students.defend→defending

　　6．Give thinking to how much you have now. thinking→thought

　　7．He finally gained entry of the hotel by giving some money to the doorman. of→to

　　8．Eating and drinking too much is likely to giving one's stomach trouble. giving→give

　　Ⅲ.补全句子

　　1．当她的儿子再次说谎时，与其说她生气倒不如说她伤心。

　　She was more_sad_than_angry when her son lied again.

　　2．杰克没准时到火车站使得我们大家都很担心。

　　Jack's not getting to the train station on time made_all_of_us_worried.

　　3．你总是很乐观地对待自己经受的艰辛，我很喜欢你这一点。

　　I love_it_if you are always optimistic about the hardships you are suffering from.

　　4．不管你喜不喜欢，你必须改变你的生活方式。

　　Whether_you_like_it_or_not,_you'll have to change your life­style.

　　5．当制定国家发展计划时，政府需要认真考虑大多数人的利益。

　　When making a national development plan, the government needs to give_thought_to_the_interests of the majority of the people.

　　6．迈克擅长打篮球，并常常向朋友们炫耀。

　　Mike was good at playing basketball, and he often showed_it_off__to_his_friends.

　　[话题语篇高考练]

　　Ⅳ.阅读理解

　　A

　　Watching a 3D movie can more than double the concentration powers and cognitive (认知) processing of children, a new research claims.

　　A study made by visual technology firm RealD and led by child psychologist Dr. Richard Woolfson suggests that children aged between 7 and 14 experienced twice the cognitive processing speed and performed better in testing after watching 20 minutes of a 3D film. This is despite suggestions that attention spans (时期) in children have shortened in the last decade due to unlimited access to entertainment, including on­demand TV, gaming and social media. A 2015 study claimed that watching 3D content had a similar effect to brain­training exercises.

Consumer psychologist Mr. Fagan said that the increased stimulation (刺激) found in watching something in 3D "exercised" the brain and improved performance in the short term. "3D films can play the role of 'brain­training' games and help to make children 'smarter' in the short term，" he said. "The shortening of response time after watching 3D was almost three times as big as that gained from watching 2D; in other words, 3D helps children process aspects of their environment more quickly. This is likely to be because 3D is