1.【原文】The researchers studied the behaviour of female brown capuchin monkeys. They look cute.They are good- natured, co-operative creatures, and they share their food readily. Above all, like their female human counterparts, they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of“goods and services" than males.Such characteristics make them perfect candidates for Dr. Brosnan's and Dr.de Waal's study. The researchers spent two years teaching their monkeys to exchange tokens for food.Normally, the monkeys were happy enough to exchange pieces of rock for slices of cucumber.However, when two monkeys. were placed in separate but adjoining chambers, so that each could observe what the other was getting in return for: its rock, their behaviour became markedly different.题目23. Female capuchin monkeys were chosen for the research most probably because they are（ ）。
A:nice in both appearance and temperament.
B:more generous than their male companions.
C:more inclined to weigh what they get.
D:attentive to researchers instructions.
答案:more inclined to weigh what they get
2.【原文】In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesn't affect her. Priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistant's sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to department stores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl doubtless found her garment.21. Priestly criticizes her assistant for her[A] lack of imagination. [B] poor bargaining skill. [C] obsession with high fashion [D] insensitivity to fashion
A:obsession with high fashion
B:poor bargaining skill.
C: lack of imagination.
D:insensitivity to fashion
答案:insensitivity to fashion
3.【原文】To serve as responsible stewards of the planet, we must press forward on deeper atmospheric and oceanic research. But research alone is inadequate. If the Administration won't take the legislative initiative, Congress should help to begin fashioning conservation measures. A bill by Democratic Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, which would offer financial incentives for private industry, is a promising start. Many see that the country is getting ready to build lots of new power plants to meet our energy needs. If we are ever going to protect the atmosphere, it is crucial that those new plants be environmentally sound.题目29. According to the author, what should the Administration do about global warming?（ ）。
A:Press for further scientific research.
B:Raise public awareness of conservation.
C:Offer aid to build cleaner power plants.
D:Take some legislative measures
答案:"AI参考:正确答案是：D:Take some legislative measures。
根据原文“But research alone is inadequate. If the Administration wont take the legislative initiative，Congress should help to begin fashioning conservation measures.”可知，仅仅进行科学研究是不够的，如果政府不采取立法措施，国会应该帮助制定保护措施。因此，选项D“采取一些立法措施”是正确的。其他选项都没有在原文中提到或与原文不符。"
4.【原文】Do you remember all those years when scientists argued that smoking would kill us but the doubters insisted that we didn't know for sure? That the evidence was inconclusive, the science uncertain? That the antismoking lobby was out to destroy our way of life and the government should stay out of the way? Lots of Americans bought that nonsense, and over three decades,some 10 million smokers went to early graves.
There are upsetting parallels today, as scientists in one wave after another try to awaken
us to the growing threat of global warming. The latest was a panel from the National Academy of Sciences, enlisted by the White House, to tell us that the Earth's atmosphere is definitely warming and that the problem is largely man-made. The clear message is that we should get moving to protect ourselves. The president of the National Academy, Bruce Alberts, added this key point in the preface to the panel's report: “ Science never has all the answers. But science does provide us with the best available guide to the future, and it is critical that our nation and the world base important policies on the best judgments that science can provide concerning the future consequences of present actions.”
Just as on smoking, voices now come from many quarters insisting that the science About global warming is incomplete, that it's OK to keep pouring fumes into the air until we know
for sure. This is a dangerous game: by the time 100 percent of the evidence is in, it maybe
too late. With the risks obvious and growing, a prudent people would take out an insurance policy now. 题目30. The author associates the issue of global warming with that of smoking because（ ）。
A:the outcome of the latter aggravates the former.
B:they both suffered from the government S negligence.
C:a lesson from the latter is applicable to the former.
D:both of them have turned from bad to worse.
答案:AI参考:题目30. 作者将全球变暖问题与吸烟问题联系起来，是因为：C:一个从吸烟问题中吸取的教训可以应用到全球变暖问题上。\n\n原文中提到，科学家们一直认为吸烟会危害我们的健康，但一些人持怀疑态度，认为证据还不够充分，科学也不确定。类似地，现在科学家们也试图唤醒人们警惕全球变暖这个日益严重的威胁。两者都是公众关心的问题，并且作者提到，科学提供我们未来最好的指南，并且科学为我们提供了有关现在行动的未来后果的最佳判断，这也暗示了可以从吸烟问题中吸取的教训应用到全球变暖问题上。因此，选项C“一个从吸烟问题中吸取的教训可以应用到全球变暖问题上”是正确的解释。'
5.[原文]Evidence from brain imaging supports this view. The brain is as active during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep when most vivid dreams occur一as it is when fully awake, says Dr. Erirc Nofzinger at the University of Pittsburgh. But not all parts of the brain are equally involved, the limbic system (the“emotional brain" ) is especially active, while the prefrontal cortex (the center of intellect and reasoning) is relatively quiet. “We wake up from dreams happy Or depressed, and those feelings can stay with us all day," says Stanford sleep researcher Dr. William Dement.题目 32.By referring to the limbic system, the author intends to show（ ）。
A:its function in our dreams.
