What if our babies could somehow tell us what they’re thinking about, what they want, and what makes them unhappy? Robyn Holt, researcher for Baby Talk New Zealand, says they can. Holt heard about baby sign language through an advertisement and decided to go along to a workshop (研讨会).
“Sign language is something that’s always interested me, and I thought, it could be really cool to try this with a baby because we are always guessing all the time what they actually want.”
Holt started using baby sign language with her baby son Benjamin, now 12, and within two weeks he started to sign the sign for milk. She has since used it with her two younger sons Dominic, 8, and Matthew, 3.
Baby sign language is nothing new: the practice (which is based on adult sign language) has been out in America for more than 30 years. But it is enjoying a rebirth in New Zealand.
The idea behind baby sign language is that babies do have the ability to communicate their needs if they are given the right tools to do so. Although many mothers develop an intuition (直觉) about whether their baby’s crying is from hunger, tiredness, or pain, baby sign language creates a direct form of communication that unlocks the mystery.
When babies are between 6-months and 12 to 13-months, parents can begin to teach them sign language: use the sign for milk while feeding, and also talk about milk, so that the child begins to make the link (关联) in their brain. Then they can begin to add other signs, i.e. food, sick or pain.
“I know of one parent. Her child was signing the sign for hurt by his mouth, and she realised his first teeth were growing. It makes life so much easier,” said Holt.
1.Why did Holt go to the baby sign language workshop?
A. To entertain her own children.
B. To better understand babies’ needs.
C. To help babies with language problems.
D. To develop a new system of sign language.
2.According to the text, baby sign language _____.
A. has been used in New Zealand for 30 years
B. can easily make the parents understood
C. has developed from adult sign language
D. was designed by Robyn Holt
3.What does the underlined part “the mystery” in Paragraph 5 refer to?
A. The ability to communicate.
B. Mothers’ intuitions.
C. The cause of the baby’s crying.
D. Baby sign language.
4.Holt mentioned a parent and her child to show baby sign language is _____.
A. helpful B. difficult
C. interesting D. special
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
What if our babies could somehow tell us what they’re thinking about, what they want, and what makes them unhappy? Robyn Holt, researcher for Baby Talk New Zealand, says they can. Holt heard about baby sign language through an advertisement and decided to go along to a workshop (研讨会).
“Sign language is something that’s always interested me, and I thought, it could be really cool to try this with a baby because we are always guessing all the time what they actually want.”
Holt started using baby sign language with her baby son Benjamin, now 12, and within two weeks he started to sign the sign for milk. She has since used it with her two younger sons Dominic, 8, and Matthew, 3.
Baby sign language is nothing new: the practice (which is based on adult sign language) has been out in America for more than 30 years. But it is enjoying a rebirth in New Zealand.
The idea behind baby sign language is that babies do have the ability to communicate their needs if they are given the right tools to do so. Although many mothers develop an intuition (直觉) about whether their baby’s crying is from hunger, tiredness, or pain, baby sign language creates a direct form of communication that unlocks the mystery.
When babies are between 6-months and 12 to 13-months, parents can begin to teach them sign language: use the sign for milk while feeding, and also talk about milk, so that the child begins to make the link (关联) in their brain. Then they can begin to add other signs, i.e. food, sick or pain.
“I know of one parent. Her child was signing the sign for hurt by his mouth, and she realised his first teeth were growing. It makes life so much easier,” said Holt.
1.Why did Holt go to the baby sign language workshop?
A. To entertain her own children.
B. To better understand babies’ needs.
C. To help babies with language problems.
D. To develop a new system of sign language.
2.According to the text, baby sign language _____.
A. has been used in New Zealand for 30 years
B. can easily make the parents understood
C. has developed from adult sign language
D. was designed by Robyn Holt
3.What does the underlined part “the mystery” in Paragraph 5 refer to?
A. The ability to communicate.
B. Mothers’ intuitions.
C. The cause of the baby’s crying.
D. Baby sign language.
4.Holt mentioned a parent and her child to show baby sign language is _____.
A. helpful B. difficult
C. interesting D. special
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Can a computer think? That depends on what you mean by “think”. If solving a math problem is “thinking”, then a computer can “think” and do so much faster than a man. Of course, most mathematical problems can be solved by repeating certain process over and over again. Even the simple computers of today can do that. It is frequently said that computers solve problems only because they are“programmed” to do so. They can only do what men have them do. One must remember that human beings also can only do what they are “programmed” to do. Our genes “program” us the moment the fertilized ovum(受精卵) is formed, and our possible abilities are limited by that “program”. Our “program” is so much more enormously complex, though, that we might like to define “thinking” in terms of the creativity that goes into writing a great symphony or in developing a brilliant scientific theory. In that sense, computers certainly can’t think and neither can most humans.
