Question

For hundreds of years, scientists have been trying to answer what things have an effect on people’s emotions. How you feel is controlled by many things. Your emotions can be affected by your personality, the actions of others and the events around you. Perhaps you don’t know your emotions can be influenced by the weather as well.

People often say they feel good when the sun is shining and sad when it is cloudy.

In fact, sunlight makes us feel good. When sunlight hits our skins, our bodies produce a vitamin. Vitamins are chemical substances ( 化学物质) which we all need to stay healthy.

Sunlight helps our bodies produce vitamin D. Vitamin D helps our bodies make a special chemical substance. This special chemical substance affects our brains(大脑) and makes us feel happy. For example, there are long, dark winters of little sunlight in Sweden and Norway, so many people in these countries often feel sad. Without much sunlight, their bodies produce less vitamin D. Without enough vitamin D, their bodies make less of this special chemical substance which makes them feel good. To help the people in these countries feel better, special “ sunrooms” with artificial( 人造的) lights have been built.

People can go there and get “ sunlight” for an hour or two !

The weather can also affect people’s emotions in other ways. Hot weather can make people angry because people feel uncomfortable when they are hot. In the same way, rain can make people angry because being wet can be unpleasant. As you can see, the weather can have an effect on the chemical substances which control our brains. Through these ways, the weather can inflience our emotions. Sadly , while the weather can change us, we can hardly change the weather.

The1._______ influences people’s emotions
What influences people’s emotions?	Your personality, the2.______ of others, the (3._______ around you and the weather
How are our emotions influenced by the weather ?	4.______: Our bodies produce a chemical substance when sunlight hits our skins. Then it affects our brains and makes us feel 5.________. Hot weather: We feel angry 6.______ in hot weather because we feel uncomfortable when it is hot. 7._______ weather: We feel angry because being wet can be 8.)_________.
Conclusion	The weather can influence our emotions 9._________ it influences the chemical substances that control our brains. The weather can change us, but we can do 10._______ to change the weather.

Answer

1.weather，

2.actions

3.events

4.Sunlight

5.happy

6.easily

7.Rain/Wet

8.unpleasant

9.because

10.nothing

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了几百年来，科学家们一直在试图回答什么对人的情绪有影响。作者重点介绍了人们的情绪会受天气的影响。

1.

2. emotions can be affected by your personality, the actions of others and the events around you. 故填actions

3. emotions can be affected by your personality, the actions of others and the events around you. 故填events

4. fact, sunlight makes us feel good. 故填Sunlight

5. D helps our bodies make a special chemical substance. This special chemical substance affects our brains(大脑) and makes us feel happy. 故填happy

6. weather can make people angry because people feel uncomfortable when they are hot.故填easily

7. can make people angry because being wet can be unpleasant.故填Rain/Wet

8. can make people angry because being wet can be unpleasant.故填unpleasant

9. you can see, the weather can have an effect on the chemical substances which control our brains. 可知两句是因果关系，故填because

10. , while the weather can change us, we can hardly change the weather.可知我们对改变天气无能为力。故填nothing

考点：科普类短文。