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Period Ⅲ Lesson 2 Brain Power
第一部分 基础知识练
Ⅰ.单词拼写 1. Quizzes and c__________ puzzles can be great ways to stimulate your brain. 2. Take yourself out of your comfort z__________ for a week, discover new personal qualities, and learn new skills. 3. We l__________ the schools and shops as soon as we moved into the town. 4. The museum c__________ 6,000 contemporary and modern artworks. 5. Each bone is an o__________ with certain shape, structure and function. 6. I who cannot see find hundreds of things to interest me through __________ (仅仅) touch. 7. ...both the size and consumption habits of our eating companions can influence our food __________ (摄入量). 8. All day she had fought off the __________ (冲动) to telephone her boss. 9. The real McNay was splendid, but we felt __________ (紧张的) the whole time we were there. 10.All substances, whether they are gaseous, liquid or solid, are made of __________ (原子).
Ⅱ.单句语法填空 1. A molecule of water consists of two (atom)of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen. 2. This sheet (contain)a list of problems a patient might ask the physician. 3. The elderly was attracted to the house—by its size and its (locate). 4. (crossword),electronic games and riddles can all improve your brain’s speed and memory. 5. A large amount of money (spend)on junk food every year. 6. The dentist has killed the (nerve)connecting the bad teeth to relieve the pain of his patient. 7. The economy of some (zone)along the Yangtze River develops very fast. 8. The physician said that zinc and protein (intake)are adequate for these children.
第二部分 能力提升练
Ⅰ.完成句子 1. 这条路延伸开来,将城市与小村庄连接起来。 The road stretches out and the small village. 2. 除了一小部分记者,该机构还包含不拿薪酬的志愿者。 Apart from a small team of journalists,the organization . 3. 图书馆坐落在一个安静的地区,离公交线路也很近。 The library a quiet district and it’s also close to bus lines. 4. 他们有责任持续监控杀虫毒药是否被滥用。 They continuously monitor whether the poisons for killing pests are abused. 5. 他虽然经验最少,却是最出色的牙医。 He’s the best dentist, the least experience. 6. 我们需要再次编辑该专栏的页面以保持其吸引力。 We need to edit the column’s page again to .
Ⅱ.语法填空 Sharing in the Mountains We are spending a holiday in the Yellow Mountains,China. Yesterday while 1. (have)a picnic in the mountains we met a young man from Spain. He was sitting at a table close 2. us and we talked 3. (excited) with him about the beauty surrounding us. As we were leaving,I realised that I did not have any 4. (gift)with me. I would have loved to give him 5. Little gift! We had two egg tarts(蛋挞)bought from a fast food restaurant for our meal back at the hotel,though. So,I went over to his table and 6. (ask)if he had dessert. He said, “No.” So I pulled out one of the egg tarts from our basket and placed 7. right beside his drinks and food! His eyes lit up like a little boy’s. I told him that we had 8. (many)than one and suggested he should enjoy something sweet while enjoying the 9. (beauty)scenery! We all laughed! My wife Milan joked later and said,“That was nice of you 10. (give)away my egg tart.”I laughed and said that we could share mine!
