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【CASK EFFECT】0910G阅读能力基础自测（速度、难度、深度、越障、真题、RAM）
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"【CASK EFFECT】0910G阅读全方位锻炼--速度【CET】汇总贴
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规则：
每天我贴出五篇CET级别的阅读
大家来做，需要准备一个计时器
每篇文章只看一分钟，一分钟之后就一定要停下来，读到哪里算哪里，这篇就算过了
D# O
如果上一篇没有读完，那么就要提醒自己在下一篇中加速，同时调整自己阅读的节奏感，找到最舒服的方式
[注]
1、直接在电脑屏幕面前做，虽然GRE阅读是在纸上考，但是这个过程会遏制你做笔记，同时给你的阅读造成视觉障碍，也就是把难度训练和抗干扰训练同步结合，增加效率（初期会很累，但是既然大家想要成为高手，那么就别对自己太温柔）
2、这些文章不用拿来讨论，我给出习题但是不用大家去做，学有余力的可以去做，不过做的时候不要回视文章了，通过瞬间阅读和不回视做题锻炼你大脑的存储量
Passage 1
It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia’s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He set it on via the group’s on-line service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: “We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn’t just something that happened in Australia. It’s world history.”
The full importance may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed signs of relief, others, including churches, right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association bitterly attacked the bill and the haste of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back. In Australia – where an aging population, life-extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their parts – other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia. In the U.S. and Canada, where the right-to-die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling.
Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death – probably by a deadly injection or pill – to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnoses as terminally ill by two doctors. After a “cooling off” period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54-year-old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. “I’m not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I’d go, because I’ve watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks,” he said.
26. From the 2nd paragraph we learn that _____.
- the objection to euthanasia is slow to come in other countries
- Physicians and citizens share the same view on euthanasia
- changing technology is chiefly responsible for the hasty passage of the law
- it takes time to realize the significance of the law’s passage
27. When the author says that observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling, he means _____.
- observers are taking a wait-and-see attitude towards the future of euthanasia
- such bills are likely to be passed in the US, Canada and other countries
- observers are waiting to see the result of the game of dominoes
- the effect-taking process of the passed bill may finally come to a stop
28. When Lloyd Nickson dies, he will _____.
- face his death with calm b. experiencing the suffering of lung cancer patient
c. have an intense fear of terrible suffering d. undergo a cooling off period of 7 days
29. The author’s attitude toward euthanasia seems to be that of _____.
a. opposition b. suspicion c. approval d. indifference
30. During “a cooling off” period _____.
- the patient can seek religious comfort
- doctors must decide on the best way of ending the patient’s life
- the diagnose of the terminally ill should be recognized as final
- the patient can change his mind
Passage 2
Even as Americans have been gaining weight, they have cut their average fat intake from 36 to 34 percent of their total diets in the past 15years. And indeed, cutting fat to control or lose weight makes sense. Fat has nine calories per gram. Protein and carbohydrates have just four. Moreover, the body uses fewer calories to metabolize fat than it does to metabolize other foods. Compared with protein and carbohydrates — which break down into amino acids and simple sugars, respectively, and can be used to strengthen and energize the body ——dietary fat is more easily converted to body fat. Therefore, it’s more likely to stay on buttocks, thighs and bellies.?
But cutting fat from your diet doesn’t necessarily mean your body won’t store fat. For example, between nonfat and regular cookies, there’s trivial difference in calories because manufacturers make up for the loss of fat by adding sugar. Low-fat crackers, soups and dressings can also be just as high in calories as richer versions. No matter where the calories come from, overeating will still cause weight again. The calories from fat just do it a little quicker. A Wisconsin computer programmer who decided with a diet coach to eat only 40 grams of fat a day learned the lesson first and. He wasn’t losing weight. Then he showed his food diary to his coach and revealed he’d been eating half a pound of jelly beans a day. “They don’t have any fat,” he explains. But they had enough sugar to keep him from shedding an ounce. ?
Nonfat foods become add-on foods. When we add them to our diet, we actually increase the number of calories we eat per day and gain weight. That was borne out in a Pennsylvania State University study. For breakfast, Prof. Barbara Rolls gave two groups of women yogurt that contained exactly the same amount of calories. One group’s yogurt label said “high fat”—the other, “low fat.” The “low fat” yogurt group ate significantly more calories later in the day than the other group. “People think they’ve saved fat and can indulge themselves later in the day with no adverse consequences,” says Richard Mattes, a nutrition researcher at Purdue University. “But when they do that, they don’t compensate very precisely, and they often end up overdoing it.”?
31 . Why Americans are still gaining weight??
A) They eat too much fat.?
B) They overeat.?
C) They eat low-fat crackers, soups and dressings.?
D) They eat sugar. ?
32. What lesson did the computer programmer learn??
A) Overeating will cause weight gain.?
B) He can eat half a pound of jelly beans a day.?
C) He didn’t eat any fat.?
D) His coach gave him a lecture.
33 . Prof. Barbara’s experiment proved that __.?
A) two groups ate the same amount of calories?
B) two groups ate the same amount of yogurt?
C) the “low fat” yogurt group ate significantly more calories later in the day than the other group ?
D) people increase the number of calories they eat per day and gain weight ?
34. According to the author, __ has less calories.?
A) fat B) protein and carbohydrates?
C) amino acid D) sugar ?
35 . What can you infer from the passage??
A) To keep from being overweight, people have to eat non-fat food.?
B) The calories from fat just do it a little quicker than that from protein and carbohydrates. ?
C) People should avoid temptation.?
D) Americans realize that it is necessary to count calories before eating the food.
