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home. Many of them work full-time and then come home to a second job-taking care of their homes and families. These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework.
In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework. Many of their husbands say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they can’t find the pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves.
Some women go to Mother’s Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they don’t cook, they don’t clean, they don’t look after their children and husbands. What do they do? They enjoy warm, sunny weather, walking, swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire. They relax away from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother’s Camp.
小题1:From this passage we can see in the United States.| A．women want to work outside the home | | B．working wives do most of the housework | | C．husbands do as much housework as their wives | | D．women do not like to stay at home with their families |
小题2:At Mother’s Camp, women can’t .| A．watch TV | B．read newspapers | | C．swim in the lake | D．bring their husbands and children |
小题3:Why would some mothers like to be alone? Because .| A．they don’t like their husbands and children | B．they have to work full-time | | C．they are too busy to relax themselves | D．they want a new life |
小题4:______________ is one of the biggest troubles for working wives in the United States.| A．Housework | B．Working outside the home | | C．When to take a vacation | D．Looking after their children |
小题5:What’s the best title（标题）for this passage?| A．Busy Working Mothers | B．The US family | | C．Mothers Relax Away from Home | D．Mothers in the US |
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We all know what it is like to be unable to turn your head because of a cold in the muscles (肌肉) of your neck, or because an unexpected twist（扭曲）has made your neck ache. The slightest move makes you jump with pain. Nothing could be worse than a pain in the neck.
That is why we use the phrase to describe some people who give you the same feeling. We have all met such people.
One is the man who always seems to be clapping his hands—often at the wrong time—during a performance in the theater. He keeps you from hearing the actors.
Even worse are those who can never arrive before the curtain goes up and the play begins. They come hurrying down to your row of seats. You are comfortably settled down, with your hat and heavy coat in your lap. You must stand up to let them pass. You are proud of yourself-control after they have settled into their seats…Well, what now…God, one of them is up again. He forgot to go to the men’s room, and once more you have to stand up, hanging on to your hat and coat to let him pass. Now, that is “a pain in the neck”.
Another, well—known to us all, is the person sitting behind you in the movies. His mouth is full of popcorn (爆米花); he is chewing（嚼）loudly, or talking between bites to friends next to him. None of them remain still. Up and down, back and forth, they go—for another bag of popcorn, or something to drink.
Then, there is the man sitting next to you at lunch, smoking. He wants you to enjoy it too, and blows smoke across your food into your mouth.
We must not forget the man who comes into a bus or subway and sits down next to you, just as close as you will let him. You are reading the newspaper and he gets closer so that he can read the paper with you. He may even turn the paper to the next page before you are ready for it.
We also call such a person a “rubber neck”, always getting close to where it does not belong, like neighbors who watch all your visitors. They enjoy learning about your personal business. People have a strong dislike for “rubber necks”. They hate being watched secretly.
小题1:Where can you find this passage?| A．In a medicine dictionary. | B．in a kids’ story book. | | C．In a social science book. | D．In a science textbook. |
小题2:According to the passage, how do you feel when late comers walk back and forth in front of you in a cinema?| A．disturbed. | B．bored. | C．ignored. | D．relaxed. |
小题3:A “rubber neck” often __________________ .| A．says bad words behind people. | B．quarrels face to face with neighbors. | | C．bargains with salespeople over the price | D．asks about other people’s business |
小题4:Which of the following persons CANNOT be described as a “pain in the neck”?| A．Someone who often claps at the wrong time during a performance. | | B．Someone who feels ache in his neck due to a cold in the muscles. | | C．Someone who sits next to you smoking, which you never enjoy. | | D．Someone who keeps eating or talking all through the movies. |
小题5:What is the main purpose of the author? | A．To tell people what might be bad manners in public. | | B．To criticize (批评) the people who might be a “pain in the neck” | | C．To show anger to those who are described as a “pain in the neck”. | | D．To tell people how to stop the pain in the neck. |
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阅读下面短文， 从短文后各题的四个选项（ A、 B、 C，D）中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
The world always makes way for the dreamer.
When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler. I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler 36 everyone’s spirits up to the ceiling, I 37 there feeling like I could do anything. When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, “Dad, I want to 38 people feel like that.” My father asked me 39 I meant. “I want to be a motivational （激励人的）speaker just like Mr. Zigler,” I replied．A 40 was born.
Recently, I began seeking my dream of motivating others. 41 a four-year relationship with Fortune 100 Company 42 as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional sales manager, I left the company at the height of my 43 . Many people were 44 that I would leave after earning a six-figure income. And they asked 45 I would risk everything for a dream.
I made my 46 to start my own company and leave my secure position after 47 a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company delivered a 48 that changed my life. He asked us, “If a god would offer you three wishes, what would they be?” After giving us a 49 to write down the three wishes, he then asked us, “Why do you need a 50 ?” I would never forget the power I felt at that moment. I realized that 51 I had accomplished in the past had prepared me for this moment. I was ready and didn’t need a god’s help to become a motivational speaker. A motivational speaker was 52 .
Having made that decision, I was immediately 53 . One week after I gave notice, my husband was laid off from his job, and now we had no 54 . But I held fast to my dream. The wonder really began to happen. In a short time my husband found a better job．And I was able to book several 55 engagements with new customers. I discovered the incredible power of dreams.
小题2:A slipped B．came C．arrived D．left
| 小题3: | | A．get | B．make | C．hope | D．cheer |
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| 小题5: | | A．speake | B．idea | C．girl | D．dream |
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小题6:A．Because B．Before C After D．While
| 小题7: | | A．regarding | B．working | C．acting | D．beginning |
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| 小题8: | | A．life | B．love | C．income | D．career |
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| 小题9: | | A．surprised | B．moved | C．disappointed | D．delighted |
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| 小题11: | | A．plan | B．decision | C．promise | D．mind |
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| 小题12: | | A．entering | B．joining | C．attending | D．holding |
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| 小题13: | | A．speech | B．book | C．report | D．newspaper |
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| 小题14: | | A．day | B．second | C．week | D．moment |
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| 小题15: | | A．help | B．god | C．job | D．company |
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| 小题16: | | A．something | B．anything | C．nothing | D．everything |
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| 小题17: | | A．alive | B．born | C．missing | D．dead |
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| 小题18: | | A．tested | B．searched | C．checked | D．examined |
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| 小题19: | | A．help | B．harm | C．income | D．money |
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| 小题20: | | A．selling | B．speaking | C．writing | D．listening |
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