Question

Everyone talks about the “five” senses of man.And it is true that we get our information about the outside from our sense of sight,hearing,smell,touch and taste.Researchers tell us that the sense of sight—our visual sense—gives us up to 80% of what we know about the world outside our bodies; while the other senses,the auditory (hearing),the olfactory (smell),the tactile (touch),and the gustatory (taste) bring into our brains information about the other 20% of what is happening.But there are two other senses that we cannot get along without,though they are little noticed.These are the senses of balance (平衡),without which we would act like a drunk after a heavy drink,and the kinesthetic sense(动觉),which gives us our ideas about our own motion (运动).

1.Which is the best title for this passage?

A. The Five Senses of Man

B. The Senses of Man

C. Senses and Information

D. Important Senses

2.The sense of sight supplies us with    .

A. about half of our information about the world

B. about 20% of our information about the world

C. 80% of our information about the world

D. all the needed our information about the world

3.The senses of hearing,smell,touch and taste supply us with    .

A. about half of our information about the world

B. about 20% of our information about the world

C. about 80% of our information about the world

D. all the needed our information about the world

4.According to the passage,one misses most about the world when one    .

A. is blind

B. is deaf

C. has no sense of taste and touch

D. has no sense of balance and motion

Answer

1. B

2. C

3. B

4. A

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了人的感觉，不同的感觉给人们带来的不同的外界信息量。

1.主旨大意题。根据第一句Everyone talks about the “five” senses of man.每个人都谈论人的“五感”。引出本文的内容,介绍了人的感觉,所以最佳答案选B。选项A干扰性比较强，因为后文中有提到了人的平衡感和人的动觉,所以不止五种，故答案不能选A。

2.细节理解题。根据第三句Researchers tell us that the sense of sight—our visual sense—gives us up to 80% of what we know about the world outside our bodies...研究人员告诉我们,我们的视觉给了我们80%的对外界的了解，所以答案选C。

3.细节理解题。根据第四句...while the other senses, the auditory (hearing),the olfactory (smell),the tactile (touch),and the gustatory (taste) bring into our brains information about the other 20% of what is happening.可知听觉、嗅觉、触觉、味觉给大脑带来了关于其他20%事件的信息，所以答案选B。

4.推理判断题。根据第三句...the sense of sight—our visual sense—gives us up to 80% of what we know about the world outside our bodies.可知,我们的视觉给了我们80%的关于我们身体以外世界的知识，可见如果一个人是盲人,他错过的世界上的东西最多，所以答案选A。