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第部分Neek Twelve人与社会历史与文化@
Week Twelve
人与社会
历史与文化
Monday
◆答案P201
■阅读理解
东西方人认知水平的差异
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Culture can affect not just language and
changed.Some psychological studies suggest
customs,but also how people experience the
that when an Easterner goes to the West or vice
world on surprisingly basic levels.
versa,habits of thought and perception also
Researchers,with the help of brain
begin to change.Such research gives us clues on
scans,have uncovered shocking differences in
how our brain works and is hopeful for us to
perception(感知)between Westerners and
develop programs to improve our memory,
Asians,what they see when they look at a city
memory techniques and enhance and accelerate
street,for example,or even how they perceive
our learning skills.
a simple line in a square,according to findings
1.According to the passage,Chinese people
published in a leading science journal.
are most likely to
In western countries,culture makes people
A.emphasize independent thinking more
think of themselves as highly independent
B.always focus more on their surroundings
entities(实体).When looking at scenes,
C.focus on the context as well as object
Westerners tend to focus more on central objects
D.think of Westerners as highly independent
than on their surroundings.East Asian cultures.
entities
however,emphasize inter-dependence.When
2.We know from the passage that people's
Easterners look at a scene,they tend to focus on
brains will be more active when
surroundings as well as the object.
A.the task is much easier
Using an experiment involving two tasks,
B.the blood flow is tracked
Dr Hedden asked subjects to look at a line
C.people begin to choose colors
simply to estimate its length,a task that is
D.the task is more difficult
played to American strengths.In another,they
3.What do the findings of the experiments
estimated the line's length relative to the size of
mentioned in the passage indicate?
a square,an easier task for the Asians.
A.Th