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Scientists are making new studies of color and its effects on our health. They have known for a long time that the color of a room or the color of the light in it can affect our feelings and emotions. Many prisons and hospitals have at least one room that is painted pink. Officials have found that light and color can produce physical changes in our bodies.
Professor Falfan worked with a group of 9 disabled children at school in Albert. Two of the children were blind. The other seven had normal sight. The scientists changed the color of the school room, then looked for changes in blood pressure, heart beat and breathing rate. The effects of color changes were the same for the blind children as for those with normal sight. Their blood pressure dropped from about 120 to 100. Similar changes were reported in heart-beat and the breathing. The children also were calmer and less excited. Then the colors of the room were returned to orange and white. Blood pressure, heart-beat and breathing rate went up and the children became excited again.
Professor Falfan said different colors produce different levels of light energy. He said the differences seem to affect chemicals in the brain that carry messages from nerve to nerve and from nerve to muscle.
小题1:Light and color can affect________.
A.only one’s feelings and emotions
B.one’s energy
C.one’s mental changes
D.one’s heart-beat, brain activities, blood pressure, feelings and emotions
小题2:The color of pink had a calming effect, that is to say, the color affects __________.
A.the chemicals in the brainB.the eyes
C.the skinD.the muscle
小题3:According to the text, orange and white are colors which can make people ________.
A.calm B.activeC.sickD.blind
小题4:The colors in the school room mentioned in the passage were changed from _________.
A.orange to whiteB.orange and white to dark blue
C.orange and white to pink or some other colorsD.gray to more colors
小题5:After reading the passage we can conclude that ________.
A.blind people can be affected by colors, too
B.one’s heart will beat fast in a colorful room than in a white room
C.the chemicals in the brain change with feelings and emotions
D.if one’s blood pressure drops, his breathing will get slower and slower

答案

小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:A
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试题分析:本文主要讲述的是颜色对人们的情绪,血压,心跳的影响。
小题1:D 细节题。根据文章第二段Then the colors of the room were returned to orange and white. Blood pressure, heart-beat and breathing rate went up and the children became excited again.和The scientists changed the color of the school room, then looked for changes in blood pressure, heart beat and breathing rate. 说明颜色对D项中的几个项目都有影响,故D正确。
小题2:A 推理题。根据文章最后两行He said the differences seem to affect chemicals in the brain that carry messages from nerve to nerve and from nerve to muscle.说明颜色的变化会影响人体的化学物质的分泌,故A正确。
小题3:B 细节题。根据文章第二段最后3行Then the colors of the room were returned to orange and white. Blood pressure, heart-beat and breathing rate went up and the children became excited again.说明橙色和白色会让人变得兴奋和积极。故B正确。
小题4:C 细节题。根据文章第二段The children also were calmer and less excited. Then the colors of the room were returned to orange and white.说明C项的顺序是正确的。故C正确。
小题5:A 推理题。根据文章第二段中最后一句Blood pressure, heart-beat and breathing rate went up and the children became excited again.说明看不见的盲人的血压心跳等都发生了变化,说明他们也受到影响。故A正确。
点评:本文主要讲述的是颜色对人们的情绪,血压,心跳的影响。本文主旨鲜明,很容易在文中找到答案。做题时要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句,因为它们往往就是文章的主题句。阅读中要注意要点之间的关系。然后带着问题,再读全文,找出答题所需要的依据,完成阅读任务。
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We don’t plan to cry, but it just happens. In fact when we feel sad or angry, a good cry is almost impossible to resist. But if you didn’t know what crying was, you’d have to wonder why some strong feelings started water streaming from people’s eyes and why they seemed to feel better afterwards.
Now a US researcher had found there may be more in crying than we think. William H. Frey II, author of “Crying: The Mystery of Tears,” believes it may really be one of the body’s clever self-repair mechanisms. Crying may be a way of getting rid of the by-products of stress, he says.
He has found that tears contain some chemicals which can cause stress. One of these is the hormone prolactin (激素), which is set free when one is feeling stressed. Since women have more of this than men, that might explain why they usually cry more, he suggests.
Unsurprisingly, Dr Frey’s study seemed to prove that most people feel better after a good cry. And sex has nothing to do with it ––– the result was true for women and men. So, next time you feel like bursting into tears, go ahead. If Dr Frey is right, you’ll be doing yourself a favour.
小题1:The best title of this passage would be ________.
A.Why Do We CryB.Crying and Tears.
C.Dr Frey and Crying.D.Tears and Chemicals
小题2:According to the author, we feel like crying because________.
A.crying is one of our habits
B.we can’t control it
C.crying is one of the body’s self-repair mechanisms
D.we can get the by-products of stress by crying
小题3:According to the passage, men seem less likely to cry than women because_______.
A.their bodies contain less hormone prolactin
B.their tears contain more chemicals
C.they are not so full of feelings as women
D.the chemicals in their tears can’t cause stress
小题4:The author advised us________.
A.to plan to cry very often
B.not to cry any more
C.to go outdoors without hesitation
D.to cry as we want to
小题5:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Good cries can make most people feel better
B.Only women can feel better after crying.
C.It is easy to understand that people feel better after a good cry.
D.Crying is sometimes impossible to resist.

