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Mistakes don’t just happen, but they occur for a reason. What we ought to do is find out the reason and then making the mistakes _____________.

A. reasonable　　　　　　　　 B. essential　　　　 C. considerate　　　　 D. worthwhile

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Mistakes don’t just happen; they occur for a reason. Find out the reason, and then making the mistake becomes ________.

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阅读理解。

Babies don't learn to talk just from hearing sounds. They are lip­readers too. It happens during the stage when a baby's babbling (咿呀声) gradually changes from unclear voices into that first “mama” or “dada”. The baby in order to do like you has to figure out how to shape their lips to make that particular sound they are hearing, according to developmental psychologist David Lewkowicz of Florida Atlantic University, who led the study.

Apparently it doesn't take them too long to absorb the movements that match basic sounds. By their first birthdays, babies start changing back to look you in the eye again. It offers more evidence that quality face­time with babies is very important for speech development more than, say, turning on the latest baby DVD.

But Lewkowicz went a step further. He and his student Amy Hansen­Tift tested nearly 180 babies, groups of them at ages 4,6,8,10 and 12 months. How? They showed videos of a woman speaking in English or Spanish to babies of English speakers. They found that when the speaker used English, the 4­month­olds gazed mostly into her eyes. The 6­month­olds spent equal amounts of time looking at the eyes and the mouth. The 8­and 10­month­olds studied mostly the mouth. At 12 months, attention started changing back toward the speaker's eyes.

But what happened when these babies accustomed to English heard Spanish? The 12­month­olds studied the mouth longer, just like younger babies. They needed the extra information to recognize the unfamiliar sounds. That fits with research into bilingualism (双语) that shows babies' brains adjust themselves to distinguishing the sounds of their native language over other languages in the first year of life.

The continued lip­reading shows the 1­year­olds clearly still are fit for learning. Babies are so hard to study that this is “a fairly heroic data set”， says Duke University cognitive neuroscientist Greg Appelbaum, who found the research so fascinating that he wants to know more.

1.According to the first paragraph, babies________.

A．might get its voice “mama” by lip­reading

B．learn to talk just from hearing the sounds

C．like to figure out how to shape their lips

D．communicate with parents through gestures

2.What is necessary in developing babies' speech according to Lewkowicz?

A．Playing baby DVD nearby.

B．Teaching babies to read English.

C．Speaking with babies face to face.

D．Speaking different languages in front of babies.

3.Which of the following shows the right change of babies' eye gaze according to the text?

4.What would be the best title of the text?

A．Babies Have Different Methods to Talk

B．Babies Try Lip­reading in Learning to Talk

C．Babies Are Suitable to Learn Two Languages

D．Babies Can Easily Accept Foreign Language

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An expert says, “ I think it is unpredictable for nature. You don’t know what will happen but _________we are preparing.”

A. somehow　　 B. somewhat　　 C. anyhow　　 D. someway

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An expert says, “I think it is unpredictable for nature. You don’t know what will happen but_________, we are preparing.”

A. somehow　　　 B. anyhow

C. somewhat　　 D. someway

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Jane is not good at sports，but when it　　　　 to cooking，she’s excellent．

A．happens　　 B．comes　　 C．does D．occurs

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I think that's unlikely to happen, but if that ______ occur, both America's and China's interest would be severely damaged.

A．should            B．could             C．would            D．might

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I didn’t know what to do, but then an idea suddenly ____ me.

A. occurred to　　　　　 B. occurred

C. happened to　　　 　 D. flashed to

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I think that's unlikely to happen, but if that ______ occur, both America's and China's interest would be severely damaged.

A．should            B．could             C．would            D．might

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If you are unable to attend the interview, for _____ reason, you should inform us immediately.

A. whatever           B. what             C. whichever         D. which

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