16.While it is most sports fans'favorite part of watching their team compete,shouting out insulting words or encouragement doesn't actually help them win matches,new research suggests.
An experiment conducted earlier this month,provided an answer accidentally to the question whether cheering does actually have an effect on either team's performance.
Originally,the study project started by Brenna Boyd,a research assistant working under a professor in the School of Architectural Engineering,aimed to settle a long-standing argument in American college football over which team has the loudest stadium.She also hoped her study would determine whether crowd noise is harmful to the communications on the field.But since she's more into hockey than football,she did her later experiment in college hockey stadiums.
Boyd and her classmates measured noise levels during college hockey games,including four played by their home team--University of Nebraska team at Omaha's Century Link Centre from November 2014through to March this year.
For the loudest game,the average loudness equivalent level in the student section was 95.5decibels(分貝)-the equivalent of hearing a jackhammer from 50feet away-with a peak of 132decibels,the equivalent of a jet engine about 100feet away.
Ms Boyd's team found that noise levels in the student section were generally louder than the others.However,when the noise levels were analyzed carefully together with events in the game,they found that there wasn't a strong connection between decibel level and goals scored by the home team."There wasn't enough data to see whether loudness was connected with how many goals they achieved during the game.And this conclusion actually attracted a lot more attention than I had expected."Said Ms Boyd.
In surveys given to the players after each match,Ms Boyd found that the majority reported that the crowd was loud but not that distracting-"about 70per cent between silent and loud"-and that the noise levels didn't prevent them from communicating with their teammates or coach while in play.
25.When Brenna Boyd was planning her project,she wanted to find outB.
A.the average loudness of noise during college hockey games
B.which college team stadium has the loudest audience
C.whether cheering affects the outcome of hockey games
D.if sound levels are strongly connected to goals achieved
26.According to this passage,Brenna BoydC.
A.is a professor at the University of Nebraska
B.enjoyed herself watching college football games
C.is surprised by the great attention her research attracted
D.a(chǎn)ttended four hockey games to measure noise levels
27.Brenna Boyd's experiment found out thatB.
A.crowd noise is harmful to the player on the field
B.college students are passionate cheering home teams
C.college hockey games are noisier than football games
D.loudness level of a jet engine is higher than a jackhammer
28.The underlined word insulting in paragraph 1can be replaced byA.
A.offending B.inspiring
C.a(chǎn)musing D.disappointing.
分析 本文主要講述了一個研究,研究成果表明在球場上的大聲的呼喊和高昂的熱情,并不一定能起到預(yù)想的效果.
解答 25.B 細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容,Originally,the study project started by Brenna Boyd,a research assistant working under a professor aimed to settle a long-standing argument in American college football over which team has the loudest stadium.She also hoped her study would determine whether crowd noise is harmful to the communications on the field 在進(jìn)行項目研究的時候,Brenna Boyd需要找到一個有著最大聲音的體育館,以此來研究到底歡呼聲是否對比賽有好的影響,結(jié)合選項,故選B
26.C 細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容."There wasn't enough data to see whether loudness was connected with how many goals they achieved during the game.And this conclusion actually attracted a lot more attention than I had expected."Said Ms Boyd在研究中發(fā)現(xiàn),沒有足夠的數(shù)據(jù)表明是否分貝與自己的主場對得分有關(guān).并且這個結(jié)論比我預(yù)期的更讓人引起注意.結(jié)合選項,故C符合文意
27.B 細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容,Ms Boyd's team found that noise levels in the student section were generally louder than the others研究發(fā)現(xiàn),學(xué)生的對于主場球隊的熱情是非常高的,他們所在區(qū)域的聲音也是最大的.結(jié)合選項,故選B
28.A 詞義猜測題.根據(jù)該句內(nèi)容While it is most sports fans'favorite part of watching their team compete,shouting out insulting words or encouragement doesn't actually help them win matches,new research suggests.新的調(diào)查研究表面,球迷的熱情、大聲的說出冒犯的或者鼓勵的話,并不能幫助球員們?nèi)〉脛倮,結(jié)合選項,故A為正確答案.
點評 本文是一個科教類閱讀理解,題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題,做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).