Don’t be discouraged. ____things as they are and you will enjoy every day of your life.
A. Taking B. To take C. Take D. Taken
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It’s the place where smart people make smart machines work even smarter. It’s also in the heart of sunny California, a great place to start a family and raise kids. What could be better?
But something is happening to their children. Up until the age of two they develop normally. But then everything seems to go backwards. The children become locked into their own small world, unable to communicate at all.
They call it the “curse(詛咒)of Silicon Valley,” but the medical name for the condition is autism(自閉癥). It used to be thought that autism was a kind of mental illness. Now doctors are sure that it is a neurological disease transmitted genetically. It seems that the people leading the communications revolution are having children who cannot communicate at all.
But even the parents have trouble communicating. Asperger’s Syndrome is a mild version of autism. People who have it are highly intelligent and often brilliant with numbers or system but have no social skill. This very combination of symptoms makes Asperger’s sufferers into ideal computer professionals.
The Asperger’s sufferer has always been a well—known figure in popular culture. He or she was the eccentric but dedicated scholar or the strange uncle or auntie who never married. But the high numbers of such people in Silicon Valley mean that they can meet others who understand them and share their interests. And while they might not be personally attractive, they can earn truly attractive amounts of money. They can get married and have kids. Unfortunately, many of the children of two Asperger’s parents seem to be developing serious autism.
There is little anyone can do. It takes hours of work just to make autistic child realize that anyone else exists. And there is no cure in sight. Some argue that no cure should be found. “It may be that autistics are essentially different from normal people, but that these differences make them invaluable for the evolution of the human race,” says Dr. Kirk Whilhelmsen of the University of California. “To eliminate the genes for autism could be disastrous. ”
It seems that the children of Silicon Valley are paying the price of genius.
1.What does Dr Kirk Whilhelmsen think of autism?
A. It is disastrous to society.
B. It is not completely a bad thing.
C. It is a punishment to those working in Silicon Valley.
D. People with autism should never marry.
2.What can we learn about autism according to the passage?
A. It is believed to be a king of mental illness that can be cured.
B. People with autism can’t find people sharing their interests.
C. They do not care about the presence of others.
D. They are a burden for the society.
3.Why do people call autism “curse of Silicon Valley”？
A. Because autistic people live in Silicon Valley.
B. Because many people working in Silicon Valley have autism children.
C. Because people with autism will be driven out of Silicon Valley.
D. Because people with autism are not personally attractive and not liked by others.
4.What can we know about Asperger’s Syndrome according to the passage?
A. Asperger’s sufferers are ideal computer professionals.
B. Asperger’s sufferers never get married and have children.
C. Asperger’s sufferers are ashamed of themselves and locked into their own world.
D. Asperger’s sufferers can be beneficial to society if they are cured.
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How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you? When he was young, Jacob Lawrence often walked more than sixty from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of Art．Jacob wanted to be a（n） ，and he believed that studying the famous paintings in that museum would help him．
It was 1930,when many people were out of work, money was and people suffered a lot．Still the streets were with energy and color．As he walked through Harlem, Jacob looked hard at the people, the churches, and barbershops and so on．He those images in his mind, along with the images of paintings he saw in the ．
Jacob came from a poor family．His mother believed there was little chance her son could grow up to be a successful painter．She wanted him to aim for something more ．But Jacob's teacher, Alston, in an art program saw that he was talented．Alston him how to use paints to make stage sets．
As time passed, Alston let Jacob rent work space in his own studio． That was an exciting place for a young black man to become an artist．Many creative people there to talk about art, literature and history．From their ,Jacob learned that history books often the accomplishments of African Americans．He decided to paint a sel1es of pictures describing the story of a black hero．He Toussaint, who had helped free his people French ruling．
Many people admired Jacob's pictures, but he needed admiration．To help his family, he often had to work at jobs that him away from painting．Then something encouraging happened．An artist named Augusta got Jacob a job．For eighteen months, Jacob was given a to paint pictures． For the first time, he felt like a artist．
1.A． stepsB． blocksC． buildingsD． avenues
2.A． artistB． tutorC． scholarD． official
3.A． swingingB． existingC． hangingD． twisting
4.A． blankB． looseC． toughD． tight
5.A． linedB． decoratedC． associatedD． filled
6.A． storedB． receivedC． createdD． remembered
7.A． museumB． studioC． churchD． street
8.A． whetherB． whichC． thatD． when
9.A． preciousB． practicalC． standardD． flexible
10.A．recommendedB． remindedC． providedD． showed
11.A． hesitatingB． strugglingC． marchingD． participating
12.A． settledB． wanderedC． gatheredD． rushed
13.A． experiencesB． performancesC． accentsD． conversations
14.A． acknowledgedB． accusedC． ignoredD． witnessed
15.A． choseB． acceptedC． countedD． employed
16.A． againstB． fromC． 
forD． with
17.A． more thanB． rather thanC． other thanD．less than
18.A． brokeB． gaveC． permittedD． took
19.A． awardB． titleC． salaryD． prize
20.A． permanentB． popularC． positiveD． professional
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Days of snowstorms have left the city under thick layers of ice and some 50,000 homes without power．
A．to be trapped B．trapped C．having trappedD．being trapped
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Is language, like food, a basic human need without which a child at a critical period of life can be starved and damaged? Judging from the experiment of Frederick in the thirteenth century, it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to keep silent.
