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B。attracts the viewers to look backs possible, he said, that people have the desire to be looked at, so they think the woman is looking straight at them. Or maybe the people who first coined the term Mona Lisa effect just thought it was a cool name.(1)It is generally believed that the woman in the painting Mona Lisa So why do people repeat the belief that her eyes seem to follow the viewer? Horstmann isn39。s gaze. To calculate the angle of Mona Lisa39。 To make sure it wasn39。 Horstmann and his coauthor were studying this effect for its application in the creation of artificialintelligence avatars(虛擬頭像) when Horstmann took a long look at the Mona Lisa and realized she wasn39。surprisingly, doing so would make an observer feel like the character isn39。 This is important for human interaction with onscreen characters. If you want someone off to the right side of a room to feel that a person onscreen is looking at him or her, you don39。s gaze (凝視) in a photograph or painting seeming to follow the viewer is called the Mona Lisa effect . That effect is absolutely real, Horstmann said. If a person is illustrated or photographed looking straight ahead, even people viewing the portrait from an angle will feel they are being looked at. As long as the angle of the person39。well outside of the range that people normally believe when they think someone is looking right at them. In other words, said the study author, Horstmann, She39。s degrees off to the observer39。s most famous painting seems to look back at observers, following them with her eyes no matter where they stand in the room. But this mon knowledge turns out wrong. It39。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查,是一篇科研類閱讀,考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息,并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理,從而選出正確答案。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“the tiger beetle(虎甲蟲)runs faster than its eyes can keep up,basically being blind,which requires it to stop periodically to reevaluate its prey39。根據(jù)第四段中的“The research showed flies ‘observe motion in a shorter time than our own eyes can achieve,’which allows them to avoid being hit.”可知,家蠅觀察物體運動的時間比我們?nèi)搜鬯苓_到的時間要短,這使得它們能夠避免被擊中;再結(jié)合第五段中的“but they can make good decisions very quickly.”可知,它們可以很快做出好的決定,也就是說它們可以盡快處理收到的信息,故選B。根據(jù)第二段中的“the importance of time perception in animals where the ability to perceive time in a very short time may be the difference between life and death for fast moving creatures.”可知,對于能快速移動的動物而言,在極短的時間內(nèi)感知時間的能力可能是生與死的區(qū)別,由此可知,Kevin Healy說的意思是快速移動的動物的生存依賴于它們對時間的感知能力,故選A。s ability to perceive(感知)time is linked to their pace of life.”可知,據(jù)一組研究人員稱,動物感知時間的能力與它們的生活節(jié)奏有關(guān),由此可知,文中提到的這個研究是關(guān)于動物的時間感知的,故選D。 (1)考查細節(jié)理解。D.Prevent itself from being blind.C.They can send information to brain more quickly than to their eyes.(4)What will a tiger beetle have to do to catch a moving prey? A.They can process the information as quickly as they receive it.C.Animals with poor ability of time perception have a shorter life.(3)Why can houseflies avoid being hit? A.Animals with quicker pace of life have better perception of time.C.s ment mean in ? A.D.Lifetime of small animals.B.Our results suggest that time perception offers an as yet unstudied dimension along which animals can specialize and there is considerable range to study this system in more detail.(1)What is the research mentioned in the passage mainly about? A.In parison, the tiger beetle(虎甲蟲)runs faster than its eyes can keep up, basically being blind, which requires it to stop periodically to reevaluate its prey39。One example of this phenomenon at work, the authors say, is the housefly and its ability to avoid being hit. The research showed flies observe motion in a shorter time than our own eyes can achieve, which allows them to avoid being hit. Our results lend support to the importance of time perception in animals where the ability to perceive time in a very short time may be the difference between life and death for fast moving creatures. mented lead author Kevin Healy from Trinity College Dublin.According to a team of researchers, an animal39。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解,推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查,是一篇科技類閱讀,考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息,同時根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理,概括歸納,從而選出正確答案。再根據(jù)最后一段中的“The next step in the research will be to test RAS39。 (4)考查主旨大意。 (3)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“The next step in the research will be to test RAS39。根據(jù)章第二段中的“ The Robot Activity Support System, or RAS, uses sensors (傳感器)equipped in a WSU smart home to determine where its residents are, what they are doing and when they need assistance with daily activities”可知機器人活動支持系統(tǒng)(RAS)使用WSU智能家居中配備的傳感器(傳感器)來確定其居民在哪里,他們在做什么以及何時需要日常活動的幫助,說明傳感器起到了重大的作用,故選A。Older adults have benefited from RAS.【答案】 (1)A(2)B(3)C(4)B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文,介紹了一款由美國華盛頓州立大學(xué)的科學(xué)家們研發(fā)的機器人,可以幫助那些癡呆或有身體缺陷的老年人在家里過上自立的生活。Smart Home Tests first elderCare robot.C.Elderly people leave the nursing home.D.Optimistic.B.Doubtful.s Minor39。D.It can locate people and do any task.B.Through their daily activities.(2)What can we know about RAS? A.Through a mobile robot.B.Through sensors. While we are still in an early stage of development, our initial results with RAS have been promising, Minor said. The next step in the research will be to test RAS39。 Currently, an estimated 50 percent of adults over the age of 85 need assistance with every day activities such as preparing meals and taking medication and the annual cost for this assistance in the US is nearly $2 trillion. With the number of adults over 85 expected to triple by 2050, researchers hope that technologies like RAS and the WSU smart home will relieve some of the financial strain on the healthcare system by making it easier for older adults to live alone. A robot created by Washington State University (WSU) scientists could help elderly people with dementia (癡呆) and other limitations live independently in thei