Question

Dyslexia(失读症) is a learning disorder, it interferes with the ability to recognise words, and for some readers to understand what they have read.

Experts say dyslexia affects about five to ten percent of the population of the United State. Researchers have long known that people with dyslexia write or read words and letters backwards in the wrong order.

But a new study shows that people with dyslexia may have trouble redirecting(重新传入) their attention between senses, from seeing something to hearing something. The study suggests something that might help dyslexic people learn more quickly — play video games.

Vanessa Harrar of Britain's University of Oxford led the study. She reported the findings in the journal Current Biology. The study suggests that dyslexic people may have trouble moving quickly from what they read to what they hear. Doctor Harrar calls this a "sluggish shifting of attention across the senses."

"So, if you are trying to read something and then trying to listen to somebody who's reading aloud and you're trying to follow along with what they are reading -- they have to switch their attention from hearing what they are saying to looking at the piece of paper and back again. So we found they have quite sluggish shifting of attention across the senses," said Harrar.

In the study, Doctor Harrar tested 17 people with dyslexia, and 19 others without reading problems. The volunteers were asked to push a button as quickly as possible when they heard a sound, saw a light or experienced both together. Doctor Harrar compared the speed of their reactions.

She found that people with dyslexia were just as fast as the others when they saw only a picture or heard only a sound. But the dyslexics had a slower reaction time when they heard a sound and saw a picture at the same time.

Doctor Harrar feels like playing action video games could help dyslexic people shift from seeing to hearing more quickly. She adds that images in video games force the eyes to move and focus quickly.

"Video game types of things pop out of here and there, they move your eyes around the screen quite quickly in response to things quite quickly, and the more you play a video game the faster you get that kind of thing. So, the video game is really training the attention system to move quickly," said Harrar.

The study also shows that dyslexic people have the most difficulty going between what they saw and what they heard, this may have an effect on how dyslexic children are taught how to read.

When children learn the alphabet, they usually see the letter first and then hear the sound, or they see and hear the letter at the same time. The study shows that dyslexics might learn more quickly if they hear the sound of a letter or word first before seeing it.

1.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Video games are good for children.

B. Study suggests video games might help dyslexics

C. A study about Video Games is being carried out.

D. Children with dyslexics can learn better by playing video games.

2.What does the underlined word “sluggish” in Paragragh 4 mean?

A. slow    B. wrong

C. specific    D. accurate

3.Why can playing video games help dyslexic people learn more quickly?

A. While playing video games, people will train their reading and hearing.

B. While playing video games, people will have a good knowledge of the system.

C. While playing video games, people should move their eyes around the screen quite quickly train the attention system to move quickly.

D. Video games can arouse their interest in reading.

4.What is the importance of the finding?

A. The finding will prove video games are not necessarily bad for children.

B. People with Dyslexia will be cured by playing video games.

C. People with Dyslexia will not be made fun of by others.

D. The finding may have an effect on the way to teach dyslexic children how to read.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】文章介绍了一个新的研究结果，玩视频游戏可能可以帮助失读症的人，文章具体介绍失读症的人的症状和通过玩视频游戏有什么改善。

1.主旨题。从全篇文章和第三段的句子：The study suggests something that might help dyslexic people learn more quickly — play video games.可知，这篇文章讲的是玩视频游戏可能能帮助失读症的人。故选B。

2.猜词题。从第四段的句子：The study suggests that dyslexic people may have trouble moving quickly from what they read to what they hear. Doctor Harrar calls this a "sluggish shifting of attention across the senses."可知，失读症的人从读的东西很快的转换到听见的东西有困难，也就是说注意力转换得慢。故选A。

3.细节题。从倒数第三段的句子："Video game types of things pop out of here and there, they move your eyes around the screen quite quickly in response to things quite quickly, and the more you play a video game the faster you get that kind of thing.可知，玩视频游戏的时候，人们要在屏幕上迅速移动目光，故玩视频游戏可以训练他们的注意力。故选Ｃ。

4.推理题。从倒数第二段的句子：this may have an effect on how dyslexic children are taught how to read.可知，这项调查的结果可能影响教失读症儿童读书的方式。故选D。