2025届新教材高考英语一轮复习课时天天练二十二选择性必修第二册Unit1ScienceandScientists含解析新人教版.docx

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[2024·邹城一中模拟]Timeandhowweexperienceithavealwayspuzzledus.Physicistshavecreatedfascinatingtheories,buttheirtimeismeasuredbyapendulum(钟摆)andisnotpsychologicaltime,whichleapswithlittleregardtotheclockorcalendar.Assomeonewhounderstoodthedistinctionobserved,“When_you_sit_with_a_nice_girl_for_two_hours_it_seems_like_a_minute,_but_when_you_sit_on_a_hot_stove,_a_minute_seems_like_two_hours.”

Psychologistshavelongnoticedthatlargerunitsoftime,suchasmonthsandyears,flyonswifterwingsasweage.Theyalsonotethatthemoretimeisstructuredwithschedulesandappointments,themorerapidlyitseemstopass.Forexample,adayattheofficefliescomparedwithadayatthebeach.

Expectationandfamiliarityalsomaketimeseemtoflowmorerapidly.Almostallofushavehadtheexperienceofdrivingsomewhereweveneverbeenbefore.Surroundedbyunfamiliarscenery,withnorealideaofwhenwellarrive,weexperiencethetripaslastingalongtime.Butthereturntrip,althoughexactlyaslong,seemstotakefarlesstime.Thenoveltyoftheoutwardjourneyhasbecomeroutine.

Whendaysbecomeasidenticalasbeads(小珠子)onastring,theymixtogether,andevenmonthsbecomeasingleday.Tocounterthis,trytofindwaystointerruptthestructureofyourday—tostoptime,sotospeak.

Learningsomethingnewisoneofthewaystoslowthepassageoftime.Oneofthereasonsthedaysofouryouthseemstobefullandlongisthatthesearethedaysoflearninganddiscovery.Formanyofus,learningendswhenweleaveschool,butthisdoesnthavetobe.

1．Whatistheunderlinedsentenceinparagraph1usedtoshow?

A．Psychologicaltimeisquitepuzzling.

B．Timeshouldnotbemeasuredbyapendulum.

C．Physicaltimeisdifferentfrompsychologicaltime

D．Physicaltheoryhasnothingtodowiththetruesenseoftime

2．Whydounitsoftimeflyfasteraswegrowolder?

A．Oursenseoftimechanges.

B．Wespendlesstimeatthebeach.

C．Moretimeisstructuredandscheduled.

D．Timeisstructuredwithtoomanyappointments.

3．Whatdoes“novelty”inparagraph3probablymean?

A．excitementB．unfamiliarity

C．imaginationD．amusement

4．Whatisthepurposeofthepassage?

A．Togive