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2025北京高三一模英语汇编

阅读表达

一、阅读表达

（2025北京东城高三一模）阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答。

Picturethis:Yourteamisracingagainsttimetosubmitanewproposal.Youfinallymanagetoputallthe

documentstogether.Theproposallooksgreatandyou’reconfidentthatyou’llprobablywinit.Aweeklater,you

getanemail:“Wereallylikedyourproposal,butwefoundamistakeinit.So...”You’refrustratedandangry.You

callyourteamin,blamethemfornotcheckingthedocumentscarefully,andstormoutoftheroom.What’sthe

possibleresult?Yourteamprobablythinksyou’rethanklessandunkind.Yourrelationshipmaybedamaged.

Astudyshowsthatthebrainrespondsmorestronglytobadexperiencesthangoodones.Theauthors

concludedthat,“Goodcanonlymatchorovercomebadbystrengthofnumbers.”Howmuchgoodcanovercome

bad?Fivepositiveexperiencesareaboutequaltoonenegativeone.

Weareallnaturallywiredtoblameotherpeopleorcircumstanceswhenthingsgowrong.Thisispartially

psychological,drivenbythefundamentalattributionbias.Wetendtobelievethatwhatpeopledoreflectswhothey

are,ratherthanconsideringtheremaybeotherfactorsinfluencingtheirbehaviour.

Thereisalsoabiologicalexplanation.Recentresearchshowsthatpositiveeventsareprocessedbythe

大脑皮层，

prefrontalcortex()whichtakesawhileandtendstoconcludethatgoodthingshappenbyluck.Negative

events,ontheotherhand,areprocessedbytheamygdala,whichcontrolsourfight-or-flightresponse.The

amygdalausuallyconcludesthatbadthingshappenonpurpose,anditcomestothisconclusionlightningfast.So

fastthatwedon’tevennoticeweremakinganassumption;wejustknowthatthepersonclosesttotheproblem

musthavedoneitonpurpose!

Thisleadstothesecondproblemwithblame-wedontnoticehowoftenwedoit.Thiscanbedamaging.Our

brainsinterpretblamet