The baby is just one day old and has not yet left hospital. She is quiet but alert (警觉). Twenty centimeters from her face researchers have placed a white card with two black spots on it. She stares at it carefully. A researcher removes the card and replaces it by another, this time with the spots differently spaced. As the cards change from one to the other, her gaze (凝视) starts to lose its focus — until a third, with three black spots, is presented. Her gaze returns: she looks at it for twice as long as she did at the previous card. Can she tell that the number two is different from three, just 24 hours after coming into the world?
Or do newborns simply prefer more to fewer? The same experiment, but with three spots shown before two, shows the same return of interest when the number of spots changes. Perhaps it is just the newness? When slightly older babies were shown cards with pictures of objects (a comb, a key, an orange and so on), changing the number of objects had an effect separate from changing the objects themselves. Could it be the pattern that two things make, as opposed to three? No again. Babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly on a screen when their number changed from two to three, or three to two. The effect even crosses between senses. Babies who were repeatedly shown two spots became more excited when they then heard three drumbeats than when they heard just two; likewise (同样地) when the researchers started with drumbeats and moved to spots.
1.The experiment described in Paragraph 1 is related to the baby’s ________.
A. sense of hearing B. sense of sight
C. sense of touch D. sense of smell
2.Babies are sensitive to the change in ________.
A. the size of cards
B. the color of pictures
C. the shape of patterns
D. the number of objects
3.Why did the researchers test the babies with drumbeats?
A. To reduce the difficulty of the experiment.
B. To see how babies recognize sounds.
C. To carry their experiment further.
D. To keep the babies’ interest.
4.Where does this text probably come from?
A. Science fiction.
B. Children’s literature.
C. An advertisement.
D. A science report.
The Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity Challenge
Dare to Take the Curiosity Challenge!
The Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge. The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity how it inspires them to explore their world.
Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about. To enter the challenge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue, Cambridge 02139 by Friday, February 8th.
Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are selected as winners will be honored at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21st. Guest speakers will also present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be published in a book. Student entries will be exhibited and prizes will be given. Families of those who take part will be included in the celebration and brunch will be served.
Between March 10th and March 15th, eac h winner will be given the specifics of the closing ceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration. The program guidelines and other related information are available at: http:// cambridgesciencefestival.org.
1.Who can take part in the Curiosity Challenge?
A. School students. B. Cambridge locals.
C. CSF winners. D. MIT artists.
2.When will the prize-giving ceremony be held?
A. On February 8th. B. On March 10th.
C. On March 15th. D. On April 21st.
3.What type of writing is this text?
A. An exhibition guide. B. An art show review.
C. An announcement. D. An official report.
假定你是李华，你校摄影俱乐部（photography club）将举办国际中学生摄影展。请给你的英国朋友Peter写封信，请他提供作品。信的内容包括：
1.主题：环境保护
2.展览时间：
3.投稿邮箱：intphotoshow@gmschool.com
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
As it is often the case, when people are attending meetings, having meals or waiting for buses, you can always find them addicting to their phones, completely ignoring others.
This is really a common phenomena in our life. The reason is why smart phones nowadays can be used for people to play mobile games and kept in touch with friends through QQ and WeChat. Therefore, too much exposure to phones are bad for people in terms of health. Moreover, people involved in phones fail to communicate well with these around them.
As far as I am concerned, people should wisely make use of their phones to help their work and study. Meanwhile, care much about their family and friends rather than mobile phones.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
A triathlon(三项全能运动) is a sports event which combines three sports,1. (typical) running, biking, and swimming. During a triathlon, athletes finish all three sports without stopping 2. (beat) the clock. People of all ages and sizes can compete in triathlons. But much like other sports events, a lot of professional 3. (compete) rule the triathlon world. In addition, many triathlon 4. (hold) to benefit charity, much like marathons.
The modern triathlon appeared in California in 5. 1970s. It usually begins with the swimming, 6. (follow) by cycling, and finally running. A triathlon tests the endurance(忍耐力) and speed of an athlete, as well as his or her ability to keep energy and focus 7. the race as a whole. A triathlon competes against a clock, rather than against other athletes. A variation of the triathlon is a relay triathlon, 8. a different athlete completes each stage.
The swimming stage takes place in a lake or the open ocean. As soon as athletes come out from the water, they change into cycling at the 9. (fast) speed to save time. After cycling, the athletes change shoes to run. The course is considered complete once the athletes 10. (cross) the finish line.
There is a big hospital across the street from where we live. To earn some money, we rented the rooms upstairs to patients. One evening, there was a(n)_______at the door. I opened it and saw a short old man who was hardly_______than my eight-year-old son.
But the worst thing was his face—it was_______ugly. He told me he'd been_______a room since that noon but no one seemed to have one. For a moment I hesitated, not_______to rent him a room, but his next words convinced me. He said, “I could_______on this chair. My bus leaves early in the morning." I told him we would find him a _______.
It wasn't a long time before I found that this old man had a_______heart in that tiny body. He fished for a living to_______his daughter, his daughter's children, and her disabled husband. He didn't tell it by way of complaint. Instead, he was ________that no pain was caused by his disease and that he still had strength to keep going. At________,we put a camp cot（吊床）in my children's room for him.________ he left the next morning, he asked, “Could I please come back and________ when I see the doctor next time? Grown-ups are bothered by my________but children don't seem to________. ”I told him he was welcome to come again.
On his next trip, he brought a big fish and a bag of the largest oysters(牡蛎) I had ever seen. Other times we received________in the mail. There were oysters, fish or some fresh vegetables.________how little money he had and that he must walk three miles to________these made these gifts much more precious. And from him we________what it was to accept the bad without complaint and the good________gratitude.
1.A. bell B. answer C. knock D. call
2.A. taller B. healthier C. better D. stronger
3.A. hardly B. usually C. really D. finally
4.A. searching B. looking at C. hunting for D. checking in
5.A. knowing B. refusing C. fearing D. wanting
6.A. wait B. sit C. hide D. sleep
7.A. bed B. seat C. table D. living room
8.A. funny B. beautiful C. small D. normal
9.A. please B. surprise C. support D. exchange
10.A. interested B. scared C. grateful D. worried
11.A. midnight B. suppertime C. bedtime D. noon
12.A. If B. Once C. Before D. After
13.A. visit B. stay C. pay D. chat
14.A. action B. voice C. face D. manner
15.A. notice B. require C. mind D. escape
16.A. cards B. letters C. greetings D. packages
17.A. Believing B. Knowing C. Doubting D. Telling
18.A. mail B. get C. find D. make
19.A. remembered B. explained C. learned D. showed
20.A. for B. with C. in D. under
