Some people have a very poor sense of directi...

Some people have a very poor sense of direction. Unluckily, I am one of them. I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.

When I was a little girl, I never dared to ask strangers the way. And so I used to walk around in circles and hope that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.

Now, I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive helpless or even wrong information. So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions. If anyone ever asks me the way somewhere, I would say, “Sorry, I am a stranger here.”

Once on my way to work I was stopped by a man. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps, I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However, I had no time to turn back and look for him. I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn’t want to keep him waiting.

When I just got to my office, the secretary(秘书) showed in the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine how embarrassed I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at the first sight.

1.The writer always refuses to give people directions because _____________.

A.she is a stranger to the city B.she doesn’t know the people

C.she has no time to help others D.she’s afraid of giving wrong directions

2.A man stopped the writer on the way to _____________.

A.sell her something B.ask her the time

C.make friends with her D.ask for the direction

3.The Friendship Building is the place where the writer ______________.

A.lives B.studies

C.works D.teaches

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

A.The writer is too shy to give others directions.

B.The writer has a very poor sense of direction.

C.The writer never got lost when she was young.

D.The man was quite nervous when he saw the writer.

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You either have a sense of direction，or you don’t．But why is it that some people could find Their way across the Sahara without a map，while others can lose themselves in the next street?

Scientists say we’re all born with a sense of direction，but it is not properly understood how it works．One theory is that people with a good sense of direction have simply worked harder at developing it．Research being carried out at Liverpool University supports this idea and suggests that if we don’t use it，we lose it．

“Children as young as seven have the ability to find their way around．”says Jim Martland，Research Director of the project．“However，if they are not allowed out alone or are taken everywhere by car，they never develop the skills”

Jim Martland also emphasizes that young people should be taught certain skills to improve their sense of direction．He makes the following suggestions：

●If you are using a map．turn it so it relates to the way you are facing．

●If you leave your bike in a strange place．put it near something like a big stone or a tree．

Note landmarks on the route as you go away from your bike．When you return，go back along the same route．

●Simplify the way of finding your direction by using lines such as streets in a town，streams，or walls in the countryside to guide you．Count your steps so that you know how far you have gone and note any landmarks such as tower blocks or hills which Call help to find out where you are．Now you will never get lost again !

60．Scientists believe that            ．

A．some babies are born with a sense of direction

B．people learn a sense of direction as they grow older

C．people never lose their sense of direction

D．everybody possesses a sense of direction from birth

61．What is true of seven—year—old children according to the passage?

A．They never have a sense of direction without maps

B．They should never be allowed out alone if they lack a sense of direction．

C．They have a sense of direction and can find their way around．

D．They can develop a good sense of direction if they are driven around in a car．

62．If you leave your bike in a strange place，you should         ．

A．tie it to a tree so as to prevent it from being stolen

B．draw a map of the route to help remember where it is

C．avoid taking the same route when you come back in it

D．remember something easily recognizable on the route

63．According to the passage the best way to find your way around is to      ．

A．ask policemen for directions

B．use walls，streams or streets to guide yourself

C．remember your route by looking out for steps and stairs

D．count the number of landmarks that you see

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You either have it, or you don’t— a sense of direction, that is. But why is it that some people could find their way across the Sahara without a map, while others can lose themselves in the next street?

Scientists say we’re all born with a sense of direction, but it is not properly understood how it works. One theory is that people with a good sense of direction have simply worked harder at developing it. Research being carried out at Liverpool University supports this idea and suggests that if we don’t use it, we lose it.

“Children as young as seven have the ability to find their way around. Says Jim Martland, Research Director of the project. “However, if they are not allowed out alone or are taken everywhere by car, they never develop the skills.”

Jim Martland also emphasizes that young people should be taught certain skills to improve their sense of direction. He makes the following suggestions:

l         If you are using a map, turn it so it relates to the way you are facing.

l         If you leave your bike in a strange place, put it near something like a big stone or a tree. Note landmarks on the route as you go away from your bike. When you return, go back along the same route.

l         Simplify the way of finding your direction by using lines such as streets in a town. Streams, or walls in the countryside to guide you. Count your steps so that you know how far you have gone and note any landmarks such as tower blocks or hills which can help to find out where you are.

Now you need never get lost again!

1.Scientists believe that ______.

A. some babies are born with a sense of direction

B. people learn a sense of direction as they grow older

C. people never lose their sense of direction

D. everybody possesses a sense of direction from birth

2.What is true of seven-year-old children according to the passage?

A. They never have a sense of direction without maps.

B. They should never be allowed out alone if they lack a sense of direction.

C. They have a sense of direction and can find their way around.

D. They can develop a good sense or direction if they are driven around in a car.

3.If you leave your bike in a strange place, you should ______.

A. tie it to a tree so as to present it from being stolen.

B. draw a map of the route to help remember where it is.

C. avoid taking the same route when you come back to it.

D. remember something easily recognized on the route.

4.According to the passage, the best way to find your way around is to ______.

