内容正文:
阅读理解+阅读七选五
Monday
Week 9
白题
阅读理解
主题:幽默的测量
难度:★★★★
建议用时:8min
参考答案:P30
How do you quantify something as complex and personal as humour?University of Alberta
researchers have developed a mathematical method of doing just that and it might not be as
personal as we think.
The study originated from earlier research where test subjects with aphasia (were
asked to review letter strings and determine whether they were real words or not.Westbury,lead
author of the new study,began to notice a trend:participants would laugh when they heard some
made-up non-words,like snunkoople.Then how can a made-up word be funny?
Westbury assumed the answer lay in the word's entropy,a mathematical measure of how
ordered or predictable it is.Non-words like finglam,with uncommon letter combinations,are low
in entropy.Westbury set out to determine whether it was possible to predict what words people
would find funny."Once you start thinking about humour in terms of probability,then you start
to understand how we find so many different things funny,"he said.
In his study,test subjects were asked to compare two non-words and choose.The option they
considered to be more humourous,and then they were shown a single non-word and rated how
humourous they found it in the range of 1 to 100."The results show that the bigger the difference
in the entropy between the two words,the more likely the subjects were to choose the way we
expected them to,"says Westbury.
This nearly universal response says a lot about the nature of humour and its role in human
evolution."We think humour is personal.Actually,humour is an evolutionary message sending
device.So if you laugh,you let someone else know something is not dangerous,says Westbury.
"The study may not change the game for stand-up comedians,but the findings may be useful in
business.For example,people might dislike buying a funny-named medication for a serious illness."
⑨
1.What does the new study focus on?
A.The classification of humour levels.
B.The measurement of humour perception.
C.The means of creating letter strings.D.The potential of humour in commercials.
2.What kind of word seems more humourous according to the study?
A.Non-words with high entropy.
B.Non-words with abnormal origins.
C.Non-words with rare letter groupings.D.Non-words with handwritten letters.
3.Which of the following best describes test subjects task in Westbury's study?
A.Contrast,select and grade.
B.Inquire,pick and present.
C.Compare,design and report.
D.Collect,document and evaluate.
4.What does the author want to tell us in the last paragraph?
A.Humour differs among individuals.B.Humour has its roots in word play.
C.Humour is a product of human evolution.D.Humour is absolutely personal and subjective.
高一下英语·0黑白题113
白题
Week 9
Monday
阅读理解+阅读七选五
阅读七选五
主题:太空探索的投资难度:★★★★
建议用时:8min
参考答案:P30
Some people say,"We shouldn't waste money on space exploration when there are so many
problems to deal with here on Earth."This can be a difficult topic to find your way around,so
we've outlined a few ideas here that you can share when supporting space exploration.
Space spending pays off.
Money spent on NASA positively impacts the economy.1 And it creates business
opportunities that feed back into the economy.This in turn grows the pool of public money that can
be spent on solving the world's most pressing problems.
2
Studying how we might grow food in orbit or on Mars provides new ideas for growing food in
extreme conditions on Earth.Medical research conducted on the International Space Station helps
us understand the human body in new ways.3
Space is inspiring.
Not every child who dreams of becoming an astronaut will get that opportunity.4 But to
be inspired to aim for something so amazing gives kids the motivation()to study hard in
science,engineering,or other fields.5 When we are amazed at the beauty of Jupiter's clouds
or the mystery of Enceladus'oceans,we get an opportunity to appreciate the wonder of this planet
that we live on.
A.And inspiration isn't just for kids.
B.Spending on space supports highly skilled jobs.
C.Space research directly impacts earthly problems.
D.Space research isn't as expensive as people think.
E.And it helps save lives and improve quality of life.
F.This is a sad truth that many of us know from experience
G.But to deal with those problems doesn't mean we have to stop looking up.
2
3
5.
114英语·0黑白题高一下段可描写作者实施自己想法的经过。
②由第二段首句内容“在与邻居的日常交换中,我们变得亲密起
来。”可知,第二段可描写作者从这次经历中,意识到远亲不如
近邻这个道理。
众词类激活
行为类
①提供:provide/offer/give
②分发,运送:deliver/,send/give out
③意识到:realize/be aware of
情绪类
①困惑的:confused/delusory/bemused
②感激:gratitude/thank./appreciate
口参考范文
Paragraph 1:
Then one day I got an idea."Since my neighbor offered to give
me his firewood for free as a gift,why don't I give him my milk in
return?"I said to myself.That night I brought some milk to his
house.Seeing his confused look,I said,"This milk is what we
have left after we sold it."His eyes sparkled with gratitude and
gave me a big hug.Then I began to deliver milk to his house and
he continued to provide firewood for me regularly.
Paragraph 2:
In the daily exchange with my neighbor,we became close
From this experience I get to realize a good neighbor is better than
a brother far off.Neighbors should get on well with each other,
despite the fact that it is unavoidable for neighbors to come into
conflict with each other sometimes.We just need to keep in mind
that after the conflict,taking action to repair the gap is a
great way.
