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【题目】C. Fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）

A rare experience

Imagine the situation. You’re walking down the crowded high street and s【1】 a complete stranger stops you and says, “Hi! You were on the beach in the south of Spain six years ago. How are you doing?” This stranger isn’t necessarily m 【2】 . He or she might be a “super - recogniser”. These are people who have the unusual ability to recognise people they have seen only once -- a long time ago, maybe in a crowed.

Whatever the differences in looks

It doesn’t matter what the person looks like now. People change, get different hair styles, dye their hair or go grey. Wrinkles, new glasses and makeups give them new a【3】 , but the “super - recognisers” can still recognise them.

An inborn skill

Although scientists have known for a long time that about 2% of people suffer from face - blindness, which means that they have huge problems recognising faces, they are only new realising that some people are the exact o 【4】 .Tests have shown that a “super - recogniser” can identify people that they only saw for a brief moment -- and this is not an ability that we can d【5】 , it’s something we are born with.

A great h 【6】

The police are starting to use “super - recognisers” to spot criminal faces in videos of crowds. They look for people with a specific build and facial features like beards and moustaches but they can even recognise quite o【7】people, with no noticeable features at all. As well as surprising our holidaymaker in Spain six years later, this ability can be used for a very practical purpose indeed.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】suddenly

【2】mad

【3】appearnaces

【4】opposite

【5】develop

【6】help

【7】ordinary

【解析】

本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述什么是超级识别者，虽然以前见过一面，现在你的外形发生改变了，但是他们能让能认出你，这是天生的技能，最后讲述这一技能可以帮助警察指认罪犯。这种能力确实有非常实用的地方。

【1】句意：你走在拥挤的大街上，突然一个完全陌生的人让你停下来并说：“嗨!六年前你在西班牙南部的海滩上”。

根据句意可知，空处用副词修饰整个句子。表示“突然有人让你停下来”。suddenly突然，故答案为suddenly。

【2】句意：这个陌生人不是疯了。

根据空前系动词is以及副词necessary可知，空处用形容词。mad疯的，故答案为mad。

【3】句意：皱眉、新的眼镜以及化妆给了他们新的外貌，但是这个超级识别者仍然能够认出他们。

根据空前形容词new可知，空处用名词，且根据People change, get different hair styles, dye their hair or go grey“人们会变，会有不同的发型，会把头发染成灰色”可知，表示的是新的外貌，appearance外貌，根据them可知，用复数，故答案为appearances。

【4】句意：尽管科学家们很早就知道大约2%的人患有脸盲症，这意味着他们在识别人脸方面有很大的困难，但他们只是刚刚意识到有些人恰恰相反。

根据空前exact可知，空处用名词，根据Tests have shown that a “super - recogniser” can identify people that they only saw for a brief moment“测试表明，超级识别者可以识别那些他们只看了不一会儿的人”可知，表示“他们与脸盲症的人完全相反”。opposite相反，故答案为opposite。

【5】句意：测试表明，超级识别者可以识别那些他们只看了不一会儿的人。这不是我们能够培养的能力，这是我们天生具有的一些东西。

根据空前can可知，空处用动词原形，且根据it’s something we are born with“这是我们天生具有的东西”可知，这种能力不能培养。develop培养，故答案为develop。

【6】句意：一个很大的帮助。

根据空前great可知，空处用名词。且根据The police are starting to use “super - recognisers” to spot criminal faces in videos of crowds“警方开始用超级识别者在人群视频中识别罪犯的面孔”可知，可以帮助警察识别罪犯，所以表示“很大的帮助”，help帮助，且根据空前a可知，用单数，故答案为help。

【7】句意：他们寻找的是有特定体型和面部特征的人，比如络腮胡子和八字胡，但他们甚至可以识别根本没有明显特征的非常普通的人。

根据空前quite以及空后people可知，空处用形容词，且根据with no noticeable features at all“一点也没有值得注意的特征”可知，表示“普通的”。ordinary普通的，故答案为ordinary。