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文章1
The main purpose of sleeping (apart from giving us rest) may be to allow us to dream —to review our lives, our worries and hopes in a totally different way, and to get an unconscious view of ourselves, getting rid of material from our memories that we no longer need.
睡眠的主要目的（除让我们休息外）也许就是让我们做梦——让我们以一种截然不同的方式回顾我们的生活、我们的忧虑和希望，以及在潜意识中观察自我，把不再需要的资料从记忆中剔除。
Some dreams may have a simple physiological cause. Dreaming of walking on hot coals, for example, may well be caused by sleeping with your feet too close to a heater. And the frustrating dream in which you try to run but your legs won’t move may be explained by bedding that is too tight. Anyone who sleeps through their alarm may well dream of doorbells or telephones ringing. All are simple examples of how the unconscious works with our conscious mind to guide and advise us.
有些梦可能是由简单的生理原因引起的。例如，梦到在灼热的煤块上行走很可能是因为睡眠时脚太靠近取暖器。而梦到想跑但两腿却动弹不了这种令人沮丧的境况，也许是被子裹得太紧的缘故。闹铃响了而依然熟睡的人则很可能会梦到门铃或电话铃响。所有这些都是潜意识和意识共同引导和启示我们的简单例子。
But such physiological explanations are not enough to tell us why we dream. Some people believe that dreams are total nonsense, merely the result of the misfiring of electrical impulses in the brain, while on the other hand, some read great importance into even the simplest of dreams.
不过这些从生理的角度进行的解释尚不足以说明为什么我们会做梦。有些人认为梦纯粹是无稽之谈，仅仅是人脑中电脉冲无的放矢的结果，然而，有些人则认为最简单的梦都具有重要的含义。
文章2
English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every seven human beings can speak it. More than half of the world’s books and three quarters of international mail are in English. Of all languages, English has the largest vocabulary — perhaps as many as two million words.
英语是地球上有史以来使用最为广泛的语言，平均每七个人中就有一个人会说英语，世界上一多半的书籍和四分之三的国际邮件都是英语的。英语所有语言中词汇量最大的，共二百万个，同时是文学领域中高度使用的语言。
However, let’s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.
然而,“让我们面对这个问题:英语是一个疯狂的语言。里没有鸡蛋,茄子,也在松树和苹果菠萝和火腿中没有一个汉堡包。Sweet-meats是糖果,而牛,不甜,是肉。
We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes (探讨它的矛盾), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them.
我们把英语视为理所当然。但当我们探索它的似是而非的说法(探讨它的矛盾),我们发现流沙可以工作缓慢,拳击环广场、公共浴室没有洗澡。
And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese — so one moose, two meese?
为什么它,一个作家写的,手指没有发现,不groce营销,锤子不要火腿?如果”这个词的复数形式的牙齿是牙齿,不应该”这个词的复数形式是beeth展位吗?一只鹅,两只鹅,所以一个驼鹿,两米吗?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?
如何能再有机会渺茫,是相同的,而一个聪明的男人和一个聪明人是一对反义词吗?怎么能俯瞰并监督是对立的,而很多也有不少是一样的吗?怎样天气热得像地狱的一天,天气冷得像地狱呢?
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects (反映) the creativity of human beings. That’s why, when stars are out, they are visible (能看见的); but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up=finish this essay, I end it.
英语发明的人,而不是电脑,它反映了(反映)创造力人类。这就是为什么,当明星,他们是可见的(能看见的);但灯灭的时候,他们是无形的。为什么,当我结束我的手表,我开始;但当我结束这篇文章,我结束它。
36.According to the passage ______.
A.sweet-meats and sweetbreads are different things甜肉和牛羊杂碎是不同的东西
B. there should be egg in an eggplant
C. pineapples are the apples on the pine tree
D. boxing rings should be round
37.Which of the following is the correct plural正确的复数? A. Beeth. B. Geese鹅. C. Meese. D. Tooth.
38. Which of the following includes two items which have the similar meaning下列哪项包含两个有类似的含义吗? A. A wise man and a wise guy. B. Overlook and oversee. C. Quite a lot and quite a few. D. Hot as hell and cold as hell.
39. The underlined words “wind up”in the last paragraph probably mean “______”. A. blow B. roll up C. get hurt D. finish
40. Through the many paradoxes in the English language, the writer wants to show that human beings are ______. A. clever B. crazy C. lazy D. dull 36-40ABCDA
文章3
What are you going to do if you are in a burning house？How will you
escape？Do you know how to save yourself？Please read the following passage.
Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save your life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family，such as stairways and fire escapes，but not lifts.
From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible, learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious injury.
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average person(一个普通人), hanging by the finger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man.它是关于平均高度的人Of course，it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may leaked （渗）into the room.
