Section B
　　Passage 1
　　A scientific team is studying the thinking ability of eleven and half month old children. The test is a simple one. The baby watches a sort of show on a small stage. In Act One of the show, a yellow cube is lifted from a blue box, and moved across the stage. Then it is returned to the box. This is repeated 6 times. Act Two is similar except that the yellow cube is smaller. Baby boys do not react at all to the difference and the size of the cube. But girls immediately become excited. The scientists interpret the girls’ excitement as meaning they are trying to understand what they have just seen. They are wondering why Act Two is odd and how it differs from Act One. In other words, the little girls are reasoning. This experiment certainly does not definitely prove that girls start to reason before boys, but it provides a clue that scientists would like to study more carefully. Already it is known that bones, muscles and nerves develop faster in baby girls. Perhaps it is early nerve development that makes some infant girls show more intelligence than infant boys. Scientists have also found that nature seems to give another boost to girls. Baby girls usually talk at an earlier age than boys do. Scientists think that there is a physical reason for this. They believe that the nerve endings in the left side of the brain develop faster in girls than in boys, and it is this side of the brain that strongly influences an individual’s ability to use language and remember things.
　　Q26. What is the difference between Act One and Act Two in the test?
　　答案：The size of the objects shown.中 華 考 試 網
　　Q27. How do the scientists interpret their observation from the experiment?
　　答案： Girls seem to start reasoning earlier than boys.
　　Q28. What does the speaker say about the experiment?
　　答案： It may simulate scientists to make further studies.
　　Q29. According to scientists, what is another advantage given to girls by nature?
　　答案： They talk at an early age.
　　【點評】
　　本文是一篇關于幼兒思維能力的文章。… but it provides a clue that… 一句前都是具體的實驗過程，是一個例子，重點在實驗為科學研究提供的線索。實驗發(fā)現(xiàn)可能是早期的神經發(fā)育使女嬰比男嬰更聰明�？茖W家們還發(fā)現(xiàn)，自然可能還給了女孩另一大優(yōu)勢，那就是女孩通常比男孩早開口說話，而這也是因為神經末梢發(fā)育快于男孩。
　　關鍵詞：interpret v. 解釋；翻譯boost n. 推動，幫助