Human relations have commanded people's attention from early times. The ways of people hav

Human relations have commanded people's attention from early times. The ways of people have been recorded in innumerable myths, folktales, novels, poems, plays, and popular or philosophical essays. Although the full significance of a human relationship may not be directly evident, the complexity of feelings and actions that can be understood at a glance is surprisingly great. For this reason psychology holds a unique position among the sciences. "Intuitive" knowledge may be remarkably penetrating and can significantly help us understand human behavior. whereas in the physical sciences such common-sense knowledge is relatively primitive. If we erased all knowledge of scientific physics from our modern world, not only would we not have cars and television sets, we might even find that the ordinary person was unable to cope with the fundamental mechanical problems of pulleys and levers. On the other hand, if we removed all knowledge of scientific psychology from our world, problems in interpersonal relations might easily be coped with and solved much as before. We would still "know" how to avoid doing something asked of us and how to get someone to agree with us; we would still "know" when someone was angry and when someone was pleased. One could even offer sensible explanations for the "whys" of much of the self's behavior. and feeling. In other words, the ordinary person has a great and profound understanding of the self and of other people which, though unformulated or only vaguely conceived, enables one to interact with others in more or less adaptive ways. Kohler in referring to the lack of great discoveries in psychology as compared with physics, accounts for this by saying that "people were acquainted with practically all territories of mental life a long time before the founding of scientific psychology."

Paradoxically, with all this natural, intuitive, common-sense capacity to grasp human relations, the science of human relations has been one of the last to develop. Different explanations of this paradox have been suggested. One is that science would destroy the vain and pleasing illusions people have about themselves; but we might ask why people have always loves to read pessimistic, debunking writings, from Ecclesiastes to Freud. It has also been proposed that just because we know so much about people intuitively, there has been less incentive for studying them scientifically: why should one develop a theory, carry out systematic observations, or make predictions about the obvious? In any case, the field of human relations, with its vast literary documentation but meager scientific treatment, is in great contrast to the field of physics in which there are relatively few nonscientific books.

According to the passage, it has been suggested that the science of human relations was slow to develop because______.

A．intuitive knowledge of human relations is derived from philosophy

B．early scientists were more interested in the physical world

C．scientific studies of human relations appear to investigate the obvious

D．the scientific method is difficult to apply to the study of human relations

What is people's attention turning to today according to the passage?

A．The causes of traffic accidents.

B．The driver.

C．The roadway.

D．The car.

The part of the environmental movement that draws my firm's attention is the design of cities, buildings and products. When we designed America's first so-called "green" office building in New York two decades 【C1】______ , we felt very alone. But today, thousands of people come to green building conferences, and the 【C2】______ that buildings can be good for people and the environment will be increasingly influential in years to 【C3】______ .

Back in 1984 we discovered that most manufactured products for decoration weren't designed for 【C4】______ use. The "energy-efficient" sealed commercial buildings constructed after the 1970s energy crisis 【C5】______ indoor air quality problems caused by materials such as paint, wall covering and carpet. So for 20 years, we've been focusing on these materials 【C6】______ to the molecules, looking for ways to make them 【C7】______ for people and the planet.

Home builders can now use materials such as paints that release significantly 【C8】______ amounts of organic compounds— that don't 【C9】______ , the quality of the air, water, or soil. Ultimately, 【C10】______ , our basic design strategy is focused not simply on being "less bad" but on creating 【C11】______ healthful materials that can be either safely returned to the soil 【C12】______ reused by industry again and again. As a matter of 【C13】______ , the world's largest carpet manufacturer has already 【C14】______ a carpet that is fully and safely recyclable (可循环用的).

Look at it this way: No one 【C15】______ out to create a building that destroys the planet. But our current industrial systems are 【C16】______ causing these conditions, whether we like it or not. So 【C17】______ of simply trying to reduce the damage, we are 【C18】______ a positive approach. We're giving people high-quality, healthful products and an opportunity to make choices that have a 【C19】______ effect on the world. It's not just the building industry, either. 【C20】______ cities are taking these environmentally positive approaches to design, planning and building. Portland, Seattle and Boston have said they want to be green cities. Chicago wants to be the greenest city in the world.

【C1】

A．ago

B．off

C．before

D．away

The passage discusses a way to deal with an offensive noise by ______.

A．diverting people's attention from it

B．masking it with a louder noise

C．canceling it out electronically

D．removing its source

A、Telling an interesting story.

B、Telling an anecdote.

C、Introducing the points to be covered.

D、Greeting the audience.

( ) looking at the positive side of life, he always pays attention to the negative side,

A、More than

B、Except for

C、Except

D、Rather than

The magnificent church towers always attract people‘s attention at first.

A.ancient

B.old

C.modern

D.splendid

The magnificent church towers always attract people‘s attention at fast.

A.ancient

B.old

C.modem

D.splendid

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Friendly Relations with the People Around

l You depend on all the people closely around to give you the warm feeling of belongingness (归属)that you must have to feel secure But, in fact, the members of all the groups to which you belong also depend on you to give theft feeling to them. A person who shows that he wants everything for himself is bound (一定的) to be a lonely wolf.

l2 The need for companionship is closely related to the need for a sense of belongingness. How sad and lonely your life would be if you had no one to share your feelings and experiences. You may take it for granted that there will always be people around ,to talk to and to do things with you and for you. The important point, however, is that keeping emotionally healthy does not depend so much upon having people around you as upon your ability to establish relationships that are sat- isfy&39;ing both to you and to them.

l3 Suppose you are in a crowd watching a football game. You don&39;t know them. When the game is over, you will all go your separate ways. But just for a while you had a feeling of companion- ship, of sharing the feelings of others who were cheering for the team you wanted to win.

l4 An experience of this kind gives the clue (线索) to what companionship really is. It depends upon emotional ties of sympathy, understanding, trust, and affection. Companions become friends when these ties are formed.

5 When you are thrown in a new cirele of acquaintances (熟人), you may not know with whom you will make friends, but you can be sure that you will be able to establish friendships if you show that you really like people.

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A.Making friends with new acquaintances

B.Close link between companionship and belongingness

C.How to satisfy other people"s needs

D.An example of a satisfying relationship

E.Difficulties in establishing friendships

F.What companionship， really is

Which of the following is NOT the best way to maintain the audience’s attention?

A.Bringing visual aids.

B.Asking direct questions.

C.Speaking on an interesting topic.

D.Asking for physical movement.