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8.If you studied pictures that ancient people left on rock walls and you tried to determine their meaning,you would not detect interest in romance among the artists. (51)Instead,you would see plenty of animals with people running after them.Life for ancient people's earned to center on hunting and gathering wild foods for meals.In modern times,when food is available in grocery stores,finding love is more (52)central in people's lives.The (53)proof is all around us.It is easy to prepare a list of modern stories having to do with love.An endless number of books and movies qualify as love stories in popular culture.
Researchers are studying whether love,a highly valued emotional state,can be (54)created.They ask,what is love?Toothpaste companies want us to think attraction is all about clean teeth,but clean teeth go only so far.Scientists wonder how much the brain gets involved.You have probably heard that opposites attract but that (55)similarities attract,too.One thing is certain:The truth about love is not yet set in stone.
First Impression
To help determine the (56)ingredients of attraction,researchers paired 164college classmates and had them talk for 3,6or 10minutes so they could get a sense of each other's individuality.Then students were asked to (57)predict what kind of relationship they were likely to build with their partners.After nine weeks,they reported what happened.
As it turned out,their (58)initialjudgements often held true.Students seemed to (59)distinguishat an early stage who would best fit into their lives.
The (60)NoseKnows
Scientists have also turned to nonhumans to increase understanding of attraction.Many animals give off pheromones-natural chemicals that can be detected by,and then can produce a response in,other animals of the same species.Pheromones can signal that an animal is either ready to fight or is feeling (61)opento partnerships.In contrast,humans do not seem to be as (62)gifted as other animals at detecting such chemicals.Smell,however,does seem to play a part in human attraction.Although we may not be aware of chemicals like pheromones consciously,we give and receive loads of information through smell in every interaction with other people.
Face Value
Being fond of someone seems to have a number of factors,including seeing something we find attractive.Researchers had people judge faces for(63)attractiveness.The participants had 0.013seconds to view each face,yet somehow they generally considered the images the same as people who had more time to study the same faces.The way we (64)assessattractiveness seem to be somewhat automatic.
When shown an attractive face and then words with good or bad associations,people responded to(65)positive words faster after viewing an attractive face.Seeing something attractive seems to cause happy thinking.
51.A.Instead | B.Therefore | C.Moreover | D.Otherwise |
52.A.romantic | B.stressful | C.central | D.beneficial |
53.A.priority | B.proof | C.possibility | D.principle |
54.A.tested | B.imposed | C.changed | D.created |
55.A.appearances | B.virtues | C.similarities | D.passions |
56.A.illustrations | B.imaginations | C.ingredients | D.instructions |
57.A.predict | B.investigate | C.diagnose | D.recall |
58.A.critical | B.initial | C.random | D.mature |
59.A.memorize | B.distinguish | C.negotiate | D.question |
60.A.Nose | B.Eye | C.Heart | D.Hand |
61.A.open | B.alert | C.resistant | D.superior |
62.A.disappointed | B.amazed | C.confused | D.gifted |
63.A.emotion | B.attractiveness | C.individuality | D.signals |
64.A.enhance | B.possess | C.maintain | D.assess |
65.A.familiar | B.plain | C.positive | D.insulting. |
分析 本文是一篇说明文,阐述了什么是爱.主要通过原始人的壁画通常是食物而不是爱情引出现代人对于爱情的感知和态度.古代和现代的人追求不同,现代人追求的是爱,但是科学家依然对爱还不是很清楚.
解答 51.A 考查副词辨析.根据空格前后的句式结构,可以知道,前面用的是you would notdetect …,后面用的是you would see,使用的动词不同,结构相同.由于前面有not,后面没有,所以可知此处表达为意思相反,故选A.
52.C 考查形容词辨析.根据"Life for ancient people's earned to center on hunting and gathering wild foods for meals."及"In modern times,finding love is more"可知,古代人的生活似乎在狩猎和采集野生食物为膳食中心.这儿是把古代和现代的情况进行对比,前一句用"center"后一句用"central 中心的;主要的",故选C.
