英語圖文閱讀訓練題
大學英語六級模擬試題：閱讀訓練
The History of Chinese Americans
Chinese have been in the United States for almost two hundred years. In fact. the Chinese had business relations with Hawaii prior to relations with the mainland when Hawaii was not yet part of the United States. But United States investments controlled the capital of Hawaii at that time. In 1788,a ship sailed from Guangzhou to Hawaii. Most of the crewmen were Chinese. They were considered the pioneers of Hawaii. The Immigration Commission reported that the first Chinese arrived in the United States in 1820. eight in 1830 and seven hundred and eighty in 1850. The Chinese population graally increased and reached 64,199 in 1870.
For many years it was common in the United States to associate Chinese Americans with restaurants and laundries. People did not realize that the Chinese had been driven into these occupations by the prejudice and discrimination that faced them in this country.
The First Chinese to reach the mainland United States came ring the California Gold Rush of 1849. Like most of the other people there, they had come to search for gold. In that largely unoccupied land,the men staked a claim for themselves by placing markers in the ground. However. either because the Chinese were so different from the others or because they worked so patiently that they sometimes succeeded in turning a seemingly worthless mining claim into a profitable one, they became che scapegoats of their envious competitors. They were harassed in many ways. Often they were prevented from working their claims; some localities even passed regulations forbidding them to own claims. The Chinese therefore started to seek out other ways of earning a living. Some of them began to do che laundry for the white miners; others set up small restaurants. (There were almost no women in California in those days,and the Chinese filled a real need by doing this“woman's work”.) Some went to work as farmhands or as fishermen.
In the early 1860's many more Chincse arrived in California.This time the men were imported as work crews to construct the first transcontinental railroad.They were sorely needed because the work was so strenuous and dangerous, and it was carried on in such a remote part of the country that the railroad company could not find other laborers for the job. As in the case of their predecessors,these Chinese were almost all males; and like them, too, they encountered a great deal of prejudice. The hostility grew especially strong afrer the railroad project was complete, and the imported laborers returned to California-thousands of them, all out of work. Because there were so many more of them this time,these Chinese drew even more attention than the earlier group did. They were so very different in every respect: in their physical appearance, including a long“pigtail”at the back of their otherwise shaved heads; in the strange, non-Western clothes they wore; in their speech (few had learned English since they planned to go back to China); and in their religion. They were contemptuously called “heathen Chinese” because there were many sacred images in their houses of worship.
When times were hard. they were blamed for working for lower wages and taking jobs away from white men. who were in many cases recent immigrants themselves. Anti-Chinese riots broke out in several cities. culminating in arson and bloodshed. Chinese were barred from using the courts and also from becoming American citizens. Californians began to demand that no more Chinese be permitted to enter their state. Finally. in 1882. they persuaded Congress to pass the Chinese Exclusion Act, which stopped the immigration of Chinese laborers. Many Chinese rerurned to their homeland, and their numbers declined sharply in the early part of this century. However. ring the World War II,when China was an ally of the United States. the Exclusion laws were ended; a small number of Chinese were allowed to immigrate each year, and Chinese could become American citizens. In 1965, in a general revision of our immigration laws,may more Chinese were permitted to settle here,as discrimination against Asian immigration was abolished.
From the start,the Chinese had lived apart in their own separate neighborhoods, which came to be known as “Chinatowns”. In each of them the residents organized an unofficial government to make rules for the community and to settle disputes. Unable to find jobs on the outside, many went into business for themselves-primarily to serve their own neighborhood. As for laundries and restaurants. some of them soon spread to other parts of the city,since such services continued to be in demand among non-Chinese, too. To this day. certain Chinatowns. especially those of San Francisco and New York. are busy. thriving communities, which have become great attractions for tourists and for those who enjoy Chinese food.
Most of today's Chincse Americans are the descendants of some of the early miners and railroad workers. Those immigrants had come from the vicinity of Canton in Southeast China. where they had been unecated farm laborers.The same kind of young men,from the same area and from similar humble origins,migrated to Hawaii in those days. There they fared far better, mainly because they did not encounter hostility. Some married native Hawaiians, and other brought their wives and children over. They were not restricted to Chinatown and many of them soon became successful merchants and active participants in general community affairs.
Chinese Americans retain many aspects of their ancient culture. even after having lived here for several generations. For Example, their family ties continue to be remarkably scrong (encompassing grandparents. uncles, aunts, cousins. and others). Members of the family lend each other moral support and also practical help when necessary. From a very young age children are imbued with the old values and attitudes. including respect for their elders and a feeling of responsibility to the family. This helps co explain why there is so little juvenile delinquency (少年犯罪 ) among them.
The high regard for ecation which is deeply imbedded in Chinese culture.and the willingness to work very hard to gain advancement, are other noteworthy characteristics of theirs. This explains why so many descendants of unecated laborers have succeeded in becoming doctors. lawyers, and other professionals.(Many of the most outstanding Chinese American scholars,scientists, and artists are more recent arrivals, who come from China's former upper class and who represent its high cultural traditions.)
Chinese Americans make up only a tiny fraction of our population; there are fewer than half a miilion, living chiefly in California. New York. and Hawaii. As American attitudes toward minorities and toward ethnic differences have changed in recent years, the long-reviled Chinese have gained wide acceptance. Today, they are generally admired for their many remarkable characteristics, and are often held up as an example worth following. And their numerous contributions to their adopted land are much appreciated.
【大學英語六級試題】
1.Most Chinese Americans worked in restaurants and laundries because of______________.
A)the skills they acquired at the motherland
B)local people's discrimination against them
C)their high employment rates
D)their comparatively high pay
2. During the California Gold Rush.restaurant and laundry were regarded as________________.
A)unprofitable work B)comfortable work
C)woman's work D)Chinese work
3. In the early l860's, more Chinese were shipped to California to work as________________.
A)gold miners B)railroad builders C)steelworkers D)farmhands
4.Few Chinese learned English at that time because_________________.
A)they seldom used Engiish in Chinatown
B)they were too old to learn a new tongue
C)they couldn't find good English teachers
D)they wouldn't stay in America for long
5.The Chinese Exclusion Act came to an end_________________.
A)by the California governor then B)after a massive bloodshed
C)ring WWII D)in 1965
6.One of the Chinatowns as a busy and thriving community now is located in________________.
A)Florida B)Hawaii C)New Jersey D)New York
7. Chinese immigrants to Hawaii found that they________________.
A)were treated without discrimination
B)were provided with fewer job choices
C)couldn't travel to mainland America
D)could only live or work in Chinatown
8.The old values and attitudes imparted into the young Chinese Americans effectively help prevent_______________.