Passage 3
The plumes of ash came billowing from Mount Etna on July 17 at precisely 1:33 p.m., followed by 300-foot blasts of lava. Below, in there sort town of Nicolosi, Italy, and anxious residents prayed for protection. But scientists were jubilant.
“ Three minutes,” gushes Gene Ulmer, a Temple University geologist. “That’s all they missed by.”Not only did Ulmer witness the eruption (which killed no one), he was in Nicolosi the previous night when European volcanologists（火山学家）predicted that Mount Etna would erupt at 1:30 p.m.— one of the most accurate predictions in history.?
Scientists have historically had little success in predicting eruptions. There are instruments to monitor the geophysical changes that may suggest a volcano is ready to blow—increase in tremors, alterations in the mountain’s tilt, or changes in the resistance of the earth surrounding it. Other instruments track volcanoes’ chemical compositions, because rising levels of ammonia, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, water and other substances can also herald eruptions. But none of these instruments has done particularly well.?
So scientists have taken to monitoring as many different aspects of volcanic activity as possible. This broader approach appears to have yielded the stunningly accurate results at Etna. “We may have finally found the right combination of instrument to monitor volcanoes—and save lives,” says Ulmer.
It is, of course, possible that the Etna team just got lucky. Nonetheless, Ulmer says,“all of us in volcano logy are very excited.”?
36. Volcanologists were surprised by __.?
A) the accuracy of their own predictions of eruption of Mount Etna?
B) the eruption of Mount Etna?
C) the instruments they had used?
D) the ash and smoke of Mount Etna ?
37. Which instruments are the most effective ones to predict the eruption of volcanoes??
A) Instruments to monitor the geophysical changes.?
B) Instruments to track volcanoes’ chemical compositions.?
C) The combinations of instruments.?
D) None of them. ?
38. What does the word “jubilant” mean according to the context??
A) Upset. B) Filled with great joy.?
C) Disappointed. D) Accurate. ?
39 . What is the main idea of the passage??
A) Though Mount Etna erupted as European volcanologists predicted, it was just a coincidence. ?
B) Scientists succeeded in finding the instruments to predict eruption.?
C) Lots of scientists witnessed the Eruption of Mount Etna.?
D) Scientists predicted accurately the eruption of Mount Etna. ?
40. What’s the possible title for this passage??
A) The Volcanologists Succeeded.?
B) Mount Etna’s Eruption.?
C) Right on Schedule—Mount Etna Makes Scientists Look Smart.?
D) Prediction of Eruption in History.
Passage 4
Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it’s painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr.Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.
During the hours when you labour through your work you may say that you’re “hot”. That’s true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues as: “Get up, John! You’ll be late for work again!” The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.
You can’t change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make you life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you’re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning, but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won’t change your cycle, but you’ll get up steam and work better at your low point.
Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.
11.If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably__________
A) he is a lazy person B) he refuses to follow his own energy cycle
C) he is not sure when his energy is low D) he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening
12.Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?
A) Unawareness of energy cycles. B) Familiar monologues
C) A change in a family member’s energy cycle
D) Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members
13.If one wants to work more efficiently at his how point in the morning, he should_________
A) change his energy cycle B) overcome his laziness
C) get up earlier than usual D) go to bed earlier
14.You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will___________
A) help to keep your energy for the day’s work
B) help you to control your temper early in the day
C) enable you to concentrate on your routine work
D) keep your energy cycle under control all day
15.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A) Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save one’s energy
B) Dr. Kletman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of day.
C) Habit helps a person adapt to his own energy cycle
D) Children have energy cycles, too.
Passage 5
Researchers have established that when people are mentally engaged, biochemical changes occur in the brain that allows it to act more effectively in cognitively areas such as attention and memory. This is true regardless of age.
People will be alert and receptive if they are faced with information that gets them to think about things they are interested in. And someone with a history of doing more rather than less will go into old age more cognitively sound than someone who has not had an active mind.
Many experts are so convinced of the benefits of challenging the brain that they are putting the theory to work in their own lives. “The idea is not necessarily to learn to memorize enormous amounts of information,” says James Fozard, associate director of the National Institute on Aging. “Most of us don’t need that kind of skill. Such specific training is of less interest than being able to maintain mental alertness. ” Fozard and others say they challenge their brains work.
Gene Cohen, acting director of the same institute, suggests that people in their old age should engage in mental and physical activities individually as well as in groups. Cohen says that we are frequently advised to keep physically active as we age, but older people need to keep mentally active as well. Those who do are more likely to maintain their intellectual abilities and to be generally happier and better adjusted. “The point is, you need to do both.” Cohen says, “Intellectual activity actually influences brain-cell health and size. ”
61. People who are cognitively healthy are those________
A) who can remember large amounts of information
B) who are highly intelligent C) whose minds are alert and receptive
D) who are good at recognizing different sounds
62. According to Fozard’s argument, people can make their brains work more efficiently by___
A) constantly doing memory work B) taking part in various mental activities
C) going through specific training D) making frequent adjustments
63. The findings of James and other scientists in their work_______
A) remain a theory to be further proved
B) have been challenged by many other experts
C) have been generally accepted
D) are practiced by the researchers themselves
64. Older people are generally advised to _______
A) keep fit by going in for physical activities
B) keep mentally active by challenging their brains
C) maintain mental alertness through specific training
D) maintain a balance between individual and group activities
65. What is the passage mainly about?
A) How biochemical changes occur in the human brain
B) Why people should keep active not only physically but also mentally
C) How intellectual activities influence brain-cell health
D) Why people should receive special mental training as they age. |
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