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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

阅读理解

    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 .

(1)、Don't Blame Me , it's Not My Fault ” was written by __________ .
A、Jimmy B、Yamamoto Ryoichi . C、Randy Pausch D、Johanna Basford
(2)、The book Climate Change + 2 Degrees mainly tells us about __________ .
A、a trip to a secret garden B、helping others reaching their dreams C、the future of global warming D、the argument between a father and a daughter
(3)、If you want to lower your pressure , you can choose __________ .
A、Don't Blame Me ,it's No My Fault B、Secret Garden C、Climate Change + 2 Degrees D、The Last Lecture
(4)、Where does Randy Pausch come from?
A、Sydney B、San Francisco C、New York D、Tokyo
(5)、What can we learn from the book Climate Change + 2 Degrees?
A、It wasn't about death , but about getting over the difficulties , helping others. B、How to find a good way to lower the pressure. C、How to show kids' anger , pain , happiness and wishes. D、We can learn about the history , today's situation and the future of global warming.
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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

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*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.

阅读理解

March 30th is the World Bipolar Day. Liu Tiebang, president of Shenzhen Kangning Hospital,introduced bipolar disorder (BD) to the public in an effort to raise awareness for the mental health illness.

Bipolar disorder, also called manic depression (躁郁), is a mood disorder which can cause a patient's mood to change from a very high to a very low. Manic symptoms (症状) can include increased energy, quick response, unusual talkativeness, a lack of need for sleep, high self-esteem and so on. Depressive symptoms can include less energy, loss of interest or pleasure, feeling worthless, low self-esteem and suicidal(自杀性的) thoughts.

Patients with BD are often misdiagnosed (误诊) as depression. Liu said that while someone is experiencing a manic stage, he or she may be unusually talkative, sociable and outgoing. Patients having these kinds of problems may not realize that they are ill and often do not look for medical care. On the other hand, patients experiencing depressive periods are more likely to be noticed.

"With the development of treatments and medications, the treatments for BD have become better at present," said Liu. "The medications are safer. Patients getting the right treatments at the earlier stage of BD have a higher possibility of recovery (恢复); or the mania and depression may happen again."

For patients with BD, in addition to medication, other methods such as physical treatments, psychological treatments, social support groups and crisis intervention may be useful for managing their symptoms and controlling mood changes.

 阅读短文,从每小题所给的四个选项中,选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

Have you ever imagined being able to communicate with your pets at home and have them understand everything you say?It sounds too good to be true,but scientists have started using AIto help communicate with animals. 

Professor Bake told Scientific Magazine that AI allows humans to use technology to watch and understand the sounds and signals animals communicate with so we humans can try to speak back to them. She said trying to communicate in animals' language could be better than teaching them how to use human sign language. AI is already helping us communicate with bats and bees. This could change what we know about these animals and our relationships with them. 

Professor Bake explained how Scientist Tovel had used recordings and AI to understand bats. "Bats have their own language. They often argue over food. They have different names,or 'signature calls'," she said,mother bats lower their voice when speaking to their babies. Their voice can never be heard with human ears. But AI makes this possible because a computer can be trained to listen like a bat. "

Actually,AI has so far achieved a lot in this field. For example,the computer not only listens but also watches bees' body movement to understand what they are communicating. Bake said scientists now know how bees say things such as "be quiet" or "stop". Scientist Landlof even created a robot Honeybee that entered a bee's home and was able to communicate with other bees when it wanted them to stop doing something or fly. 

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