Surely, though, if a computer can be made complex enough, it can be as creative as we. If it could be made as complex as a human brain, it could be equal to a human brain and do whatever a human brain can do. To suppose anything else is to suppose that there is more to the human brain than the matter that composes it. The brain is made up of cells in a certain arrangement. If anything else is there, no signs of it have ever been discovered. To duplicate (复制) the material complexity of the brain is therefore to duplicate everything about it.
But how long will it take to build a computer complex enough to duplicate the human brain? Perhaps not as long as some think. Long before we approach a computer as complex as our brain, we will perhaps build a computer that is at least complex enough to design another computer more complex than itself. This more complex computer could design one still more complex and so on and so on. In other words, once we pass a certain critical point, the computers take over and there is a “complexity explosion”. In a very short time thereafter, computers may exist that not only duplicate the human brain but go far beyond it.
1.In what sense does the writer think that humans are programmed?
A. Their characteristics, powers, etc. are fixed before birth.
B. He thinks a man’s abilities are not limited, as a computer’s are.
C. In the sense that humans will always be better than computers.
D. Computers must be operated by men, but man can operate by himself.
2.What does the writer mean by saying that the average human being is unable to ‘think’?
A. It is not true. All humans can ‘think’ in all sense.
B. Human beings fail to think as fast as a computer.
C. Most people don’t have great creative ability.
D. Something has been wrong with his genetic program.
3.What is the ‘critical point’ mentioned in the last paragraph?
A. The point at which a computer is an exact copy of a human brain.
B. When one computer is itself clever enough to design a better one.
C. When a computer can be made as creative as we are.
D. When the computers destroy each other in an explosion.
4.The word ‘explosion’ mentioned in the last paragraph means ________.
A. great damage B. a terrific noise
C. excitement D. big leaps forward
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--- Excuse me, sir. Would you do me a favor?
--- Of course. What is it?
--- I _____ if you could tell me how to fill out this form.
| A．had wondered | B．was wondering | C．would wonder | D．did wonder |
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What do you do if your child tells you that they want to choose a major where they aren’t likely to make a lot of money? Or what if you’re worried about their happiness, how they will repay their student loans and when they will get a job after graduation? 1.
Talk about the economics of their choice. It’s important that your child chooses a field they’re excited about. 2. If your child hasn’t yet thought about the student loan payments they’ll be making after graduation, that can be a good place to start the conversation. Suggest your child research the job prospects (前景) as well as average salaries for majors they’re interested in. If they still want to major in the low-salary field, you might suggest they go to a less expensive college.
3. Your child might be passionate about majoring in a field where their job prospects are slim and you might be afraid of discouraging them by suggesting something else. In that case, ask them if they are open to minoring (辅修) in that field and majoring in a more marketable field. Sometimes the particular major/minor combination is the key to success on the job market.
Find ways to make the major marketable. If your child doesn’t want to change their major or add a minor, encourage them to get job experience while in college. 4. Many employers won’t care what students majored in if they come to a new position with relevant job experience and great references.
Make sure it’s a good fit. Before they make a decision, encourage your child to meet with an adviser who can help them have a better knowledge of the major they want to choose. Have them talk to people who are currently working in the field and to students who are currently majoring in the field.5.
A. Suggest a second major.
B. Turn to an adviser for help.
C. Here are some tips for you.
D. But it’s also necessary to consider the finance.
E. Practical work experience helps ensure a good job.
F. This will help them determine if that major is right for them.
G. You’re worried that your child won't like their chosen major.
高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
If they had known what was coming next, they __ their mind.
A. may change B. could change C. must have changed D. might have changed
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Elephants have impressed us for centuries. They are big, clever, and sociable. But what if someone told you that they may also hold the key to fighting cancer?
People have been wondering why elephants do not develop cancer, even though they have life spans（寿命）that are similar to humans, living for around 50 to 70 years.
Now scientists believe they know why. A team at the University of Chicago, Us has found that elephants carry a large number of genes that stop tumors（肿瘤）from developing. To be precise, they found 20 copies of an anti-tumor gene called TP 53 in elephants. Most other species, humans included, only carry one copy.
