科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Decisions, decisions! Our lives are full of them, from the small ones to the life-changing. The right to choose is central to everyone. Yet sometimes we make bad decisions that leave us unhappy or full of regret. Can science help?
Most of us know little about the mental processes that lie behind our decisions. Luckily, what psychologists(心理學(xué)家)are finding may help us all make better choices. Here are some of their amazing discoveries to help you make up your mind.
Consider your emotions. You might think that emotions are the enemy of decision making, but in fact they're a part of it. Whenever you make up your mind, your brain’s emotional center is active. University of Southern California scientist, Antonio Damasio, has studied people with damage to only the emotional parts of their brains, and found that they were unable to make basic choices about what to wear or eat. Damasio thinks this may be because our brains store emotional memories of past choices, which we use to help the present decision making.
However, making choices under the influence of an emotion can greatly affect the result. Take anger, for example. A study by Nitika Garg of the University of Mississippi and other scientists found the angry shoppers were more likely to choose the first thing they were offered rather than considering other choices. It seems anger can lead us to make quick decisions without much thinking.
All emotions affect our thinking and motivation(動機(jī)), so it may be best to avoid making important decisions under their influence. Yet strangely there’s one emotion that seems to help us make good choices. The American researchers found that sad people took time to consider the various choices on offer, and ended up making the best choices. In fact many studies show that people who feel unhappy have the most reasonable view of the world.
45.According to the text, what may help us make better decisions?
A. To think about happy times.
B. To make many decisions at a time.
C. To stop feeling regretful about the past.
D. To learn about the process of decision-making.
46.Damasio’s study suggests that _________.
A. emotions are the enemy of decision making
B. our brain has nothing to do with decision making
C. people with physical damage find it hard to make up their minds
D. our emotional memories of past choices can affect present decisions
47.Why are angry shoppers more likely to choose the first thing they are offered?
A. They often forget their past choices.
B. They make decisions without much thinking.
C. They tend to save time when shopping.
D. They are too angry to bargain.
48.What do we learn from the text?
A. Emotions are a part of decision making.
B. Sad people always make worst choices.
C. No emotion seems to help us make good choices.
D. Only sad feelings affect our thinking and motivation.
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科目:高中英語 來源:陜西省西工大附中2010屆高三第五次適應(yīng)性訓(xùn)練 題型:填空題
文中共有10處語言錯誤,每句中最多兩處。錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。
增加:在此處加一個漏字符號(∧),并在其下面寫出該加的詞。
刪除:把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉。
修改:在錯的詞下劃一個橫線,并在其下面寫出修改后的詞。
注意:1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞;
2.只允許修改10處,多者(從十一處起)不計分。
All of us know the old saying “Practice make perfect.” It tells us unless we want to realize our aim, we should practise, and one day we will make it.It’s easy to understand.Once I wanted to learn swimming.At first I found difficult to control my body.I just sank into the water.I feel very frightened.Then I watched others who were good at them and asked them the key to succeed.I went to the swimming pool every day, learned from them and practised.A day, when my friend pushed me into the swimming poo1, I sudden found that I could swim.How exciting I was! Now I can swim much more better than before.
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科目:高中英語 來源:重慶市萬州區(qū)2010屆高三下學(xué)期第二次學(xué)業(yè)質(zhì)量調(diào)研抽測英語試卷 題型:完型填空
第二節(jié) 完形填空(共20小題;每小題1.5分,滿分30分)
閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從36~55各題所給的四個選項(A.B.C和D)中選出最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項的標(biāo)號涂黑。
I like to give my praise to anyone whenever and wherever I can. I'll tell you why.
It was the end of my first day as a waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had been lost, and my feet 36 . The loaded plates I was carrying 37 to be heavier and heavier. Tired and 38 , I didn't seem able to do anything right. As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their ice-cream 39 a dozen times, I was ready to 40 . Then the father smiled at me as he handed me my tip. "Well done," he said, "you've looked after us really well." 41 my tiredness disappeared. I 42 back, and later, when the manager asked me how I'd 43 my first day, I said, " 44 !" Those few words of 45 had changed everything. Praise is like sunlight to the human 46 ; we can not flower and grow without it. And yet, 47 moat of us are only too ready to 48 to others the cold wind of criticism, we are 49 to give our fellows the warm 50 of praise. Why one word of praise can bring such pleasure?
