5.We're in the middle of winter.It's cold and we're suffering from cold wind and rain.The sun,even when it does show its face,is setting at 4p.m.It's no wonder people in the street look sad.
But according to most of the research on the connection between weather and mood(情绪),they shouldn't be.Weather has little effect on mood.
When you tell people this,though,they don't believe it.Most of us think the weather has quite a strong effect on our mood.Many think that the rain and cold weather dejects us and the sun and warmth cheers us up.
So why don't we see this effect in the research?That's the question a new study by Klimstra et al.tries to answer with a group of young people and their mothers.In fact,Klimstra et al.found four different groups:
1.Unaffected:about half the people in their study fell into this group.For these people it didn't matter that much whether it was raining or sunny,hot or cold,their mood was mostly unaffected.
2.Summer lovers:here's the group you'd expect.For these people,their mood improved with less rain,more sun and higher temperatures(15% of young people and 30% of their mothers).
3.Summer haters:here's the group of people you hear less about.These were the exact opposite of the summer lovers so they were happier when there was more rain,less sun and lower temperatures (27% of the young people and 12% of their mothers).
4.Rain haters:this group's mood didn't change with the temperature,sunshine or the wind;they just hated the rain(8% of young people and 12% of their mothers).
This helps explain why studies keep finding that weather doesn't have much effect on mood:it's because we're different and these differences are mostly being averaged out.
32.It's found in the study thatD.
A.weather has a strong effect on mood
B.cold wind and rain makes us look sad
C.the sun and warmth cheers us up
D.mood is little affected by weather
33.The underlined word"dejects"in the third paragraph probably meansB.
A.make sb.happy B.make sb.sad
C.make sb.angry D.make sb.silly
34.From the four different groups we can learnD.
A.about half the people belong to summer lovers
B.more than one third of the people are summer haters
C.few of young people and their mothers like the rain
D.more young people are unaffected than rain haters
35.What is the BEST title for the passage?A
A.Does the weather really affect your mood?
B.Why do people feel sad in cold winter?
C.How many different groups are there?
D.Do different people have different mood?
分析 本文讨论了是否天气会对人的心情产生影响,并且做了四组对应的实验,发现天气并没有太多影响人的心情.
解答 32.D.细节理解题.由第二段Weather has little effect on mood.可知,调查发现,天气对心情有轻微影响,故选D.
33.B.词义猜测题.由后面半句 warmth cheers us up,暖和的天气使我们开朗,由这个逻辑可推知冷的天会使人心情不好,故选B.
34.D.理解判断题.由2.3.4.四组实验中的15%,27%,8%of the young people,可知1组中有百分之五十的年轻人.而1组实验是心情不会受雨天影响的,因此可知道多数年轻人心情不会受雨天影响.故选D.
35.A.主旨归纳题.由全文内容可知,本文讨论了是否天气会对人的心情产生影响,并且做了四组对应的实验,发现天气并没有太多影响人的心情,故选A.
点评 本篇文章难点在34题,理解判断题的答题的已给选项也一般不会和短文相关词语完全相同,需要考生自己理解句子,延伸推理出题目答案,比一般细节理解题偏难.