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8.29 考研英语阅读题源外刊模拟试题【完形填空】
Section I Use of English
Part A
Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
Some people can walk into a room and put everyone instantly 1_____ ease. Others seem to make people clench their teeth no matter what they do. A small body of psychology research 2_____ that the way a person tends to make others feel is a 3_____ and measurable part of personality. Researchers call it "4_____ presence."
The concept 5_____ from a study in which business-school students spent a semester in the same groups, then rated how much each other member made them feel various emotions. A 6_____ portion of what group members felt could be traced back to their peers' affective presence. This effect operates 7_____ of a person's own emotional state: those with positive affective presence make others feel good even when they themselves are anxious — some may simply be content because they always 8_____ their way — while the opposite holds for those with negative affective presence.
People who consistently make others feel good tend to occupy more central positions in their social networks and attract more romantic interest. In the workplace, leaders whose presence puts colleagues at ease 9_____ over teams that share information more freely and generate more innovative ideas, 10_____ subordinates feel more 11_____ about proposing suggestions that might 12_____ the status quo.
What exactly 13_____ this effect remains largely unstudied, though it may have something to do with body language, tone of voice, or simply being 14_____ to how one's mood affects those nearby. Researchers 15_____ it has something to do with how well people regulate emotion, both their own and other people's. Everyone experiences emotional "blips" throughout the day; the key question is whether a person can keep those blips from 16_____ over and affecting everyone nearby.
Such regulation is not always healthy: suppressing one's feelings purely to keep others comfortable can take a real 17_____ . 18_____ is positive affective presence necessarily a virtue: it is closely 19_____ to emotional intelligence, a trait that can just as easily be turned toward manipulation as toward genuine 20_____ .
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参考答案见以下。
1-5:CBDAC / 6-10:DBADA / 11-15:CBADB / 16-20:CDBAC
1. C
定位:"put everyone instantly ___ ease"。
分析:"put... at ease"(使某人放松、安心)是固定习语搭配,介词固定为at,不能替换为in/on/by。
2. B
定位:"A small body of psychology research ___ that..."
分析:"a small body of research"(少量的研究)本身带有保留、试探的语气,与之匹配的应是同样留有余地的suggests(表明、暗示),而indicates语气略强、confirms(证实)语气过强、implies(暗含言外之意)语义方向不同,均与"小规模研究"的谨慎措辞不符。
3. D
定位:"a ___ and measurable part of personality"
分析:consistent(稳定一致的)与persistent(持续的、坚持不懈的)、resistant(抵抗的)、insistent(坚持己见的)词形相近(同以-sistent结尾),极易混淆,但语义完全不同。此处强调"情感存在感"是人格中稳定、可测量的一部分,应选consistent,与后文"measurable"(可测量的)构成并列呼应。
4. A定位:"Researchers call it '___ presence.'"
分析:affective(情感的、与情绪相关的)与effective(有效的)、affectionate(充满深情的)、affected(做作的;受影响的)同根异形,极易混淆。"情感存在感"这一概念本身就叫affective presence,指的是一个人在情绪层面对他人产生的影响,故选affective。
5. C
定位:"The concept ___ from a study..."
分析:emerged(浮现、产生)、arose(出现)、stemmed(源自)、derived(源自)虽语义相近,但"概念从一项研究中浮现/诞生"这一搭配最自然地对应emerged from a study,其余三项虽可分别接from,但在描述"某个概念首次被提出/形成"这一语境下,emerged是最贴切的选择。
6. D
定位:"A ___ portion of what group members felt..."
分析:considerable(相当大的、可观的)与considerate(体贴的)、considered(经过深思的)、inconsiderate(不体贴的)同根异形。此处修饰"portion"(部分、比例),表示"相当大的一部分",应选considerable;considerate等词均用于形容人的品性,与"portion"搭配不当。
7. B
定位:"This effect operates ___ of a person's own emotional state"
分析:"independently of"(不受……影响、独立于)为固定搭配,表示该效应的运作不受个人自身情绪状态左右;separately/differently/accordingly均无法与介词of构成这一固定含义的搭配。
8. A
定位:"they always ___ their way"
分析:"get one's way"(如愿以偿、按自己的意愿行事)是固定习语,get为固定动词,不能替换为make/take/hold their way。
9. D
定位:"leaders whose presence puts colleagues at ease ___ over teams..."
分析:"preside over"(主持、统领)为固定短语动词,指"执掌、统领(团队)";dwell/linger/reflect均无法与over构成这一含义的固定搭配。
10. A
定位:"...generate more innovative ideas, ___ subordinates feel more confident..."
分析:此处需要一个表因果关系的连接词,说明"团队产生更多创新想法"正是"因为"下属感到更有信心提出建议,故选since(因为);unless(除非)、though(尽管)、once(一旦)均无法构成这一因果逻辑关系。
11. C
定位:"...subordinates feel more ___ about proposing suggestions..."