On a second or third floor，the best windows for escape are those that open onto a roof.最佳的逃生窗是那些开在屋顶上From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. 人从屋顶掉到地上更安全Dropping onto cement（水泥）might end in injury.落在水泥可能会受伤Bushes（灌木丛）and grass can help to break a fall.
1.It is important to _______.
A. put out the fire in the burning house
B. know the ways to escape逃走the fire
C. jump off a burning house
D. keep the door closed
2.It is possible to escape through the windows(它可能是从窗户逃生)_______.
A. if there are some bushes on the ground
B. if you are strong enough
C. if you live on a lower floor(如果你住在一个较低的楼层)
D. If you have a long rope
3.Which of the following escaping way is NOT right？(逃离的方法是不正确的) _______.
A.You can escape though stairways.
B. You can choose fire escapes.
C. Escape from the windows that open onto a roof.
D. Use a lift to come down at once. (利用电梯马上下来。)
4.Open the window so that _______ if the building is on fire.
A. you can get fresh air
B. you can call for help
C. you can easily jump off
D. you can be seen first
5. The best title of the passage is _______.
A. Escaping from the Windows
B. Save Yourself in the Burning House
C. Knowledge on Fire
D. Waiting for Help BCDAB
【答案及解析】
1. 选B。从句子It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family,…可知，当房子着火后，最重要的是你要知道the ways to escape the fire(逃生方式)，故答案选B。
2. 选C。在短文的第2段说到…from the lower floors of building escaping through windows is possible。故选C。
3. 选D。在短文中特别强调在大火发生时，人们可以从stairways 和fire escapes逃生, but not lifts(但不能从电梯)，因为那是相当危险的。
4. 选A。在短文的第5段提到了可…keep your head low(低着头) at the window to be sure you get fresh air…可知。
5. 选B。通读全文后，短文的大意很明显，在着火的大楼中自救的方法应是短文的主题，故选B。
文章4
On the night of November 7, 1965, Mary Daughtery had a nightmare. She cannot forget that dream nor can her husband, George. She tells of it like this: “I dreamed I was on a hill at night. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled. Then I saw a bright light in the sky. There was a loud impact and I heard screams everywhere.”
1965年11月7日的晚上，玛丽?都特瑞做了一个噩梦。她忘不了那个梦，她的丈夫乔治也忘不了。她是这么讲述自己的梦的：“我梦见夜里自己在一座山上。电闪雷鸣。然后我看见天上一道亮光。巨大的撞击声，然后我听到四处都是尖叫声。”
Mary says that then she saw a hand lying on the ground. She had a sense of dread, but she went closer. Then she saw an arm and then the shattered body at the end of the arm. She says that in her dream she screamed, “Somebody please help!” Then she saw some men with a large basket made of wicker. They put the body into the basket and went away.
玛丽说，她接着看见地上有一只手。她感到有些害怕，但还是走上前去。然后她看见了一只胳膊，胳膊的那头是疏疏落落的尸体碎块。她说，她在梦里尖叫起来：“快来人哪！”然后她看见一些人抬着一个大柳条筐。他们把尸体放进筐里，就走了。
Mary was still screaming when she woke up. “Mary!” George was bending over her, shaking her. “What is the matter?” he asked.
玛丽惊醒时还在叫喊着。“玛丽！”乔治俯下身，推推她。“怎么了？”他问。
Mary told him, “I just saw you killed in a plane crash. Oh George, please don’t go on that plane to Cincinnati.”
玛丽告诉他：“我刚才梦见你飞机失事死了。噢，乔治，求求你不要坐那趟去辛辛那提的航班。”
Mary begged him not to go, but George would not let her stop him. But as he drove to the airport, George began to feel strange. Then he saw a plane flying overhead, and his heart began to thump with fear. The he knew he could not get on the plane. He called the airport and told them to cancel his ticket. Then he called Mary and took the train to Cincinnati.
玛丽求他不要去，但是乔治不听她的劝阻。然而，在他开车去机场的路上，乔治开始感到有点不对头。接着他看见一架飞机从头顶飞过，心慌得砰砰直跳。于是他明白自己不能坐那趟飞机了。他给机场打电话，取消了机票。然后他给玛丽打电话，接着乘火车去了辛辛那提。
That night, Flight 383 ran into a bad storm when it tried to land in Cincinnati. The plane crashed into a hill. Mary saw the news report on television. It was just like her dream. She saw men with baskets come to carry away bodies. But she knew George was safe. He was safe because of the omen of her dream.
那天晚上，383次航班试图在辛辛那提降落时遇上了暴风雨。飞机撞上了一座山。玛丽在电视上看到了有关的新闻报道。那情形就同她梦见的一模一样。她看见人们拿筐运走了尸体。但是她知道乔治没事。因为有了她那梦的预兆，乔治得以安然无恙。
文章5
When Christopher Columbus landed on the then unnamed Costa Rica in 1502, he saw many Indians wearing gold earrings. So he thought the land must be rich in gold. He named the place Costa Rica, which means “rich coast” in Spanish.
