题目
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While breathing, we do not need to pay attention to each inhalation and exhalation. We become conscious of the process of breathing only when we have some difficulty with breathing, such as when our nose is blocked, due to a cold, or when we are in an unventilated(不通风的) room.
It is the same with thinking. We become conscious of the constant onslaught of our thoughts, and of our inability to calm them down, only when we need to concentrate, solve a problem or study. We are also aware of them when we have worries or fears.
Look at the following familiar situation. You need to study something for an exam. You sit comfortably on the sofa with the book in your hands and start reading. After a while you feel hungry and go to the kitchen to eat something.
You return to read, and then hear your people talking outside. You listen to them for several moments and then bring your attention back to the book.
After a while you feel restless and switch on the radio to listen to some music. You continue to read for a little while, and then remember something that happened yesterday, and you start thinking about it.
When you look at your watch, you are amazed to find out that one complete hour has passed and you have hardly read anything. And at this time, you feel you’re thinking.
This is what happens when one lacks concentration. Imagine what you could have accomplished if you could control your attention and focus your mind!
小题1:When can you feel you are thinking?
A.While breathing. | B.While not reading. |
C.When you need to concentrate. | D.When you waste your time. |
A.To explain the course of thinking awareness. |
B.To show how to get ready for an exam. |
C.To present an example of concentration. |
D.To emphasize the importance of reading. |
A.In a guidebook of natural science. |
B.In the front page of a newspaper. |
C.In an advertisement part of a magazine. |
D.In the section of psychology of a magazine. |
A.the relationship between thoughts and breathing |
B.how people’s thought and mind work |
C.what happens when one wants to think |
D.the ways to increase your thought |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B
解析
试题分析:文章用呼吸的过程来解读人们的思维过程。然后用复习迎考的事例进一步论证,指出“如果你集中注意力去进行思考,相像一下你本来可以完成的事情有多少”。告诫人们:要集中注意力去进行思考,而不是让思考不断剥夺我们的注意力,把时间和精力浪费在鸡毛蒜皮的无用的事情上。
小题1:C细节理解题。根据第三段We become conscious of the constant onslaught of our thoughts, and of our inability to calm them down, only when we need to concentrate, solve a problem or study.可知答 案为C。
小题2:A推理判断题。根据四五六七段可知,作者举例是为了证明第三段作者的观点,即只有在你想要集中精力时你才会感觉到你在思考,故答案为A:为了解释你产生思考意识的过程。
小题3:D推理判断题。文章主要讲在什么情况下人们会意识到自己在思考,而思考的过程属于心理活动的过程,所以本文应该选自心理学杂志。
小题4:B主旨大意题。文章用呼吸的过程来解读人们的思维过程。然后用复习迎考的事例进一步论证。故文章的主要讲的是:集中注意力才能进行思考,实际就是讲的“人们的心里思维是如何进行的”。
核心考点
试题【Thoughts claim our attention continuously, and waste our time and energy on unim】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
Green, for example, tries to show the quality of a product: how good it is for us or for our environment. It also suggests that the product is healthier, has less fat and maybe fewer calories. Red, on the other hand is an aggressive color that is often used for packaging food. Red wants us to become hungry or thirsty. Purple is a kind of color that is often seen as royal. It indicates that it is something special. Producers use purple to show that something is of good quality. Blue is not very often found in food packaging because there are not very many foods that have a blue color.
Colors can also have different meaning in different cultures and countries. For example, while the color white is used in many Western countries to represent purity and innocence, it is seen as a symbol of mourning in many Eastern countries. The Egyptian pharaohs(法老) wore white crowns. A white sale is a sale of sheets, towels, and other bed and bath items. A white flag is the universal symbol for truce(休战). A white elephant is a rare, pale elephant sacred(神圣的) to the people of India, Thailand, Burma, and Sri Lanka. In these countries, something that is a white elephant is either a possession that costs more than it is worth to keep or an item that the owner doesn’t want but can’t get rid of.