53.B 考查名词以辨析. 后两句的意思是:很容易准备一系列的有关爱的现代故事.在当前的流行文化中,无数的故事和电影归类为爱情故事.根据这两句的意思,结合上下文语境可知道本句的意思就是有很多证明的例子,故选proof.
54.D 考查动词辨析. 根据本段的最后一句话"One thing is certain:The truth about love is not yet set in stone.确定了一件事情是:爱的真理还不确定"可知,科学家研究的是爱是否能够创造,而不应该是测试,改变或者是强加.其中setin stone 就像中文里说的"板上钉钉",表示绝对不变.故选D.
55.C 考查名词辨析. 根据划线部分前面的连词but 可以判断,前后是转折的意思,而opposites意为相反的,所以答案为相似的.故选C.
56.C 考查名词辨析. illustrations 意为说明,implications意为含义;暗示;牵连,卷入;可能的结果,影响,ingredients 意为成分,intentions意为意图,目的.根据小标题First Impression (第一印象)以及后面所描述的实验方法、内容和结果,可知,实验的目的是决定吸引力的成分.故选C.
57.A 考查动词辨析.根据第四段"After nine weeks,they reported what happened."可知,九周之后,他们报道发生了什么情况?可以知道这些是还没有发生的事情,也就是预测的东西,"predict 预测"
,故选A.
58.B 考查形容词辨析.根据57题中预测的东西可知,预测的东西相对而言是原始的,最初的判断."initial 最初的,原始的",故选B.
59.B 考查动词辨析. 根据前一句话的意思"结果证明他们最初的判断是正确的",该句要表达的意思和前一句相同,也就是说"学生似乎能够在早期区别适合他们的生活人".故选B.
60.A 考查名词辨析. 根据空格处的词是小标题,是对本段的高度概括.它往往在句首或句末找答案.在本段的最后两句话都提到了一个词smell(嗅觉),四个选项中和嗅觉有关的词只有A,故选A.
61.A 考查形容词辨析.根据前面的搭配either…or…要么…,要么,表明此处是一个反义表达.前面使用的是战争,那么后面应该是一种开放,也就是坦诚以对.故选A.
62.D 考查形容词辨析. 根据In contrast(相反)以及后文"Althoughwe may not be aware of chemicals 尽管我们没有意识到",结合上下文语境知道,在这里表达人类没有像动物那么有天赋.故选D.
63.B 考查名词辨析. 根据上一句话最后一个单词attractive,结合上下文知道此处的答案和这个单词attractive是同根重现,所以答案是attractiveness.故选B.
64.D 考查动词辨析. 根据该句是本段的总结,前面提到的是研究者做的吸引力实验,最后得出的结论就是我们评估吸 引力的方法自动的.这是评估的方法,而不能是拥有,维持,或者是加强,所以答案为assess,故选D.
65.C 考查形容词辨析. 根据最后一句的表达"Seeingsomething attractive seems to cause happy thinking.看一些吸引力的事情似乎能够导致快乐的思考."不能得出答案的表达应该是一种快乐思考,所以答案为positive积极的.故选C.
点评 解答此类题目可遵循以下步骤:第一步,通读全文,了解文章大意,获得整体印象,同时初选出一批较有把握的答案.第二步,边核对初选答案边补填留下的空格.如果短文难度较大,则可复读几遍,核对和确定答案.有些空一时决定不了,可作个记号,待复查时再确定. 第三步,复查定稿.从整体理解角度出发,仔细审核答案,确保意义上、语法上没有错误,同时对遗留下来的少数几个空格作最后选择.
A. | put up | B. | take up | C. | call up | D. | pick up |
A. | to be accepted | B. | accepted | C. | accept | D. | accepting |
A. | while | B. | although | C. | so | D. | as |
A. | translated | B. | was translated | ||
C. | has translated | D. | has been translated |
-_________.I can't stand all this rain.( )
A. | I don't care | B. | It's hard to say | ||
C. | So am I | D. | I hope so |