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Feeling being gazed at by Mona Lisa may be caused by the desire for attention.D.s cool to coin the term Mona Lisa effect.B.explain how the Mona Lisa effect can be applied(4)What can we learn from the passage? A.calculate the angle of Mona Lisa39。s beliefB.. A.(3)The experiment involving 24 people was conducted to D.seems mysterious because of her eyesC.. A.t sure. It39。s gaze as she looked at the viewer, they moved the ruler farther from or closer to the screen during the study. Consistently, the researchers found, participants judged that the woman in the Mona Lisa portrait was not looking straight at them, but slightly off to their right.t just him, the researchers asked 24 people to view images of the Mona Lisa on a puter screen. They set a ruler between the viewer and the screen and asked the participants to note which number on the ruler intersected Mona Lisa39。t looking at him.t looking at anyone in the room at all. Instead, you keep the gaze straight ahead.t cut the gaze of the character to that side173。s gaze is no more than about 5 degrees off to either side, the Mona Lisa effect occurs.s not looking at you. This is somewhat ironic, because the entire phenomenon of a person39。s right173。 A new study finds that the woman in the painting is actually looking out at an angle that39。s mon knowledge that the woman in Leonardo da Vinci39。8.閱讀理解 通讀全文可知,文章主要講述了海底噪音對海洋生物的影響以及如何降低海底噪音的問題,故選B。故選C。根據(jù)最后一段中的”And thanks to his work, we can better understand the effects of subsea sound pollution.“由于他的工作,我們可以更好地了解海底聲音污染的影響。故選A。s also possible to slow ships down to 18 km/h or less, which is less likely to seriously injure a whale.“也有可能將船只減速到每小時18公里或更少,這樣就不太可能嚴重傷害鯨魚。 (2)考查細節(jié)理解。故可知劃線部分單詞意思為“遲鈍的”。 (1)考查詞義猜測。D.Noise in the sea.C.Uncaring.(4)What is the text mainly about? A.Positive.Disapproving.Doubtful.To give the injured animals timely treatment.(3)What is the author39。To reduce the number of ships.C.s one way to solve the problem according to the text? A.D.C.B. The ocean is not our world, ments Andre. But it is ours to look after. And thanks to his work, we can better understand the effects of subsea sound pollution.(1)What does the underlined word desensitised in Paragraph 2 mean? A. As for dealing with the root cause of the problem, the UN39。 What can be done? One solution is to change shipping routes to courses where ships are statistically less likely to meet animals. It39。 It was not an easy task. Sound waves don39。 The whales had bee desensitised to the noise of approaching boats and were being struck by them, often seriously. We never thought that this could be something that could kill, recalls (回憶) Andre, who is the director of the Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics at the Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona.7.閱讀理解 以及結(jié)合文章內(nèi)容主要介紹了微笑能夠讓我們放松進而有利于我們的健康,所以要健康那就要多微笑,所以選B。根據(jù)第二段中的“Dr. Chockalingam, a heart disease specialist in Columbia, advises his patients to smile. He says a smile may be one way to help your heart.”哥倫比亞的心臟病專家Chockalingam博士建議他的病人保持微笑。故選A。而且它可能會為每個人的心臟健康提供一點額外的保護。根據(jù)最后一段中的“If we are smiling, we are breaking that link between stress and health. And it just may provide a little extra protection to everyone39。故選C。根據(jù)第三段中的“If you are truly in danger, these hormones can help you.”如果你真的有危險,這些荷爾蒙會幫助你。故選D。釋放出的化學物質(zhì)更積極。 (1)考查細節(jié)理解。s opinion? has the same effects as laughter. can be used to take the place of medicine. is better than any healthy lifestyle to health. can make our body produce beneficial chemicals.(2)What can we know about the mentioned stress hormones? can lower our blood pressure. will surely lead to heart diseases. can benefit us when we are in danger. will make us live an unhealthy lifestyle.(3)Why does Dr. Chockalingam think smiling is helpful to our health? can make us relax. increases sugar levels. has little bad side effects. can happen for no reason.(4)What can be the best title for the text? Thorough Analysis of the Causes of Heart Diseases Thing You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Heart Thing That Is Closely Connected with Stress Hormones Clear Connection Between Unhealthy Lifestyles and Heart Diseases【答案】 (1)D(2)C(3)A(4)B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文,哥倫比亞的心臟病專家Chockalingam博士建議多保持微笑,他認為微笑可能是幫助心臟的一種方式。Once people smile, they are relaxing. This relaxation directly lowers blood pressure, improves sugar levels in the blood. If we are smiling, we are breaking that link between stress and health. And it just may provide a little extra protection to everyone39。 Researchers say the connection between stress and heart disease is still unclear. However, they claim that when people are stressed for long periods of time, they may have an unhealthy lifestyle, which can lead to health problems. s main stress hormone. It increases sugar in the bloodstream. If you are truly in danger, these hormones can help you. They are part of what we call our fightorflight response. Dr. Chockalingam, a heart disease specialist in Columbia, advises his patients to smile. He says a smile may be one way to help your heart. When we smile, the brain wiring changes. The chemicals that are released are more positive. He says smiling is the first step in fighting physical and emotional stress and its sometimes harmful effects on human health. This is not just New Age advice. Several studies support his opinion. 6.閱讀理解 performance ”可知,機器人目前還在華盛頓州立大學的智能屋里進行測試,故選B??v觀全文可知,本文介紹了一款由美國華盛頓州立大學的科學家們研發(fā)的機器人。根據(jù)最后一段中的“ While we are still in an early stage of development, our initial results with RAS have been promising”可知,Minor對這款機器人的未來發(fā)展充滿信心、非常樂觀,故選C。 performance…”可知,這臺機器人的表現(xiàn)還要經(jīng)過進一步的測,說明正在測試階段,故選B。 (2)考查推理