题目
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Active listening is an essential skill in learning. It is when you listen carefully to make sure you understand and learn the information that is being conveyed. 1 Here are some things which can help you to listen actively.
Listen for the main point and major subpoints(次要点). Don’t just write everything down. Listen carefully and make sure you understand what the purpose of this lecture is. As you take down notes, keep the main point in mind and make sure you understand how these notes are related.
Listen for an organizational structure. Listen carefully to figure out how the ideas are organized and they will make more sense.
Pay attention to organizational cues(暗示). 2 Pay close attention to the introduction, as it will probably indicate how you should organize your notes. If the lecture begins with, “ Today, I’m going to talk about three conflicts in the Middle East,” then you have a good idea of what’ s going to follow. Listen for “signpost” words to indicate a transition for one point to the next, such as “next” and “finally” and numerical signposts like “first” or “third”.
Listen with your eyes. 3 Watch the teacher and be aware of how he or she uses hand gestures, eye contact and other body language to convey points.
___4____ Put away the campus newspaper, your cell phone and anything else that might be more interesting than the lecture. Learning to concentrate and listen actively is an endurance(持久) skill. 5
A. Speakers communicate information through nonverbal(不使用语言的) communication. |
B. Unfortunately, many students don’t know how to listen actively when they attend classes. |
C. If your teacher indicates that something is important ,mark it. |
D. Make yourself do it, and it will get easier over time. |
F. Your teachers’ notes are probably organized into some kind of outline.
G. Remove distractions.
答案
小题1:B
小题2:G
小题3:E
小题4:A
小题5:D
解析
试题分析:
小题1:B从空格下一句Here are some things which can help you to listen actively是承上启下,后面是解决问题。可知空格处应该是提出问题:许多学生听课时不知怎么来积极听。
小题2:G根据空格上一句Listen for the main point and major subpoints听要抓重点,与Don’t just write everything down吻合,意思是不要一味的把所有的东西都写下。
小题3:从Pay attention to organizational cues可知谈论组织结构,故选E
小题4:Listen with your eyes,眼睛是不会发声的。跟nonverbal communication对应,因此选A
小题5:从倒数第二句可知,最后一句应该是总结,号召,提出希望之类的句子,故选D
点评:本文叙述了学习当中如何积极主动听的问题。文章层次结构清晰,上下文联系紧密,填句子的时候注意密切联系上下文,认真体会上下文之间的联系,填好之后可以代入检查核对。
核心考点
试题【根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。(共5题,每小题2分,满分10分)Active listening is an】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
Settlers would travel to the red planet and live there forever. NASA says it would be too expensive to bring humans back to Earth. The space agency can afford, however, to send supplies to the astronaut pioneers from Earth. Astronauts would be landed on the planet"s surface and would never be able to return home due to the cost.
NASA has started the project with $1.6 million, and hopes to attract investment from space-living billionaires. Google co-founder Larry Page told NASA he would be interested if the cost of a one-way ticket can go down from $10 billion to $2 billion.
The journey to Mars could take 4 months. Setting on the red planet would be extremely dangerous, especially given the freezing temperatures there. The thin atmosphere would be another problem as it is mostly carbon dioxide, so oxygen supplies are a must. A director in NASA said that he believed the trip might start with visiting Mars"s moons first. He claimed that humans could be on Mars"s moons by 2030.
Many scientists think colonizing space is absolutely necessary. Steven Hawking believes we must move to other planets to survive as a species. He said: “Once we spread out into space and establish independent colonies, our future should be safe.” Scientists Dirk" Schulze-Makuch and Paul Davies also call it a “desirable goal”, though there surely are huge risks to explore new lands.
小题1:Which of the following is TRUE about the Hundred Years Starship?
A.It has cost NASA around $10 billion. |
B.It is expected to be conducted on Mars in 2030. |
C.It aims to explore new lands in the universe. |
D.It is a project first raise by Steven Hawking. |
A.used to be an astronaut | B.is no longer rich now |
C.is a fan of space travel | D.is a generous man |
A.One-way trip to Mars |
B.Mars"s another moon is found. |
C.Human landing on Mars. |
D.NASA"s first cooperation with Google. |
When trained, the rats can smell special metals in the mines and then signal(发信号) to their human team. Then why use rats for such an important job?
In the past, dogs have been used to find bombs. Rats have a good sense of smell and can respond to orders, just like dogs do. But rats are much lighter than dogs. They stand less of a chance of setting off the mines, which explode under a certain amount of weight. What’s more, the best rats are cheaper to keep than dogs. It costs about the same amount of money to take care of one dog as it does 70 rats.
The rats have already been used in Tanzania, an African country with many land mines. Luisa Fernanda Méndez and her team in Colombia are training the even lighter Wistar rats. These are the white rats with red eyes that scientists often use in laboratory experiments. “They even train their babies to perform their jobs, which saves us a lot of time, ” Méndez said.
Colombia has the second-highest rate(比率) of deaths from land mine accidents in the world. Last year, land mines killed 695 people — 56 of whom were children. A criminal group called the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, as well as other organizations, have placed the mines. FARC are strongly against Colombia’s government. The group has placed mines all around its own bases and in many places in the countryside.
In the past, the Colombian government hired peasants and poor farmers to find mines. Many of them died trying to find the well-hidden bombs.
Colombian police official Erick Guzmán hopes the team of rats can come to the rescue(援救). “These rats will be a great help,” he said.
小题1:How do rats help to find land mines?
