阅读理解(五) 事物介绍
A [2019·原创]
Wikieisa14-year-oldwhalelivinginFrance.Sheisanorca(
鲸),orakillerwhale.Killerwhalesareverysmart.Theycanevenbetrainedto “speak” thehumanlanguage.
Wikieisoneofthosesmartkillerwhales.AgroupofinternationalresearchershavetaughtWikietorepeathumanwords.Nowshecansaywordslike
“
hello
”
,
“
bye-bye
”
andthename
虎
“Amy”.Shealsorepeatsnumbersaswellassoundsmadebyhumans.Wikieisaquicklearner.Sheisabletomimic(模仿)awordorsoundafterjust10tries.
AlthoughWikieisabletomimichumanwordsandsounds,thatdoesnotmeanshecanunderstandthem.JosepCallistheco-authorofthestudy.HetoldTheGuardianthatthereisnoevidence(证据)thatWikieunderstandswhat “hello” standsfor.
Inthewild,killerwhalesliveingroups.Eachgroupusesdifferentsoundsandcallstocommunicatewitheachother.Toeveryone’ssurprise,onekillerwhaleevenlearnttocommunicatewithadolphinwhilelivingwithit.
Killerwhalescanstillmakeasoundthatcomesclosetowhatotherdifferentanimalscanmake.Onlyhumanbeingshavethisability.Thediscoveryisamazing.
Scientistssaythatthismimickingabilityisveryimportant.Animalscangetusedtochangesmoreeasilyandincreasetheirchancesofsurvival(生存).
1.Fromthefirstparagraph,welearnaboutkillerwhalesare . A.thin B.smart C.lazy D.useful 2.WhatcanWikiedoaccordingtothepassage? A.Shecandancetomusic. B.Shecanrepeathumanwords. C.Shecanunderstandhumanwords.
D.Shecanmimichuman’saction.
3.Fromthethirdparagraph,wecaninfer(推断) . A.Wikiecan’tunderstandthemeaningofhumanwords B.Wikiejustcanrepeatsomehumanwords C.Wikiecancommunicatewithsomehumanwords D.Wikiecanmimichumanactions 4.Whichdiscoveryisamazing?
A.Killerwhalescanmimicotherdifferentanimals’sound. B.Killerwhaleslikelivingingroups. C.Killerwhalesgetusedtochangesmoreeasily. D.Killerwhalescancommunicatewithhumanbeings. 5.What’sthebesttitleforthepassage? A.Wikie’sunusualability B.Astudyaboutkillerwhales C.Theimportanceofmimickingability D.Howtocommunicatewitheachother
B [2019·原创]
Whatcolorisatennisball?Askyourclassmates,andtheymightgiveyousomesurprisinganswers.
TheUSmagazineTheAtlanticasked30,000peoplethisquestion.Amongthem,52percentsaidtennisballsaregreen,42percentsaidtheyareyellow,and6percentwentwithothercolors.
AccordingtotheInternationalTennisFederation,tennisballsareyellow.Sowhydidsomanypeoplesaythatthey’regreen?
Whenwefirstseeanobjectinnaturallight,ourbrainsrecognizeitstruecolor.Eveniftheobjectisseenindifferentkindsoflightlater,ourbrainscanstilltellitstruecolor.Scientistscallthiscolorconstancy(性
).Forexample,weknowthatChina
恒
常’
sflagisred.Whenweseeitduringsunsetorunderpurplelight,westillknowthatitisred,evenifitlookslikeadifferentcolor.
However,thecolorofatennisballisnotaspure(纯的)astheflag.Itappearstobeacombination(结合)ofyellow,a “warm” colorandgreen,a “cool” color.
AccordingtoTheAtlantic,whenourbrainstrytofigureoutwhatcolortheballis,somepeopleignore(忽略) “cool” colors,suchasgreen,blueandpurple.Sotheyseetheballasbeingyellow.Butothersignore colors,suchasred,yellowandorange.Theyseetheballasbeinggreen.
Itisnotjusttennisballsthathavesuchaconfusingcolor.In2015,agirlpostedapictureofadressonline.Somepeoplebelievedthedresswasblackandblue
—
“
warm
”
butothersthoughtitwasgoldandwhite.Theyhaddifferentopinionsbasedonwhethertheyignored “cold” or “warm” colors.
1. ofpeoplesaidtennisballsaregreenaccordingtothesurvey. A.52percent B.42percent C.32percent D.6percent
2.Whencanourbrainsrecognizetheobject’struecolor? A.Whenweseetheobjectagainandagain. B.Whenwefirstseetheobjectinnaturallight. C.Whenweseetheobjectatlast. D.Whenwediscusswithothersatfirst.
3.Thecoloroftennisballisthecombinationof kindsofcolors. A.two B.three C.four D.five
4.What’sthemeaningoftheunderlinedphrase “figureout” inChinese?