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    60．What can we know from the research? A．Forgetfulness is rather troublesome. B．It’s important to feel in a good mood. C．It’s memorable to experience a rainy day. D．Gloomy days are good for memorizing things. B In a surprising discovery about where higher life can survive, scientists have found a shrimp -like creature and a jellyfish swimming beneath an Antarctic ice sheet. About 180 meters below the ice where no light can get through, scientists had figured nothing much more than a few microbes could exist. That’s why a NASA team was surprised when they lowered a video camera to get the first long look at the underbelly of an ice sheet in Antarctica. A curious shrimp – like creature came swimming by and then parked itself on the camera’s cable. Scientists also pulled up a tentacle they believe came from a jellyfish. “We were operating on the presumption that nothing’s there. Said NASA ice scientist Robert Bindschadler. “It was a shrimp you’d enjoy having on your plate. “We were just gaga over it, he said of the 7.5cm long, orange creature starring in their two – minute video. Technically, it’s not a shrimp. It’s a Lyssianasid amphipod, which is distantly related to the shrimp. The video is likely to inspire experts to rethink what they know about life in harsh environments. And it has scientists thinking that if shrimp – like creatures can live below 180 meters of Antarctic ice in freezing dark water, what about other cold places? What about Europa, a frozen moon of Jupiter? Cynan Ellis – Evans, a scientist of the British Antarctic Survey called the finding fascinating. He said it was possible the creatures swam in from far away and don’t live there permanently. But Kim, who is a co-author of the study, doubts it. “The site in West Antarctica is at least 19 km from open seas. Bindschadler drilled a 20 cm – wide hole and was looking at a tiny amount of water. That means it’s unlikely that two creatures swam from great distances and were captured randomly in that small of an area, she said. Yet scientist were puzzled at what the food source would be for these creatures. While some microbes can make their own food out of chemicals in the ocean, complex life like the shrimp can’t, Kim said. “So how do they survive? That’s the key question. Kim Sai. “It’s pretty amazing when you find a huge puzzle like that on a planet where we thought we know everything. Kim said. 【查看更多】

     

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    PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION（30 points）

    Directions: Read the following three passages．Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage．

    Next time you find yourself drenched (湿透) in an unexpected heavy rain, look on the bright side – it will be a memorable experience. While wet weather may make us feel gloomy, it sharpens the memory and improves our recall. But those who feel in a good mood because it’s a sunny day are able to remember less well, according to memory tests carried by Australian researchers.

    Professor Joe Forgas, who led the research, said: “It seems strange but a little bit of sadness is a good thing. People performed much better on our memory test when the weather was unpleasant and they wee in a slightly negative mood. On bright sunny days, when they were more likely to be happy, the flunked it.”

    The tests were carried out on shoppers at a store in Sydney, where researchers randomly placed ten small objects on the check – out counter. On rainy days, sad music was played in the store. When it was bright and sunny, customers heard cheery music. This was done to further influence them towards negative or positive moods. After shopping, customers were asked how many of the objects they could remember. Their scores were three times higher when the weather was had and they were feeling angry, compared with those tested on sunny days. The results were published in Journal of Experimental Psychology. A report on the findings said: “They point to a growing body of evidence that the way people think, the quality of their judgments and the accuracy of their memory are all significantly influenced by positive and negative moods.”

    Professor Forgas said, “We found that weather – inducted negative mood improved memory accuracy. Shoppers in a negative mood showed better memory and higher discrimination ability.”

    A worse mood helped to focus people’s attention on their surroundings and led to a more thorough and careful thinking style, while happiness increased confidence and forgetfulness.

    Being happy tends to promote a thinking style that is less focused on our surroundings. In a positive mood we are less likely to make more snap (匆忙的) judgments about people we meet. Mild negative mood, in turn, tends to increase attention to our surroundings and produce a more careful, thorough thinking style.

    Accurately remembering everyday scenes is a difficult task, yet such memories can be on importance in everyday life. Surprisingly, the influence of mood states on the accuracy of real-life memories is still poorly understood.

    56．What’s the major function of Paragraph 1?

    A．To attract readers’ interest.     

    B．To introduce the theme of the whole passage.

    C．To generalize the whole passage.   

    D．To describe a memorable experience.

    57．The underlined word “flunked” in Paragraph2 may mean “       ”.

    A．conducted B．failed       C．passed      D．understood

    58．In the research, researchers play different music to         .

    A．make customers become sadder or happier

    B．help customers choose what they want

    C．promote customers to buy more goods

    D．get customers to make a quick choice

    59．According to Joe Forgas, on sunny days, people         .

