1、AWhere is that noise coming from? Not sure? Try living with your eyes closed for a few years. Blind people are better at locating sounds than people who can see, a new study says, without the benefits of vision the ears seem to work much better. Previous studies have shown that blind people are bett
2、er than others at reaching out and touching the sources of sounds that are close by. Researchers from the University of Montreal wanted to see if blind people were also better at locating sounds that are far away. Twenty-three blind people participated in the study. All had been sightless for at lea
3、st 20 years. Fourteen of them had lost their vision before age 11. the rest went blind after age 16. The experiment also included 10 people who could see but were wearing blind-folds. In one task, volunteers had to pick the direction of a sound coming from about 3 metres away. When the sound was in
4、front of them or slightly off center in front, both groups performed equally well. When sounds came from the side or the back, however, the blind group performed much better than the blindfolded group. The participants who had been blind since childhood did slightly better than those who lost their
5、sight later. Recognizing the locations of distant sounds can be a matter of life-or-death for blind people, say the researchers. Crossing the street, for instance, is much harder when you cant see the cars coming.Still, the researchers were surprised by how well the blind participants did, especiall
6、y those who went blind after age 16. In another experiment, the scientists also found that parts of the brain that normally deal with visual information became active in locating sound in the people who were blind by age 11. These brain parts didnt show sound-location activity in the other group of
7、blind people or in the sighted people. The scientists now want to learn more about the working of brains of “late-onset” blind people. ( )1. The recent study shows blind people are better at telling .A. The sources of loud sounds. B. the locations of distant soundsC. the direction of sharp sounds D.
8、 the distance of a sound in front of them( )2. Which would be a proper title for the passage? .A. A Research on Blind People B. Where is That Noise Coming from?C. Hearing Better in the Dark D. What If Living Without Your Eyes?( )3. If people were asked to tell the direction of a sound from the side,
9、 who would perform best? .A. Those who are blind. B. Those who have gone blind since children. C. Those who went blind at age 16. D. Those who are blindfolded. ( )4. Which of the following is true according to the passage? . A. Whether to be able to locate the sounds can be of vital importance for t
10、he blind. B. All the volunteers in the experiment are sightless. C. All the participants did equally well when picking sounds from whatever direction. D. The later people become blind, the better they can perform in telling the direction of sounds.( )5. What do we know about that parts of brain deal
11、ing with visual information are active in locating sounds? . A. This happens in almost all the testers. B. This only occurs in the people who were blind after age 16.C. It remains nothing new to the scientists any more. D. It remains a mystery why it is so. BPeople from East Asia tend to have more d
12、ifficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why. Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly(均匀的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the ey
13、es. “We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions,“ Jack said. “Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth. “According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows th
14、at human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations. The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of fac
15、ial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of. expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial ex
16、pressions using their particular eye movement strategies. It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners. “The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facia
17、l expressions,“ Jack said. “Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less. “In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diver
18、sified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation. ( )6. The discovery shows that Westerners . A. pay equal attention to the eyes and th
19、e mouthB. consider facial expressions universally reliableC. observe the eyes and the mouth in different waysD. have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions ( )7. What were the people asked to do in the study? .A. To make a face at each other. B. To get their faces impressive. C. To classi
20、fy some face pictures. D. To observe the researchers faces. ( )8. What does the underlined word “they“ in Paragraph 6 refer to? .A. The participants in the study. B. The researchers of the study. C. The errors made during the study. D. The data collected from the study. ( )9. In comparison with West
21、erners, Easterners are likely to . A. do translation more successfullyB. study the mouth more frequentlyC. examine the eyes more attentivelyD. read facial expressions more correctly ( )10.What can be the best title for the passage? A. The Eye as the Window to the SoulB. Cultural Differences in Readi
22、ng EmotionsC. Effective Methods to Develop Social SkillsD. How to Increase Cross-cultural Understanding高考英语特训测期末试题参考答案二、阅读理解(共 10 小题；每小题 2 分，共 20 分)题号 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30答案 B C B A D A C A C BSuccess in life depends to a great extent on what we mean by success.To some people money is the o
23、nly real indication (象征) of achievement in the modern world. Their evaluation of success is based on the state of their bank balance and the power that goes with it. Their life is devoted to making money and they are at a loss to understand people whose ideas are different from their own.There are p
24、eople, however, who consider their lives successful if they are doing what they enjoy doing though it may not bring them ,any great financial (财政)reward. A man who spends his time gardening might consider himself successful if the flowers blossomed and his trees gave fruit. Nursing, teaching, runnin
25、g a Youth Club all bring their own kind of success to those interested in them.Success can be found in painting a picture nobody will ever see, sailing a boat, watching the stars, collecting stamps-almost anything that involve personal efforts. The great thing is to believe that success is not neces
26、sarily public.56. Success in life is based on _A. personal gain C. the truth of successB. personal effort D. personal idea of success57. Painting a picture nobody will ever see may mean _A. that it is a failure B. that the painter can make no moneyC. a success to the painter D. that it is worthless5
