高三英语专项复习之专题23 阅读理解(二).pdf

专题23阅读理解（二） 一、阅读理解（共17小题；共34分） A Many psychologists in the early twentieth century believed that humans use only 10 percent of their brains, and even the great Albert Einstein once wrote that most people use only a small portion of the grey matter between their ears. Its a theory that has often been put forward in television documentaries, magazines, advertisements and books over the past century. But nearly all scientists now agree the 10 percent theory is completely unfounded. In fact, they question how this figure was ever arrived at in the first place and what areas of the brain are supposed to be unneeded. The theory supposes that if 90 percent of the brain were removed, a person would still be able to function normally, while in reality it is known that damage to even a small area of the brain can result in extremely serious physical injury. In addition, most significant disorders of the brain involve very specific but varied areas of the brain. If the 10 percent argument were true, its unlikely that so many problems would regularly occur in so many different areas. And if we use only 10 percent of the nerves in our brain, how would this be measured? Indeed, images of the brain in scans show that different parts of the brain are used for different activities and that many areas of the brain are used at the same time for some complex activities or thought processes. Throughout the course of one day, most areas of the brain are active at some time, even during sleep. The 10 percent theory suggests that certain areas of the brain are not used, but scans show activities throughout the entire brain and not in any separate part. The final argument against the 10 percent theory is the fact that doctors carefully map the brain before removing brain cancers so that