I was said to be the worst student and my family thought it would be a miracle if I ever did my matriculation（录入大学）．I was   1  class Ⅵ and during the same time a new teacher Miss Sadia, joined our school．She was a fresh graduate maybe, but her   2   was far beyond her physical age．

I was sitting in my classroom during our lunch break, as I was in the habit of staying 3  ．Noticing that, she called me over and  4   with me．After that day she gave particular   5 to me and it make me feel _ 6__．my grades started to   7   in her subject and I also began to feel happier．

A few months later, she   8   a block away from my home．We would walk home together once in a while．She always had something special to say and was sure of me _ 9 __I was of myself．Her   10    support helped me．I came second in class and was   11  ．but our relationship continued; she was always   12   and had time to listen to me．

When I did my matriculation and left school, I was out of   13   with her as she was hardly   14   over the phone．I studied and studied, and then did my   15  ．I knew I could do it as she had implanted her   16   and confidence deep inside me．

One fine day our paths  17   again．We met at a wedding．I told her that I had done my master and how I had   18  her in all these years．

 She held my hand and said, “you are complete and you   19   not give credit to anyone for your success and your failures．I wanted you to be a tree standing on your own roots, not   20   others, and here your are”．

1．A．giving                    B．studying                C．leaving                     D．repeating

2．A．prescription           B．intelligence            C．patience．               D．beauty

3．A．anxious                 B．alone                    C．awful             D．active

4．A．talked                    B．stayed                   C．criticized                  D．connected

5．A．comment               B．attention                C．defense                    D．gift

6．A．embarrassing         B．difficult                 C．uneasy                     D．special

7．A．change                  B．jump                     C．improve                   D．decline

8．A．got away               B．arrived at              C．moved into               D．went off

9．A．more than       B．rather than       C．other than                  D．less than

10．A．changeable           B．constant               C．considerate              D．careful

11．A．promoted             B．praised                  C．punished                  D．provided

12．A．waiting                B．punctuate              C．happy                      D．there

13．A．view                    B．touch                    C．knowledge               D．information

14．A．available               B．absent                   C．answered                 D．applied

15．A．master                 B．bachelor                C．doctor                     D．job

16．A．carefulness          B．trust                    C．decision                   D．happiness

17．A．extended              B．reached                 C．separated                 D．crossed

18．A．cared                   B．thought                C．missed                     D．learned

19．A．should                 B．need                     C．can                         D．must

20．A．relying on      B．caring about      C．comparing with      D．getting through

 Professor Reason recently persuaded 35 people to keep a diary of all their absent-minded actions for two weeks. When he came to analyze their embarrassing errors, he was surprised to find that nearly all of them fell into a few groups.
One of the women, for instance, on leaving her house for work one morning threw her pet dog her earrings and tried to fix a dog biscuit on her ear. “The explanation for this is that the brain is like a computer,” explains the professor. “People programme themselves to do certain activities regularly.” It was the woman’s custom every morning to throw her dog two biscuits and then put on her earrings. “But somehow the action got reversed（颠倒）in the programme.” About one in twenty of the incidents the volunteers reported were these “programme assembly failures.”
Twenty percent of all errors were “test failures” — mainly due to not verifying the progress of what the body was doing. A man about to get his car out of the garage passed through the back yard where his garden jacket and boots were kept, put them on — much to his surprise. A woman reported, “I got into the bath with my socks on.”
The commonest problem was information “storage failures”. People forgot the names of people whose faces they knew, went into a room and forgot why they were there, mislaid something, or smoked a cigarette without realizing it.
The research so far suggests that while the central processor of the brain is liberated from second-to-second control of a well-practiced routine, it must repeatedly switch back its attention at important decision points to check that the action goes on as intended. Otherwise the activity may be gotten by another frequently and recently used programme, resulting in embarrassing errors.
【小题1】The purpose of the professor’s research is to __________.

Professor Reason recently persuaded 35 people to keep a diary of all their absent?minded actions for two weeks. When he came to analyse their embarrassing errors, he was surprised to find that nearly all of them fell into a few groups.

