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What’s the best way to remember our happiest moments, like a birthday or festival? I bet you would answer , “Take lots of photos!” Well, here is a great surprise. People who always take photos may actually be harming(伤害) their memory, because they’re not concentrating on the event itself. That’s according to new research by Fairfield University, Connecticut, in the US. They call this the “photo-taking impairment(损害) affect”.
“People so often take out their cameras almost mindlessly to catch a moment, to the point that they are missing what is happening right in front of them,” Henkel and her team decided to perform an experiment. They wanted to find out whether taking photos in a museum weakened(减弱) a visitor’s memory of what they had seen. So they simply told a group to look around the museum, and either take photos of the items on display, or try to remember what they had seen. In addition(另外), the amount(数量) of detail(细节) they remembered was worse than those who didn’t take photos. “These results show how the mind’s eye and the camera’s eye are not the same,” said Henkel.
But don’t put your camera down just yet. Other studies have found that looking back at old photos helps us remember an event, compared to just taking a photo and forgetting about it. So next time you’re thinking of taking a photo, just think: is it better to look at the beauty around you with your own eyes, or behind the eye of the camera?
小题1: When we take photos, we _________.
A.fail to focus on the event itself
B.can’t record the details
C.remember what we have seen
D.are likely to have a poor memory
小题2:Which of the following is NOT true about the experiment?
A.People who didn’t take photos did better in the experiment.
B.They asked a group to try to remember what they had seen.
C.The experiment aimed to learn what people were interested in at the museum.
D.People who took photos in the museum could remember less details.
小题3:According to the passage, we’d better _________.
A.never use our cameras
B.remember an event by heart
C.always remember an event with the help of a camera
D.see everything only with our own eyes
小题4:What do the results of the experiment show us?
A.The mind’s eye and the camera’s eye are not the same.
B.People remember happiest moments by taking photos.
C.Looking back at old photos helps us remember an event.
D.People don’t like taking photos.
小题5:Where can we probably read this passage?
A.The entrance of a museum.
B.A guidebook on how to take good pictures.
C.An instruction of how to use a camera.
D.A scientific report.

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I heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important achievements.

What made him   41   from others?

    He said it all came from   42   that happened when he was two years old. He tried to  43 

a bottle of milk away from the fridge, but the slippery(光滑的) bottle fell, spilling its milk all over the   44   floor.

    When his mother came in,  45   shouting at him, she said, “Robert, what a great mess(一团糟) you have made! I have never seen such a big puddle(水坑) of milk. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes   46   we clean it up?”

    Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “Robert, when you make a mess like this, you have to clean it up at last. So,   47   would you like to do that? We would use a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?” He chose the towel and together they cleaned up the milk.

    His mother then said, “We had a failed   48   in how to carry a big milk bottle with two small hands in the kitchen. Let’s go out and fill the bottle with water and see if you can   49   a way to carry it without dropping it.” The little boy learned that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip(杯口) with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it.

    This scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to

  50  .So, what have you learnt from the story?

1.A. serious          B. similar             C. different    D. important

2. A. an experience     B. advice             C. a promise   D. an idea

3.A. pass             B. bring             C. drink             D. take

4. A. kitchen          B. bedroom           C. bathroom         D. living room

5.A. from            B. with               C. because of        D. instead of

6.A. after             B. before             C. as soon as      D. since

7.A. when            B. what              C. how              D. why

8. A. experiment        B. condition          C. survey      D. research

9.A. look             B. discover           C. recognize    D. develop

10. A. clean the floor     B. spill milk          C. make mistakes     D. realize mistakes

 

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I was walking down the road one day when my cell phone rang.   36   voice on the other end spoke to me, “Dad, please come back soon. I miss you so much!” I thought that it was a wrong number. A short while later, the call came once again, so I   37   rudely, “You’ve dialed the wrong number!” and then hung up.

During the    38    days, I often got the    39   call. But I didn’t care much about it.

    Then one day she kept calling me,    40    I didn’t answer. Finally I answered the phone and heard a weak voice, “Dad, please come back. I miss you so much! Dad, I’m in so much    41   ! Mom said you were too busy to take care of me. But, dad, please    42    me again, OK?” It was     43    to refuse the innocent(天真的, 无邪的) ask. I made a    44    kiss on the phone and heard the weak voice say, “Thank you…Dad, I am so…happy, so…happy…”

    Shortly after this, I became curious(好奇)about    45    had been on the other end of my phone. So I called back, and a woman answered, “Sorry, sir. I am really sorry to have    46    you. My daughter has had bone cancer since she was born. And her father…died in a car    47    two weeks ago. I didn’t want to tell her the news. Poor baby. When she couldn’t    48    the painful chemotherapy(化疗), she would cry for her dad because her dad always    49    her. I really don’t know what to do, so I gave her a random(随意的) phone number…”

    “How is your daughter now?” I couldn’t wait to ask.

