云南省曲靖市宣威民族中学2019_2020学年高二英语上学期检测试题（四）.doc

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1、云南省曲靖市宣威民族中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期检测试题（四）阅读理解（本大题共4小题，共8分）ADoyoueverpullyourphoneoutofyourpocket，thinkingitisvibrating（振动），onlytofindthatitisnˈt？Thisphenomenon，whichscientistscall"phantom（幻觉的）phonevibration"，isverycommon．Around80%ofpeoplesurveyedsaytheyhaveimaginedthe

2、irphonesvibratingwhentheywereactuallystill．So，whatleadstothisuniversalbehavior？AccordingtotheBBC，theexplanationliesinyourbrainˈsabilitytodiscoversignalsfromtheoutsideworld．Whenyourphoneisinyourpocket，therearetwopossiblestates：itiseithervibratingornot．Meanwhile，you

3、alsohavetwopossiblestatesofmind：thejudgmentthatthephoneisvibrating，orthatitisnˈt．Ideally，youmatchthefourstatescorrectly．However，sometimesyourbraindecidesthattheconsequencesofmissingacallaremoreseriousthana"falsealarm"．Therefore，youbecomemoresensitivetovibrationsso

4、thatyoudonˈtmissanything．Thisisjustlikethefirealarminyourhome-itcanbeannoyingwhenitgoesoffinresponsetojustatinybitofsmoke．Butthatˈsasmallpricetopaycomparedtoafirereallybreakingoutbecausethealarmfailstoalertyou．Now，youmightstillask：whycanˈtourbrainsjustmakeeveryjud

5、gmentcorrectlywithoutbeingtoosensitivetofalsesignals？Theansweristhatyourbrainbearsaheavyburdeneveryday．"Yougetalargeamountofsensoryinformationthatˈscomingfromyoureyes，earsandskin，andyoucanˈtdealwithallthatinformationallthetime，"MichaelRothberg，aresearcheratBaystat

6、eMedicalCenterinSpringfield，US，toldLiveScience．Forexample，therustling（沙沙声）ofclothingorthegrowling（咕咕声）ofyourstomachmaybothleadyourbraintobelievethattheycomefromthevibrationofyourphone-itisliketryingtohearyournamebeingcalledinanoisyroom．So，perhapsyoushouldjustcheck

7、yourphonewheneveryouthinkitˈsvibrating．Itˈsnottoomuchtroubletodothat，isit？1.Accordingtothispassage，phantomphonevibration______．A.iscommonamongpeoplewithmentalproblemsB.canmeasurepeopleˈsabilitytocollectinformationC.happenswhenourbrainsreactsensitivelytofalsesignal

8、sD.helpsourbrainstomakeveryquickandaccuratedecisions2.Whyisthefirealarmusedasanexampleinthispassage？______A.Toshowusthefirealarmisassensitiveasthephonev