1.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.
32.The author mentions Harlow's experiment to show thatB.
A.adults should develop social skills
B.babies need warm physical contact
C.caregivers should be healthy adults
D.monkeys have social relationships
33.In Bargh's experiment,the students were asked toA.
A.evaluate someone's personality
B.write down their hypotheses
C.fill out a personal information form
D.hold coffee and cold drink alternatively
34.We can infer from the passage thatC.
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
35.What would be the best title for the passage?D
A.Drinking for Better Social Relationships.
B.Experiments of Personality Evaluation.
C.Developing Better Drinking Habits.
D.Physical Sensations and Emotions.
分析 科学家通过试验证明,在人际交往中,人们能从对方哪怕端来的一杯水中感受到对方的温暖或冷淡,因此,在人际交往中,我们要用关心去温暖对方.
解答 32.B 推理判断题.根据第二段的Harlow's work and later studies have ledpsychologists to stress the need for warm physical contact from caregivers tohelp young children grow into healthy adults with normal social skills.哈洛的工作和后来的研究使心理学家强调照顾者需要温暖的身体接触,帮助孩子成长为有正常社交能力的健康成人.可知婴儿需要温暖,故选B.
33.A 细节理解题.由文章倒数第二段的the students were asked to rate the personality of"Person A"based on a particular deion.可知,接受实验的学生应对PersonA作出评价.故选A.
34.C 推理判断题.根据全文内容可知,身体能感受到的温暖能激起情绪上温暖的感觉,一个人所接触的物体的温度会影响一个人的情绪,所以身体的温度影响我们如何看待他人,故选C.
35.D 主旨大意题.根据全文可知,在人际关系中我们能从对方传递的热情或冷淡中感受到人间冷暖.人的情绪受身体对冷热的不同感受的影响,所以本文主要讲了身体感觉和情绪的关系,故选D.
点评 本文是科教类阅读理解.做这类题材阅读理解时要求考生对文章通读一遍,做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案,切忌胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据