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Once a baby cries, the parents will go to see what happened as soon as possible. According to a new study, a baby’s cry can make adults react very quickly, even if they are not related(相关的).
Oxford University researchers used a game called Whack-a-mole for the study. The game needs people to hit one buttons(按钮). The players must react as quickly as they can to hit the button that lights up at random(随机的). It is a game that requires speed and accuracy(准确度).
The study included 40 men and women volunteers aged 19 to 59. Some of them had sons or daughters but none had a baby at the time. They played whack-a-mole after listening to different sounds, including babies’ crying, the crying of adults in trouble and birds’ song that sounds like babies’ crying.
The volunteer’ scores  were higher after listening to the sound of crying babies. Men and women had similar scores. The results showed that a crying baby gets special attention.
“Few sounds make people react quite like the cry of a baby,” said Morten Kringelbach of Oxford’s psychiatry department, who led the study.
He added that a baby’s cry can increase adults’ heart rate and blood pressure. This is understandable, because in the course of human evolution(进化), taking care of babies has always been an important job for adults. When a baby is hungry or feeling bored or unwell, it will cry. As a result, human brains and bodies develop a special reaction to a baby’s cry.
小题1:According to the passage, how many volunteers took part in the study?
A.80B.40 C.19D.59
小题2:In the passage, the underlined word react means__________.
A.表演B.打击C.反应D.演示
小题3:The game “whack-a-mole” shows__________.
A.a baby’s cry can get special attention from adults
B.men and women have different reaction speed and accuracy
C.adults without babies react more quickly to a baby’s cry
D.women react to a baby’s cry more quickly than men
小题4:According to the passage, a baby’s cry__________.
A.can get the same attention from adults as the birds’ song
B.is the noisiest sound
C.can increase adults’ heart rate and blood pressure
D.is good for its health
小题5:From the last paragraph, we learn that_________.
A.taking care of the younger babies was the most important thing in the past
B.human brains and bodies have developed to take care of babies
C.baby cries are a good way make adults react quickly
D.baby cries have developed a lot during the course of human evolution

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B

试题分析:这篇短文通过实验说明了儿童的哭声无论是对于成年人还是青年人来说都能引起巨大反应,并详细解释了造成这种结果的原因。
小题1:根据The study included 40 men and women volunteers aged 19 to 59.可知选B。
小题2:根据The players must react as quickly as they can to hit the button that lights up at random(随机的). It is a game that requires speed and accuracy(准确度).描述可知选C,反应。
小题3:根据The results showed that a crying baby gets special attention.及上文描述可知选A。
小题4:根据He added that a baby’s cry can increase adults’ heart rate and blood pressure.可知选C。
小题5:根据As a result, human brains and bodies develop a special reaction to a baby’s cry.描述可知选B。
点评:本文浅显易懂,层次分明,学生很容易把握文中中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读短文,一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文,根据短文中心总结出正确答案。
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