Unit 2 Words and expressions（课件）英语沪教版选择性必修第三册

Unit 2 Things that matter 随堂练习 Words and Expressions Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Are you the kind of person who hated school? Or are you more like Michael Nicholson, who can't stop (1)______________(learn)? He currently has 30 degrees including 22 master's and a doctorate! If you're also passionate about studying, you might be a philomath - a person who loves to learn and study. The word comes from Greek (2)______________'phil' meaning 'a lover of* and 'math' meaning 'learning'. Humans are all philomaths to an extent - our brain (3)______________(programme) to be curious. (4)______________(make) sense of the world, we are eager to learn and understand. But it is also because of something called neoteny. This is a term that (5)_______________(refer) to the adolescent characteristics of some animals, including humans, being maintained into adulthood. One of these traits is neuroplasticity, (6)______________function is to make our brain stay flexible and give us the ability to learn throughout our lives. Many creatures which are genetically close to (7)______________can't do this and only learn during their adolescence. But for every person who loves learning, there are plenty who can't stand it. Lots of people remember their school days as being boring or even pointless. Why is this? Educational experts have suggested that (8)_____________a concept or idea is too complex or dull, it becomes harder to link old and new ideas together. If that's the case, we lose motivation and absorb less information. As a result, (9)_____________people are negatively exposed to at school may lead to them avoiding learning opportunities in later life. So, don't let a bad educational experience prevent you learning something new as a