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1、高考英语2012精选备考题库系列（含详解）阅读理解（四）备战2012高考，精选阅读200篇，适合高三上学期使用，希望对大家有帮助。（2011年8月）网www.%k$#s5u.comCanyoubelieveyoureyes?Arecentexperimentsuggeststhattheanswertothatquestionmaydependonyourage.MartinDoherty,apsychologistattheUniversityofStirlinginScotland,ledtheteamofscientists.Inthisexperiment,Do
2、hertyandhisteamtestedtheperception(观察力)ofsomepeople,usingpicturesofsomeorangecircles.Theresearchersshowedthesamepicturestotwogroupsofpeople.Thefirstgroupincluded151childrenaged4to10,andthesecondgroupincluded24adultsaged18to25.Thefirstgroupofpicturesshowedtwocirclesaloneonawhitebackground
3、.Oneofthecircleswaslargerthantheother,andthesepeoplewereaskedtoidentifythelargerone.Four-year-oldsidentifiedthecorrectcircle79percentofthetime.Adultsidentifiedthecorrectcircle95percentofthetime.Next,bothgroupswereshownapicturewheretheorangecircles,againofdifferentsizes,weresurroundedbygr
4、aycircles.Here’swherethetrickliesin.Insomeofthepictures,thesmallerorangecirclewassurroundedbyevensmallergraycircles—makingtheorangecircleappearlargerthantheotherorangecircle,whichwasthereallargerone.Andthelargerorangecirclewassurroundedbyevenbiggergraycircles—soitappearedtobesmallerthant
5、herealsmallerorangecircle.Whenyoungchildrenaged4to6lookedatthesetrickypictures,theyweren’tfooled—theywerestillabletofindthebiggercirclewithroughlythesameaccuracyasbefore.Olderchildrenandadults,ontheotherhand,didnotdoaswell.Olderchildrenoftenidentifiedthesmallercircleasthelargerone,andadu
6、ltsgotitwrongmostofthetime.Aschildrengetolder,Dohertysaid,theirbrainsmaydeveloptheabilitytoidentifyvisualcontext.Inotherwords,theywillbegintoprocessthewholepictureatonce:thetrickygraycircles,aswellastheorangecircleinthemiddle.Asaresult,they’remorelikelytofallforthiskindofvisualtrick.1.Do
7、hertyandhisteamofscientistsdidanexperimenttoevaluate________.A.children’sandadults’eye-sightB.people’sabilitytoseeaccurately-40-C.children’sandadults’brainsD.theinfluenceofpeople’sage[解析] 考查细节理解能力。第二段第二行可以得出结论。[答案] B2.Whenaskedtofindthelargercircle，________.A.childrenat6g
