云南省曲靖市宣威民族中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期检测试题四2.doc
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1、云南省曲靖市宣威民族中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期检测试题(四)阅读理解(本大题共4小题,共8分)ADo you ever pull your phone out of your pocket,thinking it is vibrating(振动),only to find that it isnt? This phenomenon,which scientists callphantom(幻觉的)phone vibration,is very commonAround 80% of people surveyed say they have imagined their phon
2、es vibrating when they were actually stillSo,what leads to this universal behavior?According to the BBC,the explanation lies in your brains ability to discover signals from the outside world When your phone is in your pocket,there are two possible states:it is either vibrating or notMeanwhile,you al
3、so have two possible states of mind:the judgment that the phone is vibrating,or that it isntIdeally,you match the four states correctlyHowever,sometimes your brain decides that the consequences of missing a call are more serious than afalse alarmTherefore,you become more sensitive to vibrations so t
4、hat you dont miss anythingThis is just like the fire alarm in your home-it can be annoying when it goes off in response to just a tiny bit of smokeBut thats a small price to pay compared to a fire really breaking out because the alarm fails to alert youNow,you might still ask:why cant our brains jus
5、t make every judgment correctly without being too sensitive to false signals?The answer is that your brain bears a heavy burden every dayYou get a large amount of sensory information thats coming from your eyes,ears and skin,and you cant deal with all that information all the time,Michael Rothberg,a
6、 researcher at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield,US,told Live Science For example,the rustling(沙沙声)of clothing or the growling(咕咕声)of your stomach may both lead your brain to believe that they come from the vibration of your phone-it is like trying to hear your name being called in a noisy room
7、So,perhaps you should just check your phone whenever you think its vibratingIts not too much trouble to do that,is it?1. According to this passage,phantom phone vibration _ A. is common among people with mental problemsB. can measure peoples ability to collect informationC. happens when our brains r
8、eact sensitively to false signalsD. helps our brains to make very quick and accurate decisions2. Why is the fire alarm used as an example in this passage? _A. To show us the fire alarm is as sensitive as the phone vibrationB. To help us understand the cause of phantom phone vibration betterC. To tel
9、l us the phone vibration usually happens when a fire breaks outD. To convince us its important to check our phones like checking a fire alarm3. According to Michael Rothberg,which is mainly responsible for phantom phone vibration? _A. A noisy background B. A lack of much attentionC. A heavy burden e
10、very day D. An overflow of sensory information4. What does the author suggest we do about phantom phone vibration? _A.We should always fully believe our own sense of listeningB. We should just check our phones whenever we think theyre vibratingC. We should ignore the vibration bothering when our pho
11、nes are actually stillD. We should think of the vibration carefully before we make correct judgments语法填空(本大题共1小题,共15.0分)阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Im here today to share a good lesson with you. It is a true story about a student,_(5) studied in Germany.After years of hard work, this studen
12、t graduated with amazing_(6) (achieve). Everyone was sure that he was going to get a good job easily and have a bright future. But to his surprise, he was not even given the chance for _(7) interview! The third time he_(8) (refuse), he couldnt help _(9) (telephone) the company to ask why they didnt
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