In the top 10 of unpleasant sounds, a crying ...

In the top 10 of unpleasant sounds, a crying baby ranks very high. It instantly makes a key part of your brain called the amygdale (杏仁孔) active, which, among other things, acts as a sort of radar for emotional threats. So why would babies need to cause this sort of urgent reaction? To get you to respond and fast to ensure their survival.

Babies can’t fend for themselves. They are like chicks in their parents’ nest, depending on others to keep them warm, fed and safe. Like chicks, their cries signal driving necessities such as a need for food or protection from danger. But human babies can also convey a range of other needs with cries.

Human babies are also highly social, and are interested in engaging in a dialogue with their caregivers. So they are equally attentive to their parents’ signals: the messages conveyed by the body language of their caregivers — how the parent smells, touches, holds, rocks, as well as their tone of voice. In relaxed moments with the parent, they soon discover how smiling at an attentive adult tends to cause a positive response in return.

On the other hand, these early attempts at communication between the parent and child can be very hit-and-miss. In the first few weeks, most babies cry for about two hours a day. When the parent and baby aren’t “getting” each other, crying can increase. In particular, long difficulties with breast-feeding can lead to a pattern of “established firmly” crying behavior.

Crying is a signal that can mean many different things. The lessons that are learned from these early experiences are highly significant for individual lives, but collectively they also have a great effect on our culture.

1.According to the first paragraph, what is babies’ purpose of crying?

A. To change their comfortable situation at the present time.

B. To communicate with parents and learn to use body language.

C. To make caregivers fast respond to guarantee their survival.

D. To get something that they want to get as quickly as possible.

2.What does the underlined phrase “fend for” in Para.2 mean?

A. feed　　 B. look after

C. support　　 D. make up

3.Why do human babies pay attention to their parents’ signals?

A. Because they hope to get more from their parents.

B. Because they want to convey messages to their parents.

C. Because they need to learn from their parents how to communicate.

D. Because they are social and interested in talking with their parents.

4.What is the best title of the text?

A. Cry or Don’t Cry?　　 B. Why Do Babies Cry?

C. How to Express Babies’ Feelings?　　 D. Human Babies Are Similar to Chicks’?

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After working for two years, Tim Martin was ___ as the top manager in charge of the company.

A．ranked           B．appointed         C．recognized        D．classified

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Along with its neighbors, Sweden features near the top of most sex-equality rankings. The World Economic Forum rates it as having one of the narrowest sex gaps in the world. Sweden is not only a good place for a woman, but it appears to be one for new dads. Close to ninety percent of Swedish fathers take paternity leave (陪产假). Last year some 340,000 dads took a total of 12 million days’ leave, that is, approximately seven weeks each. Women take even more leave days to spend time with their children, but the gap is shrinking. Why do Swedish dads take so much time off work to raise their children?

Forty years ago Sweden became the first country in the world to introduce a paid parental-leave allowance. Benefits consisted of ninety percent of wages for 180 days per child, and parents were free to share the days between them in whatever way they pleased. But the policy was hardly a hit with dads: in the policy’s first year men took only 0.5% of all paid parental leave.

Today they take a quarter of it. One reason is that the policy has become more generous, with the number of paid leave days for the first child increasing from 180 to 480. In 1995 the first so-called “daddy month” was introduced. Under this reform, families in which each parent took at least one month of leave received an additional month to add to their total allowance. The policy was expanded in 2002 so that if the mother and father each took at least two months’ leave, the family would get two extra months. Some politicians now want to go further, advocating that the present system of shared leave be turned into one of personal rights, under which mothers should be allowed to take only half of the family’s allowance, with the rest reserved for fathers.

Since Swedish men started to take more responsibility for child upbringing, women have seen both their incomes and levels of self-reported happiness increase. Paying dads to change nappies(尿布) and hang out at playgrounds seems to benefit the whole family.

1.What can be a suitable title for the passage?

A. Swedish Sex Equality　　 B. Swedish Fathers’ Paternity Leave

C. Swedish New Dad Policy　　 D. Swedish New Fathers’ Family Role

2.Why does Sweden appear a good place for new dads?

A. Sweden has the smallest global sex gap.

B. They feed their children instead of mothers.

C. Most of them are provided with paternity leave.

D. Swedish fathers take more leave days than mothers.

3.How has the policy changed over time?

A. Fathers can have longer paternity leave.

B. Paternity leave decreases fathers’ incomes.

C. Fathers take more responsibility than mothers.

D. Leave days are divided equally between parents.

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The baby cried again. The young mother felt very ____ and her husband wore ____ expression on his face, too.

A. confused; confused            B. confusing; confused

C. confusing; confusing           D. confused; confusing

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The baby cried again. The young mother felt very ____ and her husband wore ____ expression                on his face, too.

A. confused; confused            B. confusing; confused

C. confusing; confusing           D. confused; confusing

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The neglected baby is crying alone. The young man, suffering from a lack of sleep, threatens suicide. The marriage fails because of the husband’s crazy behavior.

