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Here are two methods that people use to make choices. One method is to compare the options(可选择的物品) with each other and choose the best one. The other is to evaluate each option individually and then pick the best one. Experts are more likely to evaluate the options individually, while ordinary people tend to compare the options.
Researches show that it is easier for people to make choices when they are being compared. Imagine buying a new dictionary. You find out that a particular dictionary has 50,000 words in it. Suppose, though, that you find out that another dictionary only has 25,000 words in it. Now, you know that 50,000 words is a good number for a dictionary to have.
New research shows that when people compare options, they also get more confident in their judgments. To get participants in their studies in a mindset to make comparisons, researchers had people look at a complex picture and write down the similarities and differences between two halves of the picture. Other participants evaluated(评价) the picture without making comparisons. Previous work shows that this technique gets people to make comparisons in later tasks.
After that, participants were shown descriptions of three brands(品牌) of cell phones (labeled Brands A, B and C). They had a chance to study the descriptions. Later, they were shown fourteen of the characteristics they had seen and were asked whether those characteristics belonged to Brand B. With each response, participants were allowed to place a bet between 0 and 10 dollars based on how confident they were in their response. The higher the bet, the more confident the people were that they knew whether the characteristic belonged to Brand B. People who were put in a mindset to make comparisons were more confident in their judgments about the characteristics of the cell phones than people who did not make comparisons. Despite the difference in confidence, the people who made comparisons were not more accurate in their judgments than those who did not make comparisons.
This research suggests that we need to be careful when making decisions. On the one hand, we are quite likely to rely on comparing the options in order to make a choice. On the other hand, those comparisons will increase our feeling of confidence in the decision. So, we need to recognize that at least part of that confidence comes from the way the choice was made.
1.Why does the writer mention a dictionary in Paragraph 2?
A.To explain a truth. B.To draw a conclusion.
C.To prove the writer’s opinion. D.To raise a question.
2.The underlined word “mindset” in Paragraph 3 means ________.
A.change B.relationship C.thought D.decision
3.The participants who evaluated the picture by making comparisons _______.
A.preferred Brand B B.placed a higher bet
C.gave a quicker answer D.made more choices
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A.Evaluation Decides Option B.Compare the Options
C.Decision Roots in Judgment D.Comparison Creates Confidence
九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析
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一Mom, please give me two . I want to make vegetable salad.
一OK. Here you are.
A. tomato B. tomatoes C. tomatos
九年级英语听短文填写表格困难题查看答案及解析
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If you're one of those people who like to use apps to kill time, you're not alone. Here are four apps for you to spend your free time.
Baicizhan
First of all, the app tells you how many English words you need to learn every day. That's not all. It can also be very fun. The learning process is like playing a guessing game. Instead of just showing the Chinese and English meanings of a new word, the app asks you to first choose the correct picture from four, according to an English description. And then, you can practice remembering the new word in other ways.
Douban FM
A digital radio app like a Douban FM might be the right music app for you. Without a playlist, you will never know what the next song is. Songs just keep playing one by one. You can use the "heart", "trash" and
"skip" buttons to mark the songs you like, don' t like, and want to cut short. Those marked with a heart will be kept in another list as your favorites for you to enjoy again at any time you want.
Moment Camera
App stores have too many camera apps with filters. They are all designed to make your smart phone camera better. But which one gives you the best influence? Moment Camera. Many people like this app because of its sequence shots and different-sized frames for photos. But the best thing about the app is not what it does, but what it leaves out. It is simple, clean, and easy to use.
Flipboard
It is one of the hottest news apps right now. But the difference with Flipboard is that you can make everything personal to you. Open up the app, choose whatever interests you, and click the "+" button. In the end you'll have your own magazine with news, articles, and information. So unlike the boring magazines you read in the past, you can be sure that every page of this one will interest you.
1.If you have problems in remembering English words, which app can help you?
A.Baicizhan B.Douban FM C.Moment Camera. D.Flipboard
2.When you use the Flipboard, you can _______.
