C
Not even Dan Brown and his Da Vinci code—breakers(密码破译者)dared deal with the mystery of Mona Lisa，s smile．But Nicu Sebe，a computer expert the University of Amsterdam，the Netherlands，did．He used’emotion recognition’software to process the famous painting and found Mona Lisa happy(83 per cent)and slightly disgusted(厌烦的)(9 per cent)．
Faces show emotions. Psychology，computer science，and engineering researchers are joining forces to teach machines to read expressions．If they succeed，your computer may one day“read”your mood．Machines equipped with emotional skills could also be used in teaching，gaming，mind－reading，etc.
“Mind Reader”，a system developed by Rosalind Picard at MIT(the Massachusetts Institute of Tech’nology)in the US, uses input from a video camera to do real—time analysis of facial expressions. It reports on whether you seem“interested”or“agreeable”or if you’re“confused”．The system can help people recognize others’emotions．Picard says this means we could teach a machine to be as sensitive as a human．In fact，a machine can be even smarter than people since it can tell if a person is lying or just“performing”by analyzing one’s facial movements．
Jeffrey Cohn，a psychologist at the University of Pittsburgh，uses the Facial Action Coding System to recognize human emotions．The system sorts more than 40 action units(AUs)of the face to tell people’s real emotions．He studied a videotape of a criminal who said to be sad about the murder of several family members and tried to pin the blame on someone else．But Cohn saw no real sadness in the woman’s face.
Sadness is a group of AUs that is difficult to do at the same time．You have to pull down the woman’s of your lips while bringing your eyebrows together and raising them．What the woman did was raise her cheeks to make a lip cud(撇嘴)。Her brows stayed smooth．
64．The best title of this passage is“ ________ ”．
A．The emotion on your face                    B．Look at your face
C．Your face tells a story                          D．Telling a lie
65．The missing sentence“This means，even though your mouth lice，your face doesn’t，and the machine will know it all. ”should be put at the end of ___________．
A．Paragraph 2   B．Paragraph 3      C．Paragraph 4     D．Paragraph 5
66．How many facial emotion analyses are mentioned in this passage?
A．Four．               B．Three．              C．Two．         D．One
67．The underlined word“it”refers to________．
A．MIT                                 B．the video camera
C．one’s face emotion            D．the real—time analysis

C

    Not even Dan Brown and his Da Vinci code—breakers(密码破译者)dared deal with the mystery of Mona Lisa，s smile．But Nicu Sebe，a computer expert the University of Amsterdam，the Netherlands，did．He used’emotion recognition’software to process the famous painting and found Mona Lisa happy(83 per cent)and slightly disgusted(厌烦的)(9 per cent)．

    Faces show emotions. Psychology，computer science，and engineering researchers are joining forces to teach machines to read expressions．If they succeed，your computer may one day“read”your mood．Machines equipped with emotional skills could also be used in teaching，gaming，mind－reading，etc.

    “Mind Reader”，a system developed by Rosalind Picard at MIT(the Massachusetts Institute of Tech’nology)in the US, uses input from a video camera to do real—time analysis of facial expressions. It reports on whether you seem“interested”or“agreeable”or if you’re“confused”．The system can help people recognize others’emotions．Picard says this means we could teach a machine to be as sensitive as a human．In fact，a machine can be even smarter than people since it can tell if a person is lying or just“performing”by analyzing one’s facial movements．

      Jeffrey Cohn，a psychologist at the University of Pittsburgh，uses the Facial Action Coding System to recognize human emotions．The system sorts more than 40 action units(AUs)of the face to tell people’s real emotions．He studied a videotape of a criminal who said to be sad about the murder of several family members and tried to pin the blame on someone else．But Cohn saw no real sadness in the woman’s face.

      Sadness is a group of AUs that is difficult to do at the same time．You have to pull down the woman’s of your lips while bringing your eyebrows together and raising them．What the woman did was raise her cheeks to make a lip cud(撇嘴)。Her brows stayed smooth．

64．The best title of this passage is“ ________ ”．

      A．The emotion on your face                      B．Look at your face

      C．Your face tells a story                          D．Telling a lie

65．The missing sentence“This means，even though your mouth lice，your face doesn’t，and the machine will know it all. ”should be put at the end of ___________．

      A．Paragraph 2    B．Paragraph 3       C．Paragraph 4     D．Paragraph 5

66．How many facial emotion analyses are mentioned in this passage?

