Question

Look at the centre circles of Diagram (图)A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger? In fact, they are exactly the same size.

Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces？Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time.

“What’s happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see. Don’t worry. Here is how it goes:

When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret（解读）the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “visual illusion(视觉错误)”.

Movie makers often make use of visual illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of visual illusions.

1.Why does the centre circle in Diagram A look smaller than that in Diagram B?

A．something is wrong with our eyes

B．the two circles are not the same size

C．our brains interpret the information in a wrong way

D．the two pictures change quickly from one to the other

2.What do movie makers make use of visual illusions for ?

A．To help the actors look better

B．To make the actors much braver

C．To help the actors become stronger

D．To make the actors seem different in size

3.In the picture below, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as  Line CD. Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?

A. The second one.               B. The third one.

C. The fourth one.                D. The sixth one.

4.What’s the right order according to the passage?

a. We look at things with our eyes.

b. Our brains interpret the messages.

c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.

d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.

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

5.Where may this passage be from?

A．A letter                               B．An English newspaper

C．A science book                         D．An advertisement

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要给我们讲述了视觉错误的问题，并谈到了这一现象的应用。

1.根据倒数第二段However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way.描述，可知选C。

2.根据最后一段This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. 描述，可知选D。

3.通过阅读短文，可知这一问题主要是视觉错误造成的，第四段主要解释了什么是视觉错误，故选C。

4.根据短文第四段When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret（解读）the information. 描述，可知正确顺序是A。

5.这篇短文主要给我们讲述了视觉错误的问题，并谈到了这一现象的应用。故可能来自一本科学类书籍，故选C，一本科学书。

考点：关于视觉错误的说明文阅读