In the past，people usually believed what newly­born 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 newly­born 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.
小題1:
A．eat　　　　　　B．knowC．rememberD．learn
小題2:
A．Besides B．WhileC．ButD．Therefore
小題3:
A．hourB．dayC．weekD．month
小題4:
A．influencedB．a(chǎn)cceptedC．disturbedD．moved
小題5:
A．cryB．smileC．eatD．sing
小題6:
A．a(chǎn)nnoyB．loveC．noticeD．please
小題7:
A．liveB．connectC．speakD．smile
小題8:
A．disappearsB．informsC．existsD．happens
小題9:
A．inferB．supportC．denyD．instruct
小題10:
A．recognizeB．realizeC．receiveD．record
小題11:
A．sleepingB．deliveringC．shapingD．developing
小題12:
A．helpingB．raisingC．involvingD．containing
小題13:
A．sleeping soundlyB．lying downC．a(chǎn)waking clearlyD．sitting up
小題14:
A．a(chǎn)ssistedB．forcedC．a(chǎn)skedD．mentioned
小題15:
A．hobbyB．gestureC．decorationD．purpose
小題16:
A．negativeB．unmarkedC．significantD．side
小題17:
A．languageB．feelingC．brainD．body
小題18:
A．psychologistB．motherC．doctorD．researcher
小題19:
A．exploringB．findingC．feelingD．discovering
小題20:
A．a(chǎn)nxiousB．confidentC．worriedD．curious

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:A
小題5:B
小題6:C
小題7:B
小題8:D
小題9:B
小題10:A
小題11:D
小題12:C
小題13:D
小題14:A
小題15:C
小題16:C
小題17:C
小題18:D
小題19:A
小題20:C
以前人們認(rèn)為嬰兒要到五六個(gè)月大的時(shí)候才開(kāi)始學(xué)習(xí)事物，但最新的研究表明嬰兒從一出生就開(kāi)始了學(xué)習(xí)過(guò)程，甚至在他們還未出生就開(kāi)始了。
小題1:D　根據(jù)下一句中的“...in the United States now believe babies begin learning...”可知答案。
小題2:C　此句與上一句形成轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，因此用but。
小題3:B　嬰兒從出生后的第一天就開(kāi)始了學(xué)習(xí)。此題可依據(jù)判斷。
小題4:A　嬰兒會(huì)強(qiáng)烈地受到環(huán)境的影響。
小題5:B　由本句后面的“something that the baby likes”及第二段的首句可知答案。
小題6:C　這種學(xué)習(xí)能力在嬰兒還沒(méi)有出生之前就在嬰兒身上存在了。
小題7:B　與空格后面的communicated形成順承關(guān)系。
小題8:D　嬰兒通過(guò)微笑使母親高興是為了得到最好的照料。
小題9:B　他們(研究人員)也支持這種想法，與上文形成順承關(guān)系。
小題10:A　嬰兒能夠識(shí)別并理解他們?cè)跊](méi)出生前就曾聽(tīng)到的聲音。
小題11:D　在母體中發(fā)育。
小題12:C　包含112名嬰兒的一項(xiàng)美國(guó)研究。
小題13:D　根據(jù)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。
小題14:A　無(wú)論是嬰兒自己獨(dú)立坐，坐在椅子里還是得到協(xié)作地坐起來(lái)。
小題15:C　保持那種姿態(tài)對(duì)嬰兒學(xué)習(xí)事物的能力有重要的影響。且gesture與后文中的“hey say the body position”向?qū)?yīng)。
小題16:C　同50題。
小題17:C　嬰兒學(xué)習(xí)能力的獲得是通過(guò)大腦實(shí)現(xiàn)的，且后一句中也涉及到了與腦力有關(guān)的“pay more attention”。
小題18:D　由50及52空所在句子的主語(yǔ)可以看出，此處的主語(yǔ)與他們一致。
小題19:A　孩子如果不用擔(dān)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。
小題20:C　同54題。
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B．Albert Einstein didn’t feel worn out after a day’s work.
C．The brain could work for many hours without fatigue.
D．A mental worker’s blood was filled with fatigue toxins.
