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Trust is a tricky business. On the one
hand, it's a necessary condition ___1___ many
worthwhile things: child care,
friendships, etc. On the other hand, putting your
___2___, in
the wrong place often
carries a high ___3___.
___4___, why do
we trust at all? Well, because it feels good.
___5___ people place
their
trust
in
an
individual
or
an
institution,
their
brains
release
oxytocin,
a
hormone
that
___6___
pleasurable
feelings
and
triggers
the
herding
instruct
that
prompts
humans
to
___7___
with one another. Scientists have found that
exposure ___8___ this hormone puts
us
in a trusting ___9___: In a Swiss study,
researchers sprayed oxytocin into the noses of
half the subjects; those subjects were
ready to lend significantly higher amounts of
money
to strangers than were their
___10___ who inhaled something else.
___11___ for us, we also have a sixth
sense for dishonesty that may ___12___ us. A
Canadian
study
found
that
children
as
young
as
14
months
can
differentiate
___13___
a
credible person and a dishonest one.
Sixty toddlers were each ___14___ to an adult
tester
holding a plastic container. The
tester would ask,
“
What's in
here?
”
before looking into
the
container,
smiling,
and
exclaiming,
“
Wow!
”
Each
subject
was
then
invited
to
look
___15___. Half of them
found a toy; the other half ___16___the container
was empty-and
realized the tester had
___17___ them.
Among
the
children
who
had
not
been
tricked,
the
majority
were
___18___
to
cooperate
with
the
tester
in
learning
a
new
skill,
demonstrating
that
they
trusted
his
leadership.
___19___,
only
five
of
the
30
children
paired
with
the
tester
participated in a follow-up activity.
1. A. on
2. A.
faith
B. like
1
C. for
D.
from
D. interest
D. price
D. Again
D. When
D. maintains
D. compare
D. to
B. concern
B. debt
B. Then
B. Unless
C. attention
C. hope
C. Instead
3. A.
benefit
4. A. Therefore
5. A. Until
C.
Although
C. applies
C. connect
C. of
6.
A. selects
7. A. consult
8. A. at
B. produces
B. compete
B. by
9. A. context
B. mood
C. period
D. circle
D. supporters
D. Ironic
D. delight
D. over
D. entrusted
D. inside
D. remembered
D. mocked
D. entitled
D. For instance
D.
unsuitable
10. A. counterparts B.
substitutes
11. A. Funny
12. A .monitor
13. A. between
B. Lucky
B. protect
B.
within
C. colleagues
C. Odd
C.
surprise
C. toward
14.
A. transferred
B. added
15. A. out
B.
back
C. introduced
C. around
C. insisted
C. fooled
C. hesitant
16. A.
discovered
B. proved
17. A. betrayed
18. A. forced
B.
wronged
B. willing
19. A. In
contrast
B. As a result
20. A. inflexible
B.
incapable
C. On the whole
C. unreliable
1.
【答案】
C
。解析：此处考查介词的用
法。
It
’
s
a
necessary
condition
____
many
worthwhile things (
信任是一个必要条件
_____
许多重要事情<
/p>
)
此处应该是说，
信任对许
多重要事情来说是一个必要条件。
C
选项
for(
对
...
来说
)
符合语义，故为正确答案；
D
选项
from(
来自于
)
，
B
选项
like(
像
...)
，
A
选项
on(
关于
)
语义不恰当，故排除。
2.
【答案】
A
。解析：此处考查
词义辨析和中心一致性原则。第一段首句提出主题
句：
trus
t is a tricky business (
信任是一个奇怪的东西
)
。后面进一步对该主题句进行解
释说明：
On the one hand,
it
’
s a necessary condition
___ for ___ many worthwhile things:
child care, friendships, etc. (
< br>一方面，
信任对许多重要事情来说是必要条件，
比如照看
孩
子，友谊等
)
，这句话在说信任的好
处。
On the other hand, putting your ___
in the wrong
place often carries a high
____. (
另一方面，把
...
放
在错误的地方往往会带来巨大
...)
，显
然这句话依旧在解释主题词“
trust
”，只有
A
选项
faith(
信
任、忠诚
)
与
trust
属于近义
词复现，故正确答案为
A
< br>。
3.
【答案】
D
。解析：此处考查词义辨析。第一段首句提出主题句：
trust is a tricky
business(
信任是一个奇怪的东西
)
。后面进一步对该主题句进行解释说
明：
On
the
one
hand, it
’
s a
necessary condition __ for __ many worthwhile
things: child care, friendships,
etc. (
一方面，信任对许多重要事情来说是必要条件，比如照看孩子，友谊等
< br>)
，这句话
在说信任的好处。
O
n the other hand, putting your ___ in the wrong
place often carries a
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