《2025年基础知识同步训练10分钟八年级英语上册沪教版深圳专版》

B
When you go to the park, you might notice many older people listening to audiobooks instead of reading paper books. Audiobooks have become quite popular these days. Why are more and more people choosing audiobooks instead of traditional paper books? Is listening to an audiobook just as effective as reading a paper book?

Reading needs us to put all our attention on the words in a book, and we also need to find time and a place to sit down and read. However, you can listen to audiobooks anytime and anywhere you like, and it gives your eyes a break, too.
But the big question is, do we get knowledge from audiobooks as effectively as we do from paper books? Researchers tried to find the answer. Volunteers in Group One were asked to listen to an audiobook, while volunteers in Group Two read a paper book of the same information. It turned out that they got the same information whether they listened to it or read it.
Another study further supported the result above. In the study, researchers scanned people’s brains when they listened to and read books. The result has shown that listening to audiobooks activates almost the same parts of the brain as reading does.
However, some people still believe that they learn better from reading paper books. One reason might be that when we listen to audiobooks, we are often doing several things at one time. “If you’re trying to learn while doing two things, you’re not going to learn as well,” said Professor Daniel Willingham.
(B)16. Why does the writer ask questions in Paragraph 1?
A. To tell a story. B. To interest readers.
C. To give an example. D. To show opinions.
(A)17. What does the underlined word “activates” probably mean?
A. Starts B. Guides C. Organizes D. Downloads
(D)18. What’s Paragraph 5 mainly about?
A. Different kinds of paper books.
B. The way people learn from paper books.
C. Several difficulties of reading paper books.
D. The reason people learn better from paper books.
(B)19. What can we infer about audiobooks from the text?
A. They are more effective than paper books.
B. People need to pay more attention to them.
C. They are more popular among old people.
D. People can get more information from them.
(D)20. What’s the main purpose of the text?
A. To explain the function of audiobooks.
B. To advise more people to listen to audiobooks.
C. To express the importance of reading paper books.
D. To discuss the effectiveness of the two ways of reading.

答案： 16. B
17. A
18. D
19. B
20. D