Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
If you studied pictures that ancient people left on rock walls and you tried to determine their meaning, you would not detect interest in romance among the artists. 51 , you would see plenty of animals with people running after them. Life for ancient people’s earned to center on hunting and gathering wild foods for meals.
In modern times, when food is available in grocery stores, finding love is more 52 in people’s lives. The 53 is all around us. It is easy to prepare a list of modern stories having to do with love. An endless number of books and movies qualify as love stories in popular culture.
Researchers are studying whether love, a highly valued emotional state, can be 54 . They ask, what is love? Toothpaste companies want us to think attraction is all about clean teeth, but clean teeth go only so far. Scientists wonder how much the brain gets involved. You have probably heard that opposites attract but that 55 attract, too. One thing is certain: The truth about love is not yet set in stone.
First Impression
To help determine the 56 of attraction, researchers paired 164 college classmates and had them talk for 3, 6 or 10 minutes so they could get a sense of each other’s individuality. Then students were asked to 57 what kind of relationship they were likely to build with their partners. After nine weeks, they reported what happened.
As it turned out, their 58 judgments often held true. Students seemed to 59 at an early stage who would best fit into their lives.
The 60 Knows
Scientists have also turned to nonhumans to increase understanding of attraction. Many animals give off pheromones — natural chemicals that can be detected by, and then can produce a response in, other animals of the same species. Pheromones can signal that an animal is either ready to fight or is feeling 61 to partnerships. In contrast, humans do not seem to be
as 62 as other animals at detecting such chemicals. Smell, however, does seem to play a part in human attraction. Although we may not be aware of chemicals like pheromones consciously, we give and receive loads of information through smell in every interaction with other people.
Face Value
Being fond of someone seems to have a number of factors, including seeing something we find attractive. Researchers had people judge faces for 63 . The participants had 0.013 seconds to view each face, yet somehow they generally considered the images the same as people who had more time to study the same faces. The way we 64 attractiveness seem to be somewhat automatic.
When shown an attractive face and then words with good or bad associations, people responded
to 65 words faster after viewing an attractive face. Seeing something attractive seems to cause happy thinking.
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观察空格前后的句式结构，可以前面用的是you would not detect … ,后面用的是you would see ，使用的动词不同，结构相同。由于前面有not，后面没有，所以可知此处表达为意思相反，所以答案为A。
Instead 意为相反，Therefore意为因此， Moreover意为此外， Otherwise 意为否则。
不能正确辨析四个选项，不能结合语境选出正确答案。
根据上一句话“life for ancient people seemed to centre on hunting”及本句的“In modern times, finding love is…”，分析语境，知道这两个句子是把古代和现代的情况进行对比。前一句用了center，后一句用central。
romantic意为浪漫的，stressful意为压力的，central意为中心的，artificial意为人工的。
不能正确辨析四个选项，不能结合语境选出正确答案。
后两句的意思是：很容易准备一系列的有关爱的现代故事。在当前的流行文化中，无数的故事和电影归类为爱情故事。根据这两句，的意思，结合上下文语境可知道本句的意思就是有很多证明的例子，所以答案为proof.
priority 意为优先权，proof 意为证明，possibility 意为可能性，principle 意为原则。
不能正确辨析四个选项，不能结合语境选出正确答案。
根据本段的最后一句话“One thing is certain: The truth about love is not yet set in stone. 确定了一件事情是：爱的真理还不确定”可以知道科学家研究的是爱是否能够创造，而不应该是测试，改变或者是强加。其中set in stone 就像中文里说的“板上钉钉”，表示绝对不变。
tested 意为测试，imposed意为强加，changed 意为改变，created 意为创造。
不能正确辨析四个选项，不能结合语境选出正确答案。
根据划线部分前面的连词but 可以判断前后是转折的意思，而opposites意为相反的，所以答案为相似的。
appearances 意为外表，virtues 意为美德，similarities意为相似，passions 意为激情。
不能正确辨析四个选项，不能结合语境选出正确答案。
根据小标题First Impression （第一印象）以及后面所描述的实验方法、内容和结果，可以知道实验的目的是决定吸引力的成分。
illustrations 意为说明，implications 意为含义；暗示；牵连，卷入；可能的结果，影响，ingredients 意为成分，intentions 意为意图，目的。
不能正确辨析四个选项，不能结合语境选出正确答案。
根据58题后面的judgment可知此处的答案应是和judgment同义的词。又根据该句后面的句子“after nine weeks, they reported what happened”,9周之后，报道发生了什么事情，可知这一些是还没有发生的事情，也是预测到的东西。
predict意为预测，investigate意为调查，diagnose意为诊断，recall意为回忆。
不能正确辨析四个选项，不能结合语境选出正确答案。
根据第57题预测的东西，那么预测的东西相对而言就是原始的，最初的判断。
critical意为批评的，initial意为原始的，random意为随意的，mature意为成熟的。
不能正确辨析四个选项，不能结合语境选出正确答案。
根据前一句话的意思“结果证明他们最初的判断是正确的”，该句要表达的意思和前一句相同，也就是说“学生似乎能够在早期区别适合他们的生活人”。
memorize 意为记忆，distinguish 意为区别，negotiate 意为谈判， question意为疑问。
不能正确辨析四个选项，不能结合语境选出正确答案。
空格处的词是小标题，是对本段的高度概括。它往往在句首或句末找答案。在本段的最后两句话都提到了一个词smell（嗅觉），四个选项中和嗅觉有关的词只有A。
Nose 意为鼻子，Eye 意为眼睛， Heart 意为心脏， Hand意为手。
不能正确辨析四个选项，不能结合语境选出正确答案。
根据前面的搭配either… or…要么……，要么，表明此处是一个反义表达。前面使用的是战争，那么后面应该是一种开放，也就是坦诚以对。
open 意为开放的，alert 意为警觉的，resistant 意为抵抗的，superior 意为优越的。
不能正确辨析四个选项，不能结合语境选出正确答案。
根据In contrast（相反）以及后文“Although we may not be aware of chemicals 尽管我们没有意识到”， 结合上下文语境知道在这里表达人类没有像动物那么有天赋。
disappointed 意为失望的，amazed 意为惊奇的，confused 意为困惑的，gifted 意为有天赋的。
不能正确辨析四个选项，不能结合语境选出正确答案。
根据上一句话最后一个单词attractive，结合上下文知道此处的答案和这个单词attractive是同根重现，所以答案是attractiveness.
emotion意为情感，attractiveness 意为吸引力，individuality 意为个人的 ，signals意为信号。
不能正确辨析四个选项，不能结合语境选出正确答案。
该句是本段的总结，前面提到的是研究者做的吸引力实验，最后得出的结论就是我们评估吸引力的方法自动的。这是评估的方法，而不能是拥有，维持，或者是加强，所以答案为assess.
enhance 意为加强，possess 意为拥有，maintain 意为维持， assess 意为评定。
不能正确辨析四个选项，不能结合语境选出正确答案。
根据最后一句的表达“Seeing something attractive seems to cause happy thinking. 看一些吸引力的事情似乎能够导致快乐的思考。”不能得出答案的表达应该是一种快乐思考，所以答案为positive积极的。
familiar 意为熟悉，plain 意为普通的， positive 意为积极的， irritating 意为无礼的。
不能正确辨析四个选项，不能结合语境选出正确答案。