A.By their special sight. | B.By their light weight. |
C.By their sense of smell. | D.By their excellent hearing. |
A.they are cleverer. |
B.they run faster |
C.they have a better sense of smell |
D.they don’t make mines explode as easily |
A.scientists | B.Wistar rats |
C.dogs | D.Méndez and her team |
A.Specially-trained rats help clear land mines. |
B.People in Tanzania are suffering from land mines. |
C.Dogs are no longer used to find land mines. |
D.Land mines have become a great danger to Colombians. |
The researchers found in a series of linked studies - using a messy desk and a messy shop front - that people actually thought more clearly when all around was chaos, as they sought to simplify the tasks at hand.
Visual and mental clutter(阻塞) forces human beings to focus and think more clearly.
Famous thinkers and writers such as Albert Einstein and Roald Dahl have been notorious(声名狼藉的) for their untidy desks.
“Messy desks may not be as detrimental(有害的) as they appear to be, as the problem-solving approaches they seem to cause can improve work efficiency or increase employees" creativity in problem solving,” say the authors.
“Business and government managers often promote "clean desk" policies to avoid disorganized offices and messy desks, for the purpose of boosting work efficiency and productivity,” writes lead researcher Jia Liu of the University of Groningen in a paper published in the Journal of Consumer Research.
“This practice is based on the conventional wisdom that a disorganized and messy environment can clutter one"s mind and complicate one"s judgments.”
“However, not all evidence supports this conventional link between a messy environment and a messy mind.”
The scientists tested people"s response in various "messy" environments - including a messy shop front, a disorganized desk, and even a work environment where a language task "reminded" people of messiness.
The authors found in the series of six studies people tended towards simplicity in their thinking.
“They categorized (分类) products in a simpler manner, were willing to pay more for a T-shirt that shows a simple-looking picture, and sought less variety in their choices.” said the researchers.
小题1: The purpose of the first two paragraphs is to show that _____.
A.A messy desk cannot contribute to clearer thinking |
B.People thought more clearly about a messy desk and a shop front |
C.People will feel confused when all around are chaos |
D.People manage to simplify the tasks in messy environments |
A.to support the idea that clearer thinking comes from messy environment. |
B.to tell the fact that Einstein was known for his untidy desks. |
C.to stop us from learning from Albert Einstein. |
D.to call on us to develop a good habit. |
A.Messy environment will create clearer thinking. |
B.Messy environment will simplify one" s judgment. |
C.Messy environment can promote work efficiency. |
D.Messy environment can block one" s mind. |
A.People believe messy environment creates clearer thinking. |
B.People sought more simplicity in the choices. |
C.People were not willing to choose those complicated products. |
D.Not all the people accept messy environment and complicated things |
When it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world’s recordholder. She lived to the ripe old age of 122. So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span(寿命)? If scientists come up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150-or beyond?
Researchers don’t entirely agree on the answers. “Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135, ”says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas.
Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees. “People can live much longer than we think, ”he says. “Experts used to say that humans couldn’t live past 110. When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120. So why can’t we go higher? ”
The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it’s all just guessing. “Anyone can make up a number, ”says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan. “Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine. ”
Won’t new anti-aging techniques keep us alive for centuries? Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120. Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most. So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller, “adding another 50 percent would get you to 120. ”
So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers? That life span is flexible(有弹性的), but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington. “We can get flies to live 50 percent longer, ”he says. “But a fly’s never going to live 150 years. ”Of course, if you became a new species (物种), one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story, he adds.
Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve (进化)their way to longer life? “It’s pretty cool to think about, ”he says with a smile.
小题1: What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us?
A.People can live to 122. |
B.Old people are creative. |
C.Women are sporty at 85. |
D.Women live longer than men. |
A.the average human life span could be 110 |
B.scientists cannot find ways to slow aging |
C.few people can expect to live to over 150 |
D.researchers are not sure how long people can live |
A.Jerry Shay. | B.Steve Austad |
C.Rich Miller | D.George Martin |
A.Most of us could be good at sports even at 120. |
B.The average human life span cannot be doubled |
C.Scientists believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before. |
D.New techniques could be used to change flies into a new species |
To study in Canada is very cost effective. These universities are affordable compared to other universities in the world such as in the US, New Zealand and UK where cost of education and living is very high. According to a survey in 2006, “Canada offered the lowest tuition fees(学费) for foreign students compared to UK and Australia.”
The low rate of crimes and the peaceful safe environment of the country also attracts a lot of international students to Canadian universities. Canada has 92 universities and 175 community colleges and university degrees have three levels—Bachelor’s(学士), Master’s(硕士) and Doctoral(博士).
A Bachelor’s degree in Canada is for three or four years’ full-time study depending on the nature of the program you are doing. On the other hand, a Master’s degree consists of two years of study. For a Doctoral program in Canadian universities, you require a minimum (最低/小的) of three to four or sometimes five years of research and study.
You can also find many diploma and certification (认证) program in Canadian universities where the time is generally one year. Some of the Canadian universities are well-regarded worldwide and the degree and diploma obtained from these Canadian universities are recognized globally and promise bright future. After the completion of studies, a person could also find great job offers in Canada itself. International students require a work permit to work on campus.
小题1: How long will you spend at least in total if you want to finish your Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Canada?
A.11 years | B.9 years | C.8 years | D.7 years |
①Quality education ② Safe environment
③ Versatile culture ④ Bright job future
⑤ High scholarships ⑥ Low tuition fees
A.①②④⑤⑥ | B.①②③⑤⑥ | C.①③④⑤⑥ | D.①②③④⑥ |
A.Favorable | B.Critical |
C.Doubtful | D.Not mentioned |
A.Canadian culture |
B.The life in Canada |
C.Benefits of studying abroad |
D.Study in Canada — a unique experience |
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