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Architects have long had the feeling that the places we live in can affect our thoughts, feelings and
behaviors, But now scientists are giving this feelings an empirical (经验的, 实证的) basis. They are
discovering how to design spaces that promote creativity, keep people focused, and lead to relaxation.
Researches show that aspects of the physical environment can influence creativity. In 2007, Joan
Meyers-Levy at the University of Minnesota, reported that the height of a room"s ceiling affects how
people to think. Her research indicates that the higher callings encourage people to think more freely,
which may lead them to make more abstract connections. Low ceilings, on the other hand, may inspire
a more detailed outlook.
In addition to ceiling height, the view afforded by a building may influence an occupant"s ability to
concentrate. Nancy Wells and her colleagues at Cornell University found in their study that kids who
experienced the greatest increase in greenness as a result of a family move made the most gains on a
standard test of attention.
Using nature to improve focus of attention ought to pay off academically, and it seems to, according
to a study led by C. Kenneth Tanner, head of the School Design ＆Planning Laboratory at University
of Georgia. Tanner and his team found that students in classrooms with unblocked views of at least 50
feet outside the window had higher scores on tests of vocabulary, language arts and maths than did
students whose classrooms primarily overlooked roads and parking lots.
Recent study on room lighting design suggests that dim (暗淡的) light helps people to loosen up. If
that is true generally, keeping the light low during dinner or at parties could increase relaxation. Researchers
of Harvard Medical School also discovered that furniture with rounded edges could help visitors relax.
So far scientists have focused mainly on public buildings. "We have a very limited number of studies,
so we"re almost looking at the problem through a straw (吸管)," architect David Allison says. "How do
you take answers to very specific questions and make broad, generalized use of them? That"s what we"re
all struggling with."
B. Ceilings
C. Windows
D. Furniture.
B. lower ceilings may help improve students" creativity
C. children in a dim classroom may improve their grades
D. Students in rooms with unblocked views may feel relaxed
B. the researches so far have faults in themselves
C. the problem is too difficult for researchers to detect
D. research in this area is not enough to make generalized patterns
B. 
C. 
D. 
CP: Central Point P: point Sp: Sub-point (次要点) C: Conclusion
答案
核心考点
举一反三
at the bottom of the list. Music is nice, people seem to say, but not important. Too often it is viewed as mere
entertainment, but certainly not an education priority (优先). This view is shortsighted. In fact, music education
is beneficial and important for all students.
Music tells us who we are. Because music is an expression of the beings who create it, it reflects their
thinking and values, as well as the social environment it came from. Rock music represents a lifestyle just as
surely as does a Schubert song. The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into
their music is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions. Music expresses our
character and values. It gives us identity as a society.
Music provides a kind of perception (感知) that cannot be acquired any other way. Science can explain how
the sun rises and sets. The arts explore emotive (情感的) meaning of the same phenomenon. We need every
possible way to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reason: No one way can get it
all. The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientific
symbols. They are ways we human beings "talk" to each other. They are the language of civilization through
which we express our fears, our curiosities, our hungers, our discoveries, our hopes.
The arts are ways we give form to our ideas and imagination so that they can be shared with others. When
we do not give children access to an important way of expressing themselves such as music, we take away
from them the meanings that music expresses.
Science and technology do not tell us what it means to be human. The arts do. Music is an important way
we express human suffering, celebration, the meaning and value of peace and love. So music education is far
more necessary than people to realize.
B. disagree with their parents on education
C. view music as an overlooked subject
D. prefer the arts to science
B. show music identifies a society
C. introduce American musical traditions
D. prove music influences people"s lifestyles
B. explore different phenomena of the world
C. express people"s feelings in different ways
D. explain what it means to be human differently
B. Music should be of top education priority.
C. Music is an effective communication tool.
D. Music education makes students more imaginative.
students from China.
170 students" task: to get a fully-designed blog up and running, complete with many posting based
on a theme of choice-all written in Chinese.
Themes ranged from local opinions－such as the usage of Singlish, education and whether Singapore
can be a cultural centre－to food blogs.
The entries were judged on Language proficiency (熟练程度) and the quality of writing, as well as
the design and level of exchanging ideas with readers.
Academics from the National University of Singapore and the SIM University IT experts, and a journalist
from Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao in Singapore made up the judges.
In the end, only three Singaporean students made it to the award list-the rest of the awards were swept
up by students from China.
"No surprise." said Mr. Chow Yaw Long, 37, teachers in charge from Ianova Junior College, which
organized the event. "Although the topics were local subjects, the foreign students were generally better in
terms of the content of the posts and their grasp of the Chinese language."
One of the three local students winning the first prize in the Best Language Award was blogger Christina
Gao 19, from the Saint Andrew"s Junior College, who spared no effort in researching for and writing her
blog. Each entry took her between five and seven days to produce, complete with pictures and even podcasts
(播客).
Her advice for bloggers is: Be responsible
"Some bloggers out there only seek to blame the authorities and other bloggers." Said Miss Gao. "I think
they lack responsibilities and there is no value to their posts."
B. Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao
C. Innova Junior College
D. the Saint Andrew"s Junior College
B. Not all the themes were about local subjects.
C. The blogs could be written in Chinese or Singlish.
D. The judges were from university in Singapore and China.
B. she has a sense of responsibility
C. she thinks highly of the others" blogs
D. she loves to read valuable posts
B. why bloggers should take responsibility for their blogs
C. how Miss Gao won the first prize in the competition
D. what the result of the competition was
Do you have a good sense of direction? If not, please take with you a compass. But if you forget to take
a compass, you can still find your way.
It"s never a good idea to imagine that the family member who was entrusted (委托) with the job of map-
reading actually knows where the family is. You can tell by the slightly confused load on their faces that
nothing on the ground seems to match the map. Never mind. The shu is shining and it"s still morning. If you
don"t know the exact time, you can still find out where south is, but you"ll need to be patient.
①Find a straight sick and put it in the ground in a place where you can mark its shadow.
②Try to position the stick as vertically (垂直) as you can. You can check this by making a simple plumb
line (铅锤线) with a piece of string and weight. You haven"t got any string? OK, use a thread from your
clothes with a button tied at the end to act as a weight.
③Mark the end of the shadow cast by the stick.
④Wait approximately half an hour and mark the end of the shadow again.
⑤Keep doing this until you have made several marks.
⑥The mark nearest the stick will represent the shortest shadow, which is cast at midday, when the sun
is highest in the sky and pointing to the exact south.
⑦Pick a point in the distance along the line between the shortest shadow and the stick.
⑧That point is south of where you are.
⑨Now you can turn the map, like you did before, and find which way you should be travelling.
B. it is not easy to position the stick
C. it takes hours to make the marks
D. it takes about half an hour to make the marks
B. those who get lost
C. those who make compasses
D. those who do experiments
B. 
C.
D. 
B. describing an activity in a lively way
C. testing an idea by reasoning
D. introducing a practical method
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| Mr. Smith offers us some advice on how to write a good composition, which i______ the following steps. Firstly, we should read the topic c______ and organize our ideas. Then we start to shape our thoughts ______ our own word and finish our writing in the g______ time. After that, we have to check our compositions, paying attention to ______ (语法) and spelling. It is very important to read them aloud to ______ (自己) or someone else form to end. Lastly, we had better ask our teachers or classmates for advice on how to improve our writing. If ______ (可能), we may leave them alone for some time before reading again, ______ will help a great deal. I hope you will b______ a lot from the advice above. | 1______ 2______ 3______ 4______ 5______ 6______ 7______ 8______ 9______ 10______ |
| 阅读理解。 | |
| People diet to look more attractive. Fish diet to avoid being beaten up, thrown out of their social group, and getting eaten as a result. That is the fascinating conclusion of the latest research into fish behavior by a team of Australian scientists. The research team have discovered that subordinate fish voluntarily diet to avoid challenging their larger competitors. "In studying gobies we noticed that only the largest two individuals, a male and female, had breeding (繁殖) rights within the group," explains Marian Wong. "All other group members are nonbreeding females, each being 5-10% smaller than its next largest competitor. We wanted to find out how they maintain this precise size separation." The reason for the size difference was easy to see. Once a subordinate fish grows to within 5-10% of the size of its larger competitor, it causes a fight which usually ends in the smaller goby being driven away from the group. More often than not, the evicted fish is then eaten up. It appeared that the smaller fish were keeping themselves small in order to avoid challenging the boss fish. Whether they did so voluntarily, by restraining how much they ate, was not clear. The research team decided to do an experiment. They tried to fatten up some of the subordinate gobies to see what happened. To their surprise, the gobies simply refused the extra food they were offered, clearly preferring to remain small and avoid fights, over having a feast. The discovery challenges the traditional scientific view of how boss individuals keep their position in a group. Previously it was thought that large individuals simply used their weight and size to threaten their subordinates and take more of the food for themselves, so keeping their competitors small. While the habits of gobies may seem a little mysterious, Dr. Wong explains that understanding the relationships between boss and subordinate animals is important to understanding how hierarchical (等级的) societies remain stable. The research has proved the fact that voluntary dieting is a habit far from exclusive to humans. "As yet, we lack a complete understanding of how widespread the voluntary reduction of food intake is in nature," the researchers comment. "Data on human dieting suggests that, while humans generally diet to improve health or increase attractiveness, rarely does it improve long-term health and males regularly prefer females that are fatter than the females" own ideal." | |
| 1. When a goby grows to within 5-10% of the size of its larger competitor, it _____. | |
| A. faces danger B. has breeding rights C. eats its competitor D. leaves the group itself | |
| 2. The underlined words "the evicted fish" in Paragraph 3 refer to _____. | |
| A. the fish beaten up B. the fish found out C. the fish fattened up D. the fish driven away | |
| 3. The experiment showed that the smaller fish _____. | |
| A. fought over a feast B. went on diet willingly C. preferred some extra food D. challenged the boss fish | |
| 4. What is the text mainly about? | |
| A. Fish dieting and human dieting. B. Dieting and health. C. Human dieting. D. Fish dieting. |