Question

【题目】Fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词, 使其内容通顺, 每空格限填一词, 首字母已给）

We might love to tell others about our unusual experiences—that time we climbed Mount Everest, tasted some rare food or ran into a famous person on the street. But new research suggests：that if we s【1】 these unusual experiences with others, it may bring something uncomfortable.

"Unusual experiences are pleasant in the moment but can cause social t【2】 in the long run, "says psychological scientist Gus Cooney of Harvard University. "Some people mistakenly thought that having an unusual experience would make them the star. But they were wrong, because to be unusual is to be different from other people, and social interaction is based on something similar. "

"We all h【3】 to have experiences that are fine and rare, and when we get what we want, we are always eager to tell our friends. But I've noticed that conversations always seem to develop well on more ordinary topics." Cooney explains. " This made me wonder if unusual experiences were r【4】 as lovely as we had thought. "

To find out, Cooney and his colleagues had 68 people come to the lab in groups of f【5】. In each group, one person was asked to watch a popular video of a street magician performing for a crowd, while the other three people were asked to watch an ordinary animated video. After watching the videos, the people sat around a table and had a five-minute free conversation.

After the group discussion, the people who watched the magician's performance felt w【6】 than those who watched the animated video, because they felt they were not included during the discussion.

This finding suggests that we ought to give more thought in choosing what to talk about with others. If an experience turns you into someone who has n【7】 in common with others, then no matter how good it is, it won't make you comfortable in the long run.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】share

【2】trouble(s)

【3】hope

【4】really

【5】four

【6】worse

【7】nothing

【解析】

本文讲述了我们可能喜欢告诉别人我们不寻常的经历，但新的研究表明，如果我们与他人分享这些不寻常的经历，可能会带来一些不舒服的东西。

【1】句意：但新的研究表明:如果我们与他人分享这些不寻常的经历，可能会带来一些不舒服的东西。

share sth with sb和某人分享某物，故填share。

【2】句意：哈佛大学的心理学家古斯·库尼说：“不寻常的经历在当时是令人愉快的，但从长远来看会造成社会问题。”

根据前文的that if we s___1___ these unusual experiences with others, it may bring something uncomfortable.可知，不寻常的经历让人不舒服，因此带来社会问题，故填trouble(s)。

【3】句意：我们都希望有美好的，不寻常的经历，当我们得到我们想要的东西，我们总是渴望告诉我们的朋友。

hope to do sth希望做某事，故填hope。

【4】句意：库尼解释道：“这让我怀疑，不寻常的经历是否真的像我们想象的那么美好。”

修饰形容词短语as lovely as用副词，故填really。

【5】句意：为了找到答案，库尼和他的同事们让68人四人一组来到实验室。

根据后文的In each group, one person was asked to watch a popular video of a street magician performing for a crowd, while the other three people were asked to watch an ordinary animated video.可知，在每一组中，一个人被要求观看一段街头魔术师表演的流行视频，而另外三个人被要求观看一段普通的动画视频。因此一组四个人，故填four。

【6】句意：在小组讨论之后，看了魔术师表演的人比看了动画视频的人感觉更糟，因为他们觉得自己没有被包括在讨论中。

根据than用比较级，根据because they felt they were not included during the discussion.可知，因为他们觉得自己没有被包括在讨论中，因此是更糟糕的，故填worse。

【7】句意：如果一段经历让你变成了一个和别人毫无共同之处的人，那么无论它有多好，从长远来看都不会让你感到舒服。

根据no matter how good it is, it won't make you comfortable in the long run.可知，无论多好的经历，没有让你感到舒服，因此这是让你和别人毫无共同之处，have nothing common with sb和某人毫无共同之处，故填nothing。