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13．When I enrolled at Pepperdine University in 1974，my mother exercised her parental right to express her worry at my departure．I responded with typical teenage indifference and ignorance．"Mom，I'm only an hour away．What's the bit deal？""You just wait until you have one of your own，"she cried．"Then you'll know what I'm feeling．"It has been a little more than a month since my daughter Devin moved into her dorm at Occidental college，and life as I know it has come to an end．Or that's what it feels like．Mom，you were right．
The nest's empty loneliness is almost unbearable．Why does it hurt so bad？Science has an answer：We are social mammals who experience deep attachment to our fellow friends and family，an evolutionary throwback to our Paleolithic（旧石器时代的）hunter-gatherer days of living in small bands．Bonding unified the group，aiding survival in harsh climates and against unforgiving enemies．Attachment between parents and offspring assured that there is no one better equipped to look after the future survival of your genes than yourself．
The empty-nest syndrome is real，but there is good news for this and all forms of loss and grief．According to Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert，we are not very good at forecasting our unhappiness．Most of us think that we would be miserable for a very long time．Gilbert calls this the durability bias，an emotional misunderstanding．
The durability bias and the failure to recognize the power of our emotional immune systems lead us to overestimate how depressed we will feel and for how long，and to underestimate how quickly we will get rid of it and feel better．
For me，taking the long view helps．How long？Deep time．Evolutionary time，in which 6，895 days represent a mere 0.000000005% of the 3.5 billion year history of life on Earth．
Each of us parents makes one small contribution to the evolutionary importance of life's continuity from one generation to the next without a single gap，an unbroken link over the eons（永久）．
57．What message does the author want to express by telling us her experience in the first paragraph？C
A．The empty-nest syndrome is really hard for old parents to bear．
B．All people should learn to love their parents no matter how old they are．
C．A person will not understand his parents?love until he has his own child．
D．The love parents give to children is selfless and should be respected．
58．According to Daniel Gilbert，the empty-nest syndrome isA．
A．caused by our emotional misunderstanding
B．not a real problem but in our imagination
C．the result of overestimating our happiness
D．from our emotional immune systems
59．The author gets herself out of the empty-nest syndrome by holding a positive idea thatD．
A．she can go to see her daughter regularly when she misses her
B．her daughter will one day come back to her after graduation
C．her daughter will understand her when she has her own children
D．the departure from her daughter is much shorter than the history of life on Earth
60．What kind of role do parents play in the human history，according to the last paragraph？B
A．They cultivate talents for the development of history．
B．They help keep the life's continuity without a broken link．
C．They accelerate the evolutionary pace of the human beings．
D．They point a right way for the next generation to develop themselves．

Answer 1

分析 本文是一篇说明文．1974年我被佩珀丁大学录取，在我要离开家门时，母亲行使她为人父母的权利，絮絮叨叨的述说着她的不安．我却以典型的冷漠和无知来回应母亲．当我自己的女儿离开上大学时，我终于体会了当时我离开时母亲对我的絮絮叨叨，此时已完全理解了母亲对我的牵挂和不舍．空巢孤独感几乎是无法忍受的．我们都是深深依恋朋友和家人的社会哺乳动物．空巢综合症是真实的．大多数人认为自己会难受很长一段时间，吉尔伯特把这叫做持久偏见--一种情感误解．对我来说，从长远的角度来看是大有裨益的，离开她的女儿是比地球上生命的历史要短得多．我们的父母在人类进化中对一代一代的繁衍生命的连续性做了贡献．即他们在帮助保持生命无间断的延续．

解答 57．C   细节理解题．根据第一段中"．"It has been a little more than a month since my daughter Devin moved into her dorm at Occidental college，and life as I know it has come to an end．Or that's what it feels like．Mom，you were right．"可知，我的女儿迪温搬进她西方学院的宿舍刚有一个月零几天的时间，我所理解的生活就结束了，或者说生活给了我类似结束的感觉，我终于体会了当时我离开时母亲对我的絮絮叨叨，此时已完全理解了母亲对我的牵挂和不舍．故选C．
58．A    细节理解题．根据第三段中"we are not very good at forecasting our unhappiness．Most of us think that we would be miserable for a very long time．Gilbert calls this the durability bias，an emotional misunderstanding"可知，我们不太擅长预测我们的悲伤，大多数人认为自己会难受很长一段时间，吉尔伯特把这叫做持久偏见--一种情感误解．故选A．
59．D    细节理解题．根据第五段中的"For me，taking the long view helps．How long？Deep time．Evolutionary time，in which 6，895 days represent a mere 0.000000005% of the 3.5 billion year history of life on Earth．"可知，对我来说，从长远的角度来看是大有裨益的，6，895天只是人类历史长河三十五亿年中的0.000000005%，从而可推知，离开她的女儿是比地球上生命的历史要短得多．故选D．
60．B   细节理解题．根据最后一段中的"Each of us parents makes one small contribution to the evolutionary importance of life's continuity from one generation to the next without a single gap，an unbroken link over the eons"可知，我们的父母在人类进化中对一代一代的繁衍生命的连续性做了贡献．即他们在帮助保持生命无间断的延续．故选B．

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