9.China's high cultural traditions are represented by the Chinese American_____________.
10.The contributions made by Chinese to America had gained much_____________.
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② 小學英語閱讀題及翻譯(8)
"Oh, I made a mistake," said the man. "He is blind in the left eye." 「哦，我記錯了，」這個人說，「是左眼瞎了。」 Washington then took his hand from the left eye of the horse. 華盛頓拿開放在馬左眼上的手。
It was not blind in the left eye, either. 左眼也沒有瞎。 "
I made another mistake," said the neighbour. 「我又犯了一個錯誤，」這個鄰居說。
"Yes," said the policeman, " and you know the horse is not yours. 「是的，」警察說，「你知道馬不是你的。」
You must give it back to Washington." 你必須把它還給華盛頓。」
99.Asking the Way 問路
Mike is traveling around the country in his car. 邁克開車在環游城市。
One evening he is driving along a road and looking for a small hotel. 一天晚上，他沿著一條路開了很久，找一家小旅館。
Then he sees an old man at the side of the road. 然後他看見一個老人在路的一邊。
He stops his car and says to the old man, " I want to go to the Sun Hotel. 他停下車對這個老人說，「我想去太陽旅館。 Do you know it?" 你知道在哪裡嗎?」
"Yes, " the old man says." 「是的，」這個老人說。
"I'll show you the way." He gets into Mike's car, and they drive off. 「我會給你指路。」他進了邁克的車子，他們上路了。
They drive for about twelve miles. 他們開了大約12公里。
When they come to a small house, the old man says, " Stop here." 當他們來到一家小旅館時，這個老人說，「停在這里。」
Mike stops and looks at the house. 邁克停下車看著這間屋子。
"But this isn't a hotel," he says to the old man. 「但這不是旅館，」他對老人說。
No, " the old man answers. "This is my house. 「不是，」老人說，「這是我的家。」
And now I'll show you the way to the Sun Hotel. 現在我給你指到太陽旅館的路。
Turn around and go back nine miles. Then you'll see the hotel on the left." 掉頭回走9公里，你就會在左邊看見太陽旅館。」
100.The North Wind and the Sun 北風和太陽
The north wind and the sun are good friends. 北風和太陽是好朋友。
But one day they quarrel about something. 但一天，他們為了什麼事吵起來了。
"I am stronger than you, " the cold north wind says. 「我比你強壯，」寒冷的北風說。
"Indeed you are not. I'm stronger than you," answers the soft, warm sun. 「你當然不是。我比你強壯，」溫柔、暖和的太陽說。
Just then they see a man walking along the road. 就在這時，他們看見了一個人在路上走。
" I can get that man's hat off his head, " the wind says. 「我能讓那個人脫下帽子，」北風說。
"I can get that man's hat off his head, too," answers the sun. 「我也能讓那個人摘下帽子。」太陽說。
" Then let's see who can get the man's hat off his head," says the wind. 「那麼我們就來看看誰能摘下那個人頭上的帽子吧，」北風說。
"The one who can do that first is stronger." 「誰先做到了誰就更強壯。」
"OK! You try it first," says the soft, warm sun. 「好的!你先試，」溫柔、暖和的太陽說。
"All right!" So the north wind begins to blow. 「好的!」因此北風開始刮。
But the harder the wind blows, the tighter the man holds his hat and coat. 但風刮的越大，這個人把帽子和衣服裹的越緊。
The wind can't make him take them off. 風不能讓他脫下它們。
"It is my turn now," the sun says. So the sun comes out and shines down warmly upon the man. 「現在輪到我了，」太陽說。因此太陽出來，暖和的陽光灑向這個人。
The man feels hot. He takes off his hat firs, and then even his coat. 這個人感到熱了。他首先摘掉了帽子，然後甚至脫掉了外套。
"That's enough! You are stronger than I," the wind says. 「夠了!你比我強壯。」北風說。
小學英語閱讀技巧
一、精心滲透略讀法fskimming)
略讀又稱跳讀，是一種專門的非常實用的快速閱讀技能。所謂略讀，是指以盡可能快的速度閱讀，這就要求讀者有選擇地進行閱讀，可跳過某些細節，以抓住文章的大概，從而加快閱讀速度。
在小學階段我們不能一開始就要求學生自己獨立閱讀故事或短文，因為小學生還沒有具備閱讀技巧和能力。一旦遇到生詞學生就會覺得閱讀困難、學習枯燥無味，從而產生厭學情緒。因此，在開始閱讀訓練時，我只要求學生出聲把他們能認讀的讀出來。當你遇到不認識的單詞和不理解的句子時，請學生把它跳過去，只要求讀懂大意。例如，在教學閱讀補充材料Big cat 一課時，由於四年級的小學生剛剛接觸短文閱讀，根據學生的情況，短文中描述獅子生活習性的簡短的三句話，出現的生詞比較多，可是在學生讀完後，學生僅憑他們認識的關鍵詞~ther lionsleep~another lion catch 通過略讀的方法學生捕捉到信息，這些信息與他們日常生活知識產生了緊密地聯系，所以學生理解說：「我知道了獅子爸爸睡覺，獅子媽媽出去捕食物。」理解得多好，再讀短文的過程中，學生的知識得到了運用，從而使學生感受到了閱讀短文帶來了學以致用的樂趣。課後我給每小組發了一篇有關動物話題的小短文，讓他們嘗試運用略讀法閱讀。下節課把每組閱讀後了解到的內容講給大家聽。
二、恰當運用尋讀法(scanning)
尋讀又稱查讀，同略讀一樣也是一種快速閱讀技巧。與略讀不同的是，它帶有明確的目的性，有針對地尋找問題的答案，比如從資料中迅速查找某一項具體事實或某一特定信息，如人物、事件、時間、地點、數字等。尋讀既有速度，又准確。在尋讀時閱讀者可以把整段整段的文字直接映人大腦，不必字字句句過目，眼光要自上而下、一目十行地尋找與問題內容相關的詞句，一旦發現有關的內容，就稍做停留，將它記住或摘下，無關的內容則很快掠過。運用這種方法，閱讀者就能在最短的時間內掠過盡可能多的閱讀內容，找到所需要的信息，當回答有關who， when，where等文章細節問題的時候，用此方法一般都可很快找到答案，可以說「一查即得」。對於小學生來說他們會對這樣的閱讀感興趣。
尋讀法也是閱讀教學中常用的技巧之一。根據這種方法的特點，我們可以為學生在閱讀短文時設計出多種多樣訓練形式，如是非判斷題；結合內容把圖和文字搭配起來的訓練；把握信息填寫圖表等閱讀活動。為了完成任務，學生饒有興致地讀了起來。藉此時機教師就可以鼓勵學生運用尋讀法快速閱讀短文或故事。
三、閱讀策略還包括養成整體閱讀的習慣，用英語思維、猜測詞義、預測、分析、判斷、推理、歸納和總結等
閱讀策略在我們小學英語教學階段，教師有必要對學生進行英語閱讀策略的指導。教師可以根據學生的年齡特點，通過練習培養學生的閱讀策略，並逐步使學生有目地選擇和運用閱讀策略。教學永遠是一門遺憾的藝術，小學生的英語閱讀能力的培養和提高不是一蹴而就的。需要教師和學生共同努力才能逐步實現閱讀教學的目標。在這一過程中，只要我們能根據小學生的年齡特點和學習英語的規律，靈活地運用各種閱讀教學的策略和技巧，做到激發學生參與閱讀的興趣，做到注重課內的學習與課外的閱讀相結合，學生就會擴大知識面和提高閱讀速度，就會摒棄逐詞、逐句的閱讀習慣，小學英語的閱讀教學才能真正得到大幅度的提高。
以下幾條建議可以幫助你推論：
1.結合作者的思想、觀點及其創作目的、創作背景進行推論。
2.尋找作者直接陳述的諸多事件之間的聯系。
3.仔細體會一些重要詞的含蓄意義及其感情色彩。比如politician和statesman的意思都是「政客家」，但前者有貶義的色彩，即「政客」，後者則沒有。
4.從作者的語氣、語調、措辭等文體特徵，讀出作者的「言外之意」。
5.得出推論後，盡量從上下文中尋找證據。
6.充分利用自己各方面的知識，把文章中所述的事件和自己的閱歷或熟悉的事情聯系起來思考。
例題 Sun: Hello, I』m the sun. I』m strong. I give light to the earth. I』m No.1.
