云南省曲靖市宣威民族中学2023高二英语上学期检测试题四.docVIP

PAGE / NUMPAGES 云南省曲靖市宣威民族中学2023高二英语上学期检测试题（四） 阅读理解（本大题共4小题，共8分） A Do you ever pull your phone out of your pocket，thinking it is vibrating（振动），only to find that it isn?t？ This phenomenon，which scientists callphantom（幻觉的）phone vibration，is very common．Around 80% of people surveyed say they have imagined their phones vibrating when they were actually still． So，what leads to this universal behavior？According to the BBC，the explanation lies in your brain?s ability to discover signals from the outside world． When your phone is in your pocket，there are two possible states：it is either vibrating or not．Meanwhile，you also have two possible states of mind：the judgment that the phone is vibrating，or that it isn?t．Ideally，you match the four states correctly．However，sometimes your brain decides that the consequences of missing a call are more serious than afalse alarm．Therefore，you become more sensitive to vibrations so that you don?t miss anything． This is just like the fire alarm in your home-it can be annoying when it goes off in response to just a tiny bit of smoke．But that?s a small price to pay compared to a fire really breaking out because the alarm fails to alert you．Now，you might still ask：why can?t our brains just make every judgment correctly without being too sensitive to false signals？The answer is that your brain bears a heavy burden every day．You get a large amount of sensory information that?s coming from your eyes，ears and skin，and you can?t deal with all that information all the time，Michael Rothberg，a researcher at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield，US，told Live Science． For example，the rustling（沙沙声）of clothing or the growling（咕咕声）of your stomach may both lead your brain to believe that they come from the vibration of your phone-it is like trying to hear your name being called in a noisy room． So，perhaps you should just check your phone whenever you think it?s vibrating．It?s not too much trouble to do that，is it？ According to this p