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If you" re feeling stressed, rather than wallow (沉迷) in watching television, try looking out of the window, with a US study finding scenes of nature can ease off minor stress levels. Researchers at the Human Interaction with Nature and Technological Systems Lab at the University of Washington set out to look at whether nature, either the real thing or the one depicted (描述) technologically, can impact on minor stress levels.The study involved measuring people" s heart recovery rates from minor stress when they were exposed to a natural scene through a window and when exposed to the same scene shown on a high-definition plasma (等离子) screen, or a blank wall. "The heart rates of people who looked at the scene through the window dropped more quickly than the others.In fact, the high-definition plasma screen had no more effect than the blank wall," the researchers said in a statement.They also found that when people spent more time looking at the natural scene their heart rates tended to decrease more.That was not the case with the plasma screen. The study, involving 90 college students, is published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology."Technology is good and it can help our lives, but let" s not be fooled into thinking we can live without nature," Peter Kahn, who led the research team, said in a statement.He said people were losing direct experiences with nature and instead experiencing nature represented technologically through television and other media with children growing up watching Discovery Channel and Animal Planet."But as a species we need interaction with actual nature for our physical and psychological well-being," he said. 59.According to the passage, watching an actual natural scene on a high-definition plasma screen __ A.is actually harmful to one" s health B.is as good to one" s health as watching an actual natural scene C.doesn"t do any good to one" s health at all D.may have some impact on minor stress levels 60.Peter Kahn believes that watching Discovery Channel and Animal Planet A.is quite necessary for the growth of children B.doesn"t help in the growing process of children C.does more harm than good to children D.can"t take the place of children" interaction with the real nature 61.The study shows that people" s heart rates decrease the most when they____ A.fix their eyes on a blank wall B.watch a beautiful scene on a high-definition plasma screen C.watch the natural scene out of a window D.fix their eyes on a natural scene depicted technologically 62.Who would be most interested in the study mentioned in the passage? A.People with minor stress levels. B.People with high stress levels. C.People with medium stress levels. D.People with psychological problems. |
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小题1:C 小题2:D 小题3:C 小题4:A |
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Ⅲ、完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分) When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a faraway village. One day, on the road, I found the 51 pieces of a mirror. There was a Garman motorcycle accident. I tried to find all the pieces and put them 52 , but it was not possible, so I kept only the 53 piece and I made it round. I could 54 with it as a toy and became greatly attracted by the 55 that I could reflect(反射)light to dark places where the sun would never shine—in 56 holes and some other dark places. It became a 57 for me to get light into the darkest places I could find. I 58 the little mirror, and, as I 59 up, I would take it out when I had nothing to do and 60 the game, As I became a 61 , I grew to understand that this was not 62 a child’s game but a metaphor(象征)for what I might do with my life. I came to 63 that I am not the light or the source of light. But light—truth, understanding, knowledge—is 64 , and it will shine in many dark places only if I reflect it. I am just a single piece of a mirror whose 65 design and shape I do not know. 66 , with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this 67 —into the black places in the 68 of men—and change some things 69 some people. Perhaps others may see and do the same. This is what I am about. This is the 70 of my life. 51. A. broken B. dropped C. pointed D. sharpened 52. A. back B. down C. together D. up 53. A. best B. longest C. smallest D. largest 54. A. talk B. play C. flash D. share 55. A. idea B. fact C. decision D. reason 56. A. deep B. big C. pretty D. empty 57. A. job B. task C. game D. trouble 58. A. kept B. hid C. forgot D. lost 59. A. came B. stood C. grew D. went 60. A. watch B. continue C. remember D. change 61. A. man B. boy C. father D. grandfather 62. A. always B. completely C. really D. just 63. A. announce B. doubt C. understand D. expect 64. A. absent B. home C. far D. there 65. A. whole B. most C. half D. other 66. A. So B. However C. Besides D. Certainly 67. A. country B. village C. world D. city 68. A. hands B. brains C. eyes D. hearts 69. A. on B. in C. with D. like 70. A. way B. standard C. quality D. meaning |
You have been badly injured in a car accident. It is necessary to give you a blood transfusion because you lost a great deal of blood in the accident. However, special care must be taken in selecting new blood for you. If the blood is too different from your own, the transfusion could kill you. There are four basic types of blood; A, B, AB, and O. A simple test can make sure of a person"s blood type. Everybody is born with one of these four types of blood. Blood type, like hair color and height, is received from parents. The four groups must be transfused carefully. A and B cannot be mixed. A and B cannot receive AB, but AB may receive A or B. O can give to any other group; therefore, it is often called the universal donor (万能捐赠者). For the opposite reason, AB is sometimes called the universal recipient(接受者). However, because so many reactions (反应) can happen in transfusions(输血), patients usually receive only salt of plasma (liquid part of blood) until their blood can be matched as exactly as possible in the blood bank of a hospital. In this way, it is possible to prevent the transfusion from any bad reactions. 86. People with type A blood can receive type . A. AB B. B C. O D. all of the three 87. If you need a blood transfusion, the best and safest blood for you is . A. a mixture of type A and type B B. a mixture of salt, plasma and type O C. type AB D. exactly the same type as your own 88. The phrase "universal recipient" means a person who . A. can receive blood of type A or B B. can receive blood of any other type C. can give blood to anybody D. cannot give blood to others 89. A good title for this article is . A. Getting Enough Blood B. Differences Between Blood Types C. Man"s Four Types of Blood D. How to Give Blood Transfusion 90. Which of the following statement is NOT true? A. Carelessness in a blood transfusion may lead to death. B. AB is the mixture of A and B C. AB is called the universal recipient because it can receive any other group. D. In transfusions, patients usually receive only salt of plasma at first. |