A. ask policemen for directions.

B. use walls, streams and streets to guide yourself.

C. remember your route by looking out for steps and stairs.

D. count the number of landmarks that you see.

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Older adults with a better sense of smell may live longer than those who have a poor sense of smell, a new study suggests. The study was a project of researchers in the United States that was ongoing for over 13 years. They asked nearly 2,300 men and women to identify 12 common smells. All the subjects were from 71 to 82 years of age. The researchers gave the adults scores, from 0 to as high as 12, based on how many smells they identified correctly.

During the years of follow-up investigation, over 1,200 of the subjects died. When the study was launched, none of the adults were weak. They could walk a little under half a kilometer, climb 10 steps and independently complete daily activities. In the latest findings, the researchers noted that those with a weak nose were 30 percent more likely to die than people with a good sense of smell. The findings were reported last month in the scientific publication Annals of Internal Medicine.

Honglei Chen, a doctor with Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, was the lead writer of a report on the study. He said the connection between a poor sense of smell and an increased risk of dying was limited to adults who first reported good-to-excellent health. This suggests that a poor sense of smell is an early and sensitive sign for worsening health before it is recognizable in medical tests. With a poor sense of smell, people are more likely to die of brain and heart diseases, but not of cancer or breathing disorders.

The results also suggest that a poor sense of smell may be an early warning for poor health in older age that goes beyond dementia or other neurodegenerative(神经变性的) diseases. These often signal the beginning of a weakening of the mind or body.

1.What do you know about the study mentioned?

A.The study involved researchers from the world.

B.All the participants were of different ages.

C.The study began to be performed about 13 years ago.

D.2 ,300 men and women were young and healthy.

2.What was the situation like at the beginning of the study?

A.More than 1,200 of the participants passed away.

B.Many of the subjects were found with health problems.

C.All the subjects were independent of others when walking.

D.One third of the participants had a poor smell sense.

3.What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

A.People with a poor sense of smell have heart disease.

B.You should be careful with your health if you smell poorly.

C.People with a poor sense of smell won't suffer from cancer.

D.Most of the elder people may have the dementia disease.

4.Which is the best title for the passage?

A.Strong Sense of Smell May Be Linked to Longer Life

B.Old People Tend to Have a Poor Sense of Smell

C.A Number of Factors Result in Longer Life

D.Being Ill Means Losing the Sense of Smell

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Find Which Direction Is South

Do you have a good sense of direction? If not, please take with you a compass. But if you forget to take a compass, you can still find your way.

It’s never a good idea to imagine that the family member who was entrusted（委托）with the job of map-reading actually knows where the family is. You can tell by the slightly confused load on their faces that nothing on the ground seems to match the map. Never mind. The shu is shining and it’s still morning. If you don’t know the exact time, you can still find out where south is, but you’ll need to be patient.

①Find a straight sick and put it in the ground in a place where you can mark its shadow.

②Try to position the stick as vertically（垂直）as you can. You can check this by making a simple plumb line （铅锤线）with a piece of string and weight. You haven’t got any string? OK, use a thread from your clothes with a button tied at the end to act as a weight.

③Mark the end of the shadow cast by the stick.

④Wait approximately half an hour and mark the end of the shadow again.

⑤Keep doing this until you have made several marks.

⑥The mark nearest the stick will represent the shortest shadow, which is cast at midday, when the sun is highest in the sky and pointing to the exact south.

⑦Pick a point in the distance along the line between the shortest shadow and the stick.

⑧That point is south of where you are.

⑨Now you can turn the map, like you did before, and find which way you should be travelling.

1.To find the direction, we ought to be patient probably because

A. it is not easy to find a proper stick      B. it is not easy to position the stick

C. it takes hours to make the marks        D. it takes about half an hour to make the marks

2.The passage would probably be most helpful to________.

A. those who draw maps           B. those who get lost

C. those who make compasses       D. those who do experiments

3.Which of the following pictures best shows the way of finding the direction of south?

4.The author presents this passage by.

A. telling an interesting story        B. describing an activity in a lively way

C. testing an idea by reasoning       D. introducing a practical method

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For many men, the idea that they have a better sense of direction than women has been improved by a scientific study.

Researchers from Norway scanned on the brains of volunteers as they completed navigation (导航) tasks to discover men are more skillful at finding their way because they use a separate part of their brain. According to lead researcher Dr. Cal Pintzka from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), men and women have different navigational strategies.

Med use basic directions—the use of north, south, east and west—during navigation to a greater degree. Men’s sense of direction was more effective. They quite simply got to their destination faster. “If they’re going to the Students Society building in Trodheim, for example, men usually go into the general direction where it is located.” Dr. Pintzka explained.

Women usually orient (标定方向) themselves along a route to get there, for example, go past the hairdresser and then up the street and turn right after the shore.

The study shows that using the basic directions is more efficient because it is a more flexible strategy. The destination can be reached faster because the strategy depends less on where you start.

