in spirati onal teachers.
Syona's teacher has an attitude that can best be summarized in one word: awesome. Her teacher does n't focus on what can't be done
— she
focuses on what can be done. Over the past several mon ths, my husba nd Dilip and I have see n Syon a's con fide nee in crease ten fold. She uses words she would n't have thought of using before. She rece ntly told me about her classmate's trip to Ecuador and was very proud when I un derstood her on the first try.
I actually won der what the in flue nee would be if we did somethi ng similar to what Ulmer does with his students in our home. We've recently started our day by rem inding each other of the good qualities we all possess. If we are rem in ded of our stre ngths on a regular basis, we will become in creas in gly con fide nt about progress and success.
Ulmer's reach as a teacher goes far beyond the walls of his classroom. In fact, he teaches all of us to take a moment and truly appreciate the stre ngths of an importa nt pers on in our lives.
语篇解读：作者介绍了自己有病的女儿在她的老师的教育下越来越好，再 联想到自己，产生了一些人生感悟。 8. What does the author think of Einstein's quote? A. Funny.
B. True.
C. Strange. D. Confusing.
解析：选 B 推理判断题 。通过作者对自己女儿的学习经历的描述可知， 作者是认同这句名言的。
9．What can we learn about Chris Ulmer? A．He praises his students one by one. B．He is Syona's favorite teacher. C．He use videos to teach his students. D．He asks his students to help each other.
解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句话可知选项 A 正确。 10 ．Syona felt very pleased because ______ . A．she has developed a cool attitude
B．her progress was appreciated by her parents C．her mother knew what she expressed D．she had been to Ecuador with her classmate
解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据文章倒数第三段“ recenStlhye told me about her classmate's trip to Ecuador and was very proud when I un derstood her on the first try. C”正可知。选项
11 ．What change has taken place in the author's family? A．They invite Ulmer's students to their home.
B．They visit Ulmer's classroom regularly. C．They feel grateful to people in their lives. D．They give each other praise every day.
解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段 We've recently started
our day by reminding each other of the good qualities we all possess. 可知选项 D 正确。
D
（2020 ?昆明模拟Even before we were born, we knew our mother's voice and could distinguish it from other voices. That's one of the key findings of an ongoing
research project by Canadian and Chinese
子
researchers. The research suggests that while we are still in the womb （
宫）, our brains are learning speech patterns and laying the groundwork for language acquisition. “ Before birth, the brain is being set up to learn language ，” says Barbara Kisilevsky, who conducted the research.
It had already been known that newborn babies show a preference
for their mother's voice, but her latest research shows they also prefer that familiar sound while still in the womb. Kisilevsky carried out the first leg of the research in China, because she already had a research project under way there and this fit nicely with that work.
Working with researchers at Zhejiang University, Kisilevsky tested 60 women in the final stage
of pregnancy. All the mothers
were
tape-recorded as they read a poem out loud. Then the mothers were divided into two groups. Half the fetuses （
胎儿） heard the recording of
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