话题03 科学与技术22篇--阅读理解题型-六年（2017-2022）高考英语真题高频话题文体分类汇编详解（全国通用）

话题03 科学与技术22篇 序号 内容 微话题1 Passage1-13 科学研究 微话题2 Passage 14-21发明创造 微话题3 Passage 22 科普知识 微话题1：科学研究 Passage 1 （2022全国甲卷B篇）Goffin’s cockatoos, a kind of small parrot native to Australasia, have been shown to have similar shape-recognition abilities to a human two-year-old. Though not known to use tools in the wild, the birds have proved skilful at tool use while kept in the cage. In a recent experiment, cockatoos were presented with a box with a nut inside it. The clear front of the box had a “keyhole” in a geometric shape, and the birds were given five differently shaped “keys” to choose from. Inserting the correct “key” would let out the nut. In humans, babies can put a round shape in a round hole from around one year of age, but it will be another year before they are able to do the same with less symmetrical (对称的) shapes. This ability to recognize that a shape will need to be turned in a specific direction before it will fit is called an “allocentric frame of reference”. In the