I have been consistently opposed to feeding a baby regularly. As a doctor, mother and scientist in child development I believe there is nothing to recommend it, from the baby’s point of view.
Mothers, doctors and nurse alike have no idea of where a baby’s blood sugar level lies. All we know is that a low level is harmful to brain development and makes a baby easily annoyed. In this state, the baby is difficult to calm down and sleep is impossible. The baby asks for attention by crying and searching for food with its mouth.
It is not just unkind but also dangerous to say a four-hourly feeding schedule will make a baby satisfied. The first of the experts to advocate a strict clock-watching schedule was Dr Frederic Truby King who was against feeding in the night. I’ve never heard anything so ridiculous. Baby feeding shouldn’t follow a timetable set by the mum. What is important is feeding a baby in the best way, though it may cause some inconvenience in the first few weeks.
Well, at last we have copper-bottomed research that supports demand feeding and points out the weaknesses of strictly timed feeding. The research finds out that babies who are fed on demand do better at school at age 5, 7, 11 and 14, than babies fed according to the clock. By the age of 8, their IQ （智商）scores are four to five percent higher than babies fed by a rigid timetable. This research comes from Oxford and Essex University using a sample （樣本）of 10,419 children born in the early 1990s,taking account of parental education, family income, a child’s sex and age, the mother’s health and feeling style. These results don’t surprise me. Feeling according to schedule runs the risk of harming the rapidly growing brain by taking no account of sinking blood sugar levels.
I hope this research will put an end to advocating strictly timed baby feeling practices.
小題1:According to Paragraph 2, one reason why a baby cries is that it feels______.
A．sickB．upsetC．sleepyD．hungry
小題2:What does the author think about Dr King?
A．He is strict
B．He is unkind
C．He has the wrong idea
D．He sets a timetable for mothers
小題3:The word copper-bottomed in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _________.
A．basicB．reliableC．surprisingD．interesting
小題4:What does the research tell us about feeling a baby on demand?
A．The baby will sleep well
B．The baby will have its brain harmed
C．The baby will have a low blood sugar level
D．The baby will grow to be wiser by the age of 8
小題5:The author supports feeling the baby_______.
A．in the night
B．every four hours
C．whenever it wants food
D．a(chǎn)ccording to its blood sugar level

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:C
本文是典型的議論文，論點(diǎn)：是“反對(duì)定期喂養(yǎng)嬰兒”；論據(jù)：1.我們不知道嬰兒的血糖的情況2.定期喂養(yǎng)的危害 3.實(shí)驗(yàn)表明，按需喂養(yǎng)較定期喂養(yǎng)的孩子更聰明；結(jié)論：希望結(jié)束定期喂養(yǎng)的習(xí)慣。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段最后一句 “The baby asks for attention by crying and searching for food with its mouth”可知。其中searching for food 和hungry 是同義重現(xiàn)。ABC項(xiàng)在文中沒(méi)有提及，屬于無(wú)中生有。
小題2:推理判斷題。由第三段第三句I’ve never heard anything so ridiculous （荒謬可笑的）以及本文最后一句可知。ridiculous 和wrong idea屬于同義重現(xiàn)。
小題3:詞義猜測(cè)題。由第四段及第五段的實(shí)驗(yàn)結(jié)果的具體描述可知。另外，也可以代入ABCD四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的意思，A為基本的，B為可靠的，C為令人驚訝的，D為有趣的，只有B最合適。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第四段第三句 “By the age of 8, their IQ（智商）scores are four to five percent higher than babies fed by a rigid timetable”可知。IQ 高和 wiser 屬于同義重現(xiàn)。
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由本文的第一句（I have been consistently opposed to feeding a baby regularly）就提出觀(guān)點(diǎn)，“反對(duì)定期喂嬰兒”，最后一句（I hope this research will put an end to advocating strictly timed baby feeding practices）希望結(jié)束主張嚴(yán)格按時(shí)喂養(yǎng)的習(xí)慣。既然“不定期”，也就是按嬰兒需要喂養(yǎng)，故選C。另外，也可以根據(jù)“The research finds out that babies who are fed on demand do better at school at age 5, 7, 11 and 14, than babies fed according to the clock. By the age of 8, their IQ （智商）scores are four to five percent higher than babies fed by a rigid timetable.”句中的on demand和whenever it wants food 是同義重現(xiàn)。
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A．went outB．set out C．took out D．gave out
小題6:
A．decorationB．cleaningC．returningD．leaving
小題7:
A．breakingB．operatingC．holding D．unlocking
小題8:
A．keptB．remainedC．insistedD．left
小題9:
A．favoriteB．importantC．unnecessary D．curious
小題10:
A．hurryB．driveC．stay D．greet
小題11:
A．hunting for B．a(chǎn)sking forC．waiting forD．calling for
小題12:
A．beneficialB．influentialC．a(chǎn)nxious D．grateful
小題13:
A．strengthenedB．brokenC．touched D．saved
小題14:
A．noteB．knock C．invitationD．picture
小題15:
A．proudB．a(chǎn)wareC．a(chǎn)fraidD．sure
小題16:
A．understood B．recognizedC．praisedD．thanked
小題17:
A．manner B．a(chǎn)ppearanceC．statement D．a(chǎn)nnouncement
小題18:
A．foundB．doubtedC．rememberedD．wondered
小題19:
A．a(chǎn)dviceB．a(chǎn)ppointmentC．suggestionD．a(chǎn)ttention
小題20:
A．a(chǎn)mazingB．confusingC．disappointingD．challenging

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