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  The baby monkey is much more developed at birth than the human baby.Almost from the moment it is born, the baby monkey can move around and hold tightly to its mother.During the first few days of its life the baby will approach and hold onto almost any large, warm, and soft object in its environment, particularly if that object also gives it milk.After a week or m, however, the baby monkey begins to avoid newcomers and focuses its attentions on “mother"-the real mother or the mother-substitute(母亲替代树).

  During the first two weeks of its life warmth is perhaps the most important psychological(心理的)thing that a monkey mother has to give to its baby.The Harlows, a couple who are both psychologists, discovered this fact by offering baby monkeys a choice of two types of mother-substitutes-one covered with cloth 4nd one made of bare wire.If the two artificial mothers were both the same temperature, the little monkeys always preferred the cloth mother.However, if the wire model was heated, while the cloth model was cool, for the first two weeks after birth the baby monkeys picked the warm wire mother-substitutes as their fuvorites.Thereafter they switched and spent most of their time on the mw comfortable cloth mother.

  Why is cloth preferable to bare wire? Something that the Harlows called contact(接級)comfort seems to be the answer, and a most powerful influence it is.Baby monkeys spend much of their time rubbing against their mothers' skins, putting themselves in as close contact with the parent as they can.Whenever the young animal is frightened, disturbed, or annoyed, it typically rushes to its mother and rubs itself against her body.Wire doesn't “rub" as well as does soft cloth.Prolonged(长时间的)“contact comfort" with a cloth mother appears to give the babies confidence and is much more rewarding to them than is cither warmth or milk.

  According to the Harlows, the basic quality of baby's love for its mother is trust.If the baby is put into an unfamiliar playroom without its mother, the baby ignores the toys no nutter how interesting they might be.It screams in terror and curls up into a furry little ball.If its cloth mother it now introduced into the playroom, the baby rushed to it and holds onto it for dear life.After a few minutes of contact comfort, it obviously begins to feel more secure.it then climbs down from the mother-substitute and begins to explore the toys, but often rushes back for a deep embrace(拥抱)as if to make sure that its mother is still there and that all is well.Bit by bit its fears of the new environment are gone and it spends more and more time playing with the toys and less and less time holding onto its “mother.”

(1)

Psychologically, what does the baby monkey desire most during the first two weeks of its life?

[  ]

A.

Warmth.

B.

Milk.

C.

Contact.

D.

Trust.

(2)

After the first two weeks of their life, baby monkeys prefer the cloth mother to the wire mother because the former is ________.

[  ]

A.

larger in size

B.

closer lo them

C.

less frightening and less disturbing

D.

more comfortable to rub against

(3)

Whal docs the baby monlcry probably gain from prolonged Mcontact comfort"?

[  ]

A.

Altenlion.

B.

Softness.

C.

Confidence.

D.

Interest.

(4)

It can be inferred that when the baby monkey feels sccure, ________.

[  ]

A.

it frequently niftheft back for a deep embrace when exploring the toys

B.

it spends more time screaming to get rewards

C.

il is less attracted to the toys though they are interesting

D.

it cares less alxnii whether itA mother is still around

(5)

Hie main purpose of ihc passage is to ________.

[  ]

A.

give the reasons for(he experiment

B.

present the findings of the experiment

C.

introduce the method of the experiment

D.

describe the process of the experiment

答案:1.A;2.D;3.C;4.D;5.B;
解析:

(1)

细节判断题。难度:较易。找到关键词the first two weeks定位第二段。根据During the first two weeks of its life warmth is perhaps the most important psychological thing that a baby mother has to give it to its baby.(在出生的前两周,温暖是猴子妈妈给baby monkey最重要的心理东西)。锁定答案A。

(2)

细节判断题。难度:较易。找到关键词prefer cloth mother,定位第二段第一句。根据contact comfort(触摸舒适),我们可知是因为布制的mother在体感上让baby monkey更舒服。因此,正确答案为选项D。

(3)

细节判断题。难度:较易。找到关键词prolonged contact comfort,定位第三段。根据Prolonged contact comfort with a cloth mother appears to give the babies confidence.(长时间的 和布制的 mother 接触显然给小猴子自信)。

(4)

  判断推理题。难度:中等。找到关键词feel secure,定位第四段。通读第四段,我们知道Bit by bit its fears of the new environment are gone and it spends more and more time playing with the toys and less and less time holding onto its mothe(逐渐地它对新环境的恐惧消失,把越来越多的时间花在玩玩具方面,于是花越来越少的时间紧紧拉住妈妈)。因此,正确答案为选项D。

  [干扰项排除]选项A“在它玩具的时候,时常跑回去拥抱妈妈”是在它感觉安全感不强烈的情况下的表现,因而是错的;选项B“它花费大量的时间尖叫期待奖赏”文中并未提及;选项C“尽管玩具很有趣,但玩具对它没有很大的吸引力”这是在它缺乏安全感的时候的表现,因此排除。

(5)

  主旨推测题。难度:较难。通读全文,我们知道,作者按着baby monkey出生后的时间顺序,记录了小猴子从刚出生、出生一周左右到长到两周左右的心理发展变化。因此,正确答案是选项B,而不是“给出试验理由、介绍试验方法或者描述试验过程”。

  [难句学习]

  During the first two weeks of its life warmth is perhaps the most important psychological thing that a baby mother has to give it to its baby.

  翻译:在出生的前两周,温暖是猴子妈妈给baby monkey最重要的心理(需求的)东西。分析:本句的主干warmth is perhaps the most important psychological thing,that引导的从句为thing的定语从句,during短语做时间状语。


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(C)

A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man — the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.

