(单词翻译:单击)
Passage Three
短文三
Left-handed people can find it inconvenient to do certain things, writing in a notebook for example, but there are a number of advantages of being left-handed.
左利手会发现做某些事情很不方便，比如在笔记本上写字，但左利手有很多优点。
Research found that they were overrepresented among fighters in combat sports.
研究发现，左利手在格斗运动中比例高
Left-handed fighters also had higher chances to win.
左利手也有更高的获胜机会。
This confirms the fighter theory.
这证实了格斗原理。
Left-handers may also be better at remembering events.
左利手也可能更善于记忆事件。
The explanation is that the two brain spheres of left-handers are more strongly connected.
原因是左利手的两个大脑半球之间的联系更紧密。
Being left-handed might be a factor in mathematical ability.
左利手可能是数学能力的一个因素。
An Italian study found that for simple arithmetic there was little difference between right- and left-handed performance,
意大利的一项研究发现，对于简单的算术，右利手和左利手的表现几乎没有差别。
but for more difficult problem-solving, left-handers won out.
但对于更难解决的问题，左利手更胜一筹。
No one understands the reason for this.
没有人能理解其中的原因。
Left-handed people may think differently.
左利手可能会有不同的思维。
In one study, researchers showed the participants columns of abstract illustrations and asked them which ones they would prefer.
在一项研究中，研究人员向参与者展示了抽象插图，并询问他们更喜欢哪一幅。
Left-handed people were more likely to prefer the images on the left.
左利手更喜欢左边的图片。
Right-handed people preferred the ones on the right.
右利手更喜欢右边的图片。
Both groups disliked stuff on their opposite side.
两组人都不喜欢对方的东西。
Left-handers are also overrepresented in professional, interactive sports. Researchers have looked at the influence of being left-handed on performance and interactive sports.
左利手在职业互动运动中比例偏高。研究人员研究了左利手对运动表现和互动运动的影响。
Those that require the fastest reaction give left-handers the biggest advantage.
那些需要做出快速反应的运动给了左利手最大的优势。
So if you have a left-handed child, you should encourage them to play table tennis, baseball and tennis.
所以如果你有一个左利手孩子，你应该鼓励他们打乒乓球、棒球和网球。
Being left-handed maximizes their chances of success in these sports.
左利手使他们在这些运动中获得成功的机会最大化。
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
请根据你刚听到的短文回答第22至25题。
22. What does the passage say about left-handed people?
22. 关于左利手，短文说了什么？
23. What is said to be special about left-handed people?
23. 据说左利手有什么特别之处？
24. Why are left-handed people better at solving more difficult problems?
24. 为什么左利手更善于解决更困难的问题？
25. What should parents do about a left-handed child?
25. 对于左利手孩子，父母应该怎么做？
