原文Some parents will buy any high-tech toy if they think it will help their child, but researchers said puzzles help children with math-related skills. Psychologist Susan Levine, an expert on mathematics development in young children the University of Chicago, found children who play with puzzles between ages 2 and 4 later develop better spatial skills. Puzzle play was found to be a significant predictor of cognition(认知) after controlling for differences in parents’ income, education and the amount of parent talk, Levine said. The researchers analyzed video recordings of 53 child-parent pairs during everyday activities at home and found children who play with puzzles between 26 and 46 months of age have better spatial skills when assessed at 54 months of age. “The children who played with puzzles performed better than those who did not, on tasks that assessed their ability to rotate(旋转)and translate shapes,” Levine said in a statement. The parents were asked to interact with their children as they normally would, and about half of children in the study played with puzzles at one time. Higher-income parents tended to have children play with puzzles more frequently, and both boys and girls who played with puzzles had better spatial skills. However, boys tended to play with more complex puzzles than girls, and the parents of boys provided more spatial language and were more active during puzzle play than parents of girls. The findings were published in the journal Developmental Science.242 24．In which aspect do children benefit from puzzle play? A．Building confidence. B．Developing spatial skills. C．Learning self-control. D．Gaining high-tech knowledge. 25．What did Levine take into consideration when designing her experiment？ A．Parents’ age. B．Children’s imagination. C．Parents’ education. D．Child-parent relationship. 26．How do boy differ from girls in puzzle play? A．They play with puzzles more often. B．They tend to talk less during the game. C．They prefer to use more spatial language. D．They are likely to play with tougher puzzles. 27．What is the text mainly about? A．A mathematical method. B．A scientific study. C．A woman psychologist D．A teaching program.
bcdb 译文一些父母会购买任何高科技玩具，如果他们认为这对孩子有帮助的话，但研究人员表示，谜题可以帮助孩子掌握数学相关技能。 芝加哥大学幼儿数学发展专家、心理学家苏珊·莱文发现，2岁至4岁玩拼图游戏的儿童后来会发展出更好的空间技能。Levine说，在控制了父母收入、教育和父母谈话量的差异后，益智游戏被发现是认知的重要预测因素。 研究人员分析了53对儿童-父母在家日常活动中的视频记录，发现在26个月至46个月大之间玩拼图的儿童在54个月大时进行评估时具有更好的空间技能。 Levine在一份声明中说：“玩拼图游戏的孩子在评估他们旋转和翻译形状能力的任务中表现得比不玩拼图的孩子好。”。 父母被要求像平时一样与孩子互动，研究中约有一半的孩子同时玩拼图游戏。收入较高的父母往往让孩子更频繁地玩拼图游戏，玩拼图游戏的男孩和女孩都有更好的空间技能。然而，男孩往往比女孩玩更复杂的谜题，男孩的父母提供了更多的空间语言，在玩谜题时比女孩的父母更活跃。 研究结果发表在《发展科学》杂志上。242 24.儿童从益智游戏的哪些方面受益？ A.建立信心。B.发展空间技能。 C.学习自控能力。D.获得高科技知识。 25.莱文在设计她的实验时考虑了什么 A.父母的年龄。B.孩子的想象力。 C.父母教育。D.亲子关系。 26.在益智游戏中，男孩和女孩有何不同？ A.他们玩拼图游戏的频率更高。B.他们在游戏中往往少说话。 C.他们更喜欢使用更多的空间语言。D.他们可能会玩更难的谜题。 27.课文主要讲什么？ A.数学方法。B.科学研究。 C.女心理学家D.教学计划。

1 段译 1916年，来自纽约州奥本的两个富裕家庭的女孩，最好的朋友——多萝西·伍德拉夫和罗莎蒙德·安德伍德——来到落基山脉的一个定居点，在一间只有一个房间的校舍里教书。女孩们去了史密斯学院。他们穿着昂贵的衣服。因此，对于他们来说，搬到科罗拉多州的埃尔克黑德去指导那些用绳子把鞋子绑在一起的孩子们是一个惊喜。多萝西·威肯登（Dorothy Wickenden）是多萝西·伍德拉夫的孙女，也是一名杂志编辑，她撰写了《Nothing Daunted:the Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West》。

In 1916, two girls of wealthy families, best friends from Auburn, N. Y. — Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood — traveled to a settlement in the Rocky Mountains to teach in a one-room schoolhouse.句译 1916年，来自纽约州奥本的两个富裕家庭的女孩，最好的朋友——多萝西·伍德拉夫和罗莎蒙德·安德伍德——来到落基山脉的一个定居点，在一间只有一个房间的校舍里教书。 The girls had gone to Smith College.句译 女孩们去了史密斯学院。 They wore expensive clothes. 句译 他们穿着昂贵的衣服。So for them to move to Elkhead, Colo. to instruct the children whose shoes were held together with string was a surprise. 句译 因此，对于他们来说，搬到科罗拉多州的埃尔克黑德去指导那些用绳子把鞋子绑在一起的孩子们是一个惊喜。Their stay in Elkhead is the subject of Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West by Dorothy Wickenden, who is a magazine editor and Dorothy Woodruff's granddaughter.句译 多萝西·威肯登（Dorothy Wickenden）是多萝西·伍德拉夫的孙女，也是一名杂志编辑，她撰写了《Nothing Daunted:the Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West》。