      A．Four．                B．Three．               C．Two．          D．One

67．The underlined word“it”refers to________．

      A．MIT                                  B．the video camera

    C．one’s face emotion            D．the real—time analysis

C

What do consumers really want? That’s a question market researchers would love to answer. But since people don’t always say what they think, marketers would need direct access to consumers’ thoughts to get the truth.

    Now, in a way, that is possible. At the “Mind of the Market” laboratory at Harvard Business School, researchers are looking inside shoppers’ skulls to develop more effective advertisements and marketing styles. Using imaging techniques that measure blood flow to various parts of the brain, the Harvard team hopes to predict how consumers will react to particular products and to discover the most effective ways to present information. Stephen Kosslyn, a professor of psychology at Harvard, and business school professor Gerald Zaltman, oversee the lab. “The goal is not to influence people’s preferences,” says Kosslyn, “just to speak to their actual desires."

    The group’s findings, though still preliminary (初步的), could change how firms develop and market new products. The Harvard group use position emission tomography (PET) scans to monitor the brain activity. These PET scans, along with other imaging techniques, enable researchers to see which parts of the brain are active during specific tasks(such as remembering a word).Correlations (相互关系) have been found between blood flow to specific areas and future behavior. Because of this, Harvard researchers believe the scans can also predict future purchasing patterns. According to an unpublished paper the group produced, “It is possible to use these techniques to predict not only whether people will remember and have specific emotional reactions to certain materials, but also whether they tend to want those materials months later.”

The Harvard group is now moving into the next stage of experiments. They will explore how people remember advertisements as part of an effort to predict how they will react to a product after having seen an ad. The researchers believe that once key areas of the brain are identified, scans on about two dozen volunteers will be enough to draw conclusions about the reactions of specific sections of the population. Large corporations-including Coca Cola, Eastman Kodak, General Motors, and Hallmark-have already signed up to fund further investigations.

    For their financial support, these firms gain access to the experiments but cannot control them．If Kosslyn and Zahman and their team really can read the mind of the market, then consumers may find it even harder to get those advertising jingles-out of heir heads.

66. Which of the following statements can be the best title for this passage?

A. Reading the Mind of the Market.    

B. Influencing the Customers’ Choice.

C. Influencing the Style of Advertising.      

D. Experimenting with the Way to Foretell

67. Why do the Harvard researchers use scientific technology in the experiments?

A. Because they want to find a better way to persuade people into purchasing patterns in the future in the different market.

B. Because they don’t trust the findings already done by other researchers.

C. Because they want to see how particular products can influence consumers and find out the most effective ways to advertise.

D.Because they think the marketing strategies can actually be changed after the experiments.

68. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. People sometimes hide their true feelings when questioned by the marketing surveyors.

B. Stephen Kosslyn and Gerald Zaltman are in charge of the experiment and think ill of the study.

C. Harvard researchers have found some relation between people’s brain and future behavior.

D. Many large companies finance the Harvard group’s further investigations.

69. What does “to speak to” in the 2nd paragraph mean?

   A. To communicate with. B. To say to.     C. To talk to.      D. To respond to.

70. The last sentence of the passage implies that ___________.

A. it is very likely that customers will buy unnecessary things just depending on the ads in the future.

B. in fact, the real purpose of Harvard group’s research is to attract more consumers into the market.

C. Coca Cola or the General Motors can exploit the findings of the experiments in their own marketing.

D. Consumers may find it more difficult to get out of the advertising jungle and it may cause them headaches.

Once upon a time, there lived a man who wanted to achieve everything he was capable of achieving．He was obsessed with this desire --- he ate, slept, and walked with one and only dream: to die, having accomplished every single thing he was able to accomplish．

There were so many things he could do．He felt like the whole world could be his, 36   he set his mind to it．

He knew that his  37  had no limits．He knew that he could accumulate  38  that would dwarf （使相形见绌） that of ancient kings; he knew that he could  39  books that would shake the minds of generations; he knew that he could  40  things that would forever change the lives of millions of people．He lived, constantly feeling the power within --- and that power knew no bounds．

There was only one problem: having such a potential, but only one  41 , he had to make a choice．He had to decide where to  42  all of his ability．Making that decision was extremely hard, for any  43  meant cutting off some future achievements．In the meantime, he went to school, graduated, found a job, married, and  44  children．And he spent every minute of his spare time trying to decide  45  he should bring his potential into full play．

Time went by, and he grew  46 ．Some roads he used to dream about became closed to him．But there was still so much he could accomplish．