当哥伦布登陆当时的匿名哥斯达黎加在1502年,他看见许多印度人戴着金耳环。因此,他认为土地必须有钱金子。他给那地方起名叫哥斯达黎加,意即“丰富的海岸”在西班牙语。
Though little gold was found, Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas. Coffee is the most important product in Costa Rica and most of it is exported (出口) to other countries like America and West Germany. Bananas are the country’s second most important export.
虽然小也都找到了黄金、哥斯达黎加今天真是丰富着咖啡和香蕉。咖啡是最重要的产品,在哥斯达黎加和大部分都出口(出口)到其他国家,如美国和西德。香蕉是中国第二最重要的出口。
Costa Ricans also grow many other crops such as fruits, corn and beans for their own use. Costa Ricans love colors and their houses are painted in bright colors.
Ricans也种植许多哥斯达黎加其他作物,如水果、玉米和豆子,供自己使用。Ricans 喜欢颜色和他们科斯塔房子涂上鲜明的颜料。
Education is very important to the Costa Ricans. Almost every village has a school and education is a must for children between seven and fourteen years of age. Boys and girls go to separate (单独的) schools. Classes begin in March and end in November. The other three months of the year are harvest time and the children have to help their parents to pick coffee beans.
教育是非常重要的Ricans科斯塔。几乎每一个村庄有一个学校和教育孩子
们需要7到十四岁。男孩和女孩去单独的学校。上课开始在三月,结束于11月。其他三个月份的一年是收获的季节,孩子们必须帮助他们的父母来挑选咖啡豆。
56. What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?
A. How Columbus found Costa Rica.
B. How Costa Rica got its name.
C. What the Costa Ricans wore.
D. What language the Costa Ricans spoke.
57. The Costa Ricans may NOT paint their houses ______.
A. pink and red
B. grey and black
C. blue and green
D. yellow and orange
58. In Costa Rica, boys and girls between seven and fourteen ______.
A. must go to school
B. study in the same school
C. do not have to go to school at all不一定要去上学
D. can choose to stop schooling at any time
59. From December to February, school children in Costa Rica ______.
A. have lessons every day
B. have their examinations
C. help their parents pick coffee beans
D. help their parents decorate their houses
60. This passage is mainly about ______.
A. Christopher Columbus
B. Costa Rica
C. some products from Costa Rica
D. the education of Costa Rica
答案BBACB
文章6
They’re often called the elite eight, boasting U.S. presidents, Nobel Prize winners, Wall Street CEOs, world leaders —as well as famous actors and musicians —among their alumni(校友). But they’re incredibly expensive and getting more so —prompting many students and families to ask: Is an Ivy League diploma really worth the money?
他们通常被称为八的精英，拥有美国总统，诺贝尔奖得主，华尔街的首席执行官，世界领导人以及著名的演员和音乐家之间的校友（校友）。但他们令人难以置信的昂贵，更促使许多学生和家庭问：是常春藤联盟文凭真的值得吗？
No. And, well, yes. When it comes to education, they may be a draw with other schools, say analysts. But if your concern is getting and keeping a well-paying job for a lifetime, the Ivy League is still hard to beat. An Ivy League education makes a candidate stand out, even before a recruiter talks to them.
没有。嘿.可以.说到教育，他们可能是一个画与其他学校，分析家说。但如果你关心的是获得并保持一份不错的工作了一辈子，常春藤联盟仍然是很难被击败。一个常春藤联盟教育使一个候选人中脱颖而出，甚至在一个招聘人员对他们说话。
Besides a high-profile degree, Ivy League schools provide a social network that other schools can’t duplicate(复制)—emphasizing it’s who you know as
much as what you know.
除了知名度，常春藤联盟学校提供一个社会网络，其他学校不可复制-强调这是谁你知道，就像你所知道的。
For the eight schools—Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania—their pedigree is long established. Seven of the schools are older than the American Revolution. (Cornell was founded in 1865.)
为八所学校：哈佛大学，康奈尔，普林斯顿，耶鲁，达特茅斯，棕色，哥伦比亚大学和宾夕法尼亚大学，它们谱系已久。七所学校都是年纪比美国革命。（康奈尔成立于1865。）And admission standards for all are intimidating(吓人的) — they mostly take the top 10% of a senior high school graduating class with the highest of SAT scores. All have sizable endowments and get plenty of financial support from alumni while drawing first-class teachers.
