Research shows that humans switch from selfish to unselfish behaviour when they are watched. Do you?

A picture of a set of eyes on a computer screen can cause a change in the way people act. Even images of eyes on a charity donation collection box encourage people to be unselfish, because people put more money in a collection box that has a picture of eyes on it than they do when a flower symbol is on the box.

Manfred Milinski from the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Germany and Bettina Rockenbach of the University of Berlin, the authors of a new study, found that people act better when they are being watched because they feel they will be rewarded for good behaviour. Their report also referred to other research showing that this response of behaving well when watched is somehow coded into humans and people respond this way unconsciously, or without realising it.

It is not just humans that act unselfishly when they are being watched. A fish called the grooming fish cleans other fish. When other fish are around, it is gentler. When no other fish are around, however, the grooming fish bites chunks from the fish it is supposed to be cleaning.

The researchers suggest that the best way to get people to behave in the correct way is to make them feel watched. This could be the reason for the success of a famous American army poster. On it was a picture of an elderly man staring fiercely and pointing, it appeared, to the person who was looking at the poster. Under the picture was the caption “I Want You”. It encouraged hundreds of thousands of young American men to join the army during the Second World War to fight the Germans and Japanese.

1. The underlined word “coded” (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to______________.

   A. hidden          B. programmed           C. made            D. learned

2. What is the text mainly about?

   A. It describes changed behaviour when observed.

   B. It details ways to control people's behaviour.

   C. It tells how to make people work harder.

   D. It discusses different advertising methods.

3. According to the text, which of the following statements is true?

   A. People pretend to behave better when they are watched.

   B. Fish bite other fish in a fish tank when they are alone.

   C. People donate more money when they feel they are watched.

   D. Soldiers fought better during World War II because of a poster.

4. Where would the study described in the text most likely be found?

   A. In a newspaper.                               B. In a scientific journal.

   C. In an advertising magazine.                    D. In a science textbook.

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Dear Wang Dan ,

   We were having a wonderful holiday now. We haven’t seen a bear yet, but there are bear and deer in the forests around the lake where we’re staying .On our first night we saw amazing fireworks show. It doesn’t get dark here until 10 o’clock , so it was a real late night for us. Last night we rode in a car 2,000 meter to the top of Whistler Mountain .It was as floating in a glass ball, so peaceful and still. The city lights were beautiful. Today we went boat around the lake ,but had a very short swim .It was frozen .The weather has been sunny, but not like the weather at home .Bye for now. We will be home in

next week.

                                                                Yours,

                                                                Li Hua

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