Question

【題目】 How can you change negative(消極的) thoughts? Many people suggest changing your attitude by thinking of something bright and happy.

However, scientists from Queen’s University in Canada said that there might be another way: by walking like a happy person.

“It is not surprising that our mood and the way we feel affects how we walk, but we want to see whether the way we move also affects how we feel,” explained Nikolaus Troje, the lead scientist, to The Independent.

Scientists believed that the way we remember emotional messages is affected by our mood. Those who suffer from depression (抑郁) remember negative information far more easily than active messages, especially when the information is about them.

In order to prove this, Troje and his team used cameras to observe 47 people walking on the treadmill (跑步機(jī)). Half of the people were encouraged to mimic (模仿) a depressive walking style, while the other half moved like a happy person. Walking speed was kept equal for both groups.

During the time on the treadmill, the scientists read out a list of active and negative words, asking people to decide whether or not each word described them well. Afterwards, people were asked to recite as many of the words as they could remember.

As expected, those who had been mimicking a depressed walk remembered more negative words than those that had been walking in a happy manner.

This finding means that our walk influences the way we treat information. And the scientists believe that using a happy walking style could help with treatment for depression.

【1】What new way did scientists from Queen’s University possibly find to change negative thoughts?

A.Doing something happy.B.Thinking of something bright.

C.Walking like a happy person.D.Thinking about being a happy person.

【2】Which of the following is NOT true about Troje’s test?

A.The 47 people walked on the treadmill.

B.Half of the people walked in a depressive walking style.

C.Another half walked in a happy walking style.

D.The two groups walked at different speeds.

【3】In the test, those who walked in a happy manner ______.

A.remembered more negative wordsB.remembered more positive words

C.lived a happier lifeD.lived a harder life

【4】According to the story, the finding can help ______.

A.treat patients with depressionB.improve one’s acting skills

C.deal with people’s memory lossD.change a person’s exercise habit

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

本文是說明文�？茖W(xué)家們發(fā)現(xiàn)我們的運動方式會影響我們的感覺。用快樂的走路方式可以幫助治療抑郁癥。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中“scientists from Queen’s University in Canada said that there might be another way: by walking like a happy person.”可知，科學(xué)家們提出另一種改變消極思維的方式：像一個快樂的人那樣走路。故選C項。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段中“Walking speed was kept equal for both groups.”，在實驗中，47人在跑步機(jī)上走，一半的人被鼓勵模仿抑郁的人走路的樣子，而另一半則像一個快樂的人那樣走路。兩組的步行速度保持相同。因此選項D “兩組以不同的速度走路”是不不正確的。故選D項。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第七段中“those who had been mimicking a depressed walk remembered more negative words than those that had been walking in a happy manner. （那些模仿沮喪的走路樣子的人比那些以快樂的方式走路的人記住了更多消極的詞匯。）”，因此可以推斷，那些以快樂方式走路的人會記住更多的積極詞匯。故選B項。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段中“And the scientists believe that using a happy walking style could help with treatment for depression.”可知，科學(xué)家們相信，用快樂的走路方式可以幫助治療抑郁癥。因此，這項發(fā)現(xiàn)可以幫助治療患有抑郁癥的病人。故選A項。