A.有利于边疆地区的稳定和发展 |
B.导致“藩镇割据”局面出现 |
C.冲击了专制主义中央集权制度 |
D.固化了“夷夏之辨”的观念 |
1895-1911年商办工业企业行业结构状况表(部分)
类别 | 1895-1900年 | 1901-1904年 | 1905-1911年 | |||
创办企业数 | 资本额(万元) | 创办企业数 | 资本额(万元) | 创办企业数 | 资本额(万元) | |
轻工业 | 111 | 1524.8 | 62 | 1515.8 | 408 | 5198.1 |
重矿业 | 18 | 376.7 | 20 | 486.0 | 77 | 2322.7 |
交通业 | 53 | 62.2 | 43 | 3459.9 | 104 | 3926.9 |
——据《中国现代化历程》资料整理订定
A.重矿业和交通业的发展始终处于领先地位 | B.以轻工业为主的民族工业发展相对较快 |
C.传统经济形式已然淡出历史舞台 | D.独立完整的工业体系已经形成 |
A.西汉 | B.唐代 | C.北宋 | D.元代 |
A.主要源于国内的经济危机 |
B.首创了“战时经济体制” |
C.有效调配了国内战略资源 |
D.直接导致民族工业陷入困境 |
A.商周统治者实现了权力的高度集中 |
B.“封建的统一”也是指全国大一统 |
C.材料中的“封建”就是指原始社会 |
D.郡县制是实现“正式统一”的基础 |
Kindness of Strangers
We rely on a community where helping others is highly appreciated. When we need help, it creates a web that ties us together.
Once upon a time, I was in the kitchen getting dinner ready when my fourteen-year-old daughter, Cassandra, called me from her room. “Mom, can you help me get downstairs?” She had lung disease and depended on oxygen twenty-four hours a day, so it was impossible for her to move up and down the stairs without help. I turned down the stove and ran upstairs to her room. Cassandra let out a sigh and closed her eyes. “Mom, I wish it wasn’t so hard for me to climb the stairs.”
“I know, honey. We’ll try to solve the problem.”
My daughter’s words reminded me of an incident. A month earlier, a company introduced an electric stairlift (座椅电梯) to us. My daughter could use this stairlift to go up and down stairs by herself without anyone helping her. Hearing the perfect product, our whole family was very excited and looking forward to it. The stairlift sounded wonderful because it would greatly improve my daughter’s life. Unluckily, we couldn’t afford it although John, my husband, even took two jobs to support the family.
To meet Cassandra’s wish, I got round to ask the charity organization in our community for help once again. They had lent us a wheelchair before we bought one. Maybe they could help with a stairlift, too. I held my breath while the phone rang. “Do you have a stairlift I could borrow?” I asked them hopefully. However, they hadn’t, but they promised to call us right away if they got one.
Hanging up the phone, I told this to my family anxiously.
One early morning, we heard someone knocking at the door.
Is it true that our brain alone is responsible for human cognition (认知)? What about our body? Is it possible for thought and behaviour to originate from somewhere other than our brain? Psychologists who study Embodied Cognition (EC) ask similar questions. The EC theory suggests our body is also responsible for thinking or problem-solving. More precisely, the mind shapes the body and the body shapes the mind in equal measure.
If you think about it for a moment, it makes total sense. When you smell something good or hear amusing sounds, certain emotions are awakened. Think about how newborns use their senses to understand the world around them. They don’t have emotions so much as needs — they don’t feel sad, they’re just hungry and need food. Even unborn babies can feel their mothers’ heartbeats and this has a calming effect. In the real world, they cry when they’re cold and then get hugged. That way, they start to associate being warm with being loved.
Understandably, theorists have been arguing for years and still disagree on whether the brain is the nerve centre that operates the rest of the body. Older Western philosophers and mainstream language researchers believe this is fact, while EC theorises that the brain and body are working together as an organic supercomputer, processing everything and forming your reactions.
Further studies have backed up the mind-body interaction. In one experiment, test subjects were asked to judge people after being handed a hot or a cold drink. They all made warm evaluations when their fingertips perceived warmth rather than coolness. And it works the other way too. In another study, subjects’ fingertip temperatures were measured after being “included” in or “rejected” from a group task. Those who were included felt physically warmer.
For further proof, we can look at the metaphors (比喻) that we use without even thinking. A kind and sympathetic person is frequently referred to as one with a soft heart and someone who is very strong and calm in difficult situations is often described as solid as a rock. And this kind of metaphorical use is common across languages.
Now that you have the knowledge of mind-body interaction, why not use it? If you’re having a bad day, a warm cup of tea will give you a flash of pleasure. If you know you’re physically cold, warm up before making any interpersonal decisions.
1.According to the author, what is the significance of EC?A.It brings us closer to the truth in human cognition. |
B.It offers a clearer picture of the shape of human brain. |
C.It reveals the major role of the mind in human cognition. |
D.It facilitates our understanding of the origin of psychology. |
A.Their personal looks. | B.Their mental needs. |
C.Their inner emotions. | D.Their physical feelings. |
A.Human speech is alive with metaphors. |
B.Human senses have effects on thinking. |
C.Human language is shaped by visual images. |
D.Human emotions are often compared to natural materials. |
A.To deepen the readers’ understanding of EC. |
B.To encourage the reader to put EC into practice. |
C.To guide the reader onto the path to career success. |
D.To share with the reader ways to release their emotions. |
A study trip to the countryside