高中英语外刊阅读语法填空October 15.docx

高中英语外刊阅读语法填空October 151我们在与人交谈时，为什么很难保持眼神接触？It turns out were not just awkward, our brains 1_(actual) cant handle the tasks of thinking of the right words and focusing on a face at 2_same time.The effect becomes more noticeable when someone is trying to come up with less familiar words, 3_is thought to use the same mental resources as sustaining eye contact.Scientists from Tokyo University in Japan put this to the test in 2016 by 4_(have) 26 volunteers play word association games while staring at computer-generated faces.When making eye contact, the participants found 5_ harder to come up with links between words."Although eye contact and verbal processing appear 6_(independence), people frequently avert(避开) their eyes from interlocutors（对话者） during conversation," wrote the researchers."This suggests that there is interference(干扰) between these processes."The volunteers 7_(test) while looking at both animations of faces making eye contact and animations of faces looking away. They were also asked to think of links between easily associated words and words where there are a lot of competing associations.For example, thinking of a verb for knife is relatively easy, because you cant do much more than cut or stab with one. Coming up with 8_ associated verb for folder(文件夹) is harder, considering you could open, close, or fill them.The volunteers took longer to think of words when they were making eye contact, but only when difficult word associations were involved. The researchers suspect the hesitation 9_(indicate) the brain is handling too much information at once.In 2015, Italian psychologist Giovanni Caputo demonstrated（证明） that staring into someone elses eyes for just 10 minutes induced（诱发） an altered state of consciousness. Participants saw hallucinations（幻像） of monsters, their relatives, and even their own faces.It seems that a process 10_(call) neural adaptation is the cause, where our brains gradually alter their response to a stimulus that doesnt change so when you put your hand on a table, you immediately feel it, but that feeling lessens (减弱)as you keep your hand there.And in the meantime, if someone looks away while theyre talking to you, they might not be being rude they could just have an overloaded cognitive system（认知系统）.Keys:1 actually 2 the 3 which 4 having 5 it 6 independent7 were tested 8 an 9 indicates 10 called2 比萨斜塔为何能经历4次大地震而不倒？The secret behind the Leaning Tower of Pisa surviving four earthquakesNew research has revealed how the iconic Leaning Tower of Pisa has managed 1_(stay) standing and intact in the face of four strong earthquakes and a precarious(不稳定的) lean of five degrees.The vulnerability(脆弱性) of the Unesco World Heritage Site 2_(confuse) engineers and scientists for millennia. Moderate seismic activity was expected to 3_(significant) damage the 58m tall Tower, or even result in collapse but, incredibly, this has not happened.A research group of 16 engineers at the University of Bristol has now discovered that the 4_(consider) height and stiffness(刚度，硬度) of the Tower, combined with the softness of the foundation soil, ensure it doesnt resonate（共鸣） with earthquake ground motion.This phenomenon is 5_(know) as dynamic soil-structure interaction (DSSI) (动态相互作用) and the Tower now holds the auspicious（吉祥的） title of world record holder in DSSI effects. “Interestingly, the very same soil 6_ caused the leaning instability and brought the Tower to the verge(边缘) of collapse, can be credited for helping it survive these seismic （地震的）events,” said Professor Mylonakis, head of the Earthquake and Geotechnical Engineering Research Group at the University of Bristol.The Tower continues to attract visitors keen to marvel at this remarkable architectural feat. 7_(construct) on the Tower began in 1173 and continued for about 200 years due to the onset of a series of wars.Multiple efforts to maintain the historic structure have occurred over the years. In the 1920s, the foundations were injected with cement grouting with the intention of stabilising the Tower, while in 1990, a decision 8_(make) to completely close the site to visitors due to fears it was at risk of toppling.It was the first time the Tower 9_(close) in 800 years. It reopened again in 2001 and remains one of Italys most popular tourist 10_(attraction).Keys:1 to stay 2 has confused 3 significantly 4 considerable5 known 6 that 7 Construction 8 was made 9 had been closed 10 attractions3全球每年300万人因吸烟过早死亡Smoking down, but tobacco use still a major cause of death, disease - WHOFewer people are smoking worldwide, especially women, but only one country in eight is on track to meet a target of reducing tobacco use 1_(significant) by 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.Three million people die prematurely(过早地) each year due to tobacco use that causes cardiovascular (心血管的) diseases such as heart attacks and stroke, the worlds leading killers, it said, marking World No Tobacco Day. They include 890,000 2_ (death) through second-hand smoke exposure.The WHO clinched（缔结） a landmark treaty（标志性公约） in 2005, now ratified（批准生效） by 180 countries, that calls for a ban on tobacco advertising and sponsorship（赞助）, and taxes 3_(discourage) use."The worldwide prevalence(流行率) of tobacco smoking has decreased from 27 percent in 2000 to 20 percent in 2016, so progress has been made," Douglas Bettcher, director of the WHOs prevention of noncommunicable（非传染性） diseases department, told a news briefing.Launching the WHOs global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco smoking, he said that industrialized countries are making 4_(fast) progress than developing countries.Progress in kicking the habit is uneven, with the America the only region set to meet the target of a 30 percent reduction in tobacco use by 2025 5_(compare) to 2010, for both men and women, the WHO said.Overall, tobacco kills more than 7 million a year and many people know that it increases the risk of cancer, the WHO said.But many tobacco users in China and India are 6_(aware) of their increased risk of developing heart disease and stroke, 7_(make) it urgent to step up awareness campaigns, it said."The percentage of adults 8_ do not believe smoking causes stroke are for example in China as high as 73 percent, for heart attacks 61 percent of adults in China are not aware that smoking increases the risk," Bettcher said. "We aim to close this gap."China and India have the 9_(high) numbers of smokers worldwide, accounting 10_ 307 million and 106 million, respectively, of the worlds 1.1 billion adult smokers, followed by Indonesia with 74 million, WHO figures show. India also has 200 million of the worlds 367 million smokeless tobacco users.Keys:1 significantly 2 death 3 to discourage 4 faster 5 compared 6 unaware 7 making 8 who 9 highest 10 for