Some studies even suggest that playing more ________ bigger brains that are ________ at reasoning and learning．


  1. A.
    refers to; good
  2. B.
    turns to; better
  3. C.
    sticks to; good
  4. D.
    leads to; better
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

       Our brains work in complex and strange ways．There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus two．Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write．

       Dr．J．Langdon Down first described this condition in 1887．He called these people idiot savants．An idiot savant is a person who has significant mental impairment （損傷） , such as in autism ( 孤獨癥，自閉癥) or retardation．At the same time, the person also exhibits some extraordinary skills, which are unusual for most people．The skills of the savant may vary from being exceptionally gifted in music or in mathematics, or having a photographic memory．

       One of the first descriptions of a human who could calculate quickly was written in 1789 by Dr．Benjamin Rush, an American doctor．His patient, Thomas Fuller, was brought to Virginia as a slave in1724．It took Thomas only 90 seconds to work out that a man who has lived 70 years, 17 days, and 12 hours has lived 2,210,500,800 seconds．Despite this ability, he died in 1790 without ever learning to read or write．

       Another idiot savant slave became famous as a pianist in the 1860s．Blind Tom had a vocabulary of only 100 words, but he played 5 ,000 musical pieces beautifully．

       In the excellent movie Rain Man, made in 1988 and available on video cassette, Dustin Hoffman plays an idiot savant who amazes his brother played by Tom Cruise, with his ability to perform complex calculations very rapidly．

       Today we more clearly recognize that the idiot savant is special because of brain impairment．Yet not all brain impairment leads to savant skills．Some studies have shown that people who have purposeful interruption of the left side of the brain can develop idiot savant skills．However few people wish to participate in such experiments．There are many excellent reasons for not undergoing unnecessary experimentation on one's brain．The term idiot savant is outdated and inappropriate．Virtually all savants have a high degree of intelligence and are thus not idiots．

What does the passage mainly talk about?

       A．Idiot savants have areas of outstanding abilities．

       B．Human Beings have complicated thinking process．

       C．The brains of the idiot savants are partly impaired．

       D．The reasons why people have wonderful skills vary．

Which of the following can be done by Rain Man?

       A．He can play wonderful pieces of classical music．

       B．He can guess out exactly the length of a man's life．

       C．He can memorize the contents of the pictures fast．

       D．He can count matches dropped on the floor quickly．

What can you infer from the passage?

       A．Idiot savants have real talents for art and math．

       B．Dr．Down is the first person who found idiot savants．

       C．Few people wish to risk becoming savants by brain operations．

       D．Intentional left brain impairments will surely lead to idiot savants．

Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

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科目：高中英語 來源：2013屆山西省山大附中高三1月月考英語試卷（帶解析） 題型：閱讀理解

We all know that everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older, but men’s minds decline more than women’s, according to the results of a worldwide survey.
General differences seem to be natural in male and female brains: Men are better at maintaining and dealing with mental images (useful in mathematical reasoning and spatial skills), while women tend to excel be good at recalling information from their brain’s files. Many studies have looked for a connection between sex and the amount of mental decline people experience as they age, but the results have been mixed.
Some studies found more age-related decline in men than in women, while others saw the opposite or even no relationship at all between sex and mental decline.
Those results could be improper because the studies involved older people, and women live longer than men: The men tested are the survivors, “so they’re the ones that may not have shown such cognitive(認知的) decline,” said study team leader Elizabeth of the University of Warwick in England.
Scientists surveyed completed four tasks that tested sex-related cognitive skills: matching an object to its rotated form, matching lines shown from the same angle, typing as many words in a particular category as possible in the given time, e.g. “object usually colored gray”, and recalling the location of objects in a line drawing. The first two were tasks at which men are usually good; the latter are typically dominated by women. Within each age group studied, men and women performed better in their separate categories on average. And though performance declined with age for both genders, women showed obviously less decline than men overall.
【小題1】According to the passage, which of the following can NOT be typed into the same category?