Moon: Hello, I』m the moon. At night Give light to the earth. I』m stronger. I』m No.1
Sun: Your light is from me, isn』t it?
Cloud: Don』t quarrel. When I am over the earth, you can』t give light to the earth. So everyone has his strong point. We are one family.
Sun Moon: Yes, you』re right. We are one family. We should help each other and take care of each other.
根據短文內容判斷正(T)誤(F)
( )1. The sun gives light to the earth at night.
( )2.The moon gives light to the earth at night.
( )3. The sun』s light is not from the earth.
( )4. When the cloud is over the earth, the sun can give light to the earth, too.
( )5. They should help each other.
評析:第1題根據SUN所陳述的內容可以得出結論,此題目是錯誤的.即使不從文章中找，根據常識我們都知道太陽總是在白天出現,它只能在白天給我們帶來光芒.第2題月亮在晚上帶給我們光亮，這個題目是正確的，根據MOON所述的內容。第3題太陽的光芒不是從地球上獲得的. The sun gives light to the earth.第4題根據CLOUD 陳述內容判斷此題目為錯誤的,第5題根據最後三人得出的結論,此題目是正確的.答案: F T T F T.
③ 高中英語閱讀強化訓練
英語閱讀試題一直以來是我們能否考好英語科目的關鍵，因此考生加強閱讀理解的訓練十分重要。下面我為大家帶來，供同學們閱讀訓練。
原文：
Man is a land animal, but he is also closely tied to the sea. Throughout history the sea hasserved the needs of man. The sea has provided man with food and a convenient ***便利的*** wayto travel to many parts of the world. Today, nearly two—thirds of the world's population livewithin 80 kilometers of the sea coast.
In the modern technological world, the sea offers many resources to help mankind survive***=continue to live***. Resources on land are beginning to be used up. The sea, however, still canbe hoped to supply many of man's needs.
The list of riches of the sea yet to be developed by man's technology is impressive. Oil and gasexplorations ***探險*** have been carried out for nearly 30 years. Valuable amounts of mineralsexist on the ocean floor ready to be mined ***開采***.
Fish farming promises to be a good way to proce large quantities of food. The culture of fishand shellfish ***貝類動物*** is an ancient skill practised in the past mainly by Oriental people.
Besides oil and gas, the sea may offer new sources of energy. Experts believe that the warmtemperature of the ocean can be used in a way similar to the steam in a steamship. Oceancurrents ***水流*** and waves offer possible use as a source of energy.
Technology is enabling man to explore ***勘探*** ever more deeply under the sea. Thedevelopment of strong, new materials has made this possible.
The technology to harvest the sea continues to improve. Experts believe that by the year 2000the problems that prevent us from exploiting fully the food, minerals, and energy sources ofthe sea will be largely solved.
：
1. What is the beat title for the passage?
A. Needs of Man.
B. Sea Harvest and Food
C. Sea and Sources of Energy
D. Sea Exploring Technology.
2. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A. man hasn't pletely made use of the riches of the sea
B. technology for exploring the sea has been solved
C. harvesting rice in the sea will be made possible
D. in the near future man can live on the ocean floor
3. Why does the author mention a steamship in paragraph 5?
A. To illustrate that man can make use of sources of energy from the sea.
B. To show that a steamship is better than other kinds of ships.
C. To argue that man should use steamships.
D. To indicate that it is warmer in the ocean than on land.
4. According to the author, technology is important because ______.
A. resources on land are running short in ten years
B. man can use it to explore the deeper sea
C. it is a lot of fun diving into the sea
D. ancient people used it to explore the sea
5. According to the author, when will the problems to explore the deeper sea largelybe solved?
A. In the next generation.
B. At the end of the 20th century.
C. In the near future.
D. By the middle of the 21st century.
答案：
【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】A
【小題4】B
【小題5】D
④ 英語閱讀題(一圖題目兩圖問題
1-5
C (青島在山東省）
B （Mike 與爸爸一起在賓館看電視，媽媽選擇去購物）
B (18-20號）
B(最後一節提到）
第五題缺兩個選項，AB都不選 A他們在沙灘待了兩個小時左右，不是一個小時，BMike第一天和孩子們在水裡玩了。
⑤ 2019年6月大學英語四級閱讀理解訓練三篇
2019年6月大學英語四級閱配殲讀理解培猛沖訓練：夢
Of all the components of a good night's sleep, dreams seem to be least within our control. In dreams, a window opens into a world where logic is suspended and dead people speak. A century ago, Freud formulated his revolutionary theory that dreams were the disguised shadows of our unconscious desires and fears; by thelate 1970s, neurologists had switched to thinking of them as just "mental noise"-the random byprocts of the neural repair work that goes on ring sleep. Now researchers suspect that dreams are part of the mind's emotional thermostat, regulating moods while the brain is "off line." And one leading authority says that these intensely powerful mental events can be not only harnessed but actually brought under conscious control, to help us sleep and feel better. "It's your dream," says Rosalind Cartwright, chair of psychologyat Chicago's Medical Center, "if you don't like it, change it."
he link between dreams and emotions shows up among the patients in Cartwright's clinic. Most people seem to have more bad dreams early in the night, progressing toward happier ones before awakening, suggesting that they are working through negative feelings generated ring the day. Because our conscious mind is occupied with daily life we don't always think about the emotional significance of the day's events-until, it appears, we begin to dream.
