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4.To Please Your Friends,Tell Them What They Already Knew
The research emeraged out of some real-life observations shared by Gilbert and co-authors Gus Cooney and Timothy D.Wilson:"Conversation is the most common of all human social activities,and doing it well requires that we know what our conversation partners most want to hear.(67)D"says psychological scientist Daniel T,Gilbert of Harvard University.
"When our friends try to tell us about movies we've never seen or albums we've never heard,we usually find ourselves bored,confused,and underwhelmed.(68)E.And yet,as soon as it's our turn to speak,we do exactlly the same thing to our friends-with exactly the same consequences.We wanted to understand why this happens."Gilbert explains.The researchers decided to do this by conducting a series of experiments.
In their first experiment,the researchers assigned participants to groups of three,with one person acting as the speaker and the other two acting as listeners.Speakers watched a video and then tried do describe it to the listeners.Some of the listeners had seen the video the speakere was describing,and others had not.
(69)A.When the speakers were done speaking,the listeners rated them on these aspects.The results showed that speakers'predictions were exactly backwards.Speakers expected listeners to respond more positively to their stories when the listeners had not seen the video they were describing (70)F.Although speakers expected listeners to enjoy hearing about a novel experience more than a familiar one,it was actually the other way around.
A second study showed that when asked to predict their own reactions before hearing the story,listeners made the same mistake that speakers did.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了为了取悦你的朋友,可以告诉他们他们已经知道了什么.
解答 67.D.推理判断题.根据前文:"Conversation is the most common of all human social activities,and doing it well requires that we know what our conversation partners most want to hear可知发言者认为听众最喜欢听那些听众自己没有经历过的故事,但我们的研究表明说话者是错误的;故选D.
68.E.推理判断题.根据前文When our friends try to tell us about movies we've never seen or albums we've never heard,we usually find ourselves bored,confused,and underwhelmed可知那是因为这些经历太复杂了,以至于普通人几乎不可能进行良好的交流;故选E.
69.A.推理判断题.根据后文When the speakers were done speaking,the listeners rated them on these aspects.The results showed that speakers'predictions were exactly backwards可知演讲者在演讲之前预测听众会喜欢听他们说些什么,听众们会多么有趣和有效地考虑他们;故选A.
70.F.推理判断题.根据后文Although speakers expected listeners to enjoy hearing about a novel experience more than a familiar one,it was actually the other way around可知事实上,当听众看到录像时,他们的反应更积极;故选F.
点评 七选五阅读是完成性阅读,和完形填空很类似,不同的是一个选词,一个选句子.解题时,要注意上下文语境,充分考虑信息词(选项中和空格前后句子中相同或相近的词),选出最符合语境的句子.
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