How old was the baby when he learned to say that word correctly?A.About 18 months.B.About
How old was the baby when he learned to say that word correctly?
A.About 18 months.
B.About 21 months.
C.About 24 months.
D.About 12 months,
How old was the baby when he learned to say that word correctly?
A.About 18 months.
B.About 21 months.
C.About 24 months.
D.About 12 months,
How do the Americans train people to have their own private rooms?
A.Put the baby in another room.
B.Put the baby in a crib near the parents' bed.
C.Give the child 'a room when he is old enough.
D.Put the baby into its brother' s or sister' s room.
How old was the baby when he learned to say that word correctly?[A]About l8 months. [B]About 21 months. [C]About 24 months.
【C16】______ , the elderly population in American is expanding fast. Why? People are living longer. Few babies【C17】______ . and middle-aged "baby boomers" are rapidly entering the 【C18】______ of the elderly. America may soon be a place【C19】______ wrinkles are "in." Marketing experts are already focusing on this growing group of consumers. And even now the elderly have【C20】______ political power. The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), with over 30million members, has a strong voice in Washington.
【C1】
A.young-centered
B.youth-centered
C.young-oriented
D.youth-oriented
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A.When they are eight days old.
B.When they are eight weeks old.
C.When they are eight months old.
D.When they are six weeks old.
How old is the girl known as Peru's mermaid?
A.13 months old.
B.13 days old.
C.13 years old.
D.30 months old.
A few years ago a young mother watched her husband diaper(给...换尿布) their firstborn son. "You don't have to be so unhappy about it," she protested. "You can talk to him and smile a little." The father, who happened to be a psychologist, answered firmly, "He has nothing to say to me, and I have nothing to say to him."
Psychologists now know how wrong that father was. From the moment of birth, a baby has a great deal to say to his parents and they to him. But a decade or so ago, these experts were describing the newborn as a primitive creature who reacted only by reflex, a helpless victim of its environment without capacity to influence it. And mothers accepted the truth. Most thought(and some still do) that a new infant could see only blurry shadows, that his other senses were undeveloped, and that all he required was nourishment, clean diapers, and a warm bassinet.
Today university laboratories across the country are studying newborns in their first month of life. As a result, psychologists now describe the new baby as perceptive, with remarkable learning abilities and an even more remarkable capacity to shape his or her environment—including the attitudes and actions of his parents. Some researchers believe that the neonatal period may even be the most significant four weeks in an entire lifetime.
Far from being helpless, the newborn knows what he likes and rejects what he doesn't. He shuts out unpleasant sensations by closing his eyes or averting his face. He is a glutton for novelty. He prefers animate things over inanimate and likes people more than anything.
When a mere nine minutes old, an infant prefers a human face to a head-shaped outline. He makes the choice despite the fact that, with delivery-room attendants masked and gowned, he has never seen a human face before. By the time he's twelve hours old, his entire body moves in precise synchrony to the sound of a human voice, as if he were dancing. A non-human sound, such as a tapping noise, brings no such response.
The author points out that the father diapering his firstborn son was wrong because ______.
A.he thought the baby didn't have the power of speech
B.he believed the baby was not able to hear him
C.he was a psychologist unworthy of his profession
D.he thought the baby was not capable of any response
听力原文: Mrs. Ruth Li, a Chinese woman living in Singapore, named her baby girl Patsy Li. This name means in Chinese" white plum blossom. "When Pasty Li was six years old, the Japanese attacked Singapore. Mrs. IA and Patsy Li escaped on a ship which was sunk. Mrs. Li placed Patsy Li on a bit of floating wreckage. Later Mrs. Li was rescued, but her daughter could not be found.
Many months after, four thousand miles away on the Guadal Canal, a group of American soldiers on the sea found the little Chinese girl. No one could tell how she had got there. She refused to talk or give her name. The priest in the army who spoke Chinese, named her Patsy Lee because he thought she looked like a white plum blossom.
When The New York Times told about the finding of" Patsy Lee," could Pasty Lee be the lost child Patsy Li? The mother made the long voyage to find out. The little "white plum blossom" was indeed her own Patsy Li.
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A.White apple blossom.
B.White peach blossom.
C.White pear blossom.
D.White plum blossom.
Nowadays when people grow old, we often send them to nursing homes. When they get sick, we transfer them to a hospital, where children are forbidden to visit terminally-iii patients-even when those patients are their parents. This deprives the dying patient of significant family members during the last few days of the life and it deprives the children of an experience of death, which is an important learning experience.
Some of my colleagues and I once interviewed and followed approximately 500 terminally-ill patients in order to find out what they could teach us and how we could be of more benefit, not just to them but to the members of their families as well. We were most impressed by the fact that even those patients who were not told of their serious illness were quite aware of its potential out come.
It is important for family members, and doctors and nurses to understand these patients communications in order to truly understand their needs, fears and fantasies(幻想). Most of our patients welcomed another human being with whom they could talk openly, honestly and frankly about their trouble. Many of them shared with us their tremendous need to be informed, to be kept up-to-date on their medical condition and to be told when the end was near. We found out that patients who had been dealt with openly and frankly were better able to cope with the approach of death and finally to reach a true stage of acceptance prior to death.
The elders of contemporary Americans ______.
A.were quite unfamiliar with birth and death
B.had often experienced the fear of death as part of life
C.usually witnessed the birth or death of a family member
D.were often absent when a family member was born or dying
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Passage Three
Jimmy was five years old and his brother, Billy, was only a baby. One morning his mother waited for an important telephone call for hours, but nobody called. There was no bread in the house and she had to go out to buy some. Jimmy stayed at home to look after the baby. When the mother was out, the telephone rang and Jimmy answered.
Mr. Baker:Hello! May I speak to Mrs. White?
Jimmy: Sorry, Mother is out.
Mr. Baker: Well, when she comes back, say to her, "Mr. Baker called. "
Jimmy: What?
Mr. Baker:Mr. Baker. Write it down. B-A-K-E-R.
Jimmy:How do you write B?
Mr. Baker:How do I write...? Listen,little boy,is there anybody else with you? Any brothers or sisters?
Jimmy: Yes, my brother Billy is here.
Mr. Baker:Good. I want to talk to him,please.
Jimmy:All right. Jimmy took the telephone to the baby"s bed and put it beside its head.Not long after that his mother came back.
Mother: Did anybody call?
Jimmy:Yes, a man called. But he only wanted to talk to Billy.
Jimmy‘s mother waited for__________. 查看材料
A.an important man
B.a good friend
C.a telephone call
D.a piece of good news
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