题目内容
4.Yawning sends out certain messages-either"Oh,this movie is so boring"or"I probably need to get some sleep".But did you know that a yawn can also help your brain to cool down when it is overheated?A new study,led by a research team at Princeton University,has indicated that yawning could be the brain's natural way of regulating temperature.People yawn more often when the temperature outdoors is lower than their body temperature but are less likely to yawn when it is hotter outdoors,according to Sciencedaily.com.
The research team did an experiment on 160people,80in summer and 80in winter,to examine how often they yawned at different air temperatures.The study found that people yawned more often in winter than in summer.Scientists say that when the air temperature is lower outside the body,there is heat exchange between the overheated brain and the cool air.But when the air temperature is higher than or equal to the body,people are less likely to yawn because the hot air they breathe in will make the brain even hotter.
When people yawn,their jaw is also stretched,which increases blood flow and may also help cool the brain.
The study showed that the amount someone yawned could be related to the amount of time they spent outside.The longer they spent outside in summer,the less they yawned.Nearly 40percent of participants yawned within their first five minutes outside,but after that the percentage was reduced to less than 10 percent.
However,the result was the opposite in winter.The number of people who yawned increased when they spent more than five minutes outdoors.But the change was only slight compared to summertime.
According to Gallup,this is the first report to show that yawning frequencies change depending on season.This could help us to understand better the way our brains work.It may also help us understand the reason why frequent yawning can sometimes be a sign of brain disease.
47.The purpose of the experiment isC.
A.to prove people yawn in winter and in summer equally
B.to indicate brain can regulate temperature naturally
C.to find the frequency of people's yawning
D.to show the real reason why people yawn
48.The information we get from Paragraphs 5 and 6 is thatB.
A.longer outdoor summertime results in more yawns
B.yawning frequency changes with outdoor time
C.yawning frequency increases with outdoor time
D.longer outdoor wintertime leads to fewer yawns
49.Acorrding to the text,people yawn more oftenA.
A,when the air temperature is lower outside the body
B.when the hot air breathed in makes the brain hotter
C.when the air temperature is higher than the body
D.when the air temperature is equal to the body
50.What could be the best title for the text?D
A.Yawning Is A Sign of Brain Disease
B.Yawning Carries Some Information
C.Yawning Benefits Your Body
D.Yawning Cools Your Brain.
分析 文章介绍了一项研究结果,人们多长时间打一次哈欠,研究表明,当外面的温度比身体的温度低的时候,人们就会打哈欠.打哈欠可以让人的大脑冷静下来.
解答 41.C.细节理解题:从第三段的句子:The research team did an experiment on 160 people,80 in summer and 80 in winter,to examine how often they yawned at different air temperatures.可知这个研究的目的是看人们多长时间打一次哈欠,故选C.
42.B.细节理解题:从第五段的句子:The study showed that the amount someone yawned could be related to the amount of time they spent outside.可知人们打哈欠的时间和在户外是时间有关,故选 B.
43.A.细节理解题:从第二段的句子:People yawn more often when the temperature outdoors is lower than their body temperature but are less likely to yawn when it is hotter outdoors,according to Sciencedaily.com.可知当外面的温度比身体的温度低的时候,人们就会打哈欠.故选A.
44.D.标题确定题:从第一段的句子:But did you know that a yawn can also help your brain to cool down when it is overheated?可知打哈欠可以让人的大脑冷静下来.故选D.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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So I ran into a McDonald's and asked the man at the counter,who (18)A to be the manager,to call me a taxi.I (19)C explained my situation to him,and he (20)D to the back to use the phone.
The manager returned only to tell me that the taxi company had put him on (21)B and then the line got disconnected,and that he was now on hold again,and had not yet been able to (22)A the taxi yet.My expression,I assume,began to resemble some combination of hopelessness and (23)C Without a thought,he grabbed his coat and (24)D to drive me to the school.Without hesitation,I (25)A him into his car and made it back into my classroom with two minutes to (26)B before the bell!
Upon arriving at the school,I (27)D the man endlessly.His kind nature made
me think he is probably a wonderful manager to work for,and also a wonderful human being on this earth.This experience made me (28)C that in every seemingly (29)A situation,there is the opportunity for acts of kindness to happen,which can have an unimaginable impact on those who (30)B them.
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