题目内容
8.For most people today,their GPS (Global Positioning System) has become a lifeline,giving directions to the nearest bathroom or restaurant.But the(51)A we pay for the convenience could be our sense of(52)B."I do think GPS devices cause our navigational skills to atrophy (萎缩),"said Nora Newcombe,a psychologist at Temple University in the US who studies how the human brain(53)D."The problem is that you don't see an overview (概貌) of the area and where you are in relation to other things."
To understand the risk,you first need to (54)C how our brain keeps us from getting lost.Through experiments,researchers have found that our navigational strategies usually fall into two groups.
The first involves a spatial (空间的) map inside your brain.As you(55)A an area,you think about how the streets fit together and the best way to get between different locations.(56)B,the map lets you navigate between any two points in the area.
The second involves a series of landmarks and steps:Turn right at the gas station,and your school is on the left.It's quick and reliable,(57)C less flexible-it doesn't help you get from your school to a totally new place,even if it's nearby.
These two methods might not sound all that different,but according to Newcombe's research,people who are bad at navigation have trouble with the first strategy-creating spatial maps.(58)D,through further studies Newcombe has come to believe that people's ability to create spatial maps is decided by how(59)A we use the skill.
That helps(60)C what happens when people trust themselves with GPS devices.According to Veronique Bohbot of McGill University,people using navigation based on direction show more activity in their caudate nucleus (尾状核)-the part of the brain that is good at following directions-but less activity in the hippocampus (海马体),which creates the spatial maps.
It turns out that our sense of direction isn't the only thing we could lose.
One thing that could go is our(61)B to the environment we travel through.Researchers have found that when people(62)A GPS directions while driving,their memory of their trip is of a route on a(63)D,rather than the landscape they traveled through.
(64)C,researchers believe that active navigation(65)B the type of thinking used in all kinds of spatial processes."It's things like urban planning,and looking at a map to see where resources are.That's not replaceable by your phone,"Newcombe said.
51.A.price | B.service | C.attention | D.curiosity |
52.A.balance | B.direction | C.control | D.satisfaction |
53.A.works | B.thinks | C.learns | D.navigates |
54.A.decide | B.calculate | C.understand | D.predict |
55.A.explore | B.cover | C.travel | D.map |
56.A.Unfortunately | B.Eventually | C.Slowly | D.Reluctantly |
57.A.even | B.although | C.but | D.much |
58.A.For example | B.As a result | C.In fact | D.What's more |
59.A.often | B.much | C.long | D.soon |
60.A.move | B.evaluate | C.explain | D.detect |
61.A.judgment | B.connection | C.decision | D.treatment |
62.A.rely on | B.focus on | C.object to | D.adapt to |
63.A.window | B.key | C.press | D.screen |
64.A.However | B.Therefore | C.Moreover | D.Above all |
65.A.displays | B.improves | C.provides | D.involves. |
分析 本文主要讲述了使用GPS的利弊.一方面过度依赖GPS,可能使我们失去方向感,因为人们创造空间地图的能力取决于我们使用这种技能的频率.此外过度依赖GPS,还会让我们失去在旅游途中与环境的联系.另一方面,使用GPS可以使我们出行更加便利,并且可以提高人的空间想象能力.
解答 51-55 ABDCA 56-60 BCDAC 61-65 BADCB
51.A 考查细节理解 A.price价格 B.service服务 C.attention注意 D.curiosity好奇. 根据后面的"pay for支付"可推断出该空填入"price价格".通过GPS可以指导到最近的餐厅就餐,但是价格因素也是要考虑的.故选A.
52.B 考查细节理解 A.balance平衡 B.direction指导 C.control控制 D.satisfaction满意.根据前面的"giving directions"可知,本题选B.
53.D 考查推理判断 A.works工作 B.thinks思考 C.learns学习 D.navigates导航.GPS是用来导航的,但是在没有GPS之前,人类是靠大脑导航的.故选D.
54.C 考查细节理解 A.decide决定 B.calculate计算 C.understand理解 D.predict预言.根据前面的"To understand the risk"可知,填入"understand理解",句意:想要理解风险,您首先需要理解我们的大脑怎样避免迷路.故选C.
55.A 考查动词词意辨析 A.explore探索 B.cover覆盖 C.travel旅行 D.map地图. 当一张地图进入大脑时,人们会想要去探索这些地区.故选A.
56.B 考查词意辨析 A.Unfortunately不幸地 B.Eventually最后 C.Slowly缓慢地 D.Reluctantly不情愿地. 句意:你会想到街道是如何组合在一起的以及如何在不同的地点之间找到最好的方法,最后地图让你在该区域的任意两点之间进行导航.故选B.
