2025年5月10日北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试--真题及答案解析.pdfVIP

北京地区成人本科学士学位英语考试真题及答案解

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（2025年5月10日）

PartIReadingComprehension(30%)

Directions:Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageis

followedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachofthem

therearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthe

bestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

Passage1

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Whydoweyawn（打呵欠）?Thisstrangethingpeopledowhentheyfeeltired

orboredisactuallysomethingmysterious.Yawningcanbeunbelievablyeasy

tocatch—whenyouseeotherpeopleyawning,youmayoftenfindyourself

wantingtoyawn,too.Evenreadingaboutyawningcanmakeyouyawn.

AndrewGallup,whoworksatStateUniversityofNewYorkPolytechnicInstitute

intheUSisayawnexpert.Accordingtohim,anaturalyawnhasnothingtodo

withraisingoxygenlevels.Instead,itmayhelpincreasealertness(警觉)and

seemstobecausedbyrisesinbraintemperature.

Contagious(传染的)yawnsaredifferent.OnestudyfromBaylorUniversityin

theUSsuggestedthatcatchingayawnisallaboutempathy—theabilityto

feeltheemotionsofothers.Thestudyshowedthatpeoplewhostruggleto

empathizewithothersarelesslikelytofindayawncontagious.

(76)Itsnotjusthumanswhoyawn,though.Scientistshavealsostudiedthe

behaviorinanimals.AstudyoflionsinSouthAfricafoundthatafteryawning,

lionswouldmovewitheachotherintime.Thisshowsthatanopenmouthcould

beawayforthebigcatstofeeleachothersfeelings,whichisparticularly

importantforhighlysocialanimalssuchaslions.

Gallupsaysthatyawningmighthavedevelopedtokeepgroupsofhumanssafe.

Byimitatingeachother,peoplemayactuallyincreasetheawarenessofagroup

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