Question

An American psychotherapist (理療家) Glenn Doman wrote a best-selling book called How to Teach Your Baby to Read in 1963. Now translated into 17 languages, this book arose from his work with brain-damaged children in Pennsylvania. Doman and his team of specialists had wondered why brain-injured children didn't improve with treatment. Then they realized that orthodox(傳統(tǒng)的) methods of treatment only relieved the symptoms, not the problem, which of course was the brain itself. So they develop a new approach. "All we do for all the children here is to give them visual, auditory (聽(tīng)覺(jué)的) and tactile (觸覺(jué)的) stimulation with increased frequency, intensity and duration, in recognition of the orderly way in which the brain grows," says Doman. "The result was that by 1960 we had hundreds of severely brain-injured two-year-olds who could read and understand." The team had discovered that even children who had half their brains removed could, by stimulation, achieve higher IQs than the average normal child.

Then the team began to think if such amazing results could be achieved with brain-damaged children, what would happen if the same treatment were given to normal children? So eight years ago the Better Baby Institute was opened for the benefit of normal children. The same stimulating environment was provided, and by the time the children left, around seven years old, they could generally speak and read three foreign languages, play a musical instrument, read three full-length (標(biāo)準(zhǔn)長(zhǎng)度的) books a week and do all the other things that a so-called "normal" child could do.

In Doman's view, the child's passion to learn during the years up to six must be fed. He believes that, like muscles, the brain develops with use, especially so in those first few years.

Nowadays, parents come from all over the world to Pennsylvania to see and learn from the work of Doman and his team; they want to discover how they can fulfill their roles as nature's teachers, by using their love, understanding and instincts for the benefit of the children. For in the words of Doman, "every child born has a greater potential intelligence than Leonardo da Vinci used".

1.Glenn Doman discovered in his research that brain-damaged children improved then they ________.

A. got the right treatment

B. were taught to read and understand

C. could speak several languages

D. got relief of their symptoms

2.The passage suggested that Doman's new approach was to ________.

A. give shorter periods of decreased stimulation

B. increase the number of types of stimulation

C. decrease the time between the periods of stimulation

D. intensify the shorter periods of stimulation

3.From the information given in the text, we can assume that ________.

A. brain-damaged children generally have high IQs

B. children with only half a brain are more intelligent

C. brain-damaged children can overcome their disability

D. most normal two-year old children can read

4.At the Better Baby Institute ________.

A. unnatural development of children was achieved

B. children developed at a normal standard rate

C. the idea of "normal" achievement was challenged

D. children needed seven years to develop normality

5.Parents come to the Institute because they want ________.

A. their children to become as intelligent as Leonardo da Vinci

B. to learn how to teach their children about nature

C. to develop their own abilities to help their children

D. their children to develop instincts of love and understand

Answer 1