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【題目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.(在短文的空格內(nèi)容中填入適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~，使其內(nèi)容通順，每空格限填一詞，首字母已給)

How to survive a disaster? Most survivors says that nothing felt, sounded or looked the way they would have expected. Reality was in some ways better, in other ways w【1】. They say there are things they wish they had known.

On September 28, 1994, a ship called the Estonia sank, which was the worst sea disaster in modern European h【2】. Kent was then a 29-year-old passenger. He was hanging out in the bar with some other passengers that night. Suddenly, the ship list to 30, hurling passengers across its passageways. Kent began to act at once. “I started to react very differently from normal. I started to say, ‘Oh， the boat is sinking.’ ”Like many survivors, Kent experienced a state in which the brain focuses on the individual experience, “I just say my small world.”

But as Kent made his way into the corridor, he noticed something strange. Not just one or two passengers, but entire groups seemed unable to m【3】. They were conscious (有意識的), but they were not reacting.

In the case of the Estonia and other diseases, the freezing response may have been a natural and horrible m【4】. Under extreme stress, our brains search for a proper survival response and sometimes choose the wrong one. But the more encouraging point is that the brain is plastic. It can be trained to respond more properly. If we can r【5】 our own fear even a little bit, we might be able to do better.

Fire drills, particularly if they are unexpected, can dramatically reduce fear. Knowing where the stairs are in a building can give your brain an a【6】. Safety drills give our brains blueprints in the unlikely event that we need them. We can also help each other do better. Many flight attendants are now rained to scream at passengers in burning planes, “Get out! Go!” People r【7】 well to leadership in a disaster, and then they can do remarkable things.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】worse

【2】history

【3】move

【4】mistake

【5】reduce

【6】advantage

【7】respond

【解析】

本篇通過愛沙尼亞號海難講述在災(zāi)難中如何逃生；災(zāi)難中人們在極端壓力下可能做出錯誤的判斷，如果在災(zāi)難中能減少恐懼、對領(lǐng)頭人的指揮做積極地回應(yīng)，就能更好地逃生。

【1】句意：現(xiàn)實情況是在有些方面會更好些，有些方面更糟些。

根據(jù)上文Most survivors says that nothing felt, sounded or looked the way they would have expected.可知“真實的災(zāi)難中并不是我們預(yù)料中所感覺、聽到的和看到的那樣”，推斷現(xiàn)實中的情況“有的會更好有的會更糟”；故填worse.

【2】句意：1994年愛沙尼亞號沉船是現(xiàn)代歐洲史上最嚴重的海難。

the worst sea disaster是形容詞最高級，判斷后面in…是表比較范圍；根據(jù)句意“在現(xiàn)代歐洲史上”in modern European history；故填history。

【3】句意：但是當(dāng)肯特擠到過道時，他發(fā)現(xiàn)一些奇怪的事。并不是一兩個而是整隊的人好像都不能動。

根據(jù)下文They were conscious (有意識的), but they were not reacting.可知他們有意識但他們沒有做出反應(yīng)；推斷“走道人群是沒有移動”，故填move。

【4】句意：在愛沙尼亞和其它災(zāi)難中，僵硬的反應(yīng)或許是一種自然的、不好的錯誤。根據(jù)下文Under extreme stress, our brains search for a proper survival response and sometimes choose the wrong one. 可知在極端壓力下，我們的大腦可能做出錯誤的選擇；推斷上文句意“人們的反應(yīng)可能是錯誤”，故填mistake。

【5】句意：如果我們能減少一點我們的恐懼，我們可能會做的更好。

根據(jù)上文It can be trained to respond more properly. 可知大腦是可塑性的，可以訓(xùn)練大腦做出更正確的反應(yīng)；下文進一步陳述“如果我們能減少恐懼，那可能做得更好”，故填reduce。

【6】句意：知道一棟樓的樓梯在哪可能給你的大腦提供一種有利思維。

空格在an后面判斷填名詞；根據(jù)下文Safety drills give our brains blueprints in the unlikely event that we need them.可知在逃生演練的模擬災(zāi)難中會給我們的大腦提供逃生路線，因此知道大樓的樓梯在哪，會讓大腦在緊急情況下決定正確逃生路線，這是“有利的”，故填advantage。

【7】句意：災(zāi)難中人們對領(lǐng)頭的人做出積極反應(yīng)，他們可能做出非凡的事。

空格當(dāng)句子謂語，判斷填動詞。根據(jù)上文Many flight attendants are now rained to scream at passengers in burning planes, “Get out! Go!”可知訓(xùn)練空姐在燃燒的飛機上大喊是引導(dǎo)人們做出正確反應(yīng)，故填react。