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Years ago when I was at the Grand Canyon, I remember someone coming up to the canyon's edge, taking a shot with their camera and then walking away, like ‘got it- done’, barely even glancing at the magnificent scene sprawling in front of them,” Linda Henkel, a scientist at Fairfield University, US told Live Science.
Henkel was surprised by how obsessed people are with taking pictures these days—before dinner, during friends' birthday parties, on museum tours and so on. You know people just like that, don’t you?
They keep taking pictures because they think that it helps record the moment, but as Henkel's latest study has just found out, this obsession may prevent their brains from remembering what actually happened, reported the Guardian.
In her study, Henkel led a group of college students around a museum and asked them to simply observe 15 objects and to photograph 15 others. The next day the students' memory of the tour was tested, and the results showed that they were less accurate in recognizing the objects and they remembered fewer details about them if they photographed them.
“When people rely on technology to remember for them—counting on the camera to record the event and thus not needing to attend to it fully themselves, it can have a negative impact on how well they remember their experiences,” Henkel explained.
But there is also an exception: if students zoomed in to photograph part of an object, their memory actually improved, and those who focused the lens on a specific area could even recall parts that weren’t in the frame.
So basically, this study is saying that constantly taking pictures can harm your memory. But shouldn't reviewing pictures we have taken help wake up our memories? This is true, but only if we spend enough time doing it.
“In order to remember, we have to access and interact with the photos, rather than just collecting them,” Henkel told The Telegraph. However, previous research has shown that most people never take the time to look over their digital pictures simply because there are too many of them and they aren't usually very organized on their computers.
1.The author mentioned Henkel's trip to the Grand Canyon at the beginning to _______.
A.describe the great view of the Grand Canyon.
B.complain about some tourists bad habits.
C.point out people’s obsession with taking pictures.
D.give suggestions on how to enjoy one’s tour.
2.Which of the following statements about Henkel's study is TRUE according to the article?
A.Taking pictures in a museum tour helps students recognize objects better.
B.Reviewing pictures always helps people bring back memories.
C.Pictures that focus on the details of objects are likely to improve people’s memories.
D.People should spend more time taking pictures than studying real objects.
3.What point of view may Henkel agree to?
A.People who tend to use cameras to catch the moment will remember the experience.
B.People should collect many pictures to remember the experience.
C.Taking pictures have negative impact on remembering the experience.
D.Reviewing pictures constantly can help remembering the experience.
4.What is the article mainly about?
A.Some skills to learn for taking pictures.
B.People's obsession with taking pictures and its influence.
C.How pictures remind us of our past.
D.How to deal with pictures after taking trips.
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“Years ago when I was at the Grand Canyon, I remembered someone coming up to the canyon’s edge, taking a shot with a camera and then walking away, like ‘got it – done’, barely even glancing at the magnificent scene in front of him,” Linda Henkel, a scientist at Fairfield University, US told Live Science.
Henkel was surprised by how obsessed (痴迷的) people are with taking pictures these days - before dinner, during friends’ birthday parties, on museum tours and so on.
They keep taking pictures because they think that it helps record the moment, but as Henkel’s latest study has just found out, this obsession may prevent their brains remembering what actually happened, reported The Guardian.
In her study, Henkel led a group of college students around a museum and asked them to simply observe 15 objects and photograph 15 others. The next day the students’ memory of the tour was tested, and the results showed that they were less accurate in recognizing the objects and they remembered fewer details about them if they photographed them.
‘‘When people rely on technology to remember them — counting on the camera to record the event and thus not needing to attend to it fully themselves, it can have a negative impact on how well they remember their experiences,” Henkel explained.
But there is also an exception: if students zoomed in to photograph part of an object, their memory actually improved, and those who focused the lens (镜头) on a specific area could even recall parts that weren’t in the frame.
So basically, this study is saying that constantly taking pictures can harm your memory. But shouldn’t reviewing pictures we have taken help wake up our memories? This is true, but only if we spend enough time doing it.
“In order to remember, we have to access and interact with the photos, rather than just collect them,” Henkel told The Telegraph. However, previous research has shown that most people never take the time to look over their digital pictures simply because there are too many of them and they aren’t usually very organized on their computers.
1.Why did the author mention Henkel’s trip to the Grand Canyon at the beginning?
A. To complain about some tourists’ bad habits.
B. To give suggestions on how to enjoy one’s tour.
C. To point out people’s obsession with taking pictures.
D. To describe the beautiful view of the Grand Canyon.
2.What can we learn from Henkel’s study?
A. Reviewing pictures always helps people bring back memories easily.
B. Taking pictures in a museum tour helps students recognize objects better.
C. People should spend more time taking pictures than studying real objects.
D. Pictures focusing on the details of objects probably improve people’s memories.
3.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 probably refers to “________”.
