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【题目】阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项

Your brain controls everything you do. It makes it possible for you to think, Learn, create and feel; to blink(眨眼) and breathe and for your heart to heat –this fantastic control center is your brain. It is so amazing that a famous scientist once called it " the most complex(复杂) thing we have yet discovered in our universe".

Can this small grey organ(器官) , which weighs less than one and a half kilos,

really do so much? Amazingly , your brain contains about 100 billion neurons(神经元) -it would take you over 3 ,000 years to count them all. Believe it or not, the activity in your brain never stops. Your neurons create and send more messages than all the phones in the world. And although one neumn creates only a little electricity, all your neurons together can produce enough electricity to power a light bulb (灯泡).

So exactly how fast does your brain work? Well, imagine this: a bee lands on your foot. Neurons in your skin send this information to your brain at a speed of more than 240 kilometers per hour. Your brain then uses other neurons to send the message back to your foot to shake the bee off quickly. These neurons can send this information at more than 320 kilometers per hour. No computer has your hrain's unbelievable ability to deal with the amount of information coming from your eyes, ears and other sensory organs.

But how does your brain allow you to leam things Lhat you will use in the future? The structure (结构) of your brain changes every time you have a new thought, remember or leam something. For example, riding a bike seems impossible at first, but soon you are able to do it. How? As you practice, your brain sends "bike riding" messages again and again Soon, the actions are learnt and you are able to ride a bike easily from then on.

【1】From the passage we know that neurons______________ .

A. receive messages very slowly

B. are only found in your skin

C. send messages to your brain

D. need electricity to work

【2】In Paragraph 3, the writer mentions computers to ______________ .

A. compare them wich the human brain

B. show how fast they have become

C. say that computers have no abilities

D. ask people to use computers more

【3】When you have a new thought, ______________ .

A. your brain will power a light bulb

B. your heart beats faster

C. you remember something

D. the structure of your brain changes

【4】The article is mainly ahout ________________ .

A all the steps when your brain leams things

A. what an unbelievable organ the human brain is

B. how the brain makes people smarter than computers

C. the things you can do to make your brain work faster

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】试题本文主要讲述了大脑是神奇的控制中心，它控制着你的思考，学习，感受和创造等等。

【1】C考查细节理解题。根据文中 your brain contains about 100 billion neurons(神经元) -it would take you over 3 ,000 years to count them all. 可知，神经元把信息发送到我们的大脑。故选C。

【2】A考查细节理解题。通读整个第三段可知，主要介绍了人类的大脑和电脑的；故选A。

【3】D考查细节理解题。根据文中The structure (结构) of your brain changes every time you have a new thought, remember or leam something.可知当一个小孩丢了，当你有了新的想法的时候，你大脑的结构就会改变，故选D。

【4】B考查主旨大意题。通读整篇短文可知，这篇短文主要讲述了人类的大脑是一个多么令人难以置信的器官。可知选B。