"Another gray day, gray and gloomy," she muttered, though really the rain was more than we
A、heavy storm
B、lack of rain
C、strong wind
D、heavy snow
A、heavy storm
B、lack of rain
C、strong wind
D、heavy snow
A.lack of rain
B.heavy storm
C.strong wind
D.heavy snow
What was the weather yesterday?
A.Rainy.
B.Foggy.
C.Sunny.
D.Clear.
According to this reading, why do people gather every year to observe the groundhog?
A.He's cute and playful, and children love to watch him.
B.He's looking for food and the people want to help him find it in the snow.
C.Many people believe him to be a harbinger of spring.
D.The people want to be sure he is alive after such a long winter.
A、A, the Metaphysical School
B、B, the Graveyard School
C、C, the Cavalier School
D、D, Comic epic in prose
Dr. Gray and Dr. Wegner did not actually step on people's toes as part of their experiments. But they did arrange for them to receive electric shocks. Altogether, they induced a group of 43 students to participate with offers of academic credits or, failing that, cold cash.
On the day of the experiment, each participant was introduced to a study partner, whom he was told was another student participant but who was in fact an assistant of the two researchers. The students were then told about a number of tasks, which included matching colors, estimating numbers, judging musical pitches (音调) and assessing levels of discomfort. They were later asked to perform. each of these tasks during a series of trials.
In truth, Dr. Gray and Dr. Wegner were interested only in the assessments of discomfort; the rest were mere blinds. In this task, a participant received an electric shock and was asked to evaluate the experience on a scale ranging from one (not at all uncomfortable) to seven (extremely uncomfortable).
During each trial, the participant saw a computer screen which displayed two potential tasks for that session. When assessing discomfort was one of these, the other was always evaluating the relative pitches of two tones. In this, as in the other trials, the participant was told that his partner in the next room would select which task he had to complete.
In fact, participants received an electric shock whenever assessment discomfort was one of the options displayed. But how they thought it had been administered had a crucial effect on their sense of pain. Half the time, the participants were told that their partner had chosen to shock them. The other half they were told that their partner had chosen not to shock them, but that the experimental plan meant this decision had been reversed.
On the one-to-seven scale that Dr. Gray and Dr. Wagner asked the participants to use to assess their pain, the students rated the strength of shocks they thought had been intentionally administered at 3.62, on average; those they thought unintentional averaged 3.00. The researchers also found the apparently unintentional shocks hurt progressively less as the experiment went on, whereas those perceived as deliberate continued to hurt as much.
It would seem, therefore, that malice not only carries a sting of its own. Compared with accidental pain, the sting also lasts longer.
What is the main purpose for Dr. Gray and Dr. Wegner to conduct the experiment?
A.To study whether the deliberate hurt hurts more.
B.To let people know deliberately hurting people is evil.
C.To study the phenomenon of stepping on people.
D.To offer students academic credits.
A、the Metaphysical School
B、the Graveyard School
C、the Cavalier School
D、Comic epic in prose
听力原文:M: I feel depressed. The weather has been terrible this week.
W: You can say that again. Day after day of gray skies and rain. I wonder how much longer it's going to last.
Q: How has the weather been recently?
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A.Clear and warm.
B.Cloudy and wet.
C.Cold and snowy.
D.Hot and dry.
听力原文: In the Netherlands and Belgium children do not have their fun and presents on Christmas Day as we do. They go to church on Christmas Day, and they have their fun on St. Nicholas Day, which comes on December 6. The night before, they fix something to hold their gifts. Sometimes it is a well-polished shoe, sometimes a plate or a basket, and sometimes they hang up their stockings just as we do. St. Nicholas rides a gray horse or a white donkey and so the children leave water for the animal to drink and something for it to eat. They leave hay or oats or a carrot, and sometimes a piece of bread. In the morning, if they have been good, they find that St. Nicholas has left sweets and fruits and playthings for them. But if they have been bad they find only a rod or a switch.
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A.6th.
B.8th.
C.9th.
D.25th.
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