录取标准都是吓人的-他们大多采取前10%的高中毕业班的最高成绩。都有相当大的捐赠和获得足够的财政支持校友而一流的教师。
While not the most costly of U.S. colleges—Sarah Lawrence has that distinction at some $57,556 a year—Ivy League school fees average around $55,000, more than the median American annual income of $46,000.
虽然不是最昂贵的美国大学莎拉劳伦斯，区别于约每年57556美元的常春藤联盟学校的费用平均约为55000美元，超过美国的46000美元的年收入中位数。
But Ivy League grads should be more than able to recover those costs when they enter the working world, according to statistics. Depending on a graduate’s degree, the lowest median starting salary for an elite eight ranges from $49,400 for Brown to $59,600 for the University of Pennsylvania. According to one study, that’s about 32% higher than a graduate at a non-Ivy League, liberal-arts school.
但常春藤联盟毕业生应该更能收回成本当他们进入工作世界，据统计。根据研究生学位，最低平均起薪为精英八范围从49400美元到59600美元的宾夕法尼亚大学棕色。根据一项研究，高出32%，比一个研究生在非常春藤联盟的文科学院。
文章7
For a long time and for a lot of us, “college” was more or less a synonym for success. We had only to go. We had only to graduate. And if we did, according to parents and high-school guidance counselors and everything we heard and everything we read, we could pretty much count on a career, just about depend on a decent income and more or less expect security. A diplom a wasn’t a piece of paper. It was an amulet(护身符).
很长一段时间，对于许多人来说，“大学”是更多或更少的同义词的成功。我们只有去。我们只研究。如果我们这样做，根据家长和中学指导顾问，我们听到了，我们读到的东西，我们可以指望一个职业，只是依靠一个体面的收入和更多或更少的期望安全。文凭不是一张纸。这是一个护身符
And it was broadly accessible, or at least it was spoken of that way. With the right mix of intelligence, moxie(勇气,精力) and various kinds of aid, a motivated person could supposedly get there. College was seen as a glittering centerpiece(中心装饰品) of the American dream, a reliable engine of social mobility.
它被广泛的使用，或至少是说那种方式。与适当的智慧，勇气和各类援助，一个上进的人被认为可以到达那里。大学被视为一个闪闪发光的美国梦的核心，一个可靠的发动机的社会流动。
I’m not sure things were ever that simple, but they’re definitely more complicated now. And that was an unacknowledged backdrop for the debate last week about federal student loan rates and whether they would be kept at 3.4 percent or allowed to return to 6.8 percent. That was one reason, among many, that it stirred up so much anxiety and got so much attention.
我不确定事情没有这么简单，但他们肯定更复杂了。这是上周的一个不为人知的背景为辩论联邦学生贷款利率和他们是否会保持在百分之 3.4或允许返回百分之6.8。这是原因之一，其中许多人，这激起了这么多的焦虑和得到如此多的关注。
Because of rising costs, college these days is a luxury item. What’s more, it’s a luxury item with newly uncertain returns.
由于成本上升，大学的这些日子是奢侈品。更重要的是，这是奢侈品的新收益不确定。
Yes, many of the sorts of service-industry jobs now available to people without higher education are less financially rewarding than manufacturing jobs before, and so college has in that sense become more imperative(必要的). And, yes, college graduates have an unemployment rate half that of people with only high school degrees.
是的，许多的各种服务业的工作现在可以没有高等教育财政奖励比之前少制造工作，并因此学院已经在这个意义上变得更加迫切。和，是的，大学毕业生的失业率的一半，只有高中学历的人。
But that figure factors in Americans who got their diplomas and first entered the job market decades ago, and it could reflect not just what was studied in college but the already established economic advantages, contacts and temperaments of the kind of people who pursue and stick with higher education.
但这种图因素中的美国人得到了他们的文凭和几十年前，首次进入就业市场，它可以反映出不只是什么研究在大学，但已有既定的经济优势、联系人和性情的追求，并坚持高等教育的人的那种。
I t doesn’t capture the grim realit y for recent college graduates, whose leg up on their less educated counterparts isn’t such a sturdy, comely leg at the moment. According to an Associated Press analysis of data from 2011, 53.6 percent of college graduates under the age of 25 were unemployed or, if they were lucky, merely underemployed, which means they were in jobs for which their degrees weren’t necessary.
它不会捕获的严峻现实，最近的大学毕业生，谁的腿在他们的教育程度较低的同行也不是一个坚固，美丽的腿的时候。据美联社分析数据从2011，百分之53.6的大学毕业生25岁以下的失业或，如果他们是幸运的，只是未充分就业，这意味着他们的工作，他们的学位不必要。
文章8：调查显示一个人的名字决定命运
According to a handful of studies, a name not only reveals clues about a
person’s class, education and ethnic origin, it can also influence the bearer of the moniker and the choices they make in life.
