1 . The education department is offering a “free” course, called Thinking Chess, for three ______.

A．subjects

B．lectures

C．credits

D．lessons

4 . Many of the scientists and engineers are judged _____ how great their achievements are.

A．in spite of

B．in ways of

C．in favor of

D．in terms of

5 . Do you ever pull your phone out of your pocket, thinking it is vibrating (振动), only to find that it isn't?

This phenomenon, which scientists call “phantom (幻觉的) phone vibration”, is very common.Around 80% of people surveyed say they have imagined their phones vibrating when they were actually still.

So, what leads to this universal behavior? According to the BBC, the explanation lies in your brain's ability to discover signals from the outside world.

When your phone is in your pocket, there are two possible states: It is either vibrating or not.   Meanwhile, you also have two possible states of mind: the judgment that the phone is ⅵbrating, or that it isn't. Ideally, you match the four states correctly. However, sometimes your brain decides that the consequences of missing a call are more serious than a “false alarm”. Therefore, you become more sensitive to vibrations so that you don't miss anything.

This is just like the fire alarm in your home—it can be annoying when it goes off in response to just a tiny bit of smoke. But that's a small price to pay compared to a fire really breaking out because the alarm fails to alert you. Now, you might still ask, why can't our brains just make every judgment correctly without being too sensitive to false signals? The answer is that your brain bears a heavy burden every day. “You get a large amount of sensory information that's coining from your eyes, ears and skin, and you can't deal with all that information all the time,” Michael Rothberg, a researcher at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, US, told Live Science.

For example, the rustling (沙沙声) of clothing or the growling (咕咕声you’re your stomach may both lead your brain to believe that they come from the vibration of your phone—it is like trying to hear your name being called in a noisy room.

So, perhaps you should just check your phone whenever you think it’s vibrating, lt isn’t too much trouble to do that, is it?

1. According to this passage, phantom phone vibration ________.

A．is common among people with mental problems

B．happens when our brains react too sensitively

C．can measure people's ability to collect information

D．helps our brains to make decisions quickly and accurately

2. Why did the author use the example of fire alarm in this passage?

A．To help us understand the cause of phantom phone vibration better.

B．To tell us the phone vibration usually happens when a fire breaks out.

C．To show us the fire alarm is as sensitive as the phone vibration.

D．To convince us it’s important to check our phones like checking a fire alarm.

3. According to Michael Rothberg, which mainly accounts for phantom phone vibration?

A．A lack of much attention.	B．A noisy background.
C．An overflow of sensory information.	D．A heavy burden every day.

4. What does the author suggest we do about phantom phone vibration?

A．We should always fully believe our own sense of hearing.

B．We should just check our phones when we think they're vibrating.

C．We should ignore the vibration bothering when our phones are actually still.

D．We should think of the vibration carefully before we make correct judgments.

6 . It is in this very town, __________Tom was born 40 years ago, __________he will build a new school, __________excites everyone in the town.

A．that; that; which

B．that; where; that

C．where; that; which

D．where; when; that

7 . At the moment, the foreign friends you referred to _________ forward to _________ around our university.

A．are looking, being shown	B．are looking, showing
C．look, being shown	D．look, showing

8 . Art and science may seem like opposite things. One means the creative flow of ideas, and the other means cold, hard data-some people believe. In fact, the two have much in common. Now, a study finds art can help students remember better what they have learned in the science class.

Mariale Hardiman, an education specialist at Johns Hopkins University, noticed that students who used art in the classroom listened more carefully. They might ask more questions. They might volunteer more ideas. What’s more, students seemed to remember more of what they had been taught when their science lessons had involved(涉及) art. To prove that, Hardiman teamed up with some researchers and six local schools.

In the experiment, the researchers worked with teachers in 16 fifth-grade classrooms. They provided traditional science lessons and art-focused ones. In a traditional science class, for example, students might read aloud from a book. In the art-focused one, they might sing the information instead.

The team randomly assigned(随机分配) each of the 350 students to either a traditional science classroom or an art-focused one. Students then learned science using that way for the whole unit-about three weeks. When they changed to a new topic, they also changed to the other type of class. This way, each student had both an art-focused class and a traditional one. Every unit was taught in both ways, to different groups of students. This enabled the researchers to see how students did in both types of classes.

The team found that students who started off in a traditional class performed better after they moved into an art-focused class. But those who started off in an art-focused class did well even when they went back to a traditional science class. These students appeared to use some of the art techniques(技巧) after going back to a traditional class. Classroom teachers reported that many students continued to sing the songs that they learned after finishing the unit. “The more we hear something, the more we retain it,” Hardiman says. “It suggests that the arts may help students apply creative ways of learning on their own.”

1. Why did Mariale Hardiman do the study?

A．To prove the importance of art at school.

B．To see if art might improve science learning

C．To find a way to help her students learn better.

D．To know how to encourage students to ask questions.

2. What were the students required to do in the experiment?

A．Take two types of classes.	B．Learn three units in total.
C．Learn two topics for three weeks.	D．Choose what they’d like to learn.

3. What does the underlined word “retain” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Finish.

B．Express.

C．Improve.

D．Memorize.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．Art helps students develop creativity.

B．Art-focused classes interest students a lot.

C．Art can make science easier to remember.

D．Art has something in common with science.