1We live in a big house_____ a small garden.
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科目:初中英語 來源:2012-2013學年北京市海淀區(qū)中考二模英語卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
"Earworms", some people call them. Songs that get stuck in your head go round and round, sometimes for days, sometimes for months. For no clear reason you cannot help yourself from humming or singing a tune by Lady Gaga.
To a psychologist, the most interesting thing about earworms is that they show a part of our mind that is clearly outside of our control. Earworms arrive without permission and refuse to leave when we tell them to. They are parasites (寄生蟲) living in a part of our minds.
If you have got an earworm you can suffer an attack of it simply by someone mentioning the tune, without having to hear it. This proves that earworms are a part of long-term memory. Humans have an "inner ear", for remembering phone numbers, for instance. When it gets infected with earworms, rather than review our plans for the day, or lists of things to remember, the inner ear gets stuck on a few short bars of music or a couple of phrases from a song. A part of us that we normally do not have to think about, that should just do what we ask, has been turned against us, upsetting us with a request that we never asked for. The mind is an inner world which we do not have complete knowledge of, or have control over.
Fortunately psychology can provide some advice on how to deal with an uncontrollable mind. Consider the famous "don’t think of a white bear" problem, which tells you to try not to think about white bears, or to do something else, to avoid both thinking of the white bear and not thinking of the white bear. For earworms, the solution may be the same. Our inner ear has become infected with an earworm. This is a part not under our control, so just sending in instructions to "shut up" is unlikely to be of much help (and has been shown to make it worse). Much better is to employ the inner ear in another task. If your mind is poisoned by Brittany Spears’ Toxic, for instance, then try singing Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You out Of My Head. Let me know if it works!
1.According to the passage, earworms are ______.
A.songs that keep going round in our mind
B.worms that live in a part of our brain
C.tunes by pop singers like Lady Gaga
D.parasites clearly under our control
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.Singing songs may get earworms out of your head.
B.Earworms are used for keeping long-term memory.
C.Humans do not have complete control over their mind.
D.You won’t suffer from earworms unless you hear the song.
3.What does “it” in the last paragraph refer to?
A.The instruction to shut up your mind.
B.“Don’t think of the white bear” problem.
C.Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You out Of My Head.
D.Using the earworm-infected inner ear in another task.
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A.The causes and influences of earworms.
B.What earworms are and how to deal with them.
C.How to clear earworms out of your head.
D.The relation between earworms and popular songs.
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科目:初中英語 來源:2012-2013學年江蘇省九年級4月質(zhì)量檢測一英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
As many as 10 of the 17 kinds of penguins(企鵝)may be in danger of disappearing. The number of penguins have decreased(減少) by 30% since 1987.
Penguins are black and white birds that live in the southern part of the world. They are common in South America,New Zealand,Australia and South Africa. Many live near cold waters. But some live near warm waters in Galapagos Islands. Penguins cannot fly,but they are fine swimmers. Penguins eat fish and krill(磷蝦).
The warming of the earth is the decrease in penguin populations. The heating of the air has caused ocean waters to become warmer. Higher water temperatures have reduced the supply of fish and krill. Some years later these birds are completely unable to reproduce(繁殖). Besides,many adult penguins die of hunger.
Widespread(廣泛的) fishing,exploration for oil and oil leaks(漏) also make penguins be in danger. Poisonous organisms(生物) in ocean water are another danger. Penguins also have their enemies,including wild dogs,sharks,seals and sea lions.
News about penguins is not all bad,however. Several years ago,oil leaking from a ship hurt 40% of the penguins in South Africa. The penguins became covered with oil. But thousands of people helped clean and treat the birds well. Then they returned the penguins to the wild. Now these South African penguins are reproducing in higher numbers than before the oil leaking.
1.Penguins ___________.
A.can swim better than fly B.can be found near Oceania (大洋洲)
C.eat fish only冬臘月 D.live only in cold waters.
2.Which of the following is NOT the cause of penguin's decrease in numbers?
A.Oil searching. B.Widespread fishing.
C.Human's killing. D.Warming of the oceans.
3. Why are the penguins in South Africa reproducing in higher numbers than before the oil leaking?
A.Because people removed the ship.
B.Because people sent a lot of penguins to the wild.
C.Because people helped the penguins.
D.Because people treated the penguins well.
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科目:初中英語 來源:2012-2013學年福建省九年級第一次月考英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽車)
A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded. A van hold seven persons easily, so a family three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel They could all travel together.
Mr. Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and buy a van. Their children sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’ home , the suitcases are brought into the two seats can then carry the grandparents.
Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.
1. From the passage, a van is also called ____________.
A.a(chǎn) motor car |
B.a(chǎn) motor home |
C.a(chǎn) motorbike |
D.a(chǎn) big truck |
2.Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they__________.
A.sold their old house |
B.moved to their grandparents’ house
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C.built a new place for a van |
D.sold their second car |
3.A motor home is usually owned by a family with__________.
A.a(chǎn) baby |
B.much money |
C.more than two children |
D.interest in vans |
4.Americans usually use motor homer____________.
A.to travel with all the family members of holiday |
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B.to do some shopping with all the family members
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C.to visit their grandparents at weekends
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D.to drive their children to school every day |
5.Motor homes have become popular because___________.
A.they can take people to another city when people are free
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B.they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays
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C.some people think motor homes are cheap
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D.big families can put more things in motor homes |
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