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14．A．estimate   B．recognition   C．tricked  D．a(chǎn)ccurate  E．volume   F．engaged
G．separate    H．stimulating     I．function   J．measuring    
 
Time seems to pass faster or slower depending on the language you speak，new research has revealed，because of the way your native tongue speaks about time．A team from the University of Lancaster say their work also shows how bilingualism（雙語） may affect pur perceptions of time，（35）Gthe brain to think in new ways．
In one experiment，40 Spanish speakers and 40 Swedish speakers were （36）F in seeing a computer animation（動畫） of a slowly line．All the animations lasted 3 seconds，but the line didn't always grow to the same length．The researchers expected that because Swedes talk about time in terms of distance，they would find it harder to （37）A how much time had passed，and they were right．Meanwhile the Spanish speakers，who refer to time in terms of （38）I（as in a"small"break rather than a"short"break），were much better at realizing that the same 3 seconds had fled，no matter how far the line grew．"The Swedish speakers tend to think that the line that grows longer takes longer，"one of the researchers explained．"Spanish speakers aren't （39）C by that．They seem to think that it doesn't matter how much the line grows in distance，it still takes the same time for it to grow．"
In another experiment，participants were shown animations of a jug（水壺） slowly being filled up：the length of the animation was fixed，but the jug filled up by （40）J amounts．Sure enough，this time it was the Spanish speakers who had more trouble（41）Hthe passage of time．
Interestingly，when the spoken instructions in a particular language were taken away，the volunteers were much better at judging time，as if being asked out loud how much time had passed triggered something in the brain．To gain （42）Dinsight into what was happening，74 bilingual speakers of both Spanish and Swedish were also recruited，and shown similar animations．The end results were the same：when instructed in Swedish，the volunteers were more easily fooled by the line animations，and when instructed in Spanish，it was the jug animations that interfered with their（43）Bof time．

Answer 1

分析 本文是一篇記敘文，講述了一次實驗測試，用不同的干擾物來干擾西班牙志愿者與瑞典志愿者，以此來測出是什么干擾到他們對時間的判斷．

解答 35-43 G F A I C J H D B
35．G．separate 分開．人的大腦是被分為兩部分來研究的．故填"separate 分開"．    
36．F．engaged．be engaged in 參與．根據(jù)句意，40位講西班牙語的人和40位講英語的人參與觀看了一段緩慢的電腦動畫．故填"engaged"．
37．A．estimate估計．根據(jù)"Swedes talk about time in terms of distance"可知，瑞典人時間觀念不強，他們很難估計時間過去了多久．故填"estimate估計"．   
38．I．function運行．根據(jù)括號中的解釋"as in a"small"break rather than a"short"break"，可知，對于西班牙人的時間運行觀念中，這就像在進行一個"小"的休息而不是短暫的休息．故填"function運行"．   
39．C．tricked欺騙．根據(jù)后面的"They seem to think that it doesn't matter how much the line grows in distance"可知，西班牙人不會被這些干擾所欺騙．故填"tricked欺騙"．  
40．J．measuring測量．根據(jù)句意，西班牙人對水壺的干擾表現(xiàn)得很明顯，影響到他們對時間的測量．故填"measuring測量"．    
41．H．stimulating刺激．根據(jù)前面的實驗結果可知，這次是西班牙人有更多干擾來刺激時間的流逝．故填"stimulating刺激"．     
42．D．a(chǎn)ccurate精確． 根據(jù)句意，為了精確了解正在發(fā)生的事情．故填"accurate精確"．
43．B．recognition識別．根據(jù)句意，瑞典志愿者更容易被線條動畫所迷惑，而西班牙人會被水壺動畫干擾他們對時間的識別．故填"recognition識別"．

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