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With so many photos and videos of cats and dogs doing cute things online, it’s easier than ever to answer which of these furry friends you like more. There are many reasons why people prefer one type of pet over the other. So, have you ever wondered what your preference for cats or dogs says about you?
In fact, a 2010 study done by Sam Gosling , a psychologist at the University of Texas, US, and his graduate student Carson Sandy found that dog people are more extroverted(外向的)agreeable and serious than cat people.
“Cats will occasionally engage in social activities, but usually after only a few minutes they will abandon the game. Dogs, on the other hand, will often engage in play, like fetching a thrown lull, for hours at a lime," said Modem Dog magazine.
Just on the basis of dogs" nature being more sociable than cats’, you may expect that the personalities of dog people also reflect higher sociability. And Cosling’s study found that dog people are generally about 15 percent more extroverted and 13 percent more agreeable, both of which are associated with social altitude.
In addition, dog people are 11 percent more conscientious than cat people.
“Conscientiousness" is a tendency In show self-discipline(自律),to complete tasks and aim for achievement. This quality also shows a preference for planned rather than spontaneous (一时冲动的) behavior.
In comparison, cat people an; about 12 percent more anxious, but they are also 11 percent more “open” than dog people, due to a general appreciation for art, emotion, imagination, curiosity, adventure, unusual ideas and variety of experience. And people high on openness are more likely to hold unconventional beliefs.
Despite vast differences, there an some things that cat people and dog people have in common. “Both types of people consider themselves close to nature, dislike animal-print clothing and generally optimists. ” noted Mother Nature Network.
小题1:What does the article mainly talk about?
A.Differences between dogs and cats in their personality qualities. |
B.Factors that influence people’s preference for dogs or cats. |
C.How raising a pet helps shape your personality. |
D.What your preference for dogs or cats reveals about you. |
A.get involved in | B.benefit from |
C.take little interest in | D.perform well in |
A.be more imaginative and creative |
B.live a more organized life |
C.love to get close to nature more |
D.be more easygoing and adventurous |
A.are generally self-disciplined |
B.are usually positive and care about nature |
C.are likely to hold unconventional beliefs |
D.like to wear animal-print clothing; |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:B
解析
试题分析:这篇文章主要讲了你对狗或猫的偏爱,显示了你自己的性格。狗主人比猫主人过着更加有条理的生活,喜欢狗和喜欢猫的人通常都很积极,喜欢自然。
小题1:主旨题:根据So, have you ever wondered what your preference for cats or dogs says about you? 可知这篇文章主要讲了你对狗或猫的偏爱,显示了你自己的性格。故选D。
小题2:猜词题:根据“Cats will occasionally engage in social activities, but usually after only a few minutes they will abandon the game.可猜出“engage in ”的意思是参加,故选A。
小题3:推测题:根据In addition, dog people are 11 percent more conscientious than cat people.
可知狗主人比猫主人过着更加有条理的生活,故选B。
小题4:细节题:根据Despite vast differences, there an some things that cat people and dog people have in common. “Both types of people consider themselves close to nature, dislike animal-print clothing and generally optimists. ” noted Mother Nature Network.可知喜欢狗和喜欢猫的人通常都很积极,喜欢自然。故选B。
核心考点
试题【ARE you a dog person or a cat person?With so many photos and videos of cats and 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
Yes, sportsmen tend to be handsome. And they haven’t only attracted the interest of the audience even scientists are now studying their good looks.
In a recent study, Erik Postma, a biologist at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, collected the headshots(头像)of 80 professional athletes from I hr 2012 Tour He France, a bicycle race held in Franco. The race, which covers 3,200 kilometers in 23 days, is often considered to In* one of the hardest endurance(耐力)events, according to The Telegraph.
Postma then asked female participants to score the cyclists’ attractiveness.judging them only based on their facial appearances. So, if a participant recognized any of the cyclists, meaning she knew how good he was at the sport, her score wouldn’t count.
After comparing all the scores with the cyclists’ performances in the 2012 race, Postma was surprised to find that the best riders were rated on average 25 percent more attractive than the worst ones. For example, one of the cyclists, Maxime Monfort , came third in terms of attractiveness and sixth in terms of performance, reported Discovery News.
But where did women get the ability to single out a good rider by simply looking at his face?