2 段译 那他们为什么去？嗯，他们想做一些有用的事情。然而，很快，他们意识到自己所做的一切。

Why did they go then? Well, they wanted to do something useful.句译 那他们为什么去？嗯，他们想做一些有用的事情。 Soon, however, they realized what they had undertaken.句译 然而，很快，他们意识到自己所做的一切。

3 段译 他们搬到了当地的哈里森一家，和他们一样，几乎没有隐私，很少洗澡，早上醒来时被子上盖着一层雪。有些早晨，罗莎蒙德和多萝西来到学校，发现孩子们因寒冷而哭泣。春天，雪被冰上的泥所代替。

They moved in with a local family, the Harrisons, and, like them, had little privacy, rare baths, and a blanket of snow on their quilt when they woke up in the morning. 句译 他们搬到了当地的哈里森一家，和他们一样，几乎没有隐私，很少洗澡，早上醒来时被子上盖着一层雪。Some mornings, Rosamond and Dorothy would arrive at the schoolhouse to find the children weeping from the cold. 句译 有些早晨，罗莎蒙德和多萝西来到学校，发现孩子们因寒冷而哭泣。In spring, the snow was replaced by mud over ice. 句译 春天，雪被冰上的泥所代替。

4 段译 在威肯登的书中，她扩展了西方的历史，也扩展了女权主义，这当然影响了女孩们去埃尔克黑德的决定。一个令人毛骨悚然的部分涉及铁路的建设，这需要在落基山脉进行钻探，通常是在令人目眩的暴风雪中。这本书的结尾是罗莎蒙德和多萝西回到奥本。

In Wickenden's book, she expanded on the history of the West and also on feminism, which of course influenced the girls' decision to go to Elkhead.句译 在威肯登的书中，她扩展了西方的历史，也扩展了女权主义，这当然影响了女孩们去埃尔克黑德的决定。 A hair-raising section concerns the building of the railroads, which entailed (牵涉) drilling through the Rockies, often in blinding snowstorms.句译 一个令人毛骨悚然的部分涉及铁路的建设，这需要在落基山脉进行钻探，通常是在令人目眩的暴风雪中。 The book ends with Rosamond and Dorothy's return to Auburn.句译 这本书的结尾是罗莎蒙德和多萝西回到奥本。

5 段译 威肯登是个很会讲故事的人。这片土地的横扫和人们的坚忍使她创作出了一些美丽的作品。这是多萝西·伍德拉夫（Dorothy Woodruff）骑着马从山顶往下看的照片：“当太阳落在山后面时，四周都散发出玫瑰色的光芒。然后满月升起。雪上只有小动物：狐狸、郊狼、老鼠和各种各样的野兔，它们在冬天变成了白色。”

Wickenden is a very good storyteller.句译 威肯登是个很会讲故事的人。 The sweep of the land and the stoicism (坚忍) of the people move her to some beautiful writing.句译 这片土地的横扫和人们的坚忍使她创作出了一些美丽的作品。 Here is a picture of Dorothy Woodruff, on her horse, looking down from a hill top: “When the sun slipped behind the mountains, it shed a rosy glow all around them. 句译 这是多萝西·伍德拉夫（Dorothy Woodruff）骑着马从山顶往下看的照片：“当太阳落在山后面时，四周都散发出玫瑰色的光芒。Then a full moon rose. 句译 然后满月升起。The snow was marked only by small animals: foxes, coyotes, mice, and varying hares, which turned white in the winter.”句译 雪上只有小动物：狐狸、郊狼、老鼠和各种各样的野兔，它们在冬天变成了白色。”

24. Why did Dorothy and Rosamond go to the Rocky Mountains?翻译 24.多萝西和罗莎蒙德为什么去落基山脉？

A. To teach in a school. 翻译 在学校教书。

B. To study American history.翻译 学习美国历史。

C. To write a book.翻译 写一本书。

D. To do sightseeing.翻译 观光。

25. What can we learn about the girls from paragraph 3?翻译 25.从第3段我们能了解到哪些女孩的情况？

A. They enjoyed much respect.翻译 他们很受尊重。

B. They had a room with a bathtub.翻译 他们有一个带浴缸的房间。

C. They lived with the local kids.翻译 他们和当地的孩子住在一起。

D. They suffered severe hardships.翻译 他们遭受了巨大的苦难。

26. Which part of Wickenden's writing is hair-raising?翻译 26.威肯登的哪一部分作品令人毛骨悚然？

A. The extreme climate of Auburn.翻译 奥本的极端气候。

B. The living conditions in Elkhead.翻译 埃尔克黑德的生活条件。

C. The railroad building in the Rockies. 翻译 落基山脉的铁路建筑。

D. The natural beauty of the West.翻译 西方的自然美景。

27. What is the text?翻译 27.课文是什么？

A. news report.翻译 新闻报道。

B. A book review.翻译 书评。

C. A children's story.翻译 一个儿童故事。

D. A diary entry.翻译 日记条目。

答案 24.A 25.D 26.C 27.B   温馨提示：选项可点击，红色为错误选项，绿色为正确选项