A man enters a store to buy milk. He walks out of the store with milk. That is all—milk. At the same time, a woman enters the same grocery store also to buy milk. She buys it. But, she also buys chicken and lemons to make dinner that night. She also gets a bottle of wine for drinks with friends and a birthday card for her husband’s niece. And that is the difference between the female and male brains simply explained in a grocery store. Generally speaking, men do one thing at a time. Women do many. Doing many things at one time is often called “multi-tasking,” a very popular word these days.
Now scientific research supports this theory about male and female brains. A recent study has confirmed what we have known all along—men and women think differently.
Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania studied brain images of 949 people aged from 8 to 22 years old. They found that male brains have more connections on one side of the brain, or hemisphere. In the female brain, they found more activity and connections between the right and left sides of the brain. The left side of the brain is known as the side of “reason”. The right hemisphere is known as the “creative” side.
Regina Verma is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She co-wrote the report. She says when women are asked to do something complicated they might use different parts of the brain. But men generally use just one.
As a result, men generally deal directly with a problem. There is a strong connection between the “understanding” and the “action” parts of their brains. Women, however, might include other parts of the brain, like the part connected with “reason” and the part connected with sensitivity when solving a problem. Women take a less direct path to find a solution.
Thanks for your listening. I’m your announcer Anna Matteo.
1.From Paragraph 1, we can learn that women ________.
A. are more hard-working than men
B. are more multi-tasking than men
C. are more careful than men
D. go shopping more than men
2.When asked to do something complicated, men __________.
A. only use the “reason” side of the brain
B. only use the “creative” side of the brain
C. use different parts of the brain
D. use one part of the brain
3.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Men like doing something difficult.
B. Men take a less direct path to find a solution.
C. Women usually deal with a problem indirectly.
D. Women brains have more connections on one side.
4.The main purpose of the passage is to tell us ________.
A. that men and women really do think differently
B. who want to go shopping more, men or women
C. why women want to do many things at one time
D. that men and women all like to drink milk
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年吉林汪清县六中高二下期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
If you know something is bad for you, why can’t you just stop? About 70% of smokers say they would like to stop. Drug and alcohol abusers (滥用者) struggle to give up the bad habits that hurt their bodies and destroy families and friendships. And many of us have unhealthy weight that we could lose if only we would eat right and exercise more. So why don’t we do it?
Some scientists have been searching for answers. They’ve studied what happens in our brains as habits form. They’ve found answers to why bad habits, once formed, are so difficult to kick. And they’re developing ways to help us make the changes we’d like to make.
Habits are a normal part of life, and are often helpful. “ We wake up every morning, shower, comb our hair or brush our teeth without being aware of it,” Volkow says. We can drive along familiar routes without really thinking about the directions. “When behaviors become automatic(不加思索的), it gives us an advantage, because the brain does not have to perform the action on purpose.” Volkow says. This frees up our brains to focus on different things.
One way to kick bad habits is to focus on your unhealthy habits. Then try your best to stop them. For example, habits can be linked in our minds to certain places and activities. You could develop a plan, say, to avoid walking down the hall where there’s a candy machine. Try to avoid going places where you’ve usually smoked. Stay away from friends and situations linked to problem drinking or drug use.
Another helpful way is to replace unhealthy habits with new, healthy ones. “It doesn’t work for everyone,” Volkow says. “But certain groups of patients who have a history of taking a drug can do something else like running and it helps them stay away from drugs.”
1.In the first paragragh the writer mainly wants to tell us ______.
A. we should stop something bad for us
B. most smokers would like to stop smoking
C. bad habits are really difficult to give up
D. eating right and exercise more can lose weight
2.Scientists studied what happened in our brains as habits form in order to______.
A. find answers to solve the problem
B. find ways to form good habits
C. kick their own bad habits
D. help us see how bad habits form
3. If you want to kick bad habits you’d better_______.
A. focus on them on purpose
B. go to the places linked with them
C. do something linked with them
D. ask your friends for help
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Breaking bad habits.
B. Forming good habits.
C. Finding reasons for bad habits
D. Replacing bad habits with good ones.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届河北邯郸大名县一中高三上学期第一次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Did you know that if you need an alarm clock to wake up in the morning, you’re probably sleep-deprived （缺失）? __1._______ . On average, American teens get two hours less than the average 9.2 hours of sleep they need each night to function at their best.