知脊And this process need not be left to the unconscious. Cartwright believes one can exercise conscious control over recurring bad dreams. As soon as you awaken, identify what is upsetting about the dream. Visualizehow you would like it to end instead; the next time it occurs, try to wake up just enough to control its course. With much practice people can learn to, literally, do it in their sleep.
At the end of the day, there's probably little reason to pay attention to our dreams at all unless they keep us from sleeping or "we wake up in panic," Cartwright says. Terrorism, economic uncertainties and general feelings of insecurity have increased people's anxiety. Those suffering from persistent nightmares should seek help from a therapist. For the rest of us, the brain has its ways of working through bad feelings.Sleep-or rather dream-on it and you'll feel better in the morning.
練習題：
Choose correct answers to the question:
1.By saying that 「dreams are part of the mind's emotional thermostat," (Lines 4-5, Para. 1) the researchers mean that _______.
A.we can think logically in the dreams too
B.dreams can be brought under conscious control
C.dreams represent our unconscious desires and fears
D.dreams can help us keep our mood comparatively stable
2.What did Cartwright find in her clinic?
A.Most bad dreams were followed by happier ones.
B.Divorced couples usually have more bad dreams.
C.One』s dreaming process is related to his emotion.
D.People having negative feelings dream more often.
3.Cartwright believed with much practice，we can learn to _____.
A.control what dreams to dream
B.sleep well without any dreams
C.wake up in time to stop the bad dreams
D.identify what is upsetting about the dreams
4.The author points out that a person who has constant bad dreams should ______
A.learn to control his dreams
B.consult a doctor
C.sleep and dream on it
D.get rid of anxiety first
5.The author most probably thinks that controlling dreams is ______.
A.a good practice
B.a new discovery
C.helpful for everyone
D.not essential for everyone
參考答案及解析
1.[D] 詞義理解題。在第1段第4句中，逗號後面的regulating moods是對emotional thermostat的功能進行解釋說明，因此可以推斷出選項D正確。
2.[C] 事實細節題。最具干擾的是選項A，因為其陳述與第2段第2句的陳述有點相似,但是，此長句說的是大多數人上半夜做噩夢，之後都會做好夢，而不是像選項A中所說大多數噩夢之後是好夢。而且，根據本段第1 句，很明顯，選項C是這一句的近義替換。
3 [C] 推理判斷題。本題考査對代詞的理解。在第3段的最後一句中，代詞it應指上文說到的控制噩夢，及時醒來等做法，因此只有選項C涉及了其中一個做法。選項A太泛了，選項B和D在文中並無提及。
4.[B] 事實細節題。本題考查根據構詞法猜測詞義的能力。解題關鍵是推斷最後一段第3句中therapist的意義，在考綱詞彙表中，therapy是「治療」的意思，因此，therapist應該是專門負責某種治療的醫生，由此可見，選項B是對原文seek help from a therapist的近義替換。
5.[D] 觀點態度題。根據最後一句可以推斷作者認為如無必要，夢還是不要控制的好。做夢會讓你早上感覺舒服一些，因此本題應選D。
2019年6月大學英語四級閱讀理解訓練：機器人跳舞
The dancers stand motionless at their position and the room grows silent. But as the music starts, they began to move, bending, turning and waving their fans gracefully as they perform. a traditional Japanese dance. Yoshihiro Kuroki watches in silence, occasionally making notes. But as the dance ends, he beams with happiness. The performance has been flawless.
There have been many performances of traditional Japanese dances over the centuries, but this one is unique,because it is performed not by human dancers but by robots. And the performance takes place not in a dance studio but in a laboratory of Sony Corp.'s Entertainment Robot Co. in Shinagawa, Japan, where Kuroki isgeneral manager. He is the mastermind behind a series of even more capable humanoid entertainment robots,starting with the Sony Dream Robot, or SDR, in 1997, up to the current QRIO in 2003.
These delightful machines are only 58 cm tall, about the size of a newborn infant, weigh about 7 kg, and move with 38 degrees of freedom, each with its own servomotor(輔助馬達).
QRIO's predecessor, the SDR4X, announced in 2002, can walk, dance, sing, speak, recognize faces, and understand continuous speech. Each robot has two charge-coupled-device cameras to detect color and position andcan locate a colored ball, move toward it, and kick it into a goal. It also has contact sensors in severaljoints to avoid pinching real human fingers. Seeing the robot perform, it is difficult to remember that there is no sentience(知覺)behind those glass eyes.
練習題：
Choose correct answers to the question:
1.Which of the following is the most suitable title of this passage?
A.New Entertainment Robots Proced in Japan.
B.QRIO the Robot Dancers.
C.Robots Man's Best Friend.
D.An Extraordinary Performance in Sony's Lab.
2.Yoshihiro Kuroki ______.
A.is excited when the robots are performing a traditional Japanese dance
B.keeps silent because he is a little unsatisfied with the new proct
C.witnesses the creation of a series of entertainment robots
D.is an executive manager of Sony Corp.
3.Which aspect of the robots is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A.The vividness of their motion.
B.Their pleasant appearance.
C.Their smart designing principles.
D.Their communicative ability.
