填空题Directions: In this section, there is a passage with 10
blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of
choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through
carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a
letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2
with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the
bank more than once. Putting feelings into
words makes sadness and anger less intense, US brain researchers said on
Wednesday. They said talking about negative feelings activates
a part of the brain {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}for impulse
control. Matthew Lieberman, a Los Angeles researcher, and his colleagues
{{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}the brains of 30 people—18 women and
12 men between 18 and 36—who were shown pictures of faces {{U}} {{U}}
3 {{/U}} {{/U}}strong emotions. They were asked to {{U}} {{U}}
1 {{/U}} {{/U}}the feelings in words like "sad" or "angry".
What they found is that when people {{U}} {{U}} 5
{{/U}} {{/U}}a word like "angry" to an angry-looking face, the response in the
amygdale (扁桃核) portion of the brain that handles fear, panic and other strong
emotions decreased. What lights up instead is the right
ventrolateral (腹外侧的) prefrontal (前头叶的) cortex, part of the brain that controls
impulses. Lieberman said the same region of the brain has been found in
{{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}studies to play a role in motor
control. "If you are driving along and you see a yellow light, you have to
inhibit one response in order to step on the brake," he said. "This same region
helps to inhibit {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}responses as
well." The researchers did not find {{U}} {{U}} 8
{{/U}} {{/U}}differences along gender lines, but Lieberman said prior studies
had hinted at some differences in the {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}}
{{/U}}men and women derived from talking about their feelings. "Women may do more
of this {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}, but when men are
instructed to do it, they may get more benefits from it," he said.
A. associated
I. interpreting B. attached
J.
prior C. benefits
K. responsible D.
categorise
L. scanned E. emotional
M. significant
F. expressing
N. spontaneously G. generalise
O.
welfare H. instantaneously