Fred had to have his car repaired in a garage because it _____ seriously．
A．damagedB．had been damaged
C．was being damagedD．had damaged
科目：高中英语 来源：2014-2015学年北京市东城区普通校高三11月联考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
I have ______ all the papers but I still can’t find my notes．
A． looked for B． looked through
C． looked after D． looked out
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届江苏省盐城市高三上学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：其他题
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Have you ever been so absorbed in a conversation at a party that you failed to notice that someone new is standing only six inches away from you, trying to get your attention? It’s possible that you were so distracted that you didn’t notice someone approaching you. But it’s also entirely likely that you were experiencing change blindness.
Change blindness is a phenomenon that occurs when a person is unable to notice visual changes in their environment, despite the fact that they are often rather obvious. In cases of change blindness, the person isn’t failing to notice small or insignificant changes, but will probably miss big changes, like someone standing next to them waving their hand.
Early experiments with change blindness focused largely on memory and perception when viewing pictures. For example, a person might be shown a photograph of a street scene in Egypt and told to memorize the image. Following that, they would be shown the same picture with certain elements added or taken away and asked to identify what’s different. Very often the individual could recall the larger aspects of the picture but couldn’t recognize the smaller changes.
In the 1990s, researcher Daniel Simons conducted a fascinating study into change blindness that many people find unbelievable. In Simons’ study, he asked participants to watch a video of a basketball being passed around between several people, with a particular focus on the basketball itself. When the experiment was over, Simons found that a large number of participants were so focused on watching the basketball being passed around that they failed to notice a man in a gorilla suit jumping around in front of the camera.
It’s important to note that the change in Simons’ video wasn’t subtle; the gorilla is very obviously taking up much of the frame. Simons concluded that participants were experiencing inattentional blindness, which is when a person fails to notice a major change because they are so focused on another task. In this case, because participants were asked to focus on the movement of the basketball, their brains prioritized that task in order to do it properly, thereby missing the other things happening in the video.
In the case of Simons’ study, participants engaged what’s referred to as attentional selection, which is when a person selects certain things to focus on in order to achieve a task and filters out anything that is unrelated to the objective.
There are a number of theories about what causes a person’s inability to recognize obvious changes in their environment, but most agree that the phenomenon is related to sensory processing. Broadly speaking, our brains have a limited capacity to detect and process everything in our environment. Instead, what the brain does is to choose certain things to process, evaluate, and store, which allows other things to be missed or filtered out.
In simple terms, change blindness has a great deal to do with where a person directs their attention. In the case of the gorilla and the basketball, people focused their attention almost exclusively on one thing, which caused them to miss other elements or changes. Given that attention is often at the root of change blindness, a person’s age or mental and physical health can influence how well they will notice changes in stimuli.
Change Blindness | |
1. of change blindness | Change blindness is a surprising perceptual phenomenon that occurs when a person recognizes minor changes in scenes while large changes go 2. . |
Experiments with change blindness | ●The main 3. of early experiments was memory and perception. ●Individuals were found to be4. at recalling the smaller details in the same picture previously shown to them. |
Research in the 1990s | ●In Simons’ study, participants were asked to pay special attention to the 5. basketball, during which time a man wearing a gorilla suit unexpectedly walked through the scene. ●Contrary to popular belief, with their attention fixed on the basketball, many participants reported that the “gorilla” 6. their notice. ●It is concluded that participants fail to recognize something big but unrelated to the objective when their brains are programmed to consider some task as a top 7. . |
8. of change blindness | ●The brain makes 9. about what to be dealt with because of its limited capacity. ●Although attention is closely10. to change blindness, age and health are other factors that play a role. |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届河北省保定市高三上学期11月高考摸底考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
完形填空（共1小题）
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，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The easy way out isn't always the easiest．I learned that lesson when I decided to treat Doug，my husband of one month，to a special meal．I_________to make homemade bread．Knowing the bread would take time，I_________it as soon as Doug left for work．