All the infants died before the first year. But clearly there was more than lack of language here. What was missing was mothering. Without good mothering, in the first year of life especially, the capacity to survive is seriously affected.
Today no such severe lack exists as that ordered by Frederick. Nevertheless, some children are still backward in speaking. Most often the reason for this is that the mother is insensitive to the signals of the infant, whose brain is programmed to learn language rapidly. If there sensitive periods are neglected, the ideal time for acquiring skills passes and they might never be learned so easily again. A bird learns to sing and to fly at the right time, but the process is slow and hard once the critical stage has passed.
Experts suggest that speech stages are reached in a fixed order and at a constant age, but there are cases where speech has started late in a child who eventually turns out to be of high IQ. At twelve weeks a baby smiles and makes vowel-like sounds; at twelve months they can speak simple words and understand simple commands; at eighteen months he has a vocabulary of three to five words. At three he knows about 1,000 words, which he can put into sentences, and at four his language differs from that of his parents in style rather than grammar.
Recent evidence suggests that an infant is born with the capacity to speak. What is special about man’s brain, compared with that of the monkey, is the complex system which enables a child to connect the sight and feel of, say, a toy-bear with the sound pattern “toy bear”. And even more incredible is the young brain’s ability to pick out an order in language from the mixture of sound around him, to analyze, to combine and recombine the parts of a language in new ways.
But speech has to be induced（激發(fā)，引起）, and this depends on interaction between the mother and the child, where the mother recognizes the signals in the children’s babbling（咿呀聲）,grasping and smiling, and responds to them. Insensitivity of the mother to these signals dulls the interaction because the child gets discouraged and sends out only the obvious signals. Sensitivity to the child’s nonverbal signals is essential to the growth and development of language.
1.The writer mentioned the experiment of Frederick to __________.
A. support his idea B. introduce his topic
C. describe a new finding D. give an example of his theory
2.The purpose of Frederick’s experiment was to __________.
A. prove that children are born with the ability to speak
B. discover what language a child would speak without hearing any human speech
C. find out what role careful nursing would play in teaching a child to speak
D. prove that a child could be damaged without learning a language
3.The reason why some children are backward in speaking is most probably that ________.
A. they are not able to learn language rapidly
B. they are exposed to too much language at once
C. their mothers do not respond enough to their attempts to speak
D. their mothers are not clever enough to help them
4. If a child starts to speak later than others, he will __________ in future.
A. have a high IQ B. be less intelligent
C. be insensitive to verbal signals D. not necessarily be backward
5. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. A child is born with the ability to speak.
B. A child’s brain has a complex system which helps to connect the sight and feel of an object.
C. A child can produce his own sentences.
D. A child owes his speech ability to good nursing.
6. According to the passage, the writer agrees that__________.
A. the infants will certainly die because of lack of language.
B. all children learn their language in fixed stages
C. the child’s brain is highly selective
D. insensitivity to the child’s non-verbal signals will not affect the development of the child’s language
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Could it be in the room____ we had a talk last night ____ you left the key?
A. that; where B. where; when
C. where; that D. in which; where
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The celebration of National Hugging Day has moved beyond America’s borders. It seems the day might ____ and start in other countries.
A. hold on B. count on
C catch on D. take on
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Malaysian Prime Minister announced on Monday that the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 ended in the Southern Indian Ocean, but many said it lacked _____ evidence.
A. fierce B. severe C. solid D. potential
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The machine has been used many years. It’s n
o wonder
that it doesn’t work well________.
A. regularly B. constantly C. occasionally D. frequently
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