Question

Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered by using the information from the passage.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Learning to improve your focus is difficult, because you are talking long hours a day. However, if you break down your day into manageable time sections, it would be much easier to learn to improve your focus.

Focus, or concentration, is a skill that can be taught, so there are some exercises you can do to improve your focus.

Start with easy exercises like staring a picture on the wall for a few minutes without moving or talking. Once you learn how to block out your surroundings, your focus will improve.

Other mind exercises are internalizing (內(nèi)化). This is when you imagine yourself in a desired situation, and then you work around your imagination. Actors and singers do this to block all distractions.

If this sounds a little strange, you could try making lists? List the things you need to accomplish for the morning, for the afternoon, and finally for the evening. For instance, if you have a dinner that evening, don’t arrange everything in the afternoon, and give yourself some time to relax before the guests arrive.

Another way to improve your focus is to take breaks. During your breaks, you should allow yourselves a drink or 30 minutes on TV. If you are having coffee breaks in your office, use this time wisely. Don’t spend it with your co-worker talking about problems. Your breaks should be as quiet as possible.

The reason why you lose focus so easily is that you have too much on your minds. Of course, it could also be because you are bored with nothing to do all day. A good balance between a too relaxed brain and an overly active brain is a desirable situation. Improving your focus also mean knowing what you can do and being confident about doing it well.

1.   to improve your focus	●Staring at a picture	Staring at a wall picture for a few minutes    2.    to learn to block out surroundings
●Internalizing	Concentrating on imagining a potentially stressful work place to block    3.
●    4.	Dividing a day into    5.    , and arranging time for relaxation as well
●Taking breaks	Wisely using time to have a drink, watch TV instead of 　 　6.
7.    for losing focus	●   8.   on minds
­­­­●Doing nothing all day
Conclusion	●Being    9.    between extremely relaxed brain and too active brain ●Improving your focus means knowing    10.    and being confident about doing it well.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.Exercises/ Ways/ Strategies /Skills/ Methods/ Approaches

2.still (unmovingly ) and/or silently

3.all distractions

4.Making lists/ a list

5.three parts/3 parts /time sections

6.talking with co-workers/ talking about problems

7.Reasons

8.Having too much

9.balanced   

10.what to do

【解析】

試題分析：在本文中作者就如何集中注意力給出了幾點(diǎn)建議。最簡單的練習(xí)是連續(xù)幾分鐘盯著墻上的一幅畫，不動也不說話，作者指出一旦學(xué)會如何阻擋住了周圍環(huán)境的干擾，人們的注意力也就提高了。此外作者在文中還分析了容易引起注意力分散的原因。

1.信息歸納題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知staring at the picture; Internalizing和Taking breaks等都是提高注意力的方法，所以此空填Exercises/ Ways/ Strategies /Skills/ Methods/ Approaches 。 

2.信息轉(zhuǎn)換題。根據(jù)第三段Start with easy exercises like staring a picture on the wall for a few minutes without moving or talking. 可知做這項(xiàng)練習(xí)時(shí)要靜止不動也不說話，所以填still (unmovingly ) and/or silently 。

3.信息查找題。根據(jù)Actors and singers do this to block all distractions. 可知此空填all distractions 。  

4.細(xì)節(jié)查找題。由文章第五段If this sounds a little strange, you could try making lists可以判斷此空填Making lists/ a list。

5.細(xì)節(jié)歸納題。根據(jù)第五段List the things you need to accomplish for the morning, for the afternoon, and finally for the evening.可知要把一天分成幾個(gè)時(shí)間段，所以此空填three parts/3 parts /time sections。

6.信息轉(zhuǎn)換題。由文中Don’t spend it with your co-worker talking about problems.可以判斷填talking with co-workers/ talking about problems 。   

7.信息查找題。根據(jù)文章最后一段The reason why you lose focus so easily is that …可知.Reasons正確。  

8.信息查找題。根據(jù)文中you have too much on your minds可知填 Having too much 。

9.信息轉(zhuǎn)換題。由文章末段A good balance between a too relaxed brain可以判斷填balanced 。  

10.細(xì)節(jié)轉(zhuǎn)換題。根據(jù)文章末句Improving your focus also mean knowing what you can do 可知此空填what to do。

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