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B．men and male rats have low levels of language protein
C．women and male rats have similar levels of Foxp2
D．McCarthy isn’t the first to find females more talkative
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A．test which part of the brain is key to language in rats and humans
B．prove the levels of Foxp2 protein in humans and rats are different
C．determine the reason why female rats are more talkative than male rats
D．discover the association between Foxp2 protein and vocal communication
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Fascinating as their skills of flight are, migrating behavior has been difficult to study in   insects because many long distant trips happen thousands of feet above ground. Only recently have scientists developed technologies that can detect (測(cè)出) such little creatures at such great heights.
To their surprise, though, the insects weren’t passive travelers on the winds. In autumn, for example, most light winds blew from the east, but the insects somehow sought out ones that carried them south and they positioned themselves to navigate directly to their wintering homes.
Even in the spring, when most winds flowed northward, the insects didn’t always go with the flow. If breezes weren’t blowing in the exact direction they wanted to go, the insects changed their body positions to compensate (補(bǔ)償). Many migrating birds do the same thing.
The study also found, butterflies and moths actively flew within the air streams that pushed them along. By adding flight speeds to wind speeds, the scientists calculated that butterflies and moths can travel as fast as 100 kilometers an hour. The findings may have real-world applications. With climate warming, migrating insects are growing in number. Knowing how and when these pests move could help when farmers decide when to spray their crops.
小題1:What’s the main idea of the text?  
A．Insects migrate with the seasons．
B．Wind helps insects greatly in migrating．
C．Windsurfing insects have real direction．
D．Scientists have trouble in observing insects．
小題2:Scientists originally thought that ________．
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B．insects chose the winds they wanted to ride
C．insects were just blown about by the wind
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D．their flight is long and high above ground
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Some students get so nervous before a test; they do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock has studied these highly anxious test-takers.
Sian Beilock: “They start worrying about the consequences. They might even start worrying about whether this exam is going to prevent them from getting into the college they want. And when we worry，it actually uses up attention and memory resources. I talk about it as your cognitive horsepower that you could otherwise be using to focus on the exam.”
Professor Beilock and another researcher，Gerardo Ramirez，have developed a possible solution. Just before an exam，highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.
Sian Beilock: “What we think happens is when students put it down on paper，they think about the worst that could happen and they reappraise the situation. They might realize it’s not as bad as they might think it was before and，in essence(本質(zhì)上)，it prevents these thoughts from popping up when they’re actually taking a test.”
The researchers tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students. They gave them two short math tests. After the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the upcoming second test.
The researchers added to the pressure. They told the students that those who did well on the second test would get money. They also told them that their performance would affect other students as part of a team effort.
Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of twelve percent worse on the second test. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of five percent.
Next, the researchers used younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test.
Prefessor Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of  B+，compared to a B－ for those who did not.
Sian Beilock: “What we showed is that for students who are highly test-anxious，who’d done our writing intervention(排解)，all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance. Those students most likely to worry were performing just as well as their classmates who don’t normally get nervous in these testing situations.”
But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam or presentation? Professor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and still improve their performance.
小題1:Which of the following is TRUE?
A．The result in the math test agrees with that in the biology test.
B．In the first math test, students who sat quietly performed better.
C．In the second math test, students who wrote about their feelings did worse.
D．Some college students are highly anxious test-takers while others are not in the tests.
小題2:What may happen if students have the problem of test anxiety?
A．Test anxiety is sure to cause students to fail the test.
B．Test anxiety can improve students’ performance to some degree.
C．Students’ attention and memory resources run out when worried.
D．Students may not be admitted into their favorite college if worried
小題3:The result of the research suggests that ________．
A．proper amount of burden may turn out to be a good thing
B．facing the fears bravely may help one to achieve more
C．a(chǎn)voiding facing the problem may contribute to relaxation
D．taking no action before difficulty may result in success
小題4:What is the main idea of the passage?
A．It is important for students to overcome test anxiety.
B．Anxious students overcome test anxiety by writing down fears.
C．It is a common practice for students being worried before a test.
D．Being worried before tests does harm to students’ performance.

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