In the past，people usually believed what newlyborn babies wanted was food and to be kept warm and dry．They thought babies were not able to ____ things until they were five or six months old．____ the researchers in the United States now believe babies begin learning on their first ____ of life．They say babies are strongly ____ by their environment and one baby will ____ if his or her mother does something that the baby likes．
A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to ____ her mother．This is how babies start to learn to ____ and communicate with other people．The researchers say this ability to learn ____ in a baby even before birth．They also ____ the idea that newlyborn babies can ____ and understand sounds they heard while they were still ____ inside their mothers．
Recently，an American study ____ 112 babies found babies learned better when they were ____．The babies appeared to learn well whether they were sitting up on their own，sitting in seats or ____ to sit up．The researchers say keeping that kind ____ had what they called a ____ effect on the babies' ability to learn about objects．They say the body position may be linked to development in the ____．One ____ says babies can pay more attention to ____ an object if they do not have to be about their balance．
A．learn B．know C．remember D．eat
A．Besides B．While C．But D．Therefore
A．hour B．month C．week D．day
A．influenced B．accepted C．disturbed D．moved
A．cry B．smile C．sing D．eat
A．annoy B．love C．notice D．please
A．connect B．live C．speak D．smile
A．disappears B．informs C．exists D．happens
A．infer B．support C．deny D．instruct
A．recognize B．realize C．receive D．record
A．sleeping B．delivering C．shaping D．developing
A．helping B．involving C．raising D．containing
A．sleeping soundly B．lying down C．sitting up D．awaking clearly
A．assisted B．forced C．asked D．mentioned
A．hobby B．gesture C．decoration D．purpose
A．negative B．unmarked C．significant D．side
A．language B．brain C．feeling D．body
A．psychologist B．mother C．doctor D．researcher
A．exploring B．finding C．feeling D．discovering
A．eager B．worried C．confident D．curious
He was driving home one cold evening on a country road when he saw an old lady，stranded on the side of the road.He stopped to give her a ____.“Why don’t you wait in the car where it is warm，Madam？It won’t take me long.” he said.“____，my name is Joe.”
She had a flat tire.Joe crawled under the car and changed the tire.But he got dirty and his hands hurt.She couldn’t thank him ___ and asked him how much she ____ him.He told her that if she really wanted to ____ him back，the next time she saw someone in ____ of help，she could give that person the ____ they needed，and Joe added，“And think of me.”
She drove off with gratefulness.A few miles ____ the road the lady saw a small ____.She went in.The waitress who was nearly eight months pregnant，____ her with a sweet smile.The old lady ____ how someone like her who seemed so poor could be so genuinely happy and how she could ____ her enthusiasm in her work in such inconvenient conditions.Then Joe’s words ____ her.After the lady finished her meal，the waitress went to get her ____ from a hundreddollar bill.____，the lady stepped right out the door.
When the waitress came back，she noticed a note on the table，___ “I’m helping you because someone once helped me.If you really want to pay me back，here is ___ you can do—Do not let the chain of love ____ with you.”
The waitress went home that night with the ____ tip and what the lady had written.With the baby ___ next month，she and her husband needed money.She knew how worried her husband was and as he lay sleeping next to her，she whispered，“Everything’s going to be all right.I love you，Joe.”
A．surprise B．hand C．sympathy D．glance
A．Just in case B．As you wish C．For one thing D．By the way
A．enough B．right C．straight D．extra
A．charged B．provided C．owed D．offered
A．pay B．bring C．put D．hold
A．honor B．favor C．need D．possession
A．guidance B．assistance C．acquaintance D．consequence
A．down B．off C．beside D．beyond
A．bank B．grocery C．gas station D．restaurant
A．introduced B．greeted C．identified D．spotted
A．thought B．suspected C．wondered D．questioned
A．taste B．measure C．remain D．maintain
A．struck B．moved C．obtained D．reminded
A．tip B．change C．order D．service
A．Moreover B．Otherwise C．However D．Eventually
A．writing B．showing C．going D．saying
A．how B．which C．what D．whether
A．combine B．end C．disagree D．deal
A．honest B．generous C．modest D．graceful
A．due B．ready C．born D．likely
The Canadian people are made up of different national races.The first ____ settlers of the country were the Indians.
