14519讲义作业测试题36

1、高考英语第一轮总复习-猜词题-（36） 课后作业1I travel a lot, and I find out different “styles”(风格)of directions every time I ask “How can I get to the t office?”Foreign tourists are often confused(困惑)in Japan because most streets there don ve names; in Japan, people use landmarks(地标) heir directions instead of street n

2、ames. For ex le, the Japa will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn lef the big ho and go past a fruit market. The t office is across from the bus stop.”In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks.There are no mountains, so the land is very fla

3、t; any pla there are no towns or buildings within. Instead of landmarks, people will l you directions and distan . In Kansas or Iowa, for ex le, people will say, “Go north two . Turn east, and then go another .”People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure dist

4、ance in time, not . “How far away is the t office?” you ask. “Oh,”they answer, “its about five minutes from here.” You say, “Yes, but how manyaway is it?” They dont know.Its true t adoesnt know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, “Sorry, I

5、 have no idea.”But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I dont know.” People in Yucatan be ve t “I dont know” is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!When a tourist asks the Japathe way to a certain place, they usually .describe the pl

6、ace carefullyshow him a map of the placel him the names of the streetsrefer to recognizabuildings and plaWhat is the place where people measure distanceime?New York.Los Angeles.Kansas.Iowa.People in Yucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer .in order to save timeLos Angeles.so as to be politefor fun

7、What can we infer from the text?Its important for travelers to understand cultural differen.Its useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.People have similar understandings of politeness.New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.2A study published in September suggests there is a

8、 surprising way to get people to avoid unhealthy foods: change their memories. Scientist Elizabeth Loftus of theUniversity of California at Irvine asked voteers to answer some questions on theiralities (个性) and food experien. “Onek later, ” Loftus says，“We toldthose people wed fed their answerso our

9、 smart computer and it came up winaccount of their early childhood experien. ” Some accounts included one keyadditional detail ( 细节):“You got sick after eating strawberry ice-cream.”Theresearchers then changed this detailo a manufactured( 人为促生的) memorythrough leading questionsWho were you with? How

10、did you feel? Byof thestudy，up to 41% of those given a false memory beved strawberry ice-cream once made them sick. and many said theyd avoid eating it.When Loftus published her findings, she started getting calls from peoplebegging her to make them remember hating chocolate or French fries. Unfortu

11、nay,its nott easy. False memories appear to work only for foods you dont eat on aregular basis, But most important, it is likelyt false memories can be implanted (灌输) only in people who are unaware of the mental control. And lying to a patient is immoral, even if a doctor be ves its for the patients

12、 benefit.Loftus says theres nothing to stop parents from trying it with their overweight children. “I say, wake upparents have been lying about Father Christmas for years, and nobody seems to mind. If they can prevent diseases caused by fatness and all theothroblemst come witht, you might thinkts a

13、more moral. Decidet for yourself. ”Why did Loftus ask the voTo improve her computteers to answer some questions?rogram.B. To find out their attitudes towards food.C.To find out details she can make use of.D. To predict what food theyll likehe future.73. What did Loftus find out from her research?A.

14、Peopeve what the computerls them.B. People can be led to beve in something false.C. People tend to fet their childhood experien.D.People are not always aware of theiralities.According to the study, people may stop having a certain food if they.learn it is harmful for healthB.to themselvest they dont want itC. are willing to let doctors control their mindsD. think they once h