公共课英语二模拟题2020年(57)
(总分100,考试时间180分钟)
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Despite your best intentions and efforts, it is inevitable: At some point in your life, you will be【C1】______. Mistakes can be hard to digest, so sometimes we【C2】______down rather than face them. Our confirmation bias kicks in, causing us to ek out 【C3】______ to prove what we already believe.
Psychologists call this cognitive dissonance—the stress we experience when we hold two【C4】______thoughts, beliefs, opinions or attitudes. For example, you might believe you are a kind and fair person, so when you 【C5】______ cut someone off, you experience【C6】______.
"Cognitive dissonance is what we feel when the lf-concept—I'm smart, I'm kind, I'm convinced this belief is true—is 【C7】______ by evidence that we did something that was
n't smart, that we did something that 【C8】______ another person, that the belief isn't true" said Carol Tavris, a co-author of the book Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me).
When we 【C9】______ for being wrong, we have to accept this dissonance, and that is unpleasant. On the other hand, rearch has shown that it can feel good to stick to our【C10】______. One study, published in uie European Journal of Social Psychology, found that people who refud to apologize after a mistake had more【C11】______and felt more in control and【C12】______than tho who did not【C13】______.
【C14】______how exactly do you change your behavior and learn to embrace your mistakes? The first step is to【C15】______cognitive dissonance in action. Your mind will go to great【C16】______to prerve your n of identity, so it helps to be aware of what that dissonance feels like. Typically, it【C17】______as confusion, stress, embarrassment or guilt. Tho feelings do not【C18】______mean you are in the wrong, but you can at least u them as reminders to explore the situation from an impartial perspective and【C19】______question whether you are at fault. Similarly, lear
n to recognize your usual justifications and rationalizations. Think of a time you were wrong and knew it, but tried to justify it instead. Remember how it felt to【C20】______your behavior and pinpoint that feeling as cognitive dissonance the next time it happens.
1. 1.【C1】
A. mistaken
B. wrong
C. down
D. upt
2. 2.【C2】
A. double B. fall
C. kneel D. get
遗留体3. 3.【C3】
A. reasons
B. materials
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C. evidence
循序渐进D. law
4. 4.【C4】
A. related
B. contradictory
C. significant
D. impartial
5. 5.【C5】
A. rudely
B. carelessly
C. occasionally
D. hardly
6. 6.【C6】
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A. frustration
B. dismay阳光草坪
C. tback
D. dissonance
7. 7.【C7】
A. proved
B. encouraged
C. threatened
D. supported
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8. 8.【C8】
A. hurt
B. benefited
C. favored
D. assisted
9. 9.【C9】
A. admit
B. apologize
C. account
D. pay
10. 10.【C10】
A. concepts
B. ideas
C. guns
D. beliefs
11. 11.【C11】
A. lf-esteem
B. confidence
C. fears
D. consideration
12. 12.【C12】
A. optimistic
B. powerful
C. dependable
D. aggressive
13. 13.【C13】
A. refu
B. respond
C. react
D. realize
14. 14.【C14】
A. Becau B. So
C. But D. Still
15. 15.【C15】
A. recognize
B. admit
C. avoid
D. put
16. 16.【C16】
A. strength
B. lengths
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C. power
D. effort
17. 17.【C17】
A. manifests
B. acts
C. takes
D. regards
18. 18.【C18】
A. often
昆明西山B. necessarily
C. usually
D. frequently
19. 19.【C19】
A. carefully
B. sincerely
C. objectively
D. frankly
20. 20.【C20】
A. rationalize
B. balance
C. correct
D. accept
阅读理解
Connected homes will take longer to materialize than expected. The fanfare has gone on for years. Analysts have repeatedly predicted that the "internet of things" could transform the lives of individuals as dramatically as the spread of the mobile internet. Providers have focud on the home, touting products such as coffee pots that turn on when the alarm clock rings. But so far consumers have been largely resistant to making their homes "smart".
Too few consumers are convinced that the internet has a role to play in every corner of their lives. A survey conducted in Britain by a consulting firm, found that 72% of people have no plans to adopt smart-home technology in the next two to five years and that they are unwilling to pay for it. Last year consumers globally spent around $60 billion on hardware and rvices for the smart home, a fraction of the total outlay on domestic gadgets. That's not for want of trying by tech firms, which have poured cash into their efforts to connect everyday objects to the internet. There are veral reasons for muted e
nthusiasm. A lot of smart devices for the home, remain "fun but not esntial", says Adam Segar of Canary. Many smart gadgets are still too expensive. One of Samsung' s smart fridges lls for a cool $5,000. The technology is not perfect yet, either.
Perhaps the biggest surpri is that Amazon, which failed mirably in its ambition to develop a smartphone, is showing the way. Amazon Echo shares information about the weather and sports scores, plays music and turns lights on and off. The device, which costs around $180, is not yet a big ller. Yet the Echo is the talk of Silicon Valley. An interface that relies on **mands could **e one of the drawbacks of the piecemeal approach to the smart home, by becoming the standard integrator of all the other bits of smart kit.
If the tech giants retain their ambition to sit at the centre of the smart home, uncertainty prevails over where the profits lie."It remains unclear what the economic model for the smart home will be," says Andy Hobsbawm of Evrythng, an internet-of-things platform.
21. 21.According to Paragraph 1, which of the following statements is NOT true?