A．cloudB．sheepC．treesD．goose
【小題2】Which of the following statements is true according the article? _______
A．Men do better than women when it comes to learning English.
B．Women stand out at remembering people’s names.
C．Women do well in dealing mathematic problems.
D．Men excel at typing as many words as possible in the given time.
【小題3】One important factor that affects the correctness of the results is that ________.
A．women live longer than men
B．people surveyed are all old
C．the old men tested may not have shown such cognitive decline
D．people taking part in this test came from all over the world
【小題4】The author aims to tell us that _________.
A．women’s minds perform better than men’s
B．men’s minds decline more with age
C．everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older
D．a(chǎn) survey on human’s mind decline was done recently

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科目：高中英語 來源：2013-2014學年江西省高一上學期第一次段考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

Having friends may well keep you healthier and help you deal with stress better. Some studies show that people with close friends have a greater ability to fight disease than people who are alone.

Place friendship in the first place. Find the time to be with friends even if it means letting the lawn go unmowed or the dishes unwashed for a while. When you can’t get together, use the phone to keep in touch.

Open up to close friends. Keeping a deep friendship requires a level of “heartfelt” intimacy (親密).Don’t be afraid to express your inner fears and disappointments. Listen to your friends when they have problems，but offer advice only when it’s wanted. Help raise friends’ self­esteem when they are sad about a job loss, or other such events.

Have different friends for different activities, such as going to the movies，singing in a choir，and joining in a bowling league.

Don’t wait for a friend to ask for helps. When a friend has the flu，offer to go to the store or drive his or her children to their after­school activities.

Never take a friendship for granted. Like a good marriage，friendship needs care and patience. Become a joiner. Find a group that matches your interests.

Talk to strangers. Conversations started in museums, laundry rooms，or bookstores can lead to firm friendship.

Enroll in an adult­education course. A classroom is an ideal place to meet others with similar interests.

1.People with close friends have a        ability to fight disease than people who are alone.

A． less   B． greater      C．poorer         D． little

2.According to the passage，you’d better offer advice to your friends       .

A． at any moment

B． only when they are happy

C． only when they want it

D． only when you are glad

3.What we should do to have friends according to the author?

A． Make friendship a priority.

B． Open up to close friends.

C． Never take a friendship for granted.

D． All the above.

4.Which of the statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A． You should have different friends for the same activities.

B． You should wait for a friend to ask a favor.

C． You should avoid talking with strangers in museums, laundry rooms, or bookstores.

D． You should never take a friendship for granted.

5.The underlined word “enroll” in the last paragraph means         .

A． give  B． join   C． get    D． catch

 

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科目：高中英語 來源：2013屆江西省高三上學期期中考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單項填空

According to some studies, EQ is ___________ important, if not more important than IQ.

A．so

B．a(chǎn)s

C．such

D．very

 

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科目：高中英語 來源：2012年人教版高中英語必修五Unit3 練習卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

Forgiving someone who has hurt you or let you down is never an easy thing. Several new studies, however, say that it could have a lot of health benefits. When you think of forgiveness, you probably don’t think of it as being a health or medical problem. Studies from Stanford University, on the other hand, show that something like anger can change your well-being.

When cartoon book characters like the incredible（難以置信） Hulk get angry, they change colours and often gain special power. In the real world, anger is less obvious and may be more dangerous. That’s why Professor Fred Luskin, founder of the Stanford Forgiveness Project and author of Forgive for Good, says holding on to anger and hatred can harm your physical and mental health. Two new studies seem to show the same idea.

The studies find that people who are able to forgive feel less stress, less back pain, and less depression（沮喪）。 They also have fewer headaches, lower blood pressure, and fewer problems on sleeping.

So it doesn’t matter if your anger is caused by the traffic or other things. Learning to let it go is important. Techniques such as deep breath or thought can help. Or just ask yourself if it’s worth hurting yourself by staying angry with someone else.

Forgiveness does not mean that you simply accept what happened and say it’s OK. Instead, it’s a way of making peace with yourself about what happened in the past. .www.7caiedu.cn

1. The author of the passage tries to make his viewpoint clear ______.

A．by raising his own examples.

B．based on his own experience.

C．by mentioning some studies.

D．by mentioning some typical patients.

2. The example of the cartoon book characters is taken in the passage to____.

A．support the viewpoint that anger and hatred harm physical and mental health.

B．introduce a famous expert.

C．let the reader know the different colours of cartoon faces.

D．show how to control one’s temper.

3.The underlined phrase “holding on to” in this passage possibly means“__”。

A．removing.

B．keeping up.

C．getting rid of.

D．learning about.

4.The best title for this passage is probably _______.

A．Forgiveness.

B．Forgiveness Is Good for Health.

C．A Secret to Keeping Health.

D．Anger Is Bad for Health.

 

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