:高考英语快速阅读训练（I）

高考英语快速阅读训练（I）

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YoumayenjoythefoodatMcDonalds，buthaveyoueverthoughtofmanagingoneoftherestaurantsyourself?Withamajorinfranchise(特许经营)managementnowavailabletohighschoolgraduates，thiskindofcareermaybeeasiertofindthanyouthink。

Thisyear，morethan2，500newmajorshavebeenapproved(批准)bytheMinistryofEducation。Thismeansdifferentuniversitieswillofferawidervarietyofmajorsforhighschoolstudents。Themostwidelyavailablenewfieldisbelievedtobepublicadministration(管理)。Fiftyuniversities，includingWuhanUniversityandSunYat-senUniversity，willstarttoadmitstudentschoosingthismajor。Logistics(物流)isalsogrowing。Otherpopulartopicsincludeinformationengineering，businessadministrationandhumanresources。

Logisticsisagoodexampleofhowmajorsarebeingsettomeetthedemandsofthejobmarket。Theemploymentrateforgraduateswiththismajorisnearly100percent，saidFuQiang，ateacheratBeijingMaterialsInstitute，thefirstcollegetointroducethemajorinChina。However，withmanycollegesintroducingthesamemajor，alotofgraduateswillendupwithsimilarskills。Asaresult，afieldwherethereisdemandnowmaysufferfromhighunemploymentwithinafewyears。

Itsimportanttoweighthemajorsindifferentuniversitiesaccordingtoyourqualitiesandinterests，saidProfessorLeiQingofBeijingUniversityofAeronauticsandAstronautics。Theirtrainingfocusesondifferentaspectsandtheprofessional(专业的)levelalsodiffers。

Manyofthenewmajorsavailablewereoncepartsofmoregeneralones。ProfessorZhengXiaoqi，aco-workerofProfessorLei，isnotsosureaboutthechanges。Atuniversity，studentslayfoundationsfortheirfuture，soitisbetteriftheirmajorscoverwidefields。Forthosewhowanttogetagoodjobimmediatelyaftergraduation，thenarrowmajorsaregood。Butforthosewhowanttodofurtherstudy，ageneralmajormoresuitable。

1。Ifyouchoosefranchisemanagementasyourmajor，________。

A。yourelikelytohavefurtherstudyinforeigncountries

B。youcanprobablyfindajobimmediatelyaftergraduation

C。youwilllearnaboutmaterialscontrol

D。youshouldapplytoWuhanUniversity

2。WhichofthefollowingisWRONG?

A。Manynewmajorsareintroducedbecauseofthedemandsofthejobmarket。

B。Thestorytellsustwotrends(趋势)ofthenewmajorsapprovedthisyear。

C。Universitiesofferdifferentnewmajors。

D。Themajorinbusinessadministrationwasonepartofthepublicadministrationmajor。

3。WhichofthefollowingcanreplacethewordweighinPara。4?

A。Chooseandlearn。

B。Compareanddecide。

C。Measure。D。Consider。

4。Fromthepassagewecanindicatethat________。

A。thosewhohavelogisticsasamajorprobablycantfindjobssomeyearslater

B。oneshouldchooseageneralmajorifonewantstogetagoodjobaftergraduation

C。thenarrowmajorsincludeeducationandmarketing

D。someunimportantmajorsmightbegivenupinrecentyears

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Youhavewaited40minutesforthevaluable10-minutebreakbetweenclasses。Butwhenthebellforthenextclassrings，youcantbelievehowquicklytimehaspassed。

Ifyouarefamiliarwiththisscene，youllknowhowtimeflieswhenyouarehavingfun-anddragswhenyouarebored。Nowscientistshavecomeupwithareasonwhythisisthecase。

Scans(扫描)haveshownthatpatternsofactivityinthebrainchangeaccordingtohowwefocusonatask。

Whenwearebored，weconcentratemoreonhowtimeispassing。Thismakesourbrainsthinktheclockistickingmoreslowly。

InastudyconductedbyaFrenchlaboratory，12volunteerswatchedanimagewhileresearchersmonitoredtheirbrainactivityusingMagneticResonanceImaging(MRI，磁共振成像)scans。

Thevolunteersweretoldtofirstconcentrateonhowlonganimageappearedfor，thenfocusonthecolouroftheimage，andthirdly，studybothduration(持续的时间)andcolour。

Theresultsshowedthatthebrainwasmoreactivewhenthevolunteerspaidattentiontomoresubjects。

Itisthoughtthatifthebrainisbusyfocusingonmanyaspectsofatask，ithastospreaditsresources，andpayslessattentiontotheclock。

Therefore，timepasseswithoutusreallynoticingit，andseemstogoquickly。

Ifthebrainisnotsoactive，itconcentratesitsfullenergiesonmonitoringthepassingoftime。Asaresult，timeseemstodrag。

However，theresearchersfoundthatthemorethevolunteersconcentratedonhowlonganimageappearedfor，themoreaccurate(准确)weretheirestimatesofitsduration。

LeadresearcherDrJenniferCoullsaidmanyareasofthebrainhelpestimatetime。Theseareasalsoplayakeyroleincontrollingmovementandpreparingforaction。

Thissuggeststhatthebrainmaymakesenseoftimeasintervalsbetweenmovements，sheexplained。Forexample，amusicianmarkstimewithhisfoot，whileanathleteanticipates(预期)thesoundofastarterspistol。

Nexttimeyoufeelboredinclass，perhapsyoushouldpaymoreattentiontowhattheteacherissaying！

5。Whydoestimedragwhenoneisbored?

A。Becausepatternsinonesactivitieschange。

B。Becauseonesmindiselsewhereandestimatesthetimewrongly。

C。Becausetheresaclocktickinginonesbrainand，whenoneisbored，itticksmoreslowly。

D。Becausethebrainhasfocusedonnothingbutthepassingoftime。

6。Howdidthescientistscomeupwithareasonforthedifferentfeelingsofpassingtime?

A。Byhavingvolunteerswatchanimage。

B。Byscanningthepatternofbrainactivitiesinsettasks。

C。Bymonitoringtheclocksinthevolunteersbrains。

D。Bymonitoringthekeyareasofthevolunteersbrains。

7。WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A。Themoresubjectsthevolunteersfocusedon，themoreaccuratetheirestimatesoftimewere。

B。Thebrainestimatestimethroughmovements。

C。Theareasofthebrainthathelpestimatetimealsohelpuscontrolourmovement。

D。Thefactthatanathletewaitsforthesoundofastarterspistolisusedtoexplainhowsomeareasofthebrainareimportantincontrollingmovements。

8。Whenyouarewatchingaclosematch，yourbrain________。

A。isactiveB。willfeelpainfulbecauseofhardworkC。isnotsoactiveD。cantestimatetimecorrectly

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