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Every mom and dad can tell you “Stave off” in Paragraph 1 is
(1) closest in meaning to
that keeping children busy helps
__________.
stave off cries of boredom –
now there is scientific backing A. prevent to prove it. Dr. Anthony Chaston has proven that time really does fly when you’re having fun. Or, B. encourage C. support at least, it flies when your attention is engaged.
Working in the University of Alberta, Chaston devised a test that required subjects to find specific items in various images. However, before the
subjects started the test, they were told that once they had completed it they would be asked
to estimate how much time had
passed during their test.
There were seven levels of
difficulty among the tests. In some cases, the items were easy
to find because they were of different colors. In the more difficult tests, the items were placed among many similar looking items, or they didn’t even exist in the image. “The
harder the search tasks were, the smaller the estimates became,” said Chaston.
There are two kinds of time estimations, Chaston added, and
D. worsen
The second paragraph is centered on __________.
A. the difficulty of the test
B. the procedure of the test C. Dr. Chaston’s expected result
D. Dr. Chaston’s theory Dr. Chaston’s tests show that __________.
A. the easier task needs less time to make the estimation
B. the harder task needs less time to make the estimation
C. the easier task
results in less correct time
estimation
D. the harder task
results in less correct time
estimation
The major difference between
(2)
(3)
(4) there’s generally a big difference between the two. There’s prospective time estimation, which means the estimator knows in advance that
prospective and retrospective time estimation lies in __________.
A. different test results
B. different groups of he or she will be asked to make
an estimate after a task is completed. Then there’s retrospective, which means someone has been asked to provide a time estimate after the task has been completed.
Chaston said, “In our society, we’re pretty good with
prospective estimates. Most of us wear watches, and we’re
pretty good at keeping track of
the time because we have to for
most of our regular, daily lives.” For this reason, Chaston is pleased that the results of his study showed such a powerful effect of attention on prospective time estimates.
“This really shows that even if
you know in advance that you’re going to have to estimate the time of a task, the more attention the task requires, the faster time flies.”
estimators
C. different items used in the tests
D. different instructions to the estimators
“For this reason, Chaston is
pleased” in the last
paragraph, what does “this reason” refer to?
A. Most of us wear watches.
B. We have to keep track of time.
C. We are good with
prospective estimation.
D. We work hard in most of our regular, daily lives.
(5)
Some people remember things by The writer doesn’t like to write
(1) notes to himself because
writing notes to themselves.
_______.
Then they leave the notes in obvious(明显的) places, such as
A. most of the time he
on the table or on the floor in loses them or forgets to look at
them. the middle of the living room. I don’t think I like to write
B. he doesn’t know where notes to myself. Most of the time
to put them.
I lose them or forget to look at them until it’s too late. I
C. his handwriting is
prefer to use an alarm clock (闹poor. 钟) to tell me what I should do.
D. they bring him too much I have some alarm clocks in my house. They could tell me about
trouble.
things. For example, if I have to 37. The writer often uses _______
(2)
to help him remember things. make a telephone call at a
certain time, I’ll set an alarm
clock to go off a few minutes
early and put the clock by the telephone. Or if I want to watch
a certain television program, I’ll set an alarm clock at the right time and put the clock on the top of the TV set. I can use my clocks. However, sometimes an alarm clock goes
D. alarm clocks
n this passage, “go off” means (3)
________. remember almost anything if I
A. start off B. get off C. go away
D. make a sudden noise A. a notebook B. a computer C. telephone calls
off and I don’t know what it
means. I always remember setting
it, but not why I set it. If the clock is by the telephone, I know I may have set it to tell me to call someone. But I can’t be
According to the passage, notes are sure. I might have set it to tell (4) not good, because people may
________. myself that somebody was to call me at a certain time.
A. forget where the notes
have been put
them
B. misuse
on the table
C. put them
in the future
D. read them
The clock helps a lot but (5)
sometimes ________.
work
A. doesn’t
give alarm
B. refuse to
trouble
C. gives