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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 at 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 the 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 the parents of girls.
The findings were published in the journal Developmental Science.
1.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.
2. What did Levine take into consideration when designing her experiment
A. Parents' age. B. Children's imagination.
C. Parents' education. D.Child-parent relationship.
3. How do boys 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.
4. What is the text mainly about
A. A mathematical method.
B. A scientific study.
C. A woman psychologist.
D. A teaching program.
单词梳理
Para 1
1.high-tech adj.高科技的 2.toy n.玩具 3.researcher n.研究者
4.puzzle n.拼图游戏 5.help sb with sth 帮助某人做某事 6.math-related adj.与数学相关的
7.skill n.技巧,技能
Para 2
8.psychologist n.心理学家 9.expert n.专家 10.mathematics n.数学
11.development n.发展 12.University of Chicago 芝加哥大学 13.play with puzzles 玩拼图游戏
14.age n.年龄 15.between A and B 在A和B之间 16.later adv.后来
17.develop v.发展 18.spatial adj.空间的 19.skill n.技能
20.significant adj.有意义的,显著的 21.predictor n.预测器,预示物 22.control v.控制
23.difference n.差异 24.income n.收入 25.education n.教育
26.amount n.数量 27.talk n/v.交谈
Para 3
28.researcher n.研究者 29.analyze v.分析 30.video recording 视频记录
31.pair n.一对 32.during 在…期间 33.everyday adj.每日的
34.activity n.活动 35.play with puzzles 玩拼图游戏 36.month n.月
37.spatial skill 空间技能 38.assess v.评估 39.age n.年龄
Para 4
40.children n.儿童 41.perform v.表现 42.task n.任务
43.assess v.评估 44.the ability to do sth 做某事的能力 45.translate v. 转变
46.shape n.形状 47.statement n.陈述
Para 5
48.be asked to do sth 被要求做某事 49.interact with sb 与某人互动 50.normally adv.正常地
51.half of …的一半 52.study n.研究 53.higher-income adj.更高收入的
54.tend to do sth 倾向于做某事 55.have sb do sth 让某人做某事 56.frequently adv.频繁地
57.spatial skill 空间技能 58.tend to do sth 倾向于做某事 plex adj.复杂的
60.puzzle n.拼图游戏 61.provide v.提供 62.spatial adj.空间的
63.language n.语言 64.active adj.活跃的
Para 6
65.finding n.发现 66.publish v.出版 67.journal n.期刊
Developmental Science 《发育科学》
题目
68.aspect n.方面 69.benefit from 从…中受益 70.confidence n.信心
71.develop v.发展 72.spatial skill 空间技能 73.self-control n.自我控制
74.gain v.获得 75.high-tech adj.高科技的 76.knowledge n.知识
77.take sth into consideration 把…列入考虑当中 78.design n/v.设计 79.experiment n.实验
80.age n.年龄 81.imagination n.想象力 82.education n.教育
83.relationship n.关系 84.differ from 与…不同 85.more often 更经常
86.tend to do sth 倾向于做某事 87.less adj.更少的 88.prefer to do sth 更喜欢做某事
89.spatial language 空间语言 90.be likely to do sth可能做某事 91.tougher adj.更艰难的
92.text n.文章 93.mainly adv.主要地 94.about 关于
95.mathematical adj.数学的 96.method n.方法 97.scientific adj.科学的
98.study n.研究 99.woman n.女人 100.psychologist n.心理学家
101.teaching adj.教学的 102.program n.计划,方案,大纲,程序,节目
一.重点句子
1. Psychologist Susan Levine, an expert on mathematics development in young children at the University of Chicago, found children play with puzzles between ages 2 and 4 later develop better spatial skills.
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2. Puzzle play (find) to be a significant predictor of cognition (认知) after (control)for differences in parents' income, education and the amount of parent talk, Levine said.
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3. The researchers analyzed video recordings of 53 child-parent pairs during everyday activities at home and found children play with puzzles between 26 and 46 months of age have better spatial skills when (assess) at 54 months of age.
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考点2:
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4.The children who played with puzzles performed (good) than those did not, on tasks that (assess) their ability to rotate (旋转) and translate shapes.