There are many reasons why teens don’t get enough sleep. ____2.______ . When your parents were young, they might have read a book or watched television before trying to go to sleep. But today’s teens are likely to be surfing the Internet, texting, emailing, or playing video games right before bed. ___3._____ . And using them right before bed can result in difficulty getting to sleep. According to a survey by the National Sleep Foundation, teens with four or more electronic equipment in their rooms are much more likely than their peers to get an insufficient amount of sleep at night, and are almost twice as likely to fall asleep in school and while doing homework.
___4.______ . In the National Sleep Foundation survey, three-quarters of the teens took at least one drink with caffeine every day, and nearly one-third consumed two or more every day. With all the trendy “high-energy” drinks and coffees out there right now, it’s easy to get a caffeine overload and that’s not good for sleep.
So what can you do if you’re in lack of sleep? “The good news is that you only have to make up about a third of what you have lost, to function and feel better,” says Dr. Mahowald at a sleep disorders center. ____5.______ . But sleeping until noon on the weekend can cause problems — you’ll likely be wide-eyed until late those nights. Instead, try keeping a reasonable, regular sleeping and waking schedule.
A. One of them is a relatively new development.
B．Those extra two hours of sleep on Saturday and Sunday mornings can really help.
C．Most teens don’t get enough sleep.
D．Many teens also drink too much caffeine to sleep well.
E．Electronic devices are more exciting than simply watching television.
F．Researchers also have found that biology plays a role in teens’ sleep patterns.
G．Many school districts are shifting their start times to later morning for school students.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届福建省高三模拟考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Millions of people seek help from psychologists in part because they feel different from others. But a _________ Andrew Erlich says that everyone is a freak(怪物) in some way. Erlich _________ for acceptance of differences in his book “The Long Shadows” about an uncle, Jake Erlich, who overcame prejudice, depression and _________ caused by his extreme height.
“Most of us have something that we are embarrassed about. It is like an invisible clubfoot（畸形足）. But for Jake, it was_________ . Everybody saw it,” said Andrew. As a clinical psychologist, Andrew Erlich helps patients who see themselves as freaks. First, he tells them about his uncle. “Here is a man that _________ the challenges, and he does it not by _________ who he is, but by embracing(拥抱) who he is _________ and expressing it in the visual _________ and in his performances,” he said.
Erlich’s _________ tells about how Jake toured with the circus and then, after suffering temporary blindness, _________ sculpture and painting. “He found _________ through creativity. I am _________ interested in the creative process in the people that I see, and I use Jake as an example, and I _________ them his paintings,” said Erlich.
“Jake really wanted to do something _________ . You see a scene and your _________ come through as you see and feel it, and you believe he painted it from different _________ ,” said Erlich. “People were _________ of human differences, and they would _________ walls to protect themselves from those differences and those walls that _________ us are very dangerous,” he said.
Erlich hopes that his uncle’s story will help readers _________ themselves and fulfill their dreams.
1.A. physician B. painter C. writer D. psychologist
2.A. argues B. defines C. prepares D. protests
3.A. disappointment B. loss C. pain D. illness
4.A. pleasant B. present C. sick D. widespread
5.A. fears B. overlooks C. overcomes D. rejects
6.A. avoiding B. admitting C. recognizing D. imagining
7.A. tightly B. quickly C. bravely D. easily
8.A. books B. arts C. actions D. habits
9.A. clinic B. book C. painting D. experiment
10.A. gave up B. thought over C. figured out D. took up
11.A. freedom B. health C. pressure D. sorrow
12.A. seldom B. rarely C. quite D. nearly
13.A. explain B. count C. draw D. show
14.A. suddenly B. differently C. happily D. simply
15.A. emotions B. possessions C. talents D. abilities
16.A. colors B. books C. lights D. angles
17.A. aware B. tired C. confident D. Frightened
18.A. build B. destroy C. remove D. break
19.A. prevent B. separate C. withdraw D. threaten
20.A. recover B. upgrade C. accept D. learn
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届河南洛阳一中高三上期第一次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
The best advice I received in my childhood was from my dad. He always gives me some advice, but I seldom took them seriously. One day he was encouraged me to participate in a speech competition. So I signed up and after the competition, I did my best to be full prepared. But the moment I stood on the stage, I was such nervous that my mind completely went blank. The experience of lose a competition was really painful. Then, my dad said, “My son, life is like battlefield. You have to lose many time to win the final victory.” Thanks for his advice, I never give up when I do anything.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届江苏无锡高三上期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
On July 12, 1997, Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora, Pakistan, located in the country's Swat Valley.
Yotsafzai attended a school that her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, had founded. After the Taliban began attacking girl schools in Swat, Malala gave a speech in Peshawar, Pakistan, in September 2008. The title of her talk was, "How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?"
