题目内容
The baby monkey is much more developed at birth than the human baby. Almost from the moment it is born, the baby monkey can move around and hold tightly to its mother. During the first few days of its life the baby will approach and hold onto almost any large, warm, and soft object in its environment, particularly if that object also gives it milk. After a week or so, however, the baby monkey begins to avoid newcomers and focuses its attentions on “mother” ---- the real mother or the mother-substitute(母亲替代物).
During the first two weeks of its warmth is perhaps the most important psychological(心理的) thing that a monkey mother has to give to its baby. The Harlows, a couple who are both psychologists, discovered this fact by offering baby monkeys a choice of two types of mother-substitutes ---- one covered with cloth and one made of bare wire. If the two artificial mothers were both the same temperature, the little monkeys always preferred the cloth mother. However, if the wire model was heated, while the cloth model was cool, for the first two weeks after birth the baby monkeys picked the warm wire mother-substitutes as their favorites. Thereafter they switched and spent most of their time on the more comfortable cloth mother
Why is cloth preferable to bare wire? Something that the Harlows called contact(接触的) comfort seems to be the answer, and a most powerful influence it is. Baby monkeys spend much of their time rubbing against their mothers’ skins, putting themselves in as close contact with the parent as they can. Whenever the young animal is frightened, disturbed, or annoyed, it typically rushes to its mother and rubs itself against her body. Wire doesn’t“rub”as well as does soft wire cloth. Prolonged(长时间的)“contact comfort” with a cloth mother appears to give the babies confidence and is much more rewarding to them than is either warmth or milk.
According to the Harlows, the basic quality of a baby’s love for its mother is trust. If the baby is put into an unfamiliar playroom without its mother, the baby ignores the toys no matter how interesting they might be. It screams in terror and curls up into a fury little ball. If its cloth mother is now introduced into the playroom, the bay rushes to it and holds onto it for dear life. After a few minutes of contact comfort, it obviously begins to feel more secure. It then climbs down from the mother-substitute and begins to explore the toys, but often rushes back for a deep embrace(拥抱)as if to make sure that its mother is still there and that all is well. Bit by bit its fears of the new environment are gone and it spends more and more time playing with the toys and less and less time holding on to its “mother.”
50. Psychologically, what does the baby monkey desire most during the first two weeks of its life?
A. Warmth B. Milk C. Contact D. Trust
【小题1】After the first two weeks of their life, baby moneys prefer the cloth mother to the wire mother because the former is __.
A.larger in size | B.closer to them |
C.less frightening and less disturbing | D.more comfortable to rub against |
A.Attention | B.Softness | C.Confidence | D.Interest |
A.it frequently rushes back for a deep embrace when exploring the toys |
B.it spends more time screaming to get rewards |
C.it is less attracted to the toys though they are interesting |
D.it cares less about whether its mother is still around |
A.give the reasons of the experiment |
B.present the findings of the experiment |
C.introduce the method of the experiment |
D.describe the process of the experiment |
【小题1】A
【小题2】D
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
【小题5】B
解析【小题1】根据第二段第一句During the first two weeks of its warmth is perhaps the most important psychological(心理的) thing that a monkey mother has to give to its baby.可以直接判断出选A。
【小题2】根据第二段最后一句Thereafter they switched and spent most of their time on the more comfortable cloth mother.可知选D。
【小题3】根据第三段最后一句Wire doesn’t“rub”as well as does soft wire cloth. Prolonged(长时间的)“contact comfort” with a cloth mother appears to give the babies confidence and is much more rewarding to them than is either warmth or milk.可知选C。
【小题4】根据第四段最后两句可知应选D。
【小题5】推断作者的写作意图。纵观全文,全文只是介绍了对小猴的心理实验的实验结果。故选B。
An anxious mother watched as rescuers freed her baby from a muddy well. After being pulled from the well,the baby joyfully ran to its mom as the rescuers took a break.
It was a difficult and potentially dangerous rescue: the baby was an 8-month-old elephant, and at first its mother thought the humans were trying to harm it. The baby elephant fell into the five-foot-deep well near Kenya's Amboseli National Park. Local people had dug the well for water.
