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1、阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C 和 D) 中, 选出最佳选项。体裁：说明文 话题：游戏与学习 时间：7 分钟A study suggests playing video games that might help dyslexic(诵读困难的) people learn more quickly.Vanessa Harrar of Britains University of Oxford led the study.She reported the findings in the journal Current Biology.The study suggests that d
2、yslexic people may have trouble moving quickly from what they read to what they hear. In the study，Doctor Harrar tested 17 people with dyslexia，and 19 others without reading problems.The volunteers were asked to push a button as quickly as possible when they heard a sound，saw a light or experienced
3、both together.Doctor Harrar compared the speed of their reactions.She found that people with dyslexia were just as fast as the others when they saw only a picture or heard only a sound.But the Dyslexics had a slower reaction time when they heard a sound and saw a picture at the same time，this may ha
4、ve an effect on how dyslexic children are taught how to read.Doctor Harrar feels like playing video games could help dyslexic people shift from seeing to hearing more quickly.She adds that images in video games force the eyes to move and focus quickly.“Video game types of things pop out of here and
5、there，they move your eyes around the screen quite quickly in response to things quite quickly，and the more you play a video game the faster you get that kind of thing.So，the video game is really training the attention system to move quickly， ” said Harrar.When children learn the alphabet，they usuall
6、y see the letter first and then hear the sound，or they see and hear the letter at the same time.The study shows that Dyslexics might learn more quickly if they hear the sound of a letter or word first before seeing it.【语篇导读】 研究表明视频游戏能帮助阅读障碍者学习。1Whats the best title of the passage?AHow to Play Video
7、Games BetterBVideo Games Might Help DyslexicsCVideo Games Can Cure Dyslexics CompletelyDWhats Dyslexics解析 标题概括题。文章主要讲述了研究表明视频游戏能帮助有阅读障碍者学习，故用B 作为文章的标题最好。答案 B2According to the passage the dyslexic people have difficulty in_.Achanging from what they see to what they hear quicklyBmoving around Cplaying
8、 video gamesDwatching movies解析 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“The study suggests that dyslexic people may have trouble moving quickly from what they read to what they hear.”和第四段中的“Doctor Harrar feels like playing action video games could help dyslexic people shift from seeing to hearing more quickly.”可知有阅读障碍的人在所看到的东
9、西和所听到的东西之间进行转换时有困难。答案 A3The study shows the people with dyslexia response_ when they only take a single action.Aslower than the people without dyslexiaBfaster than the people without dyslexiaCas fast as the people without dyslexiaDtwice faster than the people without dyslexia解析 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“She fou
10、nd that people with dyslexia were just as fast as the others when they saw only a picture or heard only a sound.”可知应选 C。答案 C4What does the author want to tell us in Paragraph 4?AThe reason about her study.BThe situation about her study.CThe problem about her study.DThe conclusion about her study.解析
11、推理判断题。通读第四段不难发现 Harrar 向我们介绍了她研究的结论：如何才能更好地使有阅读障碍的人反应的更快玩视频游戏。答案 D5Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?AThe Dyslexics react quickly when they hear a word and see it in the meantime.BThe Dyslexics make no reaction when they hear a word and see it in the meantime.CThe Dy
12、slexics react quickly when they hear a word before see it.DThe Dyslexics react quickly when they hear a word after see it.解析 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“But the Dyslexics had a slower reaction time when they heard a sound and saw a picture at the same time.”和最后一段中的“The study shows that Dyslexics might learn more
13、quickly if they hear the sound of a letter or word first before seeing it.”可知有阅读障碍的人在看到一个单词之前先听到它，他们反应会快一些，故选 C 项。答案 C阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。Wal-Mart is not just the worlds largest retailer （零售商）. Its the worlds largest company, which sells in three months what number-two retailer Home
14、 Depot sells in a year. Wal-Mart exercises its power for just one purpose: to bring the lowest possible prices to its customers. At Wal-Mart, that goal is never reached. The retailer has a clear policy for suppliers: On basic products that dont change, the price Wal-Mart will pay, and will charge sh
15、oppers, must drop year after year. But what almost no one outside the world of Wal-Mart and none of its 21,000 suppliers know is the high cost of those low prices. To survive in the face of its pricing demands, makers of everything from bikes to jeans have had to close US plants in favor of obtainin
16、g products from abroad. Indeed, the real story of Wal-Mart, the story that never gets told, is the story of the pressure the biggest retailer constantly applies to its suppliers in the name of bringing us “every day low prices“. The giant retailer s low prices often come with a high cost. Wal-Mart s pressure can crush the companies it does business with and force them to send jobs overseas. Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line? O