Consumers are aware that certain foods must have certain colors. When Pepsi brought out a crystal clear cola in 1992, it thought that consumers would buy it because clear meant pure and healthy. After a few months Pepsi found out that a cola had to be dark-colored. Crystal Pepsi failed and the company pulled it off the market.
Advertising professionals often need to look at a product through the consumers’ eyes when choosing a color. The right packaging colors can truly improve the sales of a product but choosing a wrong color could end in failure.
小题1:According to the passage, blue is rarely used in food packaging because ____.
A.most consumers dislike it |
B.it matches very few foods |
C.it brings people low spirits |
D.it doesn’t catch people’s eyes |
A.a white flag | B.a white elephant |
C.a white sale | D.a white crown |
A.Pepsi’s success comes from failures |
B.health is the main concern in drink making |
C.crystal clear drinks can’t attract consumers |
D.people have fixed ideas about products and colors |
A.Colors in advertising |
B.Colors in food packaging |
C.Our everyday life and colors |
D.Foods in different colors |
Give a detailed account of the offense, and make sure both you and the other person are talking about the same thing. Whether you make it in secret or public doesn’t matter, but your apology should be focused on the particular event.
Next, by acknowledging the hurt or damage done, you are making the recipient (接受者) begin to sense that you understand the situation. It is important to rebuild your relationship because it makes them feel their anger is understandable.
Don’t try to defend yourself by offering any excuses, which is important to let them know that you understand the event and you actions do cause them harm. The apology is all about THEM and how they feel. It doesn’t matter if the actions were intentional or not, the end result is the same and that is what needs to be focused on when learning how to say, “I’m sorry”.
Give a sincere statement of regret such as “I apologize” or “I’m sorry”. Above all, tell them it won’t happen again. After all, there is no value in apologizing for something that you will do again and again.
Finally, asking for forgiveness at the end of the apology gives the power back to the recipient. It tells them, that you have done all that you can do by apologizing and providing whatever form of restitution(补偿)you can. The next move is up to them.
By including all these ingredients and applying them to your situation, you will know exactly how to say “I’m sorry” next time you need to.
小题1:The passage mainly tells readers ____.
A.the importance of apologizing |
B.the process of apologizing |
C.how to apologize effectively |
D.how to repair a broken friendship |
A.They will be sorry for being angry with you. |
B.They will treat you differently right away. |
C.They will understand the situation better. |
D.They will think their former reaction normal. |
A.finding out better excuses |
B.taking responsibility for the event |
C.defending yourself from more harm |
D.understanding the current situation |
A.A sincere statement of regret. |
B.Giving the recipient more power. |
C.A promise that you won’t repeat your wrongdoings. |
D.Giving the recipient a detailed account of the event. |
The Pentagon is seeking for the cooperation with scientists in hope of developing a new technique by which people can control the insect’s flight direction and pass on the information its eyes or other organs catch through the equipment set in its body, the official said.
It is thus designed that a tiny controlling chip will be equipped in an insect’s body when it is in chrysalis(蛹). As the insect grows, the cut made when fixing in the chip will be recovered. The chip will exist in forever. Scientists believe this won’t influence the insect, sound growth or the functions of internal organs.
The terminal target of the project is to set up a global system, in which the insect robots will be stationed in all parts of the world and stick to their posts till a new instruction is received. At that time the military can receive from all over the world clear image information within about 5 meters of the insects and that of a special target within 100 meters.
Years ago, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency of US DOD(国防部) spent $3,000,000 carrying out a plan for training bees to detect landmines. But, no new progress has so far been made.
“According to the scientists, there is still enormous difficulty in technology in turning it into reality, such as the insects reproduction(繁殖), their adaptation to the surroundings and temperature and so on. However, this project is really challenging. If successful, it is equal to making countless small drone(无人机),”said the official of DOD.
小题1:According to the description of the passage, what is an insect robot like?
