Ask three people to look out the same window at a busy street comer and tell you what they see. Chances are you will receive three different answers. Each person sees the same scene, but each perceives(察觉) something different about it. 

Perceiving goes on in our minds. Of the three people who look out the window, one may say that he sees a policeman giving a motorist a ticket. Another may say that he sees a rush-hour traffic jam at the intersection. The third may tell you that he sees a woman trying to cross the street with four children in tow. For perception(感知) is the minds’ interpretation of what the senses — in this case our eyes — tell us.

Many psychologists(心理学家)today are working to try to determine just how a person experiences or perceives the world around him. Using a scientific approach, these psychologists set up experiments in which they can control all of the factors. By measuring and charting the results of many experiments, they are trying to find out what makes different people perceive totally different things about the same scene.

Perceiving is an action that takes place ______.

A. in our eyes             B. only when we think very hard about something

C. only under the direction of a psychologist     D. in every person’s mind

People perceive different things about the same scene because ______.

A. they see different things            B. they can not agree about things

C. some have better eyesight            D. none of these

Psychologists study perception by ______.

A. setting up many experiments      B. asking each other what they see

C. looking out of windows          D. studying people’s eyes

The best title for this article is ______.

A. How We See                          B. Learning About Our Minds Through Science

C. What Psychologists Perceive      D. How To Become An Experimental Psychologist

My parents passed away ten years ago and I miss them terribly. But I know they are with me every day in what they taught me and in the    36    they gave me. Every morning my father’s message to me was: Remember that    37    you walk out of this door, you carry responsibility, the good name of this family, the hopes and dreams of your mom and dad. My mother often urged me to   38   the high standards she set for me.

When I was in high school, I played in a rock band with friends in my class. We were devoted and practiced constantly. We moved past the guys – in – a – garage stage and   39   to be pretty good, doing getting – paid gigs (演奏会) most weekends, which made me   40   . At that time, though part of me was   41   up in that band, another part of me was the oldest son in the Clark family,   42    of my origin and a dedicated student busy applying to colleges. Without even telling my parents, I applied to Harvard. I didn’t think I had much chance of getting in,   43   I wanted to try. So I was riding around being Mr Cool Rock Musician half of the time, and the other half I was focused on family and   44   goals. I was running on parallel   45  .

When the group won a city wide Battle of the Bands, things heated up. My band mates had stars in their eyes – we might be able to make it big. However, I began to feel   46  . I realized I was on quite different tracks: I   47   was becoming two people,   48   identities back and forth depending on who I was with. I had to make an option. As I considered my   49  , my parents’ words were right there, helping me to see that my dreams weren’t about signing a record deal, letting my hair grow, and living in a tour bus. So I   50   out. My bandmasters were   51  . They thought I was crazy to withdraw   52   the peak of real success. But however successful that band got, I knew it wasn’t in line with my   53  , with my feeling of what I was   54   to do, with who I was – it simply wasn’t me.

In that instant and in many others throughout my life, my parent’s advice has helped me recenter and   55  . I could remember who I was – the hopes and dreams I carried.

A.property            B.advice             C.guide            D.aid

A.when                   B.before             C.while            D.since

A.come up with      B.stand up to       C.live up to         D.keep pace with

A.got                      B.failed                  C.hoped              D.attempted

A.lost                      B.disappointed     C.confused          D.thrilled

A.wrapped            B.centered           C.spent            D.offered

A.scared                  B.proud              C.guilty              D.ashamed

A.if                        B.unless              C.until                D.yet

A.economic             B.political           C.academic         D.literary

A.tracks                 B.ways               C.processes         D.directions

A.confident            B.optimistic        C.cheerful           D.uncomfortable

A.exactly               B.actually           C.eventually     D.fortunately

A.switching           B.acting              C.discovering      D.seeking

A.conditions          B.choices            C.competence      D.health

A.gave                  B.looked             C.called              D.dropped

A.disturbed            B.cool                C.shocked           D.tolerant

A.in                      B.to                    C.by                   D.at

A.goals                  B.interests           C.personality       D.consideration

A.meant                B.demanded     C.forced             D.aimed

A.recall                 B.refocus            C.rebuild            D.reunite

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