If a husband accuses his wife of missing the bigger picture or the wife says her husband has no eye for detail，there may be more than an element of truth to it.
Scientists have shown that men are better at dealing with distant targets，while women are good at shortrange focusing.
The finding reflects（反映） the way men and women's brains evolved(进化)thousands of years ago. Hunters，usually the men，needed the ability to find targets in far places. Women，on the other hand，had to be_adept_in searching the area immediately within reach for fruits，nuts，berries and roots.
Researchers asked 48 men and women to mark the midpoint of lines on a piece of paper with a laser（激光） pointer. Men were more accurate(准确的)than women when the target was placed at a distance of 100cm or out of reach. When the paper was only 50cm away—within hands' reach—the women did a much better job.
Psychologist Helen Stancey，from Hammersmith and West London College，said，“Evidence already exists that separate pathways in the brain process visual（视觉上的） information from near and far space. Our results suggest that the near pathways is favored in women and the far pathway is favored in men. ”The findings are published online in the British Journal of Psychology.
In a second study，volunteers were asked to carry out the same tasks by using a stick. This time women were much better than men at judging both distances. The finding suggests that the stick provides a focal point(集中点)to help the brain to process distant information as if it is in the near space.
1.What's the function of Paragraph 1?
A．To tell us the difference between men and women.
B．To explain why men see farther than women.
C．To tell us what couples often quarrel about.
D．To lead to the topic of the passage.
2.The underlined part“be adept in”in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by “________”．
A．be good at B．get interested in
C．be proud of D．give up
3.In the second study，________.
A．men were proved to be good at dealing with distant targets
B．women were proved to be poor at dealing with distant targets
C．volunteers were asked to mark the midpoint of lines using a laser pointer
D．women did much better than men in judging both short and long distances.
I was born in Tuckahoe，Talbot Country，Maryland. I have no accurate(准确的)knowledge of my age，never having seen any record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs，and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant(不知情的)．I do not remember having ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday. They seldom come nearer to it than plantingtime，harvesting，springtime，or falltime. A lack of information concerning my own was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood. The white children could tell their ages，but I could not tell. Why the same right ought to be taken away from me！I was not allowed to ask my master about it. He considered all such questions on the part of a slave improper and impolite. The nearest estimate(估计)I can live makes me now between twentyseven and twentyeight years of age. I come to this，from hearing my master say，some time during 1835，I was about seventeen years old. My mother was named Harriet Bailey. She was the daughter of Isaac and Betsey Bailey，both colored，and quite dark.
My father was a white man. The opinion was also whispered that my master was my father；but of the correctness of this opinion，I know nothing and I have no means to know. My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant—before I knew her as my mother. It is a common custom，in the part of Maryland from which I ran away，to part children from their mothers at a very early age. Frequently，before the child has reached its twelfth month，its mother is taken from it，and hired out on some farm a considerable distance off，and the child is placed under the care of an older woman，too old for field labor.
1.It can be learned from the text that________.
A．the slaves forgot the exact time when they were born
B．the writer didn't know whether his master was his father
C．the writer was about twentyseven years old in 1835
D．the writer's mother left him as soon as he was born
2.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refers to________.
A．their birthday B．my age
C．a record D．Maryland
3.The author was most probably raised________.
A．by his grandparents
B．by an old woman slave
C．with his master's support
D．together with other children
4.How does the writer feel about not knowing his age?
A．Curious. B．Unhappy.
C．Astonished. D．Ashamed.
About the year 1900，a small，darkhaired hot boy named Charlie Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrance of London Theatre.He looked thin and hungry.He was hoping to get work in show business.He could sing and dance；above all，he knew how to make people laugh.But he couldn't get work and so he wandered about the city streets.Sometimes he was sent away to a home for children who had no parents.
But twenty years later this name Chaplin became the greatest，bestknown，and bestloved comedian in the world.Any visitor to the cinema must have seen some of Chaplin's filmstrips (胶片)．People everywhere have sat and laughed at them until the tears ran down their faces.Even people who don't understand English can enjoy Chaplin's films though most of them are silent.It isn't what he says that makes people laugh.His comedy doesn't depend upon words and languages.It depends upon little actions which mean the same thing to people all over the world.Acting out，without words，common human situations play an important part in the dances and plays of many countries.It's a kind of world language.
Chaplin lived most of his life in America and died in Switzerland on Christmas Day,1977，at the age of eightyeight.The world was astonished at the news of the death and burst into sadness.
1.Why was young Chaplin waiting outside the back entrance of the theatre?
A．Because he had no money to buy a ticket.
B．Because he wanted to get a returned ticket.
C．Because he wanted to play a part in a play in order to make a living.
D．Because he wanted to see the famous actors or actresses after the performance.
2.It was ________that made people enjoy his films.
A．wonderful dialogues B．the beautiful music
C．his funny appearance D．his own manner of acting
3.The reason why Chaplin is regarded as king of comedy is that ________.
A．his films are most silent
B．he knew how to make people laugh
C．he could not only act but also write comedies
D．he acted out the common human situation best in his comedy
4.What's the best title of this passage?
A．Charlie Chaplin，A Famous Humorous Actor
B．Charlie Chaplin，A Worker
C．Charlie Chaplin，A Small Boy
D．Charlie Chaplin，A Director
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Dear Editor of the school newspaper,
I contribute to your newspaper to introduce something about the recent class meeting of mine.
Big storms. High waves. Technical failures. Loneliness. After battling hard times and danger for over nine months, British teenager Mike Perham made history last month as the youngest person to sail solo around the world.
The 17-year-old made the record after he cleared the Panama Canal and then sailed through the Caribbean and home across the Atlantic.
Mike is only three months younger than Zac Sunderland, the 17-year-old American boy who had taken the crown as the youngest solo around-the-world sailor in July.
The two youngsters met in Cape Town in South Africa as they crossed the globe in different directions. Mike insisted they were not rival. “No. It’s two teenagers going out there, living their dream and having the adventure of a life time.” he said.
Mike may be young, but he is no stranger to sailing adventures. He picked up the hobby at age 6 when his father took him out in a small boat on a local lake. Father and son sailed separate boats across the Atlantic when Mike was 14, making him the youngest person to cross that ocean solo. That record gave him the taste for this even greater challenge.
On the recent journey, the scariest moment for Mike came when his sailboat was hit by storms in the southern Indian Ocean.
“We were picked up by what felt like a 60-foot wave and threw down on our side at 90 degrees,” he said.
“It felt like I was going right over. Stuff was flying around and I just thought ‘Oh no’.”
At other times, he had to dive into the Pacific and fix problems. He tied himself to the boat, jumped into the water and went to work with a knife in 30-second dives underneath the boat to cut a rope away.
Mike said he felt proud that he made his dream come true. “You’ve got to have confidence in yourself that you will make it,” he said.
1.Which canal did Mike Perham cross? （No more than 3 words）
2.What does the underlined word “taste” in the fifth paragraph mean? （1 word）
3.What did Mike believe in? （No more than 10 words）
4.What’s the main idea of the passage? （No more than 15 words）
5.What do you think of Mike Perham? （No more than 10 words）
