I have been consistently opposed to feeding a baby regularly. As a doctor, mothe

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

Mothers, doctors and nurse alike have noidea of where a baby’s blood sugar level lies. All we know is that a low levelis 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 forattention by crying and searching for food with its mouth.

It is not just unkind but also dangerous tosay a four-hourly feeding schedule will make a baby satisfied. The first of theexperts to advocate a strict clock-watching schedule was Dr Frederic Truby Kingwho 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 isfeeding a baby in the best way, though it may cause some inconvenience in thefirst few weeks.

Well, at last we have copper-bottomedresearch that supports demand feeding and points out the weaknesses of strictlytimed feeding. The research finds out that babies who are fed on demand dobetter at school at age 5, 7, 11 and 14, than babies fed according to theclock. By the age of 8, their IQ scores are four to five percent higher thanbabies fed by a rigid timetable. This research comes from Oxford and EssexUniversity using a sample（样本）of 10,419 children born in the early 1990s, taking account ofparental education, family income, a child’s sex and age, the mother’s healthand feeding style. These results don’t surprise me. Feeding according toschedule runs the risk of harming the rapidly growing brain by taking noaccount of sinking blood sugar levels.

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

1.What does the author think about Dr King?

2.The word copper-bottomed inParagraph 4 is closest in meaning to __________.

3.What does the research tell us aboutfeeding a baby on demand?

4.The author supports feeding the baby__________.

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析:

1.推理题，由第三段第四行I’ve never heard anything so ridiculous.可以推出他的观点是错的，故选C。

2.推理题，由倒数第二段第一句hat supports demand feeding and points out the weaknesses ofstrictly timed feeding.可以推出是可靠的，所以选B。

3.推理题，由倒数第二段第四行By the age of 8, their IQ scores are four to five percent higherthan babies fed by a rigid timetable可以推出答案，所以选D

4.推理题，由最后一段I hope this research will put an end to advocating strictly timedbaby feeding practices.可以推出小孩什么时候想吃就什么时候喂，所以选C

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