One day, a sudden chest pain made him come home early．He dragged his feet to the bathroom．There, feeling  47  , he looked in the mirror．A worn-out, gray-haired man stared back at him．He looked  48  into these eyes and, all of a sudden, 49  one simple truth．The next moment, the pain came again, and his heart stopped  50  forever．

The truth that came upon him was rather simple: People only flatter themselves （自以为是，自鸣得意） by thinking that they could have  51  this or that if not for such-and-such circumstances．Yet this is nothing but  52 ．You simply lack something that is  53 for achieving that goal you’ve never reached — a talent, a skill, willpower,  54  something else．In fact,  55  you don’t achieve is something you’re not capable of achieving．

36.    A．before            B．since              C．if                      D．though

37     A．wisdom          B．freedom          C．world                D．potential

38     A．courage          B．interest           C．knowledge         D．power

39     A．write              B．read                C．buy                   D．edit

40     A．adopt             B．acquire           C．invent                D．destroy

41     A．step               B．life                 C．chance              D．condition

42     A．promote         B．accumulate      C．increase             D．apply

43     A．choice            B．mistake           C．failure                D．effort

44     A．assisted          B．raised             C．loved                 D．punished

45     A．why               B．where             C．when                 D．whether

46     A．older              B．wiser              C．greedier             D．cruder

47     A．sleepy            B．weak              C．satisfied             D．comfortable

48     A．carelessly       B．secretly           C．angrily               D．closely

49     A．reminded        B．remembered    C．realized              D．created

50     A．fueling            B．starting           C．moving              D．beating

51     A．learned           B．achieved         C．undertaken         D．doubted

52     A．reality             B．history            C．imagination        D．record

53     A．unimportant    B．necessary        C．unbelievable       D．ordinary

54     A．and                B．or                   C．even                  D．as

55     A．what              B．which             C．that                   D．how

      An aspirin a day keeps the doctor away. Aspirin has long been praised as a wonder drug and has been in your family since you can remember. Not only does it cure pain, it also lowers the risk of heart attack and stroke (中风). But taking the pills daily may not work for everyone.

      Although taking an occasional aspirin or two is safe for most adults to use for headaches,body aches or fever, daily use of aspirin can have serious side effects. Up to 60 per cent of us,both healthy people and those being treated for all types of heart disease, may have some level of resistance to aspirin' s benefits.

      Aspirin keeps platelets(血小板) from sticking, lowering the risk of clotting(结块). People who are aspirin - resistant still get pain relief but not the full blood - thinning effects.

      How do you know whether you' re resistant? New blood tests can help your doctor decide whether to give you a different medicine, especially if you' re at risk or are being treated for heart disease. The tests aren' t yet widely available, but it doesn' t hurt to ask.

      People taking aspirin daily should limit the amount of alcohol they drink because of its additional blood - thinning effects and potential to upset your stomach. Thus you should not have more than one drink if you' re a woman or two dr/nks a day if you' re a man. Does daily aspirin treatment differ between men and women? Recent studies have focused on the effects of aspirin in women, finding that its effects differ between the sexes, and for women, between age groups.

     All in all, aspirin is still an effective, affordable and simple option for many people at risk of heart attack and stroke. Though it is readily available, always check with your doctor before starting daily aspirin treatment.

66. Aspirin has got the reputation of a wonder drug because __  

     A. an aspirin a day keeps the doctor away

     B. it can make people feel less painful

     C. it helps to prevent heart attacks and strokes

     D. it doesn' t have any serious side effects

67. Which of the following statements about aspirin is TRUE?  

     A. Aspirin does have blood - thinning effects.

     B. If you are resistant to aspirin, you won' t feel pain.

     C. People taking aspirin won't suffer from heart attacks.

     D. 60 per cent of people couldn' t benefit from Aspirin.

68. What do we know about the blood tests mentioned in the fourth paragraph?   

     A. The new examination doesn' t hurt at all.

     B. The tests only help aspirin - resistant people.

     C. Doctors do the tests to test new medicines.

     D. Only some people have ever taken the tests.

69. We can/cam from the passage that __  

     A. drinking alcohol will make people feel uncomfortable

      B. drinking alcohol could influence the function of aspirin

      C. alcohol has much greater effects than aspirin on blood - thinning

      D. people should not drink any alcohol while taking aspirin daily

70. What does the writer think of taking aspirin daily?  

      A. People should be careful to make this decision.

      B. This treatment is effective, affordable and simple.

      C. It could be used to cure heart attack and stroke.

      D. Old women should not start this kind of treatment.