Question

【题目】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Scientists have proved what students have long suspected: Maths equations can actually trigger physical pain.

Regions of the brain linked with the experience of physical 【1】 were activated in those fearful of maths when they were presented with a tough equation, researchers have found. The higher a person’s anxiety of a maths task, the more it 【2】 activity in regions of their brain associated with visceral (内脏的) threat detection, and often the experience of pain itself.

However, the researchers say their study examines the pain response associated with anticipating an anxiety-provoking event, rather than the pain associated with a 【3】 event itself. A maths task itself is not painful but 【4】 the thought of it is highly unpleasant to certain people.

“Maths can be difficult, and for those with high levels of mathematics-anxiety (HMAs), math is associated with tension, apprehension (忧虑) and fear,” the researchers said in their paper titled. When Math Hurts. “【5】, this relation was not seen during math performance, 【6】 that it is not that math itself hurts, rather, the anticipation of math is painful. These results may also provide a potential neural mechanism to explain why (people with) HMAs tend to 【7】 math and math-related situations, which in turn can bias (使有偏见) (those with) high levels of mathematics-anxiety away from taking math classes or even entire math-related 【8】 paths. We provide the first neural 【9】 indicating the nature of the subjective experience of math-anxiety.

Other forms of psychological stress, such as social 【10】 or a traumatic break-up, can also elicit feeling of physical pain.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】K

【3】H

【4】D

【5】C

【6】J

【7】E

【8】A

【9】F

【10】I

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。文章从不同方面论证了数学方程式能够引发身体的疼痛。

【1】考查动名词。由第一段中的“Maths equations can actually trigger physical pain.”可知文章的核心就是讨论数学与身体疼痛的关系，physical为形容词，其后应跟名词或动名词，suffer的动名词形式为 suffering，physical suffering意为“身体疼痛”。故选G项。

【2】考查动词。句意：一个人对数学任务的焦虑程度越高，他们大脑中与内脏威胁检测相关的区域的活动就越频繁，而这常常是痛苦的体验。结合句意可知，一个人越焦虑，疼痛就会愈增，所以此处填increase。故选K项。

【3】考查形容词。根据 “the researchers say their study examines the pain response associated with anticipating an anxiety-provoking event”可知，研究人员测试的是与预测引发焦虑的事件相关的疼痛反应，而不是焦虑的事件本身。此处应填焦虑的，综合选项，故选H项。

【4】考查副词。句意：数学任务并不痛苦，但只不过对于某些人来说，一想到它就非常不愉快。根据语境，结合选项可知，此处填merely意为“只不过”。故选D项。

【5】考查副词。根据前文“Maths can be difficult, and for those with high levels of mathematics-anxiety (HMAs), math is associated with tension, apprehension (忧虑) and fear,” the researchers said in their paper titled.”可知，对于那些对数学有高恐惧的人来说数学是困难的。而后文又提及这并不影响数学成绩。后文事实与读者逻辑推理不相符，可知此处的结果应为出人意料的， interestingly为连接副词，意为“有趣的是，出人意料的是”，符合语境。故选C项。

【6】考查suggest引导的宾语从句及非谓语。根据前文可知，这种联系在数学成绩中并没有看到，后句为“数学本身并不是有害的”，后句为前句推理而来， suggest具有“暗示，表明”的意思，suggest的现在分词形式做状语。故选J。

【7】考查动词。结合后文“which in turn can bias (使有偏见) (those with) high levels of mathematics-anxiety away from taking math classes or even entire math-related career paths”可知患有（HMAS）的人更排斥数学，因此他们更想要避免与数学相关的东西接触，故此处填avoid。故选E项。

【8】考查名词。结合前文可知，患有HMAs的人更排斥数学，因此他们更想要逃离数学课和与与数学相关的职业，结合选项可知，应填career。故选A项。

【9】考查名词。“indicating the nature of the subjective experience of math-anxiety”意为“表明数学焦虑的主观体验的本质。”可推理前应为证据或现象，才能够表明后面的观点。结合选项evidence意为“证据”，符合语境及推断。故选F项。

【10】考查名词。结合前文“Other forms of psychological stress”意为“其他形式的心理压力”，后文social rejection意为“社会排斥”符合一种形式的心理压力。故选I项。