Ask three people to look out the same window at a busy street comer and tell you

Ask three people to look out the same window at a busy street comer and tell you

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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.
小题1:Perceiving is an action that takes place ______.
A.in our eyesB.only when we think very hard about something
C.only under the direction of a psychologistD.in every person’s mind
小题2:People perceive different things about the same scene because ______.
A.they see different thingsB.they can not agree about things
C.some have better eyesightD.none of these
小题3: Psychologists study perception by ______.
A.setting up many experimentsB.asking each other what they see
C.looking out of windowsD.studying people’s eyes
小题4:The best title for this article is ______.
A.How We SeeB.Learning About Our Minds Through Science
C.What Psychologists PerceiveD.How To Become An Experimental Psychologist

答案

小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:B
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Freda Bright says, "Only in opera do people die of love." It"s true. You really can"t love somebody to death. I"ve known people to die from no love, but I"ve never known anyone to be loved to death. We just can"t love one another enough.
A heart-warming story tells of a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a raise in salary. All day she felt nervous and apprehensive. Late in the afternoon she summoned the courage to approach her employer. To her delight, the boss agreed to a raise.
The woman arrived home that evening to a beautiful table set with their best dishes. Candles were softly glowing. Her husband had come home early and prepared a festive meal. She wondered if someone from the office had tipped him off, or... did he just somehow know that she would not get turned down?
She found him in the kitchen and told him the good news. They embraced and kissed, and then sat down to the wonderful meal. Next to her plate the woman found a beautifully lettered note. It read, "Congratulations, darling! I knew you"d get the raise! These things will tell you how much I love you."
Following the supper, her husband went into the kitchen to clean up. She noticed that a second card had fallen from his pocket. Picking it off the floor, she read, "Don"t worry about not getting the raise! You deserve it anyway! These things will tell you how much I love you."
Someone has said that the measure of love is when you love without measure. What this man feels for his wife is total acceptance and love, whether she succeeds or fails. His love celebrates her victories and cure her wounds. He stands with her, no matter what life throws in their direction.
Upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa said, "What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family." And love your friends. Love them without measure.
小题1: By saying "Only in opera do people die of love.", the writer wants to tell us that ______.
A.giving love is better than receiving love
B.love in opera is better than that in real life
C.people are too greedy to have enough love
D.to die from love is no better than to die from no love
小题2: From the passage we can infer that ________.
A.the woman must have thought about asking for a salary raise for a long time
B.the boss of the woman must be a kind person
C.the woman was a courageous person
D.the husband must have got the news before his wife got home
小题3:The husband prepared a festive meal in order to _______.
A.show how good he was at cooking
B.celebrate her wife’s success in raising the salary
C.thank her wife’s boss for raising her salary
D.show how deeply he loved his wife
小题4:What Mother Teresa said means that _________.
A.loving your family is more important than promoting world peace
B.loving your friends is to promote the world peace
C.everybody can promote the world peace by loving his own family without measure
D.no matter what life throws in our direction, our family is always our first concern