4.The Sony Dream Robot was___
A.the first human-like entertainment robot developed by the Sony Corp
B.as capable as the QRIO of speaking,dancing,singing and walking
C.largest among all the entertainment robot developed by the Sony Corp
D.the first entertainment robot sold at the market by the Sony Corp
5.The robot can locate colored balls by mens of ____
A.a charge-coupled device
B.two cameras
C.two contacts sensors
D.a digital detector
參考答案及解析
1.[A] 主旨大意題。標題需要既全面又突出地概括文章的主題。本文先是描述「舞蹈演員」，然後揭曉這是些「機器人」(第2段第1句)，接著對Sony公司的一些機器人產品進行詳細介紹。選項A比較全面地概括了文章內容。選項B、D只是涉及細節，不能全面地概括本文的內容。而C又過於籠統，不具有針對性。
2.[C] 事實細節題。選項C符合第2段最後一句「He is the mastermind behind a series of... robots...」。仔細閱讀有關的細節信息會發現,第1段第3句可幫助否定選項A。第1段最後兩句可幫助否定選項B。另外，根據第2段倒數第2句可否定選項D。
3.[D] 事實細節題。全文分四段，分別討論機器人三方面的特點：第1段和第2段描述機器人舞蹈演員栩栩如生的表演，即選項A;第3段描寫它們的外表，即選項B;第4段介紹它們巧妙的設計，即選項C;只有選項D是沒有提到的，故為答案。
4.[A] 推理判斷題。該句中的分詞結構「starting with...」表明the Sony Dream Robot是第一個人形娛樂機器人，因此選項A正確。文章在最後一段的第1句提到兩種能說話、跳舞的機器人，但沒有提到SDR是否和它們一樣，由此可否定選項B。在第3段討論機器人大小的時候也沒有提到SDR體型最大，因此選項C不正確。選項D在文中沒有討論到。
5.[B] 事實細節題。該句中「two…cameras to...」的結構表明這兩個攝像頭可以用於定位，所以選項B正確。選項A在該句中也有提到，但它只是攝像機的工作機制，而不是用於定位的裝置。選項C在下一句提到，但與題干提到的定位功能無關。選項D在文中並未提及。
2019年6月大學英語四級閱讀理解訓練：決定嬰兒性別
Henry III didn't know much about biology. He went through six wives back in the 1500s, looking for one whocould bear him a son. Scientists now know that it's the father's sperm, not the mother's egg, which determines whether a baby is a boy or a girl. And last week researchers at the Genetics and IVF Institute, a private fertility(生育能力)center in Virginia, announced a new technique that will allow parents to choose the sex of their baby-to-be, before it has even been conceived. The scientist used a tiny laser detector to measure the DNA in millions of sperm cells as they pass single file through a narrow tube, like cattle being herded through a corral(牲口欄). In a study published last week, "girl sperm," which has more DNA—the genetic material— in each cell, was collected, while "boy sperm" was discarded. And when purified girl sperm was used to impregnate(使受孕)a group of mothers, 15 of 17 resulting babies turned out to be girls.
The researchers say that "sex selection" can also double a mother's chance of having a son and can be usedto avoid genetic diseases that affect only one gender, such as hemophilia(血友病). But some experts, like New York University fertility specialist Dr. Jamie Grifo, worry that sex selection could lead to a kind ofin uteri(子宮)discrimination, especially in cultures where sons are considered superior to daughters. "It's valuing one gender' over another," Grifo says. "I don't think that's something we should be doing." So far, patients at the institute have been asking for both boys and girls, in order to "balance" their families. And some ethics experts say that's fine, as long as parents are just looking for a little gender variety. "If you have three boys, and you want a girl," says University of Texas reproctive-law professor John Robertson, "that's not gender bias at all."
練習題：
Choose correct answers to the question:
1.The DNA in the sperm cells can be measured ______.
A.in the same way how the cattle are herded
B.when they pass through a tube one behind the other
C.after they pass through a laser tube
D.when they are scanned by a laser detector all at a time
2.The gender of the baby is decided by ______.
A.the father's DNA
B.the mother's DNA
C.the father's sperm
D.the mother's egg
3.According to this passage, the practice of "sex selection" ______.
A.can help to prevent all genetic problems
B.is totally unacceptable to ethics experts
C.was already realized five hundred years ago
D.will benefit families with certain inheritable diseases
4.Girl sperm was preferred to boy sperm in the research most probably because____
A.girl sperm contains more genetic material
B.more mother want to have girl babies
C.girl sperm is healthier and more active
D.girl sperm is more easily purified
5.It can be concluded from the passage that author』s toward」sex selection」is____
A.negative
B.positive
C.neutral
D.favorable
參考答案及解析
1.[B] 推理判斷題。解答本題的關鍵在於推斷single file的意思。該句把精子通過試管的情形與牛群被趕入牲口圈的情形作對比，結合single一詞本身的意思，可以推斷single file是「一個接一個」的意思，只有選項B能表達這個意思，由此也可否定選項D。選項A最具干擾性，原句是把精子通過試管的情形比作牛群被趕人牲口圈的情形，而選項A說的是測定精子內DNA的方法與放牧的方法相同，顯然選項A只是引用了原文的某些詞語，但表達的意思與原文卻截然不同。
2.[C] 事實細節題。第1段第3句which引導的非限制性定語從句修飾的是the father's sperm，而不是插入語the mother』s egg,因此選項C正確。
3.[D] 推理判斷題。第2段第1句中的genetic暗示有些疾病是遺傳的，即如選項D所述。第2段第1句同時表明選項A的說法是不全面的。選項B與第2段最後兩句正好相反。第1段前兩句說明選項C是錯誤的。
4.[A] 事實細節題。第1段倒數第2句中的由which引導的定語從句表明選項A的敘述正確。
5.[C] 觀點態度題。文章第2段中作者給出了一些反對者和贊成者的觀點，但是沒有加以評論，可以看出作者的態度是中立的，故選項C正確。
⑥ 兩篇小學四年級英語閱讀理解及答案分享
英語閱讀理解能夠幫助我們訓練自己的閱讀速度與效率，而且能夠讓我們深入了解英語表達的作用。今天為大家奉上小學四年級英語閱讀理解專項訓練題，時間難得，何不深入了解一下讓自己的收獲更多呢?
小學四年級英語閱讀理解專項訓練題(一)
Where Do They Sit?他們坐在哪裡
Six children go to the cinema to see a new film.The film is about animals.
Their seats numbers are 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E and 5F. They sit in the same row.Mingming doesn’t sit next to John.He sits next to Sue. Helen sits between Sam and John.Sam sits in 5A.Mary sits on the left of Mingming. Which seats do they sit in?
根據短文為文中的六個小孩找到它們各自的座位
參考答案：
1.B 2.C 3.C 4.C 5.B
小學四年級英語閱讀理解專項訓練題(二)
How lucky the man is!這個人真幸運
It is in summer. A young man comes to a forest (森林). He’s walking along the edge (邊緣) of the forest. On his right is a river. On his left is a forest. Suddenly he sees two green eyes looking at him from the trees. A wolf is getting ready to jump on him.
What does he do? He must jump into the river. In the river there is a crocodile (鱷魚). Its mouth is very big. The young man closes his eyes. And he hears the wolf jumps, but nothing happens to him. Then he opens his eyes and finds the wolf is now in the mouth of the crocodile.
根據短文內容判斷正(T)誤(F)
( )1. There is a river on the right of the young man.
( )2. A young woman comes to a forest.
( )3. There is a wolf on the right of the young man.
( )4. The crocodile jumps on the young man .
( )5. The crocodile eats the wolf.
