The baby is just one day old and has not left hospital yet. She is quiet but alert(警觉的). The researchers have placed a white card with two black spots on it twenty centimeters from her face. She stares at it carefully.

A researcher removes the card and replaces it by another one, this time with the spots differently spaced. As the cards change from one to the other, her gaze(凝视) starts to lose its focus until a third card is presented. The third card has three black spots on it. Her gaze comes back: she looks at it for twice as long as she did at the precious card. Can she tell that the number two is different from three, just 24 hours after coming into the world? Or do newborns simply prefer more to fewer? The same experiment, but with three spots shown before two, shows the same return of interest when the number of spots changes. Perhaps it is just the newness? When a little older babies were shown cards with pictures of objects (a comb, a key, an orange and so on), changing the number of objects had an effect separate from changing the objects themselves. Could it be the pattern that two things make, as opposed to three? No again. Babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly on a screen when their number changed from two to three, or three to two. The effect even crosses between senses. Babies who were repeatedly shown two spots became more excited when they then heard three beats of the drum than when they heard just two; similarly, when the researchers started beats of the drum and moved to spots.

1.What's the experiment described in Paragraph 1 mainly about?

A.The baby's sense of sight. B.The baby's sense of touch.

C.The baby's sense of smell. D.The baby's sense of hearing

2.Babies are alert to the change in . '

A.the size of cards B.the color of pictures

C.the shape of patterns D.the number of objects

3.Why did the researchers test the babies with beats of the drum?

A.Because they wanted to keep the babies' interests.

B.Because they wanted to carry the experiment further.

C.Because they wanted to see how babies recognize sounds.

D.Because they wanted to reduce the difficulty of the experiment.

4.Where does this passage probably come from?

A.Children's literature. B.An advertisement.

C.Science fiction. D.A science report.

Dear Sommer and Angelina,

I'd like to give you some advice to help you deal with the trouble you might have on your life journeys.

I have always tried to be present for you no matter how old you were or where we were. I wanted you to know being present builds trust and that trust increases confidence. Confidence makes it possible for you to look forward and dream more. When you are present, you are seeing, hearing and feeling another person. Being present is the greatest gift you can give them, and is the greatest way to connect with them more closely.

You were born with gifts that your brother does not have. You know how happy you feel when you are doing what you love. So please, please, please follow your passion. Don't let anyone make you do anything that doesn't feel natural. You know what makes you excited better than anyone else. The sooner you find your passion, the greater success you will achieve.

Lastly, my loves, never look back. You are blind to what is behind you while backing up(倒车)a car. If you keep looking back in life, you may feel upset when seeing things that you did not notice before.

I know what you are thinking: Why do dad and I always have our old family photos playing on Apple TV? Because your family is your foundation(根基). When we talk about the family, we should be with you everywhere you are.

Your mom,

Angela

1.How many pieces of advice does Angela give her daughters?

A.Two B.Three C.Five D.Six

2.The daughters need to find__________,if they want to achieve great success.

A.gifts B.confidence C.trust D.passion

3.According to Angela’s letter, which of the following is TRUE?

A.Young people's life journey is always full of trouble.

B.Being present helps young people develop a close relationship.

C.Passion is not important to achieve success.

D.The daughters may feel happy when they see things they didn't notice before.

4.Why does Angela write this letter?

A.Because Angela wants to make her daughters free.

B.Because Angela treats her daughters differently from her son.

C.Because Angela would like to share life lessons with her daughters.

D.Because work is more important than family life to Angela.

Japan is famous for making robots (机器人). But now China can make good ones, too. Do you remember the robot show at the 2016 CCTV Spring Festival Gala? Over 500 robots danced together. That show was great. Well some robots came to our school and I took a picture of one. Look!

A company in Shenzhen made the robots. Our teacher borrowed some of them from the company to celebrate our school’s science festival.

When the robots came to dance in front of us, all of the students became excited and velled. With the music on, the robots moved (移动) their arms up and down. Then, they bent (弯下) their heads and knees like real people. The robots even stood on their heads like hip-hop (街舞) dancers. It was amazing!

Later, a bigger red robot came out of the dancers. It could even talk. We were really surprised at that.

It was a wonderful show and we all enjoyed it. With more robots, we hope our life will become better and better in the future.

1.__________ made the robot in the picture.

A.A Japanese company B.A Chinese company C.A school D.CCTV

2.The robots came to the school for a(n) __________.

A.sports meeting B.art festival C.dancing party D.science festival

3.The underlined word “yelled” means (意思是) __________.

A.sang happily B.shouted excitedly C.jumped high D.danced quickly

4.All the robots could __________.

A.sing to music B.talk to the students C.dance to music D.play some music

5.The writer talks about __________ in the last paragraph (段).

A.what the red robot did B.what robots will be like in the future

C.what he thought of the robots D.what he hopes for the future

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