Brains or beauty？ Women are still in dilemma. A po...

Brains or beauty? Women are still in dilemma. A poll released Tuesday found 25 percent of those questioned would rather win the "America's Next Top Model" TV show than the Nobel Peace Prize. And although 75 percent of women interviewed said they'd be willing to shave their heads to save the life of a stranger, more than a quarter of those taking part admitted they would make their best friend fat for life, if it meant they could be thin. The poll was made for U. S. television network Oxygen targeted at young women. And more than 2,000 women aged 18-34 were surveyed for the poll. It also found that 88 percent of 18- to 34-year-old women would happily give up their cell phone, jewelry and makeup to keep a friendship. This survey proves an interesting dissection of today's woman and how she relates her personal image with what she values in her life. As shown in several results, women today are a complex combination of altruistic and materialistic, vain and insecure, loyal and self-serving. This survey highlights the dichotomy in all of us.

Task2

Directions:ThistaskisthesameasTask1.The5questionsorunfinishedstatementsarenumbered41to45.

Thehumanbodyhasdevelopeditsmillionsofnervestobehighlyawareofwhatgoesonbothinsideandoutsideofit.

Thishelpsusadjusttotheoutsideworld.Withoutournervesandourbrain,whichisasystemofnerves,wecouldn't

knowwhat'shappening.Butwepayforoursensitivity.Wecanfeelpainwhentheslightestthingiswrongwithanypart

ofourbody.Thehistoryoftorture(折磨)isbasedonthehumanbodybeingopentopain.

Butthereisawaytohandlepain.LookattheIndianfakir(苦行僧)whositsonabedofnails.Fakirscanputaneedlefightthroughanarm,andfeelnopain.Thisabilitythatsomehu

manshavedevelopedtohandlepainshouldgiveusideasabouthowthemindcandealwithpain.

Thebigthinginwithstandingpainisourattitudetowardit.Ifthedentistsays,"Thiswillhurtalittle,"it

helpsustoacceptthepain.Bystayingrelaxed,andbytreatingthepainasaninterestingsensation(感觉),wecanhandlethepainwithoutfallingapart.Afterall,althoughpainisanunpleasantsensation,itisstill

asensation,andsensationsarethestuffoflife.

41.Thehumanbodyhasdevelopedasystemofnervesthatenablesusto

A)stayrelaxed

B)avoidpain

C)standtorture

D)feelpain

Task2

Directions:ThistaskisthesameasTask1.The5questionsorunfinishedstatementsarenumbered41to45.

Thehumanbodyhasdevelopeditsmillionsofnervestobehighlyawareofwhatgoesonbothinsideandoutsideofit.

Thishelpsusadjusttotheoutsideworld.Withoutournervesandourbrain,whichisasystemofnerves,wecouldn’tknowwhatshappening.Butwepayforoursensitivity.Wecanfeelpainwhentheslightestthingiswrongwithany

partofourbody.Thehistoryoftorture(折磨)isbasedonthehumanbodybeingopentopain.

Butthereisawaytohandlepain.LookattheIndianfakir(苦行僧)whositsonabedofnails.Fakirscanputaneedlefightthroughanarm,andfeelnopain.Thisabilitythatsome

humanshavedevelopedtohandlepainshouldgiveusideasabouthowthemindcandealwithpain.

Thebigthinginwithstandingpainisourattitudetowardit.Ifthedentistsays,"Thiswillhurtalittle,"ithelpsustoaccept

thepain.Bystayingrelaxed,andbytreatingthepainasaninterestingsensation(感觉),wecanhandlethepainwithoutfallingapart.Afterall,althoughpainisanunpleasantsensation,itisstillasensation,

andsensationsarethestuffoflife.

41.Thehumanbodyhasdevelopedasystemofnervesthatenablesusto

A)stayrelaxed

B)avoidpain

C)standtorture

D)feelpain

According to the text, the gap in percentage between women Ph. D. s and women profes-

sors indicates that ________.

[ A] universities lack competitiveness in the recruitment market

[ B] a lot of women professors have chosen to leave universities

[ C] few women Ph. D. s are qualified for the competitive campus

[ D] universities are faced with the problem of female brain drain

If you cant resist the chance to put on a bet, blame your insula—a region of your brain. Scientists think that when this brain area is overactive, the heart rules our head and we cant help but【C1】______our losses. The Cambridge University researchers said: "Future treatments for gambling addiction could seek to reduce this overactivity, either by drugs or psychological techniques." The researchers made the【C2】______after asking people with various brain injuries and healthy people play slot machine and roulette (a gambling game). A near miss on the slot machines made the players,【C3】______those with the damaged insulas, extra-keen to try their luck again.【C4】______, all of the players, apart from those with faulty insulas, made a【C5】______mistake when playing roulette. Dr Luke Clark from the University of Cambridge, who led the research, explained that during gambling games, people often【C6】______their chances of winning【C7】______a number of errors of thinking called【C8】______distortions. For example, near-misses seem to encourage further play,【C9】______they are no different from any other loss. In a【C10】______sequence like tossing a coin, a【C11】______of one event (heads) makes people think the other【C12】______(tails) is due next; this is known as the gamblers fallacy. There is increasing【C13】______that problem gamblers are particularly prone to these erroneous beliefs. By studying these people, the researchers found that all of them—【C14】______the exception of the patients with insula damage—reported a【C15】______motivation to play following near-misses in the slot machine game, and also fell【C16】______to the gamblers fallacy in the roulette game. The finding, which is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that the insula, which is【C17】______in gut feelings and decision-making, is key to the psychology of gambling. "Based on these results, we【C18】______that the insula could be overactive in problem gamblers, making them more【C19】______to these errors of thinking," said Dr Clarke. "Future treatments for gambling addiction could seek to reduce this overactivity, either by drugs or by psychological techniques like mindfulness【C20】______."

【C1】

A．stop

B．regret

C．chase

D．figure