參考答案：
1.T 2.F 3.F 4.F 5.T
⑦ 高考英語閱讀理解訓練題及答案(2)
30. What is the argument over Uber according to the passage?
A. Whether it guarantees customers' safety.
B. Whether it provides reliable services.
C. Whether it lowers customers' expenses.
D. Whether it can compete with standard taxis.
31. What will be talked about in the following paragraphs?
A. Existing regulations and laws.
B. Necessary improvements of current laws.
C. Further development of Airbnb and Uber.
D. More downsides of Airbnb and Uber.
D
The old shopkeeper led me through to the back of the shop. The room was filled with boxes and sty photographs of people holding packages in their hands.
Mr. Hopkins said, “We have a very wide choice of items for sale. Whenever I serve a new customer, I take their picture.” Mr. Hopkins pointed to an ancient camera on a table.
I began to appreciate the lovely items on sale. I spent a very pleasant hour being shown the commodities in the shop. Finally, I bought an antique jewelry box, a pair of riding boots and a sewing machine.
I was very excited that I had found such a good little shop. “I will tell all my friends about your lovely place,” I told the shopkeeper. ?Please do not do that, sir”, said Mr. Hopkins. “This is a special place for special people. You must keep this shop a secret.” Then he took my photograph, and handed me the picture straight away.
?That was quick!” I exclaimed. In the picture I looked proud and excited holding the presents I had bought there.
On Christmas Day, my friends and relatives were delighted with the presents I had bought for them. For weeks, my brother begged me to take him to the wonderful little shop. I finally agreed .
We walked along Oxford Street, passed the department store and found nothing. In its place was an empty space being used as a car park. I checked the area again. There was the music shop, and there was the department store. In between should have been Hopkins and Son, but it wasn’t there.
Just then an old policeman came . “Are you looking for something, sir?” he asked. “I am looking for a little shop called Hopkins and Son. ”
?Oh yes, there was a shop here once called Hopkins and Son. But it was knocked down over 30 years ago.”
I looked again at the place , and then I reached into my pocket and took out the photograph that Mr. Hopkins had taken of me holding my presents in the little shop.
?How strange” I exclaimed.
32. What did the author think of Hopkins and Son?
A. Big and modern .
B. Old and outdated.
C. Little and sty.
D. Lovely and wonderful.
33. We can infer from Paragraph 4 that Mr. Hopkins ________.
A. was ashamed of his little shop.
B. didn’t like his shop to be advertised.
C. was one of the author’s special friends.
D. handed the author his picture immediately.
34. What does the underlined word揷ommoditiesn” refer to?
A. The goods in the shop
B. the author’s gifts
C. Photographs taken by Mr. Hopkins
D. Packages held by other customers
35. What can we learn about the shop?
A. It was closed by the police.
B. It was well-known in that area.
C. It was knocked down a few weeks ago.
D. It was between a music shop and a department store.
第二節 (共5小題;每小題2分，滿分10分)
根據短文內容，從短文後的選項中選出能填入空白的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多於選項。
Most people believe they don't have much imagination. They are wrong. Everyone
has imagination, 36 Here are three techniques to help you regain your imagination
and creativity from when you were a kid.
Making connections.
This technique involves taking unrelated ideas and trying to find links between
them. First, think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. 37 Think of as many ideas/words associated with candles: light, fire, matches, wax，night, silence, etcas you can and write them down. The next stage is to relate the ideas to the job you have to do.
No limits!
38 You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new possibilities. If your goal is to learn to ski, for example, you can now practise skiing every day of your life (because you have the time and the money) . Now adapt this to reality. Maybe you can practise skiing every day in December, or every Monday in January.
39
Look at the situation from a different point of view. Fiction writers often imagine they are the characters in their books. They ask questions: What does this character want? Why can't she get it? What changes must she make to get what she wants? 40 The best fishermen think like fish!
A. Being someone else!
B. Asking questions!
C. Imagine that normal limitations don't exist.
D. Then find an image, word, idea or object, for example, a candle.
E. If your goal involves other people, put yourself in their positions.
F. but most of us, once we become alts, forget how to make use of it.
G. and we are on the way to achieving it whether the way is smooth or tough.
參考答案：
21-23.DAC， 24-27.CAAC， 28-31.CDAB， 32-35.DBAD， 36-40.FDCAE。
⑧ 高中英語閱讀理解專題訓練
高中英語閱讀理解專題訓練
(廣東專版 每篇5小題)
(第9套)
第一節：閱讀理解(共15小題;每小題2分，滿分30分)
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，並在答題卡上將該項塗黑。
A(words:296&230)
Five years ago, David Smith wore an expensive suit to work every day. “I was a clothes addict(迷),” he jokes. “I used to carry a fresh suit to work with me so I could change if my clothes got wrinkled(皺的).” Today David wears casual clothes — khaki pants and a sports shirt — to the office. He hardly ever wears a necktie. “I’m working harder than ever,” David says, “and I need to feel comfortable.”
More and more companies are allowing their office workers to wear casual clothes to work. In the United States, the changes from formal to casual office wear have been slow. In the early 1990s,many companies allowed their workers to wear casual clothes on Friday(but only on Friday).This became known as “dress-down Friday” or “casual Friday”. “What started out as an extra one-day-a-week benefit for workers has really become an everyday thing,” said business adviser Maisly Jones.?
Why have so many companies started allowing their workers to wear casual clothes? One reason is that it's easier for a company to attract new workers if it has a casual dress code. “A lot of young people don't want to dress up for work,” says the owner of a software company, “so it's hard to hire people if you have a conservative dress code.” Another reason is that people seem happier and more proctive when they are wearing comfortable clothes. In a study made by Levi Strauss and Company, 85 percent of employers said that casual dress has a side effect on work. Supporters of casual office wear also say that a casual dress code helps them save money. “Suits are expensive, if you have to wear one every day,” one person said. “For the same amount of money, you can buy a lot more casual clothes.”
41.David Smith refers to himself as having been “a clothes addict” because ______________.
A. he often wore khaki pants and a sports shirt
B. he couldn't stand a clean appearance
C. he wanted his clothes to look tidy and clean all the time
D. he didn’t want to spend much money on clothes
42. David Smith wears casual clothes now, because ______________.
A. they make him feel at ease when working
B. he cannot afford to buy expensive clothes
C. he looks handsome in casual clothes
D. he no longer works for any company
43. According to this passage, which of the following is FALSE?
A. Many workers don’t like a conservative dress code.
B. Comfortable clothes make workers more proctive.
C. A casual clothes code is welcomed by young workers.
D. All the employers in the U.S. are for casual office wear.
44. According to this passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Company workers started to dress down about twenty years ago.