A.listen to music B.know about the news
C.take pictures D.play guessing game
3.If you use the "heart" button, it means _______.
A.you don't like the songs at all B.you want to cut short the songs
C.you want to cancel the songs D.you want to enjoy the songs again
4.Which is NOT the advantage of Moment Camera?
A.It provides users with sequence shots B.It is a kind of camera app with filters
C.It can take photos by itself D.It offers you different-sized frames for photos
5.What can we know from the text?
A.Douban FM is a digital radio app for you to learn about sport news.
B.Flipboard gives you a chance to choose the news that interests you.
C.Baicizhan just shows the Chinese and English meanings of a new word.
D.Moment Camera is the only app to make your smart phone camera better.
九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析
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The prices of houses here are so ________ that most people can't afford to buy a new one.
A. dear B. low C. high D. cheap
九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析
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—Look. Here are two apples. Are they for me?
—Yes. You can have ____of them. The other one is for your little brother.
A. both B. all C. either
九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析
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There are two kinds of music in the world—one is written down and the other is not. Many people make their living _________ writing music. They write songs for pop stars and music for films and TV plays. They usually write exact instructions on ________ the music is played.
Folk music has been passed down from one generation (世代, 一代) to another. ________ it was never written down. People learnt the songs from their families, relatives, neighbors and friends in the same village. These songs were ________ country life, the seasons, animals and plants, and about love and ________ in people's lives.
Early performers of music were popular and respected. They ________ learn hundreds of songs by ________. On festivals they used to act and sing to praise heroes ________ lived long ago. This was at a time when there was no radio, TV, ________ cinema. Many of the country people could ________ read nor write. In this way, stories were passed on from one person to another. This continues even today.
1.A.by B.with C.in D.to
2.A.why B.when C.what D.how
3.A.In that case B.At first C.In the end D.In time
4.A.about B.so C.for D.into
5.A.masters B.dialogs C.cases D.sadness
6.A.were used to B.didn't use to C.used to D.usedn't to
7.A.head B.heart C.eyes D.mouth
8.A.who B.whom C.when D.which
9.A.but B.as C.and D.or
10.A.both B.either C.neither D.all
九年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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There is one language that people use in every country in the world. People （1） use it are young and old, short and tall, thin and fat. It’s almost everybody’s second language. It’s easy to understand, （2） you can’t hear it. It’s sign language.
Babies who can’t talk can point at things. They’re using sign language.（3） Sign language can be useful in places that are very noisy and in places that are very quiet. You can talk to the people who are behind windows. And when you go swimming with your friends, you can have a“talk”under water!
Many years ago, a Frenchman wanted to help deaf people. He opened the (4) /fɜ:st/ school for deaf people in Paris in 1760. And they learned sign language there. Teachers and doctors who wanted to help deaf people also went to Paris and had lessons. （5）然后他们教给他们的学生手势语 。 Soon there were schools for deaf people in other (6) / 'kʌntrɪz /.
Today, in the United States, there are special TV news programs for deaf people. The news broadcaster tells the news in sign language and the words appear on TV, too.
1.在文中（1）处和（2）处分别填入一个合适的词，使句子通顺连贯。
（1） ________________
（2） ________________
2.根据音标提示，在文中（4）处和（6）处分别填入一个合适的词。
（4） ________________
（6） ________________
3.将文中（3）句译成汉语。
_____________________________________________________
4.将（5）句译成英语。
_____________________________________________________
5.How can the deaf learn TV news in the USA today?
_____________________________________________________
九年级英语任务型阅读困难题查看答案及解析
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There is one language that people use in every country in the world. People who use it are young and old, short and tall, thin and fat. It’s almost everybody’s second language. It’s easy to understand, but you can’t hear it. It’s sign language.
Babies who can’t talk can point at things. They’re using sign language. Sign language can be useful in places that are very noisy and in places that are very quiet. You can talk to the people who are behind windows. And when you go swimming with your friends, you can have a“talk”under water!
