2018年考研英语一真题

Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and markA,B,C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)Trust is a tricky business.On the one hand,it's a necessary condition 1 manyworthwhile things:child care,friendships,etc.On the other hand,putting your 2 inthe wrong place often carries a high 3.4,why do we trust at all?Well,because it feels good.5 people placetheir trust in an individual or an institution,their brains release oxytocin,a hormonethat 6 pleasurable feelings and triggers the herding instinct that promptshumans to 7 with one another.Scientists have found that exposure 8 thishormone puts us in a trusting 9 In a Swiss study,researchers sprayed oxytocin intothe noses of half the subjects;those subjects were ready to lend significantly higheramounts of money to strangers than were their 10 who inhaled something else.11 for us,we also have a sixth sense for dishonesty that may 12 us.ACanadian study found that children as young as 14 months can differentiate 13 acredible person and a dishonest one.Sixty toddlers were each 14 to an adulttester holding a plastic container.The tester would ask,"What's in here?"beforelooking into the container,smiling,and exclaiming,"Wow!"Each subject was theninvited to look 15.Half of them found a toy;the other half 16 thecontainer was empty-and realized the tester had 17 them.Among the children who had not been tricked,the majority were 18 tocooperate with the tester in learning a new skill,demonstrating that they trusted hisleadership.19,only five of the 30 children paired with the "20 "testerparticipated in a follow-up activity.