—What’s your dream?
—My dream is __________ an English teacher.
A. to be B. being C. be
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Pictures That Don’t Last
“YEARS ago when I was at the Grand Canyon, I remember someone coming up to the canyon’s edge, taking a shot with their camera and then walking away, like ‘got it – done’, barely even glancing at the magnificent (壮观的) scene sprawling (展开) in front of them,” Linda Henkel, a scientist at Fairfield University, US told Live Science.
Henkel was surprised by how obsessed (着迷的) people are with taking pictures these days – before dinner, during friends’ birthday parties, on museum tours and so on. You know people just like that, don’t you?
They keep taking pictures because they think that it helps record the moment, but as Henkel’s latest study has just found out, this obsession may prevent their brains from remembering what actually happened, reported The Guardian.
In her study, Henkel led a group of college students around a museum and asked them to simply observe 15 objects and to photograph 15 others. The next day the students’ memory of the tour was tested, and the results showed that they were less accurate in recognizing the objects and they remembered fewer details about them if they photographed them.
“When people rely on technology to remember for them – counting on the camera to record the event and thus not needing to attend to it fully themselves, it can have a negative effect on how well they remember their experiences,” Henkel explained.
But there is also an exception: if students zoomed (缩放) in to photograph part of an object, their memory actually improved, and those who focused the lens (镜头) on a specific area could even recall parts that weren’t in the frame.
So basically, this study is saying that constantly taking pictures can harm your memory. But shouldn’t reviewing pictures we have taken help wake up our memories? This is true, but only if we spend enough time doing it.
“In order to remember, we have to access（接近）and interact with the photos, rather than just amassing them,” Henkel told The Telegraph. However, previous research has shown that most people never take the time to look over their digital pictures simply because there are too many of them and they aren’t usually very organized on their computers.
1.The author mentioned Henkel’s trip to the Grand Canyon at the beginning to ______.
A. complain about some tourists’ bad habits
B. give suggestions on how to enjoy one’s tour
C. describe the great view of the Grand Canyon
D. point out people’s obsession with taking pictures
2.Which of the following statements about Henkel’s study is TRUE?
A. Reviewing pictures always helps people bring back memories.
B. Taking pictures in a museum tour helps students recognize objects better.
C. Pictures that focus on the details of objects are likely to improve people’s memories.
D. People should spend more time studying real objects than taking pictures of them.
3.The underlined word “amassing” in the last paragraph probably means ______.
A. displaying B. collecting
C. introducing D. remembering
4.What is the article mainly about?
A. Some skills to learn for taking pictures.
B. People’s obsession with taking pictures and its influence.
C. How pictures remind us of our past.
D. How to deal with pictures after taking trips.
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It was getting harder and harder ___ money for the poor kids, because the price(物价) kept_____,
A. to raise ; to rise B. to raise ; rising
C. to rise ; to raise D. to rise ; raising
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You can work ___________ and do better next time.
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阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能用一次。
Once, two birds named Cici and Nick lived in a nest. 1. They always found excuse for not doing any work.
On a cold winter day, a strong wind was blowing. There was some snowfall too. By chance, a hole was made in their nest(巢).The cold wind blew in through the hole and got away the warmth from the nest. 2. Nick thought, "I wonder why Cici is so lazy? Why is she not repairing the hole?"
On the other hand, Cici thought that Nick would fill the hole. Both of them were depending on each other. 3. .
Soon snow started to fall and the wind nearly blew off the last warm air from the inside of their nest. The snowflakes entered the nest through the hole. The lazy birds started shivering (颤) with cold. 4. .
In the morning both the birds were dead in their nest. They had shivered to death but because of laziness they had not got up to repair the hole.
Life is the same. Some people never get success. 5. .Do you think so?
A. Because their laziness blows out the chances.
B. But no one was active enough to work.
C. Both of them were very lazy.
D. Both the birds started feeling cold.
E. So no one repaired the hole.
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It took Peter quite a while to find a place for his car, and in the end he had to_________ it on a small street, a few minutes away from the dentist’s. As he got out, he looked at his watch. He would meet the dentist at five and he _________ had half an hour. He walked into the square and sat down in a chair, to _________ the falling sun.
As he sat there, he _________ the children playing. He was _________ to see a red car like his own come out of the street where he had parked. The car moved _________and soon disappeared (消失). Peter felt in his pockets for his keys, but they were not there.
“My car!” he shouted in a loud _________ . He got up and ran out of the square, then down the small street. He couldn’t see his car at first, and then he found it was _________ a larger one, with the keys on the roof of his car.
By the time he got to the dentist’s, it was after five. “A very strange thing _________ to me,” he said to the dentist to explain why.
“Don’t _________about that,” said the dentist. “I just got here myself.”
1.A. put B. leave C. give D. drive
2.A. also B. ever C. still D. even
3.A. like B. finish C. enjoy D. wait
4.A. watched B. looked C. see D. make
5.A. pleased B. surprised C. angry D. worried
6.A. slowly B. lovely C. sadly D. fast
7.A. sound B. voice C. speed D. laugh
8.A. behind B. in front of C. between D. at the back of
9.A. worked B. passed C. heard D. happened
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Lily is so smart in her class．She usually spends the_____time and makes the_____mistakes in her homework．
A．least,least B．fewest,least
C．fewest,fewest D．least,fewest
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