新理念大學英語Book5-3

1、UNIT 3Woman: Hi, welcome to Caesar's. Checking in? Man: Yes, we have a reservation under Dr. Price.Question: Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a restaurant. B. In a park. C. In a museum.D. In a hotel. Man: What have been the major drawbacks of the new recruitment? Woman: Wel

2、l, some of them are fresh graduates from the university. We may need to have more professional training for them first. Question: What is the main disadvantage of the new staff? A. They are fresh. B. They are lacking in experience.C. They are professional. D. They are graduate students. Woman: Would

3、 you vote for Naomi Bartlett? Man: Actually, yeah. I would. I am part of the swimming club and Naomi's backed the sports department through thick and thin. Question: What can you tell about Naomi Bartlett? He is popular. He founded the swimming club. He is backed up by the speakers. He has made

4、a lot of contributions to the sports department. Man: Tuition fees are becoming ridiculous. They have risen 250% in six years! Woman: It is time to expect some changes. Question: How much has the tuition increased?A. 25%.B. 250%.C. 215%.D. 205%. Woman: How do you like the paintings by Jackson Polloc

5、k? Man: Well, I prefer realism to abstract.Question: What is the man's attitude? A. He likes the paintings by Jackson Pollock. B. He likes abstract style better. C. He likes realistic paintings better. D. He prefer modern paintings. Woman: You won't forget that we're going over to the Wo

6、ng's for dinner tomorrow night, will you? Man: I will keep that in my mind. I won't forget. Woman: It slipped your mind last week that we were meeting Donna at the movies, remember? Man: I was preoccupied last week, but I won't forget about tomorrow night. Woman: I'm reminding you be

7、cause the week before that, you forgot to cash that check at the bank. Remember that? Man: I didn't forget. I was just a little wrapped up in work that week. I'm not usually absent-minded, you know. Woman: Right. Do you want me to send you an email tomorrow morning to jog your memory? Man: T

8、hat won't be necessary. I have the day, time, and even their address committed to memory. Do you want to test me? Woman: No, I don't, but I just want to make sure we don't have a repeat of what happened last month. You were supposed to meet me at the Donnelly's at 8:00 pm and you nev

9、er showed up. Remember that? Man: No, I don't. I am forgetful. I won't remember any other incident you want to throw in my face. I thought last week you said you would stop giving me a hard time about my bad memory. Remember that? Questions 6 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just

10、heard. What did the man forget to do last week? A. He forgot to send a mail. B. He forgot to cash the check. C. He forgot to go for a dinner. D. He forgot to go to the movie. What does the woman want to email the man for tomorrow? A. To remind him of the meeting. B. To remind him of the dinner at Wo

11、ng's.C. To inform him of the movie. D. To remind him to cash the check. When did they arrange to meet at the Donnely's last month?A. 10:00 am.B. 8:00 pm.C. 10:00 pm.D. 8:00 am. Juan: You'll never guess who I got an email from yesterday. Naomi: Who? Juan: Diana Shultz. Naomi: Weren't

12、you two classmates in high school? So, you got an email from an old flame. Very interesting. Juan: Well, that's ancient history. We lost touch after we went off to college. Naomi: What did she say in her email? Juan: She said she was going to be in town next month and wanted to know if I wanted

13、to get together for dinner. Naomi: Are you going to go? Juan: I don't know. Her email came out of the blue. Naomi: Aren't you dying of curiosity? I know I would be. Maybe she still has feelings for you. Juan: Stop it! It's just dinner, and I'm sure she just wants to catch up on old t

14、imes, nothing more. Naomi: I wouldn't be so sure. You'll go, right? Juan: I might as well. If I make an excuse, she might think I'm trying to avoid her. Naomi: Good. Go and then tell me all about it afterwards. You know I have no social life. Juan: Stop making things up. You date more th

15、an anyone I know. Okay, I'm going, so stop bothering me. Naomi: All right, but I can't wait to hear all about it! Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Who is Dianna Shultz? A. A former teacher of the man. B. A former classmate of the man. C. A former colleague

16、 of the man.D. A former student of the man.Why did Dianna email the man?A. She wanted to make things up. B. She hoped to have a class reunion. C. She would like to have a get-together for dinner with the man.D. She wanted to visit the town again. What is the female speaker's attitude?A. She is a

17、ngry and gloomy.B. She is happy and cheerful.C. She is sad and painful. D. She is curious and somewhat jealous. Passage One If you feel the urge to lay your head down on the desk for an afternoon nap, here's something to tell your boss: a 90-minute snooze will actually help you remember that new

18、 task you just learned. Researchers at the University of Haifa published the results of their nap study in the journal Nature Neuroscience. They tested two groups each was asked to learn to bring their thumb and fingers together in a specific sequence. One took a 90-minute nap afterwards, the other

19、didn't. The group that slept had learned the sequence better by nightfall. By morning the two groups had evened out, but researchers say the nappers improved more rapidly the next day. Then the scientists took another two groups. Both learned two different thumb-to-finger sequences over a few ho

20、urs. One group took a nap in between the two tasks. At night-time, there was no difference between the groups. But by the morning, the nappers had learned the first task better. Scientists say this shows sleep in the afternoon help engrave new tasks into our long-term memory. Turns out that if you s

21、nooze, you win.Questions 12 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.What is the main idea of this passage? A. Scientists have done a lot of research on napping. B. Taking a nap helps people to remember newly acquired information.C. Long-term memory is more important.D. Nappers are better

22、employees. How many minutes' nap is recommended by the scientists?A. 30 minutes.B. 60 minutes.C. 90 minutes.D. 120 minutes. What does the research show about the effects of taking a nap?A. Napping helps short-term memory.B. Napping helps one's health. C. Napping helps the memory of new tasks

