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名校版高考英语阅读理解精2023读含答案Some researchshows thatpeople drivefaster andbreak moretrafficlaws whilelistening to fast,exciting music.Other studiessuggestthat listening tofast,loud classicalmusic canreducereading comprehension,while relaxingmusic oftenleads tobetterscores onintelligence tests.A recentstudy examinedhow peopleinvested fakecoins whilelisteningto low-tempo music,high-tempo musicor nomusic atall.The resultsof thestudy arepublished in the preprintjournal SSRN.For thestudy,researchers asked63participants tolisten toa suiteofinstrumental songsfrom variousgenres,and torate howcalmingor arousingthey consideredeach genreand song.After(记录)tallying theresponses,the researcherschose the two piecesof music thatparticipants ratedmost calmingor arousing:aDeadmau5mix ofelectronic music,and arelaxation mixfrom anew-age musiciannamed Karunesh.The participantswere splitinto twogroups—each ofwhichlistened to either theDeadmau5mix or the Karuneshmix—andasked tocomplete twofinancial investmentscenarios.The firstscenariowas a lottery in which participantscould chooseto investina risk-free assetwith aguaranteed returnor ahigh-risk,(资产)high-reward asset.In thesecond scenario,participants hadtochoose howtheyd diversifytheir fundsbetween threeassets,each ofwhich offereda50-50chance ofgetting oneof tworates ofreturn.In bothscenarios,people wholistened tothe fast-tempoDeadmau5mix madesafer financial decisions.Interestingly,peoplealso madesafer investmentswhen theysubjectively feltthat themusicdisturbed them,as opposedto helped”them.Why The researchers suggestedthis mightbe explained,in part,by pastfindings showingthat fast-tempo musiccan overloadourworking memory,which hasbeen shownto makeus lesslikely totake risks.Of course,what maydisturb oneperson mighthave entirelydifferenteffects onsomeone else.With thatin mind,the newstudydoesn tnecessarily suggestyou shouldput onDeadmauS when(股票组合).rearranging yourstock portfolio
32.What canwe knowabout musicaccording toParagraph1A.It contributesalotto reducingcar accidents.B.Fast-tempo musicis linkedwith highintelligence.7C.It has a positiveinfluence onpeople ssocial skills.D.It changesthe waypeople engagewith everydayactivities.
733.What sthe purpose of thestudyA.To discusshow peoplebenefit fromlisteningtomusic.B.To investigatewhich typeofmusiccan easeemotions.C.To suggestputting onDeamau5while makingfinancialdecisions.7D.To studyif backgroundmusic affectspeople sfinancialdecisions.
734.How doesthe fast-tempo musicaffect people s financialdecisionsA.It helpsto relievepeople stension.B.It makespeople lesslikely totakerisks.C.It misshapespeople sconcept ofinvestment7D.It changespeople sfinancial managementskills.
35.What can be inferredabout“disturbing musicA.People arerarely consciousof itsexistence.B.People perceiveit differentlyand subjectively.7C.It haslittle todo withpeoplesfinancialdecisions.D.It shouldbe avoidedwhen werearrange ourstock portfolio.D DB BYouhave probablyheard thattrying tomultitask isa terribleidea.(神经的)One mainreason isthat ourneural wiringdoes notallow usto split ourattention:when wetry todeal withtwo thingsat once,all weactually dois switchour focusback andforth betweenthem,which decreasesour performance,as manystudies haveshown.The consequencescanbedeadly:texting whiledriving ismoredangerous thandrunk-driving.〃Even magiciansuse a“divide-and-conquer approachto theaudiences attention,forcing ustosplit our focusby(使应接不暇)overwhelming ourprocessing ability—which inturnmakes usmuch lessable tofigure outthe hiddenmethods behindthemagic.7All inall,the evidenceis therethat youshouldn tmultitask.But1new scientificdata suggestthat youshould tellyourself you re7multitasking—even ifyourenot.The liemight improveyourperformance.Theresearchtested8,242participants acrossa seriesof32studies.Scientists randomlyassigned participantsin eachof theexperimentstoeithera multitaskingor a single-task condition.Allthe participantsin eachexperiment performedexactly thesame,tasks.Only thedescriptions ofeach task,ortheparticipantsexpectations,differed betweenthetwogroups.In everystudy,people whowere told,or ledto believe,that theyweremultitasking,performed betterthan thosewho thoughtthey(瞳孑扩张)were conductingasingle task.Pupil dilationL wassimilarlylarger inthe multitaskingthan inthe single-task group,supporting strongerfocus andparticipation inthe task.The results-the authorsclarify-do notmean thatthewell-documented harmfuleffects ofactual multitaskingare wrong.(观念)Rather,they indicatethat itis theperception ofone smultitaskingthat canpositively affectperformance.For instance,one wayinwhichI triedto increasemy productivitywhile writingthispassage wasthinking ofit notasasingletask,but asmultitaskingbetween itsmany components:reading theoriginalreport,understanding itsconclusions,making senseof thedatafigures,choosing theproper words,etc.It largelycame downtore-structuring thetask.
28.What preventspeople frommultitasking effectivelyA.Mental stress.B.A smallknowledge reserve.C.The lackof operationalability.D.A limitationinthebrain function.
29.Why isthe magicianexample mentionedA.To showhow toattract attention.B.To showthe importanceof concentration.C.To showit sdifficult toconcentrate forlong.D.To showtrying tosplitourfocus leadsto badperformance.
30.What dosmaller sizesof pupilsindicateA.Higher levelsof tiredness.B.Higher levelsof motivation.C.Lower levelsof attentiveness.D.Lower levelsof nervousness.
31.What sthe mainpurposeofthis textA.To showthe harmof multitasking.B.To clarifywhether multitaskingis goodor bad.C.To explainhow todeal withseveral tasksat once.D.To introducea wayof trickingourselves intodoing better.。