It's not just adults who have a thing or two to discuss with other people, babies too have their own social lives and enjoy group interaction, according to a world-first study.
The breakthrough study conducted by psychologist Professor Ben Bradley, at Charles Sturt University, could completely transform the way child-care centers are set up. In their study, the researchers examined groups of nine-month-old babies in new South Wales and Britain.
And they came across astonishing results—it was found that infants had “social brains” and focused not just on their mothers but on social 1ife in groups as well,
“They communicate with more than one baby at once,and show jealousy and generousness,”said Professor Bradley.
He added,“They develop their own meanings through group interaction,they notice if a group member is behaving differently and they take on roles,such as leaders and followers.”
“A baby who has a depressed mother tends to be withdrawn(内向的),but put that same baby in a group of its peers(同龄人)and they behave and interact like any other baby.”
It was the first all-baby group study ever to be conducted.“Most studies of babies concentrate on the infant-mother relationship,assuming that is the single foundation for mental health.but babies are constantly involved with groups of people other than their mothers:fathers,siblings,grandparents and those taking care.Therefore。the ‘mother-baby approach’ needs to be combined with a‘ group approach’.”said Bradley.
Phoebe Christison ,a child-care worker at Camperdown Sunshine Bubs in Sydney’s inner west.said she often noticed what appeared.to be emotional attachments developed between toddlers.
She said,“Joel(10 months)and Isabella (11months)always like to hold hands when they sit in their high chairs and eat.And babies definitely show jealousy.They push and touch each other,and copy what the other is doing.”
1.A baby who has a depressed mother ____ .
A.tends to be a follower
B.also enjoys group interaction
C.has poor social ability
D.pays more attention to its mother
2.What can be inferred from the result of this study?
A.Babies are affected by groups more than by their mothers.
B.There’s no need of child-care centers at a11.
C. Adults should include babies when having social activities.
D.The normal infant-mother bond alone isn’t enough for the good mental health for babies.
3.The underlined word “toddlers” in Para.8 can be replaced by_________
A.adults B.infants C.peers D.groups
4.The example given in the last paragraph proves that a baby________ .
A.is born to be friendly to other babies
B.has interest in peers as well as in its mother
C.may have emotional attachments to another baby
D.shows jealousy and generousness as an adult
The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a promising business career and study music. My parents, although sharing my love of music, didn’t __36__ it as a profession. My grandfather, having taught music for years at college and, though much __37__, earned merely enough to support his family. As a result of this _38___in the family, I went to college -----quite __39__, for although I loved my violin and spent most of my spare time practicing, I had many other _40___. Before my graduation from Columbia, I felt _41___my duty to leave college and take a job. Aside from the satisfaction of being able to ___42__the family, money is all I got out of it. My only ambition was to save enough to _43___ the job and go to Europe to study __44___. I used to get up at dawn to practice_45__ I left for “downtown “to work. . I continued to make money, and _46__, bit by bit, accumulated enough to enable me to ___47_.
The situation of my family improved, and my help was _48___necessary, so I resigned from my __49__and, feeling like a man released from jail, sailed for _50___. I stayed four years, worked harder than I had ever dreamed of working before and _51___every minute of it. I was a _52__man and I was doing what I__53__ to do and what I was meant to do. If I had stayed in business, I might be a quite wealthy man today, __54__ I wouldn’t have made a success of living . I would have _55__all those that money can never buy.
Money is a wonderful thing, but it is possible to pay too high price on it.
1. A.receive B.accept C.refuse D.keep
2. A.respected B.hated C.doubted D.scolded
3. A.excuse B.chance C.promise D.example
4. A.happily B.sadly C.hopelessly D.nervously
5. A.interests B.pities C.experiments D.problems
6. A.this B.that C.it D.one
7. A.question B.help C.warn D.visit
8. A.give up B.give in C.go on D.throw away
9. A.computer B.law C.history D.music
10. A.after B.in case C.before D.the moment
11. A.firstly B.finally C.generally D.lately
12. A.go back B.go home C.go abroad D.go down
13. A.no longer B.of course C.in fact D.much too
14. A.position B.college C.home D.friends
15. A.Asia B.Europe C.Africa D.North America
16. A.wasted B.lost C.forgot D.enjoyed
17. A.native B.free C.wise D.weak
18. A.repeated B.offered C.loved D.signed
19. A.so B.and C.but D.for
20. A.missed B.gained C.achieved D.won
____ the instructions on the packet when you take the drug and the drug, I think, will work soon.
A.Follow B.To follow C.Following D.Followed
Please double that report. In other words, type on every other line.
A.spacing B.spaced C.space D.a space
Tough __________ the task was, we _______ finish it ahead of time and therefore we were highly praised for it.
A.though; would B.although; had to C.as; were able to D.though; must
The novel “The Da Vinci Code” ______ a great success and was translated into 44 languages in 2004.
A.appreciated B.enjoyed C.won D.seized