1 . Every animal sleeps, but the reason for this has remained foggy. When lab rats are not allowed to sleep, they die within a month.
One idea is that sleep helps us strengthen new memories.
Support is growing for a theory that sleep evolved so that connections between neurons(神经元) in the brain can be weakened overnight, making room for fresh memories to form the next day.
Now we have the most direct evidence yet that he is right.
If Tononi’s theory is right, it would explain why, when we miss a night’s, we find it harder the next day to concentrate and learn new information — our brains may have smaller room for new experiences.
Their research also suggests how we may build lasting memories over time even though the synapses become thinner. The team discovered that some synapses seem to be protected and stayed the same size.
A.We should also try to sleep well the night before. |
B.It’s as if the brain is preserving its most important memories. |
C.Similarly, when people go for a few days without sleeping, they get sick. |
D.The processes take place to stop our brains becoming loaded with memories. |
E.That’s why students do better in tests if they get a chance to sleep after learning. |
F.“Sleep is the price we pay for learning,” says Giulio Tononi, who developed the idea. |
G.Tononi’s team measured the size of these connections, or synapses, in the brains of 12 mice. |
学 生 | 安全隐患多( 体育运动损伤,交通事故,食物中毒……) |
注意安全, 多学点急救知识 | |
一人安全, 全家幸福 | |
校 长 | 校园安全,师生共同重视 |
严禁校园骑车; 教学区内,不得进行球类运动 | |
上下楼梯, 靠右慢行 | |
教室无人,确保窗关门锁 | |
上学及回家路上遵守交通规则 |
On December 12th, 2009, our school held a flag-raising ceremony in the playground with the theme “For your safety, for your life!”
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A.If time permitted | B.Time permitted |
C.Time permits | D.Time permitting |
【写作内容】
1. 出生日期:1991年12月1日;
2. 出生地点:杭州;
3. 个人情况:中国泳坛明星,中国人的骄傲;
4. 毕业学校:浙江大学;
5. 专长:大学毕业后专攻长距离自由泳;
6. 成绩:伦敦奥运会获两块金牌;2013年巴塞罗那“世界锦标赛”男子400米、800米、1500米自由泳冠军,4 x 200米自由泳接力季军,
7. 并被评为本届世锦赛最佳男运动员,成为历史上首次获得这一奖项的亚洲游泳选手。
参考词汇:自由泳 freestyle swimming 巴塞罗那 Barcelona 世界锦标赛 championships
【评分标准】
句子结构准确,信息内容完整,篇章结构连贯。
假定你是李华,你的美国朋友 Sarah打算暑期来北京旅游,来信询问改建后前门大街的情况。请你写封回信,简单介绍以下内容:
1. 简况:长800余米、600多年历史、300余家商铺;
2. 位置:天安门广场南面;
3. 交通:公共汽车17、69、59等路,地铁2号线;
4. 特色:步行街、当当车、茶馆、剧院等。
参考词汇:步行街 pedestrian street
当当车 trolley car
地铁 subway
注意:
1. 词数100左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3. 开头语已为你写好,请将完整的回信书写在答题卡上。
Dear Sarah,
Thank you for your letter asking about the rebuilt Qianmen Street. Here is something about it. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours, Lihua
6 . Facial expressions carry meaning that is determined by situations and relationships. For example, in American culture (文化) the smile is in general an expression of pleasure. Yet it also has other uses. A woman’s smile at a police officer does not carry the same meaning as the smile she gives to a young child. A smile may show love or politeness. It can also hide true feelings. It often causes confusion (困惑) across cultures. For example, many people in Russia consider smiling at strangers in public to be unusual and even improper. Yet many Americans smile freely at strangers in public places (although this is less common in big cities).Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong places; some Americans believe that Russians don’t smile enough. In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is frequently used to cover painful feelings. Vietnamese people may tell a sad story but end the story with a smile.
Our faces show emotions (情感), but we should not attempt to "read" people from another culture as we would "read" someone from our own culture. The fact that members of one culture do not express their emotions as openly as do members of another does not mean that they do not experience emotions.
Rather, there are cultural differences in the amount of facial expressions permitted. For example, in public and in formal situations many Japanese do not show their emotions as freely as Americans do. When with friends, Japanese and Americans seem to show their emotions similarly.
It is difficult to generalize about Americans and facial expressiveness because of personal and cultural differences in the United States. People from certain cultural backgrounds in the United States seem to be more facially expressive than others. The key is to try not to judge people whose ways of showing emotion are different. If we judge according to our own cultural habits, we may make the mistake of "reading" the other person incorrectly.
1. What does the smile usually mean in America?A.Love. | B.Politeness. |
C.Joy. | D.Thankfulness. |
A.show friendliness to strangers |
B.be used to hide true feelings |
C.be used in the wrong places |
D.show personal habits |
A.Learn about their relations with others. |
B.Understand their cultural backgrounds. |
C.Find out about their past experience. |
D.Figure out what they will do next. |
A.Cultural Differences |
B.Smiles and Relationship |
C.Facial Expressiveness |
D.Habits and Emotions |
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1--20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I’m left
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s,
We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we’d
When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail’s family later returned to their village, and I
One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I
If we can allow our children to be
A.interested | B.pleased | C.puzzled | D.excited |
A.parties | B.cities | C.villages | D.races |
A.why | B.which | C.how | D.when |
A.together | B.around | C.alone | D.apart |
A.drop | B.throw | C.move | D.roll |
A.refused | B.made | C.sought | D.accepted |
A.paid | B.meant | C.preserved | D.treated |
A.explore | B.search | C.discover | D.desert |
A.get through | B.deal with | C.come across | D.take away |
A.arrival | B.choice | C.effort | D.company |
A.lost | B.gained | C.developed | D.missed |
A.stated | B.ordered | C.decided | D.chose |
A.attempts | B.instructions | C.opinions | D.arrangements |
A.anxiously | B.carelessly | C.disappointedly | D.fixedly |
A.familiarly | B.strangely | C.fully | D.coldly |
A.departures | B.months | C.years | D.decades |
A.possible | B.funny | C.hard | D.clear |
A.them | B.themselves | C.us | D.ourselves |
A.from | B.by | C.with | D.against |
A.still | B.otherwise | C.then | D.instead |