A few years ago a young mother watched her husband diaper(给……换尿布)their firstborn son．“You do not have to be unhappy about it,”she protested．“You can talk to him and smile a little．”The father, who happened to be a psychologist, answered firmly,“He has nothing to say to me, and I have nothing to say to him．”
Psychologist now know how wrong that father was．From the moment of birth, a baby has a great deal to say to his parent and they to him．But a decade or so ago, these experts were describing the newborn as a primitive creature who reacted only by reflex, a helpless victim of its environment without capacity to influence it．And mothers accepted the truth．Most thought(and some still do)that a new infant could see only blurry(模糊的)shadows, that his other senses were undeveloped, and that all he required was nourishment, clean diapers, and a warm bassinet．
Today university laboratories across the country are studying newborns in their first month of life．As a result, psychologists now describe the new baby as perceptive(理解力强的), with remarkable learning abilities and an even more remarkable capacity to shape his or her environment including the attitudes and actions of his parents．Some researchers believe that the neonatal period may even be the most significant four weeks in an entire lifetime．
Far from being helpless, the newborn knows what he likes and rejects what he doesn’t．He shut out unpleasant sensations by closing his eyes or averting his face．He is a glutton for novelty．He prefers animate(living)things over inanimate and likes people more than anything．
When a more nine minutes out, an infant prefers a human face to a head-shaped outline．He makes the choice despite the fact that, with delivery room attendants masked and gowned, he has never seen a human face before．By the time he’s twelve hours old, his entire body moves in precise synchrony(同时发生)to the sound of a human voice, as if he were dancing．A non-human sound, such as a tapping noise, brings no such response．
(1)
The author points out that the father diapering his first-born son was wrong because ________．
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A．
he believed the baby was not able to hear him
B．
he thought the baby didn’t have the power of speech
C．
he was a psychologist unworthy of his profession
D．
he thought the baby was not capable of any response
(2)
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE？
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A．
A new infant can see only blurry shadows．
B．
A new infant’s senses are undeveloped
C．
All a new infant requires is nourishment, clean diapers, and a warm bassinet．
D．
A new infant is actually able to influence his or her environment
(3)
What does the underlined sentence“He is a glutton for novelty”probably mean？
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A．
The newborn is greedy for new food
B．
The newborn tends to overeat
C．
The newborn always loves things that are new to him
D．
The newborn’s appetite is a constant topic in novels
(4)
According to the passage, it’s groundless(wrong)to think that newborns prefer ________．
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A．
a human face to a head-shaped outline
B．
animate things to inanimate ones
C．
human voice to non-human sounds
D．
nourishment to a warm bassinet
(5)
What is the passage mainly discussing about？
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A．
What people know about newborns
B．
How wrong parents are when they handle their babies
C．
How much newborns have progressed in about a decade’s time
D．
Why the first month of life is the most significant four weeks in a lifetime
While everyone knows that NBA center Yao Ming will become a father this summer, the big buzz(流言)in China is about whether the baby will be an American．
The Shanghai native's personal life is closely followed by his many fans at home, from his 2007 Shanghai wedding to fellow basketball player Ye Li to last month's reports the couple is expecting a baby girl in July．
The 2.25-meter star, sidelined this season with a broken left foot, recently returned to the USA with Ye, encouraging speculation that the baby will be born there．
Yao's baby would automatically be an American citizen if born in the US．
However, Chinese law does not recognize double citizenship．
A few say it would be a betrayal of China and that the Chinese team could be denied a future basketball star．
But most support Yao and don't care which country claims the baby．
“Yao Ming is individual, not a political tool,”said one comment on popular basketball Website Hoop China．
“He has the right to choose where his child is born and what kind of medical care and education will be available to her．His child's citizenship has nothing to do with loyalty．”
Yao and his camp have been tight-lipped on the pregnancy(怀孕)and have not issued any public statements on the matter．
It is not clear if Yao and his wife are indeed planning to have the baby in the US or how they will handle any citizenship issues．
Yao's spokesman Zhang Mingji refused to make notes on the baby, saying it was a private matter．
Many Chinese famous persons-including actress Gong Li and director Chen Kaige-have in recent years been criticized for becoming naturalized citizens of other countries．
Chinese are subject to strict visa requirements and some of the famous persons argued it was easier to travel internationally with passports from countries like Singapore or the US．
(1)
What makes the Chinese puzzled and interested in is ________．
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A．
when Yao will have a baby
B．
when Yaao will recover from his injury
C．
what nationality Baby Yao will have
D．
who looks after Yao since he is injured
(2)
The underlined word“betrayal”in paragraph 6 can be replaced by ________．
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A．
love
B．
distance
C．
hate
D．
disloyalty
(3)
For most fans of Yao they ________．
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A．
are against his choice of claiming his baby for America
B．
think it's Yao's freedom to choose his baby's nationality
C．
are for Yao's decision of becoming an American at once
D．
are not interested in his decision
(4)
From the passage we know Yao ________．
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A．
has decided to give birth to the baby in America
B．
has recovered and will return to the sports in a week
C．
has decided to spend more time in film
D．
hasn't expressed his clear idea to the public at all
(5)
Some famous people are being scolded(责骂)because they ________．
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