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语言伴侣(83)阅读理解Childprodigies(神童)causeawe,wonderandsometimesjealousy:howcansuchyoungchildrendisplaythekindsofmusicalormathematicaltalentsthatmostadultswillnevermaster,evenwithyearsofhardpractice?Itiswidelyacknowledgedthatprodigiesareborn,notmade.Practicealoneisn'tgoingtoturnoutthenext6yearoldMozart.Sofindsarecentstudyofeightfamousyoungprodigies,whichsoughttomakeiteasiertounderstandthecausesoftheirtalent.Thestudyfoundafewkeycharacteristicstheseyoungstershadincommon.Forexample,theyallhadexceptionalworkingmemories,farbetterthanordinarypeople.Surprisingly,however,thestudyfoundthatnotalloftheprodigieshadhighIQs.Indeed,whiletheyhadhigherthanaverageintelligence,somedidn'thaveIQsthatwereasremarkableastheirearlyachievementswouldsuggest.Theauthorsalsofoundthatprodigiesscoredhighinautistic(自闭症的)features,especiallyintheirextremeattentiontodetails.Theyscoredevenhigheronthisfeaturethanpeoplediagnosed(诊断)withAsperger'ssyndrome,ahighfunctioningformofautism(自闭症)thattypicallyincludesgreatenthusiasmaboutdetails.Threeoftheeightprodigieshadadiagnosedautismdisorder.Fouroftheeightfamiliesincludedinthestudyreportedautismdiagnosesinfirstorseconddegreerelatives,andthreeofthesefamiliesreportedatotalof11closerelativeswithautism.Inthegeneralpopulation,incomparison,about1in88peoplehaveeitherautismorAsperger's.Otherunusualsimilaritiesbetweenprodigiesandthosewithautism:they'rebothmorelikelytobemaleandbothareassociatedwithdifficultpregnancies,suggestingthatwhattheyhadgonethroughbeforetheywerebornmayplayaroleintheirdevelopment.Yet,verylittleresearchhasbeendoneontheconnectionbetweenautismandextremetalent.Asamatteroffact,prodigiesappeartobenefitfromcertainautistictendencies.Inotherwords,thesechildrenmayhavesomegeneticfeatureorlearnedskillthatallowsthemtomaintainintensefocus,withoutdamagingtheirsocialskillsorsufferingfromotherdisabilitiesthattypicallyaccompanyautismdisorders.Comparingthesechildrenwiththosewhohaveautismcouldthereforepotentiallyhelpexplainwhatgoeswronginthosewhodevelopdisablingformsofautismandwhatgoesrightinotherswithsimilarfeatureswhosimplybenefitfromtheconditionandareabletoimprovetheirabilities.解题导语:天赋异禀与自闭症之间存在着某种关系,“神童”更易具有一些自闭症特征。1.AccordingtoParagraph1,whatisthecommonideatowardschildprodigies?A.Theyarenotcreated.B.Practicecancreatechildprodigies.C.Theymustbecreated.D.Musicalchildprodigiesarecreatedwithinseveralyears.解析:细节理解题。依据“Itiswidelyacknowledgedthatprodigiesareborn,notmade.”可知选A。答案:A2.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtotherecentstudy?A.Allthechildprodigieshavelimitedworkingmemories.B.Allthechildprodigiesdon'thavehighIQs.C.Allthechildprodigieshaveautismatthesametime.D.Childprodigiescomeintobeingafteragoodeducation.解析:细节理解题。依据其次段“Indeed,whiletheyhadhigherthanaverageintelligence,somedidn'thavehighIQs.”可知并非全部的神童都有高智商,故选B。答案:B3.WhatcanwelearnfromParagraph4?A.Alltheseeightprodigiesarediagnosedwithautism.B.Prodigiesaremorelikelytosufferfromautismthantheordinarypeople.C.Childrendiagnosedwithautismarelikelytobecomeaprodigy.D.Childprodigiesandthosewithautismhavesomethingincommon.解析:推理推断题。依据第四段“Threeoftheeightprodigieshadadiagnosedautismdisorder.”可知选B。答案:B4.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?A.Whattalentandautismhaveincommon?B.Whatarethecharacteristicsoftalent?C.Whatarethefindingsaboutamentaldiseasecalledautism?D.Whatisautism?解析:主旨大意题。依据全文内容可知主要说明的是有天赋的人往往和自闭症有关,故选A。答案:A5.Suchanarticleismostlikelytobefoundin________.A.abusinessmagazineB.anewspaperC.asportsprogramonTVD.theScienceColumnofamagazine解析:文章出处题。依据全文内容可知本文是关于科普性的文章,故选D。答案:D短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。修改:在错的词下划一条横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。留意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。Astheworldentersthe21stcentury,thedevelopmentinthescienceandtechnologywillbringusmuchmorenewhopesandchanceswe'veneverimaginedbefore.Peoplearehopinghaveapeacefullyandhighlydevelopedworld.Tocatchupwiththenewdevelopmentandtobesuccessinthenewcentury,theyoungergenerationisrequiredtohavedifferentkindofskillsandabilities,suchlikethecomputerscienceandtheEnglishlanguage.Otherwiseonewillbeleftbehind.Youngpeopleshouldstudyevenhardatschoolandpreparethemselvesmentallyandphysicallytomeetwiththechallengeofthenewcentury.答案:Astheworldentersthe21stcentury,thedevelopmentint\hescienceandtechnologywillbringuseq\f(much,many)morenewhopesandchanceswe'veneverimaginedbefore.Peoplearehopinghaveaeq\f(peacefully,peaceful)andhighlydevelopedworld.Tocatchupwiththenewdevelopmentandtobeeq\f(success,successful)inthenewcentury,theyoungergenerationisrequiredtohavedifferenteq\f(kind,
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