任务型阅读。
阅读下面短文, 根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词.
注意:每个空格只填一个单词.
People who enjoy a dreamfilled sleep are better at recalling information and making links between
facts when waking. But recharging with a shallow (小睡) offers no such mental improvement, the
research suggests. The results of the study added to the growing body of evidence that Rapid Eye
Movement (REM) sleep is very important to the brain"s ability to form strong memories.
An average night"s rest includes four or five spells of REM sleep, but these bursts tend to be lengthier
towards the end of the night. This means adults getting less than the recommended seven to eight hours
a night - and therefore inadequate REM sleep - may be damaging their mind"s ability to memorize:
Although REM sleep is not classified as a type of deep sleep, it is only reached after the brain has passed
through deep sleep stages.
In the recent study, participants were shown groups of three words and asked to find another word
that can be associated with all three words. They were tested once in the morning and then given the
same task again in the afternoon. In between, some were allowed a nap with REM sleep, some a nap
without REM sleep, while the others had a quiet rest period. The quiet rest and nonREM sleep groups
didn"t improve, but the REM sleep group improved on their morning performance by an average of
almost 40 per cent. Dr Sara Mednick, a sleep researcher at the University of California who led the
study, believes the formation of connections between previous unassociated information in the brain
occurs during REM sleep.
It is believed that sleep acts as a sort of mental filing system, enabling the brain to sort relevant
information from useless information. This process may take place as memories are removed from one
part of the brain to others.
| Title | REM Sleep 1.________ Memory | | The result of the study | Rapid Eye Movement sleep is of great importance to the brain"s ability to
2．. ________ memories. | | The 3. ________ of the study | 4.________ were required to think of another word associated with all three words.
The same task was given to participants 5.________ a day.
The quiet rest and nonREM sleep groups showed no 6.________.
The REM sleep group 7.________ well by an average of almost 40 per cent. | | Dr Sara Mednick"s 8.________ | Connections between previous unassociated information in the brain are
9.________ during REM sleep. | | Conclusion | Sleep acts as a sort of mental filing system, enabling the brain to abandon useless information and keep the 10. ________ information. |
1. Benefits/Improves
2. strengthen
3. process/steps/procedures
4. Participants
5. twice
6. improvement
7. performed
8. opinion/view/belief
9. formed
10. relevant/related |
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| 完形填空 | It"s no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the
parents that nature dealt them. That"s especially__1__of children who remain in homes where they"re
badly treated__2__the law blindly favors biological parents. It"s also true of children who__3__for years
in foster (寄养) homes because of parents who can"t or won"t care for them but__4__to give up custody (监护) rights.
Fourteenyearold Kimberly Mays__5__neither description, but her recent court victory could__6__
help children who do. Kimberly has been the__7__of an angry custody battle between the man who
raised her and her biological parents, with whom she has never lived. A Florida judge__8__that the
teenager can remain with the only father she"s ever known and that her biological parents have "no legal
__9__"on her.
Shortly after__10__in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another baby were mistakenly switched
and sent home with the__11__parents. Kimberly"s biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, received
a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical tests__12__that the child wasn"t the Twiggs" own
daughter, but Kimberly was, thus leading to a custody__13_with Robert Mays. In 1989, the two families
__14__that Mr. Mays would maintain custody with the Twiggs getting__15__rights. Those rights were
ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being__16__.
The decision to__17__Kimberly with Mr. Mays caused heated discussion. But the judge made it
clear that Kimberly did have the right to sue (起诉)__18__her own behalf. Thus he made it clear that
she was__19__just a personal possession of her parents. Biological parentage does not mean an absolute ownership that cancels(取消) all the__20__of children. | ( )1. A. terrible
( )2. A. but
( )3. A. settle
( )4. A. have
( )5. A. likes
( )6. A. actually
( )7. A. victim
( )8. A. ruled
( )9. A. expectation
( )10. A. birth
( )11. A. biological
( )12. A. examined
( )13. A. battle
( )14. A. thought
( )15. A. equal
( )16. A. harmed
( )17. A. make
( )18. A. by
( )19. A. more than
( )20. A. freedom | B. sad
B. if
B. live
B. refuse
B. gives
B. eventually
B. object
B. believed
B. action
B. judgment
B. own
B. explained
B. right
B. quarreled
B. same
B. forbidden
B. leave
B. through
B. no more than
B. happiness | C. true
C. when
C. suffer
C. stick
C. fits
C. successfully
C. sacrifice
C. ordered
C. effect
C. operation
C. kind
C. decided
C. agreement
C. agreed
C. visiting
C. wounded
C. give
C. on
C. not more than
C. rights | D. natural
D. because
D. gather
D. fail
D. knows
D. abruptly
D. teenager
D. indicated
D. claim
D. school
D. wrong
D. showed
D. decision
D. prepared
D. speaking
D. hidden
D. keep
D. in
D. less than
D. ideas | | 阅读理解 | "In only six days I lost seven pounds of weight."
"Two full inches in the first three days!"
These are the kinds of statements used in magazine, newspaper, radio and television ads, promising
new shapes and new looks to those who buy the medicine or the device.The promoters of products say
they can shape the legs, slim the face, smooth wrinkles, or in some other way to add to beauty or
desirability.
Often such products are nothing more than moneymaking things for their promoters.The results they
produce are questionable, and some are dangerous to health.
