内蒙古赤峰市2015-2016学年高二英语5月下旬周考试题（无答案）第一部分：阅读理解（每小题2分）Doyoueverpullyourphoneoutofyourpocket,thinkingitisvibrating（振动）,onlytofindthatitisn't?Thisphenomenon,whichscientistscall"phantom（幻觉的）phonevibration",isverycommon.Around80%ofpeoplesurveyedsaytheyhaveimaginedtheirphonesvibratingwhentheywereactuallystill.So,whatleadstothisuniversalbehavior?AccordingtotheBBC,theexplanationliesinyourbrain'sabilitytodiscoversignalsfromtheoutsideworld.Whenyourphoneisinyourpocket,therearetwopossiblestates:itiseithervibratingornot.Meanwhile,youalsohavetwopossiblestatesofmind:thejudgmentthatthephoneisvibrating,orthatitisn't.Ideally,youmatchthefourstatescorrectly.However,sometimesyourbraindecidesthattheconsequencesofmissingacallaremoreseriousthana"falsealarm".Therefore,youbecomemoresensitivetovibrationssothatyoudon'tmissanything.Thisisjustlikethefirealarminyourhome---itcanbeannoyingwhenitgoesoffinresponsetojustatinybitofsmoke.Butthat'sasmallpricetopaycomparedtoafirereallybreakingoutbecausethealarmfailstoalertyou.Now,youmightstillask:whycan'tourbrainsjustmakeeveryjudgmentcorrectlywithoutbeingtoosensitivetofalsesignals?Theansweristhatyourbrainbearsaheavyburdeneveryday.“Yougetalargeamountofsensoryinformationthat'scomingfromyoureyes,earsandskin,andyoucan'tdealwithallthatinformationallthetime,"MichaelRothberg,aresearcheratBaystateMedicalCenterinSpringfield,US,toldLiveScience.Forexample,therustling（沙沙声）ofclothingorthegrowling（咕咕声）ofyourstomachmaybothleadyourbraintobelievethattheycomefromthevibrationofyourphone-itisliketryingtohearyournamebeingcalledinanoisyroom.So,perhapsyoushouldjustcheckyourphonewheneveryouthinkit'svibrating.It'snottoomuchtroubletodothat,isit?1．Accordingtothispassage,phantomphonevibration_____.A.iscommonamongpeoplewithmentalproblemsB.canmeasurepeople'sabilitytocollectinformationC.happenswhenourbrainsreactsensitivelytofalsesignalsD.helpsourbrainstomakequickandaccuratedecisions2．AccordingtoMichaelRothberg,whichismainlyresponsibleforphantomphonevibration?A.Anoisybackground.B.Alackofmuchattention.C.Aheavyburdeneveryday.D.Anoverflowofsensoryinformation.3．Whyisthefirealarmusedasanexampleinthispassage?A.Tohelpusunderstandthecauseofphantomphonevibrationbetter.B.Toshowusthefirealarmisassensitiveasthephonevibration.C.Totellusthephonevibrationusuallyhappenswhenafirebreaksout.D.Toconvinceusit'simportanttocheckourphoneslikecheckingafirealarm.4．Whatdoestheauthorsuggestwedoaboutphantomphonevibration?A.Weshouldalwaysfullybelieveourownsenseoflistening.B.Weshouldjustcheckourphoneswheneverwethinkthey'revibrating.C.Weshouldignorethevibrationbotheringwhenourphonesareactuallystill.D.Weshouldthinkofthevibrationcarefullybeforewemakecorrectjudgments.第二部分：七选五（每题2分）6Fromthebeginning,peoplemaysendthewrongsignal.Ortheymaypaynoattentiontosignalsfromanotherpersonwhoistryingtodeveloparelationship.Differentculturesemphasizetheimportanceofrelationshipbuildingtoagreaterorlesserdegree.Forexample,businessinsomecountriesisnotpossibleuntilthereisarelationshipoftrust.Evenwithpeopleatwork,itisnecessarytospendalotoftimein"smalltalk",usuallyoveraglassoftea,beforetheydoanyjob.InmanyEuropeancountries—liketheUKorFrance—7Talksandsilencemayalsobedifferentinsomecultures.IoncemadeaspeechinThailand.Ihadexpectedmyspeechtobeasuccessandstartalivelydiscussion;8Th...