23、. D. Napping helps to do the thumb-to-finger sequence task.Passage Two Are smarter people drawn to music, theater and dance? Or does arts training in childhood change the brain in positive ways? In 2004, the philanthropic Dana Foundation created a group of neuroscientists from seven universities to

24、address those questions. On March 4, the group released a report Learning, Arts, and the Brain, available at . Some of the findings: An interest in performing arts helps develop sustained attention spans, which can improve other areas of cognition. Links exist between training in music and t

25、he ability to manipulate information in both short-term and long-term memory. Music training also appears to improve kids' capacity for geometric representation, as well as the acquisition of reading skills. Acting classes lead to improved memory, via better language skills. Dance learning is do

26、ne through observation and mimicry, and that training appears to improve other cognitive skills. So science says that dance, theater and music can make life full of sound and glory, signifying something.Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.When did the research group relea

27、se the report?A. March 4, 2004.B. March 14, 2003.C. May 14, 2004.D. May 4, 2003. What does performing art help? A. It helps to develop short-term memory.B. It improves attention spans. C. It fosters the geometric representation. D. It increases the information processing ability. Which of the follow

28、ing is not mentioned as an advantage that music training may have for children?A. Music training seems to improve children's memory. B. Music training seems to help manipulate information in both short-term and long-term memory. C. Music training seems to improve their acquisition of reading ski

29、lls. D. Music training seems to improve kids' capacity for geometric representation.Passage Three Senior citizens, don't believe the ads. Because a new study finds that older folks who accept that seniors' memories get worse do worse on memory tests. The finding was published in the jour

30、nal <i>Experimental Aging Research</i>. Scientists interested in the effects of stereotype on memory enlisted 103 seniors between 60and 82 years old to take a memory test. Before the test, some subjects were told that the test checked the effects of age on memory. Researchers call this a

31、 threat it reminds participants of the stereotype. That group was also asked to write down their age after reading the instructions, again homing in on the stereotype. The other group was told that the test controlled for biases. This could make them feel more secure. Researchers also gave participa

32、nts a questionnaire to test how strongly they bought into negative stereotypes. The results: Participants who got reminded of their age and the old-age, poor-memory stereotype did significantly worse. Those who say they feel stigmatized also performed more poorly youre your memory may function bette

33、r just by believing that it will. In which case, you really will eventually figure out where you left your car keys.Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.How old are the seniors who are enlisted as the research subjects?A. 103. B. 60 to 80.C. 65 to 82.D. 60 to 82. What was

34、the other group told to believe? A. They were told the bias will make them feel secure.B. They were asked to write down their age. C. They were given a stigma consciousness questionnaire.D. They were controlled by bias. What did the research result suggest? A. Memory may function better just by beli

35、eving that it will. B. Participants who did not get reminded of their age and the old-age, poor-memory stereotype did significantly worse. C. You really will eventually figure out where you left your car keys. D. Memory becomes worse as people get old.People who want to learn things might do better

36、by simply stopping to smell the roses, researchers reported on . German researchers found they could use odors to reactivate new memories in the brains of people while they slept and the remembered better later. Writing in the journal <i>Science</i>, they said their study showed that mem

37、ories are indeed during sleep, and that smells and perhaps other stimuli can reinforce brain learning pathways. Jan Born of the University of Lubeck in Germany and had 74 volunteers learn to play games similar to the game of "Concentration" in which they must find matched pairs of objects

38、or cards by turning only one over at a time. While doing this task, some of the volunteers inhaled the scent of roses. The volunteers then agreed to sleep inside an MRI tube. magnetic resonance imaging was used to "watch" their brains while they slept. At various stages during sleep, Born&

39、#39;s team spread the same scent of roses. The volunteers were tested again the next day on what they had learned. "After the odor night, remembered 97.2 percent of the card pairs they had learned before sleep," the researchers wrote. But they only remembered 86 of the pairs if they did no

40、t get the rose smell while sleeping. And the stage of sleep was important too, the researchers said in a that will add to the debate over whether people "learn" in their sleep the way some animals have been shown to. Research has shown, for example, that rats learning a new maze will their

41、 movements during sleep, and that songbirds rehearse their songs. Born's team said the scent improved learning when it was during slow-wave sleep, but had no effect during rapid eye movement or REM sleep. The MRI showed that the hippocampus, the part of the brain associated with learning new thi

42、ngs, was activated when the odor was wafted over the volunteers during slow-wave sleep. People who want to learn things might do better by simply stopping to smell the roses, researchers reported on <b><u>Thursday</u></b>. German researchers found they could use odors to reac

43、tivate new memories in the brains of people while they slept and the <b><u>volunteers</u></b> remembered better later. Writing in the journal <i>Science</i>, they said their study showed that memories are indeed <b><u>strengthened</u></b> d

44、uring sleep, and that smells and perhaps other stimulant reinforce brain learning pathways. Jan Born of the University of Lubeck in Germany and <b><u>colleagues</u></b> had 74 volunteers learn to play games similar to the game of "Concentration" in which they must f

45、ind matched pairs of objects or cards by turning only one over at a time. While doing this task, some of the volunteers inhaled the scent of roses. The volunteers then agreed to sleep inside an MRI tube. <b><u>Functional</u></b> magnetic resonance imaging was used to "wa

46、tch" their brains while they slept. At various stages during sleep, Born's team spread the same scent of roses. The volunteers were tested again the next day on what they had learned. "After the odor night, <b><u>participants</u></b> remembered 97.2 percent of the card pairs they had learned before sleep," there searchers wrote. But they only remembered 86 <b>