Many years ago, a Frenchman wanted to help deaf people. He opened the first school for deaf people in Paris in 1760. And they learned sign language there. Teachers and doctors who wanted to help deaf people also went to Paris and had lessons. Then they taught sign language to their students. Soon there were schools for deaf people in other countries.
Today, in the United States, there are special TV news programs for deaf people. The news broadcaster tells the news in sign language and the words appear on TV, too.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1.Who can use sign language in the world?
___________________________________________
2.Is it easy or hard to understand sign language?
___________________________________________
3.In which places can sign language be useful?
__________________________________________
4.Why did the Frenchman open the first school for deaf people?
___________________________________________
5.How can the deaf learn TV news in the U.S.A.today?
___________________________________________
九年级英语回答问题困难题查看答案及解析
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What makes us who we are? This question has two different answers. One is the environment that surrounds us when we grow up, and the other is our genes (基因). In English, this is called the “nature vs nurture debate(辩论)”. Nature means genes, and nurture means environment, including the people around you.
There is a famous saying: “Give me a child until the age of 7 and I’ll show you the man.” Now, there is a scientific research to support this famous saying.
They watched small birds in new environments, and wrote down how much they explored(探索). Birds that grew up with very outgoing birds were more outgoing themselves. Scientists at the universities of Exeter, UK and Hamburg, Germany did studies on birds. They found that their personalities（个性） were affected most by the birds around them when they grew up – more so than genes.
Nick Royle from the University of Exeter in the UK said the research was surprising because it shows that “for these birds, personality is mainly determined（决定） by environment.” However, human personalities are a lot more complicated than birds, so there is much we still don’t know. The nature vs nurture debate will continue for a long time, if not forever.
1.The famous saying in the passage tells us _________.
A.A 7-year-old boy can do things as well as an adult.
B.An adult can be influenced and changed by a 7-year-old boy.
C.The environment in the early part of our life has the biggest influence on our adult life.
2.Nick Royle is a(n) ______ scientist.
A. American B. British C. German
3.What do the scientists think of the research?
A. Outgoing. B. Exciting. C. Surprising.
4.What does the underlined word “complicated” mean?
A. 有趣的 B. 类似的 C. 复杂的
5.Which is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. The environment and genes affect our personality.
B. The scientists are sure that the environment influences the human personality more than the genes do.
C. The nurture means the environment .
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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I often see some homeless people on the corner of the street. It used to make me uncomfortable to see them, and I had to ask myself, “_____?”
Then, one day I saw a homeless person. I parked my car and got out. I went up to him and asked him what would make him happy.
“A hot cup of ______,” he told me.
So we walked across the street to a little dinner and I bought him a cup of coffee, and some bread and eggs. He talked, and I _____. I told him now I used to look through (视而不见)people like him, but that day, I had decided to open my eyes and to really see the world. I told him he was the ________ homeless person I had ever spoken to.
After our meal together, I asked him if there was anything else that would make his life a bit ________. He said the only other thing he wanted was just a new pair of socks.
Socks, really?
He said he’d been wearing the same pair ____ a few weeks. There are always clean socks in my dresser drawer. I actually happened to be wearing a nice and new pair of socks at that very moment. I told him that I wanted to give him the pair I was wearing________ he wouldn’t mind. I had only been wearing them for a few _________.
At first, my new friend______. I told him it would make me happy if he would take _____.
Finally, he agreed. He was very happy to wear my socks.
Now, I always have an extra(额外的) pair with me in my car. They are always my best pair, just waiting to be given away…
1.A. How B.Who C.Why D. Where
2.A.milk B.juice C. tea D. coffee
3.A. smiled B.listened C.laughed D. cried
4.A.first B.second C.third D. last
5.A. simpler B.safer C.easier D.harder
6.A.of B.during C.with D. for
7.A.even B.if C.though D .because
8.A.hours B.minutes C.days D. weeks
9.A.offered B.satisfied C.acceptedD. refused
10.A.it B. this C.them D. that
九年级英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
