New research, conducted, with college freshmen（新生）who met on the first day of class, found that these snap judgments influenced what kind of relationships would develop. While the power of the first impressions has been well known, this research shows that the course of a relationship may be influenced much more quickly than once thought--within just 10 minutes of meeting. “Earlier research had assumed（假设）there was a cumulative（积累的）effect that happens in the first few days of meeting, which helps determine how the relationship will develop,” said Ramirez. “But we’re finding that it all happens much sooner that that--it’s actually just minutes.”
Ramirez conducted the nine-week-long study with Sunnafrank of the University of Minnesota, Duluth. The findings showed that how positively the participants（参与者）rated a potential relationship with their new acquaintance（相识的人）on the first day of class was the best predictor of what kind of relationship actually did develop over the next nine weeks. People who rated the potential relationship more positively tended to sit closer to their partner during class, and communicate more with that person over the course of the nine weeks. After nine weeks, they were also more likely to report a closer friendship had developed.
While this study focused on same-sex meetings, Ramirez said it could have applications for dating as well. For one, the study suggests that speed dating--in which you have very short, timed “mini-dates” with a variety of people in one evening--may have real value. While some people have questioned whether you can really evaluate a potential date in just a few minutes, he said this study suggests people already do that. “Romantic relationships probably are similar to what we found in this study--they begin with people making judgments very quickly,” Ramirez said.
Ramirez emphasized that the results don’t mean everything about a future relationship is set in stone within minutes of meeting. Obviously, events happen that can change the course of a relationship. Right now, Ramirez said he and Sunnafrank are studying what events may change that initial（最初的）prediction about a relationship, either positively or negatively.
(1)What can we learn from the study discussed in this passage?
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A．The first judgments determine how the relationship will develop.
B．The power of first impressions exists in people’s communication.
C．Just minutes of meeting may guide the future of the relationship.
D．A lot of people question a potential date in minutes.
(2)The underlined word “snap” in the first paragraph most probably means _________.
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(3)According to the second last paragraph, a potential date _________.
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A．should be one necessary result of speed dating
B．can be determined within just minutes
C．means a future romantic story
D．helps people make judgment very quickly
(4)What will the author probably discuss after the last paragraph?
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A．Some factors that determine the first impressions.
B．A relationship’s being influenced either positively or negatively.
C．How to predict a future relationship.
D．The study on events that can change a potential relationship.
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(1) 推理判断题。从最后一段的第一句可排除A项；由第一段的第二句可排除B项；文章没有体现D项。本文研究的是初识印象可能影响人们未来关系的发展，但并不能完全决定未来关系的确定。(2) 猜测词义题。由第一段最后一句可知在强调人们就是凭借短暂的几分钟来确定未来关系的发展，因此推知此处应指迅速做出的决定，选A。(3) 细节理解题。从此段中的this study suggests people already do that一句可知答案为B。(4) 推测题。文章最后一段谈及哪些因素会后来改变人们初识时对未来关系所做的判断或预测，因此可以推测下文最有可能围绕此话题展开。 |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2011届河北省正定中学高三第一次月考英语卷 题型：阅读理解
Are you tired of looking for love in all the usual places? Nowadays, millions of lonely singles are now going online instead．The World Wide Web is quickly becoming the world’s most popular matchmaker．With so many singles online, dozens of dating sites like Yahoo Personals and Match．com are helping singles find that special
someone．Around the world, from America to China, love is now very much online．
Singles are flocking to the Internet mainly because their busy lifestyles leave them little time to look for a significant other．Using dating sites is quick and convenient．They can “meet” a lot more people online than they could by hanging out at a club．Besides , many singles say the regular dating scene has just led them from one bad experience to another and are ready to try something else．They also appreciate the first distance of online dating, which allows them to hide themselves until they are ready to meet someone face to face．Dating sites also make it easy to avoid someone you are not interested in．In the real world, however, ignoring someone you don’t like can be awkward．
Despite all the advantages, online dating also presents its own set of problems．People aren’t always who they claim to be in their online profiles．For instance, someone who tells you he is “handsome, successful and single” might turn out to be homely, unemployed and married．Safety is another concern．You are just as likely to find a criminal online as you are Mr or Miss Right．
Even so, supporters of online dating see things in a positive way．In their opinion, singles can safely play the online dating game with a little common sense．Online dating experts recommend following a few safety tips:
Guard your personal information．Never give out your personal information online．This includes your last name, phone number, home address and place of work．
Watch for red flags．Do any of the people you are chatting with make disrespectful comments? Do they try to control you? Do they give false information about themselves? If so, forget them!
