Passage 2
Emotion is sometimes regarded as the opposite of reason, as is suggested by phrases such as 'appeal to emotions rather than reason' and 'don't let your emotions take over'. Emotional reactions sometimes produce consequences or thoughts which people may later regret or disagree with, but during an emotional state, they could not control their actions. Thus, it is generally believed that one of the most distinctive facts about human beings is a contradiction between emotion and reason.
However, recent empirical studies do not suggest there is a clear distinction between reason and emotion. Indeed, anger or fear can often be thought of as an instinctive response to observed facts. The human mind possesses many possible reactions to the external world. Those reactions can lie on a continuum, with some of them involving the extreme of pure intellectual logic, which is often called 'cold' , and others involving the extreme of pure emotion not related to logical agreement, which is called 'the heat of passion'. The relation between logic and emotion merits careful study. Passion, emotion, or feeling can reinforce an argument, even one based primarily on reason. This is especially true in religion or ideology, which frequently demands an all-or-nothing rejection or acceptance. In such areas of thought, human beings have to adopt a comprehensive view partly backed by empirical argument and partly by feeling and passion. Moreover, several researchers have suggested that typically there is no 'pure' decision or thought; that is, no thought is based 'purely' on intellectual logic or 'purely' on emotion—most decisions are founded on a mixture of both.
What result may come from emotional reactions? ______
事实细节题 题干大意是：情绪反应可能会带来什么样的后果?根据第一段第二句“Emotional reactions sometimes produce consequences or thoughts which people may later regret or disagree with, but during an emotional state, they could not control their actions. ”可知，情绪反应有时会产生人们之后可能会后悔或不赞成的后果或想法，但在情绪状态下，他们无法控制自己的行为，即情绪反应有时可能会带来人们之后可能会后悔的后果。故选A。
Why does the writer mention the phrase 'appeal to emotions rather than reason'? ______
推理判断题 题干大意是：作者为什么提到“appeal to emotions rather than reason”这句习语?根据第一段第一句“Emotion is sometimes regarded as the opposite of reason, as is suggested by phrases such as 'appeal to emotions rather than reason' and 'don't let your emotions take over'. ”可知，情绪有时被认为是理性的对立面，正如“诉诸情感而非理性”和“不要让你的情绪占上风”等习语所暗示的那样。由此可推知，作者提到这句习语是为了进一步解释“情绪有时被认为是理性的对立面”这一观点。故选D。
Which of the following does not belong to emotion? ______
推理判断题 题干大意是：下列哪一项不属于情绪?根据第一段第一句“Emotion is sometimes regarded as the opposite of reason...”可知，情绪有时被认为是理性的对立面，而逻辑(logic)常被看作是理性的，根据常识可推知，C项不属于情绪。根据第二段第二句“Indeed, anger or fear can often be thought of as an instinctive response to observed facts. ”和第二段第四句“...and others involving the extreme of pure emotion not related to logical agreement, which is called 'the heat of passion'. ”可知，anger(愤怒)，fear(害怕)，passion(强烈情感)均属于情绪。故选C。
What does the writer mean by 'cold'? ______
词语理解题 题干大意是：作者提到的“cold”是什么意思?根据第二段第四句“Those reactions can lie on a continuum, with some of them involving the extreme of pure intellectual logic, which is often called 'cold, and others involving the extreme of pure emotion not related to logical agreement, which is called 'the heat of passion'. ”可知，这些反应可以是连续的，其中一些涉及极端的纯理性逻辑，这通常被称为“冷静”，另一些涉及极端的纯情绪，与逻辑一致无关，被称为“强烈的情感”。由此可推知，cold意为“冷静”，A项(极度理性地思考事情)与其意思最为接近。故选A。
What is the conclusion of the passage? ______
主旨大意题 题干大意是：这篇文章的结论是什么?通读全文可知，文章最后一句“Moreover, several researchers have suggested that typically there is no 'pure' decision or thought; that is, no thought is based 'purely' on intellectual logic or 'purely' on emotion—most decisions are founded on a mixture of both. ”阐述了关于情绪和理性的结论：通常不存在“纯粹的”决定或想法；也就是说，没有任何思想是“纯粹”基于理性逻辑或“纯粹”基于情绪的——大多数决策都是基于两者的混合。故选C。