57.C 考查推理判断 A.even即使 B.although尽管 C.but但是 D.much大量.该空前的"It's quick and reliable,它的快速和可靠的"与该空后的"less flexible不太灵活"是转折关系,故选C.
58.D 考查推理判断 A.For example例如 B.As a result结果 C.In fact事实上 D.What's more此外.根据后面的"further studies 进一步研究"可知,这是递进关系.故选D.
59.A 考查词意辨析 A.often B.much许多 C.long长的 D.soon不久. how often,多久一次.句意:人们创造空间地图的能力取决于我们使用这种技能的频率.故选A.
60.C 考查推理判断 A.move移动 B.evaluate评价 C.explain解释 D.detect察觉.该段后面的内容是对这种现象进行解释.故选C.
61.B 考查细节理解 A.judgment判断 B.connection联系 C.decision决定 D.treatment治疗. 事实证明,我们的方向感不是我们唯一可能失去的东西,与旅游途中环境的联系也将失去.故选B.
62.A 考查细节理解 A.rely on依赖 B.focus on集中于 C.object to反对 D.adapt to适应.根据前面的内容可知,驾车时人们依赖GPS来导航.故选A.
63.D 考查推理判断 A.window窗口 B.key钥匙 C.press压 D.screen屏幕.有了GPS,旅途中的路线都是通过屏幕展现,而不是通过沿途的风景判断路线.故选D.
64.C 考查推理判断 A.However然而 B.Therefore所以 C.Moreover此外 D.Above all最重要的是.后面是继续说明使用GPS的利弊.故选C.
65.B 考查细节理解 A.displays显示 B.improves提高 C.provides提供 D.involves包含.根据前面的形容词"active 积极的"可知,这里是强调使用GPS的益处,能提高在各种空间使用的思维方式,即提高空间想象力.故选B.
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-Sorry.I will ask my boss for _________ on my salary to buy you a new one.( )
A. | out of order;an advance | B. | out of shape;an advance | ||
C. | out of order;the advance | D. | out of shape;the advance |
Fourteen-year-old Kimberly Mays (40)Cneither description,but her recent court victory could (41)Bhelp children who do.Kimberly has been the (42)Bof an angry custody battle between the man who raised her and her biological parents,with whom she has never lived.A Florida judge (43)Athat the teenager can remain with the only father she's ever known and that her biological parents have"no legal (44)D"on her.
Shortly after (45)Ain December 1978,Kimberly Mays and another baby were mistakenly switched and sent home with the (46)Dparents.Kimberly's biological parents,Ernest and Regina Twigg,received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988.Medical tests (47)Dthat the child wasn't the Twiggs'own daughter,but Kim only was,thus leading to a custody (48)Awith Robert Mays.In 1989,the two families (49)Cthat Mr.Mays would maintain custody with the Twiggs getting (50)Crights.Those rights were ended when Mr.Mays decided that Kimberly was being (36)A.
The decision to (52)BKimberly with Mr.Mays caused heated discussion.But the judge made clear that Kimberly did have the right to sue (起诉) (53)Cher own behalf.Thus he made it clear that she was (54)Ajust a personal possession of her parents.Biological parentage does not mean an absolute ownership that cancels(取消) all the (55)Cof children.
36.A.terrible | B.sad | C.true | D.natural |
37.A.but | B.if | C.when | D.because |
38.A.settle | B.live | C.suffer | D.gather |
39.A.have | B.refuse | C.stick | D.fail |
40.A.likes | B.gives | C.fits | D.knows |
41.A.actually | B.eventually | C.successfully | D.abruptly |
42.A.victim | B.object | C.sacrifice | D.teenager |
43.A.ruled | B.believed | C.ordered | D.indicated |
44.A.expectation | B.action | C.effect | D.claim |
45.A.birth | B.judgment | C.operation | D.school |
46.A.biological | B.own | C.kind | D.wrong |
47.A.examined | B.explained | C.decided | D.showed |
48.A.battle | B.right | C.agreement | D.decision |
49.A.thought | B.quarreled | C.agreed | D.prepared |
50.A.equal | B.same | C.visiting | D.speaking |
51.A.harmed | B.forbidden | C.wounded | D.hidden |
52.A.make | B.leave | C.give | D.keep |
53.A.by | B.through | C.on | D.in |
54.A.more than | B.no more than | C.not more than | D.less than |
55.A.freedom | B.happiness | C.rights | D.ideas |
24hours in western Sydney:what to do,where to go On a recent weekend,my boyfriend and I decided to explore the area for the first time. Friday 6p.m.-Check in at Atura Blacktown hotel After an easy 40-minute train trip from Central Station to Blacktown (about 5one way with the Opal smartcard),we catch a taxi (about 20)to western Sydney's newest hotel,the Atura Blacktown.It's a sleek but welcoming hotel with an open-plan lobby that incorporates an inhouse restaurant and a comfortable lounge area.Upstairs,we quickly warm to our modern guestroom,which features reliable,free WiFi,free movies on a large wall-mounted TV,and in the bathroom Malin+Goetz toiletries (洗漱用品).It's good value at about 160for a king room. 8p.m.