Meet in a safe place．When meeting someone in person, choose a public location with other people around．
Following these tips and you might be able to find the person of your dreams．
【小题1】According to the passage, many lonely singles don’t appreciate the regular dating scene because it is ___．
| A．unpopular | B．troublesome | C．convenient | D．forgettable |
| A．getting tired of falling in love in a usual way |
| B．people with false information on the Internet |
| C．new technology to find love through the Interent |
| D．web sites such as Yahoo Personals and Match．com |
| A．At his/her house． | B．At a museum． |
| C．At McDonald’s． | D．At a bookstore． |
| A．there are mostly homely and unemployed people online |
| B．the police had better find criminals online |
| C．we can find love only through the dating sites |
| D．following safety tips ensure a safe online dating experience |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014届四川棠湖中学外语实验学校高二4月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
EAT YOUR VEGETABLES.Wash your hands. Always say “please” and “thank you”. We are full of advice for our children, but when it comes to money, we often have little to say. As a result, our children may grow up with clean hands and good manners, but without any idea how tomanage their money.
Here are some basics that will help guide them their entire lives:
Show them the future. If your 13-year-old girl were to save $1.000,invest(投资)it at 8% and add $100 every month, by the time she’s 65,she would have $980,983!
Be careful of credit(信用).Credit cards can help you buy necessary things and build a credit history, but they must be used responsibly, which means paying off your debt in time. Explain to your children that when you buy something using a credit card, you can easily end up paying two or three times what you would have paid if you used cash.
Teach patience. Suppose your child wants a new bicycle that costs $150.Rather than paying the cash, give him some regular pocket money and explain that by putting aside,say,$15 each week, he will be able to buy it for himself in only ten weeks.
Provide incentive. Tell your children the importance of saving. “For every dollar he or she agrees to save and invest rather than spend, you agree to add another dollar to the pot,” says Cathy Pareto, expert in money planning.
Explain your values. Values and money are deeply intertwined, says Eilleen Gallo,co-author of The Financially Intelligent Parent. When your child demands that you buy something, explain why you really don’t want to buy it.“You might say, ‘I’d rather save that money for your education,’” advises Gallo. Every time you spend or don’t spend money, you have a chance to share your values.
1.The writer gives some basics to help________ in a proper way.
A．parents teach their children how to deal with money
B．children follow their parents’ instructions
C．children manage their money
D．parents save their money
2.The writer thinks that, if a child wants to buy something, his parents should________. .
A．give him some regular pocket money
B．encourage him to put money away for it
C．explain to him the importance of investment
D．tell him to save some money by using a credit card
3.The underlined word “incentive” in paragraph 6 means_________. .
A．honor B．praise C．excitement D．encouragement
4.What leads the writer to write this article?_________
A．Parents want to know how to educate their children.
B．He wants to share his good ideas about money matters.
C．He thinks money management the most important for children.
D．Parents care Little about their children’s management of money.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年福建省漳州市高三七校第一次联考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Decision-making under Stress
A new review based on a research shows that acute stress affects the way the brain considers the advantages and disadvantages, causing it to focus on pleasure and ignore the possible negative (负面的) consequences of a decision.
The research suggests that stress may change the way people make choices in predictable ways.
“Stress affects how people learn,” says Professor Mara Mather. “People learn better about positive than negative outcomes under stress.”
