Question

【題目】Our abilities grow stronger as we age

It’s believed that people reach their mental peak in their 20s. However, this isn’t completely true. According to a recent study by scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US, people are best at doing different things at different ages. They studied many people aged 10 to 90 years old, who were asked to take part in different memory tests.

【1】What is the result of the study by American scientists?

A. All people are good at doing memory tests.

B. People must reach their mental peak in their 20s.

C. People are best at doing different things at different ages.

D. Different people are good at different things at the same age.

【2】What are you best at when you are 48 years old?

A. Remembering the details of the new names. B. Learning and remembering new emotions.

C. Understanding others’ feelings and emotions. D. Learning and understanding new information.

【3】Which of the following is TRUE in the passage?

A. People of all ages took part in the test. B. People have good vocabulary skills at 43.

C. People are easier to focus at the age of 67. D. people are good at dealing with details at 18.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 C

【3】 D

【解析】

這篇短文給我們講述的是科學(xué)家們最近的一項(xiàng)研究，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)人們?cè)诓煌�年齡最擅長(zhǎng)做不同的事情。短文中利用圖片給我們展示了這一研究的結(jié)果。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段中According to a recent study by scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US, people are best at doing different things at different ages.可知，這個(gè)調(diào)查表明人們?cè)诓煌�的年齡擅長(zhǎng)做不同的事情。由此可知應(yīng)選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題目問的是48歲的時(shí)候最擅長(zhǎng)做什么，根據(jù)48 years old這一信息，我們觀察圖片，根據(jù)48歲對(duì)應(yīng)的這句話Now you are best at understanding other people’s feelings and emotions可知，在48歲的時(shí)候，人們最擅長(zhǎng)理解別人的感受和情感，由此可知應(yīng)選C。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)18歲對(duì)應(yīng)的這句話Your brainpower is at its strongest. You’re good at dealing with details可知，在18歲的時(shí)候，人們擅長(zhǎng)處理細(xì)節(jié)，由此可知D是對(duì)的。根據(jù)第一段中They studied many people aged 10 to 90 years old, who were asked to take part in different memory tests.可知，這項(xiàng)研究調(diào)查了10到90歲的人們，并不是所有年齡的人們，故A不對(duì)；根據(jù)圖片中的內(nèi)容可知，人們?cè)?/span>67歲的時(shí)候，詞匯量的技能達(dá)到高峰，故B不對(duì)；根據(jù)圖片內(nèi)容可知，人們?cè)?/span>43歲的時(shí)候更容易集中注意力，故C不對(duì)。

這篇短文給我們講述了美國(guó)的科學(xué)家們最近的一次研究結(jié)果，表明了人們?cè)诓煌�的年齡更擅長(zhǎng)做不同的事情。文章主題明確，短文第一段中有明顯的主題句，有利于我們掌握文章主旨。短文中利用圖片展示了幾個(gè)不同年齡人們擅長(zhǎng)做的事情。后面的題目設(shè)置有細(xì)節(jié)理解題和推理判斷題。例如第3小題，這個(gè)題目是一個(gè)判斷題，考查我們對(duì)文章多長(zhǎng)事實(shí)信息的理解，做題時(shí)，應(yīng)將每個(gè)選項(xiàng)的內(nèi)容對(duì)應(yīng)的信息都在原文中找出來，以及文章的信息進(jìn)行判斷。為了更快的找到對(duì)應(yīng)的信息，我們可以用比較明顯的數(shù)字作為關(guān)鍵詞，這里可以很快在短文中找到對(duì)應(yīng)的內(nèi)容。如B選項(xiàng)，這句話說的是人們?cè)?/span>43歲的時(shí)候最擅長(zhǎng)做的事情，我們?cè)趫D片中找到43這個(gè)數(shù)字，然后對(duì)選項(xiàng)和原文信息即可排除。