According to the research, which was recently published on the online science network BioRxiv, the extra copies of the gene improved the animal’s sensitivity to DNA damage. This lets the cells（细胞）quickly kill themselves when damaged before they can form deadly tumors.
“An increased risk of developing cancer has stood in the way of the evolution of large body sizes in many animals,” study author Dr Vincent Lynch told The Guardian. If every living cell has the same chance of becoming cancerous, large creatures with long life spans like whales and elephants should have a greater risk of developing cancer than humans and mice do. But across species, the risk of cancer does not show a connection with body mass.
This phenomenon was found by Oxford University scientist Richard Peto in the 1970s and later named “Peto’s paradox”. Evolutionary biologists believe it results from larger animals using protection that many smaller do not, In the elephant’s case, the making of TP53 is nature’s way of keeping this species alive.
The study also found that when the same genes were brought to life in mice, they had the same cancer resistance as elephants. This means researchers could use the discovery to develop new treatments that can help stop cancers from spreading or even developing in the first place.
“Nature has already figured out how to prevent cancer,” said Joshua Schiffman, an oncologist at the School of Medicine, University of Utah, US.
“It’s up to us to learn how different animals tackle（对付）the problem so we can use those strategies to prevent cancer in people.”
1.Why are elephants unlikely to develop cancer?
A. They have a large body size
B. They carry many genes that keep tumors from developing
C. Certain genes in their body kill existing tumors
D. Their genes suffer no DNA damage
2.According to Dr. Vincent Lynch, what has been a risk in the evolution of large animals?
A. Extreme weather B. Cells killing themselves
C. Human behavior D. A risk of deadly tumors
3.What does the underlined expression “this phenomenon” on the sixth paragraph refer to?
A. The risk of cancer is not related to body size
B. Larger animals have protection from TP53
C. Larger animals suffer the same risk of cancer as smaller ones do
D. The larger animals are, the bigger risk of cancer they have
4.We can conclude from the last three paragraphs that .
A. depending on nature is not enough to fight against cancer
B. the TP53 genes have proven useful in stopping cancer in mice
C. this new treatment is more effective than the present ones
D. humans are expected to stop cancer in the near future
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At the beginning of our next class, I asked if someone wanted to share what happened when they told someone they loved them. As was usually the ______, I fully expected one of the women to ______, but on this evening one of the men raised his hand. He appeared quite ______ and a bit shaken.
He began by saying, “Dennis, I was quite ______ with you last week when you gave us this ______. I didn’t feel that I had anyone to say those words to, and ______, who were you to tell me to do something that is ______? But as I began driving home a(n) ______ deep down in my heart started talking to me. It was ______ me that I knew exactly who I needed to say ‘I love you’ to. You see, five years ago, my father and I had a cruel ______ and really never resolved it since that time. We ______ seeing each other unless we totally had to at Christmas or other family ______. But even then, we ______ spoke to each other. So, last Tuesday by the time I got home I had ______ myself I was going to tell my father I loved him.”
“It’s ______, but just making that decision ______ to lift a heavy load off my chest.”
“When I got home, I rushed into the house to tell my wife what I was going to do. She was already in _________ , but I woke her up anyway. She catapulted(弹射) out and ______ me, and for the first time in our married life she saw me cry. We ______ half the night drinking coffee and talking. It was ______.”
1.A. matter B. step C. manner D. case
2.A. volunteer B. behave C. accept D. conclude
3.A. concerned B. curious C. moved D. upset
4.A. familiar B. angry C. strict D. content
5.A. assignment B. instruction C. explanation D. enquiry
6.A. therefore B. besides C. however D. thus
7.A. popular B. annoying C. personal D. painful
8.A. idea B. desire C. voice D. message
9.A. showing B. asking C. persuading D. telling
10.A. disagreement B. defeat C. challenge D. emergency
11.A. enjoyed B. avoided C. tried D. regretted
12.A. collections B. occasions C. associations D. gatherings
13.A. finally B. hardly C. willingly D. delightedly
14.A. convinced B. advised C. taught D. answered
15.A. possible B. severe C. strange D. normal
16.A. meant B. sought C. intended D. seemed
17.A. bed B. relief C. place D. trouble
18.A. blamed B. injured C. hugged D. knocked
19.A. made up B. stayed up C. called up D. got up
20.A. private B. modest C. subjective D. great
高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
What a man offered to take care of a stranger’s baby so that the baby's mother could rest on a recent flight, many people on the plane watched it.
“It was so ________,” one passenger, Andrea Byrd said. She shot a photo of the man ________ the baby up and down the aisle and ________ it on Facebook, where it spread ________.
