Question

Thoughts claim our attention continuously, and waste our time and energy on unimportant and useless matters. They actually rule our life. We have become so used to this slavery, that we take it for granted, and have become unconscious of this habit, except on certain occasions.

While breathing, we do not need to pay attention to each inhalation and exhalation. We become conscious of the process of breathing only when we have some difficulty with breathing, such as when our nose is blocked, due to a cold, or when we are in an unventilated(不通風(fēng)的) room.

It is the same with thinking. We become conscious of the constant onslaught of our thoughts, and of our inability to calm them down, only when we need to concentrate, solve a problem or study. We are also aware of them when we have worries or fears.

Look at the following familiar situation. You need to study something for an exam. You sit comfortably on the sofa with the book in your hands and start reading. After a while you feel hungry and go to the kitchen to eat something.

You return to read, and then hear your people talking outside. You listen to them for several moments and then bring your attention back to the book.

After a while you feel restless and switch on the radio to listen to some music. You continue to read for a little while, and then remember something that happened yesterday, and you start thinking about it.

When you look at your watch, you are amazed to find out that one complete hour has passed and you have hardly read anything. And at this time, you feel you’re thinking.

This is what happens when one lacks concentration. Imagine what you could have accomplished if you could control your attention and focus your mind!

1.When can you feel you are thinking?

A. While breathing.

B. While not reading.

C. When you need to concentrate.

D. When you waste your time.

2.Why does the author put forward the exam situation?

A. To explain the course of thinking awareness.

B. To show how to get ready for an exam.

C. To present an example of concentration.

D. To emphasize the importance of reading.

3.Where can you most probably find the above passage?

A. In a guidebook of natural science.

B. In the front page of a newspaper.

C. In an advertisement part of a magazine.

D. In the section of psychology of a magazine.

4.This passage is mainly about _______.

A. the relationship between thoughts and breathing

B. how people’s thought and mind work

C. what happens when one wants to think

D. the ways to increase your thought

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述了思想需要我們集中注意力，思想需要花費(fèi)我們的時(shí)間還有精力在不重要和沒用的事件上。文章講到我們只有在鼻子堵塞的時(shí)候，才會(huì)集中注意力到呼吸上面，思考也是這樣，當(dāng)我們擔(dān)心和害怕，我們才會(huì)不斷思考，而無法鎮(zhèn)靜下來。就像我們經(jīng)常會(huì)遇到的情形，當(dāng)我們需要為考試而學(xué)習(xí)的時(shí)候，可能會(huì)因?yàn)轲I了而去廚房，會(huì)因?yàn)橥饷嬗腥苏f話而煩擾，我們卻無法集中精力。這就是文章講的一個(gè)人精力不集中。

1. become conscious of the constant onslaught of our thoughts, and of our inability to calm them down, only when we need to concentrate, solve a problem or study.意思是：我們意識(shí)到思想不斷受到?jīng)_擊，無法鎮(zhèn)靜下來，只有當(dāng)我們需要集中注意力，解決問題和學(xué)習(xí)的時(shí)候。所以只有當(dāng)我們需要集中注意力的時(shí)候，我們才能感覺到自己在思考。故選C。

2.

3.

4. what you could have accomplished if you could control your attention and focus your mind!意思是：如果你可以控制你的注意力和集中思緒，想象你可以達(dá)到的東西。所以文章主要講的就是人們的思想和內(nèi)心是怎么工作的。故選B。

考點(diǎn)：考查說明文閱讀。