Even with little exposure to cultural standards of beauty, “infants treat attractive faces as  distinctive regardless of the sex, age a nd race of the stimulus(刺激物) faces,”  write psychologist Judith H.Langlois and her colleagues in the January DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY.

In their experiment, 5 healthy 6-month-old infants from middle-class families viewed slides showing eight pairs of white male faces and eight pairs of white female faces. Each pair, displayed for 10 seconds, consisted of one attractive and one unattractive face, as previously judged by a group of male and female college students. An experimenter viewed the young participants on a video monitor and recorded the direction and duration of each infant’s gaze.

The 35 boys and 25 girls looked longer at both male and female faces judged as attractive, the researchers found.

Their second study of 6-month-old involved 15 boys and 25 girls, mostly white, who saw eight pairs of slides showing an attractive and an unattractive black female, as previously judged by both white and black college students.  Again, the babies looked much longer at attractive faces.  

Finally, 19 boys and 20 girls, all 6 months old and almost all of them white, viewed eight pairs of slides showing the faces of 3-month-old boys and girls previously rated as attractive or unattractive by college students. Attractive baby faces drew signficantly longer looks, the psychologists report.

Further studies must explore whether infants take attractive faces as “best examples” of a face, the investigators claim Langlois and a coworker recently reported that attractive faces may possess features that approximate the mathematical average of all faces in particular population.

1.What was found in the first study?

A.Male infants looked longer only at female ones.

B.Females looked more attractive than males.

C.Sixty 6?month?old babies looked longer at the attractive faces, male or female.

D.White female faces drew more attention  than those of black ones.

2.In the last paragraph, the writer implies that .      

A.Langlois and her partners will stop their experiments they accomplished a lot

B.Langlois and her partners will focus on the other fields of infants

C.Langlois and her partners have achieved success in studying the infants’ mind

D.Langlois and her partners have found a more interesting field

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

A.All babies, white or black, tend to share with the college students the preference for attractive faces.

B.White babies prefer white faces to black ones.       

C.Babies tend to get interested in the attractive faces of the opposite sex.

D.Beauty has something to do with a person’s age, race and sex

4.The title that best expresses the main idea is .     

A.Psychology of Infants   B.Beauty in Variety   C.Beauty and Race   D.Beauty in Infants

The Top 4 Lies Girls Hear

  1. “You'll never be good at math.”

  It's generally accepted that boys are good at math while girls aren't. The fact is that it isn't true—at least, it doesn't have to be. When girls reach their teens,most of them lose their interest in math. They're trying to be regarded as female(女性).They want to stay away from things that are boy things, and math is still considered a boy thing. Math class is hard, but if you gave it a chance you could be great at math, especially beacuse you are a girl.

 2. “Being skinny is good, and how you diet is your business.”

 Lots of web sites tell visitors that losing interest in eating is a beautiful thing. These“skinny is better”sites are lying. Losing interest in eating is a disease, not a fashion statement. It can kill you.

 3. “You don't deserve to make as much money as a guy.”

 It's said that in 2002 women who work full-time earn about 23 percent less than guys earn. Once you see real women succeeding in cool jobs, you'll truly get that you're worth just as much as—or  more than any guys.

 4. “Caffeine(咖啡因)will help you study better.”

 Caffeinated soft drinks have long been advertised as must haves when you have to work very hard. But if you want to do your body a big favor, you'd better give up caffeine altogether.

 

1.Why do girls lose their interest in math?

A.Because they don't realize the importance of math.

B.Because math class is too hard for girls.

C.Because they aren't interested in the things which are considered boy things.

D.Because girls are not as clever as boys.

2.The word “skinny” means________.

A. pretty              B.strong C.tall  D.slim

3.Supposing in 2002 a man earns $20,000, how much will a woman who doing the same job probably get?

A.$10,000  B.$15,000 C.$20,000 D.$25,000

4.Which of the statement is NOT ture?

A. Girls sometimes do better than boys in math

B. Being skinny is good for girls’ health.

C. Girls than earn as much money as boys do.

D. Caffeine can make people feel more excited.

 

One family, which had emigrated from Japan and settled at the turn of the century near San Francisco, had established a business in which they grew roses and trucked them into San Francisco three mornings a week.

The other family was a naturalized(加入国籍的)family from Switzerland who also marketed roses, and   21   families became modestly successful,   22 their roses were known in the markets of San Francisco for their  23 vase-life.

For four decades the two families were neighbors, and the sons   24 the farms, but then on December 7, 1941, Japan   25   Pearl Harbor. Although the rest of the family members were American, the   26   of the Japanese family had never been naturalized. In the turmoil(动乱) and the questions about internment camps(拘留营), his neighbor made it clear that, if   27  , he would look after his friend’s nursery(花圃). It was   28 each family had learned in church—Love the neighbor as thyself. “You would do  29 for us, ” he told his Japanese friend.

It was not long before the Japanese   30   was transported to a poor landscape in Granada, Colorado. The relocation center consisted of tar-paper-roofed barracks (兵营)  31 by barbed wire and armed guards.

A full year went by. Then two. Then three. While the   32 neighbors were in internment, their friends worked in the greenhouses, the  33   before school and on Saturdays, and the father's work often stretched to 16 and 17 hours. And then   34 , when the war in Europe had

  35 , the Japanese family packed up and   36  a train. They were going home.

What would they find? The family was   37 at the train station by their neighbors, and when they got to their home, the whole Japanese family stared.. There was the nursery, complete, clean and shining in the sunlight, neat, prosperous and healthy.

