Whereisthatnoisecomingfrom?Notsure?Trylivingwithyoureyesclosedforafewyears.Blindpeoplearebetteratlocatingsoundsthanpeoplewhocanseeanewstudysayswithoutthebenefitsofvisiontheearsseemtoworkmuchb

　　Whereisthatnoisecomingfrom?Notsure?Trylivingwithyoureyesclosedforafewyears.

　　Blindpeoplearebetteratlocatingsoundsthanpeoplewhocanseeanewstudysayswithoutthebenefitsofvisiontheearsseemtoworkmuchbetter.

　　Previousstudieshaveshownthatblindpeoplearebetterthanothersatreachingoutandtouchingthesourcesofsoundsthatarecloseby.ResearchersfromtheUniversityofMontrealwantedtoseeifblindpeoplewerealsobetteratlocatingsoundsthatarefaraway.

　　Twenty-threeblindpeopleparticipatedinthestudy.Allhadbeensightlessforatleast20years.Fourteenofthemhadlosttheirvisionbeforeage11.therestwentblindafterage16.Theexperimentalsoincluded10peoplewhocouldseebutwerewearingblind-folds.

　　Inonetaskvolunteershadtopickthedirectionofasoundcomingfromabout3metersaway.Whenthesoundwasinfrontofthemorslightlyoffcenterinfrontbothgroupsperformedequallywell.

　　Whensoundscamefromthesideorthebackhowevertheblindgroupperformedmuchbetterthantheblindfoldedgroup.Theparticipantswhohadbeenblindsincechildhooddidslightlybetterthanthosewholosttheirsightlater.

　　Recognizingthelocationsofdistantsoundscanbeamatteroflife-or-deathforblindpeoplesaytheresearchers.Crossingthestreetforinstanceismuchharderwhenyoucan’tseethecarscoming.

　　Stilltheresearchersweresurprisedbyhowwelltheblindparticipantsdidespeciallythosewhowentblindafterage16.Inanotherexperimentthescientistsalsofoundthatpartsofthebrainthatnormallydealwithvisualinformationbecameactiveinlocatingsoundinthepeoplewhowereblindbyage11.Thesebrainpartsdidn’tshowsound-locationactivityintheothergroupofblindpeopleorinthesightedpeople.Thescientistsnowwanttolearnmoreabouttheworkingofbrainsof“late-onset”blindpeople.

　　Therecentstudyshowsblindpeoplearebetterattelling__________.

　　A.Thesourcesofloudsounds. B.thelocationsofdistantsounds

　　C.thedirectionofsharpsounds D.thedistanceofasoundinfrontofthem

　　Whichwouldbeapropertitleforthepassage?

　　A.AResearchonBlindPeople B.WhereisThatNoiseComingfrom?