--We________ in advance. Look, this restaurant is almost empty.
--Yes, just in case.
A. needn’t have booked B. mustn’t have booked
C. didn’t need to book D. couldn’t have booked
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Decision-making under Stress
A new review based on a research shows that acute stress affects the way the brain considers the advantages and disadvantages, causing it to focus on pleasure and ignore the possible negative (负面的) consequences of a decision.
The research suggests that stress may change the way people make choices in predictable ways.
“Stress affects how people learn,” says Professor Mara Mather. “People learn better about positive than negative outcomes under stress.”
For example, two recent studies looked at how people learned to connect images(影像) with either rewards or punishments. In one experiment, some of the participants were first stressed by having to give a speech and do difficult math problems in front of an audience; in the other, some were stressed by having to keep their hands in ice water. In both cases, the stressed participants remembered the rewarded material more accurately and the punished material less accurately than those who hadn’t gone through the stress.
This phenomenon is likely not surprising to anyone who has tried to resist eating cookies or smoking a cigarette while under stress –at those moments, only the pleasure associated with such activities comes to mind. But the findings further suggest that stress may bring about a double effect. Not only are rewarding experiences remembered better, but negative consequences are also easily recalled.
The research also found that stress appears to affect decision-making differently in men and women. While both men and women tend to focus on rewards and less on consequences under stress, their responses to risk turn out to be different.
Men who had been stressed by the cold-water task tended to take more risks in the experiment while women responded in the opposite way. In stressful situations in which risk-taking can pay off big, men may tend to do better, when caution weighs more, however, women will win.
This tendency to slow down and become more cautious when decisions are risky might also help explain why women are less likely to become addicted than men: they may more often avoid making the risky choices that eventually harden into addiction.
1. We can learn from the passage that people under pressure tend to ______.
A. keep rewards better in their memory
B. recall consequences more effortlessly
C. make risky decisions more frequently
D. learn a subject more effectively
2. According to the research, stress affects people most probably in their ______.
A. preference for pleasure B. ways of making choices
C. tolerance of punishments D. responses to suggestions
3. The research has proved that in a stressful situation, ______.
A. women find it easier to fall into certain habits
B. men have a greater tendency to slow down
C. women focus more on outcomes
D. men are more likely to take risks
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It’s the third time _____ arrived late this month.
A. that you B. when you
C. that you’ve D. when you’ve
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--What shall we do tonight then?
--________ --whatever you want.
A. Help yourself B. It’s a deal
C. No problem D. It’s up to you
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The new government made a promise that they would surely improve the________of people’s life.
A. outline B. quality
C. insurance D. attitude
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请根据汉语或首字母提示写出下列单词的完整形式。
1.After being trained for four years, she is ______________ (合格的)for the job now.
2.Mary succeeded in __________________(申请) for a scholarship to Oxford.
3.This museum was built in m_________________ of the great writer --- Lu Xun.
4.His handwriting is bad, so he ___________________(不断地) practises after class.
5.Unemployment figures are down this year c_____________________ with last year.
6.F__________________ is a sudden feeling of fear, especially the fear that you feel when something unpleasant surprises you.
7.She opened the door quietly so as to avoid d___________________ the sleeping child.
8.The announcement m__________________ the end of an extraordinary period in European history.
9.If possible, you should examine all data fields ___________________（可利用的）.
10.Chaplin（卓别林） went to the states in 1910, by which time he had learnt to dance and act in ___________________（喜剧）
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________ the course very difficult, she decided to move to a lower level.
A. Find B. Found
C. To find D. Finding
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Obesity is common these days. This is because of the inactive lifestyle and the fast pace of life 1. . There are some basic rules and physical exercises you can follow in your daily life to lose weight.
Drinking enough water throughout the day can help to get out of the waste material from your body. On average, you must drink eight glasses of water every day.
2. .Practice the same thing at work, like parking your car a mile away from the office and walking. Take the stairs and avoid elevators at workplace. These are simple things which you can include in your life-style so that you can lose weight more quickly.
Both Cardiovascular(心血管的) exercises and weight training are very helpful ways to lose weight. 3. For quick weight loss, you should do these exercises 5 days a week. You can spare 30 minutes every day from your busy schedule for doing these exercises.
There are diets which help to lose weight fast, however, they are very risky. Doctors advise eating a healthy diet to lose weight. 4. Eating a healthy breakfast helps a lot in losing weight, as it is responsible to keep a normal metabolism(新陈代谢)．
5. Do not depend on a single way of losing weight. Do all these activities with devotion and dedication and stay motivated. Have patience and you will see the difference.
A. Besides, the fast food is increasing day by day.
B. No one can refuse the delicious junk food now.
C. Eat healthy foods instead of junk and high calorie foods.
D. The young people should do more exercises to keep healthy.
E. Physical activities even like gardening can help to lose weight.
F. There must be a perfect balance between the activities and diet.
G. Both these exercises can be performed for 30-45 minutes every day.
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—Did you watch the live broadcast of Gangnan Style last night?
—Yes, I _____ so excited for a long time.
A. didn’t feel B. wasn’t feel
C. haven’t feel D. hadn’t feel
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