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14．A．estimate   B．recognition   C．tricked  D．accurate  E．volume   F．engaged
G．separate    H．stimulating     I．function   J．measuring    
 
Time seems to pass faster or slower depending on the language you speak，new research has revealed，because of the way your native tongue speaks about time．A team from the University of Lancaster say their work also shows how bilingualism（双语） may affect pur perceptions of time，（35）Gthe brain to think in new ways．
In one experiment，40 Spanish speakers and 40 Swedish speakers were （36）F in seeing a computer animation（动画） of a slowly line．All the animations lasted 3 seconds，but the line didn't always grow to the same length．The researchers expected that because Swedes talk about time in terms of distance，they would find it harder to （37）A how much time had passed，and they were right．Meanwhile the Spanish speakers，who refer to time in terms of （38）I（as in a"small"break rather than a"short"break），were much better at realizing that the same 3 seconds had fled，no matter how far the line grew．"The Swedish speakers tend to think that the line that grows longer takes longer，"one of the researchers explained．"Spanish speakers aren't （39）C by that．They seem to think that it doesn't matter how much the line grows in distance，it still takes the same time for it to grow．"
In another experiment，participants were shown animations of a jug（水壶） slowly being filled up：the length of the animation was fixed，but the jug filled up by （40）J amounts．Sure enough，this time it was the Spanish speakers who had more trouble（41）Hthe passage of time．
Interestingly，when the spoken instructions in a particular language were taken away，the volunteers were much better at judging time，as if being asked out loud how much time had passed triggered something in the brain．To gain （42）Dinsight into what was happening，74 bilingual speakers of both Spanish and Swedish were also recruited，and shown similar animations．The end results were the same：when instructed in Swedish，the volunteers were more easily fooled by the line animations，and when instructed in Spanish，it was the jug animations that interfered with their（43）Bof time．

Answer 1

分析 本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一次实验测试，用不同的干扰物来干扰西班牙志愿者与瑞典志愿者，以此来测出是什么干扰到他们对时间的判断．

解答 35-43 G F A I C J H D B
35．G．separate 分开．人的大脑是被分为两部分来研究的．故填"separate 分开"．    
36．F．engaged．be engaged in 参与．根据句意，40位讲西班牙语的人和40位讲英语的人参与观看了一段缓慢的电脑动画．故填"engaged"．
37．A．estimate估计．根据"Swedes talk about time in terms of distance"可知，瑞典人时间观念不强，他们很难估计时间过去了多久．故填"estimate估计"．   
38．I．function运行．根据括号中的解释"as in a"small"break rather than a"short"break"，可知，对于西班牙人的时间运行观念中，这就像在进行一个"小"的休息而不是短暂的休息．故填"function运行"．   
39．C．tricked欺骗．根据后面的"They seem to think that it doesn't matter how much the line grows in distance"可知，西班牙人不会被这些干扰所欺骗．故填"tricked欺骗"．  
40．J．measuring测量．根据句意，西班牙人对水壶的干扰表现得很明显，影响到他们对时间的测量．故填"measuring测量"．    
41．H．stimulating刺激．根据前面的实验结果可知，这次是西班牙人有更多干扰来刺激时间的流逝．故填"stimulating刺激"．     
42．D．accurate精确． 根据句意，为了精确了解正在发生的事情．故填"accurate精确"．
43．B．recognition识别．根据句意，瑞典志愿者更容易被线条动画所迷惑，而西班牙人会被水壶动画干扰他们对时间的识别．故填"recognition识别"．

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