2024年3月13日发(作者：)

一、阅读理解

Regular child care provided outside home or by someone other than the mother

does not in itself undermine healthy emotional connections between mothers and their

15-month-old infants, according to a long-term national study. The finding holds even

if care begins during the first 3 months after birth and runs for 30 hours or more per

week.

Among infants who receive unkind and unresponsive care from their mothers,

however, the mother-child relationship may be damaged. "This research helps us put

apart complexities regarding child care that have not previously been studied in

detail," contends Jay Belsky, a psychologist.

The investigation consists of 1,153 children and their families living in or near

Boston. The youngsters, no more than 1 month old when they entered the study in

1991, will be tracked until the age of 7. Experimenters administered questionnaires to

mothers in their homes and videotaped baby caretakers interacting with the kids at

ages 1, 6 and 15 months. Independent observers rated the quality of each child care

efforts and noted infant nervousness. Unlike most previous studies, this one allows

researchers to observe each caretaker's personality at child nursing, and kids'

emotional reactions by the equipment.

1、 From the first paragraph we know that ______.

A、mother care is the best according to a national study

B、child care outside home is the best in accordance with the study

C、regular child care outside home does not in itself do harm to

mother-child relationship

D、connections between mothers and infants are damaged by outside

care

参考答案:C

解析:

【答案】C【解析】判断题，浏览四个选项，谈论的是母亲抚养孩子与其他人

抚养孩子之间的关系。先浏览第一段把握大意，再进行判断做题。第一段说，

根据研究，经常由家庭以外的其他人照顾孩子，这种情况本身并不会破坏母子

关系，该结论甚至认为，即便这种情况从孩子出生的最初3个月就开始，每周

持续30多个小时，也不会对母子关系有影响。A，“根据研究，母亲照顾孩子

是最好的”，B，“根据研究，由家庭以外的其他人照顾孩子是最好的”，C，

“经常由家庭以外的其他人照顾孩子，这本身不会破坏母子关系”，D，“母

亲与婴儿之间的关系会被其他外来照顾者伤害”。根据题意，选C。

2、According to the passage, unresponsive care from a mother may ______.

A、ruin a kid's growth

B、harm the mother-child tie

C、hurt a baby's emotional reaction

D、spoil a child's personality

参考答案:B

解析:

【答案】B【解析】细节题，问：“文章认为，母亲对孩子照顾不周，也许会

_____。”对应文中第二段第一句话：Among infants who receive unkind

and unresponsive care from their mothers, however, the mother-child

relationship may be damaged.“然而，从受到母亲冷待或照顾不周的婴儿来

看，母子关系有可能会被破坏。”根据文意选B，“破坏母子联系。”harm

对应文中的be damaged.

3、Jay Belsky implies that the study of child care ______.

A、was never carried out in the past

B、was not done much in detail in the past

C、was greatly ignored by psychologists and researchers

D、was interesting but very difficult to make discovery

参考答案:B

解析:

【答案】B【解析】细节题，问：“Jay Belsky暗示，对抚养孩子的研究____。”

文中引用Jay Belsky的话："This research helps us put apart complexities

regarding child care that have not previously been studied in detail,"

contends Jay Belsky, a psychologist.“这一研究帮助我们分解关于抚养孩子

问题的复杂性，这些问题在此之前没有进行详细的研究。”根据文意选B，

“过去没有得到深入细致的研究。”done对应studied，in the past对应

previously。

4、The main difference between the investigation and the previous ones is that ______.

A、the researchers started with only one month old infants

B、the observers could rate the quality of child care efforts and

analyzed them soon

C、the researchers were able to give the questionnaires to mothers in

their homes

D、video equipment enabled researchers to observe what was

happening directly

参考答案:D

解析:

【答案】D【解析】细节题，问：“这一调查与之前的相比，主要区别在于

____。”对应文中第三段最后一句话：Unlike most previous studies, this

one allows researchers to observe each caretaker's personality at child

nursing, and kids' emotional reactions by the equipment.“与之前大多数

研究不一样，该调查能够让研究人员通过仪器（视频录像）观察到每一位抚养

者在照顾孩子时的个性特点和孩子的情绪反馈。”根据文意选D，“视频录像

能让研究人员直接观察（实验的）过程。”

5、Which of the following is NOT TRUE of the investigation?

A、It will last at least 7 years.

B、Cooperation from the mothers is also necessary.

C、Some independent observers play a part.

D、Researchers paid site visits to see a caretaker's personality and kids'

emotional reactions.

参考答案:D

解析:

【答案】D【解析】判断题，问：“关于这一调查，以下哪一项不是真实的？”

先浏览调查过程（文章第三段），再根据四个选项进行判断。A，“调查要持

续至少七年。”对应文中：The youngsters, no more than 1 month old