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Kids Wall Art

Large wall posters for kids. Your kids will love these cool posters by artist Darla Daly. Zebras boarding in the skateboard park, a group of jungle animals play in the playground and two giraffes take a drive in the city. Your kids will enjoy decorating their bedroom walls with these posters and their friends will think they are the coolest!

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58. Of the four posters, which one is the cheapest?

A. Alphabet Wall Art.                                       B. Kids World Map.

C. Skateboard Park.                                                 D. City Slickers.

59. Which poster has the biggest size?

A. Alphabet Wall Art.                                       B. Kids World Map.

C. Skateboard Park.                                                 D. City Slickers.                               

60. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

   A. Kids can just learn some English letters on Alphabet Wall Art.

   B. City Slickers posters can be bought at 2:00 pm every day in a week.

   C. Kids can get some geography knowledge on Kids World Map.

   D. Kids can find two cool giraffes on Skateboard Park.

61. The underlined word “illustrated” in Poster II most probably means “       ”in Chinese.

A. 印刷                       B. 装饰                       C. 展示                       D.图解

B

Kids Wall Art

Large wall posters for kids. Your kids will love these cool posters by artist Darla Daly. Zebras boarding in the skateboard park, a group of jungle animals play in the playground and two giraffes take a drive in the city. Your kids will enjoy decorating their bedroom walls with these posters and their friends will think they are the coolest!

Displaying 1 to 4 (of 4 products)

55. Of the four posters, which one is the cheapest?

A. Alphabet Wall Art.    B. Kids World Map.    C. Skateboard Park.      D. City Slickers.

56. Which poster has the biggest size?

A. Alphabet Wall Art.    B. Kids World Map.     C. Skateboard Park.    D. City Slickers.

57. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

   A. Kids can just learn some English letters on Alphabet Wall Art.

   B. City Slickers posters can be bought at 2:00 pm every day in a week.

   C. Kids can get some geography knowledge on Kids World Map.

   D. Kids can find two cool giraffes on Skateboard Park.

58. The underlined word “illustrated” in Poster II most probably means “ _________”in Chinese.

   A. 印刷                         B. 装饰                       C. 展示                       D.图解

Children who were breast-fed are better at coping with stress than their bottle-fed classmates, research shows．

A study of thousands of British youngsters revealed that those who were given formula milk could be more than four times harder to deal with stressful events -such as the divorce of their parents．

It is thought that the close contact helps mother and child bond and encourages a feeling of security that enables the child to deal better with traumatic situations in later life．

Hormones found in a mother's milk may help reduce stress and the process may feed the growth of the parts of the brain crucial（关键的）in handling stress and anxiety．

The Swedish findings follow a number of other studies which have shown that breast milk protects against infection, heart disease, diabetes and obesity．Breast-feeding may also reduce the mother's risk of having breast cancer．

The support of breast-feeding is so strong that the Department of Health recommends that mothers should feed their babies on breast milk alone for the first six months to ensure they get best start in life．

However, many women find breast-feeding difficult and claim they are made to feel guilty if they choose formula milk from a bottle．

In the latest study, researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm tracked the health of almost 9,000 boys and girls born in the UK in 1970．

When the children reached ten, researchers gauged（测量）their ability to cope with stress by looking at how they were affected by family problems．

The results showed that those who were bottle-fed were more than four times as stressed by such events than those who were breast-fed．

1．What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Which is better, formula milk or breast milk?

B．Breast-fed children cope better with stress

C．Breast-feeding is good to both mothers and babies

D．Mothers are advised to breast-feed their babies

2．Which of the following helps the growth of the parts of the brain crucial in handling stress and anxiety?

A．Hormones in a mother's milk                B．Hormones in bottle milk

C．Hormones found in formula milk                  D．Hormones in the baby's own body

3．According to the studies, breast milk protects babies against all of the following EXCEPT _______．

A．heart disease        B．diabetes               C．infection           D．breast cancer

4．After reading the passage, a mother who cannot breast-feed her baby will feel _______．

A．relieved            B．guilty                  C．pure．led            D．disappointed

5．The underlined word "traumatic" in the third paragraph can be best replaced by _______．

