Question

【題目】 It should be easy for you to recognize faces of your family and friends. But can you remember faces that you’ve only seen once? You might think it is very difficult.

【1】 They are the so-called “super recognizers”, who can remember at least 80 percent of the faces they’ve seen. 【2】 But studies show that at least one person in every recognizer, reported the Daily Mail.

Bournemouth University in the UK recently carried out research trying to find out recognizers have a different way to process feces. They have found that when these people look a faces, they spend more time looking at the person’s nose. 【3】 Their super ability is limited only to face recognition.

【4】 Some super recognizers never forget faces. But for some, if you present pairs of feces 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 “spotting” (發(fā)現(xiàn)) faces in a crowd. These subtypes of super recognition could be applied to many areas. 【5】 Super recognizers could help match faces in CCTV footage (閉路電視鏡頭). They could also help police spot known troublemakers, bad people or even missing people in crowds.

A. However, studies have found a small number of people have amazing face recognition skills.

B. Researchers have tried to find how certain people are so good at recognizing faces.

C. It is also found that these people are not particularly smarter than others.

D. It is unknown how many people truly have these skills.

E. For example, the skills could be very useful at a passport control checkpoint.

F. The research also found that in general these super recognizers have a good memory.

G. Another important finding is that there are subtypes of super recognition.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】G

【5】E

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章主要講述了研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，有少數(shù)人有驚人的面部識別技能，他們能記得至少80%他們見過的面孔。但他們的超能力僅限于識別面孔，他們并不是比其他人聰明。

【1】根據(jù)下文“They are the so-called “super recognizers”, who can remember at least 80 percent of the faces they’ve seen.”他們就是所謂的“超級識別者”，他們記得至少80%他們見過的面孔。由此可知，A項（However, studies have found a small number of people have amazing face recognition skills.）然而，研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，有少數(shù)人有驚人的面部識別功能。是對下文的“超級識別者”的解釋。故A符合題意，故選A。

【2】根據(jù)下文“But studies show that at least one person in every recognizer, reported the Daily Mail.”研究表明，每50個人中至少有一個人是超級識別者。句中的But是對上文的轉(zhuǎn)折，故D項（It is unknown how many people truly have these skills.）現(xiàn)在還不知道有多少人真正擁有這些技能，與下文構(gòu)成轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。故D符合題意。故選D。

【3】根據(jù)下文“Their super ability is limited only to face recognition.”他們的超能力僅限于識別面孔，由此可知，他們并不是比別人聰明。故C項（It is also found that these people are not particularly smarter than others.）承上啟下，符合題意。故選C。

【4】根據(jù)下文“Some super recognizers never forget faces. But for some, if you present pairs of feces to them at the same time, they can quickly decide whether the faces are of the same person or two different people.” 一些超級識別者永遠(yuǎn)不會忘記面孔。但對一些人來說，如果你同時給他們呈現(xiàn)兩張面孔，他們可以很快決定是同一個人的臉還是兩個不同的人的臉。由此可知，這是上文研究的另一個發(fā)現(xiàn)。故G項（Another important finding is that there are subtypes of super recognition.）是對這一段的內(nèi)容的總結(jié)。故G符合題意。故選G。

【5】根據(jù)上文“These subtypes of super recognition could be applied to many areas.”可知，這些超級識別的亞型可以用于生活的許多領(lǐng)域。故E項（For example, the skills could be very useful at a passport control checkpoint.）這些技能在護(hù)照檢查站很有用。是對上文的內(nèi)容的具體闡釋。故E項承上啟下，符合題意。故選E。

七選五題型要求考生從整體上把握文章的邏輯結(jié)構(gòu)和內(nèi)容上的聯(lián)系，理解句子之間、段落之間的關(guān)系，對諸如連貫性、一致性等語段特征有較強的意識和熟練的把握。所以懂得整篇文章的基本結(jié)構(gòu)或段落的語篇結(jié)構(gòu)對解題很有用。比如本題第4小題，根據(jù)下文“Some super recognizers never forget faces. But for some, if you present pairs of feces to them at the same time, they can quickly decide whether the faces are of the same person or two different people.” 一些超級識別者永遠(yuǎn)不會忘記面孔。但對一些人來說，如果你同時給他們呈現(xiàn)兩張面孔，他們可以很快決定是同一個人的臉還是兩個不同的人的臉。由此可知，這是上文研究的另一個發(fā)現(xiàn)。故G項（Another important finding is that there are subtypes of super recognition.）是對這一段的內(nèi)容的總結(jié)。故G符合題意。故選G。