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2024年湖北省孝感市孝南区中考二模英语试题
Most people have an inner (内心的) voice. It's the discussion that goes on inside your head. What you say to yourself will make a difference to how you think, feel and act, so it's worth attention.
Your inner voice is always with you. You may notice it when you make a mistake or when you try something new. Your inner voice has different tones. Sometimes it sounds kind but at other times it may sound scary. Whatever it sounds, we should treat it with kindness.
How does the inner voice influence you? If you keep telling yourself you're not good at making friends or you're not creative, over time you'll believe your inner voice is true. When you talk to yourself using a sentence like "I have to clean my room.", it makes the task harder. Instead, if you say, "I choose to clean my room, and then I'll feel comfortable and find my things easily." It's more positive (积极的). You're telling yourself how you'll benefit (受益) from cleaning your room.
But how to treat your inner voice? Trying to be friends with your inner voice can give you more energy. For example, when you make a mistake, you may feel afraid. You think you may be criticized (批评). But you should tell yourself it's OK to get something wrong. You can learn from the mistakes and try to avoid making the same mistakes next time.
When you do something that makes you feel nervous,encourage yourself to go ahead bravely. If you are not sure what to say, imagine you're talking to your best friends and trying to support and help them.
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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 |
{#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. |
注意:
1. 词数:80-100词, 必须包含所给要点, 可适当发挥;
2. 文中不得出现真实的人名和校名;
Skills | Phrases |
Listening | listen to the radio; watch English movies |
Speaking | speak English in class |
Reading | read stories and newspaper |
Writing | find a pen friend; keep a diary |
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