If you were like most children, you probably got upset when your mother called you by a sibling’s (兄弟姐妹的) name. How could she not know you? Did it mean she loved you less?
Probably not. According to the first research to tackle this topic head-on, misnaming the most familiar people in our life is a common cognitive (认知的) error that has to do with how our memories classify and store familiar names.
The study, published online in April in the journal Memory and Cognition, found that the “wrong” name is not random but is invariably fished out from the same relationship pond: children, siblings, friends. The study did not examine the possibility of deep psychological significance to the mistake, says psychologist David Rubin, “ but it does tell us who’s in and who’s out of the group.”
The study also found that within that group, misnaming occurred where the names shared initial or internal sounds, like Jimmy and Joanie or John and Bob. Physical resemblance between people was not a factor. Nor was gender.
The researchers conducted five separate surveys of more than 1, 700 people. Some of the surveys included only college students; others were done with a mixed-age population. Some asked subjects about incidents where someone close to them — family or friend — had called them by another person’s name. The other surveys asked about times when subjects had themselves called someone close to them by the wrong name. All the surveys found that people mixed up names within relationship groups such as grandchildren, friends and siblings but hardly ever crossed these boundaries.
In general, the study found that undergraduates were almost as likely as old people to make this mistake and men as likely as women. Older people and this mistake and men as likely as women. Older people and women made the mistake slightly more often, but that may be because grandparents have more grandchildren to mix up than parents have children. Also, mothers may call on their children more often than fathers, given traditional gender norms. There was no evidence that errors occurred more when the misname was frustrated, tired or angry.
1.What did David Rubin’s research find about misnaming?
A.It is related to the way our memories work.
B.It is a possible indicator of a faulty memory.
C.It occurs mostly between kids and their friends.
D.It often causes misunderstandings among people.
2.What is most likely the cause of misnaming?
A.Similar personality traits. B.Similar spellings of names.
C.Similar physical appearance. D.Similar pronunciation of names.
3.What did the surveys of more than 1,700 subjects find about misnaming?
A.It more often than not hurts relationships.
B.It hardly occurs across gender boundaries.
C.It is most frequently found in extended families.
D.It most often occurs within a relationship groups.
4.The passage is mainly about ______.
A.scientific research on misnaming and their findings.
B.why mother misname their kids more often than fathers.
C.a brain test to explain why misnaming functions in its way.
D.the advantages and disadvantages of misnaming children.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题
If you were like most children, you probably got upset when your mother called you by a sibling’s (兄弟姐妹的) name. How could she not know you? Did it mean she loved you less?
Probably not. According to the first research to tackle this topic head-on, misnaming the most familiar people in our life is a common cognitive (认知的) error that has to do with how our memories classify and store familiar names.
The study, published online in April in the journal Memory and Cognition, found that the “wrong” name is not random but is invariably fished out from the same relationship pond: children, siblings, friends. The study did not examine the possibility of deep psychological significance to the mistake, says psychologist David Rubin, “ but it does tell us who’s in and who’s out of the group.”
The study also found that within that group, misnaming occurred where the names shared initial or internal sounds, like Jimmy and Joanie or John and Bob. Physical resemblance between people was not a factor. Nor was gender.
The researchers conducted five separate surveys of more than 1, 700 people. Some of the surveys included only college students; others were done with a mixed-age population. Some asked subjects about incidents where someone close to them — family or friend — had called them by another person’s name. The other surveys asked about times when subjects had themselves called someone close to them by the wrong name. All the surveys found that people mixed up names within relationship groups such as grandchildren, friends and siblings but hardly ever crossed these boundaries.
In general, the study found that undergraduates were almost as likely as old people to make this mistake and men as likely as women. Older people and this mistake and men as likely as women. Older people and women made the mistake slightly more often, but that may be because grandparents have more grandchildren to mix up than parents have children. Also, mothers may call on their children more often than fathers, given traditional gender norms. There was no evidence that errors occurred more when the misname was frustrated, tired or angry.
1.What did David Rubin’s research find about misnaming?
A.It is related to the way our memories work.
B.It is a possible indicator of a faulty memory.
C.It occurs mostly between kids and their friends.
D.It often causes misunderstandings among people.
2.What is most likely the cause of misnaming?
A.Similar personality traits. B.Similar spellings of names.
C.Similar physical appearance. D.Similar pronunciation of names.
3.What did the surveys of more than 1,700 subjects find about misnaming?
A.It more often than not hurts relationships.
B.It hardly occurs across gender boundaries.
C.It is most frequently found in extended families.
D.It most often occurs within a relationship groups.
4.The passage is mainly about ______.
A.scientific research on misnaming and their findings.
