The reason for these and countless other patterns of social behaviour is that they are controlled by social norms--shared rules or guidelines which prescribe the behavior that is appropriate in a given situation.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

"Strength, softness and thickness remain the leading indicators of toilet paper quality, with just a small proportion of consumers preferring more luxurious alternatives, such as those with flower patterns or perfume," said mintel analyst Jack Duckett.

2017年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

"These patterns suggest that some types of mental flexibility decrease relatively early in adulthood, but that the amount of knowledge one has, and the effectiveness of integrating it with one's abilities, may increase throughout all of adulthood if there

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

Around the world, people changed sleep patterns thanks to the start or end of daylight savings time.

2015年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

For centuries, Ukrainians have been drawing complicated patterns on eggs.

2017年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

It should be made clear that not everyone has a device to record their sleep patterns; in some of these nations, it's likely that only the richest people do.

2015年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

Patterns of childhood eating can be hard to break when we're adults, which may mean that kids of depressed moms end up dying younger.

2016年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

Robots could also learn values from drawing patterns from large sets of data on human behavior.

2016年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

The elaborate patterns were believed to offer protection against evil.

2017年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

The result is that the commitments that previously characterized the beginning of adulthood are now being delayed, and new patterns of behavior and a new stage of life are emerging for those in their twenties.

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

The tests are designed to detect subtle changes in mental function, and involve solving puzzles, recalling words and details from stories, and identifying patterns in collections of letters and symbol.

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

While excessive optimism can promote bad investment patterns, resulting in a real-estate "bubble", the report's writers downplay that potential outcome in that it has not yet occurred.

2017年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

change the weather patterns throughout the world

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

The changed patterns of winds and rains in the Amazon area

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

If you look at who enters college, it now looks like America," says Hilary Pennington, director of postsecondary programs for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has closely studied enrollment patterns in higher education.

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They have bright colors and intricate patterns.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

Migration patterns of monarch butterflies

出自-2014年6月听力原文

Well, that's a good question, because the basic idea of chaos theory is that there aren't any "models" as such— there aren't guaranteed forms, but rather patterns of change in development

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Beyond revealing population-wide patterns, the right combination of data and analysis can also help individuals identify unique characteristics of their own behavior, including conditions that could indicate the need for some form of intervention-such as

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

When a tree first starts growing in a certain area, it's likely that the 27 climatic envelope—the temperature, humidity, rainfall patterns and so on—suits it.

2016年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

It has, however, different patterns of fat intake.

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

Still, in my studies and others I have read, I find the same patterns as in USA WEEKEND's survey.

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

The differences result from weather patterns.

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

The Mediterranean diet is based upon the eating patterns of traditional cultures in the Mediterranean region.

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

The results varied a lot from one study to another, and no clear patterns emerged.

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

Because of the way light reflects off the organisms, these phytoplankton create colourful patterns at the ocean surface.

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

But those who truly understand the economic impact and can work to change the patterns can create a wide range of career possibilities.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 原文

Dr Dominoni, who is putting cameras inside nesting boxes to track sleeping patterns, said lack of sleep could put the birds' health at risk.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

In an online class, developing healthy patterns of communication with professors is very important.

2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文

So, if we have this capability but somehow life seems to keep us stuck, how do we break these patterns?

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Some people may think that a garden is no more than plants, flowers, patterns and masses of color.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

These patterns are unique to each person.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Typing patterns vary from person to person.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

When the world was sill populated by hunter-gatherers, small tightly knit groups developed their own patterns of speech independent of each other.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Yet knowing we can have more can also create a problem, because when we go to change the way we do things, up come the old patterns and pitfalls that stopped us from seeking what we wanted in the first place.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

"Our products succeed when they become part of daily or weekly patterns," said Carol Berning, a consumer psychologist who recently retired from Procter and Gamble, the company that sold $76 billion of tide, Crest and other products last year.

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

As so often, the past holds the key to the future: we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet, and our species, to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our descendant will find themselv

2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Completed in 1875, the State Department's south wing was the first to be occupied, with its elegant four-story library, diplomatic Reception Room, and Secretary's office decorated with carved wood, Oriental rugs, and stenciled wall patterns.

2018年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

From career to community and family, these contrasts suggest that in the aftermath of the searing Great Recession, those just starting out in life are defining priorities and expectations that will increasingly spread through virtually all aspects of Amer

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Stemming climate change, for example, is as much about changing consumption patterns and promoting tax acceptance as it is about developing clean energy.

2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