题目内容
12.Five or six years ago,I attended a lecture on the science of attention.A professor who conducts(主持)research over in the medical school was talking about attention blindness,the basic feature(特征)of the human brain that,when we concentrate on one task,causes us to miss just about everything else.Because we can't see what we can't see,our lecturer was determined to catch us in the act.He had us watch a video of six people tossing (投掷) basketballs back and forth,three in white shirts and three in black,and our task was to keep track only of the tosses among the people in white.The tape rolled,and everyone began counting.Everyone except me.I'm dyslexic (患阅读困难症的),and the moment I saw that tape with the confusing basketball tossers,I knew I wouldn't be able to keep track of their movements,so I let my mind wander.I became curious,though,when about 30seconds into the tape,a gorilla (大猩猩) walked in among the players.She (we later learned a female student was in the gorilla suit) stared at the camera,beat her chest with her fist,and then went away while they continued passing the balls.
When the tape stopped,the professor asked how many people had counted at least a dozen basketball tosses.Hands went up all over.He then asked who had counted 13,14,and congratulated those who'd scored the perfect 15.Then he asked,"And who saw the gorilla?"
I raised my hand and was surprised to discover I was the only person at my table and one of only three or four in the large room to do so.He'd set us up,trapping us in our own attention blindness.Yes,there had been a trick,but he wasn't the one who had played it on us.By concentrating so hard on counting,we had managed to miss the gorilla in the midst.
Attention blindness is the fundamental organizing principle of the brain,and I believe that it presents us with a great opportunity.My take is different from that of many neural(神经学)scientists:Where they see the shortcomings of the individual,I sense an opportunity for cooperation.Fortunately,given the interactive(互动的) nature of most of our lives in the digital age,we have the tools to control our different forms of attention and take advantage of them.
It's not easy to admit that everything we've learned about how to pay attention means that we've been missing everything else.It's not easy for us logical,intelligent,confident types to admit that the very key to our success-our ability to discover a problem and solve it,an achievement obtained in all those years in school and beyond-may be exactly what limits us.No one ever told us that our way of seeing left out everything else.
32.Which of the following is true about the writer when the tape was played?B
A.The writer was confused by basketball tossers in white and black.
B.The writer had difficulty keeping track of the tossers'movements.
C.The writer showed great curiosity about what the players tossing.
D.The writer tried hard to stop her mind from wandering.
33.Which of the following may the writer agree with according to the last paragraph?C
A.Attention blindness means that we've been missing everything else,although it is not easy to admit.
B.Learning about how to pay attention means having the ability to succeed.
C.Something may be missing although we have been learning to pay attention to everything.
D.Our achievements may be exactly what limits us with attention blindness.
34.The word underlined"take"in paragraph 5most probably means A.
A.understanding B.impression C.sense D.assumption
35.In the writer's opinion,attention blindness C.
A.should be viewed as a shortcoming of the individual
B.might be overcome if we can discover problems and solve them
C.makes it possible for us to work together for a shared purpose
D.helps us to become logical,intelligent and confident types of people.
分析 这是一篇关于注意力盲区的科普文章,作者通过自己的亲身经历和感受告诉我们什么是注意力盲区,注意力盲区是我们大脑处理众多信息的基本原则,尽管就个体而言是弊端,但团队协作可以有效地避免.
解答 32.答案 B 正误判断题.根据文章第一段中的"and our task wasto keep track only of the tosses amongthe people in white.The tape rolled,and everyone began counting."和第二段中的"Everyone except me.I'm dyslexic(患阅读困难症的),and the moment I saw that tape with theconfusing basketball tossers"可知,作者因为患有阅读困难症,所以很难跟得上节奏,故选项B正确.
33.答案 C 推理判断题.根据最后一段It'snot easy to admit that everything we've learned about how to pay attentionmeans that we've been missing everything else.可知,尽管我们一直努力学习专注一切,但是我们却错了其他的一切,故答案为C
34.答案 A 词义猜测题 根据第五段的第一句及"where they see the shortcomings of the individual,I sense an opportunity for cooperation."可知,作者的理解与许多专家的理解不同.故此处的take意为"理解",选A项.