B.why mother misname their kids more often than fathers.
C.a brain test to explain why misnaming functions in its way.
D.the advantages and disadvantages of misnaming children.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
If you are like most international students, you are probably comfortable reading and writing in English. 1. Below are some tips to help you to improve your conversational skills.
Make friends with American students. Many international students end up making friends with a lot of—or only—other international students. 2. Hanging out with natives not only naturally pushes you to improve your spoken English, but also helps you pick up cultural and social information.
Learn from American friends. Tell your American friends that you are trying to improve your listening and speaking skills, and would like them to help you. If you pronounce a word incorrectly, or misuse an idiom, you ask them to guide you. 3.
Increase your knowledge. 4. If you are familiar with the topics that are likely to be discussed in conversation, you have a much better chance of understanding people when they talk, and of being able to express yourself well.
5. If you have to explain something to someone, you have a strong motivation to pronounce everything as well as you can, and find other ways to explain yourself. Finally, this becomes a good habit. Many people have asked me how I learned to speak English fluently, and I owe most of it to my years of being a math teacher in college for years.
A. It is bad for them to do that.
B. You will make progress this way.
C. Become a teacher at your school, if possible.
D. It's a win－win opportunity for international students.
E. Keep up with news and watch popular shows and movies.
F. Explaining everything in a different way matters.
G. However, you may have trouble in listening and speaking in the language.
高一英语七选五困难题查看答案及解析
If you're like most kids, you've probably heard at least one parent say, "Don't forget to take your vitamin(维他命)!" or "Eat your salad — it's packed with vitamins!" But what exactly are vitamins?
Vitamins and minerals are substances that are found in foods we eat. Your body needs them to work properly, so you grow and develop just like you should. When it comes to vitamins, each one has a special role to play. For example:Vitamin D in milk and fish helps your bones. Vitamin A in orange fruits and vegetables,liver and milk helps you see at night. Vitamin C in oranges and some green vegetables helps your body heal if you get a cut. Vitamin E in nuts, seeds, whole grains and green, leafy vegetables protects your lungs from becoming damaged by polluted air. B vitamins in green leafy vegetables help your body make energy from food.
When you eat foods that contain fat-soluble(脂溶性的) vitamins, the vitamins are stored in the fat tissues in your body and in your liver. They wait around in your body fat until your body needs them.
Fat-soluble vitamins are happy to stay stored in your body for a while — some stay for a few days, some for up to 6 months! Then, when it's time for them to be used, special carriers in your body take them to where they're needed. Vitamins A, D, E, and K are all fat-soluble vitamins.
Water-soluble vitamins are different. When you eat foods that have water-soluble vitamins, the vitamins don't get stored as much in your body. Instead, they travel through your bloodstream. Whatever your body doesn't use comes out of your body. So these kinds of vitamins need to be replaced often because they don't stick around! This crowd of vitamins includes vitamin C and the big group of B vitamins — B1 , B2 , B6 , B12 and so on.
1.The first paragraph of the passage is used to ________.
A.tell us the special use of salad
B.lead to the topic of the passage
C.advise kids to take more vitamins
D.show readers the value of vitamins
2.If a man suffers from night blindness, he’d better take more ____.
A.vitamin D B.vitamin A
C.vitamin E D.vitamin C
3.What is special about fat-soluble vitamins?
A.They can stay stored in our bodies for some time.
B.They are needed in our bodies every minute.
C.They can be easily produced in our bodies.
D.They contain all kinds of vitamins.
4.After reading the passage, we learn that ____.
A.kids need a lot more vitamins than adults
B.water-soluble vitamins stay long in our bodies
C.fat-soluble vitamins need to be replaced very often
D.vitamins play a great role in the development of our bodies
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made a deep_______on me. And since then, for the past 33 years, I have_______in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life,_______I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a _______, I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I’ll be_______soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big_______in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death,_______only what is truly important.
About a year ago I was_______with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs _______order, which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die. I________ with that diagnosis all day.________, at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is________with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now.
________wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all________. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of________. It is life’s change agent. It clears out the old to ________ for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too ________ from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is________, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be ________by dogma( 教条)---which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner________. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart.