一系列研究显示，名字不但能透露一个人所处的阶层、教育背景和种族出身，还能对一个人的人生以及在人生中所做的选择产生影响。
Scientists have even drawn conclusions to suggest that people are often drawn to things and people that sound like their own names.
科学家甚至得出结论称，人们经常被与自己名字发音相近的事物和人吸引。
These experts claim that implicit egotism(唯我主义) is the reason that someone called Dennis might become a dentist or even that a child whose name begins with a B or C may fare(遭遇) worse in school examinations.
这些专家称，名叫邓尼斯的人可能成为一个牙医（英文与之发音相近），甚至名字以B或C开头的孩子可能在学校测验中表现更差，这些都是由“内隐自我主义”导致的。
That a person’s name may be bound to his o r her destiny is far from a new phenomenon. The Ancient Romans promoted the concept “non nest omen”, meaning “name is destiny.”
如果说一个人的名字可能和自己的命运相连，这根本不是什么新现象。古罗马人崇尚非嵌套的预兆的观念，意思是“名字就是命运”。
Studies have indeed shown that those with more conservative, “Caucasian” names are more successful when submitting resumes for employment.
确实有研究显示，那些名字更保守、听起来更像白种人名字的人在提交求职简历时成功率更高。
A recent poll conducted in Australia revealed that people respond more warmly to colleagues and politicians with names they can easily pronounce.
近日一项在澳大利亚开展的民意调查揭示，人们对名字好发音的同事和政界人士反应更热情。
Yet parents nowadays are putting that much more effort into giving their offspring original names that are largely unfamiliar.
然而现在的父母们却花费那么多心力来给自己的孩子取一个别出心裁的名字，而大多数这样的名字都让人感到陌生。
Though historically names have been passed down through families of gleaned(搜集到) from the Bible, in recent days the tendency has been to think outside the box and consider movies, songs and stories for inspiration.
尽管过去人的名字都是从圣经中采集到的，在家庭中世代相传，但近来人们取名倾向于打破传统思维，从电影、歌曲和故事中找寻灵感。
When Britney Spears rose to fame the slightly altered Brittaney became wildly popular among new parents and recently, thanks to the Twilight series, Isabella has made a comeback.
在布兰妮?斯皮尔斯成名之时，由她的名字稍作修改而成的布里昙妮受到了新父母的疯狂追捧，而近来由于《暮光之城》系列电影的走红，伊萨贝拉又成了受欢迎的名字。
One study found that 30 percent of African American girls born in California during the 1990s were given unique names that they shared with not a single person born in the same year in the same state.
一项研究发现，20世纪90年代在加州出生的非裔美国女孩，有30%被冠以独特的名字，这些人的名字有别于同年在加州出生的其他任何人。
Dr Martin Ford of George Mason University, however, believes a name does not stand for much.
然而，乔治梅森大学的马丁?福德博士认为名字并没有那么大的象征意义。
He explained to The Week: “Names only have a significant influence when that is the only thing you know about the person. Add a picture, and the impact of the name recedes. Add information about personality, motivation, and ability, and the impact of the name shrinks to minimal significance.”
他向《本周》杂志解释说：“只有在你除了人名外对那个人一无所知的情况下，名字才会产生重大的影响力。多一张照片，名字的影响力就会减弱。再多一些个性、动机、能力等方面的信息，名字的影响力就会缩减到最小。”
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The ability to speak two languages can make bilingual people better able to pay attention than those who can only speak one language, a new study suggests.
一项新研究结果显示 同只能讲一种语言的人相比 能说两种语言的双语者能够更好地集中注意力。
Scientists have long suspected that some enhanced mental abilities might be tied to structural differences in brain networks shaped by learning more than one language, just as a musician’s brain can be altered by the long hours of practice needed to master an instrument.
长期以来 科学家们一直怀疑 一些人思维能力的提升可能与学习多种语言的过程中形成的大脑网络结构差异有关 正如音乐家们为掌握一种乐器而进行长时间练习之后 其大脑结构会发生改变。
Now, in a study published in The Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at Northwestern University for the first time have documented differences in how the bilingual brain processes the sounds of speech, compared with those who speak a single language, in ways that make it better at picking out a spoken syllable, even when it is buried in a babble（模糊不清地说）of voices.
如今 发表在《美国国家科学院院刊》上的一项研究结果显示 美国西北大学(Northwestern University)的研究者首次证明了双语者的大脑在处理语音时的不同之处。与讲单一语言的人相比 双语者更善于识别人们说出的音节 即使这些音节被淹没在嘈杂声音里
That biological difference in the auditory nervous system appears to also enhance attention and working memory among those who speak more than one language, they say.
