2022-2023高二上学期 英语专题培优训练 阅读理解 说明文（通用版）.docx

2022-2023高二上学期英语名校试题专题培优

阅读理解之说明文10篇（通用版）

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（浙江省七彩阳光联盟2022-2023高二上11月检测）

Everfoughtwithaproblem?Pickedupanewskill?Encounteredadifficultconcept?Thelanguageoflearningisfullofreferencestopartsofthebodyoutsidethebrain.Perhapsthat’sbecausethesephrasessuggestsomethingdeeper.Researchersaredetectingthatlearningiseasier,quickerandmorelong-lastingifitinvolvesthebody.

“Inthepast,peoplehavearguedthataswegrow,webecomemoreabletothinkabstractly(抽象地),”saysAndrewManches,apsychologistattheUniversityofEdinburghintheUK.Conventional(传统的)thinkingmightsuggestthatteachersshouldhelppreventchildrenfromusingbodygesturestopreparethemfortheadultworld.Butintruth,thephysicalworldneverreallyleavesourthinking.Forexample,whenweprocessverbssuchaslick,kickandpick,medicalscannersshowthatthepartsofourbrainthatcontrolthemusclesinourface,legsandhands,respectively,lightupwithactivity.

Scienceisbeginningtobackuptheideathatactionsreallymightspeaklouderthanwordsintheclassroom.SpencerKelly,apsychologistatColgateUniversityinNewYork,hasfoundthatpeoplespendthreetimesasmuchtimegesturingwhentheythinkthemessagetheygetacrossisremarkablyimportant,suggestingthatevenifonlyatthesubconscious(潜意识的)level,weappreciatethecommunicativevalueofourbodylanguage.Kellyhasalsofoundevidencethatateacherismoreappealingtostudentswhenheorsheusesarmandhandmovementstostresspoints.

Also,somestudiesindicatethatyoungchildrenobtainmoreiftheirteacherusesgestureswhenexplainingaconcept.Meanwhile,SunsanWagnerCook,apsychologistattheUniversityofIowainIowaCity,hasfoundthatchildrenpickupnewconceptsmoreeffectively,iftheyaretaughttomirrorandrepeatgesturestheirteacheruses.

32.Howdidpeopleinthepastunderstandlearning?

A.Theolderastudentgrow