A. the camera B. technology
C. the event D. an object
4.What is the article mainly about?
A. People’s obsession with taking pictures and its influence.
B. Possible ways of using pictures to improve one’s memory.
C. Great harm to memory caused by taking pictures constantly.
D. A believable study into the negative impact of lining cameras often.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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How the Grand Canyon (大峡谷) was created remains one of the geology’s greatest mysteries. Some evidence suggests that the process was a gradual one in which the Colorado River (which runs through the canyon) slowly cut deeper and deeper into the ground over millions of years. But volcanic rock samples taken from the canyon now suggest that the canyon was down-cut instead.
Down-cutting is when a flood of water rushes over a landscape (地形) with enough force to cut deeply into the ground and leaves behind a canyon. Such a flood is usually released when a natural or man-made dam (堤坝) bursts.
Robert Webb, a research geologist, says natural dams seem to have formed and broken across the Colorado River several times during the last million years. The dams were built when lava(熔岩) from the eruptions of nearby volcanoes flowed into the river. The lava hardened into hard rocks and blocked the river, causing it to back up and form a lake. Each time the lake grew so huge that it broke the rock dam, releasing a flash flood
that furthered the down-cutting process and deepened the canyon.Down-cutting is not just an earthly event. Satellite photos sent back from Mars suggest th
at the process has happened there, too, say many other researchers.The photos, taken by the Mars Global Surveyor, indicate that an enormous lake existed on Mars 3.5 billion years ago. The lake spilled into a large nearby hole. One edge of the hole broke, releasing a flash flood that quickly carved out a grand canyon.
The existence of down-cutting on Mars is just one more piece of evidence that the cold, dry planet was
once warm and wet.1.In the past, deep canyons were believed to have formed _______.
A. as a result of a sudden break of volcanoes
B. due to river flows over millions of years
C. owing to the burst of artificial dams
D. thanks to our ancestors’ creative work
2.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TURE?
A. Several volcanoes broke out on Mars directly creating grand canyons.
B. Several great lakes existed on the upper parts of the Colorado River.
C. People built high dams on the upper parts of the Colorado River.
D. The Colorado River crossed the Grand Canyon to form down-cutting.
3.From the last three paragraphs we learn that _______.
A. there are great lakes on Mars
B. there are active volcanoes on Mars
C. there might be cities on Mars
D. there might be life on Mars
4.The passage can be titled as _______.
A. Lakes on Earth and Mars
B. The Cause of Lake Formation
C. The Force of Dam Breaking
D. Canyons—Results of Flood Cutting
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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I still remember how many years ago ________I last met her in the countryside．
A．when it was B．was it that C．when was it D．it was that
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
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I still remember _______ the grand school used to be a abandoned airport two years ago.
A. how B. where
C. when D. why
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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I still remember _______ the grand school used to be a abandoned airport two years ago.
A. how B. where C. when D. why
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Some years ago when I was in my second year in university,I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome' s filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so that I decided to write an article about her.
I Salome Bey,telling her I was from Essence magazine,and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up,I was scared out of my mind. I I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn' t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there , taking notes and asking questions that all began with," Can you tell me..." I soon realized that Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The was almost unbearable (不可容忍的). I struggled for days draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn' t take long. My manuscript . How stupid of me ! I thought. How could I in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn' t the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While my apartment,I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and the editor's letter in disbelief:
Dear Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to your story soon.
Shocked,it took me a long time to . Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly,I lost years of writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. Looking back on this , I learned a very important lesson:You can't to doubt yourself.
1.A. joy B.speech C.voice D. smile
2.A. active B.moved C. satisfied D. proud
3.A. visited B. emailed C. phoned D. interviewed
4.A. refused B. agreed C. hesitated D. paused
5.A. replied B. discoveredC. knew D. explained
6.A. seriously B.patiently C. nervously D. quietly
7.A. fooling B. blaming C. inviting D. urging
8.A. hardship B. failure C.pressure D. comment
9.A. on B.with C. by D. in
10.A.disappeared B.returnedC. spread D. improved
11.A. compare B.survive C. compete D. struggle
12.A. ignore B. deliver C. receive D. face
13.A. repairing B.cleaning C. decorating D. leaving
14.A. read B.saw C. found D. noticed
15.A. memorial B.private C. relevant D. reliable
16.A. broadcast B.publish C. create D. assess
17.A. prepare B.escape C. recover D. concentrate
18.A. enjoyableB. energeticC. typical D. endless
19.A.success B.experience C. benefit D. accident
20.A. attempt B. pretendC. afford D. expect
高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s 21 filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so 22 that I decided to write an article about her.
