Imagine a world in which there was suddenly no emotion--a world in which human beings coul

Imagine a world in which there was suddenly no emotion--a world in which human beings could feel no love or happiness, no terror or hate. Try to imagine the consequences of such a transformation. People might not be able to stay alive: knowing neither joy nor pleasure, anxiety nor fear, they would be as likely to repeat acts that hurt them as acts that were beneficial. They could not learn: they could not benefit from experience because this emotionless world would lack rewards and punishments. Society would soon disappear: people would be as likely to harm one another as to provide help and support. Human relationships would not exist: in a world without friends or enemies, there could be no marriage, affection among companions, or bonds (关系) among members of groups. Society's economic underpinnings (支柱) would be destroyed: since earning $10 million would be no more pleasant than earning $10, there would be no incentive to work. In fact, there would be no incentives of any kind, for as we will see, incentives imply a capacity to enjoy them.

In such a world, the chances that the human species would survive are next to zero, because emotions are the basic instrument of our survival and adaptation. Emotions structure the world for us in important ways. As individuals, we categorize objects on the basis of our emotions. True, we consider the length, shape, size, or texture, but an object's physical aspects are less important than what it has done or can do to us--hurt us, surprise us, anger us or make us joyful. We also use categorizations colored by emotions in our families, communities, and overall society. Out of our emotional experiences with objects and events comes a social feeling of agreement that certain things and actions are "good" and others are "bad”, and we apply these categories to every aspect of our social life--from what foods we eat and what clothes we wear to how we keep promises and which people our group will accept. In fact, society uses our emotional reactions and attitudes, such as loyalty morality, pride shame, guilt, fear and greed, in order to maintain itself. It gives high rewards to individuals who perform important tasks such as surgery, makes heroes out of individuals for unusual or dangerous achievements such as flying fighter planes in a war, and uses the legal penal (刑法的) system to make people afraid to engage in antisocial acts.

1Which of the following is Right according to the first paragraph?

APeople would not be able to tell the texture of objects.

BPeople would not know what was beneficial and what was harmful to them.

C$10 million is equal to $10 in a world without emotions.

DThere would be full of lies, arguments and violence.

2It can be inferred from the passage that the economic foundation of society is dependent on _______.

  Athe ability to make money         Bthe capacity to work

  Cthe stimulus to work                       Dthe categorizations of our emotional experiences

3Emotions are significant for man's survival and adaptation because _______.

  Athey provide the means by which people view the size or shape of objects.

  Bthey are the basis for the social feeling of agreement by which society is maintained.

  Cthey encourage people to perform dangerous achievements.

  Dthey produce more love than hate among people.

4Why are the emotional aspects of an object more important than its physical aspects?

  AThey help society use its members for profit.

  BThey encourage us to perform important tasks.

  CThey help to perfect the legal and penal system.

DThey help us adapt our behavior to the world surrounding us.

5What is the text mainly about?

APeople could only live in a world with emotions.

BPeople would always do bad things in the emotionless world.

CEmotions are very important in the world.

DEmotions structure the world for us in important ways.

答案

BCBDC

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