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1、核心素养测评二十六Unit3 Theworldofcoloursandlight(限时35分钟)Ⅰ.阅读理解AOh,theplacesyou’llgo!Whenitcomestohabitat,humanbeingsarecreaturesofhabit.Ithasbeenknownforalongtimethat,whetherhishabitatisavillage,acityor,forrealglobe-trotters(周游世界者),theplanetitself,anindividualpersongenerallyvisitsthesameplacesregularly
2、.Thedetails,though,havebeensurprisinglyobscure.Now,thankstoananalysisofdatacollectedfrom40,000smartphoneusersaroundtheworld,anewfeatureofhumanity’slocomotive(移动的)habitshasbeenrevealed.Itturnsoutthatsomeone’s“locationcapacity”,thenumberofplaceswhichheorshevisitsregularly,remainsconstant(不变的)over
3、periodsofmonthsandyears.Whatconstitutesa“place”dependsonwhatdistancebetweentwoplacesmakesthemseparate.Butanalyzingmovementpatternshelpsilluminatethedistinctionandtheresearchersfoundthattheaveragelocationcapacitywas25.Ifanewlocationdoesmakeitswayintothesetofplacesanindividualtendstovisit,anoldon
4、edropsoutinresponse.Peopledonot,inotherwords,gatherplaceslikecards.Rather,theycyclethroughthem.Theirgeographicalbehaviorislimitedandpredictable(可预见的),notfancy-free.Thestudydemonstratingthis,justpublishedinNatureHumanBehavior,doesnotofferanyexplanationforthelimitedlocationcapacityitmeasures.Buta
5、statisticalanalysiscarriedoutbytheauthorsshowsthatitcannotbeexplainedsolelybyconstraintsoftime.Someotherfactorisatwork.Oneoftheresearchersdrawsananalogy.Hesuggeststhatpeople’scognitivecapacitylimitsthenumberofplacestheycanvisitroutinely,justasitlimitsthenumberofotherpeopleanindividualcanroutine
6、lysocializewith.Thatsocializationfigure,about150formostpeople,isknownastheDunbarnumber,-10-afteritsdiscoverer,RobinDunbar.Lehmannsayshisgroupisnowinsearchofsimilardatafromotherprimates(灵长目动物),inanattempttoworkoutwherehumanpatternsofmobilityhavetheirroots.Forthose,though,theywillhavetorelyonold-
7、fashionedmethodsofzoologicalobservation—unlesstheycanworkoutawaytogetchimpanzeestocarrysmartphones.【文章大意】衣服很多,常穿的就那么几套;朋友很多,经常联系的就那么几个;世界那么大,常去的地方也就那么几个……1.Theunderlinedword“obscure”canbereplacedby_______. A.clear B.littlekno
