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1、intelligent and brilliant in the first paragraph mean _ while dull in the second paragraph means _.A：bright and splendid.slow in thinking and understandingB：pretty and handsome.ordinary-lookingC：great and monD：hopeful and helpful.careless答案：A （2）、According to the context we can guess that a genius i

2、s _ while an idiot is _.a normal person.a funny persona strong person.a weak persona highly intelligent person.a foolish or weak-minded persona famous person.an ordinary personC（3）、A person _ is more likely to become a genius.whose parents are cleverwho often thinks about difficult problemswho are o

3、ften helped by his parents and teacherswho are born with a good brain and putting it to active useD（4）、It is better for parents _.to praise and encourage their children more oftento be hard on their children to leave their children along with nothing to doto give their children as much help as possi

4、ble（5）、Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?Parents play an important part in their childrens growth.The less you use your mind the duller you may become.Intelligence is obviously the result of where and how you live.Parents should always encourage their children.2、Regular chi

5、ld care provided outside home or by someone other than the mother does not in itself undermine healthy emotional connections between mothers and their 15-month-old infants, according to a long-term national study. The finding holds even if care begins during the first 3 months after birth and runs f

6、or 30 hours or more per week.Among infants who receive unkind and unresponsive care from their mothers, however, the mother-child relationship may be damaged. This research helps us put apart complexities regarding child care that have not previously been studied in detail, contends Jay Belsky, a ps

7、ychologist. The investigation consists of 1,153 children and their families living in or near Boston. The youngsters, no more than 1 month old when they entered the study in 1991, will be tracked until the age of 7. Experimenters administered questionnaires to mothers in their homes and videotaped b

8、aby caretakers interacting with the kids at ages 1, 6 and 15 months. Independent observers rated the quality of each child care efforts and noted infant nervousness. Unlike most previous studies, this one allows researchers to observe each caretakers personality at child nursing, and kids emotional

9、reactions by the equipment.（1）、From the first paragraph we know that _.mother care is the best according to a national studychild care outside home is the best in accordance with the studyregular child care outside home may play a role as a motherconnections between mothers and infants are damaged b

10、y outside care（2）、According to the passage, unresponsive care from a mother may _. ruin a kids growthharm the mother-child tiehurt a babys emotional reactionspoil a childs personalityB（3）、Jay Belsky implies that the study of child care _. was never carried out in the pastwas not much done in detail

11、in the pastwas greatly ignored by psychologists and researcherswas interesting but very difficult to make discovery（4）、The main difference between the investigation and the previous ones is that _. the researchers started with only one month old infantsthe observers could rate the quality of child c

12、are efforts and analyzed them soonthe researchers were able to give the questionnaires to mothers in their homesvideo equipment enabled researchers to observe what was happening directly（5）、Which of the following is NOT TRUE of the investigation?It will last at least 7 years.Cooperation from the mot

13、hers is also necessary.Some independent observers play a part.Researchers paid site visits to see a caretakers personality and kids emotional reactions.3、Robert Spring, a 19th century forger（造假者）, was so good at his profession that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatu

14、res of famous Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived in Philadelphia in 1858 to open a bookstore. At fist he prospered by selling his small but genuine collection of early U.S. autographs. Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began imitating signatures of George Wash

15、ington and Benjamin Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To lessen the chance of detection, he sent his forgeries to England and Canada for sale and circulation.Forgers have a hard time selling their products. A forger cant approach a respectable buyer but must deal with people

16、 who dont have much knowledge in the field. Forgers have many ways to make their work look real. For example, they buy old books to use the aged paper of the title page, and they can treat paper and ink with chemicals.In Springs time, right after the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the Southern

17、 states, so Spring invented a respectable maiden lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson, the only daughter of General Stonewall Jackson. For several years Miss Fanny Jacksons financial problems forced her to sell a great number of letters and manuscripts belonging to her famous father. Spring had to work

18、very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty, leaving sharp-eyed experts the difficult task of separating his forgeries from the originals.（1）、In Philadelphia Spring first made a lot of money by _.selling all kinds of books at below-average pricesim

19、itating the signatures of some famous Americansselling the genuine signatures of some famous Americansselling his forgeries to other countries（2）、Spring sold his false autographs in England and Canada because _.people there were willing to offer higher pricesthere was less chance of being discovered

20、 therehe had unusual love for the two countriesthere was a greater demand there than in America（3）、According to paragraph 2, forgeries are usually sold to _.experts in the fieldsome crazy readersbook dealers who love investing money this waypeople who dont know much in the field（4）、Miss Fanny Jackso

21、n was _.an unknown lady who sold her fathers collection of letters and manuscripts to Springan imaginary person created by Springa member of Springs familythe only daughter of Governor Jackson（5）、It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _. Springs business began to go downhill after the Civil

22、 WarMiss Fanny Jackson had serious financial problemsSpring was short of money when his life came to an ends forging skills did not improve much before his death4、Mrs. Hebert kept on asking her husband to take her to the ballet. Mr. Hebert hates the ballet, but when his employer invited him and his

23、wife, he could not get out of it. As they drove to the theatre that evening, the fog got worse and worse. The traffic slowed down to a walking pace and almost stopped. When they eventually got to the theatre, the ballet was over. Mrs. Hebert could not work out how it had taken them so long to get th

24、ere, even taking the fog into account. The theatre was within walking distance of their house. It took her a long time to get over the disappointment. A month later, Mrs. Hebert found out what had happened. Mr. Hebert told a friend of his that he had taken wrong turning on purpose. This friend told

25、his wife, and the wife immediately went around to tell Mrs. Hebert. The two women began to plan revenge. One day, when Mr. Hebert was not in, they broke into his study, which he always locked. His hobby was collecting old coins. Mrs. Hebert had already worked out how much his collection was worth:$8

26、50!They were taking some coins out of the case when they heard a car pull up outside the house. Mrs. Hebert quickly switched the light off, and they waited, holding their breath. The front door opened and Mr. Hebert came in. They heard him take his coat off. He walked towards the study door and open

27、ed it. There was no chance for the women to get away without being seen. Mr. Hebert switched the light on and was astounded to see his wife standing there with a handful of valuable coins. It took both husband and wife a long time to get over this.（1）、Which of the following is correct?Mr. Hebert likes to watch b