The five clearest role-related behaviours of travellers (in order of relative importance )
Tourist | takes photos, buys souvenirs, goes to famous places, stays briefly in one place, does not understand the local people |
Traveller | stays briefly in one place, experiments with local food, goes to famous places, takes photos, explores places privately |
Holidaymaker | takes photos, goes to famous places, is separated from the local society, buys souvenirs, contributes to the visited economy |
Jet-setter | lives a life of luxury (奢侈) , concerned with social status, seeks physical pleasures, prefers communicating with people of his/her own kind, goes to famous places |
Businessperson | concerned with social status, contributes to the economy, does not take photos prefers interacting with people of his/her own kind, lives a life of luxury |
Conservationist | interested in the environment, does not buy souvenirs, does not exploit the local people, explores places privately, takes photos |
Explorer | explores places privately, interested in the environment, takes physical risks, does not buy souvenirs, observes the visited economy |
Overseas student | experiments with local food, does not exploit the people, takes photos, observes the visited society, takes physical risks |
International athlete | is not separated from their own society, does not exploit the local people, does not understand the local people, explores places privately, searches for the meaning of life |
Overseas journalist | takes photos, observes the visited society, goes to famous places, takes physical risks, explores places privately |
1.Which of the following behaviours do Tourist, Traveller and Holidaymaker share?
A.Stay briefly in one place. B.Buy souvenirs.
C.Go to famous places. D.Explore places privately.
2.We can learn that overseas students________.
A.are curious about the society they visit
B.like to do experiments with local food
C.take photos as their teachers have instructed
D.enjoy taking physical risks because they are brave
3.According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A.Three groups are interested in exploring places privately.
B.More than two groups live a life of luxury.
C.Six groups are fond of taking photos.
D.Two groups don't like buying souvenirs.
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The five clearest role-related behaviours of travellers (in order of relative importance )
Tourist | takes photos, buys souvenirs, goes to famous places, stays briefly in one place, does not understand the local people |
Traveller | stays briefly in one place, experiments with local food, goes to famous places, takes photos, explores places privately |
Holidaymaker | takes photos, goes to famous places, is separated from the local society, buys souvenirs, contributes to the visited economy |
Jet-setter | lives a life of luxury (奢侈) , concerned with social status, seeks physical pleasures, prefers communicating with people of his/her own kind, goes to famous places |
Businessperson | concerned with social status, contributes to the economy, does not take photos prefers interacting with people of his/her own kind, lives a life of luxury |
Conservationist | interested in the environment, does not buy souvenirs, does not exploit the local people, explores places privately, takes photos |
Explorer | explores places privately, interested in the environment, takes physical risks, does not buy souvenirs, observes the visited economy |
Overseas student | experiments with local food, does not exploit the people, takes photos, observes the visited society, takes physical risks |
International athlete | is not separated from their own society, does not exploit the local people, does not understand the local people, explores places privately, searches for the meaning of life |
Overseas journalist | takes photos, observes the visited society, goes to famous places, takes physical risks, explores places privately |
1.Which of the following behaviours do Tourist, Traveller and Holidaymaker share?
A.Stay briefly in one place. B.Buy souvenirs.
C.Go to famous places. D.Explore places privately.
2.We can learn that overseas students________.
A.are curious about the society they visit
B.like to do experiments with local food
C.take photos as their teachers have instructed
D.enjoy taking physical risks because they are brave
3.According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A.Three groups are interested in exploring places privately.
B.More than two groups live a life of luxury.
C.Six groups are fond of taking photos.
D.Two groups don't like buying souvenirs.
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The five clearest role-related behaviors of travelers (in order of relative importance )
Tourist | takes photos, buys souvenirs, goes to famous places, stays briefly in one place, does not understand the local people |
Traveler | stays briefly in one place, experiments with local food, goes to famous places, takes photos, explores places privately |
Holidaymaker | takes photos, goes to famous places, is separated from the local society, buys souvenirs, contributes to the visited economy |
Jet-setter | lives a life of luxury (奢侈) , concerned with social status, seeks physical pleasures, prefers communicating with people of his/her own kind, goes to famous places |
Businessperson | concerned with social status, contributes to the economy, does not take photos prefers interacting with people of his/her own kind, lives a life of luxury |
Conservationist | interested in the environment, does not buy souvenirs, does not exploit the local people, explores places privately, takes photos |
Explorer | explores places privately, interested in the environment, takes physical risks, does not buy souvenirs, observes the visited economy |
Overseas student | experiments with local food, does not exploit the people, takes photos, observes the visited society, takes physical risks |
International athlete | is not separated from their own society, does not exploit the local people, does not understand the local people, explores places privately, searches for the meaning of life |
Overseas journalist | takes photos, observes the visited society, goes to famous places, takes physical risks, explores places privately |
1.Which of the following behaviors do Tourist, Traveler and Holidaymaker share?
