2016年北京高考英语七选五

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根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

The Science of Risk-Seeking

Sometimes we decide that a little unnecessary danger is worth it because when we weigh the risk and the reward, the risk seems worth tasking. 71 Some of us enjoy activities that would surprise and scare the rest of us. Why? Experts say it may have to do with how our brains work.

The reason why any of us take any risks at all might have to do with early humans. Risk-takers were better at hunting, fighting, or exploring. 72 As the quality of Risk-taking was passed from on ration to the next, humans ended up with a sense of adventure and a tolerance for risk.

So why aren’t we all jumping out of airplanes then? Well, even 200,000 years ago, too much risk-taking could get one Killed. A few daring survived, though, along with a few stay-in-the-cave types. As a result, humans developed a range of character types that still exists today. So maybe you love car racing, or maybe you hate it. 73

No matter where you are on the risk-seeking range, scientists say that your willingness to take risks increases during your teenage years. 74 To help you do that, your brain increases your hunger for new experiences. New experiences often mean taking some risks, so your brain raises your tolerance for risk as well.

Mean taking some risks, so your brain raisers your tolerance for risk as well.

75 For the risk-seekers a part of the brain related to pleasure becomes active, while for the rest of us, a part of the brain related to fear becomes active.

As experts continue to study the science of risk-seeking, we’ll continue to hit the mountains, the waves or the shallow end of the pool.

A. It all depends on your character.

B. Those are the risks you should jump to take.

C. Being better at those things meant a greater chance of survival.

D. Thus, these well-equipped people survived because they were the fittest.

E. This is when you start to move away from your family and into the bigger world.

F. However, we are not all using the same reference standard to weigh risks and rewards.

G. New brain research suggests our brains work differently when we face a nervous situation.

【答案与解析】本次七选五依然为常考的说明文，讲解了目前人类对于“追求冒险”的研究，“风险追求”与人脑关系以及“追求冒险”对人类的影响。文章结构清晰，整体难度适中，解题线索明显，考生应谨慎应对干扰项。

71.【答案】F【解析】本题前一句讲到了“weigh the risk and reward”，衡量“风险与回报”，与选项 F“we are not using the same reference standard to weigh risks and rewards ”我们使用不同的参考标准衡量“风险与回报”相互呼应，所以答案选F。

72.【答案】C【解析】本题前一句提到早期人类三种生存技能“hunting, fighting, exploring”与选项 C 擅长这些意味着更大的生存机会相呼应，“those things” 指代上文的三项技能，所以答案选 C。

73.【答案】A【解析】本题前两句提到人类所发展形成的不同性格今天依然存在，以及前一句“你”有可能喜欢赛车，有可能不喜欢，这与选项 C“这都取决于你的性格”相呼应，所以答案选 A。

74.【答案】E【解析】本题前一句提到了冒险的意愿在青春期增长，与选项 E“这是一个你离开家进入更广阔的世界的时期，”相呼应，所以答案选 E。

75.【答案】G【解析】本题后一句“对于冒险，追求冒险的人大脑中与快乐相关的部分变得活跃，不喜欢冒险的人的大脑与恐惧相关的部分变得活跃”，与选项 G“我们的大脑以不同方式工作”相呼应，所以答案选 G。

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