Is this just another story of social breakdown in the modern age? Not really. But they are the effects of a real social problem—Internet Addiction(沉溺), or, Internet Addiction Disorder.

The addiction is obvious from the popularity of one game alone: “Halo 2”. It’s a first-person shooter developed by Bungie Studios for the Xbox video game console. By early 2005, 1 million players worldwide had clocked up an amazing 100 million hours on the game, among which are 360, 000 Chinese players.

China has about 94 million regular Internet users. Of these, a survey suggested, 4.4 million are teenagers who are so addicted to it that they neglect anything else.

Video gamers who have gone too far show symptoms similar to those of alcohol and drug abusers. “The real world meant nothing to me when I was fully involved in online games. I lost track of time, space, hunger, pain, and everything,” explained Liu Pinyi, a 19-year-old college dropout. She has had treatment in Beijing for her addiction.

What makes it similar to drugs is that online game addicts also develop a chemical imbalance in their brains. Gaming stimulates the production of a chemical compound that produces delighted or pleasant feelings. When they’re away from the screen, they suffer feelings of anxiety and headaches.

Experts say young people are attracted to video games partly because they are partly because they are pushed right into the center of the action. This allows them to overcome a lack of confidence which people at that age can often suffer from.

1.What’s the writer’s main purpose in writing the first paragraph?

2. How much time in total had Chinese game players spent on “Halo 2” by early 2005?

3. When video gamers get lost in a game, they do the following EXCEPT that _______.

4. what is the passage mainly about?

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Seeing the stranger _______, the frightened baby couldn’t help ______ crying.

A．burst in; bursting into                    B．burst into; burst out

C．break in; bursting out                    D．burst into; burst out

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In general, I don’t cry very often. But in early August 2011, I did a lot of crying. All these ____were for one simple reason: I really, really didn’t want to leave China. But, I already had my plane ticket, and my work visa was　 ____, so I had no ____ but to go back to America.

For a while, I was ____ to be reunited with my family, my friends, and most importantly, my dog. I also enjoyed catching up on all the films, TV shows, and music I’d ____.Soon after I arrived home, I began ____ with my family and my friends. I told them how I loved my ____ in China, and how I hoped to come back one day. They said, “Maybe you can go again next year.” And now here I am, ____ one whole year teaching oral English at Harbin No. 1 High School.

My ____ teaching experience gave me much ___ that I am now putting to use. I now feel____ about my teaching abilities that I even have a teaching philosophy. My philosophy is one simple word: interact. I try to make the students ____for much more of the class period. I also like to play games in class ,as well as doing art projects, acting, and ____ having discussions.

To teach English as a foreign language in a non-English-speaking country can be quite ____ at times. I feel it is probably more difficult for students to relate to the material if they are not often ____ by English. Making things even more difficult is the ____ that the English they do come across is often ____, or, while grammatically correct, is not at all native-sounding. This kind of English, I think, can actually be ____ to students’ learning. ____,maybe “Chinglish,” both written and spoken, is just one of the ____ to building a country full of English speakers.

1.A. stories　　 B. talks　　 C. tears　　 D. dreams

2.A. due　　 B. ready　　 C. lost　　 D. special

3.A. idea　　 　　 B. choice　　 C. right　　　　 D. time

4.A. excited　　 B. worried　 C. surprised　　 D. curious

5.A. ignored　　 B. heard　　 C. forgotten　　 D. missed

6.A. working　　 B. talking　　 C. living　　 D. arguing

7.A. research　　 B. stay　　 C. business　　 D. condition

8.A. spending　 　　 B. wasting　 C. finding　　 D. finishing

9.A. everyday　 　　 B. recent　　 C. previous　　 D. wide

10.A. wisdom　　 B. pleasure　 C. wealth　　 D. knowledge

11.A. careful　　 B. concerned　 C. certain　　 D. anxious

12.A. speak　　 B. write　　 C. listen　　 D. read

13.A. naturally　 B. generally　 C. hardly　　 D. simply

14.A. amazing　 B. challenging　 C. interesting　　 D. disappointing

15.A. questioned　 B. encouraged　 C. supported　　 D. surrounded

16.A. message　 B. fact　　 C. feeling　　　　 D. thought

17.A. impossible　 B. unusual　 C. incorrect　　 D. unknown

18.A. harmful　　 B. important　 C. suitable　　 D. valuable

19.A. Otherwise　 B. Besides　 C. Therefore　　 D. However

20.A. problems　 B. steps　　 C. rules　　 D. aspects

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We didn’t dare to make _____ sound for ______ fear of waking the sleeping baby.

A. a; the　　　　　　 B. a; /　　　　　　　　 C. /; /　　　　　　　　 D. /; the

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No. 1 Middle School of Anxiang is the very place ______ Song Zhenyu, the Provincial science top of Hunan in 2014, was studying.

A. that                B. which

C. where                D. from which

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