2018 四川考研英语一真题及答案
Section I Use of English
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)
Trust is a tricky business. On the one hand, it' s a necessary condition 1 many
worthwhile things: child care, friendships, etc. On the other hand, putting
your 2 , in the wrong place often carries a high 3 .
4 , why do we trust at all? Well, because it feels good. 5 people place their
trust in an individual or an institution, their brains release oxytocin, a hormone
that 6 pleasurable feelings and triggers the herding instruct that prompts humans
to 7 with one another. Scientists have found that exposure 8 this hormone puts
us in a trusting 9 : In a Swiss study, researchers sprayed oxytocin into the noses
of half the subjects; those subjects were ready to lend significantly higher amounts
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. A Canadian
study found that children as young as 14 months can differentiate 13 a credible
person and a dishonest one. Sixty toddlers were each 14 to an adult tester holding
a plastic container. The tester would ask, “What’ s in here?” before looking into
the container, smiling, and exclaiming, “Wow!” Each subject was then invited to