Question

【題目】 Do you know where J.K. Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books? She wrote the first books in a coffee shop. Was it because she felt more creative when working there? The answer might be yes!

Scientists from the University of Illinois found that moderate (適度的) noise can make people more creative, the New York Times reported.

Scientists did tests on students. They divided them into four groups. They then asked the students to do certain tasks involving creative thinking. But each group did the task with different volumes (音量) of background noise.

They found that students did best when working under moderate noise —70 decibels (分貝). This is about the same volume of background noise in a cafe. Students did worse in low noise (50 db). This is the volume of a quiet room. They did the poorest when in a high-noise (85 db) environment. This is the noise level in a factory.

Moderate noise can distract (分心) people just enough so that they think more creatively. “It helps you think outside the box,” Raci Mehta, a lead researcher in the study, said to the Business Standard.

On the one hand, working in a very quiet place can strengthen our focus. But it also stops us from thinking abstractly (抽象地).

“This is why if you are too focused on a problem and you can’t solve it,” said Mehta, “You leave it for some time and then come back to it and you get the solution.”

However, the scientists said that when you need to do detailed things, like proofreading (校對) a paper, a quiet place is better than a noisy one.

【1】What can we tell from the first paragraph?

A.J.K. Rowling likes drinking coffee.B.Drinking coffee helps people become creative.

C.The best novels are born in coffee shops.D.Moderate noise makes people creative.

【2】The underlined word “involving” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by the word “________”.

A.referring toB.includingC.in order toD.even

【3】Which volume of background noise helps students do the best at creative tasks?

A.85 db.B.70 db.C.50 db.D.0 db.

【4】Which of the following is TRUE when working in a very quiet place?

A.It can help people think outside the box.B.It can make people think abstractly.

C.It can help people find the solution easily.D.It can help people focus on their work.

【5】What is the main idea of the story?

A.How to work under a moderate noise level.

B.Why J. K. Rowling likes to write stories in a coffee shop.

C.Why moderate noise is good for creative thinking.

D.How scientists tested students’ learning abilities.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

這是一篇新聞報道類閱讀。主要報道了科學家的一項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，適當?shù)脑胍粲兄�于人們更富有�?chuàng)造力，并且說明了原因。

【1】段落大意題。根據(jù)第一段“Was it because she felt more creative when working there? The answer might be yes!”可知在咖啡廳工作可能會讓人更有創(chuàng)造力。結合全文可知，適當?shù)脑胍魰�讓人們更有�?chuàng)造力。故選D。

【2】詞義猜測題。referring to提及，涉及；including包含；in order to目的；even甚至�！�They then asked the students to do certain tasks involving creative thinking.”意為他們要求學生做一些涉及創(chuàng)造力思維的任務，主要的研究目的就是為了研究創(chuàng)造性思考的，因此此詞意思與“關于；涉及”有關。故選A。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段“They found that students did best when working under moderate noise —70 decibels (分貝). ”可知在70分貝的時候?qū)W生們做得最好。故選B。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第六段“On the one hand, working in a very quiet place can strengthen our focus.”可知在非常安靜的地方工作可以集中我們的注意力。故選D。

【5】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第二段及文章內(nèi)容可知，本文主要介紹了科學家發(fā)現(xiàn)適度的噪音可以讓人們更有創(chuàng)造力以及它的原因。故選C。