题目内容
4.All of us rely on what we see.We say to ourselves,"I know,I was there; I saw it happen"and that seems to settle the matter.Or does it?Can we really trust the evidence of our eyes?Take competitive sports.Fans who see the same game will not agree with each other and will they disagree with the referee(裁判)."He was out of bounds when he caught the pass,"says one fan.Says another,"You are crazy.I saw it with my own eyes.He was five feet in bounds.You must be blind."The referee rules that the receiver did step out of bounds.But thousands of fans are still not convinced-because they were there!
It's the same story in the courtroom.Trial(审判) procedure depends on witnesses giving sworn testimony(证词).But just how reliable is the testimony of a person who reports what he has seen?In a recent study,ten thousand witnesses were asked to describe the man they saw commit a crime.The study reveals that,on the average,the witnesses overestimated the man s height by five inches,his age by eight years,and gave the wrong hair colour in 83 percent of the cases.These witnesses didn't play tricks on them!
What can we do to keep error to a minimum?First of all,don't let your emotions interfere with your vision.Don't see something because you want to see it.Secondly,try to stay relaxed.If you are tense,you are likely to see red when the colour is blue.And finally,it helps to make notes of what you see.Don't rely on your memory alone.Take pictures,make recordings,and use any other aid to reduce distortion(歪曲).
(Note:Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS.)
78.The reason why fans disagree with each other at sports events is that few of them are not controlled by emotion.
79.The word"them"in Para.3refers to the man's height,age and hair colour.
80.What are the other two solutions to keeping visual error to minimum besides not letting your emotions interfere with your vision?Staying relaxed and making notes.
81.It can be inferred from the passage that the author takes sports events and courtroom as examples in order to illustrate We can't completely trust the evidence of eyes?
分析 我们总是相信我们所看到的.我们自己会说,"我知道,我就在那里;我是看着它发生的"而且这似乎也可以解决问题.还是它吗?我们真的可以以我们的眼睛看到的作为证据吗?
解答 78.答案 are not controlled by emotion
根据Can we really trust the evidenceof our eyes?我们真的可以以我们的眼睛看到的作为证据吗?…don't let your emotions interfere with your vision.Don't see something because youwant to see it.不要让你的情绪影响你的视力.由此可以概括答案为 are not controlled byemotion.
79.答案 the man'sheight,age and hair colour
根据them所处的这一句及第三段The study reveals that,on the average,the witnesses overestimated the man s height by five inches,his age by eight years,and gave the wrong hair colourin83percent of the cases. 可知这项研究表明,平均而言,证人高估了人的身高五英寸,年龄超过8年,给了错误的头发颜色的几率有83%,由此可知 them 指的是那个人的身高、年龄和头发,故答案为the man'sheight,age and hair colour
80.答案 Stayingrelaxed and making notes.
根据最后一段First of all,don't let your emotions interferewith your vision.Don't seesomething because you want to see it.Secondly,try to stay relaxed.If you are tense,you are likely to see red when the colour is blue.And finally,it helps to make notes of what yousee.可知,除了第一条"不要让你的情绪影响你的视力"外,应该是 Staying relaxed and making notes.故答案为Staying relaxed and making notes.
81.答案 We can'tcompletely trust the evidence of eyes
根据第一段Can we really trust theevidence of our eyes?我们真的可以以我们的眼睛看到的作为证据吗?..Don't rely on your memory alone.Take pictures,make recordings,and use any other aid to reduce distortion(歪曲)不要依赖你的记忆力孤独.拍摄、制作唱片,并使用任何其他援助来减少失真.,由此可以得出答案是We can'tcompletely trust the evidence of eyes.故答案为 We can't completely trust the evidence of eyes
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