“If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!”
That may seem a strange thing to say. But touching things can help you to see them better.
Your eyes can tell you that glass ball is round. But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. You can feel how heavy the glass is.
When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it.
With your skin, you can feel better. For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket. You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too.
You can even feel sounds against your skin. Have you ever wanted to know why some people like very loud music? They must like to feel the sounds of music.
All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means. They hear it often. Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. In shops, we touch things we might buy, such as food, clothes and so on. To see something well, we have to touch it.
The bottoms of our feet can feel things, too. You know this when you walk on warm sand, cool grass or a bad floor. All feel different under your feet.
There are ways of learning to see well by feeling.
One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin. At first, it is not easy to feel these things. You are too used to them!
Most museums are just for looking. But today some museums have some things to touch. Their signs say, “Do touch! There you can feel every thing on show. If you want to see better, reach out and touch. Then you’ll really see!”
1. By touching things _______.
A. you will have a strange feeling
B. you will learn how to reach out
C. you can tell the difference between them
D. you can tell what colors they are
2. Which of the following can be the best title of the story?
A. Touching by Feeling B. To See or to Feel
C. To See Better — Feel D. Ways of Feeling
3. When people buy things in shops, they often _______.
A. try them on first B. put their right hand on them
C. just has a look D. feel and touch them
4. Why does it say, “At first, it is not easy to feel these things?”
A. The things are used by people, too.
B. People are used to the things.
C. People know how to use the things.
D. The things are easy to feel.
5. Which of the following is true?
A. Touching can help people learn things better.
B. Our feet, fingers, hands and skin can help us enjoy music.
C. People have to learn to see by feeling as they grow up.
D. Visitors cannot feel the things on show in some museums.
【答案与解析】这篇文章通过许多例子告诉我们触摸的重要性。只有触摸才能真正地、更好地了解物体。
1. C。判断题。全文告诉你通过触摸你可以知道许多靠肉眼不能分辨的东西。touch可以让你知道物体的不同点。
2. C。主旨题。根据文章中出现的 When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it 以及 To see something well, we have to touch it 和 …to see well by feeling 等我们可以推测出只有触摸,我们才能更好的看到并了解这个物体。因此答案为 C。
3. D。细节题。文章第7段第2行作者谈到我们在可能要买东西的时候会去触摸它,像食物、衣服等等。由此句可知在买衣服时我们会去感觉和触摸它。
4. B。细节题。作者叫你去 feel the shoes on your feet...,但一开始人们并不习惯去感觉它们,因为 you are too used to them。由此可知答案为 B。
5. A。判断题。全文的中心就是告诉我们触摸能帮助人们了解事物。因此答案是 A。
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