[1] Look at the center circles of Diagram A and Diagram B. Which of the centre c

[1] Look at the center circles of Diagram A andDiagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger?

[2] Take a first look and you probably think that thecentre circle in Diagram A is smaller than that in Diagram B. In fact, they areexactly the same size.

[3]Then look at the picture on the right. What do yousee? A vase? Or two faces? Does the picture change quickly from one to theother again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can see them at the sametime.

[4]“What’s happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?”You may wonder at what you see. Don’t worry. Here is how it goes:

[5]When we look at things, our eyes send messages toour brains and then our brains interpret the information. However, sometimesour brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that oureyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “Visualillusion(幻觉)”.

[6] Movie makers often make use of illusions. Theymake the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes usbelieve that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. Themovies Jurassic Park and Honey J shrunk the kids just make use of illusions.

1.In which column of a magazine can you read the abovetext?

A．Culture.           B．Science.           C．Humour.          D．Education.

2.The centre circle in Diagram A looks smaller thanthat in Diagram B, That’s because____.

A．something iswrong with our eyes

B．the twocircles are not of the same size

C．our brainsinterpret the information wrongly

D．pictureschange quickly from one to the other

3.In the picture on the right, it seems that Line ABis shorter than line CD, but in fact line AB is as long as Line CD. Whichparagraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?

A. The secondone.         B. The thirdone.   C. The sixth one..         D. The fifth one

4.What’s the right order according to the text?

a. We look at things with oureyes.        b. Our brains interpret themessages.

c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.  d.Our eyes send messages to our brains.

A. a-d-b-c      Bc-a-b-d    C a-c-d-b   D. b-e-a-d

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【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

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