【正文】 r thimble!d never forgotten my birthday!d have tea parties, plant flowers and carefully tend them. She loved knitting sweaters as well as making beautiful quilts　for her grandchildren. I remember the small thimble ( 頂 針 ) she would place on her finger while doing her needlework. My grandmother was from a town in Michigan. And summer after summer I enjoyed staying with my grandparents as a young child. I was from the city and loved the small town where they lived. People knew everyone, their children, their pets, their ancestors. I am astonished at the way God knows when to send a special gift of encouragement at just the right time! It might be in a dream, a lost letter, a memory, or something found that we39?！军c評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，推理判斷和目標意圖三個題型的考查，是一篇生活類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行討論推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。專家說，更多的人則是自以為可以有效地處理多任務，但他們其實是在兩件事之間迅速轉(zhuǎn)移注意力，而并沒有全身心地投入到其中任何一件事中。（4）考查目的意圖。”是一個“inattentional blindness”的例子。根據(jù)第四段中的“Many of those accidents are due to ‘inattentional blindness’, in which people can, in effect, turn a blind eye to things they aren39。故選A。t very good at multitaskingour brains are wired for ‘selective attention’ and can focus on only one thing at a time. ”這些上月發(fā)布在《自然》期刊上的研究結(jié)果強調(diào)了為何人們不是很擅長處理多任務──我們的大腦有“選擇性注意”機制，一次只能專注于一件事。（2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“Scientists at the University of California in San Francisco have found where that soundediting process occurs in the brain—in the auditory cortex (聽覺皮層) just behind the ear, not in areas of higher thought. ”現(xiàn)在，加州大學舊金山分校（University of California in San Francisco）的科學家找到了這種聲音編輯過程在大腦中發(fā)生的位置──在耳朵后面的聽覺皮層，而不是大腦的高級思維區(qū)域。examine and evaluate【答案】（1）D（2）A（3）D（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，講述的是“雞尾酒會效應”的啟示。inform and explainC.A pedestrian had a car accident because of phubbing(低頭).（4）The main purpose of the passage is to ______. A.A manager talked on a handsfree phone with his client.B.We benefit from pushing the limit with multitasking.（3）Which of the following is an example of inattentional blindness? A.We cannot multitask without extra attention.B.Sounds are sorted out before reaching the higher brain.（2）What do we learn from the passage? A.The higher brain processes sounds and images selectively.B. Some people can train themselves to pay extra attention to things that are important — like police officers learn to scan crowds for faces and conductors can listen for individual instruments within the orchestra as a whole. Many more think they can effectively multitask, but are actually shifting their attention rapidly between two things and not getting the full effect of either, experts say.（1）What have scientists in University of California found about “the cocktailparty effect”? A.s a pushpull relationship — the more we focus on one thing, the less we can focus on others,” says Diane M. Beck, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Illinois. Many of those accidents are due to “inattentional blindness”, in which people can, in effect, turn a blind eye to things they aren39。t very good at multitasking — our brains are wired for “selective attention” and can focus on only one thing at a time. That inborn ability has helped humans survive in a world buzzing with visual and auditory stimulation (刺激). But we keep trying to push the limits with multitasking, sometimes with tragic (悲劇的) consequences. Drivers talking on cellphones, for example, are four times as likely to get into traffic accidents as those who aren39。s as if only one person was speaking alone,” says investigator Edward Chang.re at a party. Music is playing. Glasses are clinking. Dozens of conversations are driving up the decibel (分貝) level. Yet among all those distractions, you can tune your attention to just one voice from many. This ability is what researchers call the “cocktailparty effect”.（英語）高二英語閱讀理解解題技巧及練習題(含答案)及解析一、高中英語閱讀理解1．閱讀理解What Cocktail Parties Teach Us You39。 Scientists at the University of California in San Francisco have found where that soundediting process occurs in the brain — in the auditory cortex (聽覺皮層) just behind the ear, not in areas of higher thought. The auditory cortex boosts some sounds and turns down others so that when the signal reaches the higher brain, “it39。 These findings, published in the journal Nature last week, explain why people aren39。t.t focusing on. The more attention a task demands, the less attention we can pay to other things in our field of vision. Images land on our retinas (視網(wǎng)膜) and are either boosted or played down in the visual cortex before being passed to the brain, just as the auditory cortex filters sounds, as shown in the Nature study last week. “It39。 Studies over the past decade at the University of Utah show that drivers talking on handsfree cellphones are just as influenced as those on handsheld phones because it is the conversation, not the device, that is distracting their attention. Those talking on any kind of cellphone react more slowly and miss more traffic signals than other motorists.Usually there is only one person who is speaking alone.All kinds of annoying sounds drive up the decibel level.C.D.We are biologically incapable of multitasking.We survive distractions in life by multitasking.C.D.A careless driver lost his eyesight after a car accident.Police scanned the crowds and located the criminal.C.D.pare and contrastB.argue and discussD.（1）考查細節(jié)理解?？芍?，在到達更高的大腦之前，聲音已經(jīng)被整理出來了，故選D。根據(jù)第三段中的“These findings, published in the journal Nature last week, explain why people aren39?？芍?，我們在生理上無法同時處理多項任務。（3）考查推理判斷。t focusing on.”可知，D項A pedestrian had a car accident because of phubbing.“一個行人因低頭族而發(fā)生車禍。故選D。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Some people can train themselves to pay extra attention to things that are importan