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Passage 4

New research is trying to find how we learn and make decisions exactly. To the brain,a new thought or idea is like a spider. If it works hard enough,a web of knowledge spins out from it. Photos of the brain taken during learning actually show a kind of nerve cells firing,growing,and forming new connections. This is fascinating in itself,but what's even more fascinating is that failure can cause this to happen.

That's right: failure can enhance your brain.

Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck has compared the brain waves of people with growth and fixed mind-sets. She finds that,when those with growth mind-sets fail at a task,they would enter a more focused mental state. And as they try again and again,they improve. In effect,they've learned,and their brains have “grown.” Those with fixed mind-sets,however,never enter this focused state of learning and show little advancement.

Antoine Bechara,a professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Southern California,has taken Dweck's work a step further. He recently isolated two equally sized centers in the brain.These areas interact during the decision-making process.Although more research is needed,these centers may turn out to be the physical locations for Dweck's twin mind-sets.

“We always knew people could learn from their mistakes,but now we're finding out exactly how and where this happens," explains Bechara. " In a normally functioning brain,failure is taken as an opportunity for learning and strengthening the species.”

单选题

According to the passage,like a spider,a new thought or idea could ________.

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】

细节题,在第一段第二句: To the brain, a new thought or idea is like a spider. If it works hard enough, a web of knowledge spins out from it.
[全文翻译]
新的研究试图准确地找出我们如何学习和做出决定。对于大脑来说,一个新的想法就像一只蜘蛛。如果它足够努力,知识之网就会从其中诞生。在学习过程中拍摄的大脑照片实际上显示了一种神经细胞的活动、生长和形成新的连接。这本身就很吸引人,但更吸引人的是,失败会导致这种情况发生。
没错:失败可以增强你的大脑。
斯坦福大学心理学家Carol Dweck比较 了具有成长心态的人和固定思维模式的人的脑电波。她发现,当那些具有成长心态的人在某项任务中失败时,他们会进入一种更专注的精神状态。 随着他们一次又一次的尝试他们进步了。 实际上,他们已经学会了,他们的大脑已经 “成长”了。然而,那些思维定势的人永远不会进入这种专注的学习状态,也不会有什么进步。
南加州大学心理学和神经科学教授Antoine Bechara把Dweck的工作又推进了一步。 他最近在大脑中分离出两个大小相同的中心。这两个区域在决策过程中相互作用。尽管还需要更多的研究,这些中心可能会成为Dweck双重思维的物理位置。
Bechara解释说: “我们一直都知道人们可以从错误中吸取教训,但现在我们正在确切地找出这是如何以及在哪里发生的。在正常运转的大脑中,失败被视为学习和强化的机会。”

单选题

Which of the following statements aboutAntoine Bechara is true?

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】

细节题,定位Antoine Bechara在第四段, 第四段说Antoine Bechara分离了大脑的几块区域,而这几块区域may turn out to be the physical locations for Dweck's twin mind-sets。

单选题

Carol Dweck's work has something to do with ________.

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】

定位Carol Dweck在第三段, 这一点讲述Carol Dweck通过观察脑电波来确定失败是如何促进人的大脑发展的。

单选题

The passage is most probably from a ________.

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】

考查对文章来源的猜测,A项是实验室报告,B项是新闻报道,C项是医药杂志,D项是个人简历。 文章讲述的是一项关于人的大脑是如何发展的研究,主要通过两个实验来说明失败能促进大脑发展,C项和D项可以首先被排除。对比A 和B,实验室报告应该着重强调实验过程和数据。而本文从一个比喻开始引出文章再综合两个实验得出观点,因此本文更像一个新闻报道。

单选题

The author's tone can be best described as ________.

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】

考查作者的态度,本文作者通过综合两个实验总结失败是如何促进大脑发展的,行文中没有夹杂个人观点,因此作者的观点是客观的。