【正文】 signWhy did the BeauxArts style attract American entrepreneurs?A. It helped display their money status.D. It represented the 19th century urban culture.57.Its designs are anticonventional.B.Its customers can enjoy their own position.D.【試題解析】推理題。故A正確?！驹囶}解析】推理題。故C正確。s time or money could be better spent on something else.Every hour of our time has a value. For every hour we work at one job we could quite easily be doing another, or be sleeping or watching a film. Each of these options has a different opportunity cost—namely, what they cost us in missed opportunities.Say you intend to watch a football match but the tickets are expensive and it will take you a couple of hours to get to and from the stadium. Why not, you might reason, watch the game from home and use the leftover money and time to have dinner with friends? This—the alternative use of your cash and time—is the opportunity cost.For economists, every decision is made by knowledge of what one must forgo—in terms of money and enjoyment—in order to take it up. By knowing precisely what you are receiving and what you are missing out on, you ought to be able to make betterinformed, more reasonable decisions. Consider that most famous economic rule of all: there39。s human nature to do precisely that—we assess the advantages and disadvantages of decisions all the time.In the business world, a popular phrase is value for money. People want their cash to go as far as possible. However, another is fast obtaining an advantage: value for time. The biggest restriction on our resources is the number of hours we can devote to something, so we look to maximize the return we get on our investment of time. By readmg this passage you are giving over a bit of your time which could be spent doing other activities, such as sleeping and eating. In return, however, this passage will help you to think like an economist, closely considering the opportunity cost of each of your decisions.58. According to the passage, the concept of opportunity cost is applied to B. taking more opportunitiesC. reducing missed opportunities.A. spared for watching the match at homeWhat are forgone opportunities?A. Opportunities you forget in decisionmaking.D. Opportunities you make up for.【考點(diǎn)】考察經(jīng)濟(jì)知識類閱讀58. 【答案】D根據(jù)文章第一段2，3行Economics deals with this problem through the concept of opportunity cost, which simply refers to whether someone39。也就是在衡量自己的選擇是否合理。59. 【答案】C根據(jù)文章第三段Why not, you might reason, watch the game from home and use the leftover money and time to have dinner with friends?人們本來是想去看球賽，但是球賽的票太貴了。故C正確?！驹囶}解析】推理題。這是從forgone opportunities的角度來說的，也就是說你還可以用這段時(shí)間做更有價(jià)值，更有意義的事情，但是你卻把他用來享用這段免費(fèi)的午餐。故B正確。s ability to think clearly and keep control over his behaviour. The angry person loses objectivity in evaluating the emotional significance of the person or situation that arouses his anger.Not everyone experiences anger in the same way。s awareness of insulting behaviour on the part of another.Anger can be identified in the brain, where the electrical activity changes. Under most conditions EEG (腦電圖) measures of electrical activity show balanced activity between the right and left prefrontal (額葉前部) areas. Behaviourally this corresponds to the general evenhanded disposition （意向）that most of us possess most of the time. But when we are angry the EEG of the right and left prefrontal areas aren39。re likely to react. And our behavioural response to anger is different from our response to other emotions, whether positive or negative.Most positive emotions are associated with approach behaviour: we move closer to people we like. Most negative emotions, in contrast, are associated with avoidance behaviour: we move away from people and things that we dislike or that make us anxious. But anger is an exception to this pattern. The angrier we are. the more likely we are to move towards the object of our anger. This corresponds to what psychologists refer to as offensive anger: the angry person moves closer in order to influence and control the person or situation causing his anger. This approachandconfront behaviour is acpanied by a leftward prefrontal asymmetry (不對稱 ) of EEG activity. Interestingly, this asymmetry lessens if the angry person can experience empathy (同感) towards the individual who is bringing forth the angry response. In defensive anger, in contrast, the EEG asymmetry is directed to the right and the angry person feels helpless in the face of the angerinspiring sitaation.61. The duels example in Paragraph 2 proves that the expression of angerB. varies among peopleC. is socially and culturally shapeds thinking and evaluation62.Balanced electrical activity can be spotted.B.Electrical activity corresponds to one39。Electrical activity agrees with one39。Which of the following is typical of offensive anger?A. Approaching the source of anger.D. Feeling helpless in the face of anger.64.D. Behavioural patterns of anger.【考點(diǎn)】考察科普知識類閱讀【文章大意】本文介紹了一些與憤怒有關(guān)的表現(xiàn)以及醫(yī)學(xué)原理和人們生氣的時(shí)候表現(xiàn)出的行為模式。推理題。但是在古代卻又著決斗這樣的行為，說明憤怒的表現(xiàn)形式是由不同的社會和文化形成的。62. 【答案】B根據(jù)第三段3,4行But when we are angry the EEG of the right and left prefrontal areas aren39。故B正確。細(xì)節(jié)題。這是典型的offensive anger的表現(xiàn)。64. 【答案】D根據(jù)本段1,2行Most positive emotions are associated with approach behaviour及Most negative emotions, in contrast, are associated with avoidance behaviour中的approach behaviour和avoidance behaviour可知本段講述的是憤怒的時(shí)候，人們表現(xiàn)出的行為模式。DAugust 1990，BostonDear Maya Shaoming,To me, June 6,1990 is a special day. My longawaited dream came true the minute your father cried, A girl! You are more than just a second child, more than just a girl to match our boy. You, little daughter, are the link to our female line, the legacy of another woman39。t matter what you bee later on. You have already fulfilled my wildest dreams.I love you,Mommy65.Her dream of being a mother c