阅读理解:请根据短文内容,为每题确定l个最佳选项。HowWeFormFirstImpression。Weallhavefirstimpressionofsomeonewejustmet.Butwhy?Whydoweformanopinionaboutsomeonewithoutreallyknowinganythingabouthimorher-asideperhapsfromafewremarksorreadilyobservabletraits?Theanswerisrelatedtohowyourbrainallowsyoutobeawareoftheworld.Yourbrainissosensitiveinpickingupfacialtraits.Evenveryminordifferenceinhowaperson’seyes,ears,nose,ormouthareplacedinrelationtoeachothermakesyouseehimorherasdifferent.Infact,yourbraincontinuouslyprocessesincomingsensoryinformation-thesightsandsoundsofyourworld.Theseincomingsignalsarecomparedagainstahostof“memories”storedinthebrainareascalledthecortex(皮质)systemtodeterminewhatthesenewsignals“mean”.Ifyouseesomeoneyouknowandlikeatschool,yourbrainsays“familiarandsafe”.Ifyouseesomeonenew,itsays,“newandpotentiallythreatening”.Thenyourbrainstartstomatchfeaturesofthisstrangerswithother“known”memories.Themoreunfamiliarthecharacteristics,themoreyourbrainmaysay,“Thisisnew,Idon’tlikethisperson”Orelse,“I’mintrigued(好奇的)”.Oryourbrainmayperceiveanewfacebutfamiliarclothes,ethnicity,gestures-likeyourotherfriends;soyourbrainsays:“Ilikethisperson”.Butthesepreliminaryimpressionscanbedeadwrong.Whenwestereotypepeople,weusealessmatureformofthinking(notunliketheimmaturethinkingofaveryyoungchild)thatmakessimplisticandcategoricalimpressionsofothers.Ratherthanlearnaboutthedepthandbreadthofpeople-theirhistory,interest,values,strengths,andtruecharacter-wecategorizethemasjocks(骗子),peeks(反常的人),orfreaks(怪人).However,ifweresistinitialstereotypicalimpressions,wehaveachancetobeawareofwhatapersonistrulylike.Ifwespendtimewithaperson,hearabouthisorherlife,hopes,dreams,andbecomeawareofourcortex,whichallowustobehumane.Ourthinkingisnotmatureenoughwhenwestereotypepeoplebecause_______.
A. weneglecttheirdepthandbreadth.
B. theyarenotalljocks,peeks,orfreaks.
C. ourthinkingissimilartothatofaveryyoungchild.
D. ourjudgmentisalwayswrong.
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补全短文:下面的短文有5处空白,短文后有6个句子,其中5个取自短文,请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置,以恢复文章原貌。WronglyConvictedManandHisAccuserTellTheirStory。NEWYORK,NY,January5,2010.St.Martin’sPresshasannouncedthereleaseofthepaperbackeditionofPickingCotton,aremarkabletruestoryofwhatnovelistJohnGrishamcallsan“accountofviolence,rage,redemption(救赎),and,ultimatelyforgiveness.” Thestorybeganin1987,inBurlington,NorthCarolina,withtherapeofayoungwhilecollegestudentnamedJenniferThompson.Duringherordeal,Thompsonsworetoherselfthatshewouldneverforgetthefaceofherrapist,amanwhoclimbedthroughthewindowofherapartmentandassaultedherbrutally.________(1)Whenthepoliceaskedherifshecouldidentifytheassailant(袭击者)fromabookofmugshots,shepickedonethatshewassurewascorrect,andlatersheidentifiedthesamemaninalineup.Basedonherconvincingeyewitnesstestimony,a22-year-oldblackmannamedRonaldCottonwassentencedtoprisonfortwolifeterms.Cotton’slawyerappealedthedecision,andbythetimeoftheappealshearing,evidencehadcometolightsuggestingthattherealrapistmighthavebeenamanwholookedverylikeCotton,animprisonedcriminalnamedBobbyPoole._______(2)JenniferThompsonlookedatbothmenfacetoface,andonceagainsaidthatRonaldCottonwastheonewhorapedher.Elevenyearslater,DNAevidencecompletelyexonerated(证明……清白)Cottonandjustasunequivocally(明确地)convictedPoole,whoconfessedtothecrime.________(3)“ThemanIwassosureIhadneverseeninmylifewasthemanwhowasinchesfrommythroat,whorapedme,whohurtme,whotookmyspiritaway,whorobbedmeofmysoul,”shewrote.“AndthemanIhadidentifiedsosurelyonsomanyoccasionswasabsolutelyinnocent.”_______(4)Remarkablybothwereabletoputthistragedybehindthem,overcometheracialbarrierthatdividedthem,andwriteabook,whichtheyhavesubtitled“Ourmemoirofinjusticeandredemption.”Nevertheless,Thompsonsays,shestilllives“withconstantpainthatmyprofoundmistakecosthimsodearly______(5)” 47(单项选择题)
