阅读理解之说明文15篇（江苏省期末真题）（解析版）.docx

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期末复习之说明文15篇(江苏期末真题)

（23-24九年级上·江苏扬州·期末）Youarerunningaroundinthepark.Butthensuddenly,youfallandhurtyourself.“Ow!”youcry.Thissoundisveryfamiliartousall.Cryingoutwhenwegethurtisanaturalreaction.Butwhatisitaboutthissoundthatmakesusshoutitout?

ScientistsfromtheNationalUniversityofSingaporenowbelievethey’vefoundtheanswer.Theeffortofshoutingtheword“ow”actuallyinterferes(干预)withpainmessagestravelingtothebrain.Sobyshoutingitout,itdistractsusfromthefeelingofpain.

Thescientiststestedhowlongvolunteerscouldholdtheirhandsinverycoldwater.Therewerefiveroundsofthetest.Inthefirstround,theywereallowedtoshout“ow”whentheyfeltpain.Inanotherround,theyhadtostaysilent.

Theresultsshowedthatvolunteerswereabletokeeptheirhandsinthecoldwaterforlongerwhentheywereallowedtoshoutout.Theymanagedaround30secondsonaverage,fivesecondsmorethanwhentheyhadtoremainsilent.

“Wefoundthatasimplevocalactsuchassaying‘ow’helpsindividualsdealwithpain,”thereportfromthescientistsstated.

What’smore,expressionsofpainaresharedamonglanguages.Whilecriesof“ow”or“ouch”areheardinEnglish,SouthAfricansyell“eina”,Italiansshout“ahia”andChinese“aiyo”.

Scientistssaidinthereport:“Sharedamongtheselanguagesisasoundduringwhichthemouthsimplyopens,thetongueliesflat(水平的)andthelipsunrounded.Itisasimplesoundthatrequireslittlecontrolwhilemaximizing(充分利用)thevolume.”Sothesesoundsareusefultoshoutifwefeelpain.

1．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“distracts”meaninParagraph2?

A．表达 B．分散 C．增加 D．消失

2．Accordingtothepassage,thescientistsfound________.

A．painmessagesdon’ttraveltothebrain

B．asimplesoundsuchassaying“ow”makespeoplehappy

C．peopleindifferentcountriesexpresspain