It took 30 minutes to remove the trapped elephant. While Vicki Fishlock of the Amboseli Trust for Elephants made a loud shout to frighten the mother away, two men struggled to get a rope around the baby elephant. Once the rope was in place, Fishlock used her jeep to pull the baby out.
Fishlock recognized Zombe, the mother of the trapped baby elephant,from a mark on her ear. She believes that in the end Zombe realized the humans were trying to help.
“Rescues where the elephant’s family members are around are always stressful, and I'm always happy when everyone is safe,” Fishlock said.“The reunions (团聚) always bring tears to my eyes. The depth of their love for each other is one of the things that make elephants so unusual.”
The very next day, another baby elephant fell into the same well. The 3-month-old's family had been driven away from the area by local people. Once it had been rescued, the Amboseli Trust had to send it to an elephant orphanage (孤儿院) in Nairobi, Kenya's capital city.
The rescues showed the plight of elephants across Africa. Elephants are fighting to survive, as conflicts between the animals and humans are increasing. Thousands of elephants are also being killed for their tusks. The tusks are sold in Asia, where ivory trinkets are in high demand.
The Amboseli Trust has been studying elephants and trying to help them since 1972. Fishlock said, “We hope this rescue persuades people that elephants are special and deserve to be protected and treasured.”
【小题1】We can learn from the text that _____.
A.Fishlock had seen the baby elephant before |
B.The mother elephant was a great help to rescuers |
C.the well was dug by local people to trap elephants |
D.the mother elephant was unfriendly at first to the rescuers |
A.Their trust in humans. | B.The deep love between them. |
C.Their great ability to survive. | D.The good communication between them. |
A.They were both 8 months old. | B.They were both rescued by local people. |
C.They were both trapped in the same well. | D.They were both reunited with their mothers. |
A.a strong personality | B.A dangerous situation |
C.an annoying habit | D.a close relationship |
A.An elephant rescue | B.The elephant, an unusual animal |
C.An elephant rescue organization | D.Conflicts between humans and elephants |
“You'll have to take care of the baby today,” a woman told her husband . “ I'm not feeling well.”
“Then you must stay in bed and rest, dear. “ her husband said. “I'll be pleased to look after our baby. “
“Thank you. I'll have a quiet day and I'll soon get better. “ his wife told him.
“Shall I do the shopping for you as well?” her husband asked.
She was very pleased and said, “That will help me very much. I'll give you a list of things to buy. “
She wrote out the list and gave it to him.
“You can get all these things at the supermarket,” she said.
“You can put the baby in the shopping cart, then you won't have to leave him outside.”
The man took the baby to the supermarket and put him in the shopping cart. Then he pushed the shopping cart along the rows of things to buy and looked for those that were on his list.
At first all was well, but then the baby began to cry.
Then he started to scream.
And scream!
And SCREAM!
“Keep calm ,George, ” the man said. “Don't get excited. Don't shout, George. Don't lose your temper, George.”
A woman in the supermarket heard him saying these things. She walked up to him.
“I think you are wonderful ,”she said. “You are so patient with your little George. ”
“Madam, ”" the man said, “I'm George. He's Edward.”
1. Why did the man take care of the baby?
A.it was his turn. |
B.His wife was not well. |
C.His wife was not at home. |
D.He always looked after it. |
2.Why did the man take the baby to the supermarket?
A.He had to go shopping.
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B.He wanted to show the baby to his friend. |
C.He wanted to give the baby a ride in a shopping cart. |
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D.The baby liked going to the supermarket. |
3.What did the baby do in the supermarket?
A.pushed the shopping cart |
B.lost its temper |
C.made a lot of noise |
D.helped his father |
4.Finally we can infer from the story that_____ .
A.the man was very calm when the baby was crying |
B.the woman was very pleased to see the man |
C.the woman mistook George for the baby, while in fact the man was named George |
D.the man was very busy in shopping, but he couldn't find all the goods on the list |