备战2026年中考英语新热点时文阅读8（含答案解析）

中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 备战2026年中考时文阅读8 文章导读 阅读理解 A篇： 我们在几乎所有事物中看到面孔 B篇： 解析《长安的荔枝》 C篇：一位在华工作的俄罗斯教师 选词填空： 中国新疆民间艺术节 A Faces all around You may have seen a smiling face in clouds, a shocked face in a green pepper, or an angry face in a car. Why do we see faces in almost everything According to a study by scientists from the University of New South Wales,Australia, this might be passed down from our ancestors. “It's important in detecting(发现) dangerous animals, " Colin Palmer who did the study told the school's website. For our ancestors, seeing different faces quickly could be a matter of life and death.It's more dangerous not to see the lion's face than to mistake an orange flower for a lion's face. So the brain chooses to make life-saving mistakes. Kang Lee from the University of Toronto, Canada, had another explanation.“Humans are social animals. When we meet each other, we need to know if the other person is a friend or an enemy(敌人),” he told science website HowStuffWorks. That's why we can not only see“faces”, but also know if the face is happy or sad. To understand how our brain works, Lee did an experiment(实验). Traditionally, people have believed that the eyes see things from the outside world and send that information to the brain. That's a“bottom-up(自下而上的)”model, according to Lee. Then Lee asked people to find faces from a series of images(图像). About 34 percent of the time people said they saw faces when there were actually no faces at all. It showed that when our brain expects to see something, it can tell our eyes to“see” it. “This is a‘top-down’ model, which plays a key role in how we experience the world,” said Lee. “A lot of things we see aren't coming from our sight(所见), but from inside our minds.” 1. Why might we see faces in almost everything, according to Palmer A. Because many things are similar to faces in shape. B. Because it is a way to pass down important information. C. Because it is easy to mistake things for faces. D. Because it was a way our ancestors protected themselves. 2. What is the reason why people see expressions on these“faces” according to Lee A. To know their own feelings. B. To understand happiness and sadness. C. To tell friends and enemies apart. D. To care about the feelings of these" faces". 3. According to Lee, what happens when we mistake something for a face A. We have seen too many faces. B. Our brain tells our eyes to see one. C. The eyes send the information to the brain. D. Blood flows“top-down” from our brain. 4. In which section of a magazine or newspaper can you read the text A. Health. B. History. C. Science. D. Pop culture. B The Science Behind "The Lychee Road": More Than Just a Movie A recent film The Lychee Road has not only achieved great success but also offers a interesting look into the challenges of ancient transportation and storage（运输与储存） of food. The film, set in the T ... ...