It was said that the Indians entered this continent ___ the Bering Strait(白令海峡) and Sea from eastern Asia at most 10,000 years ____.When Europeans first ____ the country，Indians were living in most of areas ___ forests.There were only ____ Indians in the provinces near the Atlantic Ocean.
The second group of people to enter Canada ____ the Eskimos.They ____ the Bering Strait from Asia less than 3,000 years ago.There are few __ of their early movements.The first white settlers in Canada were the ____.They came in greatest ____ to Quebec，but also to Nova Scotia，____ they cleared farms on the southern side of the Bay of Fundy.The French built their castles at Quebec City，and cleared farms out of the forests in the area.____ the time of the British conquest(征服) in 1763，there had been about 60,000 Frenchmen in Canada，____ chiefly between Quebec and Montreal.There were not many British in Canada ____ American Revolution drove large numbers northward.
Throughout the 19th century，____ British people came to Canada.The descendants(后代) of these people ____ England，Scotland and Ireland now make ____ about half of the population.Around the ____ of the century people came in increasing numbers from Europe and the largest numbers came ____ Central and EasternGermans，Czechs，Poles，Rumanians and Ukrainians.
A．famous B．wellknown C．known D．news
A．through B．into C．on D．across
A．early B．more C．ago D．long
A．reached B．left C．flew to D．shipped
A．protected B．covered by C．like D．covering
A．few B．packs of C．a number of D．a few
A．are B．is C．were D．was
A．crossed B．walked C．passed D．swam
A．notes B．records C．signs D．speeches
A．British B．Indians C．French D．American
A．deal B．members C．areas D．numbers
A．who B．which C．whom D．where
A．By B．In C．At D．On
A．to live B．living C．lived D．live
A．when B．after C．until D．since
A．thousand of B．thousands of C．thousands D．thousand
A．in B．to C．near D．from
A．up B．of C．from D．by
A．year B．change C．turn D．day
A．from B．in C．over D．up
When a person is curious about something，it means he is interested in it and wishes to know more about it.There is____wrong with curiosity in itself.Whether it is good or bad____on what people are curious about.
Curiosity is always silly or wrong.Some persons with nothing to do are____of curiosity about what their neighbours are doing.They are____to know what they are eating or drinking，what they are____home or taking outside，or____they have come home so early or late.To be interested in these things is____because they are not at all___.It is none of their____to know what their neighbours do or are doing.Such curiosity is____not only foolish but also____.For most probably，it____to a small talk which often brings harm，shame or disrespect to others，and thus____their feelings.
On the other hand，there is a____curiosity—the curiosity of wise men，who____at all the great things and try to find out all they____about them.Columbus could____have found America if he had not been___.James Watt would not have made the steam engine____his curiosity about the raising of the kettle lid.All the discoveries in human history have been made____a result of curiosity.But the curiosity is never about unimportant things which have little or nothing to do with the happiness of the public.
A．much B．nothing C．something D．none
A．keeps B．puts C．takes D．depends
A．full B．fond C．proud D．out
A．permitted B．worried C．satisfied D．anxious
A．taking B．bringing C．going D．thinking
A．if B．when C．why D．whether
A．silly B．necessary C．possible D．funny
A．wrong B．bad C．important D．right
A．work B．housework C．duty D．business
A．nothing B．all C．something D．everything
A．instructive B．useless C．harmful D．dreadful
A．refers B．leads C．causes D．follows
A．hurts B．effects C．shows D．oppresses
A．terrible B．sudden C．strange D．noble
A．expect B．like C．wonder D．doubt
A．know B．study C．must D．can
A．never B．certainly C．probably D．finally
A．famous B．careful C．curious D．hard
A．for B．without C．in D．from
A．because B．as C．after D．during
I grew up one of ten children on a farm in Wyoming.After my dad’s service in World War Ⅱ，he was ____ again to fight during the Korean War，and when he returned home，he couldn’t drink ____ to numb(麻痹) his terrible memories.He struggled to ____ for his growing family.
On our occasional trips to town，I ____ out boxfuls of books from the library.When I opened a book，I could ____ myself in unknown places—where children weren’t hungry and were in ____ of little.