A. Thompsonwasshockedanddevastated.
B. Anothertrialwasheld.
C. Icannotbegintoimaginewhatwouldhavehappenedhadmymistakenidentificationoccurredinacapitalcase.
Duringtheattack,shemadeanefforttomemorizeeverydetailofhisface,lookingforscars,tattoos(纹身)orotheridentifyingmarks.Jennifer
E. Manycriminalsaresenttoprisononthebasisofaccuratetestimonybyeyewitnesses.
F. JenniferThompsondecidedtomeetCottonandapologizetohimpersonally.
补全短文:下面的短文有5处空白,短文后有6个句子,其中5个取自短文,请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置,以恢复文章原貌。WronglyConvictedManandHisAccuserTellTheirStory。NEWYORK,NY,January5,2010.St.Martin’sPresshasannouncedthereleaseofthepaperbackeditionofPickingCotton,aremarkabletruestoryofwhatnovelistJohnGrishamcallsan“accountofviolence,rage,redemption(救赎),and,ultimatelyforgiveness.” Thestorybeganin1987,inBurlington,NorthCarolina,withtherapeofayoungwhilecollegestudentnamedJenniferThompson.Duringherordeal,Thompsonsworetoherselfthatshewouldneverforgetthefaceofherrapist,amanwhoclimbedthroughthewindowofherapartmentandassaultedherbrutally.________(1)Whenthepoliceaskedherifshecouldidentifytheassailant(袭击者)fromabookofmugshots,shepickedonethatshewassurewascorrect,andlatersheidentifiedthesamemaninalineup.Basedonherconvincingeyewitnesstestimony,a22-year-oldblackmannamedRonaldCottonwassentencedtoprisonfortwolifeterms.Cotton’slawyerappealedthedecision,andbythetimeoftheappealshearing,evidencehadcometolightsuggestingthattherealrapistmighthavebeenamanwholookedverylikeCotton,animprisonedcriminalnamedBobbyPoole._______(2)JenniferThompsonlookedatbothmenfacetoface,andonceagainsaidthatRonaldCottonwastheonewhorapedher.Elevenyearslater,DNAevidencecompletelyexonerated(证明……清白)Cottonandjustasunequivocally(明确地)convictedPoole,whoconfessedtothecrime.________(3)“ThemanIwassosureIhadneverseeninmylifewasthemanwhowasinchesfrommythroat,whorapedme,whohurtme,whotookmyspiritaway,whorobbedmeofmysoul,”shewrote.“AndthemanIhadidentifiedsosurelyonsomanyoccasionswasabsolutelyinnocent.”_______(4)Remarkablybothwereabletoputthistragedybehindthem,overcometheracialbarrierthatdividedthem,andwriteabook,whichtheyhavesubtitled“Ourmemoirofinjusticeandredemption.”Nevertheless,Thompsonsays,shestilllives“withconstantpainthatmyprofoundmistakecosthimsodearly______(5)” 48(单项选择题)
A. Thompsonwasshockedanddevastated.
B. Anothertrialwasheld.
C. Icannotbegintoimaginewhatwouldhavehappenedhadmymistakenidentificationoccurredinacapitalcase.
Duringtheattack,shemadeanefforttomemorizeeverydetailofhisface,lookingforscars,tattoos(纹身)orotheridentifyingmarks.Jennifer