这一听觉神经系统上的生物学差异似乎还加强了能说多种语言的人集中注意力的能力和工作记忆。
“Because you have two languages going on in your head, you become very good at determining what is and is not relevant,” says Dr. Nina Kraus, a professor of neurobiology and physiology at Northwestern, who was part of the study team. “You are a mental juggler（变戏法的人）.”
参与了这项研究的西北大学神经生物学和生理学教授克劳斯博士说，由于你的脑子里运行着两种语言体系，你会变得非常善于决定哪些声音有意义，哪些声音没有意义：你的思维就如同在表演杂技一般。
In the new study, Kraus and her colleagues tested the involuntary neural responses to speech sounds by comparing brain signals in 23 high school students who were fluent in English and Spanish to those of 25 teenagers who only spoke English. When it was quiet, both groups could hear the test syllable —“da” —with no trouble, but when there was background noise, the brains of the bilingual students were significantly better at detecting the fundamental frequency of speech sounds.
在这项新研究中，克劳斯和她的同事们通过对比两组受试者的大脑信号，测试了他们对声音的下意识神经反应。这两组受试者中，一组是23名能讲流利英语和西班牙语的高中生，另一组是25名只会讲英语的十几岁的青少年。当周围环境安静时，两组受试者都能听到测试音节“da”，而且毫不费力。但是如果背景嘈杂，讲双语的学生明显更善于识别语音的基本频率。
Through this fine-tuning of the nervous system, people who can master more than one language are building a more resilient（有弹性的）brain, one more proficient at multitasking, setting priorities, and, perhaps, better able to withstand the ravages (破坏）of age, a range of recent studies suggest.
最近的一系列研究表明，通过这种神经系统的微调，那些可掌握一种以上语言的人们将其大脑建设得更富弹性。他们的大脑在执行多重任务和决定事情的优先级别时会更为熟练，甚至可能经得起岁月的无情摧残。
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最全的全新版大学英语第二版综合教程2答案 课后练习答案 Unit1 Ways of Learning Part II Reading Task Comprehension Content Question Pair Work 1. They were studying arts education in Chinese kindergartens and elementary schools in Nanjing. 2. Their 18-month-old son Benjamin was fond of trying to place the key into the slot of the key box during their stay at the Jinling Hotel. 3. They would come over to watch Benjamin and then try to teach him how to do it properly. 4. Because he realized that this anecdote was directly relevant to their assigned tasks in China: to investigate early childhood education and to throw light on Chinese attitudes toward creativity. 5. Most of them displayed the same attitude as the staff at the Jinling Hotel. 6. He emphasized that the most important thing is to teach the child that on can solve a problem effectively by oneself. 7. He means that this incident pointed to important differences in educational and artistic practices between China and the USA.
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《新视野大学英语1》试卷（A） 适用班级：2013-2014第1学期重修班 I. Vocabulary and Structure (20points) Directions: Choose the best one to complete each sentence. 1. She cut her hair short and tried to ____ herself as a man. A. decorate B. disguise C. fabricate D. fake 2. She watched him ____ all the handles and gears in his automobile until she thoughts she could run it herself. A. modulate B. incorporate C. manipulate D. induce 3. The French police are legally entitled to ____ anyone's movements as they please. A. confine B. restrict C. restrain D. limit 4. Some people argue that the death ____ does not necessarily reduce the number of murders. A. fine B. cost C. punish D. penalty 5. The university ____ consists of full professors, associate professors and assistant professors. A. crew B. personnel C. faculty D. staff 6. The latest edition of The Complete Works of Lu Xun comes in sixteen ____. A. copies B. volumes C. versions D. editions 7. Many students found the book ____ : it provided them with an
Test Seven, Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (15 minutes) Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections. Section A Directions: This section is to test your ability to give proper answers to questions. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a pause. The questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A) , B) , C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 1. A) Mary is not here, because she is ill. B) No, it isn't. C) Yes, it is. D) We are ready. 2.A) I am not hungry. B) But the price is too high. C) I like doing some cooking. D) I want to have a rest. 3.A) No, you can't. B) Yes, you can. C) I want a seat near the window. D) That's all right. 4. A) Thank you. B) I agree with you. C) Me, too. D) A little better. 5.A) It's snowing now. B) I like it. C) Yes, the grounds are white. D) it sounds good. Section B Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A) , B) , C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 6.A) $16. B) $32. C) $8. D) $64. 7.A) Patient and doctor. B) Waitress and customer. C) Wife and husband. D) Secretary and boss. 8. A) Worried and frightened. B) Quite unhappy. C) Very relaxed. D) Angry with the professor. 9. A) The woman was late for coming. B) The woman asked the man to wait. C) The man was annoyed by her late coming. D) The man was quite all right. 10. A) Young people are quick in making decisions. B) They seldom stay long on one job. C) They are easy to lose jobs. D) They are too eager to succeed. Section C Directions: In this section you will hear a recorded passage. The passage is printed in the test paper, but with some words or phrases missing. The passage will be read three times. During the second reading, you are required to put the missing words or phrases on the Answer Sheet in order of the numbered blanks according to what you have heard. The third reading is for you to check your writing. Now the passage will begin. Dick was a sailor on a big ship. It went to Japan and Australia, so Dick was often on the ship for some months at a time. When he (11) up in the morning and looked out, he only (12) the sea, or sometimes a port. When he was twenty-three, Dick married and bought a small (13) with a garden in his wife's town. It was (14) away from the sea. Then he had to go back to his ship, and was away (15) home for two months. He went from the port to the town by bus, and was very happy to see his wife again.
