【Thebabyisjustonedayoldandhasnotlefthospitalyet.Sheisquietbutalert(警觉).Theresearchershaveplacedawhitecardwithtwoblackspotsonittwentycentimetersfromherface.Shestaresatitcarefully.Aresearcherremo】
Thebabyisjustonedayoldandhasnotlefthospitalyet.Sheisquietbutalert(警觉).Theresearchershaveplacedawhitecardwithtwoblackspotsonittwentycentimetersfromherface.Shestaresatitcarefully.
Aresearcherremovesthecardandreplacesitbyanotheronethistimewiththespotsdifferentlyspaced.Asthecardschangefromonetotheotherhergaze(凝视)startstoloseitsfocusuntilathirdcardispresented.Thethirdcardhasthreeblackspotsonit.Hergazereturns:shelooksatitfortwiceaslongasshedidatthepreviouscard.Canshetellthatthenumbertwoisdifferentfromthreejust24hoursaftercomingintotheworld?Ordonewbornssimplyprefermoretofewer?
Thesameexperimentbutwiththreespotsshownbeforetwoshowsthesamereturnofinterestwhenthenumberofspotschanges.Perhapsitisjustthenewness?Whenalittleolderbabieswereshowncardswithpicturesofobjects(acombakeyanorangeandsoon)changingthenumberofobjectshadaneffectseparatefromchangingtheobjectsthemselves.Coulditbethepatternthattwothingsmakeasopposedtothree?Noagain.
Babiespaidmoreattentiontosquaresmovingrandomlyonascreenwhentheirnumberchangedfromtwotothreeorthreetotwo.Theeffectevencrossesbetweensenses.Babieswhowererepeatedlyshowntwospotsbecamemoreexcitedwhentheythenheardthreedrumbeats(鼓声)thanwhentheyheardjusttwo;likewise(同样地)whentheresearchersstartedwithdrumbeatsandmovedtospots.
1.TheexperimentdescribedinParagraph1ismainlyaboutthebaby’s______.
A.senseofhearing B.senseofsight C.senseoftouch D.senseofsmell
2.Whatdoestheunderlinedworditinparagraph2referto?
A.thecard B.thebaby C.thecomb D.thekey
3.Accordingtothepassagebabieshaveastrongsenseofchangingin______.
A.thesizeofcards B.thecolourofpictures C.theshapeofpatterns
D.thenumberofobjects
4.Whydidtheresearcherstestthebabieswithdrumbeats?
A.Toreducethedifficultyoftheexperiment.
B.Toseehowbabiesrecognizesounds.
C.Tocarrytheirexperimentfurther.
D.Tokeepthebabies’interest.
5.Wheredoesthisp