专升本英语阅读理解专项强化真题试卷3
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Scientists have been struggling to find out the reason behind blushing (脸红) . Why would humans evolve (进化) a【41】that puts us at a social disadvantage by【42】us to reveal that we have cheated or lied?
Charles Darwin pointed out that【43】all people of all races blush, animals do not. When it came to explaining the reason, he was【44】a loss. That has not stopped others from trying.
One【45】is that blushing started out as a way to show we obey authoritative members of the group. Later, as our social interactions became【46】complex, it became involved with higher, self-conscious【47】such as guilt, shame and embarrassment. This would seem to put individuals at a disadvantage, but blushing might actually make a person more【48】or socially desirable.
【49】that women blush more than men, one university researcher suggests that blushing might have evolved as a way for women to【50】their honesty to men so as to win their support in raising children. Some zoologists also think blushing could have emerged as a way to foster trust.
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1.(A)
A. response
B. reply
C. reflection
D. recall
解析：文章主题是人类为什么会脸红。response意为“反应”；reply意为“回复”；reflection意为“反射，倒影”；recall意为“回忆”。根据文章主题，脸红是一种反应。
2.(B)
A. forbidding
B. forcing
C. encouraging
D. preventing
解析：forbid意为“禁止”；force意为“迫使”；encourage意为“鼓励”：prevent意为“阻止”。根据原文，脸红会暴露自己在说谎。
3.(B)
A. when
B. while
C. since
D. because
解析：这里引用达尔文所说的话。when和while都表示“当……时候”的意思，但while有“与……相反”的意思，翻译成“然而，却”。since和because表示原因。根据上下文，这里是说人类与动物不一样，人类会脸红，而动物却不脸红。应选择表示相反的词。
4.(C)
A. on
B. in
C. at
D. of
解析：at a loss是固定词组，表示茫然。这部分是说，达尔文指出人类会脸红而动物不会的时候也是茫然的，说不出其原因。
5.(A)
A. suggestion
B. advice
C. solution
D. question
解析：suggestion意为“建议”；advice意为“劝告”；solution意为“解决”；question意为“问题”。达尔文解不开的谜，更多的人想试一试。所谓“试(trying)”就是不肯定。
6.(D)
A. apparently
B. completely
C. awkwardly
D. increasingly
解析：apparently意为“明显地”；completely意为“完全地”；awkwardly意为“危险地，不舒服地”；increasingly意为“日益地”。根据原文，社会在发展，社会交往肯定也是日益复杂。
7.(C)
A. moods
B. senses
C. emotions
D. tempers
解析：mood意为“情绪、心情”；sense意为“感官”；emotion意为“情感”；temper 意为“脾气”。原文列举了如guilt(愧疚)、shame(羞愧)、embarrassment(尴尬)等感觉。这些显然不属于sense(感官)和temper(脾气)，排除。mood和emotion的区别在于，mood表示就某种事件或某段时间影响下所产生的心情或情绪，emotion表示主观上的下意识的感觉。原文在分析人类脸红的原因，从人类自身的情感着手。所以，这里应是emotion。
8.(D)
A. privileged
B. embarrassed
C. energetic
D. attractive
解析：privileged意为“享有特权的”；embarrassment意为“尴尬”；energetic意为“充满活力的”；attractive意为“有吸引力的”。根据原文空格后的“or socially desirable(社交上更合适)”判断，attractive(有吸引力的)最恰当：人类的脸红可能使人更具有吸引力或者说社交上更合适。
9.(A )
A. Noting
B. Providing
C. Assuming
D. Hoping
解析：note意为“注意”；provide意为“提供”；assume意为“假设”；hope意为“希望”。根据原文，注意到女性较男性更容易脸红……
10.(D)
A. assure
B. approve
C. confirm
D. demonstrate
解析：assure意为“确信”；approve意为“批准”；confirm意为“确认”；demonstrate意为“显示，证明”。根据原文，女性的脸红是向男性表示诚实的一种方式。
11.(B)
A. for
B. with
C. by
D. as
解析：这里表示伴随状态，应用with。原文大意是，跟一个面无表情的人去打猎，……
12.(C)
A. say
B. speak
C. tell
D. talk
解析：say意为“说”；speak意为“发言”；tell意为“告诉”；talk意为“谈话”。根据原文，可直接排除speak
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