To understand how these products can be legally promoted to the public, it is necessary to
understand something of the laws covering their regulation.If the product is a drug, FDA(Food and Drug
Administration)can require proof under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act that is safe and effective
before it is put on the market.But if the product is a device, FDA has no authority to require premarketing proof of safety or effectiveness.If a product already on the market is a danger to health, FDA can request
the producer or distributor to remove it from the market voluntarily, or it can take legal action, including
seizure(查封)of the product.
One notable case a few years ago involved an electrical device called the Relaxacisor, which had
been sold for reducing the waistline.The Relaxacisor produced electrical shocks to the body through
contact pads.FDA took legal action against the distributor to stop the sale of the device on the grounds
that it was dangerous to health and life.
Obviously, most of the devices on the market have never been the subject of court proceedings(法律
诉讼), and new devices appear continually.Before buying, it is up to the consumer to judge the safety or
effectiveness of such items.
1. It can be inferred that the ads mentioned in the text are________.
A. objective
B. costly
C. unreliable
D. illegal
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A. The court is in charge of removing dangerous products.
B. New products are more likely to be questionable.
C. The production of a device must be approved by FDA.
D. The promoters usually just care about profits.
3. FDA can ask for the proof of safety and effectiveness of a product________.
A. if it is a drug
B. if it is a device
C. if its consumers make complaints
D. if its distributors challenge FDA"s authority
4. The Relaxacisor is mentioned as________.
A. a product which was designed to produce electricity
B. a product whose distributor was involved in a legal case
C. a successful advertisement of a beauty product
D. an example of a quality beauty product | | 阅读理解 | Motorists who used to listen to the radio or their favorite tunes on CDs may have a new way to
entertain themselves, after engineers in Japan developed a musical road surface.
A team from the Hokkaido Industrial Research Institute has built a number of "melody roads",
which use cars as tuning forks(音叉)to play music as they travel.
The concept works by using grooves(凹槽). They are cut at very specific intervals in the road
surface. The melody road uses the spaces between to create different notes.
Depending on how far apart the grooves are, a car moving over them will produce a series of
high or low notes, and designers are able to create a distinct tune.
Patent documents for the design describe it as notches(刻痕)"formed in a road surface so as to
play a melody without producing simple sound or rhythm and reproduce melodylike tones".
There are three musical strips in central and northern Japan-one of which plays the tune of a
Japanese pop song. Reports say the system was invented by Shizuo Shinoda.He scraped some
markings into a road with a bulldozer(推土机)before driving over them and found that they helped
to produce all kinds of tones.
The optimal speed for melody road is 44 kph, but people say it is not always easy to get the
intended sound.
"You need to keep the car windows closed to hear well, "wrote one Japanese blogger."Driving
too fast will sound like playing fast forward, while driving around 12 mph[20 km/h]has a slowmotion
effect, making you almost carsick."
1. According to the passage, melody roads use________to create different notes.
A. cars
B. grooves
C. spaces between intervals
D. bulldozers
2. We can learn from the passage that the highness of notes is depended on________.
A. how far the grooves are
B. how big the grooves are
C. the number of the grooves
D. the speed of the car
3. The underlined word "optimal" in the passage might mean________.
A. fastest
B. possible
C. best
D. suitable
4. In order to hear the music well, you have to________.
A. drive very fast
B. drive slowly
C. open the windows wide
D. keep the windows closed | | 阅读理解 | 根据短文内容, 从下框的A～F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项, 选项中有一项
为多余项。
A. Ask as many questions as possible.
B. Gym problem.
C. Stay the course.
D. Have a clear destination.
E. Record everything.
F. Have a plan. | | 阅读理解 | Ask savvy investors(投资者) how they learned their first lessons about money, and they"ll probably tell you lessons their parents taught them.
The money values we learn as children stay with us the rest of our lives. If you are a parent, teaching
your children the value of saving and investing will benefit them the rest of their lives. Here"s what you can
do:
Help your child begin to save. Open savings accounts for your children, and teach them how the bank
adds interest to their savings that makes their money grow. Encourage your children to save a little from
every bit of money they receive, such as allowances, birthday gifts, etc. You may even want to set up a
matching program, contributing fifty cents for each dollar your child saves.
Teach your child about stocks(股票). A child in elementary school can start learning about how
businesses work. Once your child understands the basics, ask him or her to think about some of the
businesses that might be good stock investments. Then use Morningstar Mutual Fund Guide(available
at your library) to find a quality mutual fund that holds some of these companies, or a mutual fund that
caters to children such as the Stein Roe Young Investor Fund. Many funds accept regular monthly
investments as low as $50 a month, so these funds can be a good way to teach children about the stock
market while saving for their college education.
Encourage early IRA(个人退休金账户)saving. The new Roth IRA is a great way for children who
are working in summers or after school to begin saving for their future. Imagine how much money you"d
have today if you had saved $3,000 a year since you were a teenager!
Let your kids handle their own money. We all learn by doing, so letting your kids manage a segment
of their budget(预算)will let them earn valuable financial lessons.They may make mistakes, but they will
be small mistakes that may help them avoid larger mistakes as adults. | | 1．Which would be the best title for this passage? | A．Why to Teach Your Children to Save
B．How to Teach Your Children to Save
C．Tips for Saving for Children
D．Start Good Saving Habits Early | | 2．A matching program means ________. | A．that you should set a good example to your children
B．that you should provide enough money for children so that they can save some
C．that you encourage your children to compete with each other in saving
D．that you encourage your children by giving some extra money for them to save | | 3．According to the author, you should teach your children about investment when he/she is ________. | A．in the kindergarten
B．in primary school
C．in middle school
D．in college |
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