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【题目】Humans have daydreamed for thousands of years, and yet, these days, spare moments are filled with using our smartphones and other devices—going through social media, listening to podcasts, responding to emails—leaving us little time to let our minds wander.

【1】 When you’re in a daydreaming state of mind, you can imagine or pretend your own version of events.

“My most creative moments come when my brain is allowed to rest” says Megan King, a designer. But she is addicted to her smart phone. 【2】 According to Nielsen, Americans spend 10.5 hours a day consuming media. And UK residents are close behind at almost 10 hours a day, according to eMarketer.

【3】 This may seem a small change, but its effect, on the way our minds work and on our collective creativity could be serious. 【4】

Over years of studies, researchers have found that our brain has two separate attention systems — an external one and an internal one. The internal attention system, which is activated(激活）during daydreaming, is called the default network(默认网络).

The default network is particularly active when we are thinking about ourselves, thinking about the past, thinking about the future. 【5】

If both systems can’t be active at the same time and we’re spending 10 hours a day in one attention system, it begs the question: what is that doing to our brains — and our ability to come up with creative ideas?

A. Daydreaming is the opposite of our dreams.

B. This extended screen time has made some of us uncomfortable sitting alone with our own thoughts.

C. Daydreaming is how we access our big-picture state of mind.

D. In fact, it could be preventing your ability to come up with fresh, creative ideas.

E. We can’t really have both attention systems active at the same time.

F. People spend too much time on screen suffer from headaches.

G. She's not alone.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】G

【3】B

【4】D

【5】E

【解析】本文是一篇说明文，说明了现今社会我们的思绪游走在各种各样的社交媒体上，但长时间的沉迷于屏幕已经严重影响我们的思考与创造能力。

【1】根据后文“ When you’re in a daydreaming state of mind, you can imagine or pretend your own version of events.”当你处于白日梦状态时，你可以想象或者假装你自己的事件，可知本段讲的是白日梦，反观选项，有关白日梦的是A项Daydreaming is the opposite of our dreams.白日梦与我们的梦想相反和C项Daydreaming is how we access our big-picture state of mind.白日梦是我们如何进入大局的心态。C项符合逻辑，故选C。

【2】根据前文“ My most creative moments come when my brain is allowed to rest, But she is addicted to her smart phone.”可知当大脑休息时，最有创造力的时刻到来了，虽然沉迷于手机，但大脑在思考，所以并不是由于孤独才沉迷于手机，G符合语境，故选G。

【3】根据上文“ According to Nielsen, Americans spend 10.5 hours a day consuming media. And UK residents are close behind at almost 10 hours a day, ”据Nielsen说，美国人每天花10.5个小时消费媒体。英国居民紧随其后在几乎每天10小时，主要说了很多人都长时间的消费媒体，根据逻辑性和连贯性，可知下面就会向我们说明这种方式作出评价。B项 This extended screen time has made some of us uncomfortable sitting alone with our own thoughts.这种延长屏幕的时间让我们有些人不习惯独自坐着思考。符合语境，故选B。

【4】根据前文“This may seem a small change, but its effect, on the way our minds work and on our collective creativity could be serious.这似乎是一个小小的变化，但它的影响，在我们的思维方式，我们的集体创造力，可能是严重的”D项In fact, it could be preventing your ability to come up with fresh, creative ideas.事实上，这可能会阻碍你想出新创意的能力。符合语境，故选D。

【5】根据前文“ our brain has two separate attention systems — an external one and an internal one”可知我们的大脑有两种不同的注意力系统，一个是外部的，一个是内部的。根据后文“If both systems can’t be active at the same time”如果两个系统不能同时活动，根据逻辑性可知当我们在思考自己、思考过去、思考未来时，默认网络特别活跃，我们不能同时关注两个注意系统。E符合语境，故选E。