B
Sam Hill is really bad at finding his way from place to place. The world is full of people like Hill and their opposites, who always seem to know exactly where they are and how to get where they want to go. It has proved hard to explain why. However, with the development of technology, there's new excitement happening in the research world.
An experiment was carried out in 2022 to find out what might influence wayfinding ability. Researchers developed an online game in which players travel by boat to find where a lot of checkpoints lie. The game asked players to provide basic background information, and nearly four million people worldwide did so. Through the game, the researchers were able to judge navigational(辨识方向的)ability by looking at how far each person traveled to reach all the checkpoints. Then they compared players' performance with their background information.
The researchers found that Northern Europeans seemed to be better navigators, perhaps because they love orienteering(定向越野), a sport which involves cross - country running and navigation. And those from cities with more disorganized street networks(网状系统)did better than those from cities with orderly ones. Perhaps people of planned cities don't need to build complex(复杂的)maps in their minds.
Research results like these suggest that people's life experience decides how well they find their way. In fact, experience may even explain a popular belief that men are more likely to perform better than women. It turns out that this difference is more a question of culture and experience than of inborn ability. Northern Europeans, for example, show almost no gender(性别)difference in navigation. However, men do much better than women in places where women face cultural limits on exploring their environment on their own.
That finding is also supported by studies on the Tsimane, a community living in a forest in South America. Researchers put GPS units on 305 Tsimane people to check their daily movements over a three - day period, and found no difference between men and women in navigational ability. Even children performed very well — a result, researchers think, of growing up in an environment that encourages children to explore the forest.
() 1. Why was an experiment carried out in 2022?
A. To develop an online wayfinding game.
B. To improve the players' wayfinding ability.
C. To pick out people who are weak in wayfinding.
D. To find out why people are different in wayfinding ability.
() 2. According to the passage, who is probably the best at finding their way?
A. A woman who often explores nature.
B. A girl who studies South American culture.
C. A man who runs on a sports ground every morning.
D. A boy who lives in a city with an orderly street network.
() 3. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Good navigators are mostly made, not born.
B. Navigation skills differ between the genders.
C. Navigation skills are passed down, never lost.
D. Good navigators bring developments in technology.

1.D 2.A 3.A

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，需结合原文信息逐一分析各题：
1. 第1题：先定位2022年实验的目的，找到原文对应句子，对比选项得出答案；
2. 第2题：明确方向感受生活经验影响，结合各选项描述，判断谁的经验最利于提升方向感；
3. 第3题：梳理文章核心结论，即方向感更多由后天经验而非天生决定，对应选项得出答案。
【解析】
1. 第1题：根据文章第二段第一句“An experiment was carried out in 2022 to find out what might influence wayfinding ability.”，可知实验目的是找出影响方向感的因素，解释人们方向感存在差异的原因，对应选项D。
2. 第2题：文章指出方向感由生活经验决定，经常探索自然的人（选项A）有更多相关经验；选项B研究南美文化与方向感无关，选项C在操场跑步无法提升方向感，选项D住在街道有序城市的人方向感更差，因此选A。
3. 第3题：根据文章第四段“this difference is more a question of culture and experience than of inborn ability”及第五段孩子因环境鼓励探索方向感好，可知方向感更多是后天形成而非天生，对应选项A。
【答案】
1.D 2.A 3.A
【知识点】
英语阅读理解细节题、英语阅读理解推理题
【点评】
本文是关于方向感影响因素的科普类阅读，题目侧重考查学生对原文细节的定位能力和推理判断能力，需准确抓取关键信息，难度适中，适合中等水平学生解答。
【难度系数】
0.6