    A．will make careful judgments on others

    B．tend to pay more attention to their surroundings

    C．will have more confidence

    D．will have a better recall

    60．What can we know from the research?

    A．Forgetfulness is rather troublesome.

    B．It’s important to feel in a good mood.

    C．It’s memorable to experience a rainy day.

    D．Gloomy days are good for memorizing things.

     

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    PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION（30 points）

    Directions: Read the following three passages．Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage．

    Next time you find yourself drenched (湿透) in an unexpected heavy rain, look on the bright side – it will be a memorable experience. While wet weather may make us feel gloomy, it sharpens the memory and improves our recall. But those who feel in a good mood because it’s a sunny day are able to remember less well, according to memory tests carried by Australian researchers.

    Professor Joe Forgas, who led the research, said: “It seems strange but a little bit of sadness is a good thing. People performed much better on our memory test when the weather was unpleasant and they wee in a slightly negative mood. On bright sunny days, when they were more likely to be happy, the flunked it.”

    The tests were carried out on shoppers at a store in Sydney, where researchers randomly placed ten small objects on the check – out counter. On rainy days, sad music was played in the store. When it was bright and sunny, customers heard cheery music. This was done to further influence them towards negative or positive moods. After shopping, customers were asked how many of the objects they could remember. Their scores were three times higher when the weather was had and they were feeling angry, compared with those tested on sunny days. The results were published in Journal of Experimental Psychology. A report on the findings said: “They point to a growing body of evidence that the way people think, the quality of their judgments and the accuracy of their memory are all significantly influenced by positive and negative moods.”

    Professor Forgas said, “We found that weather – inducted negative mood improved memory accuracy. Shoppers in a negative mood showed better memory and higher discrimination ability.”

    A worse mood helped to focus people’s attention on their surroundings and led to a more thorough and careful thinking style, while happiness increased confidence and forgetfulness.

    Being happy tends to promote a thinking style that is less focused on our surroundings. In a positive mood we are less likely to make more snap (匆忙的) judgments about people we meet. Mild negative mood, in turn, tends to increase attention to our surroundings and produce a more careful, thorough thinking style.

    Accurately remembering everyday scenes is a difficult task, yet such memories can be on importance in everyday life. Surprisingly, the influence of mood states on the accuracy of real-life memories is still poorly understood.

    56．What’s the major function of Paragraph 1?

          A．To attract readers’ interest.     

           B．To introduce the theme of the whole passage.

           C．To generalize the whole passage.   

           D．To describe a memorable experience.

    57．The underlined word “flunked” in Paragraph2 may mean “       ”.

           A．conducted B．failed       C．passed      D．understood

    58．In the research, researchers play different music to         .

           A．make customers become sadder or happier

           B．help customers choose what they want

           C．promote customers to buy more goods

           D．get customers to make a quick choice

    59．According to Joe Forgas, on sunny days, people         .

          A．will make careful judgments on others

           B．tend to pay more attention to their surroundings

           C．will have more confidence

           D．will have a better recall

    60．What can we know from the research?

           A．Forgetfulness is rather troublesome.

           B．It’s important to feel in a good mood.

           C．It’s memorable to experience a rainy day.

           D．Gloomy days are good for memorizing things.

