"Can I see my baby?" asked the happy new mother. When the baby was in her arms, she couldn’t believe her eyes. The baby was born without ears.
Time proved(证明) that the baby’s hearing was very good though he had no ears. He got on well with his classmates. But one day, he said to his mother, tears in his eyes, "A big boy called me a freak (畸形的)."
  The boy’s father asked the family doctor. "Could nothing be done?"
  "I believe I could graft (植入) on a pair of outer ears if they could be got," the doctor said. They tried to find a person who was helpful for the young man.
  One day, his father said to the son, "You’re going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But we must keep it a secret who the person is."
  The operation(手术) was a great success, and a new person appeared. His cleverness and hard work made him a very successful person. He married and lived a happy life.
  He once asked his father, "Who gave me the ears? I could do enough for him or her."
  "I do not believe you could, "said the father." The agreement was that you are not to know...not yet."
  For years they kept it a secret, but the day did come. He stood with his father over his mother’s body. Slowly, the father raised the thick, brown hair. To his surprise, the son found his mother had no outer ears.
  "Mother said she was glad she never needed to cut her hair," his father said in a low voice, "and nobody ever thought mother less beautiful, did they?”
【小题1】The mother was surprised to see her baby for the first time because the baby__.

A.had no outer earsB.was born without hair
C.was in her armsD.could not hear her
【小题2】The sentence"...a new person appeared." means"______."
A.a new baby was born in the hospitalB.a stranger came into the hospital
C.a new doctor took care of the boyD.the boy began to live a new life
【小题3】Why did the boy’s mother never cut her hair?
A.Because she liked her thick, brown hair.
B.Because her work didn’t allow her to do that
C.Because the hair was good for her health
D.Because she wanted to keep the fact a secret
【小题4】Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.The boy couldn’t hear without ears at first.
B.The boy didn’t know the truth (真相) until his mother died.
C.His parents often encouraged him to work hard.
D.His classmates were always making fun of him.
【小题5】Which is the best title for the passage?
A.A Clever BoyB.Kind ParentsC.Great LoveD.An Ear Operation

I had said goodbye to my husband, Joe, so often, but this time was ____.

    We now had our first child. After nights of talks, we made the difficult ____ that Joe would go by himself to Alabama for the six-month training course, and I would stay behind with our new son. It was important that I ___ my teaching position near our home at Fort Hood. Also we were part of a strong network of friends ____ I could turn to for help.

    On Joe's ____ evening at home, I bathed little Joey, got him into his sleeper and was heading to the bedroom when Joe gently touched ___ on the shoulder. Lifting the baby from my arms, he said he wanted to put Joey to bed tonight.

    They headed down the hall, and I busied myself with meaningless tasks, ____ Joe to turn up from the bedroom within a few minutes. A half hour went by, and ___ he had not come back. Thinking he was having ____ getting our son to fall asleep, I walked quietly to the baby's room and ___ into the dimly-lit(灯光暗淡的)room.

    Sitting in the rocking chair, moving slowly back and forth, was my husband with ____ in his eyes. He was holding our baby in his arms ____ he had fallen asleep long before. When his pained eyes met mine, he said, "I just can't put him down."

    That night we stood over Joey's bed, holding each other and saying over and over that we would make it through this leaving and be ____ again soon.

Joey is six now, and he has a four-year-old brother named Jack. There have been many goodbyes ____ that night, yet my soldier still fights back tears when it's time to ____ once again in service to his country and give his boys that last, long hug goodbye.

1.A. dangerous          B. different         C. impossible          D. terrible

2.A. promise            B. wish            C. suggestion          D. decision

3.A. miss               B. keep            C. get                D. accept

4.A. whom              B. whose          C. which              D. what

5.A. first               B. next             C. other              D. Last

6.A. us                 B. them            C. me                D. her

7.A. expecting           B. remembering     C. agreeing            D. allowing

8.A. again              B. still             C. then                D. ever

9.A. excuse             B. fun              C. trouble             D. chance

10.A. moved            B. talked            C. turned             D. looked

11.A. colors             B. tears            C. joys               D. fears

12.A. even though        B. as if             C. so that             D. now that

13.A. sure               B. proud            C. alone              D. together

14.A. on                B. for              C. since              D. through

15.A. visit               B. sleep            C. leave              D. play

 

Everything that humans hear is in the form of waves (波).Just as the eye sees light wares in the form of colors, the ear and the eye Curs these different waves into signals that the brain (大脑) can make sense of.

The ears and brain have an Amazing amities to recognize(识别)particular sounds. For example, a mother often can tell when her baby is crying even if there are other crying babies in the same room. This is because the sound of her baby’s cry has special meaning to her and the brain has recorded is importance.

The ability to recognize sounds improves with experiences. As the brain receives information about sounds from day to day, it stores the information in its memory. When the brain hears new sounds, it gives meaning to them based on the information already in the memory. This is why certain words or songs can make a person happy. Often it is not the words or songs themselves that cause this feeling. The sounds are connected to happy memories for that person.

After hearing process controlled by the brain is to decide where a sound is coming from. One ear is usually closer to the source (来源) of a sound than the other ear is. Sound waves are stronger when they reach the ear that is closer. They also reach the closer ear first. The brain recognizes these differences and uses them to decide the location of the source of the sound.

1.Which of the following shows the normal hearing process of a mother hearing her baby crying?

a. The ears receive the sound waves.

b. The mother recognizes her baby’s cry.

c. The ears turn the sound waves into signals.

d. The baby’s cry ravels in the form of sound waves

e. The brain connects the signals to the information in me memory.

A.d-a-c-b-e          B.d-a-c-e-b          C.a-d-c-b-e          D.a-d-c-e-b

2. Certain words or songs can change tarpon’s moods mainly because of his         .

A.lifestyle           B.personality        C.experiences       D.hobbies

3.According to the last paragraph, It will be the most difficult for a person who has lost the hearing in one ear to tell         .

A.where the source of a sound is             B.how loud a sound is

C.when a sound starts to appear              D.what makes a sound

4.What is the best title for this passage?

A.Human Brain’s Amazing Facts

B.Human Hearing Characteristics

C.How to improve Hearing

D.How Do Humans Hear

 

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