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I have been consistently opposed to feeding a baby regularly. As a doctor, mother and scientist in child development I believe there is nothing to recommend it, from the baby's point of view.

Mothers, doctors and nurse alike have no idea of where a baby's blood sugar level lies. All we know is that a low level is harmful to brain development and makes a baby easily annoyed. In this state, the baby is difficult to calm down and sleep is impossible. The baby asks for attention by crying and searching for food with its mouth.

It is not just unkind but also dangerous to say a four-hourly feeding schedule will make a baby satisfied.The first of the experts to advocate a strict clock-watching schedule was Dr Frederic Truby King who was against feeding in the night. I've never heard anything so ridiculous. Baby feeding shouldn't follow a timetable set by the mum. What is important is feeding a baby in the best way, though it may cause some inconvenience in the first few weeks.

Well, at last we have copper-bottomed research that supports demand feeding and points out the weaknesses of strictly timed feeding. The research finds out that babies who are fed on demand do better at school atage 5, 7 , 11 and 14, than babies fed according to the clock. By the age of 8, their IQ（智商）scores are four to five percent higher than babies fed by a rigid timetable. This research comes from Oxford and Essex University using a sample（样本）of 10,419 children born in the early 1990s, taking account of parental education, family income, a child's sex and age, the mother's health and feeding style. These results don't surprise me. Feeding according to schedule runs the risk of harming the rapidly growing brain by taking no account of sinking blood sugar levels.

I hope this research will put an end to advocating strictly timed baby feeding practices.

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31. According to Paragraph 2, one reason why a baby cries is that it feels______.

A. sick

B. upset

C. sleepy

D. hungry

32. What does the author think about Dr King?

A. He is strict 　　　　　　　　

B. He is unkind

C. He has the wrong idea. 　　　

D. He sets a timetable for mothers

33. The word copper-bottomed in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _________.

A. basic

B. reliable

C. surprising

D. interesting

34. What does the research tell us about feeding a baby on demand?

A. The baby will sleep well.

B. The baby will have its brain harmed.

C. The baby will have a low blood sugar level.

D. The baby will grow to be wiser by the age of 8.

35. The author supports feeding the baby_______.

A. in the night 　　　　　　　　　

B. every four hours

C. whenever it wants food 　　　　

D. according to its blood sugar level

参考译文

我一直反对有规律地喂养孩子。在孩子的成长过程中，作为一名医生、母亲和科学家，我相信从婴儿的角度看，（这种方法）没什么可推荐的。

妈妈、医生及类似护士的人不知道对于婴儿来说血糖应该保持在什么水平。我们都知道血糖低对婴儿大脑的发育不利，还会造成婴儿易怒。而在这种情况下，婴儿很难平静下来，睡觉更是不可能的。婴儿通过哭泣来寻求关心，并用嘴巴来寻找食物。

四小时的喂养计划就能使婴儿感到满足的说法不仅是不厚道的也是危险的。第一个提倡严格的钟表时间计划表的专家是弗雷德里克·特鲁比·金，他反对在夜间喂养婴儿。我从来没有听说过如此荒诞的事情。婴儿喂养不应该按照妈妈设置的时间表。尽管这在最初的几个星期会造成不便，但是最重要的是用最好的方法喂养婴儿。

令人满意的是，最后我们有十分安全的研究来支持需求喂养，并且指出了严格按时间表喂养的不足。研究表明，按需求喂养的婴儿在5岁、7岁、11岁和14岁时在学校的表现比根据钟表时间喂养的婴儿好。到他们8岁时，他们的智商值要比按照严格的时间表喂养的婴儿高4%到5%。这项研究源于牛津大学和埃塞克斯大学，他们用20世纪90年代出生的一万零四百一十九个孩子作为样本，并且考虑到了父母受教育的程度、家庭收入、孩子的性别和年龄以及妈妈的健康状况和喂养方式。这些研究结果并不能让我感到惊讶。根据时间表喂养的方式由于没有考虑到血糖浓度的下跌而冒伤害快速发育的大脑的危险。

我希望这项研究能够结束提倡严格的时间表喂养方式的做法。

答案解析

31. D

32. C 考查推理判断。根据第三段中的"I've never heard anything so ridiculous."可知，作者认为Dr King说的话是荒唐的，是错的。

33. B 考查词义猜测。根据画线词后面的研究方式及结果可知，该项研究是可以信赖的，故选B项。

34. D 考查细节理解。根据文章第四段第三句可知，研究结果表明"到孩子八岁的时候，没有严格按照时间表来喂养的孩子智商要比严格按照时间表喂养的孩子高"，故D项正确。

35. C 考查作者态度。通读全文尤其是最后一句作者希望不要再支持严格按照时间喂婴儿这种喂养方式可知，作者支持依据婴儿的需要来喂养，即婴儿想吃的时候就喂他。