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【題目】 How can you change negative ( 極其負面的) thoughts? Many people suggest thinking of something bright and happy. However, scientists from Queen’s University in Canada said that there might be another way: by walking like a happy person.

“It is not surprising that our feeling affects how we walk, but we want to see whether the way we move also affects how we feel,” explained Nikolaus Troje, the lead scientist, to The Independent.

Scientists believe that the way we remember emotional ( 情緒的) messages is affected by our mood. Those who feel sad remember negative information far more easily than positive messages, especially when the information is about them.

In order to prove（證明）this, Troje and his team watched 47 people walking on the treadmill (跑步機) by cameras. Half of the people were encouraged to follow a depressive walking style, while the other half moved like a happy person. Walking speed was kept the same for both groups.

Meanwhile, the scientists read out a list of positive and negative words, asking people to decide whether or not each word described them well. Afterwards, people were asked to recall as many words as they could remember.

As expected, those who followed a depressed walk recalled more negative words than those that walk in a happy manner.

This shows that our walk influences the way we deal with information. And the scientists believe that using a happy walking style could help with treatment for depression.

【1】Scientists from Queen’s University think that we can change negative thoughts by .

A.remembering emotional messagesB.thinking about a happy person

C.walking like a happy personD.hanging out with friends

【2】What does the underlined word “depressive” mean in Paragraph 4?

A.快樂的B.快速的C.慢的D.抑郁的

【3】What do we know about Troje’s test?

A.Scientists took photos of the walking styles of 47 people.

B.47 people recalled all the words after walking.

C.47 people were asked to walk at different speeds.

D.Those who walked like a happy man recalled more positive words than those that followed a depressed walk.

【4】According to the story, the scientists’ findings can help .

A.treat depressed patientsB.improve one’s acting skills

C.deal with memory lossD.encourage people to exercise

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】

你如何改變消極的想法？許多人建議思考一些光明和快樂的事情。然而，來自加拿大皇后大學的科學家說，可能還有另一種方法:像一個快樂的人一樣走路。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中的句子“However, scientists from Queen’s University in Canada said that there might be another way: by walking like a happy person.”可知皇后大學的科學家認為改變消極的想法的另一種方法是：像一個快樂的人一樣走路。故選C。

【2】詞句猜測題。根據(jù)文中的句子“Half of the people were encouraged to follow a depressive walking style, while the other half moved like a happy person.”可知文中while連接的兩個句子是正反對比的關系，所以句中的劃線詞depressive與happy是反義關系。結合選項，可知depressive應該是快樂的反義詞“抑郁的”意思。故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。“those who followed a depressed walk recalled more negative words than those that walk in a happy manner.”文中談到遵循抑郁的方式走路的人比以快樂的方式走路的人記得更多的負面詞匯�？赏茰y那些走路像一個快樂的人的人比那些帶著抑郁的人回憶起更多積極的詞匯。故選D。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“And the scientists believe that using a happy walking style could help with treatment for depression.”可知使用快樂的走路方式有助于治療抑郁癥。故選A。