北京四中20172018学年下学期高一第二次月考英语试卷

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CHewrotethatthe“humanmindiscapableofexcitementwithouttheapplicationofunpleasantandviolentstimulants(刺激物)”.AnditappearsthatsimplyreadingthesewordsbyWilliamWordsworthproveshispoint.ResearchersattheUniversityofLiverpoolfoundthewritingofShakespeareandWordsworthandthelikehadabeneficialeffectonthemind,makingitactiveandexcitedbycatchingthereader’sattentionandleadingtomomentsofself-reflection.Usingscanners,theymonitoredthebrainactivityofvolunteersastheyreadpiecesofclassicalEnglishliteraturebothintheiroriginalformandinamodemtranslation.AndaccordingtotheSundayTelegraph,theexperimentshowedthemorechallengingwritingandpoetrysetofffarmoreelectricalactivityinthebrainthanthesimplereadings.Theresearchalsofoundpoetry,inparticular,increasedactivityintherightbrain,anareaconcernedwith“autobiographicalmemory”,whichhelpedthereaderstoreflectontheirownexperiencesinlightofwhattheyhadread.Theacademicssaidthismeanttheclassicsweremoreusefulthanself-helpbooks.Thebrainresponsesof30volunteersweremonitoredinthefirstpartoftheresearchastheyreadShakespeareinitsoriginalandmodernform.Inoneexample,volunteersreadalinefromKingLear,“Afatherandagraciousagedman:himhaveyoumadded”,beforereadingthesimpler,“Afatherandagraciousagedman:himyouhaveenraged”.Shakespeare’suseoftheadjective“mad”asaverbcausedahigherlevelofbrainactivitythanthestraightforwardversion.Thenextpartoftheresearchislookingattheextenttowhichpoetrycanaffectpsychologyandprovidebenefit.Volunteers’brainswerescannedwhilereadingfourlinesbyWordsworth,a