Titanic's first and only voyage,' global interest in this ship shows no (40)________ of slowing down.
III. Reading Comprehension Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Lying in a Foreign Language Is Easier
Most people don’t find it more difficult to lie in a foreign language than in their native tongue. However, things are different when telling the truth: This is clearly more difficult for many people in a foreign language than in their native one.
This (41)________ conclusion is the result of a study conducted by two psychologists from the University of Würzburg: Kristina Suchotzki and Matthias Gamer. The two scientists presented their (42)________ in Journal of Experimental Psychology.
Their findings could be important for a lot of processes in which the trustworthiness of certain people must be (43)________. In such situations, reports by non-native speakers tend to be considered as less (44)________ even though they may be truthful. Their discovery also explains another a (45)________ namely that people communicating in a foreign language are generally considered as less trustworthy.'
There are two research (46)________ to predict differences between deception and truth telling in a native compared to a second language.
Research from cognitive (认知的) load theory suggests that lying is more difficult in a foreign language. Compared to truth telling, lying is a cognitively more (47)________ task. Kristina Suchotzki explains. Adding a foreign language imposes an additional cognitive (48)________ which makes lying even more difficult .
Lying is easier in a foreign language: This should be true according to the emotional distance hypothesis (假设). This assumption is based on the fact that lying is (49)________ more emotions than staying with the truth. Liars have higher stress levels and are more tense. Research shows that compared to speaking in a native language, communicating in a second language is less (50)________ arousing. Accordingly, this (51)________ emotional arousal would promote lying. To settle this question, the Würzburg psychologists conducted a number of experiments in which up to 50 test persons had to complete specific tasks. They were asked to answer a number of questions sometimes (52)________ and sometimes deceptively both in their native language and in a foreign language. Some questions were (53)________; other questions were clearly emotional.
The results show that it usually takes longer to answer emotional questions. Answers in the foreign language also take longer. And generally, it takes longer to tell a lie than to tell the truth. However, the time differences between deceptive and truthful answers are less.(54)________ in a second language than in the native language.
The data suggest that the increased cognitive effort is responsible for the prolongation (延长) of the truth (55)________ in the foreign language. The reason why this prolongation almost does not exist in lying can be explained with the emotional distance hypothesis: The greater emotional distance in a foreign language thus cancels out the higher cognitive load when lying.
41. A. similar B. unexpected C. disappointing D. inevitable 42. A. insights B. principles C, expectations D. justifications 43. A. classified B. substituted C. modified D. evaluated 44. A. accurate B. believable C. sensitive D. informative 45. A. reason B. difference C. origin D. phenomenon 46. A. results B. methods C. theories D. questions 47. A. inviting B. embarrassing C. rewarding D. demanding 48. A. challenge B. perspective C. strategy D. context 49. A. aimed at B. prepared for C. associated with D. applied to 50. A. emotionally B. alternatively C. fundamentally D. suspiciously 51. A. advanced B. reduced C. adapted D. altered 52. A. directly B. confidently C. truthfully D. initially 53. A. tough B. concrete C. irrelevant D. neutral 54. A. appealing B. obvious C. important D. reasonable 55. A. claim B. element C. commission D. response
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, c and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
In a career that lasted more than half a century, Tom Wolfe wrote fiction and nonfiction best. sellers including The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and The Bonfire of the Vanities. Along the way, he created a new type of journalism and coined phrases that became part of the American vocabulary.
Wolfe began working as a newspaper reporter, first for The Washington Post, then the New York Herald Tribune. He developed a literary style in nonfiction that became known as the New Journalism. Ive always agreed on a theoretical level that the techniques for fiction and nonfiction are interchangeable,\versa.
When Tom Wolfe's voice broke into the world of nonfiction, it was a time when a lot of writers, and a lot of artists in general,' were turning inwards,\Time magazine. Wolfe didn't do that. Wolfe turned outwards. He was a guy who was interested in other people. Wolfe was interested in how they thought, how they did things and how the things they did affected the world around them.
In 1979, Wolfe published The Right Stuff an account of the military test pilots who became America's first astronauts.Four years later, the book- was adapted as a feature film. “The Right Stuff was the book for me”, says Grossman. It reminded me, in case Id forgotten, that the world is an incredible place.\
In The Right Stuff, Wolfe popularized the phrase pushing the envelope.\In a New York magazine article, Wolfe described the 1970s as The 'Me' Decade. Grossman says these phrases became part of the American idiom because they were accurate.
“He was an enormously forceful observer, and he was not afraid of making strong claims
about what was happening in reality,\they repeated what he said because he was right.\All those words started a revolution in nonfiction that is still going on.
56. The New Journalism is a style of journalism that_______. A. changes its news writing techniques frequently B. popularizes new American idioms in a literary way
C. combines novelistic techniques with traditional reporting D. reports various news events from a theoretical perspective
57. It can be learned from the passage that The Right Stuff ________. A. is a film directed by Lev Grossman B. is an influential book by Tom Wolfe C. accounts for popular American phrases D. deals with incredible places in the world
58. According to the passage, Tom Wolfe________.
A. was good at reporting news from a realistic perspective B. preferred making claims about events to writing books C, was fond of commenting on other people's thoughts D. liked analyzing social problems from the outside
59. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. Tom Wolfe. A Professional Phrase Coiner B. Tom Wolfe: A Forceful Observer and Novelist C. Tom Wolfe: A Theoretical Creator in Literature D. Tom Wolfe: An Innovative Journalist and Writer
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