B. Dress-down has become an everyday phenomenon since the early 1990s.
C. “Dress-down Friday” was first given as a favor from employers.
D. Many workers want to wear casual clothes to impress people.
45. In this passage, the following advantages of casual office wear are mentioned EXCEPT ______________.
A. saving worker’s money
B. making workers more attractive
C. improving worker’s feeling
D. making workers happier
【答案與解析】 41—45 CADCB
41.C。推理判斷題。它後面一句話就是對該句的解釋,所以選C項。
42.A。細節理解題。從文中第一自然段後半部分可找出答案。
43.D。細節理解題。考查對文章信息的綜合理解能力。從第四自然段可知D項錯誤。
44.C。推理判斷題。考查對文章信息的綜合理解能力。從第三自然段可得出C項的結論。
45.B。主旨大意題。考查對文章信息的綜合概括能力。
B(words:379&177)
I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.
Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed(解散). As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible (負責任) for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized(強調) the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating(欺騙) themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously(認真地) about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.
Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was ing answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued(繼續) to believe that I had cheated on the test.
1. The story took place(發生) exactly ____________ .
A. in the teacher’s office B. in an exam room
C. in the school D. in the language lab
2. The girl wanted to borrow a pen, because ____________ .
A. she had not brought a pen with her
B. she had lost her own on her way to school
C. there was something wrong with her own
D. her own had been taken away by someone
3. The teacher saw all this, so she asked the boy ____________ .
A. to go on writing his paper
B. to stop whispering
C. to leave the room immediately
D. to stay behind after the exam
4. The thing(s) emphasized in her talk was(were) ____________ .
A. honesty B. sense of ty C. seriousness D. all of the above
5. The boy knew everything ____________ .
A. the moment he was asked to stay behind
B. when the teacher started talking about honesty
C. only some time later
D. when he was walking out of the room
【答案及解析】
1. B。細節理解題。 故事發生在考試進行期間，故選B。
2.C。推理判斷題。由“She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write.”可知她的筆壞了。
3.D。細節理解題。 由“Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room…”可知考完試後，老師讓他留下(stay behind)。
4.A 。細節理解題。由“. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized(強調)…”可知老師反復強調的'就是cheat的反面誠實(honesty)。
5.C。推理判斷題。由最一段“Later on…”可知 。
C(words:265&286)
People in the United States honor their parents with two special days: Mother’s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day, on the third Sunday in June.
Mother’s Day was proclaimed a day for national observance by President Woodrow Wilson in 1915. Ann Jarvis from Grafton, West Virginia, had started the idea to have a day to honor mothers. She was the one who chose the second Sunday in May and also began the custom of wearing a carnation.
In 1909, Mrs. Dodd from Spokane, Washington, thought of the idea of a day to honor fathers. She wanted to honor her own father, William Smart. After her mother died, he had the responsibility of raising a family of five sons and a daughter. In 1910, the first Father’s Day was observed in Spokane. Senator Margaret Chase Smith helped to established Father’s Day as a national commemorative day, in 1972.
These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and ecate them to be responsible citizens. They give love and care.
These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations. A red one symbolizes a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead.Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery. On these days families get together at home, as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues for Father’s Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.
51.According to the passage, which of the following about the second Sunday in May is not true ?
A.It is a day to show love to mothers
B.It is a day to wear carnations
C.It is a day for people to visit the cemetery
D.It is a day for many people to attend religious services
52.Choose the right time order of the following events.
a. The first Father’s Day was observed
b. Mother’s Day was proclaimed a day for national observance
c. Father’s Day became a day for national observance.
d. The idea of honoring fathers was bought up
A.a b c d B.d a b c C.b a c d D.d a c b
53.Who plays the most important role in Father’s Day becoming a national commemorative day?
A.Mrs. Do B.Margaret Chase Smith
C.Ann Jarvis D.Woodrow Wilson
54.From the passage, we know in the U.S ________________.
A.one should wear a red carnation if one’s mother pass away
B.on Mother’s Day, families often go out to have barbecues
C.on Father’s Day, people often stay at home to celebrate the special day.
D.The purpose to have these two special days is to show love to parents
55.The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to __________
A.call on people to love and respect their parents.
B.introce Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
C.tell the difference between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day
D.show how important fathers and mothers are
【答案與解析】 51~55 CBBDB
這篇文章介紹母親節和父親節。美國人民以兩個特殊的日子向父母表示敬意,這便是每年五月第二個星期日的母親節和六月第三個星期日父親節。
51.C。細節理解題。解析：這個選項的說法不夠准確。
五月的第二個周日是母親節，在這一天有些父母逝世的人會去墓地看父母。
52.B。推理判斷題。解析：根據第二自然段及第三自然段關於母親節及父親節形 成的先後關系來判斷。
53.B。推理判斷題。 解析：從第三自然段最後一句話Senator Margaret Chase Smith
helped to established Father’s Day as a national commemorative day, in 1972. 看出：是參議員史
密斯於1972年幫助把父親節推廣為全國性節日的。
54.D。推理判斷題。解析：第一自然段就提到People in the United States honor their
parents with two special days: Mother’s Day’s, on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day,
on the third Sunday in June.表明美國人民以兩個特殊的日子向父母表示敬意,這便是每年五月
第二個星期日的母親節和六月第三個星期日父親節。
55.B。主旨大意題。解析：寫這篇文章的目的是介紹母親節和父親節。
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Is language, like food, a basic human need without which a child at a critical period of life can be starved and damaged? Judging from the drastic experiment of Frederick II in the thirteenth century, it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to keep silent.
All the infants died before the first year. But clearly there was more than lack of language here. What was missing was good mothering. Without good mothering, in the first year of life especially, the capacity to survive is seriously affected.
Today no such severe lack exists as that ordered by Frederick. Nevertheless, some children are still backward in speaking. Most often the reason for this is that the mother is insensitive to the signals of the infant, whose brain is programmed to learn language rapidly. If these sensitive periods are neglected, the ideal time for acquiring skills passes and they might never be learned so easily again. A bird learns to sing and to fly rapidly at the right time, but the process is slow and hard once the critical stage has passed.
Experts suggest that speech stages are reached in a fixed sequence and at a constant age, but there are cases where speech has started late in a child who eventually turns out to be of high IQ. At twelve weeks a baby smiles and makes vowel-like sounds; at twelve months he can speak simple words and understand simple commands; at eighteen months he has a vocabulary of three to fifty words. At three he knows about 1,000 words which he can put into sentences, and at four his language differs from that of his parents in style rather than grammar.