“I was ________,” Byrd wrote in the post, which has been shared almost 100,000 ________. “Not because he was white and she was black ________ because it showed me today that there are still good people out there in a world ________ evil.”
The Southwest Airlines flight was ________ from Minneapolis to Atlanta on September. 5.
The mom, Monica Nelson, who is pregnant, said she had been ________ about traveling alone with her 20-month-old son Luke. When he grew annoyed and wouldn’t ________, the man seated next to them ________ her by offering to help, she said. He walked ________ the aisle holing the boy, relaxing him to sleep.
“It was such a ________ because I was a little worried traveling ________ my husband there to help out” said Nelson, a teacher who lives in Atlanta. “I’m still very ________—he was so kind.” She said the man’s name is Reid, and she learned that he also has a son ________ Luke.
Byrd said die was particularly ________ by the scene because she has two children of her own and could put herself in the mom’s ________. Now their story has touched thousands of people across the world, reminding people how powerful a simple act of ________ can be.
1.A. touching B. annoying C. exciting D. embarrassing
2.A. crying B. walking C. carrying D. getting
3.A. healed B. posted C. sent D. took
4.A. slowly B. gradually C. normally D. quickly
5.A. with smile B. in tears C. in need D. in horror
6.A. measures B. days C. times D. directions
7.A. but B. and C. so D. or
8.A. regardless of B. in case of C. because of D. full of
9.A. heading B. facing C. handing D. shouldering
10.A. energetic B. different C. nervous D. confused
11.A. drink B. rest C. read D. scream
12.A. saw B. disturbed C. surprised D. governed
13.A. here and there B. inside out C. now or never D. up and down
14.A. thief B. belief C. chief D. relief
15.A. without B. with C. beyond D. under
16.A. careful B. hopeful C. grateful D. forgetful
17.A. named B. recorded C. regarded D. founded
18.A. remembered B. moved C. translated D. dressed
19.A. hats B. shoes C. coats D. socks
20.A. happiness B. sadness C. illness D. kindness
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They find out that the new baby is going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael sings to his sister in Mommy's stomach.
In time, the labor pains come. But complications arise during delivery. Finally, Michael's little sister is born. But she is in serious condition. With alarm in the night, the ambulance rushes the infant to the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee. The days go by. The little girl gets worse. The pediatric (儿科的) specialist tells the parents, “There is very little hope. Be prepared for the worst.”
Karen and her husband contact a local cemetery about a burial plot. They have fixed up a special room in their home for the new baby, but now they plan a funeral. Michael keeps begging his parents to let him see his sister, "I want to sing to her," he says. But kids are never allowed in Intensive Care. Karen makes up her mind. She will take Michael whether they like it or not. If he doesn’t see his sister now, he may never see her alive.
She dresses him in an oversized suit and marches him into ICU. He looks like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse recognizes him as a child and shouts, "Get that kid out of here now. No children are allowed. Never disturb patients here.” The mother rises up strongly and said," He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!"
Karen leads Michael to his sister's bedside. He gazes at the tiny infant losing the battle to live. And he begins to sing. In the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sings:" You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray…" Instantly the baby girl responds. The pulse rate begins to calm down and becomes steady.
“Keep on singing, Michael.”encouraged Karen with tears in her eyes. "You never know, dear, how much I love you, please don't take my sunshine away."
The next day, the very next day, the little girl is well enough to go home! Woman's Day magazine called it "the miracle of a brother's song". The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of Gods love!
Never give up on the people you love.
1.What may the underlined words "the infant" refer to?
A．The baby B．Karen C．Mary D．Michael
2.What do we know about the little sister after she was born?
A．She was driven to St. Mary's shop. B．A doctor came to see her in her house.
C．She was very thin and couldn't speak. D．She was in great danger.
3.Why did Karen firmly let little Michael see his sister in ICU?
A．Because he could make his sister alive.
B．Because his sister would be sent to a far hospital.
C．Because his sister was going to die soon.
D．Because his father wanted to take him away.
4.What do we know about the head nurse?
A．The head nurse was careful. B．The head nurse was rude.
C．The head nurse was responsible. D．The head nurse had no sympathy.
5.What is the general idea of the text?
A．A boy’s singing saved his sister’s life.
B．The little girl is well enough to go home.
C．Michael's little sister is born with a serious disease.
D．No children are allowed to enter the intensive care unit.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Although a teenager, Fred could not resist ______ what to do and what not to do.
A．telling B．to tell
C．being told D．to be told
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析