大学英语四级仔细阅读专项强化真题试卷9
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1.What did researchers find puzzling about the first-night effect?(D)
A. To what extent it can trouble people.
B. What role it has played in evolution.
C. What circumstances may trigger it.
D. In what way it can be beneficial.
解析：事实细节题。文章第二段开头指出，佐木博士认为初夜效应很有可能和人类的进化方式有关。但令她感到困惑的是，初夜效应可能会导致第二天表现不佳，那它又能带来什么好处呢?也就是初夜效应能产生怎样的好处，故答案为D)。
2.What do we learn about Dr. Yuka Sasaki doing her research?(C)
A. She found birds and dolphins remain alert while asleep.
B. She found birds and dolphins sleep in much the same way.
C. She got some idea from previous studies on birds and dolphins.
D. She conducted studies on birds’ and dolphins’ sleeping patterns.
解析：事实细节题。定位句指出，佐木博士从之前对鸟类和海豚的研究工作中对初夜效应得到了一些相关的结论，并猜想人类是否也是这样，故答案为C)。
3.What did Dr. Sasaki do when she first did her experiment?(A)
A. She monitored the brain activity of participants sleeping in a new environment.
B. She recruited 35 participants from her Department of Psychological Sciences.
C. She studied the differences between the two sides of participants’ brains.
D. She tested her findings about birds and dolphins on human subjects.
解析：事实细节题。定位句指出，佐木博士让参与者分别在系里睡两夜，并通过技术手段仔细地监控观察他们大脑的活动情况，故答案为A)。
4.What did Dr. Sasaki do when re-running her experiment?(C)
A. She analyzed the negative effect of irregular tones on brains.
B. She recorded participants’ adaptation to changed environment.
C. She exposed her participants to two different stimuli.
D. She compared the responses of different participants.
解析：推理判断题。文中第三段第一句指出，佐木博士在新的实验中将定时响起且音调不变的蜂鸣声和随时响起且音调各异的蜂鸣声混杂在一起，播放给睡眠中的参与者听。由此可知，参与者接受了两种不同的声音刺激。故答案为C)。
5.What did Dr. Sasaki find about the participants in her experiment?(B)
A. They tended to enjoy certain tones more than others.
B. They tended to perceive irregular beeps as a threat.
C. They felt sleepy when exposed to regular beeps.
D. They differed in their tolerance of irregular tones.
解析：推理判断题。定位句指出，如果大脑左半球在陌生的环境中为了防卫而保持警觉，那么它会对这种不规律的蜂鸣声有所反应，从而把睡眠中的人弄醒。也就是说，这些实验参与者把这种不规律的蜂鸣声当作某种威胁从而影响睡眠，故答案为B)。
It\’s time to reevaluate how women handle conflict at work. Being overworked or over-committed at home and on the job will not get you where you want to be in life. It will only slow you down and hinder your career goals.
Did you know women are more likely than men to feel exhausted? Nearly twice as many women than men ages 18-44 reported feeling \\
6.What does the author say is the problem with women?(D)
A. They are often unclear about the career goals to reach.
B. They are usually more committed at home than on the job.
C. They tend to be over-optimistic about how far they could go.
D. They tend to push themselves beyond the limits of their ability.
解析：推理判断题。文中第一段第二、三句指出，在家庭和工作中过度劳累或承担过多只会让女性减速，并且妨碍其职业目标。这两种“过度”可以推断为女性承担超出自己能力范围的任务，故答案为D)。
7.Why do working women of child-bearing age tend to feel drained of energy?(A)
A. They struggle to satisfy the demands of both work and home.
B. They are too devoted to work and unable to relax as a result.
C. They do their best to cooperate with t
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