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    PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION（30 points）
    Directions: Read the following three passages．Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage．
    Next time you find yourself drenched (湿透) in an unexpected heavy rain, look on the bright side – it will be a memorable experience. While wet weather may make us feel gloomy, it sharpens the memory and improves our recall. But those who feel in a good mood because it’s a sunny day are able to remember less well, according to memory tests carried by Australian researchers.
    Professor Joe Forgas, who led the research, said: “It seems strange but a little bit of sadness is a good thing. People performed much better on our memory test when the weather was unpleasant and they wee in a slightly negative mood. On bright sunny days, when they were more likely to be happy, the flunked it.”
    The tests were carried out on shoppers at a store in Sydney, where researchers randomly placed ten small objects on the check – out counter. On rainy days, sad music was played in the store. When it was bright and sunny, customers heard cheery music. This was done to further influence them towards negative or positive moods. After shopping, customers were asked how many of the objects they could remember. Their scores were three times higher when the weather was had and they were feeling angry, compared with those tested on sunny days. The results were published in Journal of Experimental Psychology. A report on the findings said: “They point to a growing body of evidence that the way people think, the quality of their judgments and the accuracy of their memory are all significantly influenced by positive and negative moods.”
    Professor Forgas said, “We found that weather – inducted negative mood improved memory accuracy. Shoppers in a negative mood showed better memory and higher discrimination ability.”
    A worse mood helped to focus people’s attention on their surroundings and led to a more thorough and careful thinking style, while happiness increased confidence and forgetfulness.
    Being happy tends to promote a thinking style that is less focused on our surroundings. In a positive mood we are less likely to make more snap (匆忙的) judgments about people we meet. Mild negative mood, in turn, tends to increase attention to our surroundings and produce a more careful, thorough thinking style.
    Accurately remembering everyday scenes is a difficult task, yet such memories can be on importance in everyday life. Surprisingly, the influence of mood states on the accuracy of real-life memories is still poorly understood.
    56．What’s the major function of Paragraph 1?
    A．To attract readers’ interest.     
    B．To introduce the theme of the whole passage.
    C．To generalize the whole passage.   
    D．To describe a memorable experience.
    57．The underlined word “flunked” in Paragraph2 may mean “       ”.
    A．conducted B．failed       C．passed      D．understood
    58．In the research, researchers play different music to         .
    A．make customers become sadder or happier
    B．help customers choose what they want
    C．promote customers to buy more goods
    D．get customers to make a quick choice
    59．According to Joe Forgas, on sunny days, people         .
    A．will make careful judgments on others
    B．tend to pay more attention to their surroundings
    C．will have more confidence
    D．will have a better recall
    60．What can we know from the research?
    A．Forgetfulness is rather troublesome.
    B．It’s important to feel in a good mood.
    C．It’s memorable to experience a rainy day.
    D．Gloomy days are good for memorizing things.

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    THREE READING COMPREHENSION

    　　Next time you find yourself drenched(湿透)in an unexpected heavy rain, look on the bright side－it will be a memorable experience．While wet weather may make us feel gloomy, it sharpens the memory and improves our recall．But those who feel in a good mood because it’s a sunny day are able to remember less well, according to memory tests carried by Australian researchers．

    　　Professor Joe Forgas, who led the research, said：“It seems strange but a little bit of sadness is a good thing．People performed much better on our memory test when the weather was unpleasant and they wee in a slightly negative mood．On bright sunny days, when they were more likely to be happy, the flunked it．”

    　　The tests were carried out on shoppers at a store in Sydney, where researchers randomly placed ten small objects on the check－out counter．On rainy days, sad music was played in the store．When it was bright and sunny, customers heard cheery music．This was done to further influence them towards negative or positive moods．After shopping, customers were asked how many of the objects they could remember．Their scores were three times higher when the weather was had and they were feeling angry, compared with those tested on sunny days．The results were published in Journal of Experimental Psychology．A report on the findings said：“They point to a growing body of evidence that the way people think, the quality of their judgments and the accuracy of their memory are all significantly influenced by positive and negative moods．”

    　　Professor Forgas said,“We found that weather－inducted negative mood improved memory accuracy．Shoppers in a negative mood showed better memory and higher discrimination ability．”

    　　A worse mood helped to focus people’s attention on their surroundings and led to a more thorough and careful thinking style, while happiness increased confidence and forgetfulness．

    　　Being happy tends to promote a thinking style that is less focused on our surroundings．In a positive mood we are less likely to make more snap(匆忙的)judgments about people we meet．Mild negative mood, in turn, tends to increase attention to our surroundings and produce a more careful, thorough thinking style．

    　　Accurately remembering everyday scenes is a difficult task, yet such memories can be on importance in everyday life．Surprisingly, the influence of mood states on the accuracy of real-life memories is still poorly understood．

    (1)

    What’s the major function of Paragraph 1?

    [　　]

    A．

    To attract readers’ interest．

    B．

    To introduce the theme of the whole passage．

    C．

    To generalize the whole passage．

    D．

    To describe a memorable experience．

    (2)

    The underlined word“flunked”in Paragraph2 may mean“________”．

    [　　]

    A．

    conducted

    B．

    failed

    C．

    passed

    D．

    understood

    (3)

    In the research, researchers play different music to ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    make customers become sadder or happier

    B．

    help customers choose what they want

    C．

    promote customers to buy more goods

    D．

    get customers to make a quick choice

    (4)

    According to Joe Forgas, on sunny days, people ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    will make careful judgments on others

    B．

    tend to pay more attention to their surroundings

    C．

    will have more confidence

    D．

    will have a better recall

    (5)

    What can we know from the research?

    [　　]

    A．

    Forgetfulness is rather troublesome．

    B．

    It’s important to feel in a good mood．

    C．

    It’s memorable to experience a rainy day．

    D．

    Gloomy days are good for memorizing things．

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