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You have waited 45 minutes for the valuable 10 minutes' break between classes.But when the bell for
the next class rings, you can't __
1__ how quickly time has passed.
If you are familiar with this __
2__, you'll know how time flies when you are having fun and__
3__
when you are bored.Now scientists have __
4__ a reason why this is the case.
Scans have shown that patterns of activity in the brain __
5__ according to how we focus on a task.
When we are __
6__, we concentrate more on how time is passing.And this makes our brains __
7__ the
clock is ticking more slowly.
In an experiment __
8__ by a French laboratory,12 volunteers watched an image __
9__ researchers
monitored their brain activity.
The volunteers were told to __
10__ concentrate on how long an image appeared for, then __
11__
the color of the image, and thirdly, study both duration and color.The results showed that__
12__ was
more active when the volunteers paid attention to__
13__ subjects.
It is thought that if the brain is __
14__ focusing on many aspects of a task, it has to__
15__its
resources, and pays less attention to the clock.__
16__, time passes without us really __
17__ it, and
seems to go quickly.If the brain is not so active, it concentrates its __
18__ energies on monitoring the
passing of time.__
19__, time seems to drag.
Next time you feel bored __
20__, perhaps you should pay more attention to what the teacher is
saying!
( )1. A. guess ( )2. A. view ( )3. A. drags ( )4. A. thought over ( )5. A. change ( )6. A. sleepy ( )7. A. report ( )8. A. produced ( )9. A. so ( )10. A. partly ( )11. A. remember ( )12. A. the researchers ( )13. A. less ( )14. A. busy ( )15. A. focus ( )16. A. However ( )17. A. recognizing ( )18. A. enough ( )19. A. In fact ( )20. A. in class |
B. learn B. point B. stops B. made up B. develop B. bored B. think B. carried B. when B. quickly B. focus on B. the experiment B. no B. likely B. gather B. Furthermore B. watching B. full B. As a result B. with work |
C. believe C. scene C. backs C. suggested C. grow C. excited C. decide C. tried C. while C. how C. forget C. the clock C. fewer C. ready C. reach C. Therefore C. noticing C. right C. For example C. in mind |
D. doubt D. chance D. gains D. come up with D. slow D. active D. see D. performed D. but D. first D. tell apart D. the brain D. more D. sure D. spread D. Finally D. counting D. proper D. Instead D. of lessons |