2011年12月英語六級聽力精練第1套-短文理解3

　　33. A) Enjoying strong feelings and emotions.B) Defying all dangers when they have to.C) Being fond of making sensational news.D) Dreaming of becoming famous one day.

　　34.A) Working in an emergency room.B) Watching horror movies.C) Listening to rock music.D) Doing daily routines.

　　35. A) A rock climber. B) A psychologist.C) A resident doctor.D) A career consultant.

　　(35) So we’ve already talked a bit about the growth of extreme sports like rock-climbing. As psychologists, we need to ask ourselves: Why is this person doing this? Why do people take these risks and put themselves in danger whenthey don’t have to? (33) One common trait among risk-takers is that they enjoy strong feelings or sensations. We call this trait sensation-seeking. A sensation-seeker is someone who’s always looking for new sensations. What else do we know about sensation-seekers? Well, as I said, sensation-seekers like strong emotions. You can see this trait in many parts of a person’s life, not just in extreme sports. For example, many sensation-seekers enjoy hard rock music. They like the loud sound and strong emotion of the songs. Similarly, sensation-seekers enjoy frightening horror movies. They like the feeling of being scared and horrified while watching the movie. This feeling is even stronger for extreme sports where the person faces real danger. Sensation-seekers feel the danger is very exciting. In addition, sensation-seekers like new experiences that force them to push their personal limits. (34) For them, repeating the same things everyday is boring. Many sensation-seekers choose jobs that involve risk, such as starting a new business or being an emergency room doctor. These jobs are different everyday, so they never know what will happen. That’s why many sensation-seekers also like extreme sports. When you do rock-climbing, you never know what will happen. The activity is always new and different.

　　預覽三道題各選項，根據33、34題推斷本文可能與一些高難度的刺激活動相關，如攀巖、看恐怖電影等。

　　33. According to the speaker, what is a common trait among risk-takers?[答案]A) Enjoying strong feelings and emotions.[聽前猜測]四個選項都是動名詞短語，而且都是描述人的喜好的，可以推測本題考查人的喜好或性格特點。[精解]文章中提到，喜歡冒險的人的一個最常見的特性是they enjoy strong feelings or sensations，即他們喜歡強烈的感覺和感情。sensation意為“感覺，感情”，與emotion同義，故選項A)正確。

　　34. What do sensation-seekers find boring?[答案]D) Doing daily routines.[聽前猜測]四個選項都是動名詞短語，都是一些人類活動，由此推測本題可能考查人的動作。[精解]文章在后半部分提到For them, repeating the same things everyday is boring，即對他們(喜歡冒險的人)來說，每天重復同樣的事情是很無聊的，選項D)中的daily routine和repeating the same things everyday屬于同義轉述，故選項D)正確。

　　35. What is the speaker’s profession?[答案]B) A psychologist.[聽前猜測]四個選項都是表示人的職業(yè)的名詞，因此推斷本題考查人的職業(yè)。[精解]文章主要談論喜歡冒險的人喜歡做的事情及其原因，再加上文章一開始就提到So we’ve already talked a bit about the growth of extreme sports like rock-climbing. As psychologists, we need to ask ourselves. . . 從說話的口氣和自稱psychologist可知，說話人的職業(yè)是psychologist，故選項B)正確。

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