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Skiping classes violates school rules and a poor attendance record will damage your final mark. But some college students still try every means to escape classes.   The number of these rebels may be much bigger than you think.  Three students from Anhui Normal University established Itaoke. Com in June. The website quickly attracted 2 000 registered members in three months. On the website, students share their experiences of skipping classes and even post ads to look for someone to stand in for them to attend courses.  Its embarrassing for universities to see this shameful behavior discussed:
However,it"s good for schools and teachers to know via the website the reasons why students skip classes,according to Professor Xiao Haitao from Shenzhen University: Xao pointed out that some`students skip classes because of laziness.Others play truant because the teaching is truly dissatisfactory,“Universities can seek improvements to give a cure to the class-skipping problem,”said Xiao.
Chen Yang,21,thinks that he is  “forced" to skip some courses because of the poor teaching.  the  senior,majoring in English at Yangtze University, thinks that he"s wasting time in the classroom when the teacher reads the textbook word for word or hands him outdated reading materials. He would rather skip classes to study in the library, watch online videos of Harvard or Yale lectures,or sit in on(旁听)other courses he is interested in. Chen draws a clear line between himself and those who skip classes in order to get more sleep or fool around on campus. He emphasized:“I skip classes with a clear goal,which is to probe into areas I"m interested in and broaden my horizons.”
Li Sicen,President of the National Taiwan University,seems to be on Chen"s side.  Li claimed that he supported those students who skip classes for good reasons.
However,Professor Xiao warns students that Li is not giving permission for students to skip  classes. Xiao suggests that Li was just showing his understanding of truancy in a limited number of cases.
In Professor Pan Cuiqiong"s opinion,students tend to jump to the conclusion that a certain course is boring and useless. "To clear students" misunderstanding,teachers should use materials closely related to students’lives and adapt interactive teaching methods,”said Pan.
Besides offering teachers more training,schools also need to give students different optional courses and ensure that they can attend the courses they are interested in,according to  Professor  Xiao.  Many Chinese students have the experience of being kicked out of an optional course because its size is limited. They are then forced to choose courses they dislike and are likely to skip them. We may learn from Sydney University in Australia.  There aren"t any problems with numbers---if a course is popular then there will be more than one class per week.
小题1:The underlined word“rebels" in Paragraph 1 refers to           
A.students who embarrass their universities
B.students who establish websites
C.students who skip classes
D.students who quarrel with their parents
小题2:Chen Yang Skips some courses because_       ___.
A.his school is more student-centered
B.he wants to get more sleep
C.he wants to fool around on campus
D.the teaching style needs much improvement
小题3:According to the passage,we learn that Professor Xiao__     __.
A.is giving permission for students to skip classes
B.thinks it"s embarrassing for the three students to establish ltaoke. com
C.thinks the website will help to know why students skip classes
D.claimed that he supported those students who skip classes for good reasons
小题4:Which of the following measures is NOT mentioned to stop students skipping classes?
A.Teachers should adopt practical materials and flexible teaching methods.
B.Schools should offer teachers more training:
C.Schools need to ensure that students can attend various courses they are interested in.
D.Students should be punished if they skip classes.

