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2022年高考英语乙卷
体裁:说明文 主题:人与社会-儿童捉迷藏
【语篇导读】全世界的儿童都喜欢玩捉迷藏,但事实表明学前儿童不擅于躲藏。以往的研究将此现象归因于小孩子太过以自我为中心,而本文中的最新研究成果驳斥了这一观点,认为真正原因在于小孩子坚信与他人之间的“相互认可和关注”。
Young childrn across the globe enjoy playing games of hide and seek. (1)For them, there’s something highly exciting about ___21___ someone else’s glance and making oneself unable to be seen.
21. A. following B. taking C. escaping D. directing
highly adv. 很,非常;escape v. 避开,逃避;glance n. 匆匆一看,一瞥;
the globe [单数]地球,世界;hide and seek 捉迷藏游戏;
(1) 分析:本句中,there is something+adj+about sb/sth 句式表示“某人/某事物有点. . . . ”。
译文:对他们来说,逃离别人的视线、让自己不被看到是一件非常令人兴奋的事情。
第一段:人们对儿童捉迷藏现象的普遍认知。
However, we all witness that preschool children are remarkably ___22___ at hiding. They often cover only their eyes with their hands, leaving the rest of their bodies ___23___ .
22. A. clever B. bad C. scared D. quick
23. A. exposed B. examined C. untouched D. imbalanced
witness v目击,亲眼看到
be bad at(doing)sth不擅(做)某事,不善于(做)某事:cover sth with sth 用某物遮盖某物; leave sb/sth(+adi)让某人某物处于(某种状态)
第二段:介绍儿童玩捉迷藏游戏时的奇怪现象。
For a long time, this ineffective hiding method was ___24___ as evidence that children are hopelessly “egocentric” (自我中心的) creatures. But our ___25___ research results in child developmental psychology ___26___ that idea.
24. A. supported B. guaranteed C. imagined D. interpreted
25. A. disappointing B. mixed C. surprising D. desired
26. A. explained B. confirmed C. contradicted D. tested
evidence n证据;psychology n心理学confirm v. 证实,确认;contradict v相抵触,相矛盾;interpret sth as 把某事物理解/解释为;
第三段:最新研究与普遍认知向左。
We brought young children aged 2-4 into our Minds in Development Lab at USC. Each ___27___ sat down with an adult who covered her own eyes or ___28___ . We then asked the child if she could ___29___ or hear the adult. Surprisingly, children replied that they couldn’t. The same ___30___ happened when the adult covered her own mouth: ___31___ children said that they couldn’t ___32___ to her.
27. A. parent B. child C. researcher D. doctor
28. A. feet B. nose C. ha