     One of the women, for instance, on leaving her house for work one morning threw her pet dog her ear?rings and tried to fix a dog biscuit on her ear. “The explanation for this is that the brain is like a computer,”explains the professor.“People programme themselves to do certain activities regularly. It was the woman's custom every morning to throw her dog two biscuits and then put on her ear rings. But somehow the action got reversed(颠倒) in the programme.” About one in twenty of the incidents the volunteers reported were these “programme assembly failures”.

     Twenty percent of all errors were “test failures”— primarily due to not verifying the progress of what the body was doing. A man about to get his car out

 of the garage passed through the back yard where his garden jacket and boots were kept, put them on—much to his surprise. A woman victim reported:“I got into the bath with my socks on.”

     The commonest problem was information “storage failures”. People forgot the

 names of people whose faces they knew,went into a room and forgot why they were

 there, mislaid something, or smoked a cigarette without realizing it.

     The research so far suggests that while the “central processor” of the brain is liberated from second?to?second control of a well?practised routine, it must repeatedly switch back its attention at important decision points to check that the action goes on as intended. Otherwise the activity may be “captured” by another frequently and recently used programme, resulting in embarrassing errors.

1.The purpose of Professor Reason's research is  _______.

A.to show the difference between men and women in their reasoning

B.to classify and explain some errors in human actions

C.to find the causes which lead to computer failures

D.to compare computer functions with brain workings

2.Which of the following might be grouped under “programme assembly failures”?

A.A woman went into a shop and forgot what to buy.

B.A man returning home after work left his key in the lock.

C.A lady fell as she was concentrating on each step her feet were taking.

D.An old man, with his shoes on, was trying to put on his socks.

3.The word “verifying” in paragraph 3 can be replaced by _______ .

A.improvingB.changingC.checkingD.stopping

4.According to the passage, the information “storage failures” refer to _______ .

A.the destruction of information collecting system

B.the elimination of one's total memory

C.the temporary loss of part of one's memory

D.the separation of one's action from consciousness

Professor Reason recently persuaded 35 people to keep a diary of all their absent-minded actions for two weeks．When he came to analyze their embarrassing errors, he was surprised to find that nearly all of them fell into a few groups．

One of the women, for instance, on leaving her house for work one morning threw her pet dog her earrings and tried to fix a dog biscuit on her ear．“The explanation for this is that the brain is like a computer,” explains the professor．“People programme themselves to do certain activities regularly．” It was the woman’s custom every morning to throw her dog two biscuits and then put on her earrings．“But somehow the action got reversed（颠倒）in the programme．” About one in twenty of the incidents the volunteers reported were these “programme assembly failures．”

Twenty percent of all errors were “test failures” — mainly due to not verifying the progress of what the body was doing．A man about to get his car out of the garage passed through the back yard where his garden jacket and boots were kept, put them on — much to his surprise．A woman reported, “I got into the bath with my socks on．”

The commonest problem was information “storage failures”．People forgot the names of people whose faces they knew, went into a room and forgot why they were there, mislaid something, or smoked a cigarette without realizing it．

The research so far suggests that while the central processor of the brain is liberated from second-to-second control of a well-practiced routine, it must repeatedly switch back its attention at important decision points to check that the action goes on as intended．Otherwise the activity may be gotten by another frequently and recently used programme, resulting in embarrassing errors．

63．The purpose of the professor’s research is to __________．

       A．show the difference between men and women

       B．sort and explain some errors in human actions

       C．find the causes which lead to computer failures

       D．compare computer functions with brain working

64．Which of the following might be grouped under “programme assembly failures”?

       A．A woman went to a shop and forgot what to buy．

       B．A man returning home after work left his key in the lock．

       C．A lady fell as she was paying attention to each step her feet were taking．

       D．An old man, with his shoes on, was trying to put on his socks．

65．The underlined word “verifying” （in paragraph 3） can be replaced by “_______”．

       A．improving                                         B．changing           

       C．checking                                             D．stopping

66．According to the passage, the information “storage failure” refers to “_______”．

       A．information collecting system being destroyed

       B．one’s total memory being removed

       C．the loss of part of one’s memory for a time

       D．the separation of one’s action from words