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2025北京高三一模英语汇编
阅读理解D篇
一、阅读理解
（2025北京通州高三一模）Timeisn’tnearlyasunchangeableasitfirstseems.Askanyscientistsandthey’lllikelyentertainyouwithincredibledescriptionsofagravity’seffectonspace-time(i.e.themoremassiveanobjectis,theslowertimeappearstotravelaroundit).Somescientistsevenwonderifentirezonesoftheuniverseexperiencetimeatdifferentrates.However,theperceptionofthespeedatwhichtimepassescanalsovarywithinourminds.SteveTaylor,apsychologistatLeedsBeckettUniversity,isexploringthisfieldinanewbookcalledTimeExpansionExperiences.
Taylor’sinterestinthesealteredtemporal(时间的)moments—whichhecalls“timeexpansionexperiences,”orTEEs—beganwhenheandhiswifewereinvolvedinacarcrashbackin2014.“Everythingwentintoslowmotion”,Taylordescribes.“IfeltasthoughIhadalotoftimetoobservethewholesceneandtotrytoregaincontrolofthecar.IwassurprisedbyhowmuchdetailIcouldperceive.”
Inthefollowingdecade,Taylorbeganinvestigatinghowandwhythesemomentsofultra-slownessappear.Heanalyzed96instancesasTEEsandfoundthatroughlyhalfofthemoccurredduringaccidents,whileotherstookplaceduringsportingeventsorinmeditation(冥想)。
Inanewarticle,Taylorexplainedhowsomeoftheleadingtheoriesbehindthesetimealteringstatesdon’tquitegrasptheentirerangeoftheexperiences.Onetheorybelievesthesemomentsaretheresultofthereleaseofnoradrenaline—basicallythebody’semergencyresponse—butthisdoesn’texplainthementaltimeexpansionofpeopleduringmomentsofintensemeditationorconcentration.
“AnothertheoryisthatTEEsaren’trealexperiences,butillusions(幻觉)ofmemory.Inemergencysituations,ourawarenessbecomessharp,sothatwetakeinmoreperceptionsthannormal,”Taylorwrote.“Theseperceptionsbecomeencodedinourmemories,sothatwhenwerecalltheemergencysituatio