【解题导语】　在孩子小时候用手势同其交流的多少会影响他上学时的词汇量。

64.When is the best time for the parents to communicate with their children using gestures?

A.When their children start school.

B.When their children are four years old.

C.When their children are fourteen months old.

D.When they become rich and well­educated.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据文章第一句话可知，在孩子14个月大的时候是父母与孩子用手势交流的最佳时期。

65.The underlined word “difference” in Paragraph 4 refers to the difference in children’s ________.

A.performance B.income

C.education D.vocabularies

解析：选D。指代题。文章第三段告诉我们孩子在刚上学时，他们在词汇方面存在差异。所以这里的difference应该指孩子们在词汇方面的差距。

66.In the research，the researchers want to find ________.

A.whether the social­economic situation relates to gestures

B.how many meanings children can express using gestures

C.what kind of children perform the best at school

D.who can help the children from low­income families

解析：选A。细节理解题。全文前后都是在强调用手势和孩子进行交流对语言和学习效果的影响，而且第七至第十一段重点强调了这一问题。

67.What is the main idea of the passage?

A.Parents should be the first teachers of their children.

B.Babies from different families speak differently.

C.Parents must teach themselves at first.

D.Babies who gesture develop bigger vocabularies.

解析：选D。主旨大意题。全文是围绕父母与孩子进行手势交流与孩子词汇量的关系进行讨论的，D项概括合理。

D

Because of different instruments，materials and cultural backgrounds，Chinese paintings have their own image and content in comparison (比较) to other types of paintings like Western paintings.Unique appearance of Chinese painting owes much to the use of the Chinese writing brush and the Chinese paper.There are four essential (基本的) elements (元素) used in the creation of Chinese painting，the brush，ink，paper，and the ink stone.Without any of them the job can’t be done.

For Chinese painting，the special pedagogy，the close relationship with the painter’s personality and the unique Chinese philosophy are the most important.The painters are trained not only to convey the object but also the mood (情绪) and spirit of the subject.The Chinese believe that the painting is also the expression of the painter’s knowledge and temperament.In this way，Chinese painting becomes something much more than art.

The most essential philosophy of China is the unity of heaven，earth and human beings.What the Chinese painters are trying to express is not something that meets their eyes，but their attitude to the great nature.They have a profound love and admiration for nature.

In the same theme the Chinese painters may spend hours contemplating and drawing inspiration from the figures of nature.From the small or simple creatures that are chosen as subjects of art work，we can see how they enjoy the nature and their love devoted to the most humble things.

The Chinese painters find it unpleasant to contemplate and draw the human figure by itself.Human beings are part of the surroundings.They are all together.That is why Chinese paintings are simple in compassion and full of harmony (和谐)，overall balance and peace with all of creation.They are interested in the mood and spirit.

68.What mainly contributes in the unique appearance of Chinese paintings?

A.The cultural backgrounds.

B.The special pedagogy.

C.The painting instruments.

D.The close relationship with nature.

解析：选C。细节理解题。关键句是第一段中的“Unique appearance of Chinese painting owes much to the use of the Chinese writing brush and the Chinese paper”，其中writing brush和paper属于绘画的工具，所以答案为C。