A.An insect made of a certain metal. |
B.A robot looking like an insect. |
C.An insect with a chip in its body. |
D.A tiny flying robot. |
A.There must be a controlling chip well connected with the insect’s brain. |
B.The insect’s eyes and other organs must be replaced by some special equipment. |
C.All the insect’s concerned organs must be controlled by a chip. |
D.The insect must be so well trained as to make full use of its organs. |
A.have a clear picture of almost every part of the world |
B.have insect robots from all over the world |
C.see clearly the things within 10 to 100 meters |
D.get many insects which obey their orders |
A.They can’t keep sound growth of the insects. |
B.They can’t ensure the insects to produce their young. |
C.They can’t fix a chip in an insect. |
D.They can’t make sure the internal organs function well. |
A.Leading. | B.Vital. | C.Moral. | D.Final. |
This view of bilingualism is different from the understanding of bilingualism through much of the 20th century.Researchers, educators and policy makers long considered a second language to be an interruption that prevented a child"s school work and ability to think and understand things.They were not wrong about the interruption: there is ample evidence that in a bilingual s brain both language systems are active even when he is using only one language, thus creating situations in which one system disturbs the other.But this interruption, researchers are finding out, isn"t so much a disturbance.It forces the brain to solve inside conflict, giving the mind a workout that strengthens its thinking muscles.
The key difference between bilinguals and monolinguals may be more basic: a heightened ability to monitor the environment."Bilinguals have to switch languages quite often—you may talk to your father in one language and to your mother in another language," says Albert Costa, a researcher at the University of Pompea Fabra in Spain.
"It requires keeping track of changes around you in the same way that we monitor our surroundings when driving." In a study comparing German-Italian bilinguals with Italian monolinguals on monitoring tasks, Mr.Costa and his colleagues found that the bilingual subjects not only performed better, but they also did so with less activity in parts of the brain involved in monitoring, showing that they did better in it.
小题1:From the passage we can learn that experts used to believe that ______.
A.interruption forced a bilingual"s brain to strengthen its thinking ability |
B.a second language stopped children"s studying as well as mental development |
C.using two languages annoyed the children who have trouble in learning skills |
D.language systems were busy in a bilingual"s brain when he was using languages |
A.change | B.use | C.speak | D.study |
A.Cautious. | B.Doubtful. | C.Concerned. | D.Favourable. |
A.How Bilinguals Use Languages |
B.What Bilingualism Is Really about |
C.Why Bilinguals Are More Intelligent |
D.When People Learn a Second Language |
A college dropout and self-taught engineer, Kamen already held over 100 patents for his inventions when he developed the one he hoped would revolutionize short-distance travel.While still in college, Kamen started developing the medical devices (设备) that made his name.Later, he changed focus to the challenges faced by wheelchair users.His robotic wheelchair known as IBOT could climb stairs.This robot ended up paving the way for the Segway.
Before showing his most recent invention, Kamen had kept it a top secret for months.When it turned out to be little more than a motor scooter, many publicly expressed their disappointment.On closer examination, however, even his critics(批评家) had to admit that the vehicle was an engineering achievement.It answered the prayers of anyone who is worn out when walking downtown.Not everyone welcomed the Segway"s arrival, though.Some complained it was too expensive, while others said it would further weaken the average American " s fitness.A Japanese inventor even accused Kamen of stealing the idea for the Segway from him.
Despite the controversy, the U.S.postal service began using Kamen"s invention a month after its appearance, and a factory was built with plans to produce about 40,000 Segways every month.The argument is still on whether the Segway will be remembered as the greatest invention since the light bulb, or just another forgettable electronic device.Anyway, trips to the local supermarket will never be the same again.
小题1:Which statement best describes the critics" reaction to the Segway?
A.Nothing but an electrical device. |
B.A disappointing engineering mistake. |
C.An expensive and disappointing invention. |
D.Disappointing, but still a successful device. |
A.One person at a time can ride on it. |
B.It has two wheels with a single axle. |
C.It is powered by electricity and can go up to 12mph. |
D.Riders increase the speed by moving the handlebars |
A.high cost | B.danger to traffic |
C.being difficult to use | D.contribution to laziness |
A.hopes for a larger model of it |
B.no plans to do anything more with it |
C.some discussions on the unforgettable device |
D.plans to make tens of thousands of them a month |
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