B:the relation of dreams to emotions.
C:its difference from the prefrontal cortex.
D:the mechanism of REM sleep.
答案:AI参考:正确答案是B:the relation of dreams to emotions。\n文章提到丽姆皮系统（the“emotional brain”）在REM睡眠时特别活跃，而前额叶皮层（the center of intellect and reasoning）相对安静，由此推断作者在描述丽姆皮系统的作用时，主要是在强调梦与情感的关系。因此，选项B是正确答案。其他选项都与文章内容不符。'
6.【原文】Of all the components of a good night's sleep, dreams seem to be least within our control. In dreams, a window opens into a world where logic is suspended and dead people speak. A century ago，Freud formulated his revolutionary theory that dreams were the disguised shadows of our unconscious desires and fears; by the late 1970s, neurologists had switched to thinking of them as just“mental noise”—the random byproducts of the neural repair work that goes on during sleep. Now researchers suspect that dreams are part of the mind's emotional thermostat, regulating moods while the brain is“off-line.”And one leading authority says that these intensely powerful mental events can be not only harnessed but actually brought under conscious control, to help us sleep and feel better. “It's your dream," says Rosalind Cartwright, chair of psychology at Chicago's Medical Center.“If you don't like it, change it”题目31. Researchers have come to believe that dreams（ ）.
A:can be modified in their courses.
B:are susceptible to emotional changes.
C:are a random outcome of neural repairs.
D:reflect our innermost desires and fears.
答案:AI参考:正确答案是A:can be modified in their courses.\n根据文章第三段的描述，研究人员现在认为梦是可以被修改的，这是一种深入心灵的自我调节器，能够调节心情，而在大脑“关闭”时发生。因此，答案为A。B选项中的“易受情感变化”与文章内容不符；C选项中的“随机修复产物”与文章内容不符；D选项中提到的“内心深处最深层的欲望和恐惧”在文章中没有提到。'
7.[原文]At the end of the day, there's probably little reason to pay attention to our dreams at all unless they keep us from sleeping or“we wake up in a panic," Cartwright says. Terrorism, economic uncertainties and general feelings of insecurity have increased people' s anxiety. Those suffering from persistent nightmares should seek help from a therapist, For the rest of us, the brain has its ways of working through bad feeling, Sleep— or rather dream—on it and you’ll feel better in the morning.题目35. What advice might Cartwright give to those who sometimes have bad dreams?（ ）。
A:Exercise conscious control.
B:Avoid anxiety in the daytime.
C:Lead your life as usual.
D:Seek professional help.
答案:AI参考:题目35. 卡特赖特可能会给那些有时做噩梦的人什么建议？（ ）\n\nA. 有意识地控制自己。\nB. 在白天避免焦虑。\nC. 像往常一样过自己的生活。\nD. 寻求专业帮助。\n\n答案：D。根据文章中的句子“Those suffering from persistent nightmares should seek help from a therapist”可以得知，对于那些经常做噩梦的人来说，应该寻求心理治疗师的帮助。而对于大多数人来说，大脑有自己的方式来处理负面情绪，所以选项C“像往常一样过自己的生活”是不合适的。同时，文章中没有提到要控制焦虑或锻炼意识控制，因此选项A和B也不正确。因此，最合适的答案是选项D：寻求专业帮助。'
8.
【原文】Far less certain, however, is how successfully experts and bureaucrats can select our peer groups and steer their activities in virtuous directions. It's like the teacher who breaks up the troublemakers in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates. The tactic never really works. And that's the problem with a social cure engineered from the outside: in the real world, as in school, we insist on choosing our own friends.
25. The author suggests in the last paragraph that the effect of peer pressure is
A:desirable. B: questionable C:profound D:harmful
答案:AI参考:正确答案是：B：questionable。\n文章最后一段提到“像老师通过将行为良好的同学与行为不好的同学配对来制止后排捣乱者的策略从来就不起作用”，说明作者认为外部设计的社交疗法的效果是值得怀疑的。因此，答案为B。'