According lo Postma, evolution (进化) seems to be the answer. In ancient times, women preferred to marry strong men because they would provide good genes for their children. A man with great endurance was also able to cover long distances to hunt for food, which would allow him to better feed the family. “That’s why endurance performance was a key evolutionary factor.” Postma told Discovery News.
As you can see, it’s not that sportsmen ate more attractive themselves, women were just born to think of them that way.
Perhaps surprisingly, when Postma did the same test with male participants, he found that men actually had a quite similar view on which riders were handsome. Even
though most men aren’t aware of it. they inherited (继承) this ability from their ancient past, when it was necessary to “spot potential competitors” , explained Postma.
小题1:What did Erik Postma ask female participants to do in his study?
A.To help collect the headshots of professional cyclists from the Tour de France. |
B.To pick out the cyclists whom they are familiar with or appreciate most. |
C.To rate the cyclists’ attractiveness according to facial appearance. |
D.To predict the cyclists ’ performances based on facial appearance. |
A.The more attractive a cyclist was, the better he performed in the race. |
B.Generally, a cyclist’s endurance had nothing to do with his attractiveness. |
C.Attractive cyclists proved to have less endurance than those who were less attractive. |
D.Those who performed best in the games were considered more attractive than those who performed worst. |
A.Women and men hold quite different views on male attractiveness. |
B.Men with good looks tend to lie less popular than men with great endurance. |
C.A man with great endurance appealed to women in ancient times and this remains the same today. |
D.Most men don* t have the same ability as women to single out a good sportsman by simply looking at his face. |
Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a monumental and difficult task.They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex.
Unfortunately,the paintings have been exposed to the destructive action of water and temperature changes,which easily wear the images away.Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances,air movement has also damaged the images inside.
Although they are not out in the open air, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago,many of the images have been destroyed and are barely recognizable.To prevent further damage,the site was closed to tourists in 1963,23 years after it was discovered.
小题1:What can be the best title for the text?
A.Wild Animals in Art | B.Hidden Prehistoric Paintings |
C.Exploring Caves Respectfully | D.Determining the Age of French Caves |
A.discovers | B.watches | C.notices | D.buys |
A.Birds | B.Bison | C.Horses | D.Wild cats |
A.It was completely dark inside. |
B.The caves were full of wild animals. |
C.Painting materials were hard to find. |
D.Many painting spaces were difficult to reach. |
A.temperature changes | B.air movement |
C.water | D.tourists |
Elsewhere,heavy tropical(热带的)storms often result in floods that ruin crops especially in Thailand and Malaysia.This in turn usually means that the price of rice and vegetables here in Singapore will rise because we import these products from them.If there is a typhoon or tsunami,thousands of lives are lost too.This happened in Indonesia and Phuket in Thailand in 2004 and It serves to remind us of how Mother Nature can cause great damage.
Weather patterns in general have changed dramatically in recent years.Scientists believe that global warming and the resulting melting of the polar ice-cap has caused the level of the ocean to rise.This in turn causes flooding of low-lying areas in countries where the land is rather flat and some parts of which is below water level.It is believed that human activities have caused Mother Nature to show her extreme anger,so it is now important that we really work together to cut down on harmful activities,for example,illegal logging(伐木)or irresponsible forest-burning to clear land for farming.
小题1:From Paragraph 1,we can see that most Singaporeans love .
A.making complaints |
B.going out for picnics |
C.doing window-shopping |
D.traveling along the coast |
A.Heavy tropical storms will follow shortly. |
B.The price of rice and vegetables will go up. |
C.Many people will write in to the newspaper. |
D.More rice and vegetables will be imported. |
A.the arrival of heavy tropical storms |
B.the import of rice and vegetables |
C.the rising price of rice and vegetables |
D.the loss of lives in natural disasters |
a.global warming b.the rise in ocean level
c.harmful human activities d.the flooding of low-lying areas
e.the melting of the polar ice-cap
A.c→a→e→b→d | B.a→c→e→b→d |
C.c→a→b→e→d | D.d→a→c→b→e |
A.Clear more land for farming. |
B.Reduce harmful human activities. |
C.Bring down the price of food. |
D.Improve the quality of weather. |
“The great advantage of a Smartphone is that it provides so many tools in a single,readily available,relatively inexpensive package,”said Qia Wang,a doctoral student who led the development of the software.“For example,on the battlefield,a soldier needs a rangefinder,compass,GPS and other tools to get information before calling in an air strike.With our software,the soldier can have all those instruments in one device that can be purchased off the shelf.When that soldier returns from War,she can use the same Software to protect her family by clocking a speeder near her children’s school and catching the criminal on video.”
