单选题 A new study of the brain is helping scientists better understand how humans process language. One of the patients is a woman with epilepsy(羊癫疯). Doctors are (31) Denise Harris to see if she is a good (32) for an operation that could stop her seizures. They are monitoring her through wire electrodes (33) in her brain.
But (34) she is in the hospital, she is also helping scientists understand (35) the brain works with language. The study (36) a part of the frontal lobe called Broca's area. The electrode implants have shown that the area very quickly (37) three different language functions. Eric Halgren, one of the main investigators, says they found different (38) doing, at different times, different processes all (39) a centimeter. The first function deals with (40) a word. The second deals with understanding the word's meaning within a sentence. (41) the third lets us speak the word.
Ned Sahin, a researcher, says scientists (42) for some time that traditional explanations for how parts of the brain work need to be (43) One such belief is that there is a (44) of language tasks between two very different parts of the brain. One is Broca's area (45) the front. The other is Wernicke's area (46) back in the brain. The belief is that Broca's area is (47) speaking and that Wernicke's area is responsible for comprehending. (48) the new study shows that Broca's area is (49) both speaking and comprehension. He says this shows how parts of the brain (50) more than one task.

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】上下文题。医生们正在对Denise Harris进行观察,了解她是否适合做手术。根据前后语境(第一段的最后一句)可知D为正确答案。detach分开,脱离;dictate口述,支配;model复制,模仿。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】词义辨析题。candidate候选人;opponent对手;person人;representative代表。一个适合做什么事情的人选,通常用candidate,其他三个单词的含义不符合要求。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】上下文题。第二段“The electrode implants”暗示此题应选C,表示“移植,镶嵌”。embodied蕴含;enriched丰富;included包括。此题也涉及构词法的知识,“em-,en-,im-,in-”都表示“包含”,但是词干不一样,单词含义就有差别。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】逻辑关系题。But一词表明前后意思转折,句中连词“also”表明Denise虽然是病人,但是住院的同时也在帮助科学家理解大脑如何处理语言。因此,此题选D,表示“与此同时”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】上下文题。第三段第一句“explanations for how parts of the brain work”显示关联词和此题相同。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】固定搭配题。研究的重点是Broca区域。centers on专注,重点;deals with应对,涉及,处理;searches for寻找;stems from根源于。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】上下文题。“different processes”表明此题应该填表示“处理”含义的单词。provides提供;proclaims宣称;probes探索。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】上下文题。“Broca's area”、“Wernicke's area”等包含“区域”含义的单词,其同义词为“region”,其他三个单词不符合要求。districts行政区域;neighborhoods小区,街坊;places地方。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】词义辨析题。调查者发现Broca区域能够在仅仅一公分的范围内在不同的时间里处理不同的程序。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】词义辨析题。recognizing识别;marking标记;acknowledging公认,承认;discriminating区分,甄别。第一个功能是识别单词,然后是理解句中单词的含义,最后是说出单词。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】逻辑关系题。此题的难点在于区分“and”和“then”的用法。“then”主要是承上启下,通常位于第二个层次,而此处的信息属于最后一个层次。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】语法题。“for some time”属于完成时态标志,因此此题宜采用现在完成时态。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】词义辨析题。传统的看法需要改变。challenged挑战;revised修改;rewritten重写。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】上下文题。“both speaking and comprehension”可知传统的观点认为言语和理解位于不同的大脑区域,而实验证明Broca区域能够同时处理言语和理解两种功能。因此,此题应选C。difference区别;postpone拖延;temptation诱惑。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】词义辨析题。Broca区域位于大脑的前部。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】语法题。Wernicke区域位于大脑后部较远的位置。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】固定搭配题。此题虽为固定搭配题,但前后语境(that Wernicke's area is responsible for comprehending)也能推断出正确答案。capable of有能力;composed of构成;inclined to倾向于;responsible for负责。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】逻辑关系题。前后含义转折。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】词义辨析题。carry out执行;confronted with面临;good at善长;involved in在……方面卷入,涉及。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】词义辨析题。fail失败;find发现;perform执行;provide提供。