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問題詳情：

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(認知) 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(旋轉)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.

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.

【回答】

24. B    25. C    26. D    27. B

【解析】

本文是說明文。是關於孩子們玩智力遊戲的研究，介紹了研究考慮的因素，研究過程和結果。

【24題詳解】

細節理解題。根據第二段中…found children who play with puzzles between ages 2 and 4 develop better spatial skill(在2歲到4歲之間玩智力遊戲的兒童在空間能力方面更好)可知，孩子們可以從智力遊戲中發展更好的空間技能。B. Developing spatial skills(發展空間能力)符合以上說法，故選B項。

【25題詳解】

細節理解題。根據第二段中Puzzle play was found to be a significant predictor of cognition after controlling for difference in parents' income, education and the amount of parent talk, Levine said.( Levine說，在控制了不同父母的收入、教育和父母談話次數後，拼圖遊戲被發現是一個重要的認知預測)可知Levine在設計這個試驗時考慮了父母的收入、教育程度和父母談話的次數。C. Parents' education.(父母的教育)符合以上說法，故選C項。

【26題詳解】

細節理解題。根據倒數第二段中However, boys tended to play with more complex puzzles than girls,可知男孩比女孩更喜歡玩複雜的謎題，即他們可能會玩難度更大的謎題。D. They are likely to play with tougher puzzles.(他們有可能玩更復雜的謎題)符合以上說法，故選D項。

【27題詳解】

主旨大意題。本文是關於孩子們玩智力遊戲的研究，介紹了研究考慮的因素，研究過程和結果。所以是關於科學研究的。B. A scientific study(一項科學研究)符合以上說法，故選B項。

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