高考英语快速阅读训练（I）
(A)
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You may enjoy the food at McDonald's, but have you ever thought of managing one of the restaurants yourself? With a major in franchise(特许经营) management now available to high school graduates, this kind of career may be easier to find than you think.
This year, more than 2,500 new majors have been approved(批准) by the Ministry of Education. This means different universities will offer a wider variety of majors for high school students. The most widely available new field is believed to be public administration(管理). Fifty universities, including Wuhan University and Sun Yat-sen University, will start to admit students choosing this major. Logistics(物流) is also growing. Other popular topics include information engineering, business administration and human resources.
Logistics is a good example of how majors are being set to meet the demands of the job market. "The employment rate for graduates with this major is nearly 100 per cent," said Fu Qiang, a teacher at Beijing Materials Institute, the first college to introduce the major in China. However, with many colleges introducing the same major, a lot of graduates will end up with similar skills. As a result, a field where there is demand now may suffer from high unemployment within a few years.
"It's important to weigh the majors in different universities according to your qualities and interests," said Professor Lei Qing of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. "Their training focuses on different aspects and the professional(专业的) level also differs."
Many of the new majors available were once parts of more general ones. Professor Zheng Xiaoqi, a co-worker of Professor Lei, is not so sure about the changes. "At university, students lay foundations for their future, so it is better if their majors cover wide fields." For those who want to get a good job immediately after graduation, the narrow majors are good. But for those who want to do further study, a general major more suitable.
1. If you choose franchise management as your major, ________.
A. you're likely to have further study in foreign countries
B. you can probably find a job immediately after graduation
C. you will learn about materials control
D. you should apply to Wuhan University
2. Which of the following is WRONG?
A. Many new majors are introduced because of the demands of the job market.
B. The story tells us two trends(趋势)of the new majors approved this year.
C. Universities offer different new majors.
D. The major in business administration was one part of the public administration major.
3. Which of the following can replace the word "weigh" in Para. 4?
A. Choose and learn.
B. Compare and decide.
C. Measure. D. Consider.
4. From the passage we can indicate that ________.
A. those who have logistics as a major probably can't find jobs some years later
B. one should choose a general major if one wants to get a good job after graduation
C. the narrow majors include education and marketing
D. some unimportant majors might be given up in recent years
(B)
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You have waited 40 minutes for the valuable 10-minute break between classes. But when the bell for the next class rings, you can't believe how quickly time has passed.
If you are familiar with this scene, you'll know how time flies when you are having fun - and drags when you are bored. Now scientists have come up with a reason why this is the case.
Scans(扫描) have shown that patterns of activity in the brain change according to how we focus on a task.
When we are bored, we concentrate more on how time is passing. This makes our brains think the clock is ticking more slowly.
In a study conducted by a French laboratory, 12 volunteers watched an image while researchers monitored their brain activity using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI, 磁共振成像) scans.
The volunteers were told to first concentrate on how long an image appeared for, then focus on the colour of the image, and thirdly, study both duration (持续的时间) and colour.
The results showed that the brain was more active when the volunteers paid attention to more subjects.
It is thought that if the brain is busy focusing on many aspects of a task, it has to spread its resources, and pays less attention to the clock.
Therefore, time passes without us really noticing it, and seems to go quickly.
If the brain is not so active, it concentrates its full energies on monitoring the passing of time. As a result, time seems to drag.
However, the researchers found that the more the volunteers concentrated on how long an image appeared for, the more accurate(准确) were their estimates of its duration.
Lead researcher Dr Jennifer Coull said many areas of the brain help estimate time. These areas also play a key role in controlling movement and preparing for action.
"This suggests that the brain may make sense of time as intervals between movements," she explained. "For example, a musician marks time with his foot, while an athlete anticipates (预期) the sound of a starter's pistol."
Next time you feel bored in class, perhaps you should pay more attention to what the teacher is saying!
5. Why does time drag when one is bored?
A. Because patterns in one's activities change.
B. Because one's mind is elsewhere and estimates the time wrongly.
C. Because there's a clock ticking in one's brain and, when one is bored, it ticks more slowly.
D. Because the brain has focused on nothing but the passing of time.
6. How did the scientists come up with a reason for the different feelings of passing time?
A. By having volunteers watch an image.
B. By scanning the pattern of brain activities in set tasks.
C. By monitoring the clocks in the volunteers' brains.
D. By monitoring the key areas of the volunteers' brains.
7. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The more subjects the volunteers focused on, the more accurate their estimates of time were.
B. The brain estimates time through movements.
C. The areas of the brain that help estimate time also help us control our movement.
D. The fact that an athlete waits for the sound of a starter's pistol is used to explain how some areas of the brain are important in controlling movements.
8. When you are watching a close match, your brain ________.
A. is active B. will feel painful because of hard workC. is not so active D. can't estimate time correctly
key: 1. B。见第一段的最后一句。 2. D。见第二段第三句:"公共管理"专业是一个全新的专业,而商业管理早已经成为大学的著名专业了(见第二段最后一句)。 3. B。从后面的"根据你的素质和兴趣从不同的大学中......专业"可推知。4. A。根据第三段最后一句,可知任何专业的毕业生在市场上达到饱和之后,都会最终失去就业的优势。其余三项都与文章内容不符(参考最后两段)。 5-8 DBCA