【题目】Can you remember a face quickly and never forget it? If so, then you could be a super recognizer.

Usually it is easy for someone to recognize the faces of their family members and friends. But it could be difficult for them to remember faces that they have only seen once. However, studies have found that super recognizers have amazing face recognition skills. They can remember at least 80 per cent of faces they have ever seen. According to the Daily Mail, at least one in 50 people are super recognizers.

A study was carried out in Bournemouth University of UK recently. Researchers tried to find whether super recognizers have a different way to remember faces. They found that when these people look at faces, they spend more time looking at the person's nose. They also found that these people are not smarter than others. Their super ability is restricted(有限的) only to face recognition.

Another important finding is that there are two subtypes(子类型) of super recognition. Some never forget faces. But for some, if you show pairs of faces to them at the same time, they can quickly decide whether the faces are of the same person or two different people. In fact, many super recognizers say they are very good at recognizing faces in a crowd.

These subtypes of super recognition could be applied to many areas of life. For example, the skills could be very useful at a passport control checkpoint. Super recognizers could also help police find known troublemakers and even missing people in the crowd.

1The super recognizers can remember ________ of the faces they've ever seen.

A. all

B. at least 80 per cent

C. at least 50 per cent

D. half

2What did the university's study find about super recognizers?

A. They spend the same time on one's eyes and nose.

B. They pay more attention to a person's nose.

C. They are a lot smarter than other people.

D. They are also very good at voice recognition.

3What are the two subtypes of super recognition?

a. One type can decide whether the faces are of the same person or two different people.

b. One type can only recognize children's faces.

c. One type can remember faces they've seen forever.

d. One type can easily draw a picture of the faces they saw.

A. a,c B. b,c C. c,d D. a,d

4What does the underlined word “applied” mean in the passage?

A. developed B. asked

C. shown D. used

5What does the last paragraph talk about?

A. More subtypes of super recognition.

B. Reasons of different subtypes.

C. Uses of super recognition in some jobs.

D. How to be a super recognizer.

【题目】The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected Europe, Africa and Asia. People reached these different places along these roads. Scientists believe people began to travel the Silk Road about 3,000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world, the Silk Road covered almost 6,500 kilometres. It spread from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East.

Traders travelling along the Silk Road carried silk, of course. They also carried and traded spices(香料), cloth, valuable stones and gold.

There is a famous old story along the old road. It is said that Roman soldiers(士兵) travelled through central Asia. They started to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese village of Liqian. Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the story of blueeyed villages of China was started.

During its busiest period, the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries to meet each other and mix. The Silk Road allowed the sharing of valuable goods and new ideas. These included people and trading goods from the Mediterranean, Persian, Magyar, Armenian, Bactrian, Indian and Chinese areas. All these peoples travelled the Silk Road, and they shared goods, stories, languages, and cultures.

In modern times, the old Silk Road routes(路线) are still used, but now they are crossed by trains instead of camels and horses. There is even a Silk Route Museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35,000 objects from all along the Silk Road. In this way, China protects the history of many countries and peoples.

1How many kilometres did the Silk Road cover?

A. About 3,000. B. Nearly 6,500.

C. Almost 2,000. D. Over 35,000.

2Traders carried all kinds of goods along the Silk Road. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Silk. B. Cloth.

C. Gold. D. Tea.

3Who married ancient Chinese women in the story of blueeyed villages of China?

A. Asian soldiers.

B. African soldiers.

C. European soldiers.

D. American soldiers.

4What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A. Valuable things could not be sold along the Silk Road.

B. The Silk Road allowed people from different countries to mix.

C. Ancient Chinese along the Silk Road may be able to speak different languages.

D. The objects in the museum in Jiuquan in China are from all along the Silk Road.

5Which part of a magazine can this passage come from?

A. History and Geography.

B. Sports World.

C. Man and Animals.

D. Popular Science.

【题目】Huw Thomas fell in love with Megan. But then an accident changed his life, and he had to move to Canada. Megan promised to write to him. But Huw never heard from her … until one day a letter arrived.

He saw the letter came from where he and his father had lived in their early years. Who was writing to him? He turned the envelop(信封) over in his hands several times. Then he took out the letter and read:

Dear Huw,

I don't know if this letter will reach you, and I don't really know why I'm writing to you after all these years, but …

Huw turned to the end of the letter and saw:

Best wishes

Megan

He couldn't believe it. He turned back to the first words of the letter and read:

After all these years, but I've just found your letter to me from Canada. Believe me, this was the first time I'd read them and they made me cry, even after 50 years. I found them in a box of my father's papers. They were never opened.

Huw, I never knew that you'd written to me. I thought your new life in Canada had made you forget me. Now I realize that my father kept your letters. I can still remember asking him if there was any letter for me, and he always said, “____, my girl. I told you he was no good.” Finally, after about a year, I believed him.

But why did he keep the letters? Do you think he wanted me to find them when it was too late? Anyways, he's dead now, so I can't ask him. All I can say is I'm sorry. Sorry for what my father did, sorry that you never heard from me and sorry for… everything.

I hope that at least this letter reaches you. Of course, I'll understand if you don't want to write back to me, but if you do. I am still Megan Jenkins, and I will live at the same address.

Best wishes,

Megan

Huw read the letter again. Everything with Megan came back to him. He had never forgotten her. He couldn't. Every day he looked at her face on the wall. He had a drawing of her. It had travelled everywhere with him. But to hear from her again …

“Are you all right, Dad?” asked Mike, coming into the room.

(Adapted from Two Lives by Helen Naylor)

1Why did Huw turn to the end of the letters before he finished the rest of it?

A. Because he was not interested in the beginning.

B. Because he didn't like to read letters from Megan.

C. Because he wanted to finish reading it in a short time.

D. Because he wanted to know whom the letter was from.

2Megan failed to read Huw's letters because ________.

A. her father kept them

B. they were lost on the way

C. she moved to another city

D. he didn't post them at all

3Which of the following sentences can be put in the ____?

A. Sorry, it's my fault

B. Look up here

C. No, he has forgotten you

D. Yes, here are the ones from him

4What can we infer from the passage?

A. Huw had never got married all these years.

B. Megan was still living with her father in Canada.

C. Megan was sure that Huw would receive her letter.

D. Megan still loved Huw and felt sorry for what had happened.

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