35.答案 C 推理判断题 由文章最后两段可知,过度集中注意力会让人错失对某些事物的感知,而这恰恰为团队合作提供了机会,因此选C项.
点评 1、要想做好科普英语阅读理解题,同学们就要注意平时多读科普知识类文章,学习科普知识,积累常见的科普词汇,从根本上提高科普英语的阅读能力.
2、要熟悉科普类文章的结构特点.科普类文章一般由标题(Head line),导语(Introduction),背景(Back ground),主体(Main body)和结尾(End)五部分构成.标题是文章中心思想高度而又精辟的概括,但根据历年的高考情况来看,这类阅读理解材料一般不给标题,而要同学们选择标题.导语一般位于整篇文章的首段.背景交待一个事实的起因.主体则对导语概括的事实进行详细叙述,这一部分命题往往最多,因此,阅读时,同学们要把这部分作为重点.结尾往往也是中心思想的概括,并与导语相呼应,命题者常在此要设计一道推理判断题.
3、在进行推理判断时,同学们一定要以阅读材料所提供的科学事实为依据,同时所得出的结论还应符合基本的科普常识.
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A. | to spend | B. | spending | C. | being spend | D. | spend |
Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together.Like pairs of dogs you (16)C find in most any neighborhood,these two loved each other and played (17)A so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their own houses.
One evening,Brownie's family (18)D that Brownie hadn't returned home.They went looking for him with no (19)B.Brownie didn't appear the next day,and,despite their (20)C to find him,by the next week he was still missing.
Curiously,Spotty (21)A at Brownie's house alone,barking.Busy with their own lives,they just ignored(不理睬)the (22)A little neighbor dog.
One morning Spotty (23)B to take"no"for an answer.Spotty followed Ted about,barking strongly,then running towards a nearby wood,as if to say"(24)D me!It's urgent!"
Finally,Ted followed the anxious Spotty.The little dog led the man to a (25)C spot a half mile from the house.There Ted found his beloved Brownie (26)A,one of his hind legs stuck in a steel leg hold trap.Horrified Ted now wished he'd taken Spotty's earlier requirement (27)B.Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable.
Spotty had done more than simply (28)D Brownie's human owner to his trapped friend.In a circle around the (29)A dog,Ted found some dog food-which was later (30)C as the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed that (31)D.
Spotty had been visiting Brownie (32)B,in n single-minded quest to keep his friend alive by offering his own comfort.Spotty had obviously stayed with Brownie to protect him from being hurt,snuggling(依偎)with him at nigh to keep him (33)C and touching him gently with its nose to keep his spirits up.
Brownie's leg was treated by a veterinarian(兽医)and he re-covered.For many,years afterward,the two (34)A watched the faithful friends frolicking(嬉戏) (35)D chasing each other down that well-worn path between their houses.
16.A.must | B.should | C.can | D.need |
17.A.together | B.wildly | C.separately | D.happily |
18.A.watched | B.heard | C.feared | D.noticed |
19.A.hope | B.success | C.failure | D.information |
20.A.wishes | B.demands | C.efforts | D.worries |
21.A.showed up | B.showed off | C.turned out | D.turned off |
22.A nervous | B.eager | C.angry | D.clever |
23.A.decided | B.refused | C.wanted | D.pretended |
24.A.Love | B.Hit | C.Forgive | D.Follow |
25.A.beautiful | B.distant | C.wild | D.clean |
26.A.alive | B.dead | C.brave | D.sleepy |
27.A.immediately | B.seriously | C.directly | D.honestly |
28.A.asked | B.ordered | C.informed | D.led |
29.A.injured | B.defeated | C.frightened | D.worried |
30.A.regarded | B.determined | C.recognized | D.showed |
31.A.month | B.day | C.evening | D.week |
32.A.particularly | B.regularly | C.usually | D.especially |
33.A.fearless | B.well | C.warm | D.hopeful |
34.A.families | B.parents | C.neighbors | D.friends |
35.A.but | B.or | C.so | D.and |
-No.It was not yet eight o'clock _____ he arrived home.( )
A. | before | B. | that | C. | until | D. | when |
A. | Call | B. | Calling | C. | To call | D. | Called |
A. | to learn | B. | to have learned | C. | learning | D. | having learned |