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1、备战2024年高考英语名校模拟真题速递(浙江专用)第一期专题05 阅读理解之说明文10篇（2024浙江统考模拟预测）Noisy family? Loud construction right outside your window? A new flexible loudspeaker could help you rest easily. It could turn your walls into noise-canceling systems.The new loudspeaker is about as thick as a few sheets of paper. Its lightw
2、eight and flexible enough to stick to most surfaces to control noise much easier, notes Jinchi Han, an electrical engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.Lots of dome-shaped (圆顶状的) microstructures are in the centre of the new speaker. Hans team sandwiches their new materia
3、l between two plastic sheets to protect the domes. “The bottom layer lifts up the small domes so that they can vibrate (震动) freely, and the upper protective layer is thicker than the domes that are secured in the middle of the layers,” he explains. “So if you touch the surface, you dont need to worr
4、y about damaging these small structures.”Han points out large area of the new material could make controlling noise much easier.Each dome works as a tiny speaker. The domes can generate sound waves all together, in groups or individually. Wallpapering your bedroom with this material would create spe
5、akers all around you. Those same speakers could then dampen or cancel unwanted sound. “If you desire, you could turn any space into a quiet zone where you could sleep or study with barely any noise,” Han says. He also sees applications in cars, airplanes, apartments or wherever unwanted noise is a p
6、roblem.Large versions could be the next step for this super-thin speakers, says Lori Beckstead, a sound artist.“The new speakers are so thin and light that they could be placed in spaces where traditional loudspeakers might have been impractical,” Beckstead adds. She notes that adding noise-cancelin
7、g technology to loud spaces from restaurants to noisy industrial plants would be fantastic.1What can we learn about the new loudspeaker from the first paragraph?AIt could reduce unwanted noise.BIt covers a vast area.CIt is flexible to any construction.DIt produces much noise.2Why is the surface of t
8、he dome safe to touch?AThe bottom layer lifts up the dome.BIt can generate sound waves all together.CIt is protected by the upper and bottom layers.DThe upper protective layer is thicker than the dome.3What is the benefit of the new material according to Han?ALoud noisy spaces are using it effective
9、ly now.BIt could control noise more effectively when used largely.CAny space could be turned into a zero-noise one by using it.DWallpapering your bedroom with it creates comfortable sound.4What is Becksteads attitude to the application of the new speakers?AFavorable.BIntolerant.CDoubtful.DUnclear.（2
10、023浙江校联考模拟预测）A new study suggests that mindfulness education lessons on techniques to calm the mind and body can reduce the negative effects of stress and increase students ability to stay engaged, helping them stay on track academically and avoid behavior problems.After finding that students who se
11、lf-reported mindful habits performed better on tests and had higher grades, researchers from the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University wanted to know if school-based mindfulness training could help more students reap similar benefits.They designed a study focusing on sixth-grade
12、rs in a Boston school. The study showed that sixth-graders who participated in an eight-week mindfulness were less stressed out than their classmates who hadnt. Practicing mindfulness had helped improve the ability to focus in the moment, expanding students capacity to learn and regulate their emoti
13、ons.Four times a week, instructors from Calmer Choice, a Massachusetts nonprofit specializing in mindfulness education, taught the group techniques and led them through practices, like focusing on a rock for a minute, then discussing when their mind wandered and refocused on the rock. Another group
14、of sixth-graders took computer coding during that time instead. The students were randomly assigned between the groups.At the end of the eight weeks, the mindfulness group reported being less stressed than they had been before the mindfulness education, and better able to practice self-control. And
15、their amygdalae, the part of the brain that controls emotion, responded less to pictures of fearful faces than they did prior to the mindfulness work, suggesting their brains were less sensitive to negative stimuli, or, in other words, that they were less likely to get stressed out and lose focus. T
16、he group who attended coding classes didnt see the same benefits.The findings suggest that the mindfulness instruction helped boost students attention skills, as well as develop coping mechanisms for stress. The researchers believe it could be especially useful for schools to support students suffering from severe mental damage and other adversities that trigger stress in the body, hurting s
