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【題目】 We often find that weekends and holidays feel so short while classes and work feel so long. Actually, though, we know that this is not true. But we still wonder where that strange feeling comes from.

In fact, this is one of the ways that we’re tricked by time, according to the website All That Is Interesting. The website lists several wrong impressions we often have about time. Let’s have a look.

First of all, emotions affect our time-keeping abilities: Negative(消極的)emotions, especially anxiety and boredom, make time seem longer because they make us concentrate more on the passage of time. However, when we are enjoying ourselves, we pay more attention to what we are doing and are likely to lose track of(忘記)time.

Here is another example. In 2007, a group of scientists carried out a test. In the test, people fell 50 metres into a safety net and were then asked about their experience. Although the experience took shorter than 3 seconds, the people thought it was much longer than it actually was.

This is because of the way our bodies reply to danger, according to the scientists. Our bodies produce a chemical called adrenaline(腎上腺素) when we are faced with danger. It allows us to concentrate better so that

we can stay alive. As a result, we are able to remember far more details over a short period of time, which makes it seem like time is going more slowly.

Another situation when we make mistakes about time is when we take afternoon naps. Have you ever had trouble telling what time it is after a long nap? That's because the best amount of time for a nap is 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, you enter a new stage of sleep called slow-wave sleep. If you wake up mid-way in this stage, it will take a while before you can correctly perceive(感知)time again.

Time can be mysterious and there is no way to control it. So perhaps the best thing to do is to make good use of every minute.

【1】According to the passage,_________ possibly make people feel so long.

A. weekends and holidaysB. weekends and workC. classes and workD. holidays and work

【2】How many examples of being tricked by time are mentioned in

A. TwoB. ThreeC. FourD. Five

【3】According to the passage, what will NOT happen when we face danger?

A. Our bodies will produce a chemical called adrenaline.

B. We will feel that time seems to go more slowly.

C. Adrenaline will make us concentrate better to stay alive.

D. We will forget far more details over a short period of time.

【4】If we wake up mid-way after a long nap, it will __________.

A. make us concentrate more on the passage of timeB. make us lose track of time

C. take a moment before we can correctly perceive time againD. take us 20 minutes to tell what time it is

【5】Where can we find this passage?

A. In a storybook.B. In a health report.C. In a science magazine.D. In a travel guide.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】C

【解析】

我們經(jīng)常發(fā)現(xiàn)周末和假期感覺時間總是很短，然而上課和工作是，總會感覺時間很長。是什么原因讓我們會有不同的感覺呢? 本文進(jìn)行了詳細(xì)的解釋，最后作者提出，時間可能是神秘的，我們是沒有辦法控制它，最好的辦法是利用好每一分鐘。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段第一句“We often find that weekends and holidays feel so short while classes and work feel so long. 我們經(jīng)常發(fā)現(xiàn)周末和假期很短，而上課和工作卻很長。”，可知上課和工作使人感覺時間長，故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一句“First of all, emotions affect our time-keeping abilities首先，情緒會影響我們的守時能力。”和第三段第一句“Here is another example. 這是另一個例子。”以及第六段第一句“Another situation when we make mistakes about time is when we take afternoon naps. 我們在時間上犯錯誤的另一種情況是午睡。”，可知本文一共提及了三個例子，故選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段“It allows us to concentrate better so that we can stay alive. As a result, we are able to remember far more details(細(xì)節(jié))over a short period of time, which makes it seem like time is going more slowly.當(dāng)我們面對危險的時候，我們身體會產(chǎn)生腎上腺素。結(jié)果，我們可能會記住許多的細(xì)節(jié)，同時我們會感到時間很慢�！保�通過短文的分析，只有第四項“我們會在很短的時間內(nèi)忘記更多的細(xì)節(jié)”是不正確的。故選D。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“If you wake up mid-way in this stage, it will take a while before you can correctly perceive(感知)time again. 如果你在這個階段中途醒來，你需要一段時間才能正確感知時間�！保�可知中途醒來，需要一段時間才能正確感知時間，故選C。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章大意本文對時間做了詳細(xì)的解釋，可知這類文章應(yīng)出現(xiàn)在科學(xué)類雜志上，故選C。