科技说明文【2013届山东德州一模】BDyslexiaisaproblemthatrestrictstheabilitytorecognizewordsandconnectsoundswithletterswhenpeopleread.Peoplewiththislearningdisordermayalsohaveproblemswhentheywrite.Dyslexiaisnotrelatedtoeyesightorintelligence.Theprobleminvolvesareasofthebrainthatprocesslanguage.Brainscientistsarestudyingwhethertheycanpredictwhichyoungchildrenmaystrugglewithreadingtoprovidethemearlyhelp.JohnGabrieliattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyisleadingthestudyoffive-year-oldsinabouttwentyschoolsintheBostonarea.Theystudiedintheschoolswithkindergartens.Andforallthechildrenjoininginthestudy,theygivethemabriefsetofpaper-and-pencilteststolookatwhichchildrenappeartobeatsomeriskforstrugglingtoread.Sofar,fiftyofthemhavebeenexaminedinascanner,aspecialmachine,toshowbrainactivity.Writtentestsarenotalwaysabletoidentifydyslexiaorotherproblems,whilebrainscansmayofferamorescientificwaytoidentifyproblems.Andwithreadingproblems,earlyidentificationisimportant.Whenitcomestohelpingchildrenovercomereadingdifficulties,theyoungerthechild,themoreeffectivetheyare.Readingproblemsarenotusuallyidentifieduntilachildisinthethirdorfourthgrade.Thelaterchildrenarerecognizedaspoorreaders,thelesstreatmentcanhelp.And,asProfessorGabrielipointsout,poorreadingcanmakeeducationastruggle.Readingiseverything.Evenmathandsciencehavetextbooks.Whilethechildrenaregiventasksrelatedtoreading,thebrainscansmeasuretheextenttowhichcertainpartsofthebrainbecomeactivewhilethechildrendothework.Thescientistssaytheyarepleasedwithearlyresultsfromthestudy.buthavealongwaytogo.61.ThemostobvioussymptomwithaDyslexiasuffereris.A.havingabadmemoryB.limitingtheabilityofreadingC.havingpooreyesightD.showinglowIQ62.ThepurposeofthestudyledbyJohnGabrieliis.A.toprovideearlyhelptothechildrenwithDyslexiaB.toapplytheirscanningmachinetomedicalfieldC.totestchildren’sabilitytoreadandwriteD.tofindouthowbrainprocesseslanguage63.Thefunctionofthescanneristo.A.providethechildrenwithnecessarypicturesB.checktheresultofthepaperandpenciltestsC.findaneffectivewaytoimproveone’sreadingD.identifyhowthebrainworkswhilereading64.Whatfactorismostimportantinhelpingchildrenwithdyslexiaaccordingtothepassage?A.MedicineB.DietC.TimingD.Scanner65.What’sthemainideaofthepassage?A.Morefactshavebeenfoundaboutreading.B.Everyonehastofacetheproblemofdyslexia.C.Thescanscanshowhowaperson’sbrainworks.D.Treatmentofdyslexiaismoreeffectiveifexaminedearly.62.【答案】A【解析】从文章第一段倒数第二句“Brainscientistsarestudying...toprovidethemearlyhelp.”可知研究是为了给孩子帮助。所以应该选择A。【考点定位】细节理解题。65.【答案】D【解析】从全文来看文章主要是告诉我们Dyslexia是发现的越早,治疗效果越好。而没有提到A项。【考点定位】理解归纳题。【2013届山东德州一模】CAstudypublishedintoday’seditionoftheSciencefindsthat,overall,speciesaremovingtohigherlatitudes(纬度)atl0.5milesperdecade.Therateistwoorthreetimesfasterthanwhenitwaslastmeasured,in2003.“Theclimateisshiftingeverythingtowardthenorthandhigheraltitudes,”saysChrisThomas,theauthoronthepaperandaprofessorattheUniversityofYorkintheUnitedKingdom.Animals,plantsandinsectsclosertotheequator‘‘arestartingtofindittoohotandareretreatingupwards.”Thestudywasananalysiscovering764speciesmovingnorthorsouthdependingonwhichhemisphere(半球)theywerein.Althougheachspecies...