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【題目】 Are you happy most of the time? Or do you easily get angry sometimes? Everyone has a different temperament(脾氣). It’s usually believed that both genes(基因）and environment may influence people’s temperament in different ways. Scientists have found that the season of the birth also plays a role.

Scientists from Budapest, Hungary, studied 400 university students. In the study, the students needed to finish some questions to know which of four kinds of temperament they most had. From the questions, scientists found that the students always answered something like “my mood often changes for no reason” and “I love to deal with new projects. even if it is risky”. These answers were then connected with their birthdays.

They discovered that people born in summer easily change between sad and happy moods compared to people born in winter. Those who always feel positive are mostly born in spring or summer.

The study also found that those born in fall less probably had a mood of depression which may easily drive them to cry, while those in winter were not easier to be angry.

Scientists said that this was probably because the seasons had an influence on certain chemicals in the human body. And the chemicals are important to control people’s moods even in adult life. “It seems that when you are born may increase or decrease your change of developing certain mood, disorders, ” scientist Xenia Gonda told the Telegraph.

【1】What do not influence a person’s temperament?

A.Interests.B.Genes.C.Birthdays.

【2】What is CORRECT about the study?

A.They did the study in 400 universities.

B.There are 4 kinds of temperament in the study.

C.The answers are not related to the season of birth.

【3】If a person always gets angry easily, with whom should he make friends most?

A.A person born in fall.

B.A person born in summer.

C.A person born in winter.

【4】What’s the meaning of the underlined word depression?

A.開心B.消沉C.冷靜

【5】What’s the title of the passage?

A.Birthdays Influence Temperament.

B.How to Make Different Friends.

C.We Should Keep Good Temper.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

這篇短文主要通過實(shí)驗(yàn)講述人的脾氣不但受人的基因和環(huán)境影響，而且人出生的季節(jié)也起作用．研究表明，夏天出生的人比冬天出生的人情緒易變．研究還發(fā)現(xiàn)，秋天出生的人極少有可能出現(xiàn)消極情緒，而冬天出生的人不容易生氣．這也許是人體內(nèi)化學(xué)變化起作用的結(jié)果．即使對成年人來說，化學(xué)物質(zhì)仍是控制人們的情緒的重要因素。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Everyone has a different temperament(脾氣). It’s usually believed that both genes(基因）and environment may influence people’s temperament in different ways.每個人都有不同的脾氣。人們通常認(rèn)為基因和環(huán)境對人的脾氣有不同的影響�？芍�，基因和環(huán)境對人的脾氣有影響，跟興趣無關(guān)，故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Scientists from Budapest, Hungary, studied 400 university students.匈牙利布達(dá)佩斯的科學(xué)家對400名大學(xué)生進(jìn)行了研究�？芍�是對400名大學(xué)生進(jìn)行研究，不是400所大學(xué)，所以A錯誤；根據(jù)文中In the study, the students needed to finish some questions to know which of four kinds of temperament they most had.在這項(xiàng)研究中，學(xué)生需要完成一些問題，以了解四種脾氣中他們最具有的是哪一種�？芍�，研究中是有四種脾氣，所以B正確；根據(jù)文中These answers were then connected with their birthdays.這些答案與他們的生日有關(guān)�？芍�是與出生季節(jié)有關(guān)的，所以C錯誤；故選B。

【3】推理題判斷題。根據(jù)文中They discovered that people born in summer easily change between sad and happy moods compared to people born in winter.他們發(fā)現(xiàn)，與冬天出生的人相比，夏天出生的人很容易在悲傷和快樂之間轉(zhuǎn)換。以及后文while those in winter were not easier to be angry.而那些在冬天的人不容易生氣�？芍�一個出生在夏天的人，很容易生氣，應(yīng)該和出生在冬天的人做朋友，故選C。

【4】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文中which may easily drive them to cry,這種情緒很容易驅(qū)使他們哭泣，可知，這是一個定語從句，是對單詞語depression的解釋，所以這個單詞是“消沉，沮喪”的意思，故選B。

【5】最佳標(biāo)題題。根據(jù)整個文章的描述可知，這里講述的是影響人的脾氣的因素，重點(diǎn)討論的是出生在不同季節(jié)的人脾氣表現(xiàn)不同，故最佳標(biāo)題應(yīng)該選擇Birthdays Influence Temperament，故選A。