-Dinner and a drive-in movie The hotel's Roadhouse Bar and Grill has an upscale menu (mains 25-40per person) but a casual atmosphere,with an open kitchen and families seated at several tables.We've been told not to fill up on dinner so we reluctantly leave our tender scotch fillet and expertly pan-fried barramundi unfinished.At the reception,we pick up keys to the hotel's white Cadillac,which is parked out front,and drive around the corner to the"Skyline Drive-In ( 20for one car with two passengers). Saturday 9a.m.-Feasting in Bonnyrigg Everywhere we go,there is food.At the temple,we watch a famous Laotion chef prepare pawpaw salad,while at the mosque we are offered feather-light fairy floss.Later,in a low-ceilinged Asian grocer,we are fed sublime rice-paper rolls by a proprietor who speaks five languages.Those who dismiss ordinary Australians as conservative and intolerant have clearly not visited Bonnyrigg. 6p.m.-People-watching at The Emporium In Parramatta,the venue (场所) of the moment is The Emporium,a 150-seat exposed-brick space with a mod-Oz menu which leans Mediterranean.Unlike many of the more casual places we visit over the weekend,The Emporium has a decidedly grown-up atmosphere,full of well-dressed couples and smart wait staff.Dishes like a delicate stew of Moreton Bay bugs ( 36)and truffle-stuffed chicken breast (also 36)are delicious.Don't expect to get a table on Saturday night unless you book ahead. |
A.216.
B.226.
C.332.
D.260.
57.According to the passage,a visitor to western Sydney canC.
A.get warm in modern guestrooms
B.overeat delicious dinner
C.hire a car to see movies
D.feel unfriendliness from ordinary Australians.
Since all the(37)B were taken,I stood.Suddenly,I felt someone pulling on my bag.(38)B I probably was in someone's way,I moved over slightly.But in one quick motion(动作),I felt my bag removed from my back,and in a flash it was(39)D.I turned around to see who the thief was.I looked at the people standing behind me,but didn't see my bag or anyone(40)A.My heart sank and I began to(41)A.
I glanced around the car only to find directly across from me was an elderly lady,and sitting on her lap was my(42)B.I tried to get it back from her lap.But as I began to(43)A it up,she quickly grabbed(抓住) it back and held onto it.I looked around at the people standing beside me,and those sitting beside her,but no one took any(44)C of the situation.Trying not to cause a(an)(45)B,I tried to negotiate through gestures.I used my hands as best as I could,but she(46)D my requests for my bag and pointed to my back.She picked up my bag,showing how(47)C it was.I finally began to understand.She was holding my bag to(48)C me.
At the next stop,a middle-aged woman got on the crowded subway.Another elderly woman sitting down took her bag,(49)D it on her lap.They didn't talk;(50)A this older woman was more than pleased to sit with this stranger's bag on her lap throughout her journey.
As the subway pulled into the main downtown station and I was getting ready to get off,the woman(51)D handed me back my bag.But(52)C I had a chance to thank her,she had disappeared into the crowd.
Sadly,this considerate custom was more (53)B to me than if I had been robbed.Everyone back home had heard of being robbed-that was (54)A city behavior-but having a stranger hold onto someone's bag out of (55)C,in a city of twelve million people-that was truly unusual.
36.A.loss | B.aim | C.cause | D.difference |
37.A.cars | B.seats | C.buses | D.stations |
38.A.Deciding | B.Assuming | C.Admitting | D.Expecting |
39.A.broken | B.emptied | C.opened | D.gone |
40.A.suspicious | B.nervous | C.cautious | D.dangerous |
41.A.panic | B.scream | C.leave | D.regret |
42.A.book | B.bag | C.money | D.map |
43.A.pull | B.bring | C.check | D.wrap |
44.A.advantage | B.charge | C.notice | D.photo |
45.A.attack | B.scene | C.accident | D.change |
46.A.received | B.handled | C.considered | D.ignored |
47.A.small | B.useful | C.heavy | D.special |
48.A.remind | B.tease | C.help | D.warn |
49.A.dropping | B.tapping | C.closing | D.setting |
50.A.yet | B.so | C.or | D.because |
51.A.angrily | B.gratefully | C.anxiously | D.gently |
52.A.until | B.once | C.before | D.while |
53.A.amusing | B.surprising | C.annoying | D.disappointing |
54.A.usual | B.harmful | C.practical | D.suitable |
55.A.curiosity | B.pity | C.kindness | D.desperation |