1、大学英语六级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 146（无答案）Section C0 George Herbert Mead said that humans are talked into humanity. He meant that we gain personal identity as we communicate with others. In the earliest years of our lives, our parents tell us who we are. “Youre【B1】_.“ “Youre so strong.“ We first see ourselves thro
2、ugh the eyes of others, so their messages form important【B2】_of our self-concepts. Later we interact with teachers, friends,【B3】_partners, and co-workers who communicate their views of us. Thus, how we see ourselves reflects the views of us that others communicate. The【B4 】_connection between identi
3、ty and communication is dramatically evident in children who【B5】_human contact. Case studies of children who were isolated from others reveal that they lack a firm self-concept, and their mental and psychological development is severely hindered by lack of language. Communication with others not onl
4、y affects our sense of identity but also directly influences our physical and emotional【B6】_. Consistently, research shows that communicating with others promotes health, whereas social isolation【B7】_stress, disease, and early death. People who lack close friends have greater levels of anxiety and d
5、epression than people who are close to others. A group of researchers reviewed【B8】_studies that traced the relationship between health and interaction with others. The conclusion was that social isolation is【B9】_as dangerous as high blood pressure, smoking and obesity. Many doctors and researchers b
6、elieve that loneliness harms the immune system, making us more【B10 】_to a range of minor and major illnesses.1 【B1 】2 【B2 】3 【B3 】4 【B4 】5 【B5 】6 【B6 】7 【B7 】8 【B8 】9 【B9 】10 【B10 】10 The ancient Greeks developed basic memory systems called Mnemonics. The name【B1 】_their Goddess of Memory, Mnemosene
7、. In the ancient world, a trained memory was an【B2】_asset, particularly in public life. There were no【B3 】_devices for taking notes and early Greek orators delivered long speeches with great【B4】_because they learned the speeches using Mnemonic systems. The Greeks discovered that human memory is【B5】_
8、an associative processthat it works by【B6】_. For example, think of an apple. The instant your brain registers the word “apple“, it 【B7】_the shape, colour, taste, smell and【B8】_of that fruit. All these things are associated in your memory with the word “apple“. This means that any thought about a cer
9、tain subject will often bring up more memories that 【B9】_it. An example could be when you think about a lecture you have had. This could trigger a memory about what you were talking about through that lecture, which can then trigger another memory. Associations do not have to be【B10】_. They just hav
10、e to make a good link An example given on a website I was looking at follows: Do you remember the shape of Austria, Canada, Belgium or Germany? Probably not. What about Italy, though? If you remember the shape of Italy, it is because you have been told sometime that Italy is shaped like a boot. You
11、made an association with something already known, the shape of a boot, and Italys shape could not be forgotten once you had made the association.11 【B1 】12 【B2 】13 【B3 】14 【B4 】15 【B5 】16 【B6 】17 【B7 】18 【B8 】19 【B9 】20 【B10 】20 Dr. Alan Hirsch designs smells for businesses. He says that it doesnt t
12、ake a whole lot of smell to affect you. Store owners can【B1 】_you to the candy aisleeven if you dont realize youre smelling candy! This idea【B2】_a lot of people. Groups that protect the rights of shoppers are【 B3】_. They say the stores are using a kind of brainwashing, which they call “smell-washing
13、.“ “Its pretty dishonest,“ says Mark Silbergeld. He runs an organization that【B4】_products for consumers.The scientists hired to design the scents disagree. “Theres soft background music. Theres special lighting. There are all【B5】_bells being used,“ says Dr. Hirsch. “Why not smells? “ “One reason wh
14、y not,“ says Silbergeld, “is that some people are【B6】_to certain scents pumped into products or stores.“ But theres a whole other side to this【B7】_. Do the smells really work? So far, there is little【 B8】_one way or the other. But Dr. Hirsch has run some interesting experiments. In one of Hirschs ex
15、periments, 31 volunteers were led into a shoe store that smelled【B9 】_like flowers. Later, another group shopped in the same store, but with no flower【B10】_. Dr. Hirsch found that 84 percent of the shoppers were more likely to buy the shoes in the flower-scented room. But Hirsch found out something even stranger. “Whether the volunteers liked the flower scent or not didnt matter,“ Hirsch says. “Some reported that they hated the smell. But they still were more likely to buy the shoes in the scented room.“21 【B1 】22 【B2 】23 【B3 】24 【B4 】25 【B5 】26 【B6 】27 【B7 】28 【B8 】29 【B9 】30 【B10 】
