（整理版高中英语）高考英语阅读理解短文改错系列训练（12）及答案

1、涿州市高考英语阅读理解、短文改错系列训练12及答案 (第 篇)can you believe your eyes? a recent experiment suggests that the answer to that question may depend on your age.martin doherty, a psychologist at the university of stirling in scotland, led the team of scientists. in this experiment, doherty and his team tested the per

2、ception(观察力) of some people, using pictures of some orange circles. the researchers showed the same pictures to two groups of people. the first group included 151 children aged 4 to 10, and the second group included 24 adults aged 18 to 25.the first group of pictures showed two circles alone on a wh

3、ite background. one of the circles was larger than the other, and these people were asked to identify the larger one. four-year-olds identified the correct circle 79 percent of the time. adults identified the correct circle 95 percent of the time.next, both groups were shown a picture where the oran

4、ge circles, again of different sizes, were surrounded by gray circles. heres where the trick lies in. in some of the pictures, the smaller orange circle was surrounded by even smaller gray circles making the orange circle appear larger than the other orange circle, which was the real larger one. and

5、 the larger orange circle was surrounded by even bigger gray circles so it appeared to be smaller than the real smaller orange circle.when young children aged 4 to 6 looked at these tricky pictures, they werent fooledthey were still able to find the bigger circle with roughly the same accuracy as be

6、fore. older children and adults, on the other hand, did not do as well. older children often identified the smaller circle as the larger one, and adults got it wrong most of the time.as children get older, doherty said, their brains may develop the ability to identify visual context. in other words,

7、 they will begin to process the whole picture at once: the tricky gray circles, as well as the orange circle in the middle. as a result, theyre more likely to fall for this kind of visual trick.1. doherty and his team of scientists did an experiment to evaluate_.a. childrens and adults eye-sightb. p

8、eoples ability to see accuratelyc. childrens and adults brainsd. the influence of peoples age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. when asked to find the larger circle，_.a. children at 6 got it wrong 79 % of the time with no gray ones aroundb. only adults over 18 got it right 95% of the time with gray ones

9、aroundc. children at 4 got it right about 79 % of the time with gray ones aroundd. adults got it right most of the time with gray ones around解析考查细节理解能力。第三段清晰地说明了区分圆圈的比例。答案c3. according to the passage, we can know that_.a. a smaller orange circle appears bigger on a white backgroundb. an orange circl

10、e appears bigger than a gray one of the same sizec. a circle surrounded by other circles looks bigger than its real sized. a circle surrounded by bigger ones looks smaller than its real size解析考查细节理解能力，对第四段整体的理解和第五段最后一句可以得出答案。答案d4. visual context may work when children get older than_.a. 4 b. 6c. 10

11、d. 18解析考查推理判断能力。从第五段和第六段第一句判断得出答案。答案b5. why are younger children not fooled?a. because they are smarter than older children and adults.b. because older people are influenced by their experience.c. because peoples eyes become weaker as they grow older.d. because their brain can hardly notice related

12、things together.解析考查推理判断能力。第四、五、六段提及到46岁小孩和6岁以上小孩的区别是判断的依据。答案d*结束 the evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. but it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room a

13、fter endless family quarrels.an important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past. “we were surprised by just how positive todays young people seem to be about their families, said one member of the research team

14、. “theyre expected to be rebellious (叛逆的) and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. theres more negotiation (商议) and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to tak

15、e part in the family decision-making process. they dont want to rock the boat.so it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “my parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me, says 17-year-old

16、 daniel lazall, “i always tell them when im going out clubbing. as long as they know what im doing, theyre fine with it. susan crome, who is now 21, agrees. “looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. for example, as long as id done all my homework, i coul

17、d go out on a saturday night. but i think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. it is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts. a researcher comments, “our surprise that teenagers

18、 say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. but that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. the norma

19、l situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over. 6. what is the popular image of teenagers today?a. they worry about school.b. they dislike living with their parents.c. they have to be locked in to avoid troubles.d. they quarrel a l

20、ot with other family members.7. the study shows that teenagers dont want to_.a. share family responsibility b. cause trouble in their familiesc. go boating with their family d. make family decisions8. compared with parents of 30 years ago, todays parents_.a. go to clubs more often with their childre

21、nb. are much stricter with their childrenc. care less about their childrens life d. give their children more freedom9. according to the author, teenage rebellion _.a. may be a false belief b. is common nowadaysc. existed only in the 1960sd. resulted from changes in families10. what is the passage ma

22、inly about?a. negotiation in family.b. education in family. c. harmony in family.d. teenage trouble in family.参考答案6-10 dbdac*结束passage *there are advantage for students to work while 1_ studying at school.one of them was that 2_ they can earn money.for the most part, 3_students working to earn money

23、 for their own 4_use.earning their own money allow them 5 _to spend on anything as if they please. 6_they would have to ask their parents for 7_money or for permission to do things by 8 _ the money.some students may also to save 9_up for our college or future use. 10_【参考答案】key 4there are advantage f

24、or students to work while _ advantagesstudying at school.one of them was that is they can earn money.for the most part, students working to earn money for their own workuse.earning their own money allow them allowsto spend on anything as if they please.ifthey would have to ask their parents for notm

25、oney or for permission to do things by with the money.some students may also to save /toup for our college or future use. their *结束例1 ·全国iicold weather can hard on pets, just like it can be hard on people. sometimes owners forget that their cats are just as used to the warm shelter (住所) as they

26、 are. some owners will leave their animals outside for a long period of time, thinking that all animals are used to living outdoors. this can put their pets in danger of serious illness. there are things you can do to keep your animal warm and safe.keep your pets inside as much as you can when the w

27、eather is bad. if you have to take them out, stay outside with them. when youre cold enough to go inside, they probably are too. if you must leave them outside for a long time, make sure they have a warm, solid shelter against the wind, thick bedding, and plenty of non-frozen water.if left alone out

28、side, dogs and cats can be very smart in their search for warm shelter. they can dig into snow banks or hide somewhere. watch them closely when they are left outdoors, and provide them with shelter of good quality. keep an eye on your pets water. sometimes owners dont realize that a water bowl has f

29、rozen and their pet cant get anything to drink. animals that dont have clean and unfrozen water may drink dirty water outside, which may contain something unhealthy for them.44. what is the purpose of this text?a. to solve a problem.b. to give practical advice.c. to tell an interesting story.d. to p

30、resent a research result.点拨 b 作者意图题。有第一段最后一句话there are things you can do to keep your animal warm and safe.及二、三段可知选b。例2 ·on a hill 600 feet above the surrounding land, we watch the lines of rain move across the scene, the moon rise over the hills, and the stars appear in the sky. the views invi

31、te a long look from a comfortable chair in front of the wooden house.every window in our wooden house has a view, and the forest and lakes seldom look the same as the hour before. each look reminds us where we are.there is space for our three boys to play outside, to shoot arrows, collect tree seeds

32、, build earth houses and climb trees.our kids have learned the names of the trees, and with the names have come familiarity and appreciation. as they tell all who show even a passing interest, maple(枫叶) makes the best fighting sticks and white pines are the best climbing trees.the air is clean and f

33、resh. the water from the well has a pleasant taste, and it is perhaps the healthiest water our kids will ever drink. though they have one glass a day of juice and the rest is water, they never say anything against that.the seasons change just outside the door. we watch the maples turn every shade of yellow and red in the fall and note the poplars' (杨树)putting out the first green leaves of spring. the rainbow smell fills the local stream as the ice gradually disappears, and the wood frogs start to sing in pools after being frozen for