Question

【题目】 Answer the questions （根据以下内容回答问题）

Do you think you’re a lucky person? Let’s see what Professor Richard Wise-man, a famous psychologist（心理学家）, has discovered about luck:

Ten years ago, I set out a research on luck. I wanted to know why some people are always in the right place at the right time, while others always experience ill luck.

Many people volunteered for my research. Over the years I interviewed them, watched their lives and had them take part in my experiment.

I carried out a simple experiment to discover why there were differences in their ability to find opportunities. I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper and asked them to look through it an tell me how many photographs were in side.

I had secretly placed a large message halfway through the newspaper saying. “Tell the researcher you have seen this and win $50.”

This message took up half of the page and was more than two inches high. It was staring everyone straight in the face, but unlucky people tended to （倾向于）miss it and lucky people tended to spot it.

Unlucky people are just more nervous than lucky people. They are busy looking only for what they need and this stops them from noticing the unexpected. As a result, they miss out on opportunities.

Lucky people tend to be more relaxed and open. They can see everything that is in front of them, rather than just what they are looking for.

My research shows that lucky people live by several principles（原则）. Here are some of these principles:

1.Opportunities are always given to those who are prepared.

2. Be open to new experiences and break your normal thought patterns（模式）.

3.Spend a few moments each day remembering things that went well.

4.See yourself being lucky before an important meeting or phone call.

【1】How long has Professor Richard Wise-man studied on luck?

【2】What did the volunteers do for the professor during the research?

【3】What’s the purpose of Professor Richard Wise-man’s small experiment?

【4】The message in the newspaper was so small that unlucky people couldn’t find it, wasn’t it?

【5】Why did the unlucky fail to find the message in the newspaper according to the research?

【6】Which principle of the four is the most important in your opinion? Why?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】For ten years.

【2】They were interviewed, watched their lives and they took part in his experiments.

【3】To discover why there were differences in volunteers’ ability to find opportunites.

【4】No, it wasn’t.

【5】Because they are busy looking only for what they need and this stops them from noticing the unexpected .

【6】Any reasonable answer is ok.

【解析】

本文讲述作者通过实验总结出，运气好的人和运气坏的人的区别。

【1】根据文中“Ten years ago, I set out a research on luck”可知，已经研究了十年。故答案为For ten years。

【2】根据文中“Many people volunteered for my research. Over the years I interviewed them, watched their lives and had them take part in my experiment”，可知，志愿者在理查德教授的研究里所要做的是观察他们的生活，并让他们参与到这个实验里。故答案为They were interviewed, watched their lives and they took part in his experiments。

【3】根据文中“I carried out a simple experiment to discover why there were differences in their ability to find opportunities”，可知，理查德教授做这个实验的目的是寻找为什么每个人发现机会的能力是不同的。故答案为To discover why there were differences in volunteers’ ability to find opportunites。

【4】根据文中“Unlucky people are just more nervous than lucky people. They are busy looking only for what they need and this stops them from noticing the unexpected”，可知，不幸运的人看不到 的原因是因为他们很焦虑，只查找他们所需要的东西，而不是因为这个信息在报纸上太小了。反义疑问句的回答根据事实情况回答，所以是No, it isn’t。

【5】根据文中“Unlucky people are just more nervous than lucky people. They are busy looking only for what they need and this stops them from noticing the unexpected”，可知，他们找不到的原因是因为他们太焦虑了，只关注到他们所需要的东西。故答案为Because they are busy looking only for what they need and this stops them from noticing the unexpected。

【6】In my opinions, I think that opportunities are always given to those who are prepared is the most important. Because you can be more relaxed and open. You can see everything that is in front of them. Then you can catch any opportunity.