Once a baby cries, the parents will go to see...

Once a baby cries, the parents will go to see what happened as soon as possible. According to a new study, a baby’s cry can make adults react very quickly, even if they are not related(相关的).

Oxford University researchers used a game called Whack-a-mole for the study. The game needs people to hit one buttons(按钮). The players must react as quickly as they can to hit the button that lights up at random(随机的). It is a game that requires speed and accuracy(准确度).

The study included 40 men and women volunteers aged 19 to 59. Some of them had sons or daughters but none had a baby at the time. They played whack-a-mole after listening to different sounds, including babies’ crying, the crying of adults in trouble and birds’ song that sounds like babies’ crying.

The volunteer’ scores  were higher after listening to the sound of crying babies. Men and women had similar scores. The results showed that a crying baby gets special attention.

“Few sounds make people react quite like the cry of a baby,” said Morten Kringelbach of Oxford’s psychiatry department, who led the study.

He added that a baby’s cry can increase adults’ heart rate and blood pressure. This is understandable, because in the course of human evolution(进化), taking care of babies has always been an important job for adults. When a baby is hungry or feeling bored or unwell, it will cry. As a result, human brains and bodies develop a special reaction to a baby’s cry.

1.According to the passage, how many volunteers took part in the study?

A．80               B．40               C．19               D．59

2.In the passage, the underlined word react means__________.

A．表演             B．打击             C．反应             D．演示

3.The game “whack-a-mole” shows__________.

A．a baby’s cry can get special attention from adults

B．men and women have different reaction speed and accuracy

C．adults without babies react more quickly to a baby’s cry

D．women react to a baby’s cry more quickly than men

4.According to the passage, a baby’s cry__________.

A．can get the same attention from adults as the birds’ song

B．is the noisiest sound

C．can increase adults’ heart rate and blood pressure

D．is good for its health

5.From the last paragraph, we learn that_________.

A．taking care of the younger babies was the most important thing in the past

B．human brains and bodies have developed to take care of babies

C．baby cries are a good way make adults react quickly

D．baby cries have developed a lot during the course of human evolution

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

—Will you go back home to see your parents or your parents come here to spend the holiday with you in the Spring Festival?

—__________.

A. No, I won’t

B. Yes, they will

C. It’s so noisy here

D. I’ll visit my parents, of course

九年级英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

What did the woman advise the man to do?

A. Go to see a doctor at once.

B. Give up solving the problem.

C. Be patient with the problem.

九年级英语听短对话回答问题困难题查看答案及解析

What's going to happen in the future? Will robots control our planet? Will computers become smarter than us? Not likely. But here are some things that scientists say are most likely to happen in 10 to 30 years from now, according to the BBC.

Digital money

We used to pay with cash(现金) for everything we bought. Now when we use a credit card(信用卡) to shop online, money is spent without us seeing it. That means we are already using digital money. Using a card is much easier than searching our pockets for change. It is also safer than carrying a lot of cash.

When ATM cards were first introduced, they were not accepted everywhere. But now it's hard to live without them. It's reported that people in Sweden completely stopped using cash last year, and the US might be next.

Bionic(仿生的) eye

It's no longer something only in a science fiction movie. People who are blind may have a chance to get their sight back—by wearing bionic eyes.

A blind eye can no longer sense light, but a bionic eye can use a camera to “see” the environment and send data(数据) to the mind. Now the bionic eye only allows patients to see lights and unclear shapes. A high resolution(高清的) image could be just a few years away.

Self－driving cars

Unlike a human driver, a self－driving car won't get distracted(分钟) by phone call, the radio or something outside the window. Sensors(探测器) and cameras on the car would allow it to stick reduce the number of road accidents. You could even take a nap while the car driver itself. In the future, driverless cars would be widely accepted.

1.________ has stopped using cash completely.

A. Sweden　　 B. ATM　　 C. BBC　　 D. America

2.What does the writer mainly tell us about digital money?

A. We use digital money to shop online without paying money.

B. Digital money is most likely to be used instead of cash.

C. Using cash is easier and safer than a credit card.

D. ATM cards are always popular.

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Bionic eyes only appear in the science fiction film.

B. Human drivers won't get distracted by something outside.

C. The blind wearing bionic eyes may see clearly in the future.

D. There will be no road accidents at all if self－driving cars are used.

4.From the report, we can learn some information about ________．

A. culture and art　

B. industry and farming　

C. science and technology

D. traffic and journey

5.Which of the following can be predicted(预测) from the passage?

A. There would be a number of self-driving　

B. The blind could use cameras to see things around.

C. We would live a hard life with digital money.　

D. Robots would control the world.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

What’s going to happen in the future? Will robots control our planet? Will computers become smarter than us? Not likely. But here are some things that scientists say are most likely to happen in 10 to 30 years from now, according to the BBC.

Digital money

We used to pay with cash(现金) for everything we bought. Now when we use a credit card(信用卡) to shop online, money is spent without us seeing it. That means we are already using digital money. Using a card is much easier than searching our pockets for change. It is also safer than carrying a lot of cash.

When ATM cards were first introduced, they were not accepted everywhere. But now it’s hard to live without them. It’s reported that people in Sweden completely stopped using cash last year, and the US might be next.

Bionic(仿生的) eye

It’s no longer something only in a science fiction movie. People who are blind may have a chance to get their sight back---by wearing bionic eyes.

A blind eye can no longer sense light, but a bionic eye can use a camera to “see” the environment and send data(数据) to the mind. Now the bionic eye only allows patients to see lights and unclear shapes. A high resolution(高清的) image could be just a few years away.

Self-driving cars

Unlike a human driver, a self-driving car won’t get distracted(分神) by a phone call, the radio or something outside the window. Sensors(探测器) and cameras on the car would allow it to stick strictly to the rules of the road and keep a safe distance from other cars. This would greatly reduce the number of road accidents. You could even take a nap while the car drives itself. In the future, driver-less cars would be widely accepted.

1.______ has stopped using cash completely.

A. Sweden　　 B. ATM　　 C. BBC　　 D. America

2.What does the writer mainly tell us about digital money?

A. We use digital money to shop online without paying money.

B. Digital money is most likely to be used instead of cash.

C. Using cash is easier and safer than a credit card.

D. ATM cards arc always popular.

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Bionic eyes only appear in the science fiction film.

B. Human drivers won't get distracted by something outside.

C. The blind wearing bionic eyes may see clearly in the future.

D. There will be no road accident at all if self-driving cars are used.

4.From the report, we can learn some information about ______.

A. culture and Art　　 B. industry and farming

C. science and technology　　 D. traffic and journey

5.Which of the following can be predicted(预测) from the passage?

A. There would be a number of self-driving cars on the road

B. The blind could use cameras to see things around.

C. We would live a hard life with digital money.

D. Robots would control the world.

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I will __________ the newspaper to see what happened yesterday.

A.look through B.look up C.look down

九年级英语单选题简单题查看答案及解析

The 3-month-old baby cried from time to time last night. His parents________had a good sleep.

A．mostly            B．hardly            C．nearly            D．always

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

—What will you do tomorrow?

—My sister will go abroad, so I will go to the airport to ________.

A.see off her B.pick her up C.see her off

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

The young soldier really doesn’t know________to stop the baby from crying．

A．what to do

B．how to do

C．when to do

D．where to do

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Listen！What’s happening ? Oh, it might be a girl ______in the next door.

A.to cry　　　　　　　　 B.crying

C.cry　　　　　　　　 　　 D.cries

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