Question

Autism(自闭症) is a disorder of the brain that happens in the first three years of life.  It affects the brain's normal development. Most autistic patients have difficulty talking with other people or doing things. However, some of the autistic people have amazing abilities. For example, some can memorize many things and some can do calculations really fast.

     Raymond Babbitt in the 1988 film Rain Man is an example. The character in the film was based on Kim Peek, a man from the USA. Peek couldn't switch on a light or put his clothes on by himself. But his memory was so amazing that he could remember almost anything. He could memorize every road, place and distance on maps. He could even remember almost every word in thousands of books. His way of reading was more amazing. Peek could read two pages at the same time in just eight to ten seconds. He read the left page with his left eye and the right page with his right eye.

Scientists still don't know for sure why some autistic people have special talent after they have done a lot of research. There is one possible explanation.  When certain parts of the brain are damaged! by autism, other parts of the brain might get stronger. Therefore special abilities were born.

      But not all people with autism have amazing abilities. In fact, autistic people with amazing abilities are rare (罕有的) and  the  abilities cannot  be trained.  According to research,  only ten percent of autistic people show any signs of special talent.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填涂在答题卡相应位置。

1.What do we know about Autism?

A. It is a disorder of the bones.

B. It happens all through one's life.

C. It helps people memorize things better.

D. It affects the brain's normal development.

2.Who is Kim Peek?

A. He is a good friend of Kaymond Babbitt.

B. He is a character in the film Rain Man.

C. He is an autistic patient from the USA.

D. He is a scientist working on autism.

3.What is Kim Peek different from others?

A. He can do some basic things like dressing himself.

B. He has a special talent in calculation.

C. He had difficulty reading books.

D. He has a very good memory.

4.What does the underlined word mean in Chinese7

A. 毁坏    B. 强化    C. 开发    D. 摘除

5.What does the passage mainly talk about7

A. Ways of dealing with autism

B. Relationship between autism and talent

C. Ways of training autistic people's abilities

D. Reasons for autistic people's special talent

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.B

【解析】文章介绍了自闭症对人们的危害。及部分自闭症的特殊的能力。文章举了电影中雨人中的特异功能。科学家对此也没有明确的答案。同时指出，并说明并不是所有的自闭症都有特异功能。

1.细节理解题。由文中Itaffects the brain's normal development.可知答案。

2.细节理解题。由文中The character in the film was based on Kim Peek, a man from the USA.可知答案。

3.细节理解题。由文中But his memory was so amazing that he could remember almost anything. He could memorize every road, place and distance on maps. He could even remember almost every word in thousands of books. His way of reading was more amazing.可知答案。

4.词意推测题。由语境可知“当大脑的一部分被破坏后，其他部分变得更强壮。”

5.主旨大意题。通读全文可知谈论“自闭症与特殊才能之间的关系。”故答案为B.

点睛：阅读理解中有时候会出现推测单词的意思。做此类题，需认真研读前后的句子。根据前后的句子判断单词的词意。如本题的第4题，由下文other parts of the brain might get stronger.“大脑别的部分可能变得强壮”。故此处为“大脑的一部分可能被破坏”。