2020年12月四級閱讀分析第一套之46-50

　　2020年12月四級考試中，第一套46-50題閱讀理解內(nèi)容比較抽象，而且詞匯難度較大，考生做題時(shí)不光要精準(zhǔn)定位，而且還要在有單詞不熟悉的情況下做出選擇，對考生的詞匯知識要求較高。下面是小編整理的這次四級考試中關(guān)于2020年12月四級閱讀分析第一套之46-50的資料，希望大家能通過這次考試正視自己的缺點(diǎn)和不足，日后取得更大的進(jìn)步。

　　題目

　　Passage One

　　Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

　　Boredom has, paradoxically, become quite interesting to academics lately. In early May, London’s Boring Conference celebrated seven years of delighting in dullness. At this event, people flocked to talks about weather, traffic jams and vending-machine sounds, among other sleep-inducing topics. What, exactly, is everybody studying? One widely accepted definition of boredom is "the distasteful experience of wanting, but being unable. to engage in satisfying activity.” But how can you quantify a person's boredom level and compare it with someone else’s? In 1986, psychologists introduced the Boredom Proneness Scale, designed to measure an individual’s overall tendency to feel bored. By contrast, the Multidimensional State Boredom scale, developed in 2008, measures a person's felings of boredom in a given situation. Boredom has been linked to behavior issues including inattentive driving, mindless snacking, excessive drinking, and addictive gambling. In fact, many of us would choose pain over boredom. One team of psychologists discovered that two-thirds of men and a quarter of women would rather self-administer electric shocks than sit alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes. Researching this phenomenon, another team asked volunteers to watch boring, sad, or neutar films, during which they could self-administer elecric shocks. The bored volunteers shocked themselves more and harder than the sad or neutral ones did. But boredom isn't all bad. By encouraging self-reflection and daydreaming, it can spur activity. An early study gave participants abundant time to complete problem-solving and word-association exercises. Once all the obvious answers were exhausted, participants gave more and more incentive answers to combat boredom. A British study took these findings one step further, asking subjects to complete a creative challenge (coming up with a list of alternative uses for a household item). One group of subjects did a boring activity first, while the others went straight to the creative task. Those whose boredom pumps had been primed were more productive.

　　In our always-connected world, boredom may be a hard-to-define state, but it is a fertile one. Watch paint dry or water boil, or at least put away your smartphone for a while, and you might unlock your next big idea.

　　46. When are people likely to experience boredom, according to an accepted psychological definition?

　　A) When they don’t have the chance to do what they want.

　　B) When they don’t enjoy the materials they are studying.

　　C) When they experience something unpleasant.

　　D) When they engage in some routine activities.

　　47. What does the author say boredom can lead to?

　　A) Determination

　　B) Mental deterioration

　　C) Concentration

　　D) Harmful conduct

　　48. What is the findings of one team of psychologists in their experiment?

　　A) Volunteers prefer watching a boring movie to sitting alone deliberating.

　　B) Many volunteers choose to hurt themselves rather than endure boredom.

　　C) Male volunteers are more immune to the effects of boredom than females.

　　D) Many volunteers are unable to resist boredom longer than fifteen minutes.

　　49. Why does the author say boredom isn’t all bad?

　　A) It stimulates memorization.

　　B) It may promote creative thinking.

　　C) It allows time for relaxation.

　　D) It may facilitate independent learning.

　　50. What does the author suggests one do when faced with a challenging problem?

　　A) Stop idling and think big.

　　B) Unlock one’s smartphone.

　　C) Look around oneself for stimulation.

　　D) Allow oneself some time to be bored.

　　答案解析

　　A正確。根據(jù)題干an accepted psychological definition定位到第二段第二句，boredom is "the distasteful experience of wanting, but being unable。A項(xiàng)When they don’t have the chance to do what they want.是對定位句的同義替換。BCD的描述與原文給出的定義不符合。

　　D正確。根據(jù)boredom can lead to可知，要找boredom的結(jié)果，定位到原文第三段第一句 Boredom has been linked to behavior issues including inattentive driving, mindless snacking, excessive drinking, and addictive gambling.這些內(nèi)容都是不太好的行為，故可以排除A和C兩個(gè)正面的選項(xiàng)，B智力退化過于嚴(yán)重，D有害的行為這一概括符合原文表述。

　　B正確。根據(jù)one team of psychologists in their experiment定位到第三段第三句，要找findings,該句提到了 two-thirds of men and a quarter of women would rather self-administer electric shocks than sit alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes. B符合表述;A中prefer后面的內(nèi)容和原文表述不同;C向male和female位置顛倒了，和原文不同.D的不能抵抗超過15分鐘是對原文的曲解。

　　B正確。根據(jù)題干定位到第四段第一句。該段234句都在解釋boredom的好處，也就是能激發(fā)創(chuàng)造力。只有B項(xiàng)It may promote creative thinking符合原文意思。D容易誤選，需要認(rèn)真和原文比對。

　　D正確。根據(jù)題干要找作者的建議，該段最后一句是作者的建議，建議我們利用boredom的時(shí)刻來激發(fā)創(chuàng)造性思維，獲得靈感。D 項(xiàng)Allow oneself some time to be bored符合原文，A未提及，B和建議相反，C的stimulation未提及。