It's 51 how chary(吝惜的) we are about praising. Perhaps it's because few of us know how to accept it. It's especially 52 to give praise in areas in which effort generally goes 53
or unmentioned. Do you, however, 54 tell your laundry(洗衣店) manager how pleased you are when the shirts are done just right? In fact, to give praise costs the giver 55 but a moment's though and a moment's effort.
36.A.knelt B.stood C.hurt D.strengthened
37.A.were B.seemed C.looked D.happened
38.A.discouraged B.excited C.hated D.forced
39.A.dish B.stick C.plate D.order
40.A.stop B.start C.praise D.smile
41.A.Generally B.Suddenly C.Actually D.Terribly
42.A.hit B.talked C.smiled D.fought
43.A.spend B.see C.have D.like
44.A.Horrible B.Fine C.Sad D.Sorry
45.A.praise B.criticism C.a(chǎn)ppeal D.complaint
46.A.body B.a(chǎn)ctivity C.spirit D.words
47.A.why B.what C.how D.while
48.A.a(chǎn)pply B.a(chǎn)fford C.effect D.a(chǎn)ffect
49.A.ready B.unwilling C.a(chǎn)nxious D.uncomfortable
50.A.sunshine B.water C.a(chǎn)dvice D.suggestion
51.A.good B.possible C.likely D.strange
52.A.rewarding B.common C.ordinary D.contributing
53.A.undelivered B.unexpected C.unnoticed D.unconditioned
54.A.even B.never C.ever D.still
55.A.something B.everything C.a(chǎn)nything D.nothing
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科目:高中英語 來源:安徽省巢湖市2009-2010學(xué)年度高一下學(xué)期期中考試英語試題 題型:單項填空
.None of us know what happened ________ him ________ the evening of November 12.
A. for; in B . with; on C. to; on D. to; in
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科目:高中英語 來源:2010年衡水中學(xué)高二下學(xué)期二調(diào)考試(英語) 題型:閱讀理解
Wind is the great maker of waves. There are exceptions, such as the tidal waves, sometimes produces by earthquakes under the sea. But the waves most of us know are produced by winds blowing over the sea.?Now before constructing an imaginary life history of a typical wave, we need to know certain physical things about it. A wave has height, from trough (low point)to crest (high point),and it has length—the distance from this crest to that of the following wave. The period of the wave means the time it takes for succeeding crests to pass a fixed point. None of these things stays the same— for all depend upon the depth of the water and many other matters.?
The water that makes up a wave does not advance with it across the sea. Each drop of water turns around in a little circle with the passing of the wave, but returns very nearly to its original position. And it is fortunate that this is so, for if the huge masses of water that make up a wave actually moved across the sea, sailing would be impossible.
If we want to find the speed of a wave, we may use the following way:
Speeding=Wavelength×Frequency
Here, wavelength is the distance between two high points (crests), frequency means the number of cycles per second.?
41.What causes waves according to the passage??
Earthquakes and nothing else. B. Wind and volcanos.
C. Wind and earthquakes. D. Wind and water.
42.Which of the following is true according to the text??
A. The water of a wave moves away across the sea.?
B. The water of a wave remains almost in the same place.?
C. The water of a wave goes with the passing of the wave.?
D. The length of a wave means the distance between crest and trough.
43.The underlined word “succeeding” means__________.?
A. reaching an aim B. doing well? C. following after D. taking place
44.If the speed of wave 1 is 100 cm/s, and its frequency 10;and the frequency of wave 2 is 300,while its speed is twice that of wave 1.Which of the following is true??
A. The wave-lengths of the two are equal.?
B. The wave-length of wave 1 is 10 times longer than that of Wave 2.?
C. The wave-length of wave 2 is longer than that of wave 1.?
D. The wave-length of wave 1 is longer than that of wave 2.?
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