1、概要写作技能保分练一阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。2020金华十校4月模拟Architects have long had the feeling that the places we live in can affect our thoughts, feelings and behaviors. But now scientists are giving this feeling an empirical (实证的) basis. They are discovering how to design space that promotes creativity, kee
2、ps people focused and leads to relaxation.Researches show that aspects of the physical environment can influence creativity. In 2007, Joan MeyersLevy at the University of Minnesota, reported that the height of a rooms ceiling affects how people think. Her research indicates that higher ceilings enco
3、urage people to think more freely, which may lead them to make more abstract connections. Lower ceilings, on the other hand, may inspire a more detailed outlook.In addition to ceiling height, the view afforded by a building may influence a persons ability to concentrate. Nancy Wells and her colleagu
4、es at Cornell University found in their study that kids who experienced the greatest increase in greenness as a result of a family move made the most gains in a standard test of attention. According to another study at the University of Georgia, using nature to improve the focus of attention seems t
5、o pay off academically. They found that students in classrooms with unblocked views of at least 50 feet outside the window had higher scores in tests of vocabulary, language arts and maths than those students whose classrooms primarily overlooked roads and parking lots.A recent study on room lightin
6、g design suggests that dim (暗淡的) light helps people to loosen up. If that is true generally, keeping the light low during dinner or at parties could increase relaxation. Researchers of Harvard Medical School also discovered that furniture with rounded edges could help visitors relax.So far scientist
7、s have focused mainly on public buildings. “We have a very limited number of studies, so were almost looking at the problem through a straw，” architect David Allison says. “How do you take answers to very specific questions and make broad, generalized use of them? Thats what were all struggling with
8、.”_阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。2020浙江舟山中学3月模拟Perhaps youve heard the old saying “curiosity killed the cat”. Its a phrase thats often used to warn peopleespecially childrennot to ask too many questions. Yet its widely agreed that curiosity actually makes learning more effective. In fact, research has s
9、hown that curiosity is just as important as intelligence in determining how well students do in school.Curiosity can also lead us to make unexpected discoveries, bring excitement to our lives, and open up new possibilities. In science, basic curiositydriven research can have unexpected important ben
10、efits. For example, one day in 1831, Michael Faraday was playing around with a coil and a magnet when he suddenly saw how he could produce an electrical current. At first, it wasnt clear what use this would have, but it actually made electricity available for use in technology, and so changed the wo
11、rld.However, curiosity is currently under the biggest threat, coming from technology. On one level, this is because technology has become so advanced that many of us are unable to think too deeply how exactly things work any more. While it may be possible for a curious teenager to take a toaster apa
12、rt and get some sense of how it works, how much do you understand what happens when you type a website address into a browser? Where does your grasp of technology end and the magic begin for you?In addition to this, theres the fact that we all now connect so deeply with technology, particularly with
13、 our phones. The more we stare at our screens, the less we talk to other people directly. All too often we accept the images of people that the social media provide us with. Then we feel we know enough about a person not to need to engage further with them.That means we end up inside our own little
14、bubbles, no longer coming across new ideas. Perhaps the real key to developing curiosity in the 21st century, then, is to rely less on the tech tools of our age._概要写作技能保分练(一)【佳作展台】Scientists are studying how to design the living places to benefit us. (要点1) Researches show that physical environment,
15、like the height of ceilings, can affect peoples creativity. (要点2) More greenness or a broader vision can improve ones attention span, and then academic performance. (要点3) Dim light and roundedged furniture bring people relaxation. (要点4) But so far, similar studies have been limited to a small scale.
16、 (要点5)【佳作展台】Curiosity, as is revealed in research, is vital to students good academic performance. (要点1) It also activates many scientific discoveries of unexpected benefits. (要点2) However, uptodate technology is now killing curiosity by hindering our capability to further explore how things go on. (要点3) Additionally, intimate exposure to technology, phones in particular, will mislead us into accepting peoples virtual images online rather than make people have a deep insight into them. (要点4) Therefore, to encourage curiosity, dont depend on technology excessively. (要点5)