⊕语言积累
高级表达
l.far off遥远的
2.come into conflict with与…发生冲突
3.repair the gap修补缝隙
高级句型
1.Seeing his confused look,I said,"This milk is what we have left
after we sold it..”(运用了非谓语动词中的现在分词作状语)
2.Neighbors should get on well with each other,despite the fact
that it is unavoidable for neighbors to come into conflict with
each other sometimes..(运用了that引导的同位语从句对fact进
行解释和说明)
3.We just need to keep in mind that after the conflict,taking
action to repair the gap is a great way..(运用了非谓语动词中的
现在分词作主语)
Sunday
高频词块积累:l.track2.regarded3.processed4.burnout
5.decline 6.off 7.contrary 8.pursuit 9.chance 10.with
11.involved 12.relate 13.keen 14.with 15.major
16.contributions 17.response 18.based 19.range 20.turn
21.rate 22.mind
熟词生义:1.获得;谋得2.探讨:设法解决
词性拓展:l.consumption;consumer2.selfish3.exhibition
4.mess 5.reliable 6.enlight 7.desirable;desirous
8.removal 9.evidence 10.embarrass;embarrassing
11.delivery
WEEK 9>Monday
一、阅读理解
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍的是一项关于幽默感数
学测量方法的研究及其对人类进化和商业应用的意义。
1.B细节理解题。根据第一段中的“How do you quantify
something as complex and personal as humour?University of
Alberta researchers have developed a mathematical method of
doing just that and it might not be as personal as we think."
知,这项新研究的重点是对幽默感知的测量。故选B项。
2.C细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Westbury assumed the
answer lay in the word's entropy,a mathematical measure of
how ordered or predictable it is.Non-words like finglam,with
高一下
uncommon letter combinations,are low in entropy.”可知,韦斯
特伯里认为答案在于单词的熵,这是一种对单词有序性或可预
测性的数学测量。像“finglam”这样具有不常见字母组合的非
单词,嫡值较低。根据第二段“participants would laugh when
they heard some made-up non-words,like snunkoople'”可知,不
可预测即熵越低的单词更幽默,所以具有罕见字母组合的非单
词似乎更幽默。故选C项。
3.A细节理解题。根据第四段中的“In his study,test subjects
were asked to compare two non-words and choose.The option
they considered to be more humourous,and then they were
shown a single non-word and rated how humourous they found
it in the range of1tol00.(在他的研究中,受试者被要求比较两
个非单词,并选择他们认为更幽默的选项,然后给他们展示一
个单个的非单词,并在1到100的范围内对他们认为的幽默程
度进行评分。)”可知,在韦斯特伯里的研究中,受试者的任务是
进行对比、选择和评分。故选A项。
4.C推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“This nearly universal
response says a lot about the nature of humour and its role in
human evolution.'We think humour is personal.Actually,
humour is an evolutionary message sending device.So if you
laugh,you let someone else know something is not dangerous,'
says Westbury.”可知,这种几乎普遍的反应充分说明了幽默的
本质及其在人类进化中的作用。我们认为幽默是个人化的。
实际上,幽默是一种进化的信息传递工具。所以如果你笑了,
你就会让别人知道有些东西并不危险。所以作者在最后一段
想告诉我们幽默是人类进化的产物。故选C项。
二、阅读七选五
【语篇解读】本文是一篇议论文,主要讨论了是否应该投资太空探
索的问题,并列举了支持太空探索的几个理由,包括其对经济的积
极影响、对地球问题的直接帮助以及它对人们的激励作用。
l.B根据上文“Money spent on NASA positively impacts the
economy.”以及下文“And it creates business opportunities that
feed back into the economy.”可知,选项应承接上文具体说明
NASA的开支如何影响经济。B选项“太空投资支持高技能工
作。”符合语境。故选B。
2.C此空为小标题。根据下文“Studying how we might grow
food in orbit or on Mars provides new ideas for growing food in
extreme conditions on Earth.Medical research conducted on the
International Space Station helps us understand the human body
in new ways.可知,本段主要讲述太空研究能够帮助人类解决地
球上面临的问题。故C选项“太空研究直接影响了地球上的问
题。”能够概括本段主旨,适合作本段的标题。故选C。
3.E根据上文“Medical research conducted on the International
Space Station helps us understand the human body in new
ways.”可知,太空医学研究帮助理解人体,E选项“它有助于拯
救生命和提高生活质量。”承接上文,继续说明空间站上进行的
医学研究所带来的好处,符合语境。故选E。
4.F根据上文“Not every child who dreams of becoming an
astronaut will get that opportunity.”指出并非所有孩子能成为
宇航员;下文用“But”引出积极影响,进行转折;F选项“这是
个可悲的事实,我们许多人都是从经验中知道的。”承认上文所
陈述的内容,与下文构成转折关系,选项中的代词“This”指代上
文内容。故选F。
5.A根据上文“But to be inspired to aim for something so
amazing gives kids the motivation to study hard in science,
engineering,or other fields.”以及下文“When we are amazed at
the beauty of Jupiter's clouds or the mystery of Enceladus'
oceans,we get an opportunity to appreciate the wonder of this
planet that we live on.”可知,太空探索不仅能激励孩子去学习
科学,成年人也被宇宙之美震撼;A选项“鼓舞不只是给孩子
的。”承上启下,指出不仅孩子受到激励鼓舞,符合语境。故
选A。
Tuesday
一、完形填空
【语篇解读】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者多次尝试让调零的兰花
再次开花,但都失败了,在作者不抱希望的时候,妻子接手了这个
学霸黑白题30