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高二英语
核心必刷题四
阅读理解
—隐含推理判断题
刷真题
background noise may interrupt our normal pat-
terns of thinking just enough to allow our imagi-
(全国乙卷)During an interview for one of
nations to wander,without making it impossible
my books,my interviewer said something I still
to focus.This kind of "distracted focus"appears
think about often.Annoyed by the level of dis-
to be the best state for working on creative
traction(干扰)in his open office,he said,
tasks.
"That's why I have a membership at the co-
So why do so many of us hate our open of-
working space across the street-so I can fo-
fices?The problem may be that,in our offices,
cus."His comment struck me as strange.After
we can't stop ourselves from getting drawn into
all,coworking spaces also typically use an open
others'conversations while we're trying to fo-
office layout().But I recently came across a
cus.Indeed,the researchers found that face-to-
study that shows why his approach works.
face interactions and conversations affect the
The researchers examined various levels of
creative process,and yet a coworking space or a
noise on participants as they completed tests of
coffee shop provides a certain level of noise while
creative thinking.They were randomly divided
also providing freedom from interruptions.
into four groups and exposed to various noise
32.Why does the interviewer prefer a coworking
levels in the background,from total silence to 50
decibels(),70 decibels,and 85 decibels.The
space?
differences between most of the groups were
A.It helps him concentrate.
B.It blocks out background noise.
statistically insignificant;however,the partici-
pants in the 70 decibels group-those exposed to
C.It has a pleasant atmosphere.
a level of noise similar to background chatter in
D.It encourages face-to-face interactions.
a coffee shop-significantly outperformed the
33.Which level of background noise may pro-
other groups.Since the effects were small,this
mote creative thinking ability?
may suggest that our creative thinking doe