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【題目】Humans have daydreamed for thousands of years, and yet, these days, spare moments are filled with using our smartphones and other devices—going through social media, listening to podcasts, responding to emails—leaving us little time to let our minds wander.

【1】 When you’re in a daydreaming state of mind, you can imagine or pretend your own version of events.

“My most creative moments come when my brain is allowed to rest” says Megan King, a designer. But she is addicted to her smart phone. 【2】 According to Nielsen, Americans spend 10.5 hours a day consuming media. And UK residents are close behind at almost 10 hours a day, according to eMarketer.

【3】 This may seem a small change, but its effect, on the way our minds work and on our collective creativity could be serious. 【4】

Over years of studies, researchers have found that our brain has two separate attention systems — an external one and an internal one. The internal attention system, which is activated(激活）during daydreaming, is called the default network(默認(rèn)網(wǎng)絡(luò)).

The default network is particularly active when we are thinking about ourselves, thinking about the past, thinking about the future. 【5】

If both systems can’t be active at the same time and we’re spending 10 hours a day in one attention system, it begs the question: what is that doing to our brains — and our ability to come up with creative ideas?

A. Daydreaming is the opposite of our dreams.

B. This extended screen time has made some of us uncomfortable sitting alone with our own thoughts.

C. Daydreaming is how we access our big-picture state of mind.

D. In fact, it could be preventing your ability to come up with fresh, creative ideas.

E. We can’t really have both attention systems active at the same time.

F. People spend too much time on screen suffer from headaches.

G. She's not alone.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】G

【3】B

【4】D

【5】E

【解析】本文是一篇說明文，說明了現(xiàn)今社會我們的思緒游走在各種各樣的社交媒體上，但長時間的沉迷于屏幕已經(jīng)嚴(yán)重影響我們的思考與創(chuàng)造能力。

【1】根據(jù)后文“ When you’re in a daydreaming state of mind, you can imagine or pretend your own version of events.”當(dāng)你處于白日夢狀態(tài)時，你可以想象或者假裝你自己的事件，可知本段講的是白日夢，反觀選項，有關(guān)白日夢的是A項Daydreaming is the opposite of our dreams.白日夢與我們的夢想相反和C項Daydreaming is how we access our big-picture state of mind.白日夢是我們?nèi)绾芜M入大局的心態(tài)。C項符合邏輯，故選C。

【2】根據(jù)前文“ My most creative moments come when my brain is allowed to rest, But she is addicted to her smart phone.”可知當(dāng)大腦休息時，最有創(chuàng)造力的時刻到來了，雖然沉迷于手機，但大腦在思考，所以并不是由于孤獨才沉迷于手機，G符合語境，故選G。

【3】根據(jù)上文“ According to Nielsen, Americans spend 10.5 hours a day consuming media. And UK residents are close behind at almost 10 hours a day, ”據(jù)Nielsen說，美國人每天花10.5個小時消費媒體。英國居民緊隨其后在幾乎每天10小時，主要說了很多人都長時間的消費媒體，根據(jù)邏輯性和連貫性，可知下面就會向我們說明這種方式作出評價。B項 This extended screen time has made some of us uncomfortable sitting alone with our own thoughts.這種延長屏幕的時間讓我們有些人不習(xí)慣獨自坐著思考。符合語境，故選B。

【4】根據(jù)前文“This may seem a small change, but its effect, on the way our minds work and on our collective creativity could be serious.這似乎是一個小小的變化，但它的影響，在我們的思維方式，我們的集體創(chuàng)造力，可能是嚴(yán)重的”D項In fact, it could be preventing your ability to come up with fresh, creative ideas.事實上，這可能會阻礙你想出新創(chuàng)意的能力。符合語境，故選D。

【5】根據(jù)前文“ our brain has two separate attention systems — an external one and an internal one”可知我們的大腦有兩種不同的注意力系統(tǒng)，一個是外部的，一個是內(nèi)部的。根據(jù)后文“If both systems can’t be active at the same time”如果兩個系統(tǒng)不能同時活動，根據(jù)邏輯性可知當(dāng)我們在思考自己、思考過去、思考未來時，默認(rèn)網(wǎng)絡(luò)特別活躍，我們不能同時關(guān)注兩個注意系統(tǒng)。E符合語境，故選E。