届高考考前热身专练日常生活、社会环保类阅读1.docVIP

2015届高考考前热身专练：日常生活、社会环保类阅读 1.（2014届陕西省五校联盟高三第二次模拟考试英语试卷） It seems hard to watch someone yawn（打哈欠） and not to yawn ourselves. Even reading about yawning can make you do it. Now, a new study has found why yawning has such a powerful force. Yawning when others yawn, the study suggests, is a sign of pity and a form of social connection. Kids don’t develop this deeply rooted behavior until around age four, the study found. Kids with autism (自闭症) are less likely to catch yawns. In the most serious cases, they never do. Yawning might help doctors to see whether the children are developing rightl