Question

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.Baby boys and girls have different toy preferences probably because          ．

A． baby boys are much more active

B． baby girls like bright colors more

C． there is a natural difference between them

D． their parents treat them differently

2.What can we infer from Paragraph 3 ?

    A． Nine-month-old baby boys don’t play with dolls at all．

    B． Two-year-old baby girls sometimes play with cars and balls．

    C． Parents should teach their babies to share each other’s toys．

    D． The older the babies are, the more obvious their preference is．

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

    A． a teddy         B． a car          C． a doll           D． a ball

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

    A． health          B． science                             C． culture          D． entertainment

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：

1.细节题 根据第一段：The findings, the first to show differences in very young babies, suggest there is a biological basis to their preferences．由此可知，C为正确答案

2.推断题 根据第三段可知，男孩和女孩随着年龄的增长，他们对玩具的偏好就越加突出

由此可以知道，D选项为最佳答案

3.细节题  根据第二段可知：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．

由此可知知道，A选项最符合题意。

4.推断题 根据第一段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．可知这是一篇研究报告类文章，属于报纸中的科学部分内容

考点：报纸类文章