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【题目】 Are you happy most of the time? Or do you easily get angry sometimes? Everyone has a different temperament(脾气). It’s usually believed that both genes(基因）and environment may influence people’s temperament in different ways. Scientists have found that the season of the birth also plays a role.

Scientists from Budapest, Hungary, studied 400 university students. In the study, the students needed to finish some questions to know which of four kinds of temperament they most had. From the questions, scientists found that the students always answered something like “my mood often changes for no reason” and “I love to deal with new projects. even if it is risky”. These answers were then connected with their birthdays.

They discovered that people born in summer easily change between sad and happy moods compared to people born in winter. Those who always feel positive are mostly born in spring or summer.

The study also found that those born in fall less probably had a mood of depression which may easily drive them to cry, while those in winter were not easier to be angry.

Scientists said that this was probably because the seasons had an influence on certain chemicals in the human body. And the chemicals are important to control people’s moods even in adult life. “It seems that when you are born may increase or decrease your change of developing certain mood, disorders, ” scientist Xenia Gonda told the Telegraph.

【1】What do not influence a person’s temperament?

A.Interests.B.Genes.C.Birthdays.

【2】What is CORRECT about the study?

A.They did the study in 400 universities.

B.There are 4 kinds of temperament in the study.

C.The answers are not related to the season of birth.

【3】If a person always gets angry easily, with whom should he make friends most?

A.A person born in fall.

B.A person born in summer.

C.A person born in winter.

【4】What’s the meaning of the underlined word depression?

A.开心B.消沉C.冷静

【5】What’s the title of the passage?

A.Birthdays Influence Temperament.

B.How to Make Different Friends.

C.We Should Keep Good Temper.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

这篇短文主要通过实验讲述人的脾气不但受人的基因和环境影响，而且人出生的季节也起作用．研究表明，夏天出生的人比冬天出生的人情绪易变．研究还发现，秋天出生的人极少有可能出现消极情绪，而冬天出生的人不容易生气．这也许是人体内化学变化起作用的结果．即使对成年人来说，化学物质仍是控制人们的情绪的重要因素。

【1】细节理解题。根据文中Everyone has a different temperament(脾气). It’s usually believed that both genes(基因）and environment may influence people’s temperament in different ways.每个人都有不同的脾气。人们通常认为基因和环境对人的脾气有不同的影响。可知，基因和环境对人的脾气有影响，跟兴趣无关，故选A。

【2】细节理解题。根据文中Scientists from Budapest, Hungary, studied 400 university students.匈牙利布达佩斯的科学家对400名大学生进行了研究。可知是对400名大学生进行研究，不是400所大学，所以A错误；根据文中In the study, the students needed to finish some questions to know which of four kinds of temperament they most had.在这项研究中，学生需要完成一些问题，以了解四种脾气中他们最具有的是哪一种。可知，研究中是有四种脾气，所以B正确；根据文中These answers were then connected with their birthdays.这些答案与他们的生日有关。可知是与出生季节有关的，所以C错误；故选B。

【3】推理题判断题。根据文中They discovered that people born in summer easily change between sad and happy moods compared to people born in winter.他们发现，与冬天出生的人相比，夏天出生的人很容易在悲伤和快乐之间转换。以及后文while those in winter were not easier to be angry.而那些在冬天的人不容易生气。可知一个出生在夏天的人，很容易生气，应该和出生在冬天的人做朋友，故选C。

【4】词义猜测题。根据文中which may easily drive them to cry,这种情绪很容易驱使他们哭泣，可知，这是一个定语从句，是对单词语depression的解释，所以这个单词是“消沉，沮丧”的意思，故选B。

【5】最佳标题题。根据整个文章的描述可知，这里讲述的是影响人的脾气的因素，重点讨论的是出生在不同季节的人脾气表现不同，故最佳标题应该选择Birthdays Influence Temperament，故选A。