Mapping the mind

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题目与答案

1. Questions 27–32

   Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in Reading Passage 3?

   In boxes 27–32 on your answer sheet, write:

   27 Our sense of what is real is independent of what we can see.
   • YES
   • NO
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：YES

   原文定位：We are visual creatures and rely on sight to serve as a judge of what is real and what is not

2. 28 The ego must exist because its reaction can be felt.
   • YES
   • NO
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：YES

   原文定位：I must have one because it can be hurt or appeased by how others treat me

3. 29 The illustrations in Mapping the Mind are in vibrant colours.
   • YES
   • NO
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：NOT GIVEN

   原文定位：Mapping the Mind uses beautifully rendered three-dimensional computer images of the brain to explain anatomical structures and pathways;The book, beautifully accented with brain-oriented artwork of both pure aesthetic and illustrative value

4. 30 People prefer to learn facts that are presented visually.
   • YES
   • NO
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：YES

   原文定位：The presentation style acknowledges our natural bias towards perceiving and learning information visually

5. 31 Mapping the Mind is primarily a decorative book.
   • YES
   • NO
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：NO

   原文定位：The book, beautifully accented with brain-oriented artwork of both pure aesthetic and illustrative value, walks a pleasing line between college textbook and coffee table art book, describing the subtle nuances of vision, language, thought, and feeling with science and art

6. 32 Mapping the Mind leaves the readers to interpret the facts.
   • YES
   • NO
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：YES

   原文定位：Carter presents the science in an engaging yet factual manner, allowing people to draw their own conclusions and connect the dots between scientific discovery and what it means in our daily lives

7. Questions 33–37

   Choose the correct letter, A, B, C, or D.

   Write the correct letter in boxes 33–37 on your answer sheet.

   33 According to the writer, Carter's background in journalism means that
   • A she has easy access to relevant sources.
   • B she cannot explain complex medical ideas.
   • C her writing style maintains the reader's interest.
   • D her presentation of information is more suited to newspapers.

   答案：C her writing style maintains the reader's interest.

   原文定位：Carter uses her background as a journalist to keep the reader engaged in the science

8. 34 When discussing how the brain works in controlling anger, Carter
   • A gives guidance to parents of young children.
   • B uses examples readers can relate to.
   • C admires the control shown by adults.
   • D criticizes the behaviour of children.

   答案：B uses examples readers can relate to.

   原文定位：For example, in describing brain circuitry involved in controlling anger, Carter uses familiar situations, like suppressing anger when we feel we have been insulted, to illustrate the neuroscience involved

9. 34 When discussing how the brain works in controlling anger, Carter
   • A gives guidance to parents of young children.
   • B uses examples readers can relate to.
   • C admires the control shown by adults.
   • D criticizes the behaviour of children.

   答案：B uses examples readers can relate to.

   原文定位：For example,in describing brain circuitry involved in controlling anger,Carter uses familiar situations, like suppressing anger when we feel we have been insulted,to illustrate the neuroscience involved

10. 35 The writer feels that the way neuroscience is presented in Mapping the Mind
    • A will not give readers any new information.
    • B could make readers doubt scientific claims.
    • C will encourage more people to study neuroscience.
    • D will appeal to readers with no knowledge of the topic.

    答案：D will appeal to readers with no knowledge of the topic.

    原文定位：By presenting neuroscience in this manner, Mapping the Mind seems to aim itself at an audience that is often forgotten: the general reader who wants to know more about a specific area of scientific study

11. 36 The writer especially likes the optical illusions in Mapping the Mind because they
    • A help people relate to the topic.
    • B are a long-standing scientific mystery.
    • C can teach us about the function of the eye.
    • D show something people have never seen before.

    答案：A help people relate to the topic.

    原文定位：As a teacher, I am always searching for ways to make information relevant to the reader. Mapping the Mind does this by peppering appropriate chapters with optical illusions that illustrate how the brain processes information

12. 37 The writer says that Mapping the Mind operates as a "kiosk map" because
    • A it reveals our current position in terms of our knowledge of the brain.
    • B the reader can become lost in other textbooks about the brain.
    • C it describes specific areas of the brain such as the neo-cortex.
    • D its illustrations are particularly clear and accurate.

    答案：B the reader can become lost in other textbooks about the brain.

    原文定位：Rather than providing us with an academic textbook, Mapping the Mind serves as a sort of kiosk map saying "you are here" with a big red dot. Mapping the Mind shows us where we are by giving us a snapshot of how we work

13. Questions 38–40

    Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A–G, below.

    Write the correct letter in boxes 38–40 on your answer sheet.

    38 A book that uses terms such as "anterior cingulate cortex"
    • A makes a background in science essential for comprehension.
    • B adds academic integrity to a popular approach.
    • C is not helpful for checking particular data about the brain.
    • D bores and confuses people.
    • E generates more interest in the field of study and promotes research.
    • F solves the difficulty of people's negative reactions to technical language.

    答案：D bores and confuses people.

    原文定位：Presenting the concept of a brain area devoted to maintaining attention by calling it the "anterior cingulate cortex" would probably put most readers to sleep while their brains struggled to use that area to focus on what the name meant

14. 39 The use of three-dimensional illustrations in the book
    • A makes a background in science essential for comprehension.
    • B adds academic integrity to a popular approach.
    • C is not helpful for checking particular data about the brain.
    • D bores and confuses people.
    • E generates more interest in the field of study and promotes research.
    • F solves the difficulty of people's negative reactions to technical language.

    答案：F solves the difficulty of people's negative reactions to technical language.

    原文定位：Showing the reader a three-dimensionally-oriented area that easily translates to a place we can point to on our skulls grounds the anatomical vocabulary in something we can all understand-our own heads

15. 40 The inclusion of essays by research scientists in Mapping the Mind
    • A makes a background in science essential for comprehension.
    • B adds academic integrity to a popular approach.
    • C is not helpful for checking particular data about the brain.
    • D bores and confuses people.
    • E generates more interest in the field of study and promotes research.
    • F solves the difficulty of people's negative reactions to technical language.

    答案：B adds academic integrity to a popular approach.

    原文定位：From a scientific perspective, danger often lurks when writing for a general audience as scientific credibility can be sacrificed in order to keep readers engaged. Carter circumvents this problem by including the participation of research scientists in the writing. The book is littered with short directed essays written by specialists in specific areas of brain research