I 23 Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She 24 and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I 25 I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there 26 , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that 27 Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The 28 was almost unbearable. I struggled for days 29 draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript 30 . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I 31 in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t 32 the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While 33 my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in 34 :
Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some 35 materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to 36 your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to 37 . Fear of rejection cost me ly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of 38 writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this 39 , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t 40 to doubt yourself.
1.A．joy B．voice C．speech D．smile
2.A．proud B．active C．satisfied D．moved
3.A．visited B．emailed C．phoned D．interviewed
4.A．agreed B．refused C．hesitated D．paused
5.A．replied B．discovered C．explained D．knew
6.A．seriously B．patiently C．nervously D．quietly
7.A．blaming B．fooling C．inviting D．urging
8.A．hardship B．failure C．comment D．pressure
9.A．with B．by C．on D．in
10.A．disappeared B．returned C．spread D．improved
11.A．compare B．struggle C．survive D．compete
12.A．ignore B．deliver C．face D．receive
13.A．decorating B．repairing C．cleaning D．leaving
14.A．disbelief B．anxiety C．horror D．trouble
15.A．subjective B．relevant C．private D．reliable
16.A．broadcast B．create C．publish D．assess
17.A．recover B．prepare C．escape D．concentrate
18.A．energetic B．endless C．typical D．enjoyable
19.A．experience B．success C．benefit D．accident
20.A．attempt B．afford C．expect D．pretend
高三英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
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Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so that I decided to write an article about her.
I Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The was almost unbearable. I struggled for days with draft after draft. I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in :
Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to your story soon.Shocked, it took me a long time to . Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t to doubt yourself.
1.A．joy B．voice C．speech D．smile
2.A．proud B．active C．satisfied D．moved
3.A．visited B．emailed C．phoned D．interviewed
4.A．agreed B．refused C．hesitated D．paused
5.A．replied B．discovered C．explained D．knew
6.A．seriously B．patiently C．nervously D．quietly
7.A．blaming B．fooling C．inviting D．urging
8.A．pressure B．failure C．comment D．hardship
9.A．Finally B．Luckily C．Publicly D．Gradually
10.A．disappeared B．returned C．spread D．improved
11.A．compare B．struggle C．promote D．compete
12.A．ignore B．deliver C．face D．receive
13.A．decoratingB．repairing C．cleaning D．leaving
14.A．disbelief B．anxiety C．horror D．trouble
15.A．secure B．related C．private D．reliable
16.A．broadcast B．create C．publish D．assess
17.A．recover B．prepare C．escape D．forget
18.A．energetic B．endless C．typical D．enjoyable
19.A．experienceB．success C．benefit D．accident
20.A．attempt B．afford C．expect D．pretend
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s ________1.________filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so ________2.________ that I decided to write an article about her.
I ________3.________ Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She ________4.________ and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I ________5.________ I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there ________6.________, taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that ________7.________ Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The ________8.________ was almost unbearable. I struggled for days ________9.________ draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript ________10.________. How stupid of me! I thought. How could I ________11.________ in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t ________12.________ the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While ________13.________ my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in ________14.________:
Ms. Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some more relevant materials. Please ________15.________ those and return the article immediately. We would like to ________16.________ your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to ________17.________. Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and the chance of having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of ________18.________ writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. ________19.________ this experience, I’ve learned a very important lesson: You can’t ________20.________ to doubt yourself.
21. A．voice B．joy C．smile D．speech
22. A．proud B．moved C．satisfied D．active
23. A．visited B．emailed C．interviewed D．phoned
24. A．refused B．agreed C．hesitated D．paused
25. A．explained B．discovered C．knew D．replied
26. A．seriously B．nervously C．patiently D．quietly
27. A．fooling B．blaming C．inviting D．urging
28. A．hardship B．failure C．comment D．pressure
29. A．on B．by C．with D．in
30. A．disappeared B．improved C．spread D．returned
31. A．compare B．survive C．compete D．struggle
32. A．face B．deliver C．ignore D．receive
33. A．decorating B．repairing C．leaving D．cleaning
34. A．anxiety B．disbelief C．horror D．trouble
35. A．increase B．replace C．add D．mix
36. A．broadcast B．create C．assess D．publish
37. A．concentrate B．prepare C．escape D．recover
38. A．energetic B．enjoyable C．typical D．endless
39. A．Holding on to B．Dating back to C．Looking back on D．Dropping in on
40. A．afford B．attempt C．expect D．pretend
高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
that furthered the down-cutting process and deepened the canyon.
at the process has happened there, too, say many other researchers.