conscious awareness，plays an important role in boredom，such that improving a
person’s ability to focus may therefore decrease boredom.Emotional factors can also contribute to boredom.People who are poor in understanding their own feelings and
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those who become sucked in and distracted by their moods are more easily bored，for example.
Staying away from tedium is not easy.People who are liable to boredom are more
likely to suffer from ills such as depression and drug addiction；they also tend to be socially awkward and poor performers at school or work.
(1). (A).(B).(C).(D).答案：D
(2). (A).(B).(C).(D).答案：D
(3). (A).(B).(C).(D).答案：B
(4). (A).(B).(C).(D).答案：C
(5). (A).(B).(C).(D).答案：C
The purpose of the first paragraph is to.
illustrate why people are less able to focus show how boring a lecture in a dark room is tell people how fatigue affects concentration describe a situation where people can get bored
It can be concluded from Para.2 that.
doing nothing leads people to get bored easily western people pay little attention to boredom boredom only affects the assembly line worker
people are liable to get bored in a dull situation
Researchers hold that boredom results from. natural surroundings various kinds of factors sensitive personalities subjective perceptions
Improvement of people’s ability to focus may. affect their moods distract their minds reduce their boredom
increase their depression
The passage mainly involves.
effects of boredom on people’s life and work various ways to conquer the feeling of boredom studies of possible reasons why people get bored the importance of scientific research into boredom
3. Storytelling is one of the few human features that are truly universal across
culture and through all of known history.Anthropologists find evidence of folktales
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everywhere in ancient cultures，written in Sanskrit，Latin,Greek,Chinese，Egyptian and Sumerian.People in societies of all types weave stories，from oral storytellers in huntergatherer tribes to the millions of writers bringing out books，television shows and movies.And when a characteristic behavior shows up in so many different societies，researchers pay attention：its roots may tell us something about our evolutionary past.
To study storytelling，scientists must first define what constitutes a story,and that can prove tricky.Because there are so many diverse forms,scholars often define story structure，known as narrative，by explaining what it is not.Exposition
contrasts with narrative by being a simple，straightforward explanation,such as a list of facts or an encyclopedia entry.Another standard approach defines narrative as a series of causally linked events that unfold over time.A third definition draws on the typical narrative’s subject matter：the interactions of intentional agents—characters with minds—who possess various motivations.
However narrative is defined，people know it when they feel it.Whether fiction or nonfiction，a narrative engages its audience through psychological
realism—recognizable emotions and believable interactions among characters. “Everyone has a natural detector for psychological realism，”says Raymond
A.Mar,assistant professor of psychology at York University in Toronto.“We can tell when something rings false.”But the best stories—those retold through generations and translated into other languages—do more than simply present a believable
picture.These tales attract their audience，whose emotions can be closely tied to those of the story’s characters.Such immersion(沉浸)is a state psychologists
call“narrative transport”.Researchers have only begun figuring out the relations among the variables that can initiate narrative transport.
(1). The passage indicates that storytelling.
(A). is becoming less and less popular in modern societies (B). attracts researchers’attention all through human history (C). is the best way to show the evolutionary past of human beings (D). is a common cultural phenomenon all through the known history
答案：D
(2). The phrase“a characteristic behavior”in Para.1 refers to. (A). telling stories (B). writing books
(C). studying folktales (D). producing movies
答案：A
(3).
Exposition is characterized by.