【正文】 somewhere behind the Himalayas. Shambhala is a word from an old language that means‘ place of peace’ or‘ place of happiness’. It is said that there is no war in Shambhala, and in the future , when the world is full of war, a huge army will e out of Shambhala, destroy the world’s bad rulers, and start a new Golden Age. Some people say this will hap pen in 2424. 4. Nowadays,‘ El Dorado’ means‘ ______’ A. Colombia. B. the golden man. C. a place of great wealth. D. the city with mountains.[來源 :學(xué) * 科 * 網(wǎng) ] 5. Atlantis was destroyed by_____ A. the gods. B. its people. C. its powerful enemies. D. its neighboring country. 6. What will probably happen in 2424 according to the last paragraph? A. The Himalayas will disappear. B. The world will be full of peace. C. Shambhala will save the world. D. There will be a war in Shambhala. 7. What would be the best title for the text? A. Rich lands . B. Mythical cities C. Famous tourist attractions. D. Newlyfound ancient countries. C Psychologists have discovered that even the most independentminded of us will conform to social pressure when we are with a group of people. In one classie experiment, people were shown a vertical line and asked to find a line of identical length from a selection of three. You might think that this is an absurdly easy task, and when people perform it by themselves they do it very well. However, psychologists have discovered that we are very easily swayed by the opinions of other people when we do this task in a group. In one study, a group of three people was set up,where two of the people were confederates(同伙 )of the the confederates deliberately gave wrong answers,people were often swayed to give the wrong answer also. In fact, 75% of people gave at least one wrong answer, with some people conforming to peer pressure on every occasion. But why do people conform in this way? In an easy task like this, it seems that people do not want to step out of line with the prevailing opinion of the group. On more difficult tasks, people also conform because they lose〔 onfidence in their own ability to make decisions and prefer to trust the majority opinion instead. A typical example of this kind of conformity arises when we e across people in distress. Would you help a woman who has been attacked in the street?It turns out that you are much more likely to go to her assistance if you are other people are also around,a diffusion of responsibility occurs. People are paralysed into inaction, because everyone assumes that someone else will go to the woman39。 s assistance. 8. In Paragraph 1, the underlined word conform probably means― ‖ A. seek independence B. disobey orders C. seek pleasure D. follow what others do is the purpose of the experiment described in Paragraph 2? To A. explain why people would be influenced by the opinions of others B. prove that people are easily influenced by the opinions of others C. train the confederates of the experimenter as independentminded[來源 :學(xué) +科 +網(wǎng) Z+X+X+K] D. describe how people would be influenced by the opinions of others 10. In the last paragraph, according to the author,why wouldn’t one help the woman ?He . A. thinks he has no responsibilities to give a hand he has has nothing to do with it C. is too shy to give his helping hand D .thinks someone else will offer assistance method does the author mainly use to develop the text? A. Giving examples. B. Causeeffect analysis. C. Comparat