Meanwhile, the study also shows both men and women use large areas of the brain when they navigate, but some areas were different. The man used the hippocampus (海马体) more, whereas women use their frontal areas to a greater extent. That degrees with the fact that the hippocampus is necessary to make use of basic directions. Losing one’s sense of direction is one of the first symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease.

Understanding how men and women use different brain areas and strategies to navigate, researchers will be able to enhance the understand of the disease’s development, and develop coping strategies for those already affected.

1. How are men different from women in navigation?

A. They use a separate part of their brain.

B. They deal with navigation in complex ways.

C. They make different actions to the road signs.

D. They form different images of road conditions.

2. What strategy do men usually take to find a place?

A. Finding out all possible routes.

B. Remembering all the landmarks.

C. Making out the general direction.

D. Drawing a general map of the place.

3.Why is men’s strategy more efficient?

A. Because it is much easier to be carried out.

B. Because it is more helpful to identify roads.

C. Because it is simpler for telling directions.

D. Because it is less limited by the starting place.

4.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. Getting to the destination is no more a difficult thing.

B. Men have a better sense of direction than women.

C. Alzheimer’s disease can be prevented effectively.

D. Hippocampus is playing a key role in navigation.

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Some people have the feeling that nothing can be done about their poor reading ability(能力).They feel hopeless about it.Can you learn to read better,or must you agree that nothing can be done about it?

To be sure,people are different.You cannot expect to do everything as well as certain other people do.If all the students in a class tried out for basketball,some would be very good players;others would be very poor;and many would be in between.But even the very poor players can become much better players if they are guided in the right way,and with plenty of practice.It is the same with reading.Some seem to enjoy reading and to read well without any special help.Others find reading a slow and tiring job.In between,there are all degrees of reading ability.

Many experiments have shown that just about every poor reader can improve his reading ability.In these experiments,the poor readers were given tests of reading ability.After some of the causes of their poor reading were discovered,they were given special instruction and practice in reading.After a few months,another test of the same kind was given.In nearly all cases,these people had raised their reading scores.

1.With the example of basketball players,the author shows _______.

A.why certain people are poor readers

B.that there are differences in people’s abilities

C.why some people are good basketball players

D.that good basketball players can be good readers

2.To improve their reading ability,people should _______.

A.work long and hard

B.take different forms of tests

C.have special help and practice

D.try different reading materials

3.The experiments mentioned in the text show that _______.

A.good readers seem to enjoy reading

B.almost all poor readers can make progress

C.causes of poor reading are difficult to find out

D.tests help people improve their reading ability

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Some people have the ideas that nothing can be done about their poor reading ability．They feel hopeless about it．Can you learn to read better, or must you agree that nothing can be done about it?

To be sure, people’s abilities are different．You cannot expect to do everything as well as certain other people do．If all the students in a class tried out for basketball, some would be very good players; others would be very poor; and many would be in between．But even the very poor players can become much better players if they are guided in the right way, and with plenty of practice．It is the same with reading．Some seem to enjoy reading and to read well without any special help．Others find reading a slow and tiring job．In between, there are all degrees of reading ability．

Many experiments have shown that just about every poor reader can improve his reading ability．Firstly, the poor readers were given tests of reading ability．Secondly, some of the causes of their poor reading were discovered, and then they were given special instruction and practice in reading．After a few months, another test of the same kind was given．In nearly all cases, these people had raised their reading scores．

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People’s expectations about the future may have more influence on their sense of well-being than their ______ state does.

A.current B.initial C.modern D.primitive

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Generally speaking, people like those who have a good sense of humor.

Sometimes a touch of humor might well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum (最后通牒) about being late on the job. Although there was a good reason for Brian’s being late—serious illness at home—he decided that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldn’t work any longer. His boss was probably already pacing up and down preparing a dismissal speech.

Yes, the boss was, as Brian entered the office at 9:35. The place was as quiet as a locker room (更衣室): everyone was hard at work. Brian’s boss came up to him. Suddenly, Brian forced a smile and stretched out his hand. “How do you do!” he said. “I’m Brian. I’m applying for a job, which, I understand, became available just 35 minutes ago. Doesn’t the early bird get the worm?”

The room exploded in laughter. The boss clamped off a smile and walked back to his office. Brian had saved his job, with the only tool that could win—a laugh.

Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying “no”, criticizing, getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, it’s the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that serious dialog may start a quarrel. For example, many believe that comedians on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance (忍受力) than people in any other forum.

1.Brian was late for his job because ________.

A. he got up late B. he was seriously ill

C. he was caught in a traffic jam D. he was busy applying for a new job

2.What can we infer about humor?

A. It is the early bird.

B. It is important in our lives.

C. Brian often saved his job with humor.

D. It can solve racial discriminations.

3.What does the underlined phrase “clamped off” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. charge B. tried to set

C. gave up D. tried to hold back

4.What can we learn from the text?

A. Many people lack in a sense of humor.

B. Brian was supposed to arrive at his office at 8: 30.

C. It wasn’t the first time that Brian came late for work.

D. Humor is the most interesting way of solving problems.

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