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【题目】阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
In the past，people usually believed what newly-born babies wanted was food and to be kept warm and dry．They thought babies were not able to 1things until they were five or six months old．2 the researchers in the United States now believe babies begin learning on their first 3 of life．They say babies are strongly 4 by their environment and one baby will 5 if his or her mother does something that the baby likes．
A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to 6 her mother．This is how babies start to learn to 7 and communicate with other people．The researchers say this ability to learn 8 in a baby even before birth．They also 9 the idea that newly-born babies can 10 and understand sounds they heard while they were still 11 inside their mothers．
Recently，an American study 12 112 babies found babies learned better when they were 13 ． The babies appeared to learn well whether they were sitting up on their own，sitting in seats or 14 to sit up．The researchers say keeping that kind 15 had what they called a 16 effect on the babies' ability to learn about objects．They say the body position may be linked to development in the 17 ． One 18 says babies can pay more attention to 19 an object if they do not have to be 20about their balance．
（1）A.eat B.know C.remember D.learn
（2）A.Besides B.While C.But D.Therefore
（3）A.hour B.day C.week D.month
（4）A.influenced B.accepted C.disturbed D.moved
（5）A.cry B.smile C.eat D.sing
（6）A.annoy B.love C.notice D.please
（7）A.live B.connect C.speak D.smile
（8）A.disappears B.informs C.exists D.happens
（9）A.infer B.support C.deny D.instruct
（10）A.recognize B.realize C.receive D.record
（11）A.sleeping B.delivering C.shaping D.developing
（12）A.helping B.raising C.involving D.containing
（13）A.sleeping soundly B.lying down C.awaking clearly D.sitting up
（14）A.assisted B.forced C.asked D.mentioned
（15）A.hobby B.gesture C.decoration D.purpose
（16）A.negative B.unmarked C.significant D.side
（17）A.language B.feeling C.brain D.body
（18）A.psychologist B.mother C.doctor D.researcher
（19）A.exploring B.finding C.feeling D.discovering
（20）A.anxious B.confident C.worried D.curious

Answer 1

【答案】（1）、D
（2）、C
（3）、B
（4）、A
（5）、B
（6）、D
（7）、B
（8）、C
（9）、B
（10）、A
（11）、D
（12）、C
（13）、D
（14）、A
（15）、B
（16）、C
（17）、C
（18）、D
（19）、A
（20）、C

【解析】1D，根据下一句中的“……in the United States now believe babies begin learning．．．”可知答案。
2C，此句与上一句形成转折关系，因此用but。工作中去。
3B，婴儿从出生后的第一天就开始了学习 。此题可依据常识判断。29.D，承上转折，我被开除，然而我一周后就被New Haven聘用。
4A，婴儿会强烈地受到环境的影响。
5B，由本句后面的“something that the baby likes”及第二段的首句可知答案。
6D，婴儿通过微笑使母亲高兴是为了得到最好的照料
7B，与空格后面的communicated形成顺承关系。
8C，这种学习能力在婴儿还没有出生之前就在婴儿身上存在了。
9B，他们（研究人员）也支持这种想法，与上文形成顺承关系。
10A，婴儿能够识别并理解他们在没出生前就曾听到的声音。
11D，在母体中发育。
12C，包含112名婴儿的一项美国研究。
13D，根据本空后面的句子“whether they were sitting up on their own，sitting in seats or helped to sit up”可知答案。
14A，无论是婴儿自己独立坐，坐在椅子里还是得到协作地坐起来。
15B，保持那种姿态对婴儿学习事物的能力有重要的影响。且gesture与后文中的“hey say the body position”相对应。
16C，保持那种姿态对婴儿学习事物的能力有重要的影响。
17C，由50及52空所在句子的主语可以看出，此处的主语与他们一致。
18D，婴儿学习能力的获得是通过大脑实现的，且后一句中也涉及到了与脑力有关的“pay more attention”。
19A，孩子如果不用担心自己身体平衡的话，他们就可以把更多的注意力用于新事物的探/ 摸索上。
20C，孩子如果不用担心自己身体平衡的话，他们就可以把更多的注意力用于新事物的探/ 摸索上。