题目内容
If you ask some people, “How did you learn English so well?” you may get a surprising answer: “In my sleep!”
These are people who have taken part in one of the recent experiments (实验) to test “the learn while you sleep” method (方法), which is now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects. English is among them.
Scientists say that this sleep study method greatly speeds language learning. They say that the ordinary person can learn two or three times as much during sleep as in the same period during the day—and this does not affect (影响) his rest in any way. However, sleep teaching will only put into your head what you have studied already while you are awake.
In one experiment, ten lessons were broadcast over the radio for two weeks. Each lesson lasted twelve hours — from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. The first three hours of English grammar and vocabulary (词汇) were given with the students awake. At 11 p.m. a lullaby (催眠曲) was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the next three hours the radio in a soft and low voice broadcast the lesson again into his sleeping ears. At 2 a.m. a sharp noise was sent over the radio to wake the sleeping student up for a few minutes to go over the lesson. The soft music sent him back to rest again while the radio went on. At 5 o’clock his sleep ended and he had to go through the lesson again for three hours before breakfast.
1.In the experiment, lessons were given____ .
A.in the night time |
B.after lullabies were broadcast |
C.while the student was awake |
D.all through the twelve hours |
2.Before each lesson finishes, the student has to____ .
A.get up and take breakfast |
B.be woken up by a loud voice |
C.listen to the lesson again in sleep |
D.review (复习) the lesson by himself |
3.The sleep study method is being tried in many countries to teach____ .
A.the English language |
B.grammar and vocabulary |
C.a number of subjects |
D.foreign languages |
1.A
2.C
3.C
【解析】
试题分析:文章介绍了一种新的学习方法the learn while you sleep” method 。
1.A 细节题。根据最后一段1,2行Each lesson lasted twelve hours — from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. The first three hours of English grammar and vocabulary (词汇) were given with the students awake.说明这样的教育活动是在晚上进行的,故A正确。
2.C 细节题。根据第四段3,4,5行At 11 p.m. a lullaby (催眠曲) was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the next three hours the radio in a soft and low voice broadcast the lesson again into his sleeping ears.说明在睡眠中还要再听课。故C正确。
3.C 细节题。根据第二段最后一句which is now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects. English is among them.说明在很多学科中都在进行这样的实验,故C正确。
考点:考查教育类短文阅读
点评:本类短文有很强的教育意义,在阅读的时候注意细节问题的考查,本题基本上都是细节题。
If you ask me, I would say that I won’t mind ______abroad to enrich my knowledge.
A.taking | B.to take | C.to be taken | D.being taken |
If you ask Americans whether or not they think their former president George W. Bush is smart, most of them will probably tell you they don’t think so. However, Bush’s IQ score is estimated to be above 120, which puts him in the top ten percent of the population.
It doesn’t seem to make sense. How come someone with such an IQ score is not considered smart? Researchers say: IQ does not tell the whole story. Some people have high IQ scores, but still they can be poor thinkers and decision-makers.
Keith Stanovich, a Canadian professor of human development and applied psychology, has been looking into the “clever fools” phenomenon for 15 years. He says IQ tests are very good at measuring certain mental faculties(能力), including logic, learning ability, working-memory capacity (how much information you can hold in mind), etc. Those faculties play a part in one’s academic success, but rational thinking is more important for us to make good judgments in real-life situations.
IQ tests fail to work when it comes to rational thinking. That’s because they are unable to assess things such as a person’s ability to weigh up information, or whether an individual can set aside the cognitive biases(认知偏差)that may be misleading.
“A high IQ is like height in a basketball player,” says David Perkins, who studies thinking and reasoning skills at Harvard University. “It is very important, all other things being equal. But all other things aren’t equal. It takes a lot more to be a good basketball player than being tall, and it takes a lot more to be a good thinker than having a high IQ.”
1.According to the text your academic success depends on your __________.
A.logic |
B.mental faculties |
C.learning ability |
D.working-memory capacity |
2.If you need to decide where to invest your money, you must use your ______________
A.IQ scores |
B.IQ test |
C.rational thinking |
D.cognitive biases |
3.We know from the text that ____________
A.the former president George W. Bush has a high IQ score |
B.many Americans think their former president George W. Bush is smart |
C.David Perkins believe that a person’s IQ doesn’t need to be developed |
D.Keith Stanovich looked into the “clever fools” phenomenon 5 years ago |
4.What is the text mainly about?
A.Those who have high IQ do better than those who don’t in everything. |
B.People with high IQ scores must be good decision-makers |
C.People with high IQ scores are always smart in every way. |
D.Why a high IQ doesn’t mean you’re smart |