[填空题]Contrary to the popular belief that premature babies should be kept in an isolated, womblike environment, periods of slow, firm massage strokes and limb movements may give them a better chance to survive.

[填空题]Contrary to the popular belief that premature babies should be kept in an isolated, womblike environment, periods of slow, firm massage strokes and limb movements may give them a better chance to survive.

[填空题]Contrary to popular belief, the author finds that spying on people’ s privacy is mainly carried out by means of secret taping.

[单项选择]Contrary to popular belief, assumption that we are not alone in the universe is as old as philosophy itself（）.
A. consumption
B. prediction
C. provision
D. speculation

[单项选择]Contrary to popular belief, "falling stars" are not stars at all, but are meteors, solid bodies that travel throng space.
Meteor, ranging in size from that of a pinhead, to many tons, are visible to the naked eye at night, when the friction between the surfaces of the meteors and of the air, produces heat as the meteors enter the earth’s
atmosphere. The intense heat burns up the meteors, which leave a blazing trail of light in their wake.
Most meteors do burn up when they enter the earth’s atmosphere, with the exception of the large mete- ors, which are dragged through the earth’s atmosphere by the earth’s gravitational pull. After successful landings upon the earth, these huge bodies are renamed meteorites. Some scientists theorize that thousands of meteors fall to the earth during the daytime and the nighttime, but this theory is impossible to prove or to disprove, as most would necessarily land in water, which covers most of the earth’s surface.
Generally speaking
A. they themselves can send out light and heat
B. they look like stars
C. they are from out of the world
D. they are moving downward

[单项选择]Supersize SurpriseThe popular belief about obesity is that ______ .
[A] it makes us sleepy
[B] it causes sleep loss
[C] it increases our appetite
[D] it results from lack of sleep

[单项选择]Contradictory to popular belief, recent surveys show that besides housewives, many college students are also（）to soap operas．
A. appealed
B. addicted
C. adjusted
D. attracted

[单项选择] The only popular belief that Professor McKay is unable to provide evidence against is _______.
A. old-age sickness.
B. loose family ties.
C. poor mental abilities.
D. difficulties in maths.

[单项选择] There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have taught in has ever ignored spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skill. There are, however, vastly different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority it must be given over general language development and writing ability. The problem is, how to encourage a child to express himself freely and confidently in writing without holding him back with the complexities of spelling. If spelling becomes the only focal point of his teacher’s interest, clearly a bright child will be likely to" play safe". He will tend to write only words within his spelling range, choosing to avoid adventurous language. That’s why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability. I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal experience:" This work is terrible! There are f
A. unfair
B. reasonable
C. foolish
D. careless