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【題目】 Sometimes, you just can’t help it. Maybe you’re watching a sad movie, or thinking about the friend who moved away. Why do people cry? What are tears（眼淚）? Scientists are working hard to find out the answers to these questions.

Ad Vingerhoets is a professor of psychology（心理學(xué)） at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. He is one of the few scientists in the world who have studied crying. According to Vingerhoets, there are three types of tears. Basal tears are the first type. They act as a protective object between the eye and the rest of the world. Next are reflex tears. They wash your eyes clean when something gets in them. Finally, there are emotional tears. “They are connected with our feelings,” explains Vingerhoets. “Especially when we feel helpless.”

Scientists believe that crying has something to do with how humans developed and learned to depend on each other. “Humans are very complex（復(fù)雜的）,” says Lauren Bylsma, a professor from the USA. “It seems that tears serve to get help and support from others.” She says another reason we cry is that humans have the longest developmental period of almost any animal. It takes a long time for humans to grow up.

Vingerhoets approves. “I think that the reason why humans cry has to do with our long childhood,” he says. “That’s the time when we are still dependent on adults for love and protection and care. Tears were a safer way to be noticed by others. In this case, it is better to use a quiet way to ask for help,” he says.

Vingerhoets and Bylsma do lots of studies to better understand why humans cry. According to Bylsma, there is still much more to discover. “It’s surprising,” she says, “how much we still don’t know.”

【1】What kind of tears will run down your face when something gets into your eyes?

A.Basal tears.B.Reflex tears.

C.Emotional tears.D.Complex tears.

【2】The underlined word “approves” in Paragraph 4 most probably means“_____________”.

A.agreesB.cheersC.repeatsD.succeeds

【3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.It’s easy to understand why humans cry.

B.Basal tears are a type of protective object.

C.Emotional tears are better than reflex tears.

D.The reason why humans cry has nothing to do with childhood.

【4】We may read this passage ____________ .

A.in a mystery novelB.in a storybook

C.in a science magazineD.in a sports newspaper

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

人為什么會哭？眼淚是什么？科學(xué)家們一直在尋找這些問題的答案。這篇短文介紹了心理學(xué)家Ad Vingerhoets以及其他的科學(xué)家們對這些問題的研究。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中Next are reflex tears. They wash your eyes clean when something gets in them.可知，當(dāng)有東西進(jìn)入眼睛時，我們會流眼淚把眼睛洗干凈。這種眼淚叫反射性眼淚。故應(yīng)選B。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)這個單詞所在的語境She says another reason we cry is that humans have the longest developmental period of almost any animal. It takes a long time for humans to grow up.

Vingerhoets approves. “I think that the reason why humans cry has to do with our long childhood,” he says.可知，上文提到Bylsma認(rèn)為人類會哭泣的另一個原因是人類是幾乎所有動物中發(fā)育時間最長的。而下面Vingerhoets也提到“人類哭泣的原因與我們漫長的童年有關(guān)”�？梢�，Vingerhoets同意Bylsma的說法。因此approve的意思是“同意，贊成”，與agree同義，故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中Basal tears are the first type. They act as a protective object between the eye and the rest of the world.可知，基底眼淚對我們的眼睛有保護作用，故B選項符合文意，選B。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文意以及短文第一段最后一句話Scientists are working hard to find out the answers to these questions.可知，短文介紹的是科學(xué)家們對人類為什么哭泣進(jìn)行的研究，是一篇科普類的文章，因此我們應(yīng)該能從科學(xué)雜志上看到這樣的文章，故應(yīng)選C。