“Fire! Fire!” What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped outside the house. There was full of thick smoke.
I began to run, but as I was still only half-awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I could see fire all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet. I found an open door and ran into a room to get to the window. But before I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor gave way under me and I crashed to the floor below with pieces of burning wood all around me.
I saw a doorway in fire, then I put the bundle over my face and ran. My feet burned me terrible, but I got through. As I reached the cold air outside, my bundle of clothes gave a thin cry, I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I was in a crowd gathered in the street. A woman in a night-dress and a borrowed man’s coat screamed as she saw me and came running madly.
She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby.
【小题1】When the fire arose in the middle of the night, the author was _______.

A.at homeB.sleepingC.sitting in bedD.both A and B
【小题2】The author saved the baby _____.
A.because he was very brave.B.because he liked the baby very much.
C.but he just happened to save it.D.because it was the Mayor’s baby.
【小题3】He ran in the wrong direction because he _______.
A.was a stranger thereB.could see nothing
C.was not completely awakeD.Both A and C
【小题4】He put the bundle over his face and ran in order to ______.
A.save the babyB.call for helpC.protect his faceD.run quickly
【小题5】Form which group of words, we can learn the fire took place out of people’s surprise?______
A.old and wooden house, a bundleB.crashed to, fell down
C.terrible, half-awakeD.bare feet, a borrowed man’s coat

“Fire! Fire!” What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped outside the house. There was full of thick smoke.

I began to run, but as I was still only half-awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I could see fire all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet. I found an open door and ran into a room to get to the window. But before I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor gave way under me and I crashed to the floor below with pieces of burning wood all around me.

I saw a doorway in fire, then I put the bundle over my face and ran. My feet burned me terrible, but I got through. As I reached the cold air outside, my bundle of clothes gave a thin cry, I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I was in a crowd gathered in the street. A woman in a night-dress and a borrowed man’s coat screamed as she saw me and came running madly.

She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby.

1. When the fire arose in the middle of the night, the author was _______.

A.at home          B.sleeping           C.sitting in bed       D.both A and B

2. The author saved the baby _____.

A.because he was very brave.

B.because he liked the baby very much.

C.but he just happened to save it.

D.because it was the Mayor’s baby.

3.He ran in the wrong direction because he _______.

A.was a stranger there                     B.could see nothing

C.was not completely awake                 D.Both A and C

4. He put the bundle over his face and ran in order to ______.

A.save the baby                          B.call for help

C.protect his face                         D.run quickly

 

I have been consistently opposed to feeding a baby regularly. As a doctor, mother and scientist in child development I believe there is nothing to recommend it, from the baby's point of view.

Mothers, doctors and nurse alike have no idea of where a baby's blood sugar level lies. All we know is that a low level is harmful to brain development and makes a baby easily annoyed. In this state, the baby is difficult to calm down and sleep is impossible. The baby asks for attention by crying and searching for food with its mouth.

It is not just unkind but also dangerous to say a four-hourly feeding schedule will make a baby satisfied. The first of the experts to advocate a strict clock-watching schedule was Dr Frederic Truby King who was against feeding in the night. I've never heard anything so ridiculous. Baby feeding shouldn't follow a timetable set by the mum. What is important is feeding a baby in the best way, though it may cause some inconvenience in the first few weeks.

Well, at last we have copper-bottomed research that supports demand feeding and points out the weaknesses of strictly timed feeding . The research finds out that babies who are fed on demand do better at school at age 5, 7 , 11 and 14, than babies fed according to the clock. By the age of 8, their IQ(智商)scores are four to five percent higher than babies fed by a rigid timetable. This research comes from Oxford and Essex University using a sample(样本)of 10,419 children born in the early 1990s,taking account of parental education, family income, a child's sex and age, the mother's health and feeling style. These results don't surprise me. Feeling according to schedule runs the risk of harming the rapidly growing brain by taking no account of sinking blood sugar levels.

I hope this research will put an end to advocating strictly timed baby feeling practices.

1.What does the author think about Dr King?

A.He is strict

B.He is unkind

C.He has the wrong idea.

D.He sets a timetable for mothers

2.The word copper-bottomed in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _________

A.basic             B.reliable           C.surprising         D.interesting

3.What does the research tell us about feeling a baby on demand?

A.The baby will sleep well.

B.The baby will have its brain harmed.

C.The baby will have a low blood sugar level.

D.The baby will grow to be wiser by the age of 8.

4.The author supports feeling the baby_______.

A.in the night

B.every four hours

C.whenever it wants food

D.according to its blood sugar level

 

My mother really knows how to get others to do what she suggests. Besides my father, her neighbors and even a stranger in a grocery store, has fallen under her 36  .

One day we were shopping in a supermarket. When we were passing by the baby aisle(过道), she    37 a young mother browsing through different brands of powdered milk. Her baby was playing with a toy. My mother   38  babies so she went up to the woman and chatted with her.

My mother is an easy person to like. She has the kindest eyes in the world, so it isn’t 39 

to trust her. She 40 with the baby a little bit and told the woman about how I used to be cute at that age, too. They laughed together.

The woman was about to put Brand X Milk Powder in her cart when my mother suggested Brand Y  41 because it obviously had better vitamins. Would you believe the woman actually

42      brands just like that?

She really does know how to influence people. But what about her getting other people to

43     whatever she tells them?

My father and I actually had a long conversation about her  44 on how to influence people. According to my father, my mother is just a really likeable person, and she has 45 been

like that, even when he first met her. Chatting people up is natural for her.

During our conversation, I realized that what my mother has is the  46 to build rapport(亲善) with other people. With rapport comes  47 . People are more likely to be influenced by those who they think understand their viewpoints or share their opinions.

1.

A.leadership

B.control

C.instruction

D.influence

 

2.

A.noticed

B.kept

C.watched

D.felt

 

3.

A.admires

B.adores

C.adopts

D.praises

 

4.

A.obvious

B.difficult

C.necessary

D.natural

 

5.

A.sang

B.dealt

C.spoke

D.played

 

6.

A.instead

B.finally

C.yet

D.anyhow

 

7.

A.bought

B.considered

C.compared

D.switched

 

8.

A.hear

B.accept

C.need

D.understand

 

9.

A.plan

B.advice

C.secret

D.speech

 

10.

A.always

B.frequently

C.seldom

D.occasionally

 

11.

A.desire

B.motivation

C.purpose

D.ability

 

12.

A.relationship

B.respect

C.trust

D.kindness

 

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