Question

For hundreds of years, scientists have been trying to answer what things have an effect on people’s emotions(情感). How you feel is controlled by many things. Your emotions can be affected by your personality, by the actions of others and by events around you. Perhaps you don’t know your emotions can be affected 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, it helps our bodies produce vitamin D(维生素). Vitamin D helps our bodies make a special chemical. This special chemical affects our brains and makes us feel happy. For example, there are long, dark winters of little sunlight in some countries in the world, 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 which makes them feel good. To help the people in these countries feel better, special “sunrooms” with artificial 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 chemicals which control our brains. Through these days, the weather can affect our emotions. Sadly, while the weather can change us, we can hardly change the weather.

1.The underlined word “artificial” in the passage means “________” in Chinese.

A. 天然的                B. 人造的        C. 虚构的

2.From the passage we know that _______.

A.people feel good when it is cloudy

B.in the countries where there are long, dark winters of little sunlight, many people feel sad

C.special “sunrooms” have been built all over the world

3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor (因素) that can affect one's emotions?

A. Weather. B. Actions of others.

C. Personality. D. Age.

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.Enough vitamin D makes people feel good

B.Both hot weather and rainy weather can make people angry

C.Only weather can control our emotions.

5. The best title for this passage should be _______

A.People Need More Vitamin D

B.We Can Hardly Change the Weather

C.Weather Affects People’s Emotions

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.C

【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事情对人的情绪有影响。你的感觉是由很多东西控制。你的情绪会被你的个性影响，被他人的行为和你周围的事物影响。也许你不知道你的情绪还会受天气的影响等等。

1.词义猜测题。根据题意为了帮助这些国家的人们感觉更好，特别“sunrooms”人工照明已建成。人们可以去那里得到一个或两个小时的阳光”！可知artificial的意思是人造的。故选B。

2.细节理解题。For example, there are long, dark winters of little sunlight in some countries in the world, so many people in these countries often feel sad.可知在有些国家，没有阳光的黑暗的冬天，许多人感到难过故选B

3.细节理解题。根据Your emotions can be affected by your personality, by the actions of others and by events around you.可知人的情绪受人的个性，其他人的行为、你周围发生的事情及天气的影响。短文没有提到年龄，故选D。

4.细节理解题。通读全文可知只有C是不正确的不是只有天气才能控制人的情感，故选C。

5.细节理解题。通读全文可知这篇文章做好的标题是---天气影响人的情绪，故选C

考点：科技类短文阅读。