Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
A. Bending the elbows as low as possible.
B. Keeping the body straight.
C. Bending the body at the waist.
D. Keeping the feet to the floor.
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Scientists have come up with a theory for why time flies when you are having fun and drags when you are bored. Scans have shown that (62) of activity in the brain change depending on how we focus on a task. Concentrating on time passing, as we do when bored, will (63) brain activity which will make it seem as though the clock is ticking more (64) . The research, by the French Laboratory of Neurobiology and Cognition, is published in the magazine Science. In the study, 12 volunteers watched an image while researchers (65) their brain activity using MRI(核磁共振成像) scans. Volunteers were given a (66) of tasks. In one they were told to concentrate simply on the duration of an image, in (67) they were asked to focus on the (68) , and in a third they were asked to concentrate on both duration and color. The results showed that a network of brain regions was (69) when more subjects were paid attention to duration. It is thought that if the brain is busy focusing on many aspects of a task, then it has to spread its resources thinly, and pays less (70) to time passing. Therefore, time passes without us really (71) it, and seems to go quickly. (72) , if the brain is not stimulated in this way, it concentrates its (73) energies on monitoring the passing of time. This may make time seem to (74) , but in fact it is probably a more accurate perception of reality. (75) the researchers found that the more volunteers concentrated on the duration of the images, the more (76) were their estimates of its duration.Lead researcher Dr. Jennifer Coull said many of the areas of the brain (77) in estimating time were the same that played a key role in controlling movement, and (78) for action. She said this overlap suggests that the brain may make sense of time as (79) between movements, in much the same way (80) musicians mark time with his foot, or (81) anticipate the sound of a starter’s pistol.
A. accurate
B. acute
C. cute
D. correct
Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
A. It lasted for about two months.
B. It lasted for about three months.
C. It lasted for about four months.
D. It lasted for about five months.
Questions 18 to 20 are based on an interview between a reporter and a zoologist about how to clean oiled birds. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 18 to 20. Which helps an oiled bird to recover
A. The bird’s self-cleaning process.
B. Washing the bird with water.
C. Feeding medicines.
D. Injections.
Questions 11 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
A. Mr. Kelly will be in Paris on Thursday.
B. Mr. Kelly will attend a meeting on Thursday.
C. Mr. Kelly will probably meet this man this week.
D. Mr. Kelly will have a full schedule this week.