    This attitude toward manual(体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地) furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.   

9. From paragraph 1, we can know that in America _________.

A. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man

B. people can always rise to the top through their won efforts

C. college professors win great respect from common workers

D. people feel painful to mention their fathers as labors.

10. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _________.

A. servants in American are hard to get

B. she takes pride in what she can do herself

C. she can hardly afford servants

D. It is easy to prepare a meal with canned food

11. The expression “ wait on table” in the second paragraph means “_________”.

A. work in a furniture shop         B. keep accounts for a bar

C. wait to lay the table                D. serve customers in a restaurant

12. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?

A. A Respectable Self-made Family       B. American Attitude toward Manual Labor

C. Characteristics of American Culture      D. The Development of Manual Labor

(D)

TODAY, Friday, November 12

JAZZ with the Mike Thomas Jazz Band at The Derby Arms. Upper Richmond Road West, Sheen.

DISCO Satin Sounds Disco. Free at The Lord Napier, Mort lake High St., from 8a. m. to 8p. m. Tel: 682—1158.

SATURDAY, November 13

JAZZ Lysis at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 60p.

MUSICAL HALL at The Star and Garter, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, provided by the Aba Daba Music Hall company. Good food and entertainment fair price. Tel: 789—6749.

FAMILY night out? Join the sing-along at The Black Horse. Sheen Road, Richmond.

JAZZ The John Bennett Big Band at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 80p.

THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion(手风琴). Tel: 789—4536

SUNDAY, November 14

DISCO Satin Sounds Disco, free at The Lord Napier, Mort Lake High Street, from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.

FOLK MUSIC at The Derby Arms. The Short Stuff and residents the Norman Chop Trio. Non-remembers 70p. Tel: 688—4626.

HEAVY MUSIC with Tony Simon at The Bull, Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen.

THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion.

13. Where and when can you hear the Mike Thomas Jazz Band?

A. At the Derby Arms on Friday.

B. At the Black Horse on Friday.

C. At the Star and Garter on Saturday.

D. At the Derby Arms on Sunday.

14. You want to enjoy the electric accordion on Saturday. Which telephone number do you have to ring to find out what time it starts?

A. 789—6749.             B. 789—4536.            C. 682—1158.  D. 688—4626.

15. You want to spend the Saturday by joining the entertainment with your family. Where should you go?

A. Disco at The Lord Napier.

B. The sing-along at The Black Horse.

C. The electric accordion at The Derby Arms.

D. Jazz at The Bull’s Head.

16. You want to spend the same day at two different places and don’t want to cross any street. Which of the following is your best choice?

A. The sing-along at the Black Horse and Jazz at The Bull’s Head.

B. The sing-along at The Black Horse and Folk Music at The Derby Arms.

C. Folk Music at The Derby Arms and Heavy Music with Tony Simon at The Bull.

D. Musical Hal lat The Star &Garter and Disco at The Lord Napier.

(E)

With only about 1, 000 pandas left in the world, China is desperately trying to clone(克隆) the animal and save the endangered species(物种). That’s a move similar to what a Texas A & M University researchers have been undertaking for the past five years in a project called “Noah’s Ark”.

Noah’s Ark is aimed at collecting eggs, embryos(胚胎), semen and DNA of endangered animals and storing them in liquid nitrogen. If certain species should become extinct, Dr. Duane Kraemer, a professor in Texas A & M’s College of Veterinary Medicine, says there would be enough of the basic building blocks to reintroduce the species in the future.

It is estimated that as many as 2, 000 species of mammals, birds reptiles will become extinct in over 100 years. The panda, native only to China, is in danger of becoming extinct in the next 25 years.

This week, Chinese scientists said they grew an embryo by introducing cells from a dead female panda into the egg cells of a Japanese white rabbit. They are now trying to implant the embryo into a host animal.

The entire procedure could take from three to five years to complete.

“The nuclear transfer(核子移植) of one species to another is not easy, and the lack of available(capable of being used) panda eggs could be a major problem,” Kraemer believes. “They will probably have to do several hundred transfers to result in one pregnancy (having a baby). It takes a long time and it’s difficult, but this could be groundbreaking science if it works. They are certainly not putting any live pandas at risk, so it is worth the effort,” adds Kraemer, who is one of the leaders of the Project at Texas A& M, the first-ever attempt at cloning a dog.

“They are trying to do something that’s never been done, and this is very similar to our work in Noah’s Ark. We’re both trying to save animals that face extinction. I certainly appreciate their effort and there’s a lot we can learn from what they are attempting to do. It’s a research that is very much needed.”

17. The aim of “Noah’s Ark” project is to _______.

A. make efforts to clone the endangered pandas

B. save endangered animals from dying out

C. collect DNA of endangered animals to study

D. transfer the nuclear of one animal to another

18. According to Professor Kraemer, the major problem in cloning pandas would be the lack of _______.

A. available panda eggs         B. host animals

C. qualified researchers            D. enough money

19. The best title for the passage may be _______.

A. China’s Success in Pandas Cloning                                 

B. The First Cloned Panda in the World

C. Exploring the Possibility to Clone Pandas

D. China —the Native Place of Pandas Forever

20. From the passage we know that _______.

A. Kraemer and his team have succeeded in cloning a dog

B. scientists try to implant a panda’s egg into a rabbit

C. Kraemer will work with Chinese scientists in clone researches

D. about two thousand of species will probably die out in a century

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