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Here’s something that might make you feel a little better the next time you have a serious case of hanger - you’re not being irrational or unreasonable, it’s just science．

The concept of being ‘hangry’ - angry because you’re hungry - comes up among ScienceAlert staff．But there’s nothing wrong with being hangry - there’s a scientific reason why having low blood sugar can make some people aggressive．

According to a study published earlier this year, blood sugar levels directly related to how married couples were likely to treat each other．Working with 107 couples over three weeks, the researchers, led by psychologist Brad Bushman from the Ohio State University in the US, found that when individuals experienced lower than usual blood sugar levels, they became increasingly aggressive and mean towards their significant others．

This was measured through the use of a good old-fashioned voodoo doll — the volunteers were each given one, along with 51 pins, to represent their spouse-a partner in marriage．Each person’s aggressive impulses（冲动）were then measured based on how many pins they stuck into their spouse-dolls every night throughout the experiment．

Aggression, on the other hand, was measured by volunteers blasting（炮轰）their spouse with a loud and unpleasant noise in the headphones they had to wear．

Turns out that the volunteers who experienced the lowest blood sugar levels stuck more pins into their voodoo dolls, and forced louder and longer blasts of noise on their spouses than those who had plenty of glucose(葡萄糖) in their system．

"People are often the most aggressive against the people to whom they are closest — intimate partners,” the researchers concluded．"Intimate partner violence might be partly a result of poor self-control．Self-control of aggressive impulses requires energy, and much of this energy is provided by glucose from the food we eat．"

As Susannah Locke explains at Vox, glucose is the only molecule（分子） that our brains will accept as fuel．This means, quite simply, that when we’re not producing enough glucose, our brains won’t function properly．It also means that we lack the energy we need to maintain self-control, which is why we’re more likely to hit or criticize others suddenly in an uncharacteristic manner when we haven’t eaten in a while．

1.According the passage, what can make you feel better?

A．Knowing that your are being irrational．

B．Knowing that your are being angry

C．Knowing that you are being hungry

D．Knowing that you are angry for a reason．

2.How did the researchers get the final result of the experiments in various ways?

A．By making good use of a doll to represent their spouse．

B．By using voodoo dolls , pins and headphones to measure their aggression．

C．By measuring aggression based on how many pins they stuck into their dolls

D．By measuring aggressive impulses in terms of their blasting their spouse with a noise．

3.Which of the following is right according to Susannah Locke?

A．Glucose is our brain's fuel．

B．We lack energy to control ourselves．

C． Without glucose, our brain will function properly．

D．We are more likely to lose control if we produce enough glucose．

4.From the passage, in which condition will you be more likely to feel angry?

A．At 8:00 a．m, you are driving a car alone after having breakfast．

B．At 11．00 a．m, you are in your office with colleagues waiting for the lunch．

C．At 5:00 p．m, you are cleaning the house at home while your wife is cooking．

D．At 6:00 p．m, you are taking a walk with your family after having dinner．

5.What did researchers conclude from the research?

A．Lower blood sugar level had less pins stuck than higher blood sugar．

B．Poor self-control could cause aggression between intimate partners．

C．People are often the most aggressive against the strangers．

D．People with more glucose force louder blasts of noise

6.What does the underlined word “aggressive” in the second paragraph mean?

A．有进取心的

B．好争斗的

C．积极的

D．乐观的

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.B

【解析】

试题解析：

1.细节理解

根据文章第一段的理解，尤其是本段中的you’re not being irrational or unreasonable, it’s just science ，可知D选项的意思正确。

2.细节理解

根据文章第四、五、六三段中所讲述的试验方法与内容，可知在实验中研究人员分别使用了voodoo dolls , pins 和headphones进行测量，故可知本题应选B。

3.细节理解

根据文章第八段中的glucose is the only molecule that our brains will accept as fuel，可知此题的答案应选A正确。

4.推理判断

根据文章的第二段提到，当一个人很饿，血糖的指数很低的时候，容易生气；文章的第七段的第一句提到，人们很容易对他们的配偶和伴侣生气。因此，综合这两个因素并结合四个选项中所给出的情景，可知C选项的意思正确。

5.细节理解

根据文章第七段中的第一句People are often the most aggressive against the people to whom they are closest — intimate partners，可知B选项正确。

6.词义猜测

本题原答案是选A，但分析文章的意思，可知道aggressive一词在文章中是一种贬义意，故选B正确。

考点：日常生活