At birth, the infant has only the most elementary emotional life. Newborns show an expression of disgust, for example, in response to strong tastes, and show surprise in reaction to sudden changes. They also show interest, which developmental psychologists consider an emotion in its own right. By ten months, infants display the full range of what are considered the basic emotions: joy, anger, sadness, disgust, surprise, and fear. The emergence of the basic emotions during the first year or two of life seems to be programmed by a biological clock for brain development. As the appropriate brain maturation occurs, the various emotions appear in an infant’s repertory. For example, studies of brain activity in ten-month-olds show that the right frontal regions are more active during positive emotions, and the left during negative emotions. 【題組】13 Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as an emotion displayed by a newborn?
(A) Interest (B) Surprise (C) Fear (D) Despair
Attitudes of intolerance towards homosexuality have been so pronounced in the past that it is only during recent
years that some of the myths surrounding the subject have been dispelled. Homosexuality is not a sickness and is not
distinctively associated with any forms of psychiatric disturbance. Homosexual males are not limited to any
particular __7__ of occupations, such as hairdressing, interior decorating, or the arts. Like the terms racism and
sexism, heterosexism refers to the process by which non-heterosexual people are categorized and discriminated against
on the basis of their sexual __8__ . Homophobia describes a fear of and __9__ for homosexual individuals.
__10__ homosexuality is becoming more accepted, both heterosexism and homophobia remain ingrained in many
realms of Western society; antagonism towards homosexuals __11__ in many people’s emotional attitudes. Instances of
violent assault and murder of homosexuals remain all too common. For this reason, many homosexual groups are
campaigning to have anti-homosexual acts classified as “hate crimes.” 【題組】11 (A) falters (B) persists (C) expires (D) collapses
1. My neighbors and I were anything but friendly, and for a long time we viewed each
other with suspicion and _____ .
(A) distrust (B) warmth (C) friendliness (D) regret
24. Jean: We don’t see eye to eye on this matter.
John: _____
(A) We should go and see a doctor. (B) Sure. We’re not enemies.
(C) I know you’ll agree with me. (D) Then no further discussion is needed.
37. On all these shores there are echoes of _____: of the flow of time,
obliterating yet containing all that has gone before.
(A) here and there (B) this and that
(C) past and future (D) up and down
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