Most of us know little about the mental processes that lie behind our decisions. Luckily, what psychologists are finding may help us all make better choices. Here are some of their amazing discoveries to help you make up your mind.
Consider your emotions. You might think that emotions are the enemy of decision making, but in fact they’re a part of it. Whenever you make up your mind, your brain’s emotional center is active. University of Southern California scientist, Antonio Damasio, has studied people with damage to only the emotional parts of their brains, and found that they were unable to make basic choices about what to wear or eat. Damasio thinks this may be because our brains store emotional memories of past choices, which we use to help the present decision making.
However, making choices under the influence of an emotion can greatly affect the result. Take anger, for example. A study by Nitika Garg of the University of Mississippi and other scientists found the angry shoppers were more likely to choose the first thing they were offered rather than considering other choices. It seems anger can lead us to make quick decisions without much thinking.
All emotions affect our thinking and motivation, so it may be best to avoid making important decisions under their influence. Yet strangely there’s one emotion that seems to help us make good choices. The American researchers found that sad people took time to consider the various choices on offer, and ended up making the best choices. In fact many studies show that people who feel unhappy have the most reasonable view of the world

1. 1.

   According to the text, what may help us make better decisions?

   1. A.
      To think about happy times
   2. B.
      To make many decisions at a time
   3. C.
      To stop feeling regretful about the past
   4. D.
      To learn about the process of decision-making
2. 2.

   Damasio’s study suggests that ______

   1. A.
      emotions are the enemy of decision making
   2. B.
      our brain has nothing to do with decision making
   3. C.
      people with physical damage find it hard to make up their minds
   4. D.
      our emotional memories of past choices can affect present decisions
3. 3.

   Why are angry shoppers more likely to choose the first thing they are offered?

   1. A.
      They often forget their past choices
   2. B.
      They make decisions without much thinking
   3. C.
      They tend to save time when shopping
   4. D.
      They are too angry to bargain
4. 4.

   What do we learn from the text?

   1. A.
      Emotions are a part of decision making
   2. B.
      Sad people always make the worst choices
   3. C.
      No emotion seems to help us make good choices
   4. D.
      Only sad feelings affect our thinking and motivation

School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.

  It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to learn some facts or a formula by heart. It is actually quiet easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula(公式) in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a maths problem. Great scientist, such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo, didn’t get everything from school. But they were all so successful and invented so many things for men. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of experiments.

According to the passage, a good teacher should be one who is to_________.

   A. help his students to gain a good memory.

   B. train his students’ ability to learn

   C. teach his students everything he knows

   D. have his students studying long hours

If a student want to learn better, the most important thing for him to do is_______.

   A. to learn all the useful facts and formula by heart

   B. to do everything as his teacher have said in class

   C. to absorb (吸收) as much knowledge from his teacher as possible

   D. to think more while he is studying

The main reason for the success of the great scientists is that________.

   A. the teachers who had taught them were all experienced.

   B. they used to work and study without a moment’s rest.

   C. they had received more schooling than other people

   D. they know how to study and worked hard

What’s the good advice the writer gives us?

   A. We can learn better without teachers

B. We should do more asking and thinking while studying

   C. We should pay enough attention to classroom

D. Book knowledge is little use

School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, he can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to learn some facts or a formula by heart. It is actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula(公式) in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a maths problem. Great scientist, such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo, didn’t get everything from school. But they were all so successful and invented so many things for men. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of experiments.
【小题1】According to the passage, a good teacher should be one who is to_________.

School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.

    It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to learn some facts or a formula by heart. It is actually quiet easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula(公式) in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a maths problem. Great scientist, such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo, didn’t get everything from school. But they were all so successful and invented so many things for men. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of experiments.

1.According to the passage, a good teacher should be one who is to_________.

A. help his students to gain a good memory.

B. train his students’ ability to learn

C. teach his students everything he knows

D. have his students studying long hours

2.If a student want to learn better, the most important thing for him to do is_______.

A. to learn all the useful facts and formula by heart

B. to do everything as his teacher have said in class

C. to absorb (吸收) as much knowledge from his teacher as possible

D. to think more while he is studying

3.The main reason for the success of the great scientists is that________.

A. the teachers who had taught them were all experienced.

B. they used to work and study without a moment’s rest.

C. they had received more schooling than other people

D. they know how to study and worked hard

4.What’s the good advice the writer gives us?

A. We can learn better without teachers

B. We should do more asking and thinking while studying

C. We should pay enough attention to classroom

D. Book knowledge is of little use

School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, he can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.

It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to learn some facts or a formula by heart. It is actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula(公式) in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a maths problem. Great scientist, such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo, didn’t get everything from school. But they were all so successful and invented so many things for men. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of experiments.

1.According to the passage, a good teacher should be one who is to_________.

2. If a student want to learn better, the most important thing for him to do is_______.

3.The main reason for the success of the great scientists is that________.

4.What’s the good advice the writer gives us?