A．a；when B．a；that

　　C．the；that D．the；when

　　解析：选A。本题考查定语从句。a time指"一段时期"，是先行词，关系副词用when。

　　8．-Tom said that Mr .Johnson was unfair to him .

　　-I really wonder how he ________that to the teacher .

　　A．dare to say B．dare saying

　　C．not dare say D．dared say

　　解析：选D。dare是情态动词，它的过去式是dared，后接动词原形。dare作行为动词时，要用dare to do sth .，行为动词有数的变化，这句话的主语是he，其谓语的正确形式应该是dared to say。

　　9．The old lady lives in a ________village far away from the city .She lives ________but she doesn't feel ________ .

　　A．lonely；lonely；alone B．alone；alone；lonely

　　C．lonely；alone；lonely D．alone；lonely；alone

　　解析：选C。选项中前一个lonely意为"偏远的"；后一个lonely意为"寂寞的"，指心理状态。而alone指客观上"独自一个"，此处为副词。

　　10．It was after he got what he had wanted ________he realized it was not so important .

　　A．that B．when

　　C．since D．as

　　解析：选A。该句为强调句，强调了句子的时间状语after he got what he had wanted，强调句的结构是It is/was＋被强调部分＋that/who＋句子的其余成分。

　　Ⅱ .阅读理解

　　A

　　(2010年江苏启东市一调)Not long ago，people thought babies were not able to learn things until they were five or six months old .Yet doctors in the United States say babies begin learning on their first day of life .

　　Scientists note that babies are strongly influenced by their environment .They say a baby will smile if her mother does something the baby likes .A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother or other caregivers .This is how babies learn to connect and communicate with other human beings .

　　One study shows that babies can learn before they are born .The researchers placed a tape recorder on the stomach of a pregnant woman .Then，they played a recording of a short story .On the day the baby was born，the researchers attempted to find if he knew the sounds of the story repeated while in his mother .They did this by placing a device in the mouth of the newborn baby .

　　The baby would hear the story if he moved his mouth one way .If the baby moved his mouth the other way，he would hear a different story .The researchers say the baby clearly liked the story he had heard before he was born .They say the baby would move his mouth so he could hear the story again and again .

　　Another study shows how mothers can strongly influence social development and language skills in their children .

　　Researchers studied the children from the age of one month to three years .The researchers attempted to measure the sensitivity of the mothers .The women were considered sensitive if they supported their children's activities and did not interfere unnecessarily .They tested the children for thinking and language development when they were three years old .Also，the researchers observed the women for signs of depression .

　　The children of depressed women did not do as well in tests as the children of women who did not suffer from depression .The children of depressed women did poorly in tests of language skills and understanding what they heard .

These children also were less cooperative and had more problems dealing with other people .The researchers noted that the sensitivity of the mothers was important to the intelligence development of their children .Children did better when their mothers were caring，even when they