Recent evidence suggests that an infant is born with the capacity to speak. What is special about man’s brain, compared with that of the monkey, is the complex system which enables a child to connect the sight and feel of, say, a toy-bear with the sound pattern “toy-bear.” And even more incredible is the young brain’s ability to pick out an order in language from the mixture of sound around him, to analyze, to combine and recombine the parts of a language in new ways.
But speech has to be inced, and this depends on interaction between the mother and the child, where the mother recognizes the signals in the child’s babbling (咿呀學語), grasping and smiling, and responds to them. Insensitivity of the mother to these signals lls the interaction because the child gets discouraged and sends out only the obvious signals. Sensitivity to the child’s non-verbal signals is essential to the growth and development of language.
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1. The purpose of Frederick II’s experiment was ________.
[A] to prove that children are born with the ability to speak
[B] to discover what language a child would speak without hearing any human speech
[C] to find out what role careful nursing would play in teaching a child to speak
[D] to prove that a child could be damaged without learning a language
2. The reason some children are backward in speaking is most probably that ________.
[A] they are incapable of learning language rapidly
[B] they are exposed to too much language at once
[C] their mothers respond inadequately to their attempts to speak
[D] their mothers are not intelligent enough to help them
3. What is exceptionally remarkable about a child is that ________.
[A] he is born with the capacity to speak
[B] he has a brain more complex than an animal’s
[C] he can proce his own sentences
[D] he owes his speech ability to good nursing
4. Which of the following can NOT be inferred from the passage?
[A] The faculty of speech is inborn in man.
[B] Encouragement is anything but essential to a child in language learning.
[C] The child’s brain is highly selective.
[D] Most children learn their language in definite stages.
5. If a child starts to speak later than others, he will ________.
[A] have a high IQ
[B] be less intelligent
[C] be insensitive to verbal signals
[D] not necessarily be backward
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語言是否如同食物這種人們的基本需求一樣，沒有了它，在關鍵期的兒童會餓死和受到損害?從十三世紀弗雷德里克一世的極端實驗來看，語言可能會是這樣。弗雷德里克一世期望發現如果沒有母語，兒童將說什麼語言，他叫護士保持沉默。
所有的嬰兒在第一年就夭折了。但是，顯然這不僅僅是缺少語言的問題。真正缺乏的是良好的哺育。沒有良好的哺育，尤其是在生命的第一年，人的生存能力會受到嚴重的影響。
當今不會再存在如同弗雷德里克那樣欠缺的安排了。然而，一些兒童仍然在說話方面滯後。通常是母親對嬰兒發出的信號不敏感，而嬰兒的大腦已經對快速學習語言做好了安排。如果這些敏感的階段被忽略的'話，那麼學習技能的最佳時間將被錯過，同時人可能再也不會那麼容易地學習這些技能了。小鳥在合適的時候能夠很快地學會唱歌和飛翔，但一旦關鍵期錯過了，那麼學起來就會既慢又難。
專家指出人按照固定的順序並在一定的年齡進入說話階段，但也有開始說話晚，最後成為高智商者的例子。十二周的時候，嬰兒會笑並且發出類似母音的聲音;在十二個月的時候，他會說簡單的單詞並且聽懂簡單的指令;在十八個月的時候他有三到五十個詞彙量。在三歲的時候，他知道大約一千個能夠用來造句的單詞，到了四歲的時候，他的語言在風格而不是語法方面與他父母的語言迥異。
最近的研究結果表明，嬰兒生來就有說話的能力。與猴子大腦相比，嬰兒大腦之所以特殊在於其復雜的系統能使兒童把對玩具熊這樣具體事物的視覺及感覺與“玩具熊”這個詞語的聲音模式連接起來。更讓人難以置信的是這個小腦袋從周圍混雜的聲音里挑選出語言的順序，對其對進行分析，再以新的方式對語言的各部分進行組合、再組合的能力。
但是說話需要引導，這依賴於兒童與母親的交流，在此過程中，母親識別兒童咿呀學語，抓東西和微笑等的信號並對這些信號做出反應。母親對這些信號的不敏感性會削弱交流，因為兒童受挫，同時他們僅僅會發出明顯的信號。對兒童非語言信號的敏感對語言的產生和發展是必要的。
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But clearly there was more than lack of language here.
該句語法：
“more than”可翻譯為“多於……”，所以漢語一般翻譯成為“不僅”。所以該句中是“不僅僅缺乏……”的含義。
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1.The purpose of FrederickⅠ’s experiment was__
1.Frederick Ⅰ實驗的目的是______。
[A] to prove that children are born with the ability to speak
[A] 證明孩子生來就具有說話的能力
[B] to discover what language a child would speak without hearing any human speech
[B] 發現孩子在沒有聽見人類語言的情況下會說哪種語言
[C] to find out what role careful nursing would play in teaching a child to speak
[C] 研究細心護理在教孩子說話中起什麼作用
[D] to prove that a child could be damaged without learning a language
[D] 證明在沒有學習語言的情況下，孩子會受到傷害
2.The reason some children are backward in speaking is most probably that__
2.一些孩子在說話上遲鈍的主要原因是____。
[A] they are incapable of learning language rapidly
[A]他們不能迅速學會語言
[B] they are exposed to too much language at once
[B]他們同時置身於太多的語言之中
[C] their mothers respond inadequately to their attempts to speak
[C]母親對孩子要說話的慾望回應不足
[D] their mothers are not intelligent enough to help them
[D]他們的媽媽智力不夠，幫不了他們
3. What is exceptionally remarkable about a child is that
3. 兒童最不可思議的方面是__________。
[A] he is born with the capacity to speak
[A]他生來就具有說話的能力
[B] he has a brain more complex than an animal’s
[B]與動物相比，他的大腦更復雜
[C] he can proce his own sentences
[C]他能創造自己的句子
[D] he owes his speech ability to good nursing
[D]他的說話能力歸功於好的照顧
4. Which of the following can NOT be inferred from the passage?
4. 哪個選項不能從短文中推論出來?
[A] The faculty of speech is inborn in man.
[A]人生來具有說話能力
[B] Encouragement is anything but essential to a child in language learning.
[B]鼓勵在孩子學語言的過程中根本不起什麼作用
[C] The child’ s brain is highly selective.
[C]兒童的大腦具有高度選擇性
[D] Most children learn their language in definite stages.
[D]絕大多數孩子在確定的階段學習語言
5. If a child starts to speak later than others, he will
5.如果一個孩子開始說話比其他孩子晚，他將來會_______。
[A] have a high IQ
[A] 具有高智商
[B] be less intelligent
[B] 智商低
[C] be insensitive to verbal signals
[C] 對語言信號不敏感
[D] not necessarily be backward
[D] 不一定低智商
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