Can you remember a face quickly and never for...

Can you remember a face quickly and never forget it? If so, then you could be a super recognizer.

Usually it is easy for someone to recognize the faces of their family members and friends. But it could be difficult for them to remember faces that they have only seen once. However, studies have found that super recognizers have amazing face recognition skills. They can remember at least 80 per cent of faces they have ever seen. According to the Daily Mail, at least one in 50 people are super recognizers.

A study was carried out in Bournemouth University of UK recently. Researchers tried to find whether super recognizers have a different way to remember faces. They found that when these people look at faces, they spend more time looking at the person's nose. They also found that these people are not smarter than others. Their super ability is restricted(有限的) only to face recognition.

Another important finding is that there are two subtypes(子类型) of super recognition. Some never forget faces. But for some, if you show pairs of faces to them at the same time, they can quickly decide whether the faces are of the same person or two different people. In fact, many super recognizers say they are very good at recognizing faces in a crowd.

These subtypes of super recognition could be applied to many areas of life. For example, the skills could be very useful at a passport control checkpoint. Super recognizers could also help police find known troublemakers and even missing people in the crowd.

1.The super recognizers can remember　 ________　 of the faces they've ever seen.

A. all

B. at least 80 per cent

C. at least 50 per cent

D. half

2.What did the university's study find about super recognizers?

A. They spend the same time on one's eyes and nose.

B. They pay more attention to a person's nose.

C. They are a lot smarter than other people.

D. They are also very good at voice recognition.

3.What are the two subtypes of super recognition?

a. One type can decide whether the faces are of the same person or two different people.

b. One type can only recognize children's faces.

c. One type can remember faces they've seen forever.

d. One type can easily draw a picture of the faces they saw.

A. a，c　　 B. b，c　　 C. c，d　　 D. a，d

4.What does the underlined word “applied” mean in the passage?

A. developed　　 B. asked

C. shown　　 D. used

5.What does the last paragraph talk about?

A. More subtypes of super recognition.

B. Reasons of different subtypes.

C. Uses of super recognition in some jobs.

D. How to be a super recognizer.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

— Do you still remember that accident, Danny?

— Of course. I’ll never forget it　　 it happened so long ago.

A. only if　　 B. even though

C. because of　　 D. ever since

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

—Do you still remember that accident?

—Of course.I’ll never forget it　　　　 it happened so long ago.

A. even though　　 B. only if　　 C. because of　　 D. ever since

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

—Do you still remember that accident，Danny？

—Of course．I’ll never forget it________it happened so long ago．

A．only if

B．even though

C．because of

D．ever since

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Some people are great at remembering faces. Once they meet you, they never forget how you look. For some people, remembering a face can be difficult. You may have to meet them several times before they can recognize you. For others, remembering a face is simply impossible. Such people have a condition of the brain called “face blindness.” Its actual name is developmental prosopagnosia, or DP for short.

Experts say there are great differences between patients. In less severe conditions, people are unable to describe the face of someone they have just met. In severe conditions, people cannot even recognize their own kids in a group photograph.

Many people who have DP show no clear signs. Dacia Reid is one of them. If you met her, you probably would not know that her brain got injured as a child. There would be no sign of it until you meet her a second time. She would not remember how you looked. Reid has mostly got well from her injuries. But now, she suffers from face blindness.

The latest study on face blindness come from the Prosopagnosia Research Centers at Dartmouth College in the United States. The researchers studied how people recognize faces. They compared 22 patients with DP to 25 other people. The researchers showed them videos of faces, bodies, physical objects and other things. They found that people with DP may not have been able to remember faces, but they could recognize scenes, bodies and other things.

The researchers say this study on face blindness will not directly lead to any treatments. However, it could lead to a deeper understanding of how we all remember the world around us. “We hope that by really developing and understanding face processing itself — that will provide us with a model for understanding how other parts of the brain work.”

1.The underlined word “severe” in Paragraph 2 probably means “　　　　 ”.

A.important B.serious C.popular D.different

2.The writer explains the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 by _______.

A.making a research B.having a discussion

C.giving an example D.doing an experiment

3.From the passage we know patients with DP _______.

A.can easily keep everything in memory

B.have trouble in remembering faces

C.are unable to remember anything they’ve seen

D.never forget how you look once they meet you

4.The writer wrote this passage in order to ________.

