速测(四) 完形填空+阅读理解D+选词填空+任务型阅读
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Ⅰ. 完形填空
A college student stayed up all night studying for his zoology(动物学) test the next day. The following morning, 1 he entered the classroom, he saw ten birds on the desks. Each bird was 2 with a sack(麻布袋) and only the legs were outside.
The teacher told the students that the test would be to watch each pair of bird legs and write down the name and the living habits of each bird.
The student looked at each pair of bird legs. 3 of them looked the same to him. He began to get upset. He stayed up all night studying, but now he had to identify birds by their legs. The more he 4 about it, the more frustrated he got.
He 5 not think of any answers after a long time. He went to the teacher’s desk and said, “What a strange test! 6 could anyone tell differences among birds by their legs? I’m afraid I have to take the exam later.” 7 these words, the student put his test paper on the desk and walked to the door.
The teacher was 8 .The class was so big that he didn’t know every student’s 9 , so when the student reached the door, the teacher 10 out, “One moment, boy, what’s your name?”
The student pulled up his trouser legs and said, “My dear teacher, can you guess my name by my legs?”
( )1.A. before B.while C.after D.since
( )2.A. covered B.served C.connected D.shared
( )3.A. Both B.All C.Neither D.None
( )4.A. talked B.asked C.thought D.heard
( )5.A. could B.must C.might D.should
( )6.A. How B.Why C.When D.Where
( )7.A. Against B.Through C.With D.About
( )8.A. happy B.surprised C.thankful D.satisfied
( )9.A. name B.address C.hobby D.future
( )10.A. blew B.pu t C.cut D.called
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
Getting a high grade in an exam depends partly on how much you can remember. So, improving memory is important to success in studying. But is there anything that we can do about it? One way might be walking backwards. According to a new study, walking backwards, whether doing it really or just imagining it, can improve the memory in the short term.
In the study, 114 volunteers were asked to watch a video. In the video a woman had her bag stolen. Then they answered 20 questions about the details shown in the video. Ten minutes later, the volunteers were divided into three groups. The first two groups were told to move forwards or backwards 10 meters while the third group was asked to stay still on the same point. The researchers found that the backwards-walking group got two more correct answers on average(平均) than the other two groups.
This suggests that a relationship between time and space is basic to the way our minds form memories. When we walk backwards, everything we learn becomes strange to us. “This forces the brain to think in a different way—the brain needs to match all the things again and changes the focus,” the researcher Christine Weber said. It almost always means that our brain needs to be more active in the short time. Naturally, our short-term memory will be improved.
Backward walking also plays an important role in physical health, especially fitness. A study published in Journal of Biomechanics in 2012 found that there is less pain in the knees.
Moreover, backward walking, compared to forward walking, is more challenging. It requires you to use muscles(肌肉) and movements that you probably seldom use, making it a perfect way to change your exercise habit for greater fitness gains. At the same time, by making people put in extra effort, it naturally burns more fat and calories.
1.Backward walking can according to the passage. ( )
A. improve the memory in the long term
B.improve the memory in the short term
C.cause much more pain in our knees
D.force the brain to think in the same way