第三部分 阅读拓展练
Ⅰ.阅读理解(4选1) 主题:人与自我(生活与学习) 话题:大脑记忆机制 体裁:说明文 建议用时:6' Choosing to forget something might take more mental effort than trying to remember it, researchers at the University of Texas discovered. Their findings suggest that in order to forget an unwanted experience, more attention should be focused on it. "Decades of research has shown that we have the ability to forget something out of our own free will, but how our brains do that is still being questioned. Once we can figure out how memories are weakened and come up with ways to control this, we can design treatment to help people rid themselves of unwanted memories," said Jarrod Lewis-Peacock, the study's senior author. Memories are energetic constructions of the brain that regularly get updated, adjusted and reorganised through experience. The brain is constantly remembering and forgetting information—and much of this happens automatically during sleep. Their findings not only confirmed that humans have the ability to control what they forget, but that successful intentional forgetting requires more activity than what is required to remember. "A proper level of brain activity is important to this forgetting mechanism(机制). Too strong, it will strengthen the memory; too weak, you won't change it," said Tracy Wang, lead author of the study. "Importantly, it's the intention to forget that increases the activation(激活) of the memory, and when this activation hits the sweet spot, it leads to later forgetting of that experience." The researchers also found that participants were more likely to forget scenes than faces. "We're learning how these mechanisms in our brain respond to different types of information, and it will take a lot of further research before we understand how to use our ability to forget," said Lewis-Peacock. Hopefully we can find out how we process and get rid of those really strong memories, which can have a powerful effect on our health and well-being. 1. What remains a puzzle to researchers A. How our memories can be strengthened. B. How our brains voluntarily forget something. C. What effect unwanted memories have on our brains. D. Whether our brains can voluntarily forget something. 2. Which of the following words can best describe memories A. Casual. B. Unpredictable. C. Active. D. Permanent. 3. It can be learnt from the text that_________. A. it requires less attention to forget than to remember B. the more active the brain is, the faster it forgets C. humans can't keep memories under control D. humans forget faces less easily than scenes 4.What can be a suitable title for the text A. What It Takes to Forget an Unwanted Experience B. Strong Memories Have a Great Influence on Health C. Forgetting Uses More Brain Power than Remembering D. How to Train Our Brains to Voluntarily Forget Something
Ⅱ.阅读理解(7选5) 主题:人与自我(生活与学习) 话题:高效时间管理 体裁:说明文 建议用时:8' I have the same 24 hours in a day as you do,but I have made specific choices that allow me to make the most of every day,and still feel happy and relaxed. 1 · Pick the most important. 2 Focus on spending time that for you is fun and productive. I chose the life of an adviser because I like to work with companies,but don’t want the life of a big company CEO. My choices are based on the lifestyle I want. · Combine your activities. Many people go crazy trying to figure out how to spend time with friends, family, work, play, etc. 3 Find ways to enjoy them in a combined manner. Build your social life around people in your work environment. Find people in your company who share common interests and develop your career(职业)around the people and activities you love. · 4 You would think learning takes more time from you,but actually there are always new ways of doing things that can save you time on daily tasks,freeing you up for the most important. Always be looking for a new way to gain back an hour here or there. · Lighten up. The world won’t come to an end in most cases just because you left a few things undone. Celebrate progress and keep refining(改进)toward a happy productive existence. 5 Every completion is a small victory that adds up in a big way. A. Speed up. B. Be an active learner. C. Stop trying to balance time between them all. D. Make choices about what is meaningful in your life. E. The things you do well usually give you greater joy. F. Perhaps these tips will help you make the most of your time. G. This is why making lists is important in any productivity handbook. Ⅲ.语法填空 While most cloning techniques are still carried out within laboratories, there is a commercial industry that exists to produce clones of animals. Utah State University,1. example, is cloning cows. “Cloning is an excellent way to help endangered species, promote disease resistance, or even increase milk production if the technique 2. (apply) in a proper way,” the academic institution states. 3. is also possible to clone your pet, for a fee. You probably have heard the news 4. one couple in the UK spent £67,000 on cloning their dead dog after 5. (send) the DNA to a company in South Korea. The cloned puppies were shipped to the UK. US company ViaGen claims to be “6. most reliable animal cloning company in America” and is able to clone horses, livestock—including cows ,pigs, sheep and goats—as well as pets. ViaGen has cloned thousands of animals during 7. (it) 15 years. “Our cloned pets are ‘normal 8. (health) puppies and kittens’,” the company says. “The process of cloning a pet from start to finish can take eight to twelve 9. (month),” the company states. “This is due to the time it takes 10. (create) the embryo, the 60-62 days for the dog or cat to experience a normal pregnancy, aftercare of the puppy or kitten before it’s given to the pet owner.”
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Period Ⅲ Lesson 2 Brain Power
第一部分 基础知识练
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.crossword 2. zone 3. located 4. contains 5. organ
6.mere 7. intake 8. impulse 9.nervous 10. atoms
Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1.atoms 2. contained 3. location 4. Crosswords
5. is spent 6.nerves 7. zones 8. intakes
第二部分 能力提升练
Ⅰ.完成句子
1. connects the city with
2. consists of unpaid volunteers
3. is located in
4. have responsibility to
5. even though he has
6. keep it attracting/attractive
Ⅱ.语法填空
1. having 2. to 3. excitedly 4. gifts 5. a
6. asked 7. it 8. more 9. beautiful 10. to give
第三部分 阅读拓展练
Ⅰ.阅读理解(4选1)
1.B 2.C 3.D 4.C
Ⅱ.阅读理解 (7选5)
1.F 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.G
Ⅲ.语法填空
1.for 2.is applied 3.It 4.that 5.sending
6.the 7.its 8.healthy 9.months 10.to create