As l was not_________in cooking，I thought if a dozen was good，two dozen would be better，so I_________．everything．As Doug loved oranges，I also opened a can of orange and_________it all into the bowl．Soon there was a sticky dough（面团）covered with _________yellowish marks．Realizing I was_________，I put the dough in the rubbish bin outside so 1 wouldn't have to________Doug laughing at my work．I went on preparing the rest of the _________，and when Doug got home，we sat down to Cornish chicken with rice．He tried to enjoy the meal but seemed________．Twice he got up and went outside，saying he heard a_________．
The third time he left，I went to the window to see what he was doing．I saw Doug standing about three feet from the_________，holding the lid up with a stick and looking_________．When I came out of the house，he dropped the stick and explained that there was something _________in our rubbish bin．Picking up the stick again，he held the lid up．enough for me to see．I felt ________．But I stepped．closer and looked harder．Without _______it was my work．The hot _________had caused the dough to double in size and the fermenting yeast（酵母）made the surface．________and sigh as though it were breathing．
I could see why Doug was shaken．I had to admit what the“_________”was and why it was there．I don't know who was more_________by the whole thing---Doug or me．
1.A．chose B．managed C．had D．remembered
2.A．looked for B．got ready for C．started on D．worried about
3.A．weak B．interested C．successful D．experienced
4.A．used B．collected C．doubled D．tried
5.A．poured B．watered C．dipped D．threw
6.A．pleasant B．ugly C．big D．light
7.A．defeated B．injured C．dropped D．lost
8.A．feel B．keep C．face D．stop
9.A．bread B．orange C．rice D．meal
10.A．disappointed B．disturbed C．frightened D．ashamed
11.A．voice B．cry C．shout D．noise
12.A．window B．house C．rubbish bin D．door
13.A．around B．upward C．inside D．out
14.A．alive B．important C．new D．different
15.A．happy B．cold C．angry D．inspired
16.A．hesitation B．doubt C．delay D．exception
17.A．pot B．floor C．earth D．sun
18.A．burn B．walk C．shake D．work
19.A．art B．work C．trouble maker D．living thing
20.A．embarrassed B．nervous C．regretful D．awkward
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一Julia，you look upset．What's up？
—The computer_______break down at this busy hour．I have lots of typing to do．
A．shouldB．canC．mayD．must
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014-2015学年浙江省温州市十校联合体高三第一次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
People are being lured（引诱）onto Facebook with the promise of a fun, free service, and don’t realize that they’re paying for it by giving up loads of personal information．Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers that want to send targeted messages．
Most Facebook users don’t realize this is happening．Even if they know what the company is up to, they still have no idea what they’re paying for Facebook, because people don’t really know what their personal details are worth．
The biggest problem, however, is that the company keeps changing the rules．Early on, you could keep everything private．That was the great thing about Facebook—you could create your own little private network．Last year, the company changed its privacy rules so that many things—your city, your photo, your friends’ names—were set, by default（默认）, to be shared with everyone on the Internet．
According to Facebook’s vice president Elliot Schrage, the company is simply making changes to improve its service, and if people don’t share information, they have a “less satisfying experience．”
Some critics think this is more about Facebook looking to make more money．Its original business model, which involved selling ads and putting them at the side of the page, totally failed．Who wants to look at ads when they’re online connecting with their friends？
The privacy issue has already landed Facebook in hot water in Washington．In April, Senator Charles Schumer called on Facebook to change its privacy policy．He also urged the Commission to set guidelines for social-networking sites．“I think the senators rightly communicated that we had not been clear about what the new products were and how people could choose to use them or not to use them,” Schrage admits．
I suspect that whatever Facebook has done so far to invade（侵犯）our privacy, it’s only the beginning，which is why I’m considering deactivating（撤销） my account．Facebook is a handy site, but I’m upset by the idea that my information is in the hands of people I don’t trust．That is too high a price to pay．
1.What do we learn about Facebook from the first paragraph？
A．It is a website that sends messages to targeted users
B．It makes money by putting on advertisements
C．It earns money by selling its user’s personal data
D．It provides a lot of information to its users
2.What does the author say about most Facebook users？
A．They don’t know their personal data enriches Facebook
B．They are unwilling to give up their personal information
C．They don’t identify themselves when using website
D．They care very little about their personal information
3.Why does Facebook make changes to its rules according to Elliot Schrage？
A．To help its users make more friends
B．To obey the Federal guidelines
C．To make money by attracting more users
D．To offer better service to its users
4.What does Senator Charles Schumer argue for？
A．Setting guidelines for advertising on websites
B．Setting rules for social-networking sites
C．Stopping sharing user’s personal information
D．Removing ads from all social-networking sites
5.Why does the author plan to stop using his Facebook account？
A．He is dissatisfied with its service
B．He finds many of its users untrustworthy
C．He doesn’t want his personal data abused
D．He is upset by its frequent rule changes
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年四川绵阳南山中学高二上学期10月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
On a stormy day last August, Tim heard some shouting．Looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.
Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, rowed out a boat to search a football．Once they’d rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water．The pair panicked and tried to row back to shore．But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.
Tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves.
“Everything went quiet in my head,” Tim recalls（回忆）．“I’m trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line.”
Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water．Every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress．“At one point, I considered turning back,” he says．“I wondered if I was putting my life at risk.” After 30 minutes of struggling, he was close enough to yell to the boys, “Take down the umbrella! Let’s aim for the pier（码头）,” Jack said．Tim turned the boat toward it．Soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink．“Can you guys swim?” he cried．“A little bit,” the boys said.
Once they were in the water, Tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier．Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs．Tim swam toward land as water washed over the boys’ faces.
“Are we almost there?” they asked again and again．“Yes,” Tim told them each time.
After 30 minutes, they reached the pier.
1.Why was the boat far into open water?
A．The boys rowed too fast．
B．The big current carried it.
C．The wind blew it．
C．The boys tried to get attention..
2.Why did the two boys go to the sea?
A．To go boat rowing
B．To get back their football.
C．To swim in the open water
D．To test the umbrella as a sail.
3.What does “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A．The beach
B．The water
C．The boat
D．The wind
4.Why did Tim raise his head regularly?
A．To take in enough fresh air
B．To consider turning back or not.
C．To check his distance from the boys．
D．To ask the boys to take down the umbrella.
5.How can the two boys finally reach the pier?
A．They were dragged to the pier by Tim.
B．They swam to the pier all by themselves.
C．They were washed to the pier by the waves.
D．They were carried to the pier by Tim on his back.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届河北保定第一中学高三上第三次复习英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
8:30 PM
Outlook
Outlook is back with a new series of reports to keep you up to date with all that’s new in the world of entertainment. Stories go all the way from the technical to the romantic, from stage to screen. There will be reports of the stars of the moment, the stars of the future and the stars of the past. The director with his new film, the designer with the latest fashion, and the musician with the popular song are part of the new Outlook. The program is introduced by Fran Levine.
9:00 PM
Discovery
When a 10 -year –old boy gets a first class degree in mathematics or an 8-year- old plays chess like a future grand master, they are considered as geniuses. Where does the quality of genius come from? Is it all in the genes or can any child be turned into a genius? And if parents do have a child who might become a genius in the future, what should they do ? In this 30-minute film, Barry Johnson, the professor at School of Medicine, New York University will help you discover the answer.
10:00 PM
Science/Health
Is it possible to beat high blood pressure without drugs? The answer is “yes”, according to the researchers at Johns Hopkins and three other medical centers. After a study of 800 persons with high blood pressure, they found that after 6 months, those devoted to weight-loss exercise and eating a low-salt, low-fat food lost about 13 pounds and became fitter. Plus, 35% of them dropped into the “normal” category. This week, Dr. Alan Duckworth will tell you how these people reduce their blood pressure to a level similar to what’s achieved with Hypertension drugs.
1. From Outlook, you can get a great deal of information about _____________.
A. famous stars B. story tellers
C. film companies D. music fans
2. Who will be most probably interested in Discovery?
A. Parents who want to send their children to a school of medicine.
B. Children who are good at mathematics.
C. Parents who want their child to become another Albert Einstein.
D. Children who are interested in playing chess.
3.According to the third text, which of the following has almost the same effect as Hypertension drug?
A. Low-salt and low –fat food.
B. Loss of thirteen pounds in weight
C. Six months of exercise without drugs.
D. Exercise plus a healthy diet.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届宁夏长庆高级中学高三上学期第三次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
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Our local Community Youth Club is very popular organized with young people in my town. I have been1. member for four years now and I’ve taken part in a lot of interesting projects. These include fun activities such 62.
holiday camps and discos. We have organized sports competitions and we have even made a video. 2. it isn’t all just enjoyment; we 64.
(start)doing social work to help people in our neighborhood. We have organized activities for small children during the holidays. We have also formed a special support group to help young people stop 3. (smoke)! We have been
4. (particular)proud of the most recent group we have created. It organizes regular visits to the local old people’s home. The old people, 5. were very excited by our visit, told us their6. (person)stories. We sang songs and played games with them and had tea together. Some of them were in poor health and were very unhappy. 7. this visit, my friends and I decided we should do something 8. (help)improve the quality of their lives.
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