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1、2012届高考英语二轮复习精选备考题库系列(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)Canyoubelieveyoureyes?Arecentexperimentsuggeststhattheanswertothatquestionmaydependonyourage.MartinDoherty,apsychologistattheUniversityofStirlinginScotland,ledtheteamofscientists.Inthisexperime
2、nt,Dohertyandhisteamtestedtheperception(观察力)ofsomepeople,usingpicturesofsomeorangecircles.Theresearchersshowedthesamepicturestotwogroupsofpeople.Thefirstgroupincluded151childrenaged4to10,andthesecondgroupincluded24adultsaged18to25.Thefirstgroupofpicturesshowedtwocirclesalo
3、neonawhitebackground.Oneofthecircleswaslargerthantheother,andthesepeoplewereaskedtoidentifythelargerone.Four-year-oldsidentifiedthecorrectcircle79percentofthetime.Adultsidentifiedthecorrectcircle95percentofthetime.Next,bothgroupswereshownapicturewheretheorangecircles,again
4、ofdifferentsizes,weresurroundedbygraycircles.Here’swherethetrickliesin.Insomeofthepictures,thesmallerorangecirclewassurroundedbyevensmallergraycircles—makingtheorangecircleappearlargerthantheotherorangecircle,whichwasthereallargerone.Andthelargerorangecirclewassurroundedby
5、evenbiggergraycircles—soitappearedtobesmallerthantherealsmallerorangecircle.Whenyoungchildrenaged4to6lookedatthesetrickypictures,theyweren’tfooled—theywerestillabletofindthebiggercirclewithroughlythesameaccuracyasbefore.Olderchildrenandadults,ontheotherhand,didnotdoaswell.
6、Olderchildrenoftenidentifiedthesmallercircleasthelargerone,andadultsgotitwrongmostofthetime.Aschildrengetolder,Dohertysaid,theirbrainsmaydeveloptheabilitytoidentifyvisualcontext.Inotherwords,theywillbegintoprocessthewholepictureatonce:thetrickygraycircles,aswellastheorange
7、circleinthemiddle.Asaresult,they’remorelikelytofallforthiskindofvisualtrick.1.Dohertyandhisteamofscientistsdidanexperimenttoevaluate________.A.children’sandadults’eye-sightB.people’sabilitytoseeaccuratelyC.children’sandadults’brainsD.theinfluenceofpeople’sage[解析] 考查细节理解能力。
8、第二段第二行可以得出结论。[答案] B2.Whenaskedtofindthelargercircle,________.A.childrenat6gotitwrong79%of