Question

【題目】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Scientists have proved what students have long suspected: Maths equations can actually trigger physical pain.

Regions of the brain linked with the experience of physical 【1】 were activated in those fearful of maths when they were presented with a tough equation, researchers have found. The higher a person’s anxiety of a maths task, the more it 【2】 activity in regions of their brain associated with visceral (內(nèi)臟的) threat detection, and often the experience of pain itself.

However, the researchers say their study examines the pain response associated with anticipating an anxiety-provoking event, rather than the pain associated with a 【3】 event itself. A maths task itself is not painful but 【4】 the thought of it is highly unpleasant to certain people.

“Maths can be difficult, and for those with high levels of mathematics-anxiety (HMAs), math is associated with tension, apprehension (憂慮) and fear,” the researchers said in their paper titled. When Math Hurts. “【5】, this relation was not seen during math performance, 【6】 that it is not that math itself hurts, rather, the anticipation of math is painful. These results may also provide a potential neural mechanism to explain why (people with) HMAs tend to 【7】 math and math-related situations, which in turn can bias (使有偏見(jiàn)) (those with) high levels of mathematics-anxiety away from taking math classes or even entire math-related 【8】 paths. We provide the first neural 【9】 indicating the nature of the subjective experience of math-anxiety.

Other forms of psychological stress, such as social 【10】 or a traumatic break-up, can also elicit feeling of physical pain.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】K

【3】H

【4】D

【5】C

【6】J

【7】E

【8】A

【9】F

【10】I

【解析】

這是一篇議論文。文章從不同方面論證了數(shù)學(xué)方程式能夠引發(fā)身體的疼痛。

【1】考查動(dòng)名詞。由第一段中的“Maths equations can actually trigger physical pain.”可知文章的核心就是討論數(shù)學(xué)與身體疼痛的關(guān)系，physical為形容詞，其后應(yīng)跟名詞或動(dòng)名詞，suffer的動(dòng)名詞形式為 suffering，physical suffering意為“身體疼痛”。故選G項(xiàng)。

【2】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：一個(gè)人對(duì)數(shù)學(xué)任務(wù)的焦慮程度越高，他們大腦中與內(nèi)臟威脅檢測(cè)相關(guān)的區(qū)域的活動(dòng)就越頻繁，而這常常是痛苦的體驗(yàn)。結(jié)合句意可知，一個(gè)人越焦慮，疼痛就會(huì)愈增，所以此處填increase。故選K項(xiàng)。

【3】考查形容詞。根據(jù) “the researchers say their study examines the pain response associated with anticipating an anxiety-provoking event”可知，研究人員測(cè)試的是與預(yù)測(cè)引發(fā)焦慮的事件相關(guān)的疼痛反應(yīng)，而不是焦慮的事件本身。此處應(yīng)填焦慮的，綜合選項(xiàng)，故選H項(xiàng)。

【4】考查副詞。句意：數(shù)學(xué)任務(wù)并不痛苦，但只不過(guò)對(duì)于某些人來(lái)說(shuō)，一想到它就非常不愉快。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知，此處填merely意為“只不過(guò)”。故選D項(xiàng)。

【5】考查副詞。根據(jù)前文“Maths can be difficult, and for those with high levels of mathematics-anxiety (HMAs), math is associated with tension, apprehension (憂慮) and fear,” the researchers said in their paper titled.”可知，對(duì)于那些對(duì)數(shù)學(xué)有高恐懼的人來(lái)說(shuō)數(shù)學(xué)是困難的。而后文又提及這并不影響數(shù)學(xué)成績(jī)。后文事實(shí)與讀者邏輯推理不相符，可知此處的結(jié)果應(yīng)為出人意料的， interestingly為連接副詞，意為“有趣的是，出人意料的是”，符合語(yǔ)境。故選C項(xiàng)。

【6】考查suggest引導(dǎo)的賓語(yǔ)從句及非謂語(yǔ)。根據(jù)前文可知，這種聯(lián)系在數(shù)學(xué)成績(jī)中并沒(méi)有看到，后句為“數(shù)學(xué)本身并不是有害的”，后句為前句推理而來(lái)， suggest具有“暗示，表明”的意思，suggest的現(xiàn)在分詞形式做狀語(yǔ)。故選J。

【7】考查動(dòng)詞。結(jié)合后文“which in turn can bias (使有偏見(jiàn)) (those with) high levels of mathematics-anxiety away from taking math classes or even entire math-related career paths”可知患有（HMAS）的人更排斥數(shù)學(xué)，因此他們更想要避免與數(shù)學(xué)相關(guān)的東西接觸，故此處填avoid。故選E項(xiàng)。

【8】考查名詞。結(jié)合前文可知，患有HMAs的人更排斥數(shù)學(xué)，因此他們更想要逃離數(shù)學(xué)課和與與數(shù)學(xué)相關(guān)的職業(yè)，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知，應(yīng)填career。故選A項(xiàng)。

【9】考查名詞�！�indicating the nature of the subjective experience of math-anxiety”意為“表明數(shù)學(xué)焦慮的主觀體驗(yàn)的本質(zhì)�！笨赏评砬皯�(yīng)為證據(jù)或現(xiàn)象，才能夠表明后面的觀點(diǎn)。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)evidence意為“證據(jù)”，符合語(yǔ)境及推斷。故選F項(xiàng)。

【10】考查名詞。結(jié)合前文“Other forms of psychological stress”意為“其他形式的心理壓力”，后文social rejection意為“社會(huì)排斥”符合一種形式的心理壓力。故選I項(xiàng)。