When she was 14, Malala and her family learned that the Taliban had issued a death threat against her. Though Malala was frightened for the safety of her father——an anti-Taliban activist-she and her family initially felt that the fundamentalist group would not actually harm a child.
On October 9， 2012, on her way home from school, a man boarded the bus Malala was riding in and demanded to know which girl was Malala. When her friends looked toward Malala, her location was given away. The gunman fired at her, hitting Malala in the left side of her head. Two other girls were also injured in the attack.
Despite the Taliban's threats, Yousafzai remains a firm advocate for the power of education. On October 10, 2013, in acknowledgement of her work, the European Parliament awarded Yousafzai the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. That same year, she was nominated (提名) for a Nobel Peace Prize. She didn't win the prize, but was named a nominee again in March 2014.
Malala Yousafzai's Speech at the United Nations (Excerpt)
Dear brothers and sisters, do remember one thing. Malala Day is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights. There are hundreds of human rights activists and social workers who are not only speaking for human rights, but who are struggling to achieve their goals of education, peace and equality.Thousands of people have been killed by the terrorists and millions have been injured.I am just one of them.
…
Dear sisters and brothers, now it’s time to speak up.
So today, we call upon the world leaders to change their strategic policies in favour of peace and prosperity:
We call upon the world leaders that all the peace deals must protect women and children's rights.
We call upon all governments to ensure free compulsory education for every child all over the world.
We call upon all governments to fight against terrorism and violence, to protect children from brutality and harm.
We call upon the developed nations to support the expansion of educational opportunities for girls in the developing world.
We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave—to embrace (拥抱) the strength within themselves and realise their full potential.
1.Which of the following adjectives can best describe Malala according to this passage?
A. Independent and knowledgeable.
B. Stubborn and trustworthy.
C. Courageous and persistent.
D. Aggressive and sympathetic.
2.Malala was shot for the reason that ________.
A. she didn't behave herself on the bus
B. she fought against the Taliban
C. she appealed for girls' rights to education
D. her father was an anti-Taliban activist
3.What can we infer from Malala's speech at the United Nations?
A. Malala Day is an international day for all the boys and girls.
B. Many girls in developing countries cannot receive education.
C. Many country leaders have changed their policies to protect women and children's rights.
D. Human rights activists are people just calling for equal rights for all the people in the world.
4.We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. the Taliban attacked Ziauddin Yousafzai's school for girls
B. the Taliban caught Malala's father for his fight against the Taliban
C. the Taliban shot Malala in the head on her way to school
D. local people lived in the shadow of the Taliban
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届江苏无锡高三上期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
"He ________ lived well on his good looks, but instead he chose to thrive(成功) on his talent." People praised Ning Zetao like this.
A. should haveB. must haveC. might haveD. could have
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届河北省高三下期三模考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。 选项中有两项为多余选项。
Living with a roommate can be a great experience as many roommates become lifelong friends. However, roommates living together under the same roof for a long time unavoidably conflict with each other. 1.________ To prevent this from happening to you, each conflict should be addressed in a productive, healthy way.
1. Set a time for discussion.
Once conflicts occur, you need to set up a time to discuss the conflict. 2.________ They may think about any problems they want to discuss. It also allows for a better discussion as the both roommates will most likely enter the discussion fairly calm.
2. Make rules for discussion
Before discussing the actual conflicts, set up some rules to guide the discussion. For example, each roommate is allowed to air one problem at a time and the other roommate has a chance to respond to it before another one is brought up. Making rules beforehand can prevent a screaming match from breaking out. 3.________
3.4.________
You can use your discussion to point out to your roommates their great traits and specific things you like about them. While this won’t solve the conflict, it can help your roommates be more understanding of your point of view and more willing to compromise.
4. Come up with a written roommate agreement
Once grievances（不满）have been aired by both parties you should develop a roommate agreement that is written down. This agreement should discuss what the rules are as well as what consequences exist for breaking them. For example, roommates having a conflict about overnight guests may compromise to allow overnight guests only on weekends with guests on weekdays being gone by 11 p. m. 5.________
A. Talk about your problems openly.
B. Point out good things about roommates.
C. Being honest can avoid unfriendly discussion.
D. This provides both parties a chance for preparation.
E. And disaster can strike when a conflict never gets settled.
F. A consequence may be that the violator(违反者) pays $5 for breaking the rules.
G. This is because both sides know they will have an opportunity to speak.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年广东实验中学高一下期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
After the destructive earthquake ________ people needed badly __________ blankets, as it was very cold at night.
A．that; areB．what; was
C．that; isD．what; were
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