A.Stay briefly in one place. B.Buy souvenirs.
C.Go to famous places. D.Explore places privately.
2.We can learn that overseas students________.
A.are curious about the society they visit
B.like to do experiments with local food
C.take photos as their teachers have instructed
D.enjoy taking physical risks because they are brave
3.According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A.Three groups are interested in exploring places privately.
B.More than two groups live a life of luxury.
C.Six groups are fond of taking photos.
D.Four groups don't like buying souvenirs.
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.In the past five years Tomlison with his daughter _______all over the world.
A.has travelled | B.traveled | C.have traveled | D.were traveling |
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A few years ago, in one experiment in behavioural psychology, Stanley Milgram of Yale University tested 40 subjects for their willingness to obey instructions given by a “leader” in a situation in which the subjects might feel a personal dislike of the actions they were called upon to perform. Specifically, Milgram told each volunteer “teacher-subject” that the experiment was in the noble cause of education, and was designed to test whether or not punishing pupils for their mistakes would have a positive effect on the pupils’ ability to learn.
The teacher-subjects were placed before a panel of thirty switches with labels ranging from “15 volts of electricity (slight shock)” to “450 volts (danger — severe shock)” in steps of 15 volts each. The teacher-subject was told that whenever the pupil gave the wrong answer to a question, a shock was to be administered. The supposed “pupil” was in reality an actor hired by Milgram to pretend to receive the shocks by giving out cries and screams. Milgram told the teacher-subject to ignore the reactions of the pupil, and to administer whatever level of shock was called for.
As the experiment unfolded, the “pupil” would deliberately give the wrong answers to questions, thereby bringing on various electrical punishments, even up to the danger level of 300 volts and beyond. Many of the teacher-subjects balked at administering the higher levels of punishment, and turned to Milgram. In these situations, Milgram calmly explained that the teacher-subject was to carry on with the experiment and that it was important for the sake of the experiment that the procedure be followed through to the end. What Milgram was trying to discover was the number of teacher-subjects who would be willing to administer the highest levels of shock, even in the face of strong personal and moral revulsion(反感) against the rules and conditions of the experiment.
Before carrying out the experiment, Milgram explained his idea to a group of 39 psychiatrists and asked them to predict the average percentage of people who would be willing to administer the highest shock level of 450 volts. The overwhelming consensus was that basically all the teacher-subjects would refuse to obey the experimenter. The psychiatrists felt that “most subjects would not go beyond 150 volts” and only a small percentage of about one in 1,000 would give the highest shock of 450 volts.
What were the actual results? Well, over 60 per cent of the teacher-subjects continued to obey Milgram up to the 450-volt limit! In repetitions of the experiment in other countries, the percentage was even higher, reaching 85 per cent in one country. How can we possibly account for this result?
One might firstly argue that there must be some sort of built-in animal aggression instinct(本能) that was activated by the experiment. A modem sociobiologist might even go so far as to claim that this aggressive instinct was of survival value to our ancestors in their struggle against the hardships of life on the plains and in the caves, finally finding its way into our genetic make-up.
Another explanation is to see the teacher-subjects’ actions as a result of the social context in which the experiment was carried out. As Milgram himself pointed out, “Most subjects in the experiment see their behaviour in a larger context that is good and useful to society — the pursuit of scientific troth. The psychological laboratory has a strong claim to legitimacy(合法性) and gains trust and confidence in those who perform there. An action such as shocking a victim, which in isolation(单独看来) appears evil, acquires a completely different meaning when placed in this setting”.
Here we have two different explanations. The problem for us is to sort out which of these two polar explanations is more reasonable. This is the problem of modern sociobiology — to discover how hard-wired genetic programming decides the interaction of animals and humans with their environment, that is, their behaviour. Put another way, sociobiology is concerned with explaining the biological basis of all behaviour.
1.Why did Milgram do the experiment?