For example, two recent studies looked at how people learned to connect images(影像) with either rewards or punishments. In one experiment, some of the participants were first stressed by having to give a speech and do difficult math problems in front of an audience; in the other, some were stressed by having to keep their hands in ice water. In both cases, the stressed participants remembered the rewarded material more accurately and the punished material less accurately than those who hadn’t gone through the stress.
This phenomenon is likely not surprising to anyone who has tried to resist eating cookies or smoking a cigarette while under stress –at those moments, only the pleasure associated with such activities comes to mind. But the findings further suggest that stress may bring about a double effect. Not only are rewarding experiences remembered better, but negative consequences are also easily recalled.
The research also found that stress appears to affect decision-making differently in men and women. While both men and women tend to focus on rewards and less on consequences under stress, their responses to risk turn out to be different.
Men who had been stressed by the cold-water task tended to take more risks in the experiment while women responded in the opposite way. In stressful situations in which risk-taking can pay off big, men may tend to do better, when caution weighs more, however, women will win.
This tendency to slow down and become more cautious when decisions are risky might also help explain why women are less likely to become addicted than men: they may more often avoid making the risky choices that eventually harden into addiction.
1.We can learn from the passage that people under pressure tend to ______.
A．keep rewards better in their memory
B．recall consequences more effortlessly
C．make risky decisions more frequently
D．learn a subject more effectively
2.According to the research, stress affects people most probably in their ______.
A．ways of making choices B．preference for pleasure
C．tolerance of punishments D．responses to suggestions
3.The research has proved that in a stressful situation, ______.
A．women find it easier to fall into certain habits
B．men have a greater tendency to slow down
C．women focus more on outcomes
D．men are more likely to take risks
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010-2011学年广东省汕头市高三第一次模拟考试英语卷 题型：完型填空
完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列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。
The human nose is an underestimated tool. Humans are often thought to be 1___ smellers compared with animals, but this is largely because, unlike animals, we stand upright. This means that our noses are 2 to detecting those smells which float through the air, 3 the majority of smells which stick to surfaces. In fact though, we are extremely sensitive to smells, even if we do not generally realize it. Our noses are capable of 4 human smells even when these are 5 to far below one part in one million.
6 , some people find that they can smell one type of flower but not another, while others are sensitive to the smells of both flowers. This may be because some people do not have the genes necessary to generate 7 smell receptors in the nose. These receptors are the cells which sense smells and send 8 to the brain. However, it has been found that even people insensitive to a certain smell at first can suddenly become sensitive to it when 9 to it often enough.
The 10 for insensitivity to smell seems to be that brain finds it 11 to keep all smell receptors working all the time but can 12 new receptors if necessary. This may also explain why we are not usually sensitive to our own smells we simply do not need to be. We are not 13 of the usual smell of our own house but we 14 new smells when we visit someone else's. The brain finds it best to keep smell receptors _ 15 for unfamiliar and emergency signals such as the smell of smoke, which might indicate the danger of fire.
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1. A. sensitive |
B. outstanding |
C. insensitive |
D. awkward |
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2. A. limited |
B. committed |
C. devoted |
D. conducted |
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3. A. catching |
B. ignoring |
C. missing |
D. tracking |
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4. A. distinguishing |
B. discovering |
C. determining |
D. detecting |
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5. A. reduced |
B. reserved |
C. rescued |
D. refused |
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6. A. Fortunately |
B. Strangely |
C Happily |
D. Amazingly |
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7. A. unusual |
B. particular |
C. unique |
D. typical |
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8. A. signs |
B. information |
C. messages |
D. signals |
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9. A. subjected |
B. left |
C. drawn |
D. exposed |
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10A. expectation |
B. expression |
C. extension |
D. explanation |
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11.A convenient |
B. competitive |
C. inefficient |
D. adequate |
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12.A introduce |
B. gather |
C. develop |
D. produce |
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13.A sure |
B. sick |
C. aware |
D tired |
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14.A tolerate |
B. resist |
C. neglect |
D. notice |
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15.A available |
B. reliable |
C. valuable |
D. suitable |
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