19.Believe it or not but it is true.There are people who lose the ability to understand or use words due to brain damage.But they become extremely good at something else.They become experts at spotting liars.The condition in which people lose their power to understand or use words due to brain damage are called aphasia(失語癥).A study conducted in Massachusetts,U.S.,has clearly proved that aphasics make good lie detectors(測謊儀).
In the last 100years,many doctors studying the brain have mentioned examples of this amazing power of patients suffering from aphasia.Recently,scientists conducted tests to see if all that was said about aphasics was true.They studied the powers of a mixed group of people.Some were normal; others were aphasic.And it was proved clearly that the normal volunteers still got fooled by words.The aphasics were far ahead of them in recognizing false speech.The results of the study were reported in the magazine Nature.
′Fourteen years ago,famous American doctor,Dr.Oliver Sacks,wrote about his experiences with aphasic patients in a book.He remembered a particular incident in a hospital.Patients from the aphasia room were watching TV.Their president,Ronald Reagan,was giving a speech.He was trying to put feelings into each and every word of his speech.But his speech had an opposite effect on the patients.They were not impressed.On the contrary,the whole room shook with their laughter.The aphasics knew that he did not mean a word of what he was saying.
Dr.Sacks saw aphasics as more gifted than normal people.Normal people"get carried away"by words.An aphasic cannot understand words.But he or she can still understand what is being said.He said most of the aphasics had this superior understanding.So,while normal people think of aphasic patients as brain damaged,they actually seem to understand human expressions better.
24.We can know from the first paragraphB.
A.how aphasics get their special ability
B.that aphasics can tell if you are lying
C.that aphasics are good at telling lies
D.why aphasics are experts at spotting liars
25.The phrase"get carried away"in the last paragraph meansA.
A.get fooled
B.get excited
C.get misunderstood
D.get discouraged
26.Dr.Oliver Sacks thinks that aphasicsC.
A.can be cured totally
B.can not understand what is being said
C.are specially gifted in a way
D.should be treated equally and nicely
27.Which would be the best title of the passage?B
A.A great discovery
B.The great lie detectors
C.Why aphasics can't talk
D.A special way of understanding.
分析 文章介紹的是失語癥的患者雖然不會說話但是他們有特殊的能力,能檢測人們是否在撒謊.
解答 24-27:BACB
24.B 細節(jié)理解題.根據文章第一段的句子"But they become extremely good at something else.They become experts at spotting liars."可知失語癥患者能辨別你是否在撒謊.故選B.
25.A 詞義猜測題.根據文章最后一段的句子"But he or she can still understand what is being said.(失語癥患者能理解別人說的話),"可知Normal people"get carried away"by words.的意思是:正常人會被語言欺騙.故選A.
26.C 細節(jié)理解題.根據文章最后一段的句子"Dr.Sacks saw aphasics as more gifted than normal people."可知Dr.Oliver Sacks認為失語癥的人有特殊的才能.故選C.
27.B 主旨大意題.根據文章內容和第一段的句子"A study conducted in Massachusetts,U.S.,has clearly proved that aphasics make good lie detectors(測謊儀)."可知文章介紹的是失語癥的患者雖然不會說話但是能檢測人們是否在撒謊.故選B.
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