[单项选择]100,000 babies ______ born in this hospital every year.
A. are
B. were
C. would be
D. have been

[单项选择]Human babies are born in immature, helpless states, owing to ______.
A. the early birth of human fetuses
B. the big brains of the fetus
C. the constricted birth canals of the mother
D. both big brains and constricted birth canals

[单项选择]New-born babies ______.

[单项选择]New born babies can {{U}}discriminate{{/U}} between a man’s and a woman’s voice.
A. distinguish
B. treat
C. express
D. analyze

[单项选择]A diet of ______ food is served to every hospital patient.
A. filthy
B. clinical
C. nourishing
D. stuffy

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Are some people born clever, and others born stupid Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.
It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence.Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the population, it is likely that their degree of
A. Surroundings
B. Intelligence
C. Dependence on Environment
D. Effect of Education

[单项选择]How do babies recognize different sounds
A. By listening to the sounds.
B. By listening to their own babbling.
C. By repeating the sounds.
D. By uttering the sounds.

[单项选择]What is Animal Hospital
A. A news story.
B. A popular book.
C. A research report.
D. A TV programme.

[单项选择]Where was Johnson born


A. New York.
B. France.
C. India.
D. England.

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Passage Four
Every culture and every country in the world celebrates New Year, but not everyone does it the same way. The countries in North America and Europe welcome New Year on January the first. This practice began with the Romans in the Middle East, New Year is when spring begins. People in China and Vietnam celebrate it on the first day of the Spring Festival, which is the first day of their calendar based on the moon. Rosh Hashana, which is the Jewish (犹太人的) New Year, comes at the end of summer. The Hindus (印度教教徒 ) in India celebrate the first day of each season, so they have four New Years.
In all these cultures, there is a practice of making noise. People made noise in ancient times to drive away the evil spirits (妖精) from their homes. Today making noise is more of a custom than a religious rim
In the United States, many people stay up until midnight on New Year’s Eve to watch the clock pass from one year to the next. Friends often ga
A. a Scottish song which says good-bye to old friends
B. a Scottish song that welcomes the coming of the new year
C. a song sung by the Scottish people only
D. a Scottish song remembering obi friends and good times