【全程学习方略】2011版高中英语 阶段质量评估(三)课件 外研版必修2.ppt

thumb can press against the other fingers. Without a thumb to press against the fingers, it is difficult to hold onto anything. The thumb and fingers can also fit the flat surface of a box and the curved (不平的) surface of a pencil. We can feel that something is hot or cold, soft or hard, smooth or rough. The hand, with thumb and fingers, is one of the best tools we have. Most animals see a flat picture. Their eyes can only see how high and how wide something is. Some animals see a different picture with each eye. Some don’t see in colour. Humans see one picture with both eyes working together. We can see how high and how wide something is. We can also see how far in front of or in back of something a thing is. The brain tells other parts of the body how to work. Some of the things the body does are automatic; that is, we don’t have to think about them. For example, we don’t have to think to make our heart work or our stomach eat. The brain tells the eyes and hands how to make useful and beautiful things. That is how human beings become tool makers and artists. That is how human can have richer and better lives than other animals. 56. Human beings are different from other animals because _____. A. human beings have the hands, the eyes, and the brain working all the time B. other animals also have hands, the eyes, and the brain C. human beings work together with other animals D. the hands, the eyes, and the brain of the human can work together 【解析】选D。根据文章第一句话The hand, the eyes and the brain work together to make human beings different from other animals可知手, 眼和大脑合作是人类区别于其他动物的特点。A项有干扰性，all the time（一直）, 不符合文意。 57. According to the passage, when you say you hold onto something, you mean_____. A. you have it in your hand and keep it there by putting your fingers firmly round it B. you have it in your arms and keep it there by putting your fingers firmly round it C. you feel it with your hands D. you press the fingers of your right hand against those of your left hand 【解