A．dangerous          B．unpleasant        C．stressful           D．confusing

Baby girls make their way directly for dolls as soon as they can crawl（爬）, while boys will head for the toy cars, a study has shown． The findings, the first to show differences in very young babies, suggest there is a biological basis to their preferences．
Psychologists Dr． Brenda Todd from City University London carried out an experiment involving 90 infants aged nine months to 36 months． The babies were allowed to choose from seven toys． Some were typically boys' toys: a car, a digger, a ball and a blue teddy． The rest were girls’ toys: a pink teddy, a doll and a cooking set． They were placed a meter away from the toys, and could pick whichever toy they liked． Their choice and the amount of time they spent playing with each toy were recorded．
Of the youngest children （nine to 14 months）, girls spent significantly longer playing with the doll than boys, and boys spent much more time with the car and ball than the girls did． Among the two-and three-year-olds, girls spent 50 percent of the time playing with the doll while only two boys briefly touched it． The boys spent almost 90 percent of their time playing with cars, which the girls barely touched． There was no link between the parents’ view on which toys were more suitable for boys or girls, and the children’s choice．
Dr． Brenda Todd said: “Children of this age are already exposed to much socialization． Boys may be given ‘toys that go’ while girls get toys they can care for, which may help shape their preference． But these findings agree with the former idea that children show natural interests in particular kinds of toys． There could be a biological basis for their choices． Males through evolution have been adapted to prefer moving objects, probably through hunting instincts（本能）, while girls prefer warmer colors such as pink, the color of a newborn baby．”

1. 1.

   Baby boys and girls have different toy preferences probably because         ．

   1. A.
      baby boys are much more active
   2. B.
      baby girls like bright colors more
   3. C.
      there is a natural difference between them
   4. D.
      their parents treat them differently
2. 2.

   What can we infer from Paragraph 3 ?

   1. A.
      Nine-month-old baby boys don’t play with dolls at all．
   2. B.
      Two-year-old baby girls sometimes play with cars and balls．
   3. C.
      Parents should teach their babies to share each other’s toys．
   4. D.
      The older the babies are, the more obvious their preference is．
3. 3.

   Both baby boys and baby girls like to play with _________ according to the study．

   1. A.
      a teddy
   2. B.
      a car
   3. C.
      a doll
   4. D.
      a ball
4. 4.

   We may read this article in a        section of a newspaper．

   1. A.
      health
   2. B.
      science
   3. C.
      culture
   4. D.
      entertainment

An important factor that plays a part in susceptibility （易受影响） to colds is age．A study done by the University of Michigan School of Public Health indicated the fact that seems to hold true for the general population．Babies are the group suffering most from colds, averaging more than six colds in their first years．Boys have more colds than girls up to age three．After the age of three, girls are more susceptible than boys, and teenage girls average three colds a year to boy's two．

The general frequency of colds continues to decline into adults．Elderly people who are in good health have as few as one or two colds annually．One exception is found among people in their twenties, especially women, who show a rise in cold infections（感染）, because people to this age group are most likely to have young children．Adults who delay having children until their thirties and forties experience the same sudden increase in cold infections．

The study also found that economics （经济状况） plays an important role．As income increases, the frequency at which colds are reported in the family decreases．Families with the lowest income suffer about a third more colds than families at the upper end．Lower income generally forces people to live in closer quarters than those typically occupied by wealthier people, and crowding increases the opportunities for the cold virus to travel from person to person．Low income may also influence diet．The degree to which poor nutrition affects susceptibility to colds is not yet clearly proved, but an inadequate diet is suspected of lowering resistance generally．

1．What factors cause people to catch colds easily?

       A．Age and pregnancy．

B．Health and pregnancy．

       C．Health and economics．

D．Age and economics．

2．Why does the lowest income lead to the rapid spread of colds?

       A．Because poor people can't afford to go to see a doctor．

       B．Because balanced diet has definitely affected poor people．

       C．Because people with the lowest income have limited living space．

       D．Because cold virus don't have opportunities to travel in poor families．

3．How does the study prove that age plays a part in susceptibility to colds?

       A．Using comparison．                   B．Using graphs．

       C．Using description．                   D．Using argument．

4．What can you learn from the passage?

       A．Families with the lowest income suffer less colds than rich families．

       B．The general frequency of colds are likely to increase among the poor．

       C．Women in their twenties are most likely to avoid cold infections．

       D．The general frequency of colds continue to rise into the adults．