定额市鞍钢阳光实验学校2014高考英语阅读理解精品练习（12）及答案（解析）
C8 [2013·新课标全国卷Ⅰ] B
The baby is just one day old and has not yet left hospital. She is quiet but alert(警觉). Twenty centimeters from her face rearchers have placed a white card with two black spots on it.She stares at it carefully. A rearcher removes the card and replaces it by another, this time with the spots differently spaced. As the cards change from one to the other，celebratedher gaze(凝视) starts to lo its focus—until a third, with three black spots, is prented. Her gaze returns：she looks at it for twice as long as she did at the previous card. Can she tell that the number two is different from three, just 24 hours after coming into the world?
Or do newborns simply prefer more to fewer? The same experiment，but with three spots shown before two, shows the same return of interest when the number of spots changes.Perhaps it is just the newness? When slightly older babies were shown cards with pictures of objects(a comb，a keyruler，an orange and so on)，changing the number of objects
had an effect parate from changing the objects themlves.Could it be the pattern that two things make，as oppod to three? No again.Babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly on a screen when their number changed from two to three, or three to two. The effect even cross between ns.Babies who were repeatedly shown two spots became more excited when they then heard three drumbeats than when they heard just two; likewi(同样地) when the rearchers started with drumbeats and moved to spots.
60．The experiment described in Paragraph 1 is related to the baby's________．
A．n of hearing
B．n of sight
up是什么意思呢C．n of touch
D社交口才训练技巧．n of smell
61．hurtBabies are nsitive to the change in ________．
A．the size of cards
B蜕变的英文．the colour of pictures
C．the shape of patterns
D．the number of objects
62．Why did the rearchers test the babies with drumbeats?
A．To reduce the difficulty of the experiment.
B．To e how babies recognize sounds.
C．To carry their experiment further.幼儿英语儿歌
D接电话英文．To keep the babies' interest.
63．Where does this text probably come from?
A．Science fiction.
B．Children's literature.
C．An advertiment.
D．A science report.
【要点综述】小码王编程 本文是一篇说明文。通过变化纸上的黑点及鼓的敲打次数对婴儿的视觉、听觉进行实验。
60．B 推理判断题。根据文章第一段中的“She stares at it carefully.”可知，本段是对孩子的视觉进行实验。故选B。
61．D 事实细节题。根据文章第二段中的“Babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly on a screen when their number changed from two to three, or three to two.”可知D正确。
62．C 推理判断题。文章第一段描述对孩子的视力进行实验，接下来用鼓来对孩子的听力继续实验。所以选C。
63．D 推理判断题。纵观文章，这是一篇医学实验报告，所以选D。
(2011·江苏卷，D)
Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baball. Shay asked, “Do you think they'll let me play？” Shay's father knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but the father also understood that if his son, mentally and physically disabled, were allowed to play, it would give him a muchneeded n of belonging and some confidence.
Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked if Shay could play, not expecting much. The boy looked around and said, “We're losing by six runs(分)and the game is in the eighth inning (局)．I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the final inning.”
Shay struggled over to the team's bench and put on a team shirt with a broad smile and his father had a small tear in his eye and warmth in his heart. The boys saw the father's joy at his son being accepted.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the top of the final inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously joyful just to be in the game and on the field. In the bottom of the final inning, Shay's team scored again. Now, Shay was scheduled to be next at bat. Would they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game?
Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was almost impossible. The first pitch (投) came and Shay misd. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to throw the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.bailout
The pitcher could have easily thrown the ball to the first baman and Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the head of the first baman, beyond the reach of all teammates. The audience and the players from both teams started screaming，“Shay, run to first！”Never in his life had Shay ever run that far but made it to first ba, wideeyed and shocked.
Everyone shouted, “Run to cond！” Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards cond.By the time Shay rounded towards cond ba, the smallest guy on their team，who had a chance to be the hero for his team for the first time，could have thrown the ball to the cond baman, but he understood the pitcher's intentions and he too intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third baman's head.
All were screaming，“Shay，Shay，Shay，all the way Shay.” Shay reached third ba when one opposing player ran to help him and shouted, “Shay, run to third.” As Shay rounded third, all were on their feet, crying，“Shay, run home！”Shay ran to home, stepped on the home ba and was cheered as the hero who won the game for his team.
That day, the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world. Shay didn't make it to another summer and died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making his father so happy and coming home and eing his mother tearfully hug her little hero of the day!
