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【題目】When people reunite with their loved ones，it’s usually all extremely happy moment. But what is their most common response to seeing them again? It may seem strange，but most of the time they break down in tears.

Now a group of psychologists (心理學家) from Yale University say they have found the reason why，and that crying tears of joy may well be the body’s way of keeping emotional(情感的) balance. “They seem to take place when people are overtaken by strong positive emotions，and people who do this seem to recover better from those strong emotions，” Oriana Aragon，the lead researcher said.

Aragon and her fellow psychologists looked at hundreds of participants’ emotional responses to different things，including happy reunions and cute babies. Many participants said they would react in a negative or aggressive way to the positive things—to cry at happy moments and want to pinch(捏) a cute baby’s face or even tell them “I want to eat you up!” But then researchers found that these people were able to calm down from strong emotions more quickly.

There are many other examples of times when people respond to a positive experience with a negative emotional reaction. At an exciting concert, fans scream at their idols(偶像). People who have just had a big lottery win are often in floods of tears. “These findings advance our understanding of how people express and control their emotions, which is importantly related to mental and physical health, the quality of relationships with others, and even how well people work together.” said Aragon.

【1】What have the psychologists from Yale University found in their research?

A. Crying tears of joy helps to balance emotions.

B. The reason why people cry with tears.

C. People recover slowly from strong emotions

D. Strong negative feelings are useful to people.

【2】What does the underlined “they” in Paragraph 2 probably refer to?

A. Times when people reunite with friends. B. Participants’ emotional responses.

C. Times when people cry tears of joy. D. Strong positive emotions.

【3】Which of the following agrees with the findings of the research?

A. Kissing a cute baby. B. Crying at good news.

C. Crying at a failure. D. Laughing at happy reunions.

【4】Where does the passage most likely come from?

A. A popular biology book. B. A children literature book.

C. A science fiction novel. D. A psychological science journal.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】這是一篇說明文。本文介紹了“喜極而泣”這種現(xiàn)象，并指出發(fā)生這種行為的原因。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中crying tears of joy may well be the body's way of keeping emotional balance.可知，喜極而泣是身體保持情感平衡的方式。故選項A正確。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第二段中that crying tears of joy may well be the body’s way of keeping emotional(情感的）balance.（喜極而泣可能是身體保持情感平衡的方式。）“They seem to take place when people are overtaken by strong positive emotions，and people who do this seem to recover better from those strong emotions（當人們被強烈的積極情緒所壓倒時，他們似乎就會發(fā)生，而這樣做的人似乎從那些強烈的情感中恢復得更好）。由此可知they指的是“Times when people cry tears of joy”。故C項正確。

【3】理解推斷題。根據(jù)第三段中to cry at happy moments可知，本文介紹了一個奇怪的現(xiàn)象：當我們快樂的時候，我們會高興地哭起來。故B項“聽到好消息哭了。”與該項研究的發(fā)現(xiàn)符合，故選B。

【4】理解推斷題。通讀全文可知本文是對于人心理現(xiàn)象的研究．故應該是來自于心理學研究雜志。故答案B正確。