分析:confident(自信的)与confidential(机密的)、conflicted(矛盾的)、confiding(推心置腹的)同根异形。此处指下属对提出建议"更有信心",应选confident;confidential意为"机密的",与语境完全不符,是典型的同根异义陷阱。
12. B
定位:"...suggestions that might ___ the status quo"
分析:"challenge the status quo"(挑战现状)为固定搭配,是描述"提出革新性建议"时的常用表达;inherit/postpone/resemble均无法与status quo构成惯用搭配。
13. A
定位:"What exactly ___ this effect remains largely unstudied"
分析:produces(产生)、generates(生成)、triggers(触发)、induces(诱发)语义相近,但均可指"导致某效应";此处强调的是"究竟是什么在产生/造成这种效应"这一根本性追问,produces语域最中性、最贴合"remains largely unstudied"这种客观陈述的语气。
14. D
定位:"...simply being ___ to how one's mood affects those nearby"
分析:sensitive(敏感的、能敏锐察觉的)与sensible(明智的)、sensory(感官的)、senseless(无意义的;失去知觉的)同根异形。此处指"对自己情绪如何影响周围人保持敏锐察觉",应选sensitive;sensible(明智的)是最常见的同根混淆陷阱,二者词形相近但语义截然不同。
15. B
定位:"Researchers ___ it has something to do with..."
分析:suspect(推测、怀疑)、assume(假定)、presume(推定)、speculate(推测)语义相近,但suspect最适合表达"研究者根据现有迹象推测、但尚未证实"这种留有余地的科研表述语气,与前文"remains largely unstudied"(尚未被充分研究)的谨慎口吻相呼应。
16. C
定位:"...keep those blips from ___ over and affecting everyone nearby"
分析:"spill over"(溢出、蔓延)为固定短语动词,比喻情绪波动"外溢"影响他人;handing/turning/passing over均无法构成这一比喻含义的固定搭配。
17. D
定位:"...can take a real ___"
分析:"take a toll"(造成损耗、带来负面代价)是固定习语,toll为固定搭配词,不能替换为turn/break/rest。
18. B
定位:"___ is positive affective presence necessarily a virtue"
分析:前一句为否定表述("regulation is not always healthy"),此处需要一个能承接否定语气、并引发主谓倒装结构的连接词,Nor(也不)恰好同时满足"承接否定"与"引导倒装"两个语法条件(Nor + is + 主语);So/Thus/Yet均不具备这一倒装引导功能,且逻辑衔接也不成立。
19. A
定位:"it is closely ___ to emotional intelligence"
分析:"closely related to"(与……密切相关)为最常见、最自然的固定搭配;connected/linked/tied虽然语义相近,但与closely搭配的惯用程度不及related to。
20. C
定位:"...as toward genuine ___"
分析:warmth(温暖、真诚的善意)、kindness(善良)、affection(喜爱)、tenderness(温柔)语义相近,但warmth与前文"manipulation"(操纵)构成的对比最为贴切、最符合英语惯用搭配"genuine warmth"(真诚的温暖),是描述"情感智力"良性一面时最常见的表达。
【参考译文】
有些人走进房间就能让所有人瞬间放松下来。而有些人无论做什么,似乎都让人感到紧张不安。少量心理学研究表明,一个人带给他人的感受是其人格中一个稳定且可衡量的组成部分。研究人员称之为“情感存在感”。
这一概念源于一项研究:商学院学生在同一小组中度过一个学期,然后评估其他成员带给他们的各种情绪感受。结果发现,小组成员的感受很大一部分可以追溯到同伴的情感存在感。这种效应独立于个人的情绪状态:拥有积极情感存在感的人即使自己焦虑不安,也能让别人感到愉悦——有些人可能只是因为总是能如愿以偿而感到满足——而拥有消极情感存在感的人则恰恰相反。
经常让别人感到快乐的人往往在社交网络中占据更核心的地位,并吸引更多人的浪漫兴致。在职场中,那些能让同事感到自在的领导者,其团队的信息共享更加自由,创新思维也更加活跃,因为下属更有信心提出可能挑战现状的建议。
这种效应究竟是如何产生的,目前尚无定论,但可能与肢体语言、语调,或者仅仅是对自身情绪如何影响周围人的敏感度有关。研究人员怀疑,这与人们调节自身和他人情绪的能力密切相关。每个人一天中都会经历情绪波动;关键问题在于,一个人能否控制这些波动,避免影响到周围的人。
这种情绪调节并非总是健康的:仅仅为了让他人感到舒适而压抑自己的感受,会造成严重的负面影响。积极的情感表达也并非必然是美德:它与情商密切相关,而情商既可以用于表达真诚的温暖,也可以用于操纵他人。