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If you look up the word “create” in the dictionary , you will find it means “to bring into being, to cause to exist something each of us does daily”.
We are creative whenever we look at or think about something in a new way First, this includes an awareness of our surroundings.It means using all of our senses to become aware of our world.This may be as simple as being aware of color and texture(质地),as well as taste, when we plan a meal.Above all, it is the ability to notice things that others might miss.
A second part of creativity is an ability to see relationships among things.If we believe the expression,“There is nothing new under the sun, the creativity is remaking or recombining(***) the old in new ways.”For example, we might do this by finding a more effective way to study or a better way to arrange our furniture, or we might make a new combination of camera lenses and filters to create an unusual photograph.
A third part of creativity is the courage and drive to make use of our new ideas, to ask for them to achieve some new results.To think up a new idea is one thing; to put the idea to work is another.
These three parts of creativity are included in all the great works of geniuses, but they are also included in many of our day-to-day activities.
小题1:Which of the following activities is NOT a creative one according to the passage?
A.To prepare for a meal.
B.To arrange the furniture in a special way.
C.To buy some books from a bookstore.
D.To“write”a letter with the computer.
小题2:“There is nothing new under the sun” really implies that _________.
A.a new thing can only be created at the basis of earlier things
B.a new thing is only a tale
C.we can seldom create new things
D.we can hardly see really new things in the world
小题3:What does the author think about the relationship between a new thought and its being put into
practice?
A.It’s more difficut to create a new thought than to use it in practice.
B.To find a new thought will clearly lead to the production of a new thing.
C.A man with an excellent ability of practice can easily become an inventor.
D.One may come up with a new thought, but can not put it into practice.
小题4:The best title for this passage is__________.
A.How to Develop One’s Creativity
B.What Is Creativity
C.The Importance of Creativity
D.Creativity, a Not Faraway Thing

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Homework is work, not play. In contrast to what some might hope, students 55 finish their homework exclaiming that they had great fun. Nor is homework an activity that students choose to undertake. It is 56 by a teacher for students to complete on the teacher’s schedule, with the teacher’s requirements in mind. So to have the fight 57 Will be of great help. Homework means business and the student should expect to work on it seriously. As in the work place, careless efforts and lack of self-discipline are likely to make the  58 impression.
Teachers assign homework for  59 purposes. In some cases, teachers seek to review and solidify material being covered in class; homework is also designed to 60 student learning beyond class lessons. As students mature, teachers often assign homework nightly in several subjects. Homework is also used to prepare students to handle new work, 61 in the ease of summer reading. Increasingly, school reforms call for homework to take the form of course projects, thus increasing its 62 to “real-life” job-related activity.
Like jobs, homework can be appealing when its resources are well managed. Resources 63 sources of information—textbooks, of course, and increasingly, the Internet—but they also include a quiet space to work, materials and equipment such as calculators, paper or a computer, and others who cohabit (共面存在) in the homework environment. The external (外部的) resources needed for homework can be viewed as a kind of 64 . office for the child with features like those needed in the workplace.
小题1:
A.sometimesB.often C.mostlyD.rarely
小题2:
A.discovered B.forcedC.assignedD.taught
小题3:
A.amountB.answer C.scheduleD.attitude
小题4:
A.generalB.vivid C.wrong D.vague
小题5:
A.highB.variousC.ordinaryD.temporary
小题6:
A.extendB.describe C.displayD.reward
小题7:
A.asB.whenC.even ifD.now that
小题8:
A.adjustmentB.solutionC.approachD.connection
小题9:
A.indicateB.include C.reserveD.resemble
小题10:
A.homeB.business C.headD.supply