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There are records of fingerprints taken many centuries ago. The ancient Babylonians pressed the tips of their fingerprints into clay to record business trade. The Chinese used ink-on-paper finger impressions for business. However, fingerprinting wasn"t used as a method for identifying criminals until the 19th century.
In 1858, Sir William Herschel was working as an official of the Hooghly district in Jungipoor, India.In order to reduce fraud(诈骗), he had people living in the district record their fingerprints when signing business documents. A few years later, Scottish doctor Henry Faulds was working in Japan when he discovered fingerprints left by artists on ancient pieces of clay.This finding inspired him to begin investigating fingerprints.In 1880, Faulds wrote to his cousin, the famous naturalist Charles Darwin, and asked for help with developing a fingerprint classification system.Darwin refused, but sent the letter to his cousin, Sir Francis Gallon, who was an eugenicist (优生学家). Gallon began collecting fingerprints and eventually gathered some 8, 000 different samples to analyze. In 1892, he published a book called "Fingerprints", in which he outlined a fingerprint classification system—the first existence.
Around the same time, Juan Vucetich, a police officer in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was developing his own version of a fingerprinting system.In 1892, Vucetich was called in to assist with the investigation of the two boys murdered in Necoche, a village near Buenos Aires. Their mother, Francisca Rojas, accused a neighbour named Velasquez. But when Vucetich compared the fingerprints found at the murder scene to those of both Velasquez and Rojas, they matched Rojas" exactly.She admitted her crime. This was the first time fingerprints had been used in a criminal investigation.Vucetich called his system comparative dactyloscopy(指纹鉴定法). It"s still used in many Spanish-speaking countries.
Sir Edward Henry, in charge of the Metropolitan Police of London, soon became interested in using fingerprints to catch criminals. In 1896, he added to Gallon"s technique, creating his own classification system, the Henry Classification System. It is the primary method of fingerprint classification throughout most of the world.
小题1:Herschel had people record their fingerprints so as to_____.
A.develop a fingerprinting systemB.prevent illegal business
C.put them on pieces of clayD.collect and study fingerprints
小题2:Who first came up with the idea of creating a fingerprint classification system?
A.Herschel.B.Faulds.C.Gallon.D.Darwin.
小题3:The underlined word "they" in Paragraph 3 probably refers to "_____".
A.the fingerprintsB.the two boysC.the crimesD.the police officers
小题4:We can learn from the text that _____.
A.Faulds collected many fingerprints while in Japan
B.Henry"s classification system is based on Gallon"s
C.Darwin showed great interest in studying fingerprints
D.Vucetich"s fingerprinting system is still used all over the world
小题5:What is the text mainly about?
A.Different uses of fingerprints.
B.The history of fingerprinting.
C.Countries that first used fingerprints.
D.The way to collect and analyze fingerprints.

