Question

【题目】When people reunite with their loved ones，it’s usually all extremely happy moment. But what is their most common response to seeing them again? It may seem strange，but most of the time they break down in tears.

Now a group of psychologists (心理学家) from Yale University say they have found the reason why，and that crying tears of joy may well be the body’s way of keeping emotional(情感的) balance. “They seem to take place when people are overtaken by strong positive emotions，and people who do this seem to recover better from those strong emotions，” Oriana Aragon，the lead researcher said.

Aragon and her fellow psychologists looked at hundreds of participants’ emotional responses to different things，including happy reunions and cute babies. Many participants said they would react in a negative or aggressive way to the positive things—to cry at happy moments and want to pinch(捏) a cute baby’s face or even tell them “I want to eat you up!” But then researchers found that these people were able to calm down from strong emotions more quickly.

There are many other examples of times when people respond to a positive experience with a negative emotional reaction. At an exciting concert, fans scream at their idols(偶像). People who have just had a big lottery win are often in floods of tears. “These findings advance our understanding of how people express and control their emotions, which is importantly related to mental and physical health, the quality of relationships with others, and even how well people work together.” said Aragon.

【1】What have the psychologists from Yale University found in their research?

A. Crying tears of joy helps to balance emotions.

B. The reason why people cry with tears.

C. People recover slowly from strong emotions

D. Strong negative feelings are useful to people.

【2】What does the underlined “they” in Paragraph 2 probably refer to?

A. Times when people reunite with friends. B. Participants’ emotional responses.

C. Times when people cry tears of joy. D. Strong positive emotions.

【3】Which of the following agrees with the findings of the research?

A. Kissing a cute baby. B. Crying at good news.

C. Crying at a failure. D. Laughing at happy reunions.

【4】Where does the passage most likely come from?

A. A popular biology book. B. A children literature book.

C. A science fiction novel. D. A psychological science journal.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】这是一篇说明文。本文介绍了“喜极而泣”这种现象，并指出发生这种行为的原因。

【1】细节理解题。根据第二段中crying tears of joy may well be the body's way of keeping emotional balance.可知，喜极而泣是身体保持情感平衡的方式。故选项A正确。

【2】词义猜测题。根据第二段中that crying tears of joy may well be the body’s way of keeping emotional(情感的）balance.（喜极而泣可能是身体保持情感平衡的方式。）“They seem to take place when people are overtaken by strong positive emotions，and people who do this seem to recover better from those strong emotions（当人们被强烈的积极情绪所压倒时，他们似乎就会发生，而这样做的人似乎从那些强烈的情感中恢复得更好）。由此可知they指的是“Times when people cry tears of joy”。故C项正确。

【3】理解推断题。根据第三段中to cry at happy moments可知，本文介绍了一个奇怪的现象：当我们快乐的时候，我们会高兴地哭起来。故B项“听到好消息哭了。”与该项研究的发现符合，故选B。

【4】理解推断题。通读全文可知本文是对于人心理现象的研究．故应该是来自于心理学研究杂志。故答案B正确。