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二.仿写
1.在大学中获益最多的学生是那些完全参与学术生活的人。
2.当被评估学习能力的时候,那些深入思考的孩子比那些不深入思考的孩子获得更高的分数。
3.当旅行的时候,我们将玩得开心并且从探索中学到一些东西,这非常吸引我。
答案
一.译文
一些父母会购买高科技玩具,如果他们认为这些玩具会对孩子有帮助。但是研究人员说,拼图玩具有助于儿童提高数学相关技能。
芝加哥大学幼儿数学发展专家心理学家Susan Levine 发现,年龄在2至4岁之间的儿童在玩拼图时会发展出更好的空间技巧。Levine说,在控制了父母收入、教育程度和父母谈话量的差异之后,拼图游戏被发现是认知能力的一个显著预测因子。
研究人员分析了53对父母和孩子在家中日常活动的视频记录,发现26到46个月大的玩拼图的孩子在54个月大进行评估的时候有更好的空间技能。
Levine 在一份声明中说:“在评估旋转和转换形状能力上,玩拼图游戏的孩子的表现要好于未玩拼图的孩子。”
父母被要求与孩子们照常进行互动,并且研究中大约一半的孩子会玩拼图游戏。高收入父母倾向于让孩子更经常玩拼图游戏,而玩拼图游戏的男孩和女孩都具有更好的空间技巧。但是,男孩比女孩倾向于玩更复杂的拼图游戏,男孩的父母比女孩的父母提供更多的空间语言,并且在拼图游戏中更加活跃。
该研究成果发表在《发育科学》期刊上。
1.在哪一方面儿童从益智游戏中获益
A.建立自信。 B.发展空间技能。
C.学习自我控制。 D.获得高科技知识
2. Levine在设计实验时考虑了什么
A.父母的年龄。 B .孩子的想象力
C .父母教育。 D.父母和孩子的关系。
3.在玩益智游戏时,男孩和女孩有什么不同
A.他们更经常玩拼图游戏。 B.他们在游戏中说得更少。
C.他们更喜欢使用空间性语言。 D.他们可能会玩更难的谜题。
4.这篇文章的主要内容是什么
A.一个数学方法。 B.一个科学研究。
C.一位女心理学家。 D.一个教学计划。
二.答案和解析
1.B 细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句中 found children who play with puzzles between ages 2 and 4 later develop better spatial skills 可知,玩拼图游戏的儿童在空间能力方面发展得更好。故正确答案为B。
2.C 细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句中 after controlling for differences in parents' income, education and the amount of parent talk 可知,莱文在设计这个实验的时候,把不同的父母的收入、受教育程度和与孩子说话的量的差异考虑了进去,因此父母的教育程度是实验的考虑因素之一。故正确答案为C。
3.D 细节理解题。根据题干关键信息 boys differ from girls 可定位至文章倒数第二段最后一句中However,boystended to play with more complex puzzles than girls 由此可知,男孩比女孩更倾向于玩复杂的拼图。D选项中 tough与complex含义相近。故正确答案为D。
4.B 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段 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.及全文内容可知,文章主要通过介绍专门研究幼儿数学发展的心理学家Susan Levine 的一项实验,说明了玩拼图游戏对孩子空间能力的帮助以及其影响因素、男女差异等。因此文章主要内容是关于一项科学研究。B项正确。A项,“一种数学方法”,C项,“一位女性心理学家”,D项,“一个教学计划”,均不符合文意。故正确答案为B。
单词梳理
Para 1
1.high-tech 2.toy 3.researcher
4.puzzle 5.help sb with sth 6.math-related
7.skill
Para 2
8.psychologist 9.expert 10.mathematics
11.development 12.University of Chicago 13.play with puzzles
14.age 15.between A and B 16.later
17.develop 18.spatial 19.skill
20.significant 21.predictor 22.control
23.difference 24.income 25.education
26.amount 27.talk
Para 3
28.researcher 29.analyze 30.video recording
31.pair 32.during 33.everyday
34.activity 35.play with puzzles 36.month
37.spatial skill 38.assess 39.age
Para 4
40.children 41.perform 42.task
43.assess 44.the ability to do sth 力 45.translate
46.shape 47.statement
Para 5
48.be asked to do sth 49.interact with sb 50.normally
51.half of 52.study 53.higher-income
54.tend to do sth 55.have sb do sth 56.frequently
57.spatial skill 58.tend to do sth plex
60.puzzle 61.provide 62.spatial
63.language 64.active
Para 6
65.finding 66.publish 67.journal
Developmental Science
题目
68.aspect 69.benefit from 70.confidence
71.develop 72.spatial skill 73.self-control
74.gain 75.high-tech 76.knowledge
77.take sth into consideration 78.design 79.experiment
80.age 81.imagination 82.education
83.relationship 84.differ from 85.more often
86.tend to do sth 87.less 88.prefer to do sth
89.spatial language 90.be likely to do sth 91.tougher
92.text 93.mainly 94.about
95.mathematical 96.method 97.scientific
98.study 99.woman 100.psychologist
101.teaching 102.program
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