In the past，people usually believed what newlyborn babies wanted was food and to be kept warm and dry.They thought babies were not able to things until they were five or six months old. the researchers in the United States now believe babies begin learning on their first of life.They say babies are strongly by their environment and one baby will if his or her mother does something that the baby likes.
A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to her mother.This is how babies start to learn to and municate with other people.The researchers say this ability to learn in a baby even before birth.They also the idea that newlyborn babies can and understand sounds they heard while they were still inside their mothers.
Recently，an American study 112 babies found babies learned better when they were .The babies appeared to learn well whether they were sitting up on their own，sitting in seats or to sit up.The researchers say keeping that kind had what they called a effect on the babies' ability to learn about objects.They say the body position may be linked to development in the ．One says babies can pay more attention to an object if they do not have to be worried about their balance.
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解析：以前人们认为婴儿要到五六个月大的时候才开始学习事物，但最新的研究表明婴儿从一出生就开始了学习过程，甚至在他们还未出生就开始了。
【小题1】D 根据下一句中的“...in the United States now believe babies begin learning...”可知答案。
【小题2】C 此句与上一句形成转折关系，因此用but。
【小题3】B 婴儿从出生后的第一天就开始了学习。此题可依据判断。
【小题4】A 婴儿会强烈地受到环境的影响。
【小题5】B 由本句后面的“something that the baby likes”及第二段的首句可知答案。
【小题6】C 这种学习能力在婴儿还没有出生之前就在婴儿身上存在了。
【小题7】B 与空格后面的municated形成顺承关系。
【小题8】D 婴儿通过微笑使母亲高兴是为了得到最好的照料。
【小题9】B 他们(研究人员)也支持这种想法，与上文形成顺承关系。
【小题10】A 婴儿能够识别并理解他们在没出生前就曾听到的声音。
【小题11】D 在母体中发育。
【小题12】C 包含112名婴儿的一项美国研究。
【小题13】D 根据本空后面的句子“whether they were sitting up on their own，sitting in seats or helped to sit up”可知答案。
【小题14】A 无论是婴儿自己独立坐，坐在椅子里还是得到协作地坐起来。
【小题15】C 保持那种姿态对婴儿学习事物的能力有重要的影响。且gesture与后文中的“hey say the body position”向对应。
【小题16】C 同50题。
【小题17】C 婴儿学习能力的获得是通过大脑实现的，且后一句中也涉及到了与脑力有关的“pay more attention”。
【小题18】D 由50及52空所在句子的主语可以看出，此处的主语与他们一致。
【小题19】A 孩子如果不用担心自己身体平衡的话，他们就可以把更多的注意力用于新事物的探/ 摸索上。
【小题20】C 同54题。