五、热点素材阅读理解。
You’re walking down the street, thinking about your own business when a stranger passes by. He doesn’t say anything at all, but he gives you a smile. In a moment and almost unwillingly, you will do the same thing. You just can’t help doing so. For some unknown reason, when we see someone smile, we just can’t stop ourselves doing the same thing.
In honour of World Smile Day, it’s time for us to find the answer to this question—Is smiling contagious(有感染力的)?
Well, a study in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences gives the answer “yes”. As part of the study, social psychologists(心理学家) look into why we often copy(模仿) people’s facial expressions when we talk to them.
Interestingly, one of the conclusions(结论) is that we “try on” the emotions(感情) of others when we are talking with them. For example, when a friend tells us some good news happily, we may unconsciously(无意识地) show the same emotion through our smile. In doing so, we are feeling and understanding his or her joy.
So the reason we smile back when someone smiles at us is that we want to feel the same way as that person. However, not everyone can do this. During the research, the psychologists find people with some diseases can’t copy others’ facial expressions. They know someone is smiling but they cannot smile back.
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D
)1. What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?
A. The reason for smiling back. B. An opinion on smiling back.
C. The result of smiling back. D. An example of smiling back.
(
B
)2. Why do we smile back when we see someone else smile at us?
A. Because we want to talk with the person.
B. Because we are feeling the person’s joy.
C. Because we want the person to understand us.
D. Because we want to show we are clever.
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C
)3. What problems do people with some diseases have?
A. They can’t feel happy when others smile at them.
B. They smile too much and can’t stop.
C. They can’t copy others’ smiles.
D. They never smile and they are unhappy.
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A
)4. Which could be the best title for this passage?
A. Why is smiling contagious? B. What’s World Smile Day?
C. Why should we smile? D. Do you know how to smile?