题目内容
2.What colour is your name?What colour is Wednesday?These questions might sound strange to most people,but some can answer right away.One person says her name is the colour red.For another person,Wednesday is blue.These people have a condition called synesthesia.This means they experience two senses at the same time.For these people,the senses of smell,sound,sight,touch,and taste are not separate (分开的).They might see and also hear colours,for example,or hear as well as feel sounds.The most common form of synesthesia is to hear sounds as colours,A person with synesthesia might hear the number three as blue or the letter D as red.Someone might always see green upon hearing the word April.Another person might see different colours while listening to music.Some people also taste colours.To one person,beef might taste blue and to another,yellow.Some people experience feelings in colour.For example,one person with synesthesia reports feeling pain as the colour orange.
Another form of synesthesia is to experience sounds or tastes as shapes.Some people see music as squares and circles.Some people taste a sweet as a smooth ball.There are other forms of synesthesia,as well.For one man,different words have different tastes.Some words taste like pork;others taste like potatoes or eggs.
Synesthesia is not a common condition.Perhaps only one person in every 5,000 has it.For these people,the everyday world can be a colourful and interesting place.
37.What is this passage mainly about?A
A.An unusual condition.
B.People who like colour.
C.The colour of pain.
D.Music and art.
38.How many people probably have synesthesia?D
A.Only 5,000in the world.
B.One out of every 500.
C.About 5million.
D.One out of every 5,000.
39.Which is the most common form of synesthesia?B
A.Experiencing tastes as shapes.
B.Experiencing sounds as colours,
C.Experiencing words as tastes.
D.Experiencing music as shapes,
40.Which of the following is NOT an example of synesthesia?C
A.Feeling pain in red.
B.Tasting beef as green.
C.Feeling warm in April.
D.Seeing music as squares.
分析 本文介绍了一种人体特殊的状况--共感觉.对有共感觉的人来说,嗅觉、听觉、视觉、触觉和味觉等不是分开的,他们也许能同时看到并听到颜色,或者听到并感觉到声音,共感觉最普通的形式是听到的声音有颜色,有共感觉的人也许听到的数字三是蓝色的,听到字母D是红色的,有的人也许听到单词April总能看到绿色.另有人听音乐的过程中也许能看到不同的颜色,有的人甚至能品尝到颜色.共感觉的另一种形式是听到的和尝到的是有形状的.每五千人当中有一人存在共感觉,对这些人来说,我们日常生活的世界也许是一个丰富多彩并且有趣好玩的地方.
解答 37.答案:A;主旨大意题 根据These people have a condition called synesthesia.可知文章全篇都在讲synesthesia(共感觉),再结合文章最后一段中的 Synesthesia is not a common condition,可以推断出本文主要介绍了An unusual condition"一种不寻常的状况".故选A;
38.D;细节理解题 根据原文:Perhaps only one person in every 5,000 has it.可知"每五千人当中有一人存在共感觉",故答案为D.
39.B;细节理解题 根据原文:The most common form of synesthesia is to hear sounds as colours."共感觉最普通的形式是听到的声音有颜色"可知答案选B.
40.C;细节理解题 根据原文:Someone might always see green upon hearing the word April.可知C项错误.原文是说把月份和颜色联系在一起,而不是和感官温度联系在一起.故选C.
点评 做阅读理解时,要注意培养自己快速阅读的习惯.切不可在个别难懂的词句上磨蹭,只要全篇理解了,个别难懂的词句可以根据上下文和构词法去猜测,去推断.
| A. | Neither; nor | B. | Either; or | ||
| C. | Not only; but also | D. | Between; and |
| A. | go | B. | goes | C. | to go | D. | going |