E. Manycriminalsaresenttoprisononthebasisofaccuratetestimonybyeyewitnesses.
F. JenniferThompsondecidedtomeetCottonandapologizetohimpersonally.
补全短文:下面的短文有5处空白,短文后有6个句子,其中5个取自短文,请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置,以恢复文章原貌。WronglyConvictedManandHisAccuserTellTheirStory。NEWYORK,NY,January5,2010.St.Martin’sPresshasannouncedthereleaseofthepaperbackeditionofPickingCotton,aremarkabletruestoryofwhatnovelistJohnGrishamcallsan“accountofviolence,rage,redemption(救赎),and,ultimatelyforgiveness.” Thestorybeganin1987,inBurlington,NorthCarolina,withtherapeofayoungwhilecollegestudentnamedJenniferThompson.Duringherordeal,Thompsonsworetoherselfthatshewouldneverforgetthefaceofherrapist,amanwhoclimbedthroughthewindowofherapartmentandassaultedherbrutally.________(1)Whenthepoliceaskedherifshecouldidentifytheassailant(袭击者)fromabookofmugshots,shepickedonethatshewassurewascorrect,andlatersheidentifiedthesamemaninalineup.Basedonherconvincingeyewitnesstestimony,a22-year-oldblackmannamedRonaldCottonwassentencedtoprisonfortwolifeterms.Cotton’slawyerappealedthedecision,andbythetimeoftheappealshearing,evidencehadcometolightsuggestingthattherealrapistmighthavebeenamanwholookedverylikeCotton,animprisonedcriminalnamedBobbyPoole._______(2)JenniferThompsonlookedatbothmenfacetoface,andonceagainsaidthatRonaldCottonwastheonewhorapedher.Elevenyearslater,DNAevidencecompletelyexonerated(证明……清白)Cottonandjustasunequivocally(明确地)convictedPoole,whoconfessedtothecrime.________(3)“ThemanIwassosureIhadneverseeninmylifewasthemanwhowasinchesfrommythroat,whorapedme,whohurtme,whotookmyspiritaway,whorobbedmeofmysoul,”shewrote.“AndthemanIhadidentifiedsosurelyonsomanyoccasionswasabsolutelyinnocent.”_______(4)Remarkablybothwereabletoputthistragedybehindthem,overcometheracialbarrierthatdividedthem,andwriteabook,whichtheyhavesubtitled“Ourmemoirofinjusticeandredemption.”Nevertheless,Thompsonsays,shestilllives“withconstantpainthatmyprofoundmistakecosthimsodearly______(5)” 50(单项选择题)
A. Thompsonwasshockedanddevastated.
B. Anothertrialwasheld.
C. Icannotbegintoimaginewhatwouldhavehappenedhadmymistakenidentificationoccurredinacapitalcase.
Duringtheattack,shemadeanefforttomemorizeeverydetailofhisface,lookingforscars,tattoos(纹身)orotheridentifyingmarks.Jennifer
E. Manycriminalsaresenttoprisononthebasisofaccuratetestimonybyeyewitnesses.
F. JenniferThompsondecidedtomeetCottonandapologizetohimpersonally.
完形填空:下面的短文有l5处空白,请根据短文内容为每处空白确定l个最佳选项。Obesity(肥胖)CausesGlobalWarming.Thelistofillsattributabletoobesitykeepsgrowing:Lastweek,obesepeoplewereaccusedofcausingglobalwarming.This______(51)comesfromSheldonJacobsonoftheUniversityofIllinois,US,andadoctoralstudent,LauraMcLay.Theirstudy______(52)howmuchextragasolineisneededtohaulfatAmericansaround.Theanswer,theysay,isabilliongallonsofgasperyear.______(53)Therehasbeen______(54)fortaxesonjunkfoodinrecentyears.USeconomistMartinSchmidtsuggestsataxonfastfood______(55)topeople’scars."Wetaxcigarettespartlybecauseoftheirhealthcost,"Schmidtsaid."Similarly,leadingalazylifestylewillend______(56)costingtaxpayersmore."USpoliticalscientistEricOliversaidhisfirstinstinctwastolaughatthesegasandfastfoodarguments.Butsuch______(57)aregettingattention.AttheUSObesitySociety'sannualmeeting,oneperson______(58)obesitywithcaraccidentdeaths,andanothercorrelatedobesitywithsuicides.Nooneaskedwhethertherewasreallyacause-and-effectrelationship."Thefunnythingwasthateveryonetookit______(59)."Oliversaid.Ina1960sstudy,childrenwere______(60)drawingsofchildrenwithdisabilitiesandwithoutthem,andadrawingofanobesechild.Theywereasked______(61)theywouldwantforafriend?Theobesechildwaspickedlast.Threeresearchersrecentlyrepeatedthestudy______(62)collegestudents.Onceagain,______(63)noone,notevenobesepeople,likedtheobeseperson."Obesitywasstigmatized."theresearcherssaid.But,researcherssay,getting______(64)isnotlikequittingsmoking.Peoplestruggletostopsmoking,and,intheend,manysucceed.Obesityisdifferent.SciencehasshownthattheyhavelimitedpersonalcontrolovertheirweightGenesalso______(65)apart. 51.(单项选择题)
A. study
B. project
C. experiment
D. conclusion