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The forces that make Japan one of the world"s most earthquake-prone(有地震倾向的) countries could become part of its long-term energy solution.
Water from deep below the ground at Japan"s tens of thousands of hot springs could be used to produce electricity.
Although Japanese high-tech companies are leaders in geothermal(地热的) technology and export it, its use is limited in the nation.
"Japan should no doubt make use of its resources of geothermal energy," said Yoshiyasu Takefuji, a leading researcher of thermal-electric power production.
The disastrous earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 caused a reaction against atomic power, which previously made up 30 percent of Japan"s energy needs, and increased interest in alternative energies, which account for only 8 percent.
Artist Yoko Ono has called on Japan to explore its natural energy, following the example of Iceland which uses renewable energy for more than 80 percent of its needs.
For now, geothermal energy makes up less than 1 percent of the energy needs in Japan, which has for decades relied heavily on fossil fuels and atomic power.
The biggest problem to geothermal energy is the high initial cost of the exploration and constructing the factories.Another problem is that Japan"s potentially best sites are already being developed for tourism or are located within national parks where construction is forbidden.
"We can"t even dig 10cm inside national parks." said Shigeto Yamada of Fuji Electric, adding that regulations protecting nature would need to be relaxed for geothermal energy to grow.
Researcher Hideaki Matsui said, "Producing electricity using hot springs is a decades-long project.We also have to think about what to do for now as energy supplies will decline in the short term."
The Earth Policy Institute in Washington, US, believed Japan could produce 80,000 megawatts(兆瓦)and meet more than half its electricity needs with geothermal technology.
Japanese giants such as Toshiba are already global leaders in geothermal technology, with a 70 percent market share.In 2010, Fuji Electric built the world"s largest geothermal factory in New Zealand.
小题1:What would be the best title for the text?
A.Alternative energies in Japan
B.World"s largest geothermal plant
C.Japan takes the lead in geothermal technology
D.Japan thinks of geothermal energy
小题2:What percentage of Japan"s energy needs is geothermal energy?
A.About 8%.B.Below 1%.C.Around 30%.D.Over 80%.
小题3:According to Shigeto Yamada, the growth of geothermal power in Japan needs ____.
A.a change of rulesB.financial support
C.local people"s helpD.high technology
小题4:Geothermal energy is considered as a long-term program by _____.
A.Yoshiyasu TakefujiB.Hideaki Matsui
C.Shigeto YamadaD.Yoko Ono
小题5:It can be learned from the last two paragraphs that _____.
A.the world"s biggest geothermal plant was built by America
B.Japan will not export its geothermal technology
C.the potential of Japan"s geothermal energy is great
D.it is hard to find geothermal energy in Japan

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In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my  16  , it was the same score.
Later that evening, I   17  told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agreed that we knew our son much better than an IQ test. We decided that Michael’s score must have been a   18  and we should treat him   19  as usual.
We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year, he got     20   grades in the school, especially in biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.
Michael   21   Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student. Soon afterwards, his teacher permitted him to take more courses than  22 . In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.
On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I   23  the ceremony (典礼) at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the   24  IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say   25 , “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the  26  we had in him.
Interestingly, Michael then asked for another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had   27  the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be  28 .
Children often do as well as what adults, particularly parents and teachers,  29 of them. That is, tell a child he is “  30  ” , and he may play the role of a foolish child.
小题1:
A.joyB.surpriseC.dislikeD.disappointment
小题2:
A.tearfullyB.fearfullyC.cheerfullyD.hopefully
小题3:
A.jokeB.mistakeC.warningD.wonder
小题4:
A.speciallyB.strictlyC.naturallyD.carefully
小题5:
A.poorB.goodC.averageD.standard
小题6:
A.visitedB.enteredC.passedD.chose
小题7:
A.allowed B.describedC.requiredD.offered
小题8:
A.missed B.held C.delayedD.attended
小题9:
A.highB.sameC.lowD.different
小题10:
A.curiouslyB.eagerlyC.calmlyD.jokingly
小题11:
A.confidenceB.interestC.prideD.delight
小题12:
A.receivedB.acceptedC.organizedD.discussed
小题13:
A.imperfectB.impossibleC.uncertainD.unsatisfactory
小题14:
A.hearB.learnC.expectD.speak
小题15:
A.wiseB.rudeC.shy D.stupid

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