“She has died. You   50    have kissed her on the phone, because she died with a smile, tightly holding the cell phone…”   Tears full of my eyes….

36.A.A boy’s                   B.A child’s                 C.My daughter’s         D.My son’s

37.A.spoke                    B.told                       C.returned                D.replied

38.A.following               B.front                    C.other                 D.coming

39.A.different              B.same             C.wrong           D.funny

40.A.so that                   B.and                   C.as if                   D.though

41.A.danger                   B.trouble                    C.pain                 D.difficulty

42.A.look after               B.kiss                        C.help                  D.encourage

43.A.easy                     B.sad                      C.happy                 D.difficult

44.A.soft                      B.sweet                        C.low                    D.loud

45.A.that                     B.what                    C.who                   D.how

46.A.troubled                 B.asked                    C.stopped             D.reached

47.A.experiment              B.event                  C.accident               D.activity

48.A.receive                   B.fight                       C.stand                   D.face

49.A.encouraged            B.amused                   C.caught                    D.missed

50.A.must                      B.might               C.should                    D.need

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I was going down the road one day when my cell phone rang. A child’s voice on the other end spoke to me, “Dad, please    1   soon. I miss you so much!” I thought that it was a wrong number. A short while later, the call came once again, so I   2  angrily, “You’ve dialed the wrong number!” and then hung up.

During the following days, I often got the   3  call. But I didn’t care much about it.

    Then one day she kept calling me,    4  I didn’t answer. Finally I answered the phone and heard a weak    5  , “Dad, please come back. I miss you so much! Dad, I’m in so much pain! Mom said you were so busy that you had no time to take care of me. But, dad, please   6  me again, OK?” It was   7   to refuse the innocent* ask. I made a    8    kiss on the phone and heard the weak voice say, “Thank you…Dad, I am so…happy, so…happy…”

    Shortly after this, I became surprised about    9 had been on the other end of my phone. So I called   10  , and a woman answered, “Sorry, sir. I am really sorry to have   11   you. My daughter has had bone cancer since she was born. And her father…died in a car   12   a month ago. I didn’t want to tell her the news. Poor baby. When she couldn’t   13   the painful chemotherapy*, she would cry for her dad because her dad always   14   her. I really don’t know what to do, so I gave her a random* phone number.”

    “How is your daughter now?” I couldn’t wait to ask.

“She has died. You must have kissed her on the phone, because she died   15  a smile, tightly holding the cell phone….” Tears full of my eyes….

1 A.come in               B.come back                     C.come out                D.come down

2 A.spoke                 B.told                       C.asked                       D.replied

3 A.different            B.same             C.funny             D.right

4A.so                              B.and                   C.because              D.though

5A.decision               B.answer                   C.voice               D.hello

6A.hug                     B.kiss                        C.help                  D.call

7A.easy                   B.terrible                 C.happy                 D.difficult

8A.soft                    B.sweet                        C.low                    D.high

9A.that                   B.what                    C.who                   D.how

10A.back                        B.in                        C.on                    D.up

11A.troubled                    B.asked                    C.stopped             D.reached

12A.experiment          B.event                  C.accident               D.activity

13A.receive                B.fight                       C.stand                   D.face

14A.encouraged         B.amused                   C.caught                    D.missed

15A.with                           B.to                           C.at                           D.without

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  I heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important achievements.What made him  41 from others?

  He said it all came from  42 that happened when he was two years old. He tried to 43 a bottle of milk away from the fridge, but the slippery(光滑的) bottle fell, spilling its milk all over the  44 floor.

  When his mother came in, 45 shouting at him, she said, “Robert, what a great mess(一团糟) you have made! I have never seen such a big puddle(水坑) of milk. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes  46 we clean it up?”

  Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “Robert, when you make a mess like this, you have to clean it up at last. So,  47 would you like to do that? We would use a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?” He chose the towel and together they cleaned up the milk.

  His mother then said, “We had a failed 48 in how to carry a big milk bottle with two small hands in the kitchen. Let’s go out and fill the bottle with water and see if you can 49 a way to carry it without dropping it.” The little boy learned that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip(杯口) with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it.

  This scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to 50 .So, what have you learnt from the story?

41. A. serious      B. similar       C. different     D. important

42. A. an experience   B. advice       C. a promise     D. an idea

43. A. pass       B. bring       C. drink       D. take

44. A. kitchen     B. bedroom      C. bathroom     D. living room

45. A. from      B. with        C. because of    D. instead of

46. A. after       B. before       C. as soon as     D. since

47. A. when      B. what       C. how       D. why

48. A. experiment    B. condition     C. survey      D. research

49. A. look       B. discover      C. recognize    D. develop

50. A. clean the floor   B. spill milk     C. make mistakes   D. realize mistakes

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