《2025年综合素质随堂反馈八年级英语下册译林版常州专版》

四、阅读理解
Sam Hill is really bad at finding his way from place to place. The world is full of people like Hill — and their opposites, who always seem to know exactly where they are and how to get where they want to go. Why does that happen? A recent study may explain (解释) that.
The study has found out what might influence (影响) people's way-finding abilities. Scientists made an online game in which players travel by boat to find the checkpoints (检查点). The game asked players to provide their information, and nearly four million people worldwide took part in it. Through the game, the scientists were able to judge (评判) their way-finding ability by looking at how far each person travelled to reach all the checkpoints.
The scientists found that Northern Europeans seemed to be better at finding their ways, maybe because they love orienteering (定向越野), a sport which includes running and finding the way. And those from cities with more disorganized (杂乱无章的) streets did better than those from cities with organized ones. Maybe people of planned cities don't need to build complex (复杂的) maps in their minds.
Results like these show that people's life experience (经验) decides how well they find their way. In fact, experience may even explain a popular idea that men are better than women at finding their ways. This difference is more a question of culture and experience than of the ability someone is born with. Northern Europeans, for example, show almost no gender (性别) difference in finding the way. However, men usually do much better than women in places where women have fewer chances (机会) to explore (探索) their environment on their own.
That finding is also supported by studies of Tsimane, a community living in a forest in South America. Scientists put GPS on 305 Tsimane people to check their daily activities in three days, and found no difference between men and women in their ability of finding the ways. Even children did very well. It's the ________, scientists think, that influences people's abilities to explore the forest.
( ) 1. What was the purpose (目的) of the recent study?
A. To make an online way-finding game.
B. To improve people's way-finding ability.
C. To choose people with weak way-finding abilities.
D. To find out why people are different in way-finding abilities.
( ) 2. According to the passage, who is probably the best at finding their way?
A. A woman who often explores nature.
B. A girl who studies Northern European culture.
C. A man who jogs on a playground every day.
D. A boy who lives in an organized city.
( ) 3. Which of the following can be filled in the "________" of the last paragraph?
A. gender B. environment C. talent (天赋) D. habit

答案： 1-3 DAB