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【题目】 How many times have you seen someone on TV or in a crowd and had that nagging feeling that you've seen them somewhere before but can quite place them？ This seems to be quite a（n）______experience and it raises questions about exactly how we recognize faces． What's going on in our brains when we see a face？

Scientists have recently carried out tests on volunteers to find out which areas in the brain are involved in face recognition． The tests must have been a lot of fun to take part in! The volunteers were_______a photograph of a famous person on a computer and then the face gradually changed into another famous person's． For example a picture of the 1950s film star Marilyn Monroe_______changed into a picture of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher! Obviously， Marilyn's beautiful curly blonde hair became greyer， her nos became sharper and longer， and her face developed wrinkles and lines around the mouth． As they watched the person change， complicated equipment scanned thevlunteers' brains to see which parts of the brain were lighting up．

The_______showed that we use three main areas of the brain to identify people's faces． While one section of the brain looks at the physical features such as size and shape of eyes， another part identifies the face as known or unknown．_______， a third part of the brain is checking out the name or other information about the face in our memory． It sounds_______but it seems that human beings can store as many as 10，000faces in their memories and most of us can recognize about ninety per cent of our classmates up to thirty five years after we last saw them!

【1】A.badB.commonC.unusualD.exciting

【2】A.shownB.slowlyC.slowlyD.suddenly

【3】A.wasB.wereC.isD.are

【4】A.surveyB.situationC.changesD.results

【5】A.What's moreB.For the time beingC.As a resultD.At the same time

【6】A.sillyB.amazingC.seriousD.familiar

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【4】D

【5】D

【6】B

【解析】

文章大意：文章讲的是我们怎么样来识别面孔，研究结果表明，我们使用大脑的三个主要区域来识别人脸。

【1】句意：这似乎是一个很平常的经历”，它引发了关于我们如何识别面孔的问题。

考查形容词辨析。根据所给空前面的句子How many times have you seen someone on TV or in a crowd and had that nagging feeling that you've seen them somewhere before but can quite place them？“有多少次你在电视上或人群中看到某人，有一种挥之不去的感觉，你以前在某个地方见过他们，但却能很好地识别他们？”结合选项，A.坏的；B.平常的；C.不寻常的；D.令人激动的，推测意思是“这似乎是一个很平常的经历”，它引发了关于我们如何识别面孔的问题”。故答案选B。

【2】句意：志愿者们被展示在电脑上看一位名人的照片。

考查动词辨析。根据所给空后面的a photograph of a famous person on a computer，结合选项，A.被展示看；B.慢地；C.慢地；D.突然地，推测意思是“志愿者们被展示在电脑上看一位名人的照片”。故答案选A。

【3】句意：例如，一张20世纪50年代电影明星玛丽莲·梦露的照片被换成了英国首相玛格丽特·撒切尔的照片！

根据所给空前面的句子then the face gradually changed into another famous person's可知，时态是一般过去时且主语是a picture of the 1950s film star Marilyn Monroe（名词单数），故答案选A。

【4】句意：结果表明，我们使用大脑的三个主要区域来识别人脸。

考查名词辨析，根据The tests must have been a lot of fun to take part in! “参加这次考试一定很有趣！”结合选项，A.调查；B.情况；C.改变；D.结果。推测意思是“结果表明，我们使用大脑的三个主要区域来识别人脸”。故答案选D。

【5】句意：同时，大脑的第三部分是检查我们记忆中面孔的名称或其他信息。

根据第三段第三、四行a third part of the brain is checking out the name or other information about the face in our memory，结合选项，A.另外；B.暂时；C.结果；D.同时，推测意思是“同时，大脑的第三部分是检查我们记忆中面孔的名称或其他信息”。故答案选D。

【6】句意：它听起来很惊讶，但人类似乎可以在他们的记忆中储存多达10000张面孔。

根据所给空后面的句子but it seems that human beings can store as many as 10，000faces in their memories，结合选项，A.愚蠢的，B.令人惊讶的 C.严重的，D.相似的，推测意思是“它听起来很惊讶，但人类似乎可以在他们的记忆中储存多达10000张面孔”。故答案选B

做完型填空时，首先要通读课文，明白主旨大意，然后再做题。做完型时要记住“瞻前顾后想结果”这一原则，根据上下文以及语境做题，切忌主观臆断。另外，平时还要多多积累词汇。完型填空常考名词、动词、形容词和副词等辨析。做词义辨析题时，首先要确认四个选项的含义，然后分析语境和逻辑关系，确定答案。

例如第5题，首先确定四个选项含义，A.另外；B.暂时；C.结果；D.同时，根据第三段第三、四行a third part of the brain is checking out the name or other information about the face in our memory，可知，应该是同时，故答案选D。