第四节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分) 阅读下面短文,从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 September 4 was my first day at Phillips Academy, my new school. It was also my 18th birthday. I received a warm 26 from my host family--- the Steins. Gena was my host mum, and her daughter Lily would also be a new 27 at Phillips. They took me to the school and 28 me around the campus. On our way to my dorm (学生宿舍), we saw a truck delivering a student’s 29 to her room. Many students at the school were very rich, and they would fill their dorms with decorations(装饰物). But I was 30 not to because I thought it was a 31 of time and money. I had a single room, which was about the 32 of a Chinese college dorm --- the ones which usually hold six people. 33 she helped carry my bags, Lily asked me, “What’s your favorite 34 ,Teresa?” I thought for a moment before answering, “Orange.” I didn’t know why she had asked the question. We 35 an introduction meeting after dinner. 36 of the students were native English speakers, so I felt a little 37 . I returned to my room after the 38 , tired and wanted to go to bed after a (n) 39 day. When I opened my door, I found a big 40 .The bed was perfectly made with blankets and an orange sunflower pillow. On the 41 was a sunflower-pattern mat(地垫,垫子)while a colorful lamp 42 beside the bed. I opened my mouth, 43 . How beautiful! There was also a 44 card. I touched the little pillow on the bed as I read the card. A warm current (暖流) rushed through my 45 . 26. A. heart B. card C. service D. welcome 27. A. student B. teacher C. citizen D. visitor 28. A. walked B. introduced C. showed D. invited 29. A. bag B. newspaper C. letters D. money 30. A. warned B. forced C. determined D. supposed 31. A. matter B. waste C. show D. use 32. A. design B. size C. pattern D. example 33. A. As B. Though C. Because D. While 34. A. fruit B. weather C. food D. color 35. A. organized B. planned C. attended D. opened 36. A. All B. Most C. Some D. Few 37. A. pleased B. nervous C. angry D. afraid 38. A. dinner B. class C. meeting D. party 39. A. exciting B. surprising C. tired D. interested 40. A. secret B. joke C. warmth D. surprise 41. A. wall B. desk C. floor D. ground 42. A. stood B. lay C. appeared D. hanged 43. A. frightened B. moved C. satisfied D. understood 44. A. post B. birthday C. name D. festival 45. A. mind B. head C. face D. body |
三. 阅读理解(每小题2分,共40分) The horsepower was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt had made the world’s first widely used steam engine. He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was, for at that time there were no units for measuring power. Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He called that unit one horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do. He discovered that a horse could lift a 3,300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in one minute. His engine could lift a 3,300 pound weight 100 feet in one minute. Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten-horsepower engine. 36. Watt made the world’s first ______. A. train B. engine C. steam engine D. bus 37. Watt wanted to find a way ______. A. to lift a 3,300-pound weight B. to show how useful his steam engine was C. to tell people exactly how powerful his steam engine was D. to measure the weight of his steam engine 38. What does one horsepower mean? It means ______. A. one horse’s power B. what one strong horse can do in one minute C. what one horse can do in a day D. what work one horse can do as much as possible 39. Which is not true? ______. A. Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute B. Watt decided to make the world’s first widely used horse engine C. He wanted to find a way to tell people exactly how powerful his engine was D. He wanted to measure the work his engine could do 40. The best headline for the article is ______. A. Horsepower B. Watt’s steam engine C. A ten-horsepower engine D. The beginning of horsepower |
Mrs. White lived in a town of England. Her husband died three years ago and one of her children worked in the capital and the other three lived in another town. Her husband didn’t leave her much money and she had to live a simple (简朴) life. Sometimes her children went to see her during their holidays, but they stayed with her for only two or three days. One winter morning the old woman got up early. She was going to buy some food in a shop. And when she came out, she found there was much snow in the street. She had to sweep it away. And suddenly she found a dying dog at the corner of the house. She picked it up and took it into the house quickly. She put it near the fire and gave it some milk and bread. At first the poor dog ate nothing and that afternoon it drank some milk and three days later it was all right. Now the old woman found it was a beautiful dog. And she liked it very much and took it everywhere she went. A week later she went shopping with her dog. At a bus stop a young man was eating fish and chips. The little dog became very excited (兴奋) at the smell of the man’s lunch and began jumping up at him. “Do you mind if I throw it a bit (一点)?” asked the young man. “Not at all,” answered Mrs. White. Having heard this, he picked up the dog and threw it over the wall. 50. One of the old woman’s children worked in ______. A. Moscow B. Paris C. London D. New York 51. Mrs. White lived a simple life because ______. A. she wasn’t rich enough B. she hoped to save money for her children C. she had four children D. her children hated her 52. It was _______ that morning when Mrs. White went to buy something. A. rainy B. snowy C. windy D. cloudy 53. The old woman liked the dog very much because _______. A. it was beautiful B. it was little C. she spent money on it D. she felt lonely 54. The dog hoped ______, so it became excited. A. to be given some food B. to leave the bus stop soon C. to bite (咬) the young man D. to go as soon as possible 55. The meaning of the word “smell” in the story means ______. A. 闻 B. 口味 C. 气味 D. 嗅觉 |
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