A. To discover people’s willingness for orders from leaders.
B. To display the power of punishment on ability to learn.
C. To test people’s willingness to sacrifice for science.
D. To explore the biological basis of social behavior.
2.Which of the following is right about the experiment?
A. The actor’s performance was vital to its success.
B. Its subjects were informed of its real purpose beforehand.
C. The electrical shock made the “pupil” give more wrong answers.
D. Its subjects were convinced of the effects of punishment on ability to learn.
3.What does the underlined phrase “balked at” most probably mean?
A. commented on B. hesitated in
C. got rid of D. looked down upon
4.Before the experiment took place the psychiatrists _________ .
A. believed that a shock of 150 volts was unbearable
B. failed to agree on how the teacher-subjects would respond to instructions
C. under-predicted the teacher-subjects’ willingness to follow experimental procedure
D. thought that many of the teacher-subjects would administer a shock of 450 volts
5.Which of the following is mentioned as one possible factor that explains the teacher-subjects’ behaviour?
A. Economic factor. B. Biological factor.
C. Cultural factor. D. Historical factor.
6.What’s the author’s purpose with this article?
A. To introduce a problem sociobiology deals with.
B. To explain a scientific phenomenon.
C. To report an experiment that focuses on education.
D. To argue against a scientific view.
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When it comes to social behaviour,mammals are in a league of their own.Some birds may form pairs,or even cooperate to hunt,but the complexity (复杂性) of their relationships can hardly compare to those within a school of dolphins,a herd of elephants or a group of humans.What makes mammalian social groups different from a flock of starlings or a shoal of fish,is that in many cases the individuals could recognize each other.Although we may think that all elephants look pretty much the same,we can easily tell individuals of our own species apart and it has become clear through studies that the same is true of other species.Dolphins have their own signature whistles that act like “names”,and elephants can recognize and greet other individuals they have known but not seen for many years.This is something that only a few species of birds appear to be able to do.
Mammals in complex social groups not only recognize each other as individuals,but also they remember a lot of information about that individual.Social groups often rely on this memory—such as knowing who is dominant to whom,who is related to whom,and who has done what to whom in the past.It’s like remembering who you have lent money to or done a favour for,and who hasn’t repaid that money or has talked about you behind your back.You have to learn who to trust,who your friends are,and who to watch out for.
All this remembering goes on in a particular part of the brain called the neocortex (大脑皮层).If you compare the size of a mammal’s social group with the size of this part of the brain,you will find they are remarkably closely related.This area seems to take a long time to develop fully and animals in which it is very large take a very long time to grow up to adulthood.During this time,the youngster has to learn all the rules of social behaviour in their group and to piece together all the relationships between the group members:Knowledge that will be needed to avoid getting into trouble.
1.What is special about a mammalian social group according to the passage?
A.All the individuals cooperate to hunt.
B.The individuals can communicate with each other.
C.The individuals can recognize each other.
D.The individuals form closer relationship.
2.The passage suggests that elephants________.
A.are cleverer than dolphins
B.can recognize other species
C.may mistake a member for another
D.have good memories
3. Animals whose area of the neocortex is large________.
A.will have a long period of time before they become adults
B.will spend a shorter time learning the necessary knowledge
C.will learn the necessary knowledge much more easily
D.will have more difficulty in growing up as adults
4. If the neocortex is larger,the animals________.
A.can live a longer life
B.have a smaller social group
C.have a larger social group
D.have a greater body size
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The _____ of economic development in our country went well.
A.five year plan | B.five-year-plan | C.five-years-plan | D.five-year plan |
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Over the past five decades mosquito populations in parts of the U.S. have skyrocketed by a factor of 10-a situation with worrying implications for the spread of diseases. And some places are apparently more easily affected than others. A new study in the Journal of Medical Entomology found that in Baltimore, low-income neighborhoods bear the biggest burden: they have not only more mosquitoes but also larger ones, which often survive longer. The problem most likely is rooted in the fact that Baltimore has nearly 17,000 abandoned buildings, which are concentrated in economically disadvantaged areas and serve as convenient mosquito-breeding zones.
Compared with prosperous blocks, low-income blocks have more abandoned buildings and are more heavily littered with thrown-away containers that collect standing water. And water that pools in abandoned buildings is protected by shade-which helps mosquitoes grow larger. Some cities take efforts to plant trees in low-income blocks but may actually worsen the problem: trees and bushes not only shade outdoor breeding(繁殖) pools but also shed leaves into the water and feed the mosquito larvae(幼虫), helping them grow bigger. Worse still, climate change could worsen the disease landscape by broadening habitats and lengthening the time every summer that mosquitoes can breed and survive.
