江苏省南京市第一中学2020-2021年高一上半年十月阶段考试英语免费试卷完整版1、LookatthecentercirclesofDiagramAandDiagramB.Whichofthecentercircleslookslarger?InDiagramB?Infact,theyareexactlythesamesize.Thenlookatthepictureontheright.Whatdoyousee?Avase?Ortwofaces？Doesthepicturechangequicklyfromonetotheotheragainandagain?Maybeormaybenot,butyoucanneverseethematthesametime.“What’shappening?Issomethingwrongwithmyeyes?”Youmaywonderatwhatyousee.Don’tworry.Hereishowitgoes:Whenwelookatthings,oureyessendmessagestoourbrainsandthenourbrainsinterprettheinformation.However,sometimesourbrainsinterpretthereceivedinformationinawrongway.Itseemsthatoureyesareplayingajokeonus.Thisoftenhappensandwecallit“visualillusion(错误)”.Moviemakersoftenmakeuseofvisualillusions.Theymaketheobjectsaroundactorsmuchsmallerorbiggerthanusual.Thismakesusbelievethattheactorsaremuchlargerorsmallerthantheyusuallyare.ThemoviesJurassicParkandHoneyIshrunkthekidsjustmakeuseofvisualillusions.【1】WhydoesthecentercircleinDiagramAlooksmallerthanthatinDiagramB?A.Somethingiswrongwithoureyes.B.Thetwocirclesarenotthesamesize.C.Thetwopictureschangequicklyfromonetotheother.D.Ourbrainsinterprettheinformationinawrongway.【2】What’stherightorderaccordingtothepassage?a.Welookatthingswithoureyes.b.Ourbrainsinterpretthemessages.c.Ourbrainstelluswhatwehaveseen.d.Oureyessendmessagestoourbrains.A.cabdB.adbcC.acdbD.bcad【3】Whatdomoviemakersmakeuseofvisualillusionsfor?A.TomaketheactorsseemdifferentinsizeB.TomaketheactorsmuchbraverC.TohelptheactorsbecomestrongerD.Tohelptheactorslookbetter【答案】【1】D【2】B【3】A【解析】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述的是在某种情况下，同样尺寸的东西看起来却是不一样的，人们把这称为“视觉错误。”1.细节理解题。由第一段最后一句：“Infact,theyareexactlythesamesize.”事实上，它们的大小一样。结合倒数第二段中“However,sometimesourbrainsinterpretthereceivedinformationinawrongway.”然而，有时候我们的大脑，会以错误的方式解读所接收到的信息。可知，我们的大脑对看到的信息解读的方式错误，使得我们形成了错误的认知，使得图A的圆心看起来比图B的小。故选D。2.细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中“Whenwelookatthings,oureyessendmessagestoourbrainsandthenourbrainsinterprettheinformation.”当我们看东西的时候，我们的眼睛向大脑发送信息，然后我们的大脑解释这些信息。据此可知，我们的眼睛先看东西，然后眼睛向大脑发送信息，大脑解释这些信息，最后我们知道我们看到了什么。故选B。3.细节理解题。根据最后一段中“Moviemakersoftenmakeuseofvisualillusions.Theymaketheobjectsaroundactorsmuchsmallerorbiggerthanusual.Thismakesusbelievethattheactorsaremuchlargerorsmallerthantheyusuallyare.”电影制作人经常利用视觉错觉。他们把演员周围的物体，做得比平时要小或大。这让我们相信演员比平时要大或小。可知，电影制作商利用错觉效果使演员看起来与平时的身材不同。故选A。2、Everyoneknowsbookingallyouraccommodationwiththesamehotelchainearnsloyaltypoints,whichcanbetradedforfreestaysandtheoccasionalbottlesofwine.Nowastudyshowsthattherecouldbeperformancebenefitstoo.Peopleoftenexperiencetroublesleepinginadifferentbedinunfamiliarsurroundings.Thisisaphenomenonknowntopsychologistsasthe“first-night”effect.Thisisbecauseifapersonstaysinthesameroomthefollowingnight,heorshetendstosleepmoresoundly.YukaSasakiandhercolleaguesatBrownUniversityinProvidence,RhodeIsland,setouttoinvestigatetheoriginsofthiseffect.Dr.Sasakiknewthefirst-nighteffectprobablyhassomethingtodowithhowhumansevolved.Thep...