1.A.statement B.impression C.decision D.joke
2.A.looked B.seen C.found D.lost
3.A.might B.should C.would D.could
4.A.row B.line C.moment D.hurry
5.A.successful B.dead C.rich D.frustrated
6.A.apology B.fortune C.choice D.impression
7.A.proving B.telling C.confirming D.leaving
8.A.cured B.diagnosed C.treated D.provided
9.A.in B.for C.on D.at
10.A.met B.got C.did D.lived
11.A.So B.But C.Therefore D.However
12.A.incurable B.uncomfortable C.curable D.changeable
13.A.Anyone B.No one C.Someone D.everyone
14.A.share B.avoid C.want D.escape
15.A.disease B.destination C.science D.life
16.A.make way B.make for C.make out D.make up
17.A.distant B.short C.long D.away
18.A.lost B.rare C.enough D.limited
19.A.wasted B.cheated C.trapped D.excited
20.A.love B.voice C.direction D.confusion
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
My most memorable experience was when my father and I got lost in a forest. We were camping in Sequoia National Park for a long weekend. As as we got there, my family and I our tents and by then it was starting to get .
My dad started up a small fire and that there would not be enough wood for the , so he decided to go for some firewood. I wouldn’t let my father go off his own, so I followed in his direction. I up with him and we went off into the forest for some firewood.
Soon we got off track and realized we got . With nothing but a flashlight(手电筒), we started back. We felt like foreigners, not familiar at all with the . My dad stopped to figure out (琢磨) what we could do, I just sat down on a fallen tree. After a couple of minutes of rest, I thought it would be OK to .
All of a I felt my dad’s arm me up and he placed my head on his . I felt as safe as a bear, protecting over its child. My dad walked and walked he found a trail(小路), and one way or another he found our campsite. My mother was very , almost crying about where we were. , I think that it was a good thing to be lost for a little while because I got to spend good quality time with my dad.
1.A. long B. soon C. far D. well
2.A. put up B. picked up C. took up D. gave up
3.A. black B. clean C. clear D. dark
4.A. realized B. promised C. recognized D. admitted
5.A. day B. afternoon C. night D. morning
6.A. on B. with C. by D. at
7.A. came B. caught C. put D. got
8.A. asking B. calling C. looking D. sending
9.A. paid B. lost C. dressed D. changed
10.A. returning B. looking C. walking D. arriving
11.A. environment B. language C. difference D. expression
12.A. exactly B. frequently C. entirely D. gradually
13.A. but B. yet C. so D. because
14.A. play B. walk C. sleep D. seat
15.A. moment B. minute C. flash D. sudden
16.A. throw B. set C. draw D. pick
17.A. head B. leg C. shoulder D. arm
18.A. unless B. until C. while D. since
19.A. worried B. excited C. calm D. eager
20.A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. Besides D. However
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
You have probably heard of the Mozart effect. It’s the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed by Mozart, they will become more intelligent. A quick Internet search suggests plenty of products to assist you in the task. Whatever your age there are CDs and books to help you taste the power of Mozart’s music, but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever, the picture is more mixed.
The phrase “the Mozart effect” was made up in 1991, but it was a study described two years later in the journal Nature that sparked real media and public interest about the idea that listening to classical music somehow improves the brain. It is one of those ideas that sound reasonable. Mozart was undoubtedly a genius himself; his music is complex （复杂的）and there is a hope that if we listen to enough of it, we’ll become more intelligent.
The idea got across to the public, with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children, and in 1998 Zell Miller, the Governor of the state of Georgia in the US, even asked for money to be set aside in the state budget so that every newborn baby could be sent a CD of classical music. It was not just babies and children who were exposed to Mozart’s music on purpose, even an Italian farmer proudly explained that the cows were played Mozart three times a day to help them to produce better milk.
I’ll leave the debate on the impact on milk yield to farmers, but what about the evidence that listening to Mozart makes people more intelligent? More research was carried out but an analysis of sixteen different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally, but the benefits are short-lived and it doesn’t make us more intelligent.
1.What can we learn from paragraph 1?
A. Mozart composed many musical pieces for children.
B. Children listening to Mozart will be more intelligent.
C. There are few products on the Internet about Mozart’s music.
D. There is little scientific evidence to support Mozart effect.
2.The underlined sentence in paragraph 3 suggests that ________.
A. the idea was accepted by many people
B. people were strongly against the idea
C. Mozart played an important part in people’s life
D. the US government helped promote the idea
3.What is the author’s attitude towards the Mozart effect?
A. Favorable. B. Objective. C. Positive. D. Doubtful.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Listening to Mozart, necessary?
B. What music is beneficial?
C. What is the Mozart effect?
D. To accept Mozart or not to?
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
If you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball. I happen to be one of the few girls who would __1_: surfing (冲浪运动). But isn’t that a boy thing? Some people __2_. Most certainly not.
I started surfing about five years ago and__3_in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first __4_ was the best feeling I had ever experienced.
When I try to __5_ surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my __6_, there’s nothing like it. It involves (牵涉到) body, __7_, and soul. There’s sand between my toes and cool, salt water all __8_ us. The feeling I get when I’m surfing across that __9_, becoming one with the__10_, is like I’m weightless.