27、8. “They are at a loss to understand“ means that _A. They will lose something if they try to understandB. They will lose their temper to understandC. They are at a lower price to understandD. They are puzzled to understand59. What conclusion does the author draw? A. A lot of money means success.B. S
28、uccess can be personal as well as public. C. Success means personal enjoyment.D. Success does not mean public devotion.A A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home，he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches t
29、oo long.He went downstairs to the kitchen. His mother and two sisters were washing up the tea-things there. “The new trousers are too long， ”he said.“They need shortening by about two inches. Could one of you do it for me，please?”His mother and sister were busy and none of them said anything.But as
30、soon as his mother had finished washing up，she went quietly upstairs to her sons bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without saying anything to her daughters.Later on， after supper， the elder sister remembered her brothers trousers. She was a kind-hearted girl，so sh
31、e went quietly upstairs without saying anything to anyone，and shortened the trousers by two inches.The younger sister went to the cinema，but when she came home she，too ，remembered her brothers trousers. So she ran upstairs and did as her mother and sister had done.You can imagine the look on the you
32、ng mans face when he put the trousers on the next morning.1. The young mans trousers were _ for him at first.A. a bit too long B. very good C. not too long D. too short2. The young mans mother and sisters didnt answer because they were busy _ in the kitchen.A. cooking B. making tea C. washing clothe
33、 D. washing cups，glasses and so on3. His elder sister shortened the trousers _.A. in the evening B. after lunch C. as soon as she had finished the washing D. after she came back from the cinema4. The next morning the young man found that the trousers were _ inches too short for him.A. two B. four C.
34、 six D. eight5. We can imagine that when the young man put the trousers on the next morning，he would feelA. happy B. surprising C. surprised D. thankful 答案 1. A 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. CMy husband hasnt stopped laughing about a funny thing that happened to me. Its funny now but it wasnt at the time.Last F
35、riday，after doing all the family shopping in town，I wanted a rest before catching the train，so I bought a newspaper and some chocolate and went into the station coffee shop- that was a cheap self-service place with long tables to sit at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor，put the newspaper and cho
36、colate on the table to keep a place，and went to get a cup of coffee.When I went back with the coffee，there was someone in the next seat. It was one of those wild-looking youngsters，with dark glasses and worn clothes，and hair colored bright red at the front. Not so unusual these days. What did surpri
37、se me was that hed started to eat my chocolate!Naturally，I was annoyed. However，to avoid trouble-and really I was rather uneasy about him - I just looked down at the front page of the newspaper，tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me closely. Then he took a second piece of
38、 my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didnt dare to start an argument. When he took a third piece. I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought， “Well，I shall have the last piece.”And I got it.The boy gave me a strange look，then stood up. As he left he shouted out.“This womans crazy!”Everyon
39、e stared. That was embarrassing(令人难堪的) enough，but it was worse when I finished my coffee and got ready to leave. My face went red-as red as his hair-when I realized Id made a mistake. It wasnt my chocolate that hed been taking. There was mine，unopened，just under my newspaper.1. The woman telling the
40、 story _.A. always went shopping with her family on FridaysB. had been very busy and needed some time to recoverC. wanted a newspaper and some chocolate to take home to her familyD. bought a newspaper and some chocolate so that she could keep a place at the table2. When the woman came back to the ta
41、ble，she was surprised _.A. because she wasnt sure whether the youngster was a boy or a girlB. because the youngster was dressed so strangelyC. because there was already someone sitting in the next seatD. because the youngsters behavior seemed rude3. When the woman saw the boy go on eating the chocol
42、ate，she felt _.A. too tired to start an argumentB. too shy to look in the boys directionC. more and more disappointed at losing the chocolateD. more and more angry with the boy4. The womans face turned red _.A. because she realized that she had been quite wrong about the boyB. because she realized t
43、hat the boy was poor and angryC. because she saw everyone staring at herD. because she hated being shouted at 5. From the story we can see the woman _.A. was crazy B. was being careless C. was careless and selfishD. often made mistakes答案： B. 1. B 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. BAOne day a few years ago a very fu
44、nny thing happened to a neighbor of mine. He is a teacher at one of Londons big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture. He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert,
45、the skeleton(人体骨架) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱子).At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop. When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake.
46、 He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert. 36. Who wrote the story?A. Ruperts teacher. B. The neighbors teacher. C. A medical school teacher. D. The teachers neighbor. 37. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?A. He needed it for the summer term in London. B.
47、He needed it for the lecture he was going to give. C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research. D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching. 38. What happened at the airport?A. The skeleton went missing. B. The skeleton was stolen. C. The teacher forgot his suitcase. D. T
48、he teacher took the wrong suitcase. 39. Which of the following best tells the teachers feeling about the incident?A. He is very angry. B. He thinks it rather funny. C. He feels good without Rupert. D. He feels helpless without Rupert. 40. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?A. The
49、teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert. B. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert. C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase. D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and RupertBMark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he ever earned.He thought a long time and then said , “Yes, it was at school. I can remember everything about it .