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大学英语一级期末考试试题（B卷） 课程名称:《大学英语读写I 》任课教师签名: 大学英语教学部（一教） 出题教师签名: 题库审题教师签名: 张文君_____ 考试方式（闭）卷适用专业 07级化工与制药学院、材料学 院、理学院、经管学院和 法学院共58个班 考试时间（ 120 ）分钟 Part I. Reading Comprehension (2’X20=40’) Directions: Read the following three passages carefully and do the multiple-choice questions. Passage One Dogs are social animals and without proper training, they will behave like wild animals. They spoil your house, destroy your belongings, bark excessively, fight other dogs and even bite you. Nearly all behavior problems are perfectly normal dog activities that occur at the wrong time or place or are directed at the wrong things. The key to preventing or treating behavior problem is learning to teach the dog to redirect its normal behavior problems, but it is the foundation for solving just about any problem. Training opens up a line of communication between you and your dog. Effective communication is necessary to instruct your dog about what you want it to do. Training is also an easy way to establish the social rank order. When your dog obeys a simple request of “come here, sit”, it is showing obedience and respect for you. It is necessary to establish yourself as top dog or leader of the dog pack by using extreme measures. You can teach your dog its subordinate role by teaching it to show submission to you. Most dogs love performing tricks for you pleasantly if they accept that you are in charge. Tainting should be fun and rewarding for you and your dog. It can enrich your relationship and make living together more enjoyable. A well-trained dog is more confident and more safely allowed a greater amount of freedom than an untrained animal. 1. Behavior problems of dogs are believed to _______. A) worsen in modern society B) be just part of their nature C) occur when they go wild D) present at threat to the community 2. The primary purpose of obedience training is to ________. A) enable the dog to regain its normal behavior B) teach the dog to perform clever tricks C) make the dog aware of its owner’s authority D) provide the dog with outlets for its wild behavior 3. Effective communication between a dog and its owner is _______. A) an extreme measure in obedience training B) a good way to teach the dog new tricks C) the foundation for dogs to perform tasks D) essential to solve the dog’s behavior problems 4. Why do pet dogs love performing tricks for their masters? A) To show their willingness to obey. B) To show their affection for their masters. C) To avoid being punished. D) To win leadership of the dog pack. 5. When a dog has received effective obedience training, its owner________. A) will enjoy a better family life. B) can give the dog more freedom C) can give the dog more rewards D) will have more confidence in himself Passage Two: Once upon a time there was a wise man that used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought of someone who would dance on the beach. So he began to walk faster to catch up. As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and
大学英语B级练习题 ⅠStructure and Vocabulary ( B )1. —Why don’t you take the T-shirt, Linda? —I have only $10. I can’t ____ it. A. borrow B. Afford C. sell D. bring (B)2. You’d better take a sun umbrella to protect yourself ____ the sun shine. A. of B. from C. under D. To (A )3. —Did you see who the driver was? —No, the car ran so fast ____ I couldn’t have a good look at his face. A. that B. Which C. as D. After ( B )4. China is ____ the west of Japan and ____ the east of Asia. A. in; to B. to; in C. on; to D. at; in ( D)5. Is there ____ in today’s show? A. something interesting B. interesting something C. interesting anything D. anything interesting ( A )6. —Excuse me, could you tell me ____? —There’s a bank on the second f loor. You can do it there. A. where I can change money B. how I can get to the bank C. if there’s a bank near here D. where the bank is ( B )7. I saw a snake lying across the road ____. A. on the way to home B. on the way home C. in the way to home D. in the way home (C)8. —Shall we ____ a short play for Ann’s birthday party? —Sounds great. A. put up B. put down C. put on D. put off ( A)9. —I feel really ____ before making speeches. —Take it easy. You are the best. A. nervous B. disappointed C. unpopular D. bitter (A)10. Our headmaster told us how to ____a good mood, so we can study in high
