阅读理解 　　Passage 1 　　Love really is blind when it comes to physical flaws, it would seem. 　　A research conducted by Social Studies Center in University of Hawaii at Manoa suggests that when we love someone, we tend to overlook their crooked noses, big tummies or other attributes that might put others off. As a result, husbands and wives think their other halves are more attractive than they really are. No wonder Chinese has the saying that" Beauty lies in the beholder's eyes". This phenomenon could also help explain some physically mis-matched couples such as the glamorous Beyonce and Jay-Z, the striking Lara Stone and David Walliams. 　　The so-called "positive illusion" theory comes from an experiment in which researchers asked 70 couples to rate their other halves for attractiveness. Questions included how attractive their husband,wife, boyfriend or girlfriend was to the opposite sex, and how they rated compared with others of the same age. The answers were kept secret to prevent any partners being upset and distressed. Some of those taking parts also rated photos of their partners. In addition, members of the public judged the looks of all 140 men and women taking part. 　　The results revealed that couples view their other halves as being better looking than they really are. 　　Even asking them to rate pictures of their partners did not give them a reality check, the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships reports. 　　With previous studies finding that we view our loved ones as being kinder and more intelligent than they actually are, it does seem that love is blind in all sorts of ways. Those studied were young and had been together on average for just two and a half years. The researchers said that more work is needed to see if those in long marriages are still blind to their partner's physical flaws.
单选题 Which of the following is the correct interpretation of the first paragraph?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此题问的是对第一段话的解释，属于语义推断题。第一段话“Love really is blind when it comes to physical naws.it would seem”的大概意思是说，陷入爱情的人似乎确实看不见对方生理上的缺陷。接着从第二段的研究结果及举例中，我们可以深刻地理解这句话的意思，即当两个人相爱时，他们通常没有看到对方身上的身体缺陷。A项看似是正确的，实则是干扰项，因为原文说的是相爱的人没能看到对方的身体缺陷，而不是“对其他人显而易见的所有事情”;C和D项的表达的有意思与短文相距太远;只有B项最贴近第一段表达的意思，所以答案为B。
单选题 The phrase"put.--off" in the second paragraph means__________.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此题考查短语“put…off”的理解，也属于语义理解题。需要注意的是，对于这样常见短语的理解一定要结合原文的内容来判断。包含这个短语的原文是：“…that when we love someone，we tend to overlook their crooked noses，big tummies or other attributes that might put others off.”意思是说，当我们爱某个人的时候，常常忽视他们的歪鼻子，大肚子和一些其他的特征，这些特征可能会使其他人“put…off”。通过列举的这些缺陷，可以判断，“put…off”是指“令人不喜欢，厌恶或反感”，所以答案为B，而不是其他选项中我们常见的意思。
单选题 Which of the following might NOT be the question of the experiment mentioned in paragraph three?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此题问的是哪一个选项可能不是第三段实验中的提问，属于事实细节题。原文中有两处可以帮助我们找到正确答案，一是“Questions included how attractive their husband，wife，boyfriend or girlfriend was to the opposite sex，and how they rated compared with others of the same age”，此句意思是指，“问题包括他们的丈夫、妻子、男朋友、女朋友对于其他异性具有多大的吸引力，以及同其他同龄人相比，他们能得多少分”，由此我们可以判断c和D都是正确的，其实这两个选项表达的是同一个意思。再由原文的另外一处.“Some of those taking parts also rated photos of their partners”(部分参与这项调查的人还为其伴侣的照片打分)可以判断B项也是正确的。只有A项是原文所没有提到的，也可以通过排除法排除。所以，此题的正确答案是A项。
单选题 What does the sentence" Even asking them to rate pictures of their partners did not give them a reality check..." in paragraph four imply?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】此题问是句子“Even asking them to rate pictures of their partners did not give them a reality check…”的含义，属于语义理解题。这句话的字面意思是说，“即使要他们去给他们伴侣的照片打分，他们也不能作出客观的评判”，结合全文，我们可以知道，盲目的爱情影响了人们的判断，所以即使在评价自己伴侣的照片时，人们仍然无法作出理智客观的判断，即D项所说的内容。A、B和C项中分别所说的“帮助人们面对现实”，“审视现实”和“看见现实”与本文的内容有差别，正确答案为D项。
单选题 What is the best title for this passage?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】此题要求选择最符合文章内容的标题，这种题型往往要求我们对全文的中心内容有一定的理解和把握。纵观原文的几个段落，我们可以看出，原文的第一段就指出爱情盲目到无法看到对方身体上的缺陷;第二段紧接着利用研究和例子来说明了这一观点;第三段说明了这一观点是如何通过实验得出的;第四段报告实验的一些结果;第五段对实验操作进行了补充说明及展望。全文都在说明一个中心观点，即“爱情是盲目的”，作者在最后一段通过“it does seem that love is blind in all sorts of ways”进行了强调说明，所以正确答案应该选择C。