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甘肃省会宁县第一中学2018-2019学年高二下学期英语期中考试试卷
A study showed that the experiences children have in their first few years are important. These experiences affect the development of the brain. When children receive more attention, they often have higher IQs. Babies receive information when they see, hear and feel things, which makes connections between different parts of the brain. There are a hundred trillion (万亿) connections in the brain of a three-year-old child.
Researcher Judit Gervain tested how good newborns are at distinguishing different sound patterns. Her researchers produced images of the brains of babies as they heard different sound patterns. For example, one order was mu-ba-ba. This is the pattern "A-B-B". Another order was mu-ba-ge. This is the pattern "A-B-C". The images showed that the part of the brain responsible for speech was more active during the "A-B-B" pattern. This shows that babies can tell the difference between different patterns. They also were sensitive to where it occurred in the order.
Gervain is excited by these findings because the order of sounds is the building block of words and grammar. "Position is key to language," she says. "If something is at the beginning or at the end, it makes a big difference: 'John caught the bear.' is very different from 'The bear caught John.' "
Researchers led by scientist Patricia Kuhl have found that language delivered by televisions, audio books, the Internet, or smartphones-no matter how educational-doesn't appear to be enough for children's brain development. They carried out a study of nine-month-old American babies. They expected the first group who'd watched videos in Chinese to show the same kind of learning as the second group who were brought face-to-face with the same sounds. Instead they found a huge difference. The babies in the second group were able to distinguish between similar Chinese sounds as well as native listeners. But the other babies-regardless of whether they had watched the video or listened to the audio-learned nothing.
HIGHFIELD COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL SCHOOL REPORT Form Teacher: G. Baker Pupil's Name: Simon Watkins Term: Summer 2016 Form: B | |||
Subject | Exam | Class work | Comments |
English | 59 | 61 | Simon has reached a satisfactory standard but now needs to apply himself with more determination. |
Mathematics | 77 | 85 | Sound work and progress throughout the year. Well done! |
History | 46 | 53 | A disappointing exam result. He is unable to give attention to this subject for long. |
Chemistry | 78 | 85 | His obvious ability in the subject was not fully reflected in his exam work, but I have high hopes for him nevertheless. |
Physics | 86 | 94 | An excellent term's performance. He goes from strength to strength. A born scientist, I feel. |
Biology | 57 | 60 | This time next year he will be taking the "O" Level exam. He needs to concentrate on(全神贯注于) the work, not on class conversation. |
French | 41 | 46 | Clearly he didn't revise. His general attitude is far too casual. |
Physical Education | / | 31 | Weak. It's time he exercised his body more and his voice less. He should try to work with a team. |
FORM TEACHER'S REMARKS Basically satisfactory work and progress though he will now have realized, I hope, that in certain subject areas he needs to make speedy improvement. HEADMASTER I shall pay attention to his progress in his weaker subjects though his success in the sciences is most pleasing. |
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