The one thing I can __11from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge(挑战). You can never be the “best suffer” because the ocean __12__ an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some suffers are free and flowing; others are very aggressive(活跃有力的) and __13__. All of these things attract me to surfing and make it __14__ from any other sport.
I’ve __15__ to tell every girl I know to do something that people don’t think girls can do. It’s part of being human to advance to new __16__, so shouldn’t it be expected that girls should step up and start __17__ the limits(极限) of things boys and men used to dominate(主宰)?
There’re women __18__ side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys __19__ the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to __20__, and they will.
1.A. tell B. answer C. give D. realize
2.A. wonder B. understand C. reply D. believe
3.A. stayed B. came C. dropped D. fell
4.A. wave B. storm C. sail D. boat
5.A. bring B. connect C. compare D. tie
6.A. work B study C. holiday D. life
7.A. mind B. effort C. health D. time
8.A. along B. above C. around D. by
9.A. beach B. water C. board D. lake
10.A. sky B. world C. earth D. ocean
11.A. take B. get C. make D. keep
12.A. catches B. includes C. offers D. collects
13.A. sharp B. great C. hard D. calm
14.A. known B. right C. far D. different
15.A. chosen B. tried C. learned D. promised
16.A. levels B. points C. steps D. parts
17.A. reaching B. accepting C. pushing D. setting
18.A. sitting B. walking C. fighting D. working
19.A. of B. from C. on D. with
20.A. think B. succeed C. perform D. feel
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
（题文）You’d better not leave the football club. If you do, most probably you will not be ___________ back in.
A. turned B. received
C. admitted D. accepted
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Dear Dad,
I was very upset when I received your letter. I knew you 36 not like my results, but I didn’t realize you and Mum were so 37 with me. This has made me38 very carefully about myself, and now I39 how silly I have been.
My poor40 have come from my own41 . Of course, I want to do my best. I want you and Mum to be proud42 me, but somehow when I get to school I just can’t keep my 43 on the subject and I stop 44 the teacher. So many other things seem so much more 45 , but I know that I must not 46 the chance you and Mum have given me. If I don’t work very hard 47 the next few months, I am going to get 48 results. So I am going to study hard this summer. And I will show Mum anything49 I can’t understand so that she can give me help.
I 50 you will allow me to play some basketball. I think I need some exercise, 51 _ I will control the time I52 on it properly.
If you want me to stop meeting Cindy, I will — but there is53 serious. We are just good friends, and she often helps me 54 my schoolwork.
Dad, I am really sorry I have made you angry. I’m going to try my best to55 my study. I promise that I will make you proud of me soon.
Yours,
Jimmy
1.A. will B. would C. need D. should
2.A. angry B. upset C. strict D. happy
3.A. talk B. speak C. think D. hear
4.A. receive B. believe C. insist D. realize
5.A. results B. memories C. parents D. friends
6.A. stubbornness B. carelessness C. laziness D. illness
7.A. of B. with C. in D. for
8.A. head B. mind C. eyes D. heart
9.A. listening to B. to listen to C. hearing D. to hear
10.A. boring B. dull C. beautiful D. interesting
11.A. find B. share C. waste D. afford
12.A. during B. at C. through D. until
13.A. better B. best C. poorer D. poorest
14.A. which B. that C. whom D. what
15.A. wish B. advise C. hope D. decide
16.A. and B. but C. so D. because
17.A. spend B. take C. cost D. pay
18.A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
19.A. in B. on C. with D. by
20.A. develop B. improve C. interest D. finish
高一英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析
Dear Dad,
I was very upset when I received your letter. I knew you 46not like my results, but I didn’t realize you and Mum were so 47with me. This has made me48very carefully about myself, and now I49 how silly I have been.
My poor50have come from my own51 . Of course, I want to do my best. I want you and Mum to be proud52 me, but somehow when I get to school I just can’t keep my 53 on the subject and I stop 54 the teacher. So many other things seem so much more 55 , but I know that I must not 56the chance you and Mum have given me. If I don’t work very hard 57 the next few months, I am going to get 58results. So I am going to study hard this summer. And I will show Mum anything59I can’t understand so that she can give me help.
I 60you will allow me to play some basketball. I think I need some exercise, 61 _ I will control the time I62on it properly.
If you want me to stop meeting Cindy, I will — but there is63serious. We are just good friends, and she often helps me 64my schoolwork.
Dad, I am really sorry I have made you angry. I’m going to try my best to65my study. I promise that I will make you proud of me soon.
Yours,
Jimmy
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高一英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析