It seems hard to watch someone yawn（打哈欠） and not to yawn ourselves. Even reading about yawning can make you do it. Now, a new study has found why yawning has such a powerful force.
Yawning when others yawn, the study suggests, is a sign of pity and a form of social connection. Kids don’t develop this deeply rooted behavior until around age four, the study found. Kids with autism (自閉癥) are less likely to catch yawns. In the most serious cases, they never do. Yawning might help doctors to see whether the children are developing rightly. The work could also lead to a better understanding of the ways that people communicate and connect.
"Emotional infection seems to be a born thing that connects us together," said Molly Helt, a graduate student in psychology at the University of Connecticut. "Yawning may be part of that." Inspiration for her study came when she tried to get her own autistic son to clear his ears on an airplane. She repeatedly yawned at him, hoping he would yawn back. He never did.
"The fact that autistic kids don’t do it might mean they’re really missing out on that emotional connection with people around them," she said. "The biggest thing people try to figure out after birth is how we become humans and understand that humans have minds that are different from others’," she added. "Autistic people never seem to understand that."
Like infectious （有感染力的）laughter and crying, scientists have found that yawning is a shared experience that promotes social connection. Helt said it could fight stress after a period of being nervous and spread a feeling of calm through a group.
小題1:What does the new study suggest, according to the first two paragraphs?
A．Yawning is a form of communication.
B．It is easy to stop yawning when you see others yawn.
C．Children follow others in yawning just after they are born.
D．Yawning has some mysterious force which is related to God.
小題2:According to Molly Helt, _________.
A．humans differ from animals because they communicate with others
B．yawning is a kind of emotional connection among humans
C．emotions are infectious, but yawning is not
D．yawning helps clear ears on planes
小題3:Which of the following is NOT true about yawning?
A．It is natural to yawn back if people around you yawn.
B．Some kids are too young to yawn after others.
C．Yawning can be used to test children’s development.
D．Kids with autism yawn easily when others yawn.
小題4:The author implies in the last paragraph that ________.
A．yawning is different from infectious laughter and crying in theory
B．it is bad manners to yawn on some social occasions
C．the more you yawn, the happier you will be
D．yawning can make people feel relaxed

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:D 

試題分析：文章大意：這篇文章主要講了打哈欠是憐憫心和社會(huì)關(guān)系的一種表現(xiàn)形式，會(huì)在人與人之間相互傳染，打哈欠是人們之間的一種情感交流方式，是人們之間溝通的紐帶，打哈欠能使人放松。
小題1:A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一、二段的描述可知打哈欠是憐憫心和社會(huì)關(guān)系的一種表現(xiàn)形式，會(huì)在人與人之間相互傳染。故A正確。
小題2:B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。結(jié)合文章三、四段可知Helt通過(guò)患有自閉癥的兒子對(duì)打哈欠“啟而不發(fā)”的情況意識(shí)到打哈欠是人們之間的一種情感交流方式，是人們之間溝通的紐帶。故B正確。
小題3:D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章描述可知看到別人打哈欠就會(huì)回應(yīng)是人的一種自然反應(yīng)；孩子們從四歲開(kāi)始就會(huì)對(duì)別人的打哈欠有反應(yīng)；心理學(xué)家也能通過(guò)打哈欠的測(cè)試了解孩子的心理發(fā)展進(jìn)度，故A、B、C項(xiàng)說(shuō)法均正確；根據(jù)第三段可知自閉癥患者對(duì)打哈欠的反應(yīng)不如常人。故D正確。
小題4:D推理判斷題。根據(jù)Helt said it could fight stress after a period of being nervous and spread a feeling of calm through a group可知答案。故D正確。
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小題8:
A．tests B．uses C．fixes D．destroys
小題9:
A．could B．will C．would D．must
小題10:
A．if B．because C．when D．once
小題11:
A．inventions B．theories C．tools D．questions
小題12:
A．recognized B．famous C．excited D．rich
小題13:
A．encourage B．prevent C．warn D．forgive
小題14:
A．Modern B．Research C．Commercial D．Industrial
小題15:
A．teaches B．studies C．produces D．discovers
小題16:
A．physical B．daily C．office D．research
小題17:
A．in time B．in addition C．immediately D．commonly
小題18:
A．wrong B．old C．same D．heavy
小題19:
A．suitable B．valuable C．logicalD．practical
小題20:
A．work B．study C．labor D．body

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