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青海省西宁市第二十一中学2016-2017学年八年级下学期英语期末考试试卷
What did you do on April 23 , World Book Day ? Did you find any interesting books ? Here is a book list from China's GAPP(中国新闻出版总署).
Title : Don't Blame Me , it's Not My Fault Author :Jimmy Jimmy,a Chinese painer, argued a lot with his 10-year-old daughter.Jimmy tried to understand his daughter , so he drew this picture book for her . His paintings show kids' anger , pain , happiness and wishes . |
Title : Climate Change + 2 Degrees Author : Yamamoto Ryoichi If the earth's temperature went up 2℃, what would happen ? In this book we learn about the history , today's situation and the future of global warming(温室效应). The author also tells us useful ways to protect our world . |
Title : The Last Lecture Author : Randy Pausch Randy Pausch , a professor(教授)from New York , was asked to give a lecture . He knew it may be his last lecture , because he was dying . His lecture wasn't about death , but about getting over the difficulties , helping others to reach their dreams . |
Title : Secret Garden Author : Johanna Basford It's a coloring book for adults . The book takes you on a trip through a secret garden . The pictures are black and white and you need to use the color pencils to make it colorful and beautiful . It's so popular with the white-collars(白领)because it's a good way to lower their pressure . |
Have you noticed that time seems to pass more slowly when you're waiting in a long line? But when you're playing with your friends, hours seem like minutes. Of course, time is always passing at the same speed--but why does it sometimes feel different?
A study in the Journal of Neuroscience can tell us the answer. Lead researcher Masamichi Hayashi and his research team in the US have found that it has something to do with neurons (神经元) in our brains that are sensitive(敏感的) to time.
The researchers studied the brain activity of 18 adults who were asked to look at a picture on a screen for a certain length of time. They were then asked to guess how long they'd been looking at the picture. They tended to(倾向于) guess incorrectly in the end when they were asked to stare at the picture for very long or very short periods of time.
After researching into their brain activity further, the researchers discovered neurons that work actively in response to(对…有反应) certain amounts of time, which are called time-sensitive neurons. When they receive repetitive stimulation (重复的刺激)(such as staring at a screen), these neurons finally get "tired" and don't work properly. It doesn't matter whether this amount of time is long or short, as long as the stimulation is repetitive. However, other neurons still work normally, having an influence on the ways we experience time.
When you stand in line or do some other repetitive things, such as math homework, your time-sensitive neurons get tired and cause you to feel like time is going slowly. But when you're doing something more fast-changing, such as playing soccer, you feel like time is flying. Either way, you'd better be careful with your brain when it comes to your experience of time. It may lie.
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Researchers | An American research team |
Participants | 18 adults |
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} | *Participants looked at a picture on a screen for some time. *Participants guessed how long they had spent. |
Result | Participants usually got wrong guessing when the screen time was too long or short. |
Discoveries | There are some time-sensitive neurons in the brain. *They work actively in response to certain amounts of time. *A very important factor(因素) to make the time-sensitive neurons "tired" is the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} of the stimulation. |
Conclusion | Treat your brain's telling of time with some {#blank#}5{#/blank#} when doing some repetitive or fast-changing activities. |
The winter vacation(假期) this year is coming soon. What do you want to do during the vacation? Do you want to watch TV? Do you want to play? {#blank#}1{#/blank#} I hope you can have a meaningful(有意义的) vacation. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}
About study
During the winter vacation, you will have a lot of free time for the three things. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Second, study some new lessons of the next term. Third, do your homework for two hours a day.
About food
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} So you must eat some healthy food. When you see so much delicious food in the New Year, you must eat well. Please eat more green vegetables.
About sports
Eating is a good thing. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Just go out and play sports with your family or friends for fun and health.
If you follow these good tips(提示), I believe you will have a great winter vacation.
A. Here are some tips for you. B. Maybe you have different answers. C. You should eat so much junk food. D. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. E. But after that, you must do some sports. F. But some students don't like these things. G. First, read one or two books in the afternoon every day. |
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