数感不计数能力而识别数字中高考英语.pdfVIP

2013年高考英语

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一、第一部分（题型注释）

二、第二部分（题型注释）

三、第三部分（题型注释）

四、单项选择（题型注释）

五、完形填空（题型注释）

Numbersenseisnottheabilitytocount.Itistheabilitytorecognizea1innumber.

Humanbeingsarebornwiththisability.2,experimentsshowthatmanyanimalsare,

too.Forexample,manybirdshavegoodnumbersense.Ifanesthasfoureggsandyouremove

one,thebirdwillnot3.However,ifyouremovetwo,thebird4leaves.This

meansthatthebirdknowsthe5betweentwoandthree.

Anotherinterestingexperimentshowedabirds6numbersense.Amanwastrying

totakeaphotoofacrow（乌鸦）thathadanestinatower,butthecrowalwaysleftwhen

shesawhimcoming.Thebirddidnot7untilthemanleftthetower.Themanhadan

8.Hetookanothermanwithhimtothetower.Onemanleftandtheotherstayed,butthey

didnot9thebird.Thecrowstayedawayuntilthesecondmanleft,too.The

experimentwas10withthreemenandthenwithfourmen.Butthecrowdidnot

returntothenestuntilallthemenwere11.Itwasnotuntilfivemenwentintothe

towerandonlyfourleftthattheywere12abletofoolthecrow.

Howgoodisahumansnumbersense?Itsnotverygood.Forexample,babiesaboutfourteen

monthsoldalmostalwaysnoticeifsomethingistakenawayfroma13group.But

whenthenumbergoesbeyondthreeorfour,thechildrenare14fooled.

Itseemsthatnumbersenseissomethingwehaveincommonwithmanyanimalsinthisworld,

andthatourhuman15isnotmuchbetterthanacrows.

1．A.riseB.patternC.changeD.trend

2．A.ImportantlyB.SurprisinglyC.Disappointedly