题目内容
14.If you could be anybody in the world,who would it be?Your neighbour or a super star?A few people have experienced what it might be like to step into the skin of another person,thanks to an unusual virtual reality(虚拟现实)device.Rikke Wahl,an actress,model and artist,was one of the participants in a body swapping experiment at the Be Another lab,a project developed by a group of artists based in Barcelona.She swapped with her partner,an actor,using a machine called The Machine to Be Another and temporarily became a man."As I looked down,I saw my whole body as a man,dressed in my partner's pants,"she said."That's the picture I remember best."The set-up is relatively simple.Both users wear a virtual reality headset with a camera on the top.The video from each camera is sent to the other person,so what you see is the exact view of your partner.If she moves her arm,you see it.If you move your arm,she sees it.
To get used to seeing another person's body without actually having control of it,participants start by raising their arms and legs very slowly,so that the other can follow along.Eventually,this kind of slow synchronised(同步的)movement becomes comfortable,and participants really start to feel as though they are living in another person's body.
Using such technology promises to alter people's behaviour afterwards-potentially for the better.Studies have shown that virtual reality can be effective in fighting racism-the bias(偏见)that humans have against those who don't look or sound like them.Researchers at the University of Barcelona gave people a questionnaire called the Implicit Association Test,which measures the strength of people's associations between,for instance,black people and adjectives such as good,bad,athletic or awkward.Then they asked them to control the body of a dark skinned digital character using virtual reality glasses,before taking the test again.This time,the participants'bias scores were lower.The idea is that once you've"put yourself in another's shoes"you're less likely to think ill of them,because your brain has internalised the feeling of being that person.
The creators of The Machine to Be Another hope to achieve a similar result."At the end of body swapping,people feel like holding each other in their arms,"says Arthur Pointeau,a programmer with the project."It's a really nice way to have this kind of experience.I would really,really recommend it to everyone."
32.The word"swapping"(paragraph 1)is closest in meaning toA.
A.exchanging B.building C.controlling D.transplanting
33.We can infer from the experiment at the Be Another lab thatC.
A.participants will live more passionately after the experiment
B.we can learn to take control of other people's bodies
C.our feelings are related to our bodily experience
D.the Machine to Be Another can help people change their sexes
34.In the Implicit Association Test,before the participants used virtual reality glasses to control a dark skinned digital character,B.
A.they fought strongly against racism
B.they were more biased against those unlike them
C.they changed their behaviour dramatically
D.they scored lower on the test for racism
35.It can be concluded from the passage thatC.
A.technology helps people realize their dreams
B.our biases could be eliminated through experiments
C.virtual reality helps promote understanding among people
D.our points of view about others need changing constantly.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,文章主要介绍了一种名为Be another lab的体验,它可以让人们互换角色,这样可以在一定程度上消除人们之间的偏见,也可以促进人与人的相互理解.
解答 32-35:ACBC
32 A 词义猜测题,根据第一段She swapped with her partner,an actor,using a machine called The Machine to Be Another and temporarily became a man."As I looked down,I saw my whole body as a man,dressed in my partner's pants,"she said."That's the picture I remember best."可知女演员可以和男演员互换角色,所以swapping的意思是"交换",故选A.
33 C 推理判断题,根据文章第三段Eventually,this kind of slow synchronised(同步的)movement becomes comfortable,and participants really start to feel as though they are living in another person's body.可知从Be another lab的体验中可以推断出我们的感觉和身体的经验有关,故选C.
34 B 细节理解题,根据文章第四段Studies have shown that virtual reality can be effective in fighting racism-the bias(偏见)that humans have against those who don't look or sound like them.可知在the Implicit Association test中,在参与者使用虚拟现实的眼镜控制一个深色皮肤的人物之前,他们对不像他们的人更有偏见,故选B.
35 C 推理判断题:根据文章最后一段At the end of body swapping,people feel like holding each other in their arms,"says Arthur Pointeau,a programmer with the project可知虚拟现实可以帮助促进人们之间的互相理解,故选C.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.