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【题目】Traveling makes us feel sick because modern transport tricks the brain into thinking we have been poisoned, a scientist has said.

Being in a car, train, boat or plane makes conflicting signals in the brain which causes an action similar to something that happens when someone is poisoned. Dr Dean Burnett, from Cardiff University, said the feeling of sickness is caused because the brain thinks the body needs to remove a toxin through vomiting . But in fact, the “poisoning”effect is caused by the mixed messages-- for the muscles , they tell the brain the body is motionless, but for the ears, they got the feeling that the body has some movement.

Dr Dean Burnett explained that reading in a car made the feeling of travel sickness worse, because the eyes were focused on a small, motionless space and gave the brain no information to explain that the body was moving.

The feeling of sickness could be weakened by looking out of a car window because this showed the brain that movement was taking place. “You can see the passage and movement itself, and that balances the system,” he said. “The brain’s going: ‘Oh, look, things are moving--I must be moving’--and then it calms down the sickness.”

Dr Burnett said there was no clear reason why some people suffered from car sickness more than others. But he said there were several other aspects of modern life with which the brain had not yet recognized or understood.

【1】Tom often feels sick when traveling in a bus, because ________ according to the writer.

A. buses make his brain into thinking he has been poisoned

B. buses make him feel very excited

C. he doesn’t like taking a bus to anywhere at all

D. His body needs to remove a toxin through vomiting

【2】The meaning of the underlined word “motionless” is close to “ ________”.

A. active B. noise C. quiet D. clever

【3】Which of the following can NOT weaken the feeling of sickness in a bus?

A. Looking out of the window

B. Looking at the passage of the bus.

C. Looking at the movement itself.

D. Looking at something quiet.

【4】What’s the best title of the passage?

A. What a Terrible Travel! B. Why Do We Get Car Sick?

C. The Danger of Modern Transport D. How to Keep Balance.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 A

【2】 C

【3】 D

【4】 B

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要讲述了有些人为什么会晕车，并就此给出了一些防止晕车的方法和建议。

【1】细节理解题。根据文中的句子Traveling makes us feel sick because modern transport tricks the brain into thinking we have been poisoned,可知，他之所以晕车是因为公共汽车欺骗他的大脑，使他的大脑认为他中毒了，故答案选A。

【2】词义猜测题。根据下文but for the ears, they got the feeling that the body has some movement.但是对于耳朵，他们感觉身体有一些运动，可知此处句意为“对于肌肉，它们告诉大脑身体是静止的”，所以motionless意思是“静止的”，结合选项可知与C选项意思相近，故答案选C。

【3】理解判断题。通过对文章的理解可知，看运动的物体能够找到视觉与感觉的平衡，这有利于减少晕车的感觉，反之则会加重晕车的感觉。结合选项可知D选项“看一些安静的东西”不会减弱在公共汽车上生病的感觉，故答案选D。

【4】标题归纳题。本文主要讲述的是为什么有些人会晕车，并就此给出了一些建议；结合选项可知B选项“我们为什么会晕车？”符合题意，故答案选B。