资源简介 60天高考词汇背诵之第三天Passage 3Some parents will buy any high-tech toy if they think it will help their child, but researchers said puzzles help children with math-related skills.Psychologist Susan Levine, an expert on mathematics development in young children from the University of Chicago, found children who play with puzzles between ages 2 and 4 later develop better spatial skills. Puzzle play was found to be a significant predictor of cognition(认知)after controlling for differences in parents’income, education and the amount of parent talk, Levine said.The researchers analyzed video recordings of 53 child-parent pairs during everyday activities at home and found children who play with puzzles between 26 and 46 months of age have better spatial skills when assessed at 54 months of age.“The children who played with puzzles performed better than those who did not, on tasks that assessed their ability to rotate (旋转) and translate shapes, ” Levine said in a statement.The parents were asked to interact with their children as they normally would, and about half of children in the study played with puzzles at one time. Higher-income parents tended to have child rerplay with puzzles more frequently, and both boys and girls who played with puzzles had better spatial skils. However, boys tended to play with more complex puzzles than girls, and the parents of boys provided more spatial language and were more active during puzzle play than parents of girls.The findings were published in the journal Developmental Science.重点词汇high-tech adj.高科技的 【短语】high-tech industry 高科技产业puzzle n智力游戏;谜语v使……困惑 【近义词】jigsaw 谜团;拼图spatial ad.空间的 【近义词】dimensional 空间的signincant adj,重要的;有意义的 adv. signifcantly 显著地predictor n.依据;预测物 v. predict 预测control for 控制income n.收入;所得【短语】income gap 收入差距education n.教育;培养adj.educational 教育的the amount of……的数量at home 在家;在国内assess v.评估;对……征税n. assessment 估价;看法perform v完成;表现n. performance 表现;性能task n任务v派给任务;考验n. assignment 任务assess one's ability 评估某人的能力interact with互动;与……相互作用tend v 照料;倾向【短语】tend to do 倾向于做某事frequently adv. 频繁地adj.frequent 频繁的active adj 活跃的n.积极分子v. act 行动publish v发表;出版n.publication 出版物;公布阅读理解:阅读文章,并从每所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项1.In which aspect do children beneft from puzzle play A. Building confidence.B. Developing spatial skills.C.Learning self-control.D. Gaining high-tech knowledge.2.What did Levine take into consideration when designing her experiment A.Parents’age.B. Children's imagination.C.Parents’education.D. Child-parent relationship.3.What is the text mainly about A. A mathematical method.B. A scientifc study.C. A woman psychologist.D. A teaching program.单项选择:从每题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。They felt continual pressure to_________well.A. initiate B. adventure C. perform D.innovate2. He derives his__________from freelance work.A. outcome B. income C. effect D. phenomenon3.__________should be geared to society's needs.A.Educate B. Educating C.Educational D. Education4. We tried to__________his suitability for the job.achieve B. assess C. determine D. decideA__________is a game, problem, or toy that tests a person's knowledge.puzzle B. pose C. purse D. prizeThis__________is accomplished by great effort.A. duty B. task C.obligation D. function7. Desert plants,however,__________be slow growing-guayule takes two years to maturetend on B. tend upon C. tend for D. tend toSudden rainstorms are,__________on the southeast coast.frequent B.obvious C. apparent D. profoundIn my opinion, because of her poor spoken English, she won't take a(n)__________part in the English class.actual B. advanced C. active D. accurate9.He is an unaccomplished writer with nothing__________.recycled B. published C. protected D. performed10.This result was after__________IQ, socioeconomic status and academic skills at schoolcontrolling for B. seeking for C. looking for D.answering forThe maximum__________of luggage allowed is 22 kilogramsamount B. number C.sum D.qualityThe teacher advised the parents totheir children frequentlyinteract on B. interact upon C. interact with D. interact downI phoned you last night, but you weren't__________A. in home B.at home C. with home D. for home根据首字母填空Some parents will buy any h_________ toy if they think it will help their child, but researchers said puzzles help children with math-related skills.Psychologist Susan Levine, an expert on mathematics development in young children from the University of Chicago, found children who play with puzzles between ages 2 and 4 later develop better s_________ skills. Puzzle play was found to be a s_________ p_________ of cognition(认知)after c_________ for differences in parents’i_________, e_________ and the a_________ of parent talk, Levine said.The researchers analyzed video recordings of 53 child-parent pairs during everyday activities at home and found children who play with puzzles between 26 and 46 months of age have better spatial skills when a_________ at 54 months of age.“The children who played with puzzles p_________ better than those who did not, on t_________ that assessed their ability to rotate (旋转) and translate shapes, ” Levine said in a statement.The parents were asked to interact with their children as they normally would, and about half of children in the study played with puzzles at one time. Higher-income parents t_________to have child rerplay with puzzles more f_________, and both boys and girls who played with puzzles had better spatial skils. However, boys tended to play with more complex puzzles than girls, and the parents of boys provided more spatial language and were more a_________ during puzzle play than parents of girls.The findings were p_________ in the journal Developmental Science.参考答案阅读理解BCB单项选择:CBDBABDACBAACB填空:见原文 展开更多...... 收起↑ 资源预览