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Professor Reason recently persuaded 35 people to keep a diary of all their absent-minded actions for two weeks. When he came to analyse their embarrassing errors, he was surprised to find that nearly all of them fell into a few groups. One of the women, for instance, on leaving her house for work one morning threw her pet dog her ear-rings and tried to fix a dog biscuit on her ear. “the explanation for this is that the brain is like a computer,” explains the professor. “People programme themselves to do certain activities regularly. It was the woman’s custom every morning to throw her dog two biscuits and then put on her ear-rings. But somehow the action got reversed（颠倒）in the programme.” About one in twenty of the incidents the volunteers reported were these “programme assembly failures.” Twenty per cent of all errors were “test failures” --- primarily due to not verifying the progress of what the body was doing. A man about to get his car out of the garage passed through the back yard where his garden jacket and boots were kept, put them on --- much to his surprise. A woman victim reported: “ I got into the bath with my socks on.” The commonest problem was information “ storage failures”. People forgot the names of people whose faces they knew, went into a room and forgot why they were there, mislaid something, or smoked a cigarette without realizing it. The research so far suggests that while the “central processor” of the brain is liberated from second-to-second control of a well-practised routine, it must repeatedly switch back its attention at important decision points to check that the action goes on as intended. Otherwise the activity may be “captured” by another frequently and recently used programme, resulting in embarrassing errors. 82. The purpose of Professor Reason’s research is __________. A. to show the difference between men and women in their reasoning B. to classify and explain some errors in human actions C. to find the causes which lead to computer failures D. to compare computer functions with brain workings 83. Which of the following might be grouped under “ programme assembly failures”? A. A woman went into a shop and forgot what to buy. B. A man returning home after work left his key in the lock. C. A lady fell as she was concentrating on each step her feet were taking. D. An old man, with his shoes on, was trying to put on his socks. 84. The word verifying in paragraph 3 can be replaced by __________. A. improving B. changing C. checking D. stopping 85. According to the passage, the information “storage failures” refer to __________. A. the destruction of information collecting system B. the elimination of one’s total memory C. the temporary loss of part of one’s memory D. the separation of one’s action from consciousness 第II卷 I. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 1. 当时，那位出租车司机别无选择，只能求助于游客。（choice） 2. 我没有想到汤姆会被选为学生会主席。（occur） 3. 如果方便的话，请帮我从邮局取回包裹。（convenient） 4. 应该鼓励学生将课堂上所学的知识运用到实践中去。（apply） 5. 如果队员之间不加强配合，我校篮球队就不可能在决赛中战胜对手。（unless） II. Guided Writing Directions: Write an English composition in over 120 words based on the picture and the instructions given below. 简要描述图片内容，结合生活实际，就图片的主题谈谈自己的感想。You don’t know my father!
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