Kids are far better than adults at learning how to speak multiple languages. Research now shows that very young infants might have some of the best language skills of all．
A new study suggests that babies between 4 and 6 months old can tell the difference between two languages just by looking at the speaker's face．They don't need to hear word．Sometimes between 6-8 months of age, babies raised in homes where just one language is spoken lose this ability．Babies from bilingual(双语的) homes, on the other hand, keep the face-reading ability until they're at least 8 months old．
Researchers in Canada
studied 36 babies from English-speaking families．Twelve of the babies were 4 months old,12 were 6 months
old, and the rest were 8 months old．Each baby sat on
his or her mother's lap and watched video clips(电影片断)
of a woman talking．The woman was fluent in both English
and French．In some clips, she read from a storybook in
English．In other clips, she read in French．In all of the videos there was no sound．
1.What is mainly discussed in the passage ?
A．Language teaching．
B．Language learning
C．Babies and language learning
D．Parents and language teaching
2.What do the underlined word in the second paragraph refer to ?
A．Two or more． B．Foreign. C．difficult. D．At least one.
3.We can know from the passage that .
A．all the babies in the study are of the same age．
B．the babies could hear the woman's voice while watching the videos．
C．the stories the woman read were written in either French or German．
D．it's still unknown how babies could tell the difference between languages．
4.Why did the 8-month-old pay no attention when the language was changed ?
A．They had lost the ability to distinguish different languages．
B．They were too tired to open their eyes and fell asleep．
C．They couldn't hear what the speaker was talking about．
D．They had lost the interest in bilingual speakers．
People playing computer games to train their brains might as well be playing Super Mario, a new research suggests. In a six-week study, experts found people who played online games designed to improve their cognitive skills didn’t get any smarter．
Researchers recruited（招募） participants from views of the BBC’s science show Bang Goes the Theory．More than 8,600 people aged 18 to 60 were asked to play online brain games designed by the researchers to improve their memory, reasoning and other skills, for at least 10 minutes a day, three times a week．
1.What’s the purpose of online brain games according to the designers?
A．To take part in the study.
B．To draw public attention to computer.
C．To provide free service to teenagers.
D．To improve players’ IQ.
2.How many people were inveolved in the study made by the researchers?
A．About 60. B．Only 2700. C．8600 or so. D．Around 11,300.
3.．What’s the result of the study about online games?
A．Those who didn’t play online games felt disappointed.
B．Those who played online games proved smarter.
C．Online games don’t improve the players’ skills at all.
D．Online games will be more popular than before.
4.The best title for the passage may probably be .
A．Don’t Play Games Any More B．New Study of IQ
C．Brain Games Don’t Raise IQ D．Brain Games and Super Mario
阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
第一节：（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When she flew into Athens on an unseasonably cold day in
September, she quickly realized that she hadn’t brought enough warm clothes.
Walking through the streets of the Greek capital, she happened to see a nice
coat in a shop window and went in to ask about the price. The coat was too
expensive, but as Christine was about to leave the shop, the woman asked her
where she was from. When Christine answered Australia, the woman agreed to
reduce the price because she knew a nice girl from Australia called Elena.
Christine then noticed a photo of a young man standing next to a motorbike. Her
eyes opened wide with astonishment. It was Nicos! Indeed the young man was
Nicos, and the woman in the shop was Maria. She had come to Athens from
Santorini to look after the shop for a friend.
Sadly, the story has a tragic ending. Nicos had been killed in a motorcycle accident.
“I wanted to tell Elena,” said Maria. “But I didn’t know how. Now that I have met you, I know that it’s time to tell her.”
1.Elena went to Greece in order to visit .
A．her parents B．Christine C．Nicos. D．her grandparents
2.Why did Nicos stop writing to Elena?
A．He had moved away.
B．His mother forbade him to do so.
C．He h ad died in an accident.
D．They had lost touch with each other.
3.What can be inferred from the fact that Christine and Maria had a talk in the shop?
A．They two had planned the talk before. B．They met each other accidentally.
C．They were business partners. D．They recognized each other.
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下在短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of students were talking about the exam 36 to begin in a few minutes. On their faces was 37 .This was their last exam—then on to graduation and jobs.
Some talked of jobs they already had, others talked of jobs they would get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt 38 and able to take 39 of the world.
The coming exam, they knew, would be a（n） 40 task, as the professor had said they could bring either books or notes they wanted, requesting， only 41 that they did not talk to each other during the test.
42 they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles appeared on the students’ faces as they 43 there were only five questions.
Three hours had passed before the professor began to 44 the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor 45 the class.
He looked at the worried faces before him, and then asked: “How many completed all five questions?” 46 a hand was raised.
“How many answered four?” Still no hands.
“Three? Two?” The students 47 restlessly(不安地) in their seats.
“One, then? Certainly somebody finished one.” But the class remained 48 .
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I 49 ,” he said. “I just want you to 50 you that, even although you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the 51 you don’t know. These questions you couldn’t answer are relatively common in everyday 52 .” Then smiling, he 53 , “You will all pass this course, but remember—even though you are now college graduates, your education has just 54 .”
The years have 55 the name of the professor, but not the lesson he taught.
1.A．owing B．due C．exact D．up
2.A．fright B．anxiety C．puzzle D．confidence
3.A．ready B．hopeful C．discouraged D．sad
4.A．hold B．control C．charge D．place
5.A．interesting B．necessary C．easy D．unusual
6.A．ordering B．sharing C．asking D．requesting
7.A．Nervously B．Joyfully C．Quickly D．Curiously
8.A．noted B．knew C．recognized D．heard
9.A．check B．hand in C．collect D．give out
10.A．gave B．faced C．took D．finished
11.A．Not B．Once C．Only D．Even
12.A．talked B．moved C．felt D．went
13.A．puzzled B．calm C．silent D．afraid
14.A．wondered B．enjoyed C．hated D．expected
15.A．put on B．look on C．depend upon D．impress upon
16.A．exam B．subject C．question D．college
17.A．life B．habit C．practice D．comunication
18.A．added B．ordered C．talked D．demanded
19.A．begun B．completed C．failed D．succeeded
20.A．forgot B．remembered C．strengthened D．weakened
．—It’s so cloudy. Take an umbrella please.
— .
A．OK, just in case B．Well, no need C．Yes, take it easy D．Sure, go ahead
My neighbors used to give a hand in time of trouble, was very kind of them.
A．who B．that C．what D．which
