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1、TheUnitedKingdom李仕才一、阅读理解。Accordingtoateamofresearchers,ananimalJsabilitytoperceive（感矢口）timeislinkedtotheirpaceoflife.uOurresultslendsupporttotheimportanceoftimeperceptioninanimalswheretheabilitytoperceivetimeinaveryshorttimemaybethedifferencebetweenlifeanddeathforfastmovingcrea
2、tures,”commentedtheleadauthorKevinHealyfromTrinityCollegeDublin.Thestudywasdonewithavarietyofanimalsusingaphenomenonbasedonthemaximumspeedofflashesof1ightanindividualcanseebeforethe1ightsourceisseenasconstant.Dogs,forexample,haveeyeswitharefreshratehigherthanhumans.Oneexampleoft
3、hisphenomcnonatwork,theauthorssay,isthehouseflyanditsabilitytoavoidbeinghit.Theresearchshowsfliesobservemotioninashortertimethanourowneyescanachieve,whichallowsthemtoavoidbeinghit.ProfessorGraemeRuxtonoftheUniversityofStAndrewsinScotland,whoworkedjointlyontheresearchproject,said
4、inastatement,uHavingeyesthatsendupdatestothebrainatmuchhigherfrequenciesthanoureyesdoisofnovalueifthebraincannotprocessthatinformationequallyquickly.Thus,thisworkhighlightstheimpressiveabilitiesofeventhesmallestanimalbrains.Fliesmightnotbedeepthinkers,buttheycanmakegooddecisions
5、veryquickly.”Tncomparison,thetigerbeetle（虎甲虫）runsfasterthanitseyescankeepup,basicallybecomingblind,whichrequiresittostopperiodicallytore-evaluateitsprey"s（猎物）position.Ourresultssuggestthattimeperceptionoffersanasyetunstudieddimensioninwhichanimalscanspecializeandthereisaconsider
6、ablerangetostudythissysteminmoredetai1.【解题导语】本文是一篇科普说明文。研究发现，动物感知时间的能力和它们的生活节奏有关，对于快速移动的动物来说，在短时间内感知时间的能力决定着它们的生死。文章列举了家蝇、狗和虎甲虫等动物，证明了动物感知时间的能力的重要性。1.Whatistheresearchmentionedinthepassagemainlyabout?A.Paceof1ifeofanimals.B.Timeperceptionofanimals.C-Lifetimeofsmal1animals・D.Impr
7、essiveabilitiesofanimals.B解析：主旨大意题。通读全文可知,“Accordingtoateamofresearchers,ananimalsabi1itytoperceive（感知1）timeis1inkedtotheirpaceoflife•”为本文的主题句；结合下文内容可知，本文主要介绍了一项研究发现：动物感知吋间的能力和它们的生活节奏有关，故B项正确。2.WhatdoesKevinHealy"scomnientmeaninPara.2?A.Theabilityofanimalstoperceivetimedependson
8、theirhighmovingspeed.B.Thesurvivaloffastmovinga
