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New Books this Month
The Long Night
This is David Reilly's first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years.
Maha is a nurse in northern Australia. She works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and …
Hard Work
This exciting story is Joanna's twentieth.
Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop…
Hospital or Cinema
Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year.
Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do?
 
(1)、The Long Night was written by _________.

A、David Reilly B、Maha C、Joanna D、Marcie Jacome
(2)、The story of Hard Work happened in _______.

A、Australia B、Thailand C、India D、England
(3)、From the passage we can see Tina is_________.

A、a doctor B、a film star C、a writer D、a college(大学) student
(4)、_______ is about a difficult journey.

A、Hospital or Cinema B、Hard Work C、The Long Night D、Harry Potter
(5)、The passage above is___________.

A、an advertisement(广告) B、a story C、a novel D、a diary
举一反三
 阅读理解

Babies don't learn to talk just from hearing sounds. They are lip (嘴唇) readers too. It happens during the period when a baby's babbling (咿呀声) slowly changes from unclear voices into that first "mama" or "dada". The babies have to find out how to shape their lips to make the sounds they are hearing, according to developmental psychologist David Lewkowicz of Florida Atlantic University, who led the study.

Clearly it doesn't take them too long to understand the movements that match basic sounds. By their first birthdays, babies start changing back to look you in the eye again. It offers more clues that quality face-time with babies is very important for speech development more than, say, turning on the latest baby DVD. 

But Lewkowicz went a step further. He and his student Amy Hansen Tift tested nearly 180 babies, groups of them at ages 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 months. How? They showed videos of a woman speaking in English or French to babies of English speakers. They found that when the speaker used English, the 4-month-old babies gazed (凝视) mostly into her eyes. The 6-month-old babies spent equal amounts (数量) of time looking at the eyes and the mouth. The 8-month-old babies and 10-month-old babies studied mostly the mouth. At 12 months, attention started changing back toward the speaker's eyes.

But what happened when these babies are used to English heard French? The 12-month-old babies studied the mouth longer, just like younger babies. They needed the extra information to understand the new sounds. That fits with research into bilingualism (双语) that shows babies' brains adjust (调整) themselves to tell the differences between the sounds of their first language over other languages in the first year of life.

The continued lip reading shows the l-year-old babies clearly still are fit for learning. Babies are so hard to study, says Duke University cognitive scientist Greg Appelbaum, who found the research so fantastic that he wants to know more.

 阅读下面材料,从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Do you know someone who just can't make friends? We all have times when it's hard to connect and make friends. So, I will show you about five social habits that we should all pay attention to, and how they can help us make more friends, and better friends.

Talking about yourself

This is number one because it's something many of us do too often. Conversations are give-and-take. When you only talk about yourself, you are just taking, not giving. Learn to ask questions, and when you listen, don't prepare your next thought in your head. When both are listening, the conversation becomes much more interesting.

Staring at your phone

Everyone is staring at their phones. It may seem okay, as it's not a social event. But every time we stare at our screens, we block out the world, and any chance we have of connecting with another person. This isn't just important with strangers, but even with friends, because looking at our phones tells everyone, "My phone is more important than you."

Uninterested body language

Some people use their hands a lot when they speak, and some of us don't. But body language isn't just about our hands, it's about our whole body. When we don't sit up straight and make eye contact, it shows that we don't really care. I'm guilty of this sometimes, too. And of course, smiling helps! It doesn't need to be a big smile, it needs to be a real smile. Mr. Bean is the person who can make full use of the body language. He can make himself understood without saying a word.

Don't rush it, but don't forget to open up

Friendships are a type of relationship, so they shouldn't get too deep or too quickly. Some people share their whole life story and struggles too fast. But that's embarrassing for the listener. Other people don't want to seem weak, so they never open up, and the friendship doesn't get deeper.

Being too negative

Everyone wakes up on the wrong side of the bed sometimes. But being grumpy (坏脾气的) every day is something different. Don't get a reputation for being a Debbie Downer. Try to see the good things in life, and that will help you spread a positive attitude.

It's tough to make friends, and tough to understand our own friends sometimes, so I hope this list helps you in some way.

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