Cities may, then, need to focus more mosquito-control efforts on these areas. Urban health departments typically educate homeowners about the importance of emptying water out of outdoor containers. But nobody empties those in or around abandoned buildings. “It is something that is fairly difficult for a city to address because it’s really expensive to go into private belongings and clean them up,” says Dina Fonseca, a molecular ecologist at Rutgers University. Yet if these belongings become breeding grounds not only for annoying mosquitoes but also for dangerous diseases, officials’ concepts may need to change.
1.What does the phrase “a factor of 10” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A.A major cause. B.A high rate.
C.A big concern. D.A special situation.
2.Why is the spread of diseases relatively more serious in poor neighborhoods in Baltimore?
A.Because people there lack the awareness of waste sorting.
B.Because people there pay little attention to water protection.
C.Because more thrown-away containers are collected for reuse there.
D.Because more abandoned buildings serve as habitats for mosquitoes there.
3.Which of the following solutions is well-intentioned but may result in opposite effects?
A.Planting more trees. B.Changing officials’ ideas.
C.Emptying water containers. D.Cleaning abandoned buildings.
4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A.To complain about the poor housing. B.To offer some treatments for diseases.
C.To appeal for mosquito-control efforts. D.To introduce a new species of mosquitoes.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
His oversight of the danger that resulted in two deaths and five wounded in the expedition was _________ criminal.
A. no less than B. not less than C. nothing less than D. less than
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We lost in the quarterfinal mainly because our two key player______hurt in the first five minutes of the game.
A.boomed B.drafted C.retired D.wrestled
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Over the past five years, researchers in artificial intelligence have become the rock stars of the technology world. A branch of AI known as deep learning, has proven so useful that skilled operators can command six-figure salaries to build software for Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. The top names can earn over $1 million a year.
The traditional way to get these jobs has been a Doctor’s degree in computer science from one of America’s top universities. Earning one takes years and requires a person who can be devoted to study, which is rare among normal people. Moreover, graduate students are regularly attracted away from their studies by various high-paid jobs.
That is changing. Last month Fast.ai, an education non-profit based in San Francisco, kicked off the third year of its course in deep learning. Since its beginning it has attracted more than 100,000 students from India to Nigeria. The course comes with a simple idea: there is no need to spend years obtaining a Doctor’s degree in order to practise deep learning. Fast.ai’s course can be completed in just seven weeks.
For example, a graduate from Fast.ai’s first year, Sara Hooker, was hired into Google’s highly competitive AI residency programme after finishing the course, having never worked on deep learning before. She is now a founding member of Google’s new AI research office in Accra, Ghana, the firm’s first in Africa.
To make it accessible to anyone who wants to learn how to build AI software, Jeremy Howard, who founded Fast.ai with Rachel Thomas, a mathematician, says middle school mathematics is enough. Fast.ai is not the only A.I. programme. AI4ALL, another non-profit organization, founded by leading technologists including Dr. Fei-Fei Li, works to bring AI education to schoolchildren that would otherwise not have access to it.
Howard’s ambitions run deeper than just dealing with the shortage in the AI labour market. His aim is to spread deep learning into many hands, so that it may be applied in as many fields as possible. The ambition, says Mr Howard, is for AI training software to become as easy to use and common as sending an email on a smart phone.
1.What’s Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. The way to get a Doctor’s degree.
B. The difficulties to get a Doctor’s degree.
C. The importance to get a Doctor’s degree.
D. The necessity to get a Doctor’s degree.
2.What can we learn about Fast.ai?
A. It aims to produce AI graduates in a fast way.
B. It aims to collect money for poor students.
C. It charges a high free for offering courses.
D. It becomes popular only in India and Nigeria.
3.Where does Sara Hooker work according to the passage?
A. India. B. Nigeria.
C. Ghana. D. America.
4.What do Fast.ai and AI4ALL have in common?
A. They are both meant for children.
B. They require advanced math.
C. They have the same founder.
D. They are both non-profit.
5.What’s Howard’s attitude to AI training software in the future?
A. Anxious. B. Disappointed.
C. Optimistic. D. Surprised.
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