A.introduce DP and the research about it

B.describe how to avoid suffering from DP

C.encourage people to help patients with DP

D.explain why people suffer from face blindness

九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析

When you read an article you will understand and remember it better if you can work out how the writer has put the ideas together．Sometimes a writer puts ideas together by asking questions and then answering them．For example，if the article is about groundhogs（土拨鼠），the set of questions in the writer’s head might be：

What does a groundhog look like？

Where do groundhogs live？

What do they eat？…

In the article，the author might answer those questions．

Sometimes an author writes out her questions in the article．These questions give you signals．They tell you what the author is going to write next．Often an author has a question in her head but she doesn’t write it out for you．You have to work out her question for yourself．Here’s a sample reading for you to practice this method.

Earthworms

Do you know how many kinds of earthworms there are？There are about 1800 kinds in the world！ They can be brown，purple，green．They can be as small as 3 cm long and as large as 3 m long．

The best time to see earthworms is at night，especially a cool，damp night．That’s when they come up from their burrows（地洞）to hunt for food．Earthworms don’t like to be in the sun．That’s because they breathe through their skin，and they can’t breathe if their skin gets too dry．Earthworms must come out of the earth if it rains a lot，because they can't breathe in their flooded burrows．What a dangerous life！

Earthworms don't have eyes，so how can they tell when it's dark？ They have special places on their skin that are sensitive to light．These spots tell whether it’s light or dark．If you shine a flashlight on an earthworm at night，it will quickly disappear into the ground．

Earthworms don't have ears either，but they can hear by feeling movements in the earth．If you want to hear like an earthworm，lie on the ground with your fingers in your ears．Then have a friend stamp his or her feet near you．This is how earthworms feel birds and people walking，and moles digging，near them．

Earthworms are useful．Farmers and gardeners like having lots of earthworms in their land because the worms help to make better soil when they dig．That digging keeps the soil loose and airy（通风的）．In one year earthworms can pile up as much as 23,000 kg of castings in an area about the size of a football field．

1.What’s the purpose of reading Earthworms?

A．To show the special life facts of earthworms.

B．To explain the differences from the groundhogs.

C．To put the writer’s idea into real use.

D．To make the readers think more clearly.

2.Which question CANNOT be answered in the passage?

A．How do earthworms help with gardeners?

B．What life are earthworms living with?

C．When may people observe earthworms?

D．Why can human listen like earthworms?

3.How can you understand Earthworms better according to this passage?

A．Read, ask and answer questions in your own head while reading.

B．Read to work out all the questions in the writer’s head while reading.

C．Read and check all the things that are not clear to you again and again.

D．Read for general ideas and discuss or compare with other similar topics.

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A．One way to help with understanding

B．One way to practice with a new idea

C．One way to learn to be a wise writer

D．One way to be clearer about worms

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Forgot your ID? Well, you’ll never forget your face. Using your face as your ID is　 ___________ and convenient (方便的). You could take the subway or board a flight with just your face alone. This is how facial recognition(人脸识别) works. It has also been used to_______________ criminals.

In China, facial recognition systems have been_________________in many areas. In Zhengzhou, people can now get on the subway_____________using facial recognition technology. They just need to link their online payment systems to the subway’s smart phone app._______________at Beijing University can pass through the school gate by scanning(扫描) their faces.

However, many people are_______________ the use of this information by governments and companies. Why is it necessary to collect data (数据) about your face and _____________will the data be used for? I feel _______________ because there is a long history of companies failing to protect user data. When someone steals your personal _____________, you can change your bank card code, but can you change your face when your facial information is stolen?

As facial recognition is used more and more in______________________ daily lives from colleges and subways to street corners and smart phones, we must ask ourselves whether or not this new technology is worth the risk.

1.A.awful B.important C.quick

2.A.catch B.bring C.taker

3.A.described B.considered C.used

4.A.on B.by C.of

5.A.Students B.Artists C.Engineers

6.A.worried about B.sorry for C.tired of

7.A.how B.when C.what

8.A.silly B.uncomfortable C.natural

9.A.secret B.information C.object

10.A.our B.your C.their

九年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

（题文）— Do you still remember the accident?

— Yes, I will never forget that terrible accident　　　　　　 it happened so long ago.

A. even though　　 B. when　　 C. but　　 D. if

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

I will never forget that terrible accident _____ it happened so long ago.

A. only if　　 B. even though　　 C. only when　　 D. ever since

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

I will never forget the terrible accident _______ it happened so long ago.

A．even though       B．only if            C．only when         D．ever since

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析