68. What is the purpose of the experiment in which newborn babies heard the stories?

A. To prove that babies can learn before they are born.

B. To prove that babies can learn on the first day they are born.

C. To show mothers can strongly influence intelligence development in their babies.

D. To indicate early education has a deep effect on the babies’ language skills.

67. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the factor that influences intelligence development in babies?

A. The environment.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Mother’s sensitivity.

C. Their peers(同龄人) 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Education before birth.

66. The best title for this passage is probably _________.

A. Body Art or Damage

B. Damage to the Youth’s Body

C. Young People’s Different Curiosities

D. A Great Anxiety About Young People

D

Not long ago, people thought babies were not able to learn things until they were five or six months old. Yet doctors in the United States say babies begin learning on their first day of life.

Scientists note that babies are strongly influenced by their environment. They say a baby will smile if her mother does something the baby likes. A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother or other caregiver. This is how babies learn to connect and communicate with other human beings.

One study shows that babies can learn before they are born. The researchers placed a tape recorder on the stomach of a pregnant woman. Then, they played a recording of a short story.　 On the day the baby was born, the researchers attempted to find if he knew the sounds of the story repeated while in his mother. They did this by placing a device in the mouth of the newborn baby.

The baby would hear the story if he moved his mouth one way. If the baby moved his mouth the other way, he would hear a different story. The researchers say the baby clearly liked the story he heard before he was born. They say the baby would move his mouth so he could hear the story again and again.

Another study shows how mothers can strongly influence social development and language skills in their children.

Researchers studied the children from the age of one month to three years. The researchers attempted to measure the sensitivity of the mothers. The women were considered sensitive if they supported their children’s activities and did not interfere unnecessarily. They tested the children for thinking and language development when they were three years old. Also, the researchers observed the women for signs of depression.

The children of depressed women did not do as well in tests as the children of women who did not suffer from depression. The children of depressed women did poorly in tests of language skills and understanding what they hear.

These children also were less cooperative and had more problems dealing with other people. The researchers noted that the sensitivity of the mothers was important to the intelligence development of their children. Children did better when their mothers were caring, even when they suffered from depression.

65. We can conclude that ________.

A. tattoos and piercing are a new kind of elegant art

B. all the teachers in the West are in favor of tattoos and piercing

C. everything is changeable with time going on

D. it is necessary to live with all different views of beauty

64. Who doesn’t think tattoos and piercing are beautiful?

A. Jackson.　　　　　　　　 B. Brittney. 　　　　　　　　 C. Tiara. 　　　　　　　　　　 D. Nagib.

63. Who is wholeheartedly lost in tattoos and piercing?

A. Tiara　　　　　　　　　　 B. Erin　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. Nagib.　　　　　　　　　　 D. Lee.

62. From what Sheila Aaker said in the passage, we can tell _______.

A. business is the most popular major in universities

B. colleges should provide more majors for students

C. where the similarity between business and colleges lies

D. why colleges offer online courses to on-campus students

C

Tattoos(纹身)and body piercings(穿洞)have moved up on the trend list in recent years. Around Western schools lots of teens are sporting new holes and flesh ink. Like all other subjects, we’ll surely be faced with such situation. To get a better view of what has happened in the West, let’s sit down and hear what they say.

Kerstin Otto from Washington:

The hotter it gets and the more layers of clothing disappear, the more tattoos and piercings appear on various places of the human body, I wouldn’t be caught dead with a snake tattooed on my ankle or with a piece of metal stuck in my belly button.

Erin from Indiana:

I think body piercing is cool. In most situations, you don’t really have to worry about it getting torn out. I go to Noblesville High School. I am a sophomore(that is the l0th grade). Body piercing can be cool, only if it is not taken to too much of an extent. I would not want to get my nose pierced, just because I think I’ll look bad. But that is my personal opinion. I guess that type of thing is a cultural difference.

Tiara from Indiana:

I personally think body piercing is sickening. If there were supposed to be holes in your body, you would have been born with them. I do, however, think that ear piercing, is not wrong.　 There is a difference between ear piercing and belly button piercing. Ear piercing is not nearly as dangerous. I would be sick if someone stuck a needle in my belly button.

Lee from Illinois:

Hi! I live in Illinois. I am 23. I have 12 tattoos and three piercings. I love my tattoos and consider myself an art collector. You would be surprised at who has given me the thumbs-up on my art work. People on the street stop me to look at that on my leg. Most of them don’t know what it is. They just think the work itself is great.

Subotai from California:

I’m not prohibitive(禁止)of self-expression, but when I see high school students getting these piercings, I really wonder. In some cases, the drive is deeper and darker than mere fashion. A friend of mine tried piercing her own tongue with a safety pin. It got infected and she had a tongue the size of a cow’s.

Nagib from Washington:

I wanted an earring. My friends had them and it looked like a cool thing. I wanted to get a nose ring, but my mum wouldn’t let me. Now I’m glad I didn’t get it. I just wanted a little stud, but I wouldn’t have looked good with it.

Jackson from Ohio:

I don’t think it’s wrong, but when people do it all over the place like their face and everything -I think that’s ridiculous. People who get the big dragons that cover your whole body-I don’t think that’s necessary. When I see naked chicks on guys, I think. “You have no respect for women.”

Brittney from New York:

You don’t want to do stuff to your body. You don t need to do that because you were made perfect. You don’t need to add piercings. If it will make you feel beautiful and you really feel like you need to do it for yourself, then okay. If it really makes a big difference impacting your self-esteem and how you are towards others, then do it. But otherwise, don’t mess with what you got. Maybe you should try something more substantial(充实的)to find beauty in yourself.

61. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The undergraduates attend the online courses for different purposes.

B. It is expected that distance education is popular with on- campus students.

C. About 325 on-campus undergraduates took online courses in Washington last year.

D. Different colleges have different policies about online courses.

60. We can learn from the passage that Andy Steele _______.

A. lives far from the campus

B. knows none of his classmates

C. wants to have his own lifestyle

D. doesn’t get good marks

59. What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To introduce Steele to us, who prefers online courses.

B. To tell us about the development of campus courses.

C. To show the differences between campus courses and online courses.

D. To show more on-campus students are taking online courses.