【正文】 was inside the mother?s womb and which is therefore an association with peace, fort and security. Tests were carried out in nurseries where some babies were played the recorded sound of a human heart beat, and, sure enough, went to sleep twice as quickly as the others. We also know that the sound of mother39。s worth noting that limiting disruptions is the only solution. Remember the more you do to minimize taskswitching over the course of the day, the more ability you?ll have for activities that actually 55. Even small changes can make a big difference. 36. A. initial B. personal C. inner D. ambitious 37. A. plan B. account C. prediction D. insight 38. A. switching B. swinging C. swapping D. shuttling 39. A. benefits B. reasons C. consequences D. challenges 40. A. guided B. changed C. adapted D. interrupted 41. A. advantage B. emphasis C. trouble D. practice 42. A. in stock B. in store C. in check D. in possession 43. A. As a rule B. As a result C. In short D In contrast 44. A. patience B. discipline C. courage D. attention 45. A. expectation B. task C. environment D vision 46. A. replace B. silence C. answer D. pick 47. A. continuously B. finally C. passionately D. directly 48. A. similar B. relevant C. superior D. opposite 49. A. affordable B. basic C. considerable D. modest 50. A. research B. aspect C. reaction D. approach 51. A. minimum B. maximum C. turning D. fixed 52. A. analyzing B. grouping C. assigning D. undertaking 53. A. disturbing B. annoying C. unavoidable D. unnecessary 54. A. sympathetic B. loyal C. accustomed D. connected 55. A. matter B. function C. work D. interfere 第三部分 閱讀理解（共 15 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 30分） 請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文，從短文后各題所給的 A、 B、 C、 D 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)并在答題紙上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 up D. do。 第二部分 英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分 35 分） 第一節(jié) 單項(xiàng)填空（共 15 小題；每小題 1 分，滿分 15 分） 請(qǐng)認(rèn)其閱讀下面各題，從題中所給的 A、 B、 C、 D 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題紙上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 up C. knock。 Research shows that when we are absorbed in an activity, even minor distractions (分心 ) can have a huge effect. According to a study, regaining our 36 drive following an interruption can take about 20 minutes. Multitasking (多任務(wù) )， as many studies have shown, is a myth (謬論 ). A more accurate 37 of what happens when we tell ourselves we are multitasking is that we?re rapidly 38 between activities, sucking our mental energy. And the 39 can be surprisingly serious. An experiment found that we lose as many as 10 IQ points when we allow our work to be 40 by distractions like s and text messages. The 41 is that multitasking is enjoyable. It?s fun to satisfy your curiosity. Who knows what that next or text message holds 42? Finding out provides immediate satisfaction. 43, resisting distractions and staying on task requires 44 and mental effort. So, what are we to do? Our strategy is to change the 45 to move temptation further away: shut down your program or 46 your phone. It?s a lot easier to stay on task when you?re not 47 fighting off mental desires. The alternative, which most of us consider mon, is 48 to dieting in a bakery. We all need the willpower to resist the temptations, but doing so es with 49 costs to our limited supply of willpower. Another worthwhile 50 is to collect similar activities together, keeping transition (轉(zhuǎn)換 ) time to a 51 point. Instead of spreading phone calls, meetings and s throughout your day, try 52 related tasks so that there are fewer transitions. In some jobs, multitasking is 53. Some of us truly do need to stay 54 to our clients, colleagues and managers. So it39。t need to pay a deposit when renting rooms. D. The fees for parking near University of Washington are the same. B When Breath Bees Air gives an autobiography about Paul Kalanithi?s experiences as a doctor and as a terminally ill patient. The book discusses Kalanithi?s longtime fascination with questions of human biology, mortality (生命的有限 ), and meaning. It then examines how these questions are heightened by the author?s own confrontation (沖突 ) with lung cancer, sickness, and death. Kalanithi?s father was a doctor from New York City. The family moved to Kingman, Arizona, so that his father could pursue his medical career when Paul was young. His father worked long hours and was rarely home, which convinced young Paul that the last thing he wanted to do was to bee a doctor himself. Paul?s mother was concerned about the weak school system in Kingman, and so e a long list of literary classics which she made Paul and his brothers read. As a result, Paul became fascinated by literature. He attended Stanford University, from which he graduated in 2021 with a . and . in English Literature and a . in Human Biology. He earned an M. Phil in History Philosophy of Science and Medicine from the University of Cambridge. In 2021, Paul graduated from the Yale School of Medicine with the highest honors. He returned to Stanford for residency training (住院醫(yī)生實(shí)習(xí) ) in Neurological Surgery. As he neared the end of his 7year residency he was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. The hopes and dreams he and Lucy, his wife, have held to are dramatically changed. When Breath Bees Air gives an account of Kalanithi?s transformation from an innocent medical student troubled by the question of “what, given that all anisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life” into a young neurosurgeon (神經(jīng)外科醫(yī)生 ) at Stanford, guiding patients toward a deeper understanding of death and illness, and finally into a patient and a new father to a baby girl, confronting his own mortality. What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when the future, no longer a ladder toward your goals in life, flattens out into a continuous present? What does it mean to have a child, to care for a new life as another fades away? These are some of the questions Kalanithi wrestles with in this deeply moving, delicately obs