重庆市2017高考英语阅读理解选编（63）【2015高考复习】阅读理解Manyofusstilltendtothinkthatemotionscanaffectreasonablethought，andsometimeslandusintrouble.Butinrecentyearspsychologistshavetakenquiteadifferentview.KeithOatley，ProfessorofPsychologyatGlasgowUniversity，isinvolvedintheresearchwhichshowsthefundamentalimportanceofemotions.Hebelieveswe_are_very_ambivalent_about_them：wethinkofouremotionsasbeingunreasonable，butwealsoconsiderthemasessentialtobeinghuman.Forexample，MrSpock，acharacterinthetelevisionseriesStarTrek，issuper-intelligentandhehasnoemotionsatall.However，heisnevermadecaptainofthespaceship.Maybe，thisisbecauseMrSpockisnotthekindofpersonyoucanshareyourfeelingswith—apersonwhoshowshisemotions.AsProfessorOatleypointsout，ouremotionshaveveryimportantfunctions，forexample，fear.Ifwecrosstheroadandacarapproaches，weusuallystopmovingorstepback.Westopwhatwearedoing，checkwhatwehavedoneandpayverycarefulattentiontotheenvironment.Theemotionoffearmakesustakethissmallseriesofactionswhich，onaverage，helppreserveoursafety.Ontheotherhand，ifthingsaregoingwellandsmallproblemscomeup，wefindwecansolvethemwiththeresourceswehavetohand.Asaconsequence，wetendtofeelhappyandusuallycontinuedoingthejob.Angerisanemotionthattendstooccurwhensomeoneispreventingusfromdoingsomething.Thenthissmall“kit”ofreactionsenablesustoprepareourselvestobequiteaggressivetothatperson，ortotryharder，andsoon.ProfessorOatleybelievesemotionsgenerallyoccurattheseimportantmomentsinactions.Withfearandangerouremotionsmakeusdecidetostartdoingsomethingelse，whilewithhappinessthey“suggest”wecontinuewhatwearealreadydoing.【语篇解读】相关研究表明，情感对人而言至关重要，不可或缺。1．What’sKeithOatley’sopinionaboutemotions?A．Theyaffectreasonablethought.B．Theygetusintotrouble.C．Theyarehelpfultous.D．Theyarereasonable.解析细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句中的“whichshowsthefundamentalimportanceofemotions”以及第三段中的“ouremotionshaveveryimportantfunctions”可知，Oatley认为情感对我们来说是有益的。答案C2．Whatdoestheunderlinedpart“weareveryambivalentaboutthem”inParagraph2mean?A．Wehavecontradictoryfeelingstowardsemotions.B．Wehavesimilarideasofemotions.C．Wearequiteclearaboutemotions.D．Wecandonothingaboutemotions.解析句意理解题。根据第二段中的“wethinkofouremotionsasbeingunreasonable，butwealsoconsiderthemasessentialtobeinghuman”可知，我们认为我们的情感毫无道理，但对于我们人类来说，它是必不可少的，这足以说明我们的矛盾心理。答案A3．WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedinthepassage?A．Fearhelpsustobecarefulaboutoursurroundings.B．Happinessinspiresustocontinuewhatwearedoing.C．Angermayurgeustomakegreaterefforts.D．Angertendstodousmoreharmthangood.解析细节理解题。本题可用排除法。根据第三段的内容可知A项正确；根据第四段的最后一句可知B项正确；根据第五段的最后一句可知C项正确。答案D4．Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat________.A．wemustcontrolouremotionsindailylifeB．emotionsplayamoreimportantpartthanwerealizeC．positiveemotionssuchasloveandjoyaregoodforusD．negativeemotionsmakeuscontinuewhatwearedoing解析推理判断题。根据文章最后一段的内容可推知，积极的情感和消极的情感都发挥着比我们意识到的更重要的作用。答案B。阅读理解。阅读下列短文,从给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。Aschildrenreachkindergartenandearlygrade-schoolage,theycontinuetobecomeincreasinglymoreawareofthewiderworldbeyondhome,schoolandtheirneighborho...