Wang and his colleagues developed their software to locate and track:
Targets of known size—when the size of the target is known.a single image is enough to pinpoint the target’s location.
Targets of unknown size—If the exact size of a target is unknown,the software uses two images to triangulate the location of the target·
Moving targets—By taking a short video of a moving target,the smartphone software can calculate how fast the target is moving and in what direction it is going.
“Currently,our software is limited by the physical abilities of smartphone hardware,but the devices are improving rapidly,”Wang said.“We expect that improvements in GPS accuracy,battery life and camera resolution will allow our software to make even more accurate observations.”
小题1:From Paragraph 1 we can know that the new software can.
A.determine the speed of moving objects |
B.1ocate objects in the distance exactly |
C.defend soldiers against their enemies |
D.help biologists protect rare animal |
A.make an advertisement |
B.describe the software briefly |
C.show the benefits of the software |
D.present the functions of smartphones |
A.By taking a short video. |
B.By locating its position. |
C.By taking a single image. |
D.By measuring real-life size. |
A.Casual. | B.Optimistic. | C.Cautious. | D.Flexible |
A.Qia Wang,a Talented Doctoral Student |
B.Use Smartphones to Their Full Potential |
C.Targeting and Tracking With Smartphones |
D.Smartphone-armed Soldiers on the Battlefield |
Blue/Purple
Blue is considered to be peaceful and calming and it has the same effect on our health. The blue / purple color in food is due primarily to their anthocyanins which are antioxidants (抗氧化剂) that are particularly heart healthy and may help support healthy blood pressure. Out of all the blue and purple foods available, blueberries are considered to have the highest antioxidant level. An analysis of the latest data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Study found that people who eat purple and blue fruits and vegetables are at a reduced risk for high blood pressure and are less likely to be overweight.
A food and health expert says that blue and purple color foods can prevent blood mass formation, and they also lower the risk of cancer.
Foods that contain blue and purple colors are: reddish eggplant (especially the skin), blueberries, blackberries, purple grapes, etc.
Green
We all know that we should eat green as green symbolizes nature. The green foods are rich in isothiocyanates, which help resist cancer.
Dr. Ashok Agarwal, a food and nutrition specialist, explains, "They are excellent sources of folic acid, vitamin K, as well as carotene (胡萝卜素). Diets high in those above are associated with lowered blood pressure."
Foods that contain the green color are: broccoli, cabbage, cucumbers, etc.
Red
Lycopene (番茄红素) in reddish fruits and vegetables is a powerful antioxidant that has been associated with a reduced risk of some cancers, and also provides protection against heart attacks.
Dr. Smiths says, "Cooked tomato sauces are associated with greater health benefits as compared with the uncooked version as the heating process allows lycopene to be more easily absorbed by the body. Obtaining the most benefit from food depends on proper selection, storage and cooking of the produce."
Foods that contain red color are: Tomatoes and tomato products, watermelon, guava, red onions, red chili, red apples, red grapes, cherries, etc.
Orange
The orange foods are also rich in carotene, which are particularly good antioxidants. These foods are commonly considered eyesight foods because they contain vitamin A.
"Orange fruits and vegetables also play a part in preventing cancer, particularly of the lungs and stomach. Foods that contain the color orange are: Carrots, mangoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, etc.
小题1:The passage tries to tell us that ______.
A.colors mean a lot to people and their health |
B.foods of different colors will have different benefits |
C.eating foods with a color must prevent diseases |
D.what people should eat in their daily lives |
A.lowering blood pressure | B.improving eyesight |
C.preventing cancer | D.reducing the risk of heart disease |
A.Purple. | B.Green. | C.Red. | D.Orange. |
A.vitamin A | B.folic acid | C.carotene | D.vitamin K |
A.all grapes help lower the risk of high blood pressure and cancer |
B.lung cancer can be prevented by eating red-colored foods |
C.green-colored foods contain a lot of vitamin A which is good for eye health |
D.tomatoes should be eaten cooked so that we can benefit the most |
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