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20．Nothing is more tiresome than being stuck in a boring class．Every second takes ages to tick by．A recent survey of American kids revealed that 91 percent experience boredom．In fact，adolescence is considered a peak period for the problem．One study showed that roughly one in three teenagers was bored at school．
Peter Stromberg，professor at the University of Tulsa says，"Our brains adapt really quickly to certain levels of stimulation（刺激）．We get used to the media providing levels of highly emotional stimulation，and when we're not getting them we feel bored．As our society develops various ways of keeping us entertained，we may discover that rather than getting rid of boredom，we're multiplying it．"Luckily，new research is implying a way that we can battle the trend．
Professor John D．Eastwood of the University of York developed a new theory of boredom，which links it to the brain's attention system-the part of the brain that we use to focus．Anything the attention system in your brain locks onto will be automatically sucked up into your conscious awareness-it might be a bird outside the window，the pleasant smell of lunch，or even someone sleeping in the back of the class．
The problem is that your attention system doesn't like being told what to do．It wants to focus on stuff that you find fun and interesting．For the parts of school that you enjoy，this isn't a problem．But for those classes that don't interest you，or present too much or too little challenge，the story is very different．In those situations，you're going to have to spend a lot of effort constantly redirecting your attention system to focus on things it would rather ignore．And the effort is going to wear you out．Eastwood describes it as"wanting，but being unable，to be involved in a satisfying activity．"It's like a block in the system．And it's the awareness of that block combined with a sense that the environment is to blame that leads to feelings of boredom．
When we're bored we blame the world around us，but Eastwood's theory challenges this assumption：Boredom doesn't exist out there； it exists inside your brain．What that means is-hard as it may be to hear-boring lessons aren't only the fault of your teacher or the subject，they're your fault too．

67．According to Peter Stromberg，D．
A．teenagers are victims of boredom
B．our brains demand much stimulation
C．we've grown dependent on media for fun 
D．the way we have fun makes us become bored
68．According to Paragraph 4，the attention systemB．
A．doesn't like challenges
B．enjoys interesting things
C．does what you want it to do
D．can make our efforts fruitless
69．What might the author suggest about a boring class？B
A．Focusing more attention on it．
B．Changing the way we look at it．
C．Employing various teaching methods．
D．Challenging the disturbing environment．
70．What might be the best title for the passage？A
A．Escape Your Boredom
B．Battle Your Attention
C．Fun or Boredom？
D．Who Is to Blame？

Answer 1

分析 短文主要講了我們?nèi)粘Ｉ�活中的無聊是如何構(gòu)成的，并通過對注意系統(tǒng)的分析，最后作者對于如何趕走這種無聊給出建議．

解答 67．D，細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子As our society develops various ways of keeping us entertained，we may discover that rather than getting rid of boredom，we're multiplying it可知，Peter認為我們娛樂的方式讓我們感到更無聊，故答案為D．  
68．B，細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子It wants to focus on stuff that you find fun and interesting可知，注意系統(tǒng)會喜歡那些有趣的事物，故答案為B．      
69．B，推理判斷題，根據(jù)句子boring lessons aren't only the fault of your teacher or the subject，they're your fault too可知，作者認為無聊的課不僅僅是老師和科目的原因，也是你自己的過錯，從而可以推斷作者建議我們改變自己的看法，故答案為B．      
70．A，標題歸納題，短文主要講了我們?nèi)粘Ｉ�活中的無聊是如何構(gòu)成的，并通過對注意系統(tǒng)的分析，最后作者對于如何趕走這種無聊給出建議，因此最好的題目是A選項．

點評 解答任務(wù)型閱讀理解題，首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應(yīng)盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關(guān)信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認真分析，仔細推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準．