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Autumn means different things to different people. It all depends on your personality, said British naturalist Richard Mabey. "Personality shapes your view of the season," he said. "You may see it as a fading away, a packing up(结束), or as a time of packing in another sense – the excited gathering of resources before a long journey."
If this is true, perhaps it tells us a little about, for instance, Thomas Hood, the 19th Century English poet. About November, he wrote:
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees
November!
On the other hand, another English poet John Keats, already sensing he was seriously ill, was inspired by a late September day to pen one of the most famous poems in the English language, To Autumn. He wrote to a friend afterwards that there was something comforting and healing about it.
According to Richard Mabey, Keats has the biological evidence on his side. Autumn is not a time of slowing down, but a time of new beginnings and great movements of creatures. For example, just at the moment that Keats"s "gathering swallows" (in To Autumn) are departing for Africa, millions of creatures are fleeing from the frozen north like Iceland, Greenland and Russia to winter along the east and south coasts of Britain. According to scientists, before falling, the leaves transfer their chlorophyll(叶绿素) and carbohydrates into the woody parts of the tree for safe-keeping over winter. What remains are the natural antioxidants(防老剂) in the leaves: the yellow and orange carotenoids(类胡萝卜素), and another protective chemical specially produced for autumn, the bright-red anthocyanin(花青素). High color is not a signal of deterioration(退化) and decline, but of detox(排毒的) ability and good health.
A century after Keats, the American poet Loren Eiseley wrote in his journal: "Suppose we saw ourselves burning like maples in a golden autumn. [And that we could] disintegrate(瓦解) like autumn leaves…dropping their substance like chlorophyll. Would not our attitude towards death be different?"
小题1:From Thomas Hood’s poem, we may infer that _______.
A.he suffered a lot from cold November
B.he missed the shining summer days very much
C.he had a negative attitude towards autumn
D.he enjoyed butterflies and bees very much
小题2:Which word can best describe Loren Eiseley’s attitude towards autumn?
A.Optimistic. B.Fearful. C.Doubtful.D.Realistic.
小题3:In autumn, leaves turn yellow before falling because ______.
A.they can’t bear the freezing
B.they can’t get enough water from the wood part
C.chlorophyll and carbohydrates have been lost through leaves
D.chlorophyll and carbohydrates have come back to the wood part
小题4:What does the underlined sentence mean?
A.Man can never live long, just as leaves must leave the tree annually.
B.Man is different from autumn leaves, which will come again the next spring.
C.Man should treat death calmly, just like autumn leaves fall to the ground.
D.Man should have a positive attitude towards death, quite different from autumn leaves.

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A round of applause, please, for the Indian man who recently sang for 80 hours straight, setting a new Guinness world record. It’s an impressive feat, to be sure, but let’s just hope he still has a voice. According to Indian newspapers, Rajesh Burbure has been told to keep silent for several days so his vocal cords (声带) can heal.
It was reported that Burbure and his family are in a celebratory mood. “It’s a proud moment for all of us,” his wife told DNAIndia.com.
I, on the other hand, am unable to share their enthusiasm. Don’t get me wrong: I hope the 35-year-old Burbure lives forever, sells a million records and becomes an international celebrity. But his record–singing for 80 hours straight–is about as meaningful as most of the other curious but crazy feats listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Granted , I’m not qualified to speak on the subject. I’ve got no world records to my name– and I never expect to have any. Then again, maybe I am qualified to speak for those of us who have better things to do than train for years to sing an 80-hour medley (混合曲) of pop songs.
But let’s not just pick on poor Burbure. He’s not the only person chasing meaningless accolades. The Guinness Book of World Records is full of the names of people who at one time grew the longest hair, or built the biggest bicycle, or baked the largest cheesecake.
To all of these enterprising (有进取心的) souls I ask, simply, “What was it all for?”
Congratulations! For all of your painstaking effort, you became a footnote in a thick book that no one reads, except for you and the person who will eventually surpass you–with one more hour of singing, a few more centimeters of steel or a few more pounds of cheese.
After all, records are made to be broken.
小题1:From the text, we can learn that the author         .
A.has no Guinness records, so he admires Burbures’ feat
B.feels it is a pity he was not invited to share the happiness with the Burbures
C.thinks singing for 80 hours straight is completely meaningless
D.is quite worried about Burbure’s vocal cords
小题2:Before someone wins a Guinness record, he or she has to         .
A.become an international celebrity
B.know all about Guinness record
C.practice a great deal
D.bear great stress for fear of injury
小题3:We can infer from the article that        .
A.after the 80 hours of singing, Burbure could no longer speak
B.Burbure’ wife didn’t support his attempt to make a Guinness record
C.many have criticized Burbure for his stupid behavior
D.challenging a Guinness record may be harmful to the health
小题4:The author’s attitude to the Guinness world records mentioned in the passage is         .
A.positiveB.impressed
C.negativeD.touched
小题5:What is the best title for the passage?
A.What Was the Point?
B.Records Are Made to be Broken
C.A New Indian Guinness Record
D.The Guinness Book Is Boring

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