So was the balance of the bank passbook   38 to the Japanese father. And the house was  39 as clean and welcoming as the nursery.

And there on the dining room   40  was one perfect red rosebud, just waiting to unfold- the gift of one neighbor to another.

1.

A.each

B.both

C.all

D.two

 

2.

A.as

B.if

C.unless

D.though

 

3.

A.short

B.perfect

C.long

D.important

 

4.

A.took over

B.dealt with

C.watched out

D.handed over

 

5.

A.achieved

B.battled

C.controlled

D.attacked

 

6.

A.children

B.members

C.father

D.girls

 

7.

A.possibility

B.necessary

C.likely

D.possible

 

8.

A.everything

B.anything

C.nothing

D.something

 

9.

A.the same

B.similarly

C.familiar

D.the similar

 

10.

A.father

B.family

C.neighbors

D.mother

 

11.

A.surrounded

B.covered

C.watched

D.guarded

 

12.

A.Swiss

B.Swede

C.naturalized

D.Japanese

 

13.

A.members

B.girls

C.children

D.boys

 

14.

A.sometime

B.some day

C.one time

D.one day

 

15.

A.completed

B.ended

C.started

D.died

 

16.

A.entered

B.got

C.boarded

D.reached

 

17.

A.met

B.seen

C.received

D.accepted

 

18.

A.referred

B.devoted

C.prepared

D.handed

 

19.

A.right

B.quite

C.just

D.rather

 

20.

A.chair

B.table

C.floor

D.ground

 

第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,共30分)

As a teenager, I felt I was always letting people down. I rebellious(叛逆)on the outside, __16__ on the inside I wanted people to __17__.

Once I left home to hitchhike(搭便车)to California with my friend Penelope. The trip wasn’t __18__, and there were many times I didn’t feel safe. One situation in particular __19__ me grateful to still be alive. When I returned home, I was different-----not so outwardly sure of myself.

I was happy to be home. But then I noticed that Penelope, who was __20___ with us, was wearing my clothes. And my __21__ seemed to like her better than me. I wondered if I would be __22__ if I weren’t there. I told my mom, and she explained that __23__ Penelope was a lovely girl, no one could __24__ me. I pointed out, “She is more patient and is neater than I have ever been.” My mom said these were wonderful __25__, but I was the only person who could fill my __26__. She made me realize that even with my __27__, ------ and they were many-----I was a loved member of the family who couldn’t be replaced.

I became a searcher, __28__ who I was and what made me unique. My __29__ of myself was changing. I wanted a solid base to start from. I started to resist pressure to __30__ in ways that I didn’t like any more, and I __31__ who I really was. I came to feel much more __32__ that no one can ever take my place.

Each of us __33__ a unique place in the world. You are special, no matter what others say or what you may think. So __34__ about being replaced. You __35__ be.

16.A. as           B. and                   C. but                   D. for

17.A. leave         B. replace        C. receive                 D. like

18.A. easy          B. hard                  C. fun                   D. long

19.A. made         B. kept                  C. left                   D. forced

20.A. playing       B. staying        C. eating                  D. travelling

21.A. family        B. friends        C. relatives                D. neighbors

22.A. loved         B. mentioned     C. cared                  D. missed

23.A. since         B. as            C. while                 D. unless

24.A. scold         B. replace        C. compare               D. match

25.A. qualities       B. girls          C. people                D. times

26.A. character      B. role           C. task                  D. form

27.A. faults         B. advantages     C. manners               D. pities

28.A. looking       B. looking back         C. giving up      D. seeking out

29.A. picture        B. view               C. sense          D. idea

30.A. think         B. learn               C. change              D. act

31.A. hated         B. wished              C. celebrated     D. expected

32.A. sure          B. doubtful             C. happy        D. lonely

33.A. takes         B. catches              C. seizes               D. holds

34.A. talk          B. forget              C. care          D. argue

35.A. mustn’t       B. shouldn’t           C. can’t         D. needn’t

 

Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children. And they must have   11   how difficult it is to write a   12   children’s book. Either the author has aimed too   13  , so that the children can’t follow what is in his (or more often, her) story,   14   the story seems to be talking to the readers.

The best children’s books are   15   very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the 16   who hears the story and the adult who   17   it. Unfortunately, there are in fact few books like this,   18   the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not   19   to solve. This may be why many of the books regarded as   20   of children’s literature(文学) were in fact written for   21  . “Alice in wonderland” is perhaps the most obvious of this.

Children, left for themselves, often   22   the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in a bookshop or a   23   and he will more willingly choose the books written in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children’s comics(连环画), full of the stories and jokes which are the objections of teachers and right-thinking parents.

Perhaps we parents should stop   24   to brainwash children into accepting our taste in literature. After all children and adults are so   25   that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose we’ll just have to compromise(妥协) over the bedtime story.

1.A. hoped          B. realized       C. told             D. said

2.A. short            B. long        C. bad             D. good

3.A. easy             B. short          C. high            D. difficult

4.A. and           B. but           C. or                D. so

5.A. both         B. neither        C. either                  D. very

6.A. child         B. father         C. mother            D. teacher.

7.A. hears             B. buys            C. understands       D. reads

8.A. but            B. however       C. so                D. because

9.A. hard        B. easy          C. enough            D. fast

10.A. articles       B. work        C. arts             D. works

11.A. grown-ups     B. girls          C. boys            D. children

12.A. become      B. show         C. find             D. add

13.A. school        B. home          C. office              D. library

14.A. going         B. liking   C. trying           D. preferring

15.A. same         B. friendly        C. different         D. common

 

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