20．Want to be a great doctor or scientist？Make sure you play video games．New research shows that certain video games can help people find things better and faster．
For instance，if a doctor is looking for something on an X-ray，or if a scientist is looking at a satellite image，they may be able to do it better if they've been"trained"by playing video games．Certain video games，like driving games，can improve a person's"visual search skills"．That's the ability to see something that's hidden in the middle in a confusing field of things．
Researchers at the University of Toronto studied three groups of people：20people who played a shooting game called Medal of Honor，20people who played the driving game Need for Speed，and 20people who played a puzzle game called Balance．
"The people who played the shooting and the driving games became faster and more accurate at searching for things．The people who played the puzzle game did not improve their ability to find things faster，"said Sijing Wu，the lead author of the study．
Researchers also compared video game players with people who didn't play video games on three visual search tasks．They found that the experienced players were better．
"We have shown that playing a driving game can produce the same benefits as playing a shooting game，"said Wu．"This could be very important in situations where we wish to train people to improve them．Driving games are likely to be more acceptable than shooting games because of the lower levels of violence．And young kids are not encouraged to play any violent video games．"
29．"Visual search skills"refer to the ability toD
A．design new video games
B．do science research successfully
C．prevent something from being known by others
D．find something among many things in confusing fields
30．We can infer from the passage thatB
A．someone who plays video games performs better at school
B．playing video games may also be a kind of training
C．no one can tell who will succeed finally in a game
D．it's very easy to learn to play video games
31．In this passage，the author mainly wants to tell usB
A．the newly developed video games
B．the positive side of playing video games
C．the troubles caused by playing video games
D．the necessity of giving up playing video games．

分析 文章主要講述了玩電子游戲可以幫助人找到一些隱藏在其他事物中的東西，這也是鍛煉自己視覺搜索能力的一種行為．作者通過科學(xué)家的實驗進行舉證，說明玩電子游戲也可能是有一定好處的．

解答 29．D 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段最后一句話"Certain video games，like driving games，can improve a person's"visual search skills"．That's the ability to see something that's hidden in the middle in a confusing field of things．"視頻游戲可以提高一個人的視覺搜索能力，這是一種在混亂的領(lǐng)域里看到隱藏在中間的東西的能力，可知．結(jié)合選項故選D．
30．B 推理判斷題．根據(jù)第四段一二句"Researchers also compared video game players with people who didn't play video games on three visual search tasks．They found that the experienced players were better．"研究人員還將視頻游戲玩家和沒有玩視頻游戲的人進行了比較，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)有經(jīng)驗的玩家發(fā)現(xiàn)事情的能力比不玩游戲的人快．故選B．
31．B 主旨大意題．文章主要講述了玩電子游戲可以幫助人找到一些隱藏在其他事物中的東西，這也是鍛煉自己視覺搜索能力的一種行為．作者通過科學(xué)家的實驗進行舉證，說明玩電子游戲也可能是有一定好處的．結(jié)合選項，故選B．

點評 本文是一個科教類閱讀理解，題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題，做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析，結(jié)合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．

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B．cautious   
C．bold     
D．stubborn
25．What's the difference between rural swans and urban ones？C
A．The rural swans carry more DRD4．
B．The urban swans are more friendly．
C．The urban swans are less scared of people．
D．The rural swans are aggressive towards humans．
26．What does DRD4 refer to？C
A．a(chǎn) kind of blood．
B．a(chǎn) kind of food．
C．a(chǎn) kind of genetic variation．
D．a(chǎn) kind of swan．
27．What does the 4th paragraph mainly talk about？D
A．The living habit of swans．
B．The living environment of swans．
C．The contribution of the biologists．
D．The process and result of the research．

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10．Love Is Blind：The Magic of Tabby
In October，2003 I started my work at my local animal shelter's Adoption Department．Over the years，more than 50，000 animals have （36）Bthe doors of the shelter．Most of them，I do not remember．But occasionally there are（37）Danimals，who touch me so deeply that I could never possibly （38）Cthem．Tabby was one such animal．
Tabby was an ancient Cocker Spaniel，probably 14 years old．What's more，she was blind and deaf．Tabby's chances at adoption seemed （39）Aat best．After all，we didn't have many adopters coming in （40）DCan you show me all of your really old dogs who are also（41）C？"We had all thought that Tabby would live out the rest of her life at the （42）B．
One day a woman named Loretta came to the shelter．Her son，Gary，had （43）CTabby's picture and stories on the shelter's website at home．They were interested in meeting her!It was the only （44）Dwe ever received about Tabby．What could a young child possibly see in a 14-year-old dog who was both blind and deaf？Most boys would want a dog who could grow with them and （45）Bthrough grassy fields on summer days．Tabby would （46）Cbe able to do that．But after meeting her，Loretta and Gary decided that she was the right dog for their family．They adopted Tabby!
If Tabby's story had simply ended with her（47）Aadoption，it would still have been something very special indeed．（48）A，it was what happened after her adoption that people might regard as"magic"．Gary （49）Bfrom seizures（癲癇）．Since Gary and Tabby met they became （50）D．They did everything together．They became so"in tune"with one another that Tabby began to telegraph Gary's seizures（51）Cthey occurred，giving his family （52）Dthat one was about to strike．What's more，Gary seemed to be having fewer and fewer seizures since Tabby's （53）A．
How could it be？Nobody could explain （54）BTabby did it．But those of us who were fortunate enough to know her and her family had（55）Athe magic，the kind that has its roots in love．
36．A．brokenB．passedC．paintedD．locked
37．A．strangeB．a(chǎn)ctiveC．wildD．special 
38．A．recallB．leaveC．forgetD．a(chǎn)bandon
39．A．remoteB．greatC．fairD．potential
40．A．wonderingB．statingC．seekingD．a(chǎn)sking
41．A．stubbornB．a(chǎn)ctiveC．disabledD．patient
42．A．hospitalB．shelterC．farmD．roadside  
43．A．postedB．takenC．seenD．drawn
44．A．letterB．donationC．callD．enquiry
45．A．getB．runC．lookD．break
46．A．oftenB．possiblyC．neverD．generally
47．A．successfulB．normalC．temporaryD．early
48．A．HoweverB．MoreoverC．ThereforeD．Otherwise
49．A．learntB．sufferedC．heardD．differed
50 A．indifferentB．uncomfortableC．unfortunateD．inseparable
51．A．sinceB．unlessC．beforeD．though
52．A．explanationB．noticeC．suggestionD．warning
53．A．a(chǎn)rrivalB．birthC．returnD．recovery
54 A．whereB．howC．whenD．whether
55．A．witnessedB．createdC．a(chǎn)chievedD．performed

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