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【題目】 As time goes by , are you still the same person you were ? Many of you would think you are .【1】You could be a completely different person when you get old . Psychologists（心理學(xué)家）at the UK’s University Edinburgh did the research on a group of Scottish people . 【2】In 1950 , a group of teachers gave over 1,200 14-year-old students personality tests . 【3】 They were self-confidence , sense of responsibility（責(zé)任感）, strong wishes to win , creativity and moods（情緒）.

In 2012 , scientists successfully found 174 of those 1,200 students and gave them a test similar to the one they had had before . 【4】 They were surprised to find great changes to all five personality traits of these people . 【5】 It was “as if the second test had been given to different people ”, the research reported.

In the past , personality was widely believed to be unchangeable . This new research may bring some fresh ideas to the world .

A. They tested five basic personality traits .

B. Then they compared the then-and-now test results .

C. We wanted to know if people’s personality was unchangeable .

D. But according to a new research , your personality can change greatly .

E. The younger and older self seemed to be totally different for each person .

F. The research found almost everyone’s personality changed when they grew old .

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】F

【3】A

【4】B

【5】E

【解析】

本篇講述通過科學(xué)家的實(shí)驗(yàn)證明，人的基礎(chǔ)的性格特征自信、責(zé)任心、強(qiáng)烈的獲勝愿望、創(chuàng)造力、情感等會隨著年齡的增長會發(fā)生變化。

【1】空格在總述句“Many of you would think you are ”.和分述句“You could be a completely different person when you get old”之間，判斷空格是起承上啟下的句子——你們中的許多人會認(rèn)為你們是從前的自己，但一個新研究表明……，故選D。

【2】根據(jù)空格上文“Psychologists（心理學(xué)家）at the UK’s University Edinburgh did the research on a group of Scottish people .” 英國愛丁堡大學(xué)的心理學(xué)家對一組蘇格蘭人進(jìn)行實(shí)驗(yàn)；推斷空格進(jìn)一步說明這個實(shí)驗(yàn)的結(jié)果，故選F。

【3】由上文可知心理學(xué)老師們對1200名學(xué)生做性格測試；根據(jù)下文“They were self-confidence , sense of responsibility（責(zé)任感）, strong wishes to win , creativity and moods”——它們是自信、責(zé)任心、強(qiáng)烈的獲勝愿望、創(chuàng)造力、情感等五個方面；推斷上文指對五個基礎(chǔ)性格特征做測試；故選A。

【4】由上文可知時(shí)隔62年，他們成功找到其中的174人做同樣的測試；推斷空格指“對比以前和現(xiàn)在的測試結(jié)果”；故選B。

【5】根據(jù)上文“They were surprised to find great changes to all five personality traits of these people” 他們驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)，5種性格的特征在這些人身上發(fā)生了很大變化；推斷空格是做進(jìn)一步陳述“年輕時(shí)和老年時(shí)的自我對每個人來說都是完全不同的”；故選E。

選句子完成短文，解答前先閱讀備選句，理解備選句的句意；再跳空閱讀全文，了解大意；然后，根據(jù)上下文聯(lián)系、查看空格句與段落和主體文章之間的邏輯關(guān)系，推斷空格所缺的信息，所選的句子要能使文章前后內(nèi)容銜接，意思連貫。本篇的空格都在段落中，是起承上啟下的作用，做進(jìn)一步陳述；完篇后，要通篇閱讀，檢查上下文銜接是否得當(dāng)、是否內(nèi)容完整，符合邏輯。