16．Based on the passage,the creativity of the Chinese students ranks ________ among the
21 countries. A．the 5th C．the 21st
B．the 17th D．the 1st
解析：细节理解题.由文章第二段的The survey covering 21 countries...in creativity,they were fifth from the bottom.可知,中国学生的创造力位于21个国家的倒数第五位,即第17位. 答案：B
17．Why is the imagination of the Chinese students so poor?
A．Their parents often improve their educational ways. B．They are thought to be lacking in curiosity. C．Their teachers are afraid of being questioned.
D．They are not encouraged to imagine both at home and in class.
解析：细节理解题.文章第三段至第五段都是围绕这个问题展开论述的.根据第五段的最后一句可知D为正确答案.其他三个选项都过于片面. 答案：D
18．What does the underlined word “mollycoddle” probably mean in Paragraph 6?
A．spoil
B．motivate D．scold
C．appreciate
解析：词义猜测题.由下文的．..Chinese parents go to extremes,allowing their children to do whatever they like to do and punishing them severely the next for committing a “mistake”．可知此处应表示“溺爱”. 答案：A
19．It can be learned from the passage Israeli parents ________.
A．lay much more emphasis on education than Chinese ones B．allow their children to live in whatever way they like
C．focus more attention on developing their children's living ability D．encourage their children to commit mistakes in lives
解析：推理判断题.由第六段Instead,they encourage them to learn how to live independently.可知. 答案：C
20．Israel is introduced in the passage mainly ________.
A．to enrich the content of the text
B．to support and advocate Israel education
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C．to illustrate the disadvantages of Chinese education D．to criticize the wrong behavior of Chinese parents
解析：推理判断题.以色列及以色列的父母的做法是作为一个反衬中国父母做法的有力论据出现的,故选C. 答案：C
B
Next time a customer comes to your office,offer him a cup of coffee.And when you're doing your holiday shopping online,make sure you're holding a large glass of iced tea.The physical sensation(感觉) of warmth encourages emotional warmth,while a cold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise decisions－those are the practical lesson being drawn from recent research by psychologist John A. Bargh.
Psychologists have known that one person's perception(感知) of another's “warmth” is a powerful determiner in social relationships.Judging someone to be either “warm” or “cold” is a primary consideration,even trumping evidence that a “cold” person may be more capable.Much of this is rooted in very early childhood experiences,Bargh argues,when babies' conceptual sense of the world around them is shaped by physical sensations,particularly warmth and coldness.Classic studies by Harry Harlow,published in 1958,showed monkeys preferred to stay close to a cloth“mother” rather than one made of wire,even when the wire “mother” carried a food bottle.Harlow's work and later studies have led psychologists to stress the need for warm physical contact from caregivers to help young children grow into healthy adults with normal social skills.
Feelings of “warmth” and “coldness” in social judgments appear to be universal.Although no worldwide study has been done,Bargh says that describing people as “warm” or “cold” is common to many cultures,and studies have found those perceptions influence judgment in dozens of countries.
To test the relationship between physical and psychological warmth,Bargh conducted an experiment which involved 41 college students.A research assistant who was unaware of the study's hypotheses(假设),handed the students either a hot cup of coffee,or a cold drink,to hold while the researcher filled out a short information form：The drink was then handed back.After that,the students were asked to rate the personality of “Person A” based on a particular description.Those who had briefly held the warm drink regarded Person A as warmer than those who had held the iced drink.
“We are grounded in our physical experiences even when we think abstractly.” says Bargh.
【语篇解读】 身体上对于外界的感知可以影响人们心理上对于某事物的看法. 21．According to Paragraph 1,a person's emotion may be affected by ________.
A．the visitors to his office
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B．the psychology lessons he has C．his physical feeling of coldness D．the things he has bought online
解析：细节理解题.文章中第一段中提到,身体上对于温暖的感知可以激发热情,而一杯冷饮在手可以使人避免头脑发热,可知一个人的情感是由他的身体感知所影响的. 答案：C
22．Thd author mentions Harlow's experiment to show that ________.
A．adults should develop social skills B．babies need warm physical contact C．caregivers should be healthy adults D．monkeys have social relationships
解析：推理判断题.根据第二段最后一句内容可知. 答案：B
23．In Bargh's experiment,the students were asked to ________.
A．evaluate someone's personality B．write down their hypotheses C．fill out a personal information form D．hold coffee and cold drink alternatively
解析：细节理解题.根据倒数第二段中After that,the students were asked to rate the personality of “Person A” based on a particular description.可知. 答案：A
24．We can infer from the passage that ________.
A．abstract thinking does not come from physical experiences B．feelings of warmth and coldness are studied worldwide C．physical temperature affects how we see others D．capable persons are often cold to others
解析：推理判断题.文章开头点明：身体对于冷暖的感知可以影响人的心理,接下来分别用Harlow和Bargh的实验来证明这个观点,答案选C. 答案：C
25．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Drinking for Better Social Relationships B．Experiments of Personality Evaluation C．Developing Better Drinking Habits D．Physical Sensations and Emotions
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解析：主旨大意题.本文主要讨论了一个研究结果：人对于外界的看法是由身体对于外界的感知所影响的,故答案选D即身体感知和情感. 答案：D
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