When I wasn’t daydreaming，my ____ was the life I shared with my brothers and sisters.At night I hid under the covers ____ to silence the sounds of life in an alcoholic home.Classmates asked ____ we didn’t have electricity or a telephone.I suppose my explanations were ____ more than lies，but the stories I told improved ____ every book I read.
Starting at a very young age，my siblings(兄弟姐妹) and I sometimes got jobs to earn money—to put more food on the family table.We ____ newspapers，babysat，and cleaned other people’s houses.
Mom grew vegetables，raised chickens，and baked bread，so we seldom went hungry，even when supper was only a pot of beans.____ my real hunger wasn’t for food—it was a hunger for a better life.It was a hunger for knowledge about the world ___ our simple existence.It was a hunger to prove Dad ____ when he told us we would never amount to anything.
Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much ____ than our parents expected ___ us.We devoured(如饥似渴地吸取) the offerings of the public schools because we realized that ____ would be our steppingstone into a brighter future.
Now I’m ____ of the accomplishments of my siblings：an art professor；a wellknown doctor；plus business owners.And me，I’m the keeper of the family stores.I’ll never know if we would have so many accumulated successes if we had not known ____ as children.But this I do know：I believe it can be a good thing.
A．drafted B．dismissed C．invited D．involved
A．well B．plenty C．enough D．heavily
A．search B．provide C．hope D．leave
A．brought B．checked C．gave D．carried
A．remind B．help C．devote D．find
A．memory B．favor C．possession D．need
A．reality B．fantasy C．satisfaction D．affection
A．refusing B．pretending C．attempting D．preparing
A．whether B．how C．when D．why
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．as B．with C．for D．at
A．sent B．delivered C．published D．released
A．But B．And C．Then D．Otherwise
A．above B．around C．within D．beyond
A．right B．mean C．wrong D．nice
A．more B．further C．greater D．better
A．in B．for C．of D．on
A．ambition B．dream C．enthusiasm D．education
A．hunger B．suffering C．desperation D．poverty
A．fond B．proud C．aware D．confident
Nowadays robots can not only talk and dance，but also answer your questions in English.They are “____”．The following is the first Chinamade “beauty”____.
A new 168cm high “beauty” robot who has not yet been____looks wonderful in a red wedding____.She can act as a tour guide，a receptionist，____a hostess.
Her face____the beautiful facial characteristics of many girls.And her eyes can move.
“The robot is the first human simulation(仿真)____in China，and she is____with the most advanced voice and movement control technologies and____communicate with humans，” said Li Chengrong，chief____of the robot，who works for the Chinese Academy of Science Institute of Automation.“She replies ‘____’ if you praise her by saying ‘You are so____’．”
The sentences that the robot can understand and say are____at present.“We will improve her in the future，to make her talk___with human beings，” Li said.
___the “beauty” will work as a receptionist and tour guide in Sichuan Science Museum，she has been programmed to____the southwestern dialect that is popular in inland Sichuan Province.
Li said the lab____for designing and making the robot was 300,000 yuan (37,500 U．S.dollars)．The robot is equipped with interactive technologies.It is____to most advanced robot in the world—Asimo，____by Japanese automaker Honda.Asimo，____can walk at a speed of one mile per hour and climb up and down stairs，costs about one million U．S.dollars.
A．receptionists B．hostesses C．beauties D．guides
A．robot B．cushion C．carpet D．fingernail
A．invented B．designed C．made D．named
A．dress B．clothes C．shoes D．skirt
A．or B．and C．but D．so
A．contains B．includes C．connects D．combines
A．one B．this C．that D．it
A．desired B．piled C．equipped D．scanned
A．must B．can C．should D．may
A．designer B．declarer C．junior D．haircutter
A．Go ahead B．Thank you C．Sorry D．With pleasure
A．holy B．pretty C．elegant D．outgoing
A．developed B．complicated C．limited D．improved
A．happily B．slowly C．particularly D．freely
A．Since B．If C．Unless D．When
A．study B．speak C．ignore D．understand
A．pay B．price C．cost D．work
A．familiar B．similar C．opposite D．reasonable
A．produced B．obeyed C．envied D．tested
A．which B．where C．when D．who