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A school in England for children with autism is finding a new use for virtual reality, or VR headsets. Prior’s Court is a school in Berkshire, southern England, The workers at the school are also using high technology to learn more about individual students.
People with autism may find it hard to deal with places and situations they have not experienced before. VR headsets make the wearer feel like they are in a different place. For example, someone wearing a VR headset can have a 360-degree view of a place as they turn around. With video, they can even hear the sounds of the place.
Teachers at Prior’s Court are using VR to introduce children to situations like visiting a shopping mall or getting on a plane. They can do so in the safety of their classroom. In addition to getting used to everyday places in the real world, the children may learn to enjoy new experiences such as skiing or deep-sea diving.
Nuno Guerreiro is a computing teacher at Prior’s Court School. He Said “Our young people, they have difficulties with sensory issues so they can find it overwhelming going to very busy places.” Guerreiro added that children with autism find it hard to be in a new place. “They like what is familiar, they like their routine.” The school officials hope the VR experiences will help children feel better about changes from their routine.
Prior’s Court cares for around 95 young people with more severe signs of autism. Some cannot speak or communicate their needs.
The charity is also hoping data can help. They are trying a new data collection system. The system, called Prior insight, puts together information bout each young person's day: what they have eaten, how much sleep and they have had and all their activities. Then it compares those facts to how they are behaving and medical events.
Project leader Elaine Hudgell said the school hopes to share what it learns. “We’re hoping to not only increase our knowledge and awareness bout the world of young people with autism at Prior's Court, but were also hoping to be able to, in time,share that with the wider autism world.”
41. How do children with autism think about going to very busy places?( )
A. Enjoyable
B. Interesting
C. Insecure
D. Overwhelming
【答案】D。定位至第四段，根据 they have difficulties with sensory so they can find it overwhelming going to very busy places.可知患有自闭症的孩子当身处嘈杂的环境中时，会觉得有迎面扑来的压迫感。选项 A：愉悦的;选项 B：有趣的;选项 C：不安全的;选项 D：压迫感。只有 D 项表达符合文意，故本题正确答案选 D。
42. Which statement below about Prior Insight is incorrect?( )
A. The knowledge get from it will be useful to autism world.
B. It will collect information about each young student’s day.
C. I can make the students feel like they are in a different place.
D. It's a new data collection system being applied to children with autism at Priors Court.
【答案】C。定位至第三段，根据 Teachers at Prior’s Court are using VR to introduce children to situations like visiting a shopping mall or getting on a plane.可知 VR 可以让自闭症孩子体验不同地方，并非 Prior Insight。定位至倒数第二段，根据 They are trying a new data collection system. The system, called Prior insight, puts together information bout each young person’s day 可知 Prior insight 可以进行数据收集孩子每天的信息，选项 BD 表述正确。根据末段可知利用这一手段可以帮助全世界的自闭症孩童，选项 A 表述正确。故本题正确答案选 C。
43. Which of the following statements is correct interpretation of “autism”? ( )
A. A metal illness in which person becomes unable to link thought, emotion and behavior, leading to withdrawal from reality and persona relationships.
B. A metal illness in which the patient is depressed and worried by unnecessary fears.
C. A medical condition in which someone partly or completely loses their memory.
D. A mental condition in which a person finds it very difficult to communicate or form relationships with others.
【答案】A。根据第二段 people with autism may find it hard to deal with places and situations they have not experienced before.以及结合后文的描述，可知 autism“自闭症”是一种 mental disease“精神疾病”。选项 A：一种精神疾病，使人无法将思想、情感和行为联系起来，导致脱离现实和人格关系，表述正确;选项 B：一种精神疾病，患者会为没必要的恐惧而担忧沮丧，文中提到自闭症群体不仅仅是担忧和沮丧，表述片面;选项 C：是一种部分失忆或者完全失忆的状态，表述错误;选项 D：很难与他人沟通或者形成关系的心理状态，表述片面。故本题正确答案选 A。
44. Which sentence below is not true according to this article? ( )
A. Children with autism like familiar place and hard to be in a new place.
B. People wearing VR headset can have a 360-degree view of a place as they stand still.
C. Prior’s Court is a school for children with autism in Berkshire, southern England.
D. Prior’s Court cares for around 95 young people with more severe signs of autism.
【答案】B。根据 someone wearing a VR headset can have a 360-degree view of a place as they turn around可知随着转圈才会有360视角，选项B中standstill表述错误。根据 People with autism may find it hard to deal with places and situations they have not experienced before.和 getting used to everyday places in the real world 可知选项 A 表述正确;根据第一段 Prior’s Court is a school in Berkshire, southern England, The workers at the school are also using high technology to learn more about individual students.可知选项 C 表述正确;根据 Prior’s Court cares for around 95 young people with more severe signs of autism. Some cannot speak or communicate their needs.可知选项 D 表达正确。故本题正确答案选 B。
45. Which help is not provided by the VR headsets? ( )
A. Help children with autism speak or communicate their needs.
B. Help teachers at Priors Court introduce children to new situations like visiting a shopping mall or getting on a plane.
C. Help workers of Priors Court learn more about individual students.
D. Help children with autism feel better about changes from their routine.
【答案】A。根据 Teachers at Prior’s Court are using VR to introduce children to situations like visiting a shopping mall or getting on a plane.和 The workers at the school are also using high technology to learn more about individual students，以及 VR experiences will help children feel better about changes from their routine.可知 BCD 三个选项文中都提到了，只有 A 项“帮助自闭 孩子和别人讲话和沟通他们的需求”没有提及。故本题正确答案选 A。
