题目内容
He’s certainly dedicated but really not very experienced.
解析:
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他确实敬业,但经验不足。 |
Oscar the cat seems to have an unnatural ability for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up (蜷伏) next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means the patient has less than four hours to live. "Many family members take some comfort from it. They appreciate the companionship that the cat provides for their dying loved one," said Dosa, a doctor and assistant professor of medicine at Brown University.
The 2-year-old cat was adopted as a kitten and grew up in a third-floor dementia (痴呆) unit at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where the facility treats people with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease and other illnesses. After about six months, the staff noticed Oscar would make his own rounds, just like the doctors and nurses. He'd smell and observe patients, then sit beside people who would end up dying in a few hours. Dosa said Oscar seems to take his work seriously. "This is not a cat that's friendly to people," he said.
"Oscar is better at predicting death than the people who work here," said Dr. Joan Teno of Brown University, who treats patients at the nursing home and is an expert on care for the terminally ill. She was convinced of Oscar's talent when he made his 13th correct call. While observing one patient, Teno said she noticed the woman wasn't eating, was breathing with difficulty and that her legs had a bluish color, signs that often mean death is near. Oscar wouldn't stay inside the room, though, so Teno thought bis streak was broken. Instead, it turned out the doctor's prediction was roughly 10 hours too early. Sure enough, during the patient's final two hours, nurses told Teno that Oscar joined the woman at her bedside.
Doctors say most of the people who get a visit from the sweet-faced, gray-and-white cat are so ill that they probably don't know he's there, so patients aren't aware he's a predictor of death. Most families are grateful for the advance warning, although one wanted Oscar out of the room while a family member died. When Oscar is put outside, he paces and meows his displeasure.
No one's certain if Oscar's behavior is scientifically significant or points to a cause. Teno wonders if the cat senses mysterious scents or reads something into the behavior of the nurses who raised him. Nursing home staff aren't concerned with explaining Oscar, so long as he gives families a better chance at saying goodbye to the dying. The staff recently gave Oscar a wall sign publicly praising his "sympathetic care."
【小题1】What makes Oscar the cat so special?
| A.He observes the cases of dying patients. |
| B.He curls up next to the patients. |
| C.He calls family members to the hospital. |
| D.He senses when patients are to die. |
| A.would go round and observe patients |
| B.may sometimes fail to predict death |
| C.is friendly and liked by every nurse |
| D.was born and grew up in the hospital |
| A.his bones were severely injured |
| B.his magic power stopped working |
| C.his devotion to work got changed |
| D.his friendship with patients ended |
| A.Oscar's behavior is scientifically significant |
| B.Oscar can read something of the nurses' behavior |
| C.Oscar might like to stay with the dying patients |
| D.Oscar is sympathetic to the dying patients |
| A.Cats Can Be Used for Looking After Patients |
| B.Oscar, the Sweet-Faced, Gray-and-White Cat |
| C.As Death Comes Calling, So Does Oscar the Cat |
| D.Oscar the Cat, the Best Helper of Our Hospital |
When several different people look at the same person, it is not unusual for each of them to see different things; when you alone observe one behavior or one person at two different times, you may see different things. The following are but some of the factors that lead to these varying perceptions (感知,认知):
(1)Each person’s perceptions of others are formed by his or her own cultural conditioning education, and personal experiences.
(2) Sometimes perceptions differ because of what we choose to observe and how we deal with what we’ve observed. It is not necessarily true that person perception is based on observations of a particular person. Your observations may be totally controlled by what others have told you about this person; or you may focus (聚焦) primarily on the situation or role relationship. Most people do not use the same yardstick (标准) to measure their parents, their friends, and strangers.
(3) Sometimes we see only what we want to see or don’t see what may be obvious to others because of out own needs, desires, or temporary emotional states. This is a process known as selective perception. Selective perception is obviously more difficult when contradictory (矛盾的) information is particularly obvious, but it can be done. We can ignore (忽视) the stimulus- “He’s basically a good boy so what I saw was not shoplifting. ”
We can reduce the importance of the contradictory information- “All kids (孩子) get into mischief (顽皮) . Taking a book from the bookstore isn’t such a big deal. ” We can change the meaning of the contradictory information-”It wasn’t shoplifting because he was going to pay for it later.”…
1.The first factor given by the author that affects our perception is _____.
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A.the abilities of one’s auditory (听) and visual (视) sensors |
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B.cultural background and personal experiences |
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C.experiences one learns from others |
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D.critical measures taken by other people |
2.While observing a particular person, ______.
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A.one is likely to take all aspects (方面) into consideration |
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B.one pays more attention to his/her advantages |
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C.children often differ from grown-ups in perception |
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D.one tends to choose certain cues (提示) to look for |
3.Observation of the same person by two people at the same time may differ because ______.
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A.their measuring yardsticks are not the same |
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B.either of them may be slow to catch information |
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C.the time for observation is not long enough |
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D.each of them uses different language to express his/her impressions |
4.The word “stimulus ” in paragraph 4 refers to ______.
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A.something attractive |
B.selective perception |
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C.contradictory information |
D.shoplifting |