U n i t1V o c a b u l a r y1： 1、My job varies between the extremely tedious and the annoyingly busy. On balance I think I'm happier during the really busy times; no time to think about how bored I am。 我的工作既有特无聊的时候，也有忙得要命的时候。但总的来说，我在真正忙的时候高兴些，因为在那个时候，我没时间去想我有多厌倦。 2、It is the nature of the wise to resist leasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them。 明智之人天生会抵制享乐，而愚蠢之人却成了它的奴隶。 3、I figure out a good team of dogs, hitched to a light sled, can haul 1,000 pounds of goods. 一组健壮的狗可以用轻小的雪橇拉动1,000磅的货物。 4、In the story, the little girl has a wicked stepmother, who makes her life a misery. 在这个故事中，小女孩有一个心肠很坏的继母，让她生活很痛苦。 5、Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced -- even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has illustrated it. 眼见为实——即使是谚语在你没有在生活中得到证明时，也不一定正确。 6、Nowadays almost all libraries are finding it increasingly difficult to remain within Their budget. 当前，几乎所有图书馆发现靠他们的预算生存下去越来越难。 7、You can increase a tyre’s grip in winter by slightly lowering its pressure . 冬天可以稍微放点气来增强轮胎的抓力。 8、Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario are shared by the United States and Canada, and form part of the boundary between the two countries. 苏比利尔湖、修伦湖、伊利湖和安大略湖归美国和加拿大共同所有，也构成了两国的部分分界线。 9、The police are investigating the three men allegedly involved in organizing and carrying out the bank robbery. 警方正在调查这三名涉嫌参与组织和实施银行抢劫案的人。 10、I do not doubt in the least that inflation leads to economic decline. 我毫不怀疑，通货膨胀导致经济衰退。 11、A blizzard was blasting great drifts of snow across the lake.（吹起） 暴风雪席卷了整个湖面。 12、Tim says just about everybody will be affected by the tax increase, but I’m sure he’s exaggerating. （几乎） 蒂姆说，几乎每个人都会受到增税的影响，但我肯定他是在夸大其词。 Vocabulary 2 : an effort to feel better , I started to make small changes in my life and cut down /back from 20 cigarettes in day to a mere three or four. 为了感觉更好，我开始做一些小小的改变在我的生活中，以及减少从每天20支香烟到大约只有三或四。 I wasted electricity as you do at home , my dad would make me pick up the bill. 如果我像你一样浪费在家浪费电的话，我的爸爸将肯定会让我支付账单（自己买单）。 can get by with four computers at the moment , but we’ll need a couple more when the new staff arrive.
大学英语一阅读理解 一、阅读理解（共505题,共101分） 1. Few laws are so effective that you can see results just days after they take effect. But in the nine days since the federal cigarette tax more than doubled—to $1. 01 per pack—smokers have jammed telephone “quit lines” acro ss the country seeking to kick the habit. This is not a surprise to public health advocates. They’ve studied the effect of state tax increases for years, finding that smokers, especially teens, are price sensitive. Nor is it a shock to the industry, which fiercely fights every tax increase. The only wonder is that so many states insist on closing their ears to the message. Tobacco taxes improve public health, health, they raise money and most particularly, they deter people from taking up the habit as teens, which is when nearly all smokers are addicted. Yet the rate of taxation varies widely. In Manhattan, for instance, which has the highest tax in the nation, a pack of Marlboro Light Kings cost ＄10.06 at one drugstore Wednesday. Charleston, S, C., where the 7-cent-a-pack tax is the lowest in the nation. The price was $4. 78. The influence is obvious. In New York, high school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys—13.8%, far below the national average. By comparison, 26% of high school students smoke in Kentucky, Other low-tax states have similarly depressing teen-smoking records. Hal Rogers, Representative from Kentucky, like those who are against high tobacco taxes, argues that the burden of the tax falls on low-income Americans “who choose to smoke.” That’s true, But there is more reason in keeping future generations of low-income workers from getting hooked in the first place, As for today’s adults, if the new tax drives them to quit, they will have more to spend on their families, cut their risk of cancer and heart disease and feel better. （1分） (1) The text is mainly about___________. （0.2分） A.the price of cigarettes B.the rate of teen smoking C.the effect of tobacco tax increase D.the differences in tobacco tax rate 标准答案：C (2) What does the author think is a surprise? （0.2分） A.Teen smokers are price sensitive. B.Some states still keep the tobacco tax low. C.Tobacco taxes improve public health. D.Tobacco industry fiercely fights the tax rise. 标准答案：B (3) The underlined word "deter” in Paragr aph 3 most probably means . （0.2分） A.discarding B.remove C.benefit D.free 标准答案：A (4) Rogers’ attitude towards the low-income smokers might be that of . （0.2分） A.tolerance B.unconcern C.doubt D.sympathy 标准答案：D (5) What can we learn from the last paragraph? （0.2分） A.The new tax will be beneficial in the long run. B.Low-income Americans are more likely to fall ill.