— We’ll study in different schools next term. Enjoy your time in the new school!— ________
A.I’ll take your advice
B.The same to you.
C.Congratulations!
D.Me too.
A.I’ll take your advice
B.The same to you.
C.Congratulations!
D.Me too.
第1题
A.I’ll take your advice
B.The same to you
C.Me too
D.Congratulations
第2题
A.Contained news platforms trigger information overload.
B.News platforms influence peoples feelings about information.
C.People feel less overwhelmed ff reading news on their desktops.
D.People feel more overwhelmed ff less news sources are consumed.
第3题
"If people are literally looking at the world differently, we think it would be natural for them to explain the world in different ways," said Richard Nisbett, a psychologist at the University of Michigan.
Over the past decade research by Nisbett and his colleague has surprised the social sciences with numerous studies showing that Westerners and East Asians think differently.
Westerners tend to be analytical and pay more attention to the key, or focal objects in a scene—for example, concentrating on the woman in the "Mona Lisa," as opposed to the rocks and sky behind her,
East Asians, by contrast, tend to look at the whole picture and rely on contextual information when making decisions and judgments about what they see, Nisbett said.
The new study was designed to determine if the difference in the thought processes of East Asians and Westerners affects how Westerners and East Asians physically look at the world.
To find out, the researchers measured eye movements of 45 U.S. and Chinese students as they looked at photographs that featured single focal objects against complex backgrounds. For example, one image showed a tiger by a stream in a forest. Another image showed a fighter jet flying over a mountainous landscape.
When test subjects looked at the pictures, differences emerged between the U.S. and Chinese students within the first second of an average viewing, Nisbett said. "Americans are looking at the focal object more quickly and spend more time looking at it," he said. "The Chinese have more saccades(jerky eye movements). They move their eyes more, especially back and forth between the object and the background field."
The finding suggests that East Asians literally spend more time putting objects into context than Americans do. The differences are not just reflected in how individuals recall and report their memories but in how they physically see an image in the first place.
Nisbett says that any explanation for the cultural differences is, at this point, speculation(推测). However, he and his colleagues suggest that the differences may be rooted in social practices that stretch back thousands of years.
"Westerners are taught to pay attention to objects that are important to them, to have goals that they can follow," he said. "East Asians are more likely to pay attention to the social field."
Nisbett traces the origins of the variation to at least 2,000 years ago. At that time collaborative, large-scale agriculture was the primary driver of the East Asian economy. For most workers, economic survival required paying attention to the person in charge as well as co-workers in the fields. Context was important.
By contrast, ancient Greek society—the prototypical(原型的) Western society—was characterized by individualistic activities, such as hunting, fishing, and small-scale farming.
The difference, Nisbett said, still holds today. East Asian societies tend to be more socially complex than Western societies. Understanding context, therefore, has more value in East Asia than in the West.
Characterizing Differences. Anthropologist Alan Fiske said the researcher's data is "very sound." But he questions the complex social reasons that the study authors use to explain the differences.
"Social scientists have not been successful in characterizing in absolute general terms what the difference is between East Asian and European-American societies," said Fiske, the director of the Center for Culture, Brain, and Development at the University of California, Los Angeles. "We all agree there are huge differences, b
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第4题
There are so many times when we just seem to expect people to be dishonest rather than honest. We expect individuals to try to take advantage of other people whenever they can. And we sometimes expect politicians not always to be honest in their dealings. And we even expect students, sometimes, to cheat on exams or to do things to help their scores. I wonder that if it's really fair to these people, because I still think there are honest people.
The other day a very good friend of mine and I were in a restaurant. When the cashier gave him back his money after we got out of the restaurant, he realized that he had ten or fifteen dollars more than he was supposed to have. He didn't even hesitate at all. He went right back in and gave it back, and of course, the cashier was very happy.
But, I was pleasantly surprised, because it means that there really are people running around who are honest.
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A.Between one hundred and three hundred~
B.Between two hundred and four hundred.
C.Between two hundred and three hundred.
D.Between one hundred and two hundred.
第5题
M: Yes. We had a great time. And some friends went along with us.
W: Where did you stay? In a hotel?
M: No. We camped in the mountains. We cooked all our meals over an open fire.
W: Sounds great. Was the weather good?
M: The sun shone nearly every day and it didn't rain at all.
W: Did you like the people there?
M: Yes, they were friendly. We met some farmers and had tea in their houses.
W: I hope I have chance to go there for my holiday.
M: It's really a good chance.
Where did Gail spend the nights in the country?
A.In a farm house.
B.In the open.
C.At a hotel.
第6题
A.Jim looks nice in anything.
B.Jim doesn't cook nice in the new shirt.
C.Jim does not look nice in the old shirt.
D.He wants Jim to lend him that shirt.
第7题
A.many Americans are very practical when they search for a spouse
B.American 20-somethings have a largely romantic view of marriage
C.Romantic view of marriage might lead marriage to a happy ending
D.Americans are fond of marriage life so they will not care cohabitation
第8题
A.many Americans are very practical when they search for a spouse
B.American 20-somethings have a largely romantic view of marriage
C.Romantic view of marriage might lead marriage to a happy ending
D.Americans are fond of marriage life so they will not care cohabitation
第9题
Why have the newcomers come to London?
A.To visit the city.
B.To improve their business English skills.
C.To visit International English skill.
第10题
Last night, for the third time this week, police and the County Council officials had to turn and run when they were showered with boiling water from the upstairs window of No. 10. Trafalgar Street. They were hoping to speak to Mrs. Florence Hamilton, an 83year-old widow, who is still refusing to leave her home. Every other house in the street has been demolished, the Council are planning to build four 20-storey blocks of flats in the area. All the other residents agreed to move when the Council offered to provide them with new flats nearby. On Tuesday evening a social worker who wanted to speak to Mrs. Hamilton was attacked and badly bitten by one of her dogs.
What did the widow do to the police and the County Council officials?
A.She greeted them with a bunch of flowers.
B.She entertained them with hot tea.
C.She poured hot water on them.
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