What does the author mean by “paralysis by analysis” (Last line, Paragraph 4)、

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• 1According to Bruce Alberts, science can serve as ________.

  A.a protector

  B.a judge

  C.a critic

  D.a guide

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• 2An argument made by supporters of smoking was that ________.

  A.there was no scientific evidence of the correlation between smoking and death

  B.the number of early deaths of smokers in the past decades was insignificant

  C.people had the freedom to choose their own way of life

  D.antismoking people were usually talking nonsense

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• 3What can we infer from the last paragraph、

  A.Monkeys can be trained to develop social emotions.

  B.Human indignation evolved from an uncertain source.

  C.Animals usually show their feelings openly as humans do.

  D.Cooperation among monkeys remains stable only in the wild.

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• 4Dr. Brosnan and Dr. de Waal have eventually found in their study that the monkeys ________.

  A.prefer grapes to cucumbers

  B.can be taught to exchange things

  C.will not be co-operative if feeling cheated

  D.are unhappy when separated from others

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• 5Female capuchin monkeys were chosen for the research most probably because they are ________.

  A.more inclined to weigh what they get

  B.attentive to researchers’ instructions

  C.nice in both appearance and temperament

  D.more generous than their male companions

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• 6According to the author, what should the Administration do about global warming、

  A.Offer aid to build cleaner power plants.

  B.Raise public awareness of conservation.

  C.Press for further scientific research.

  D.Take some legislative measures.

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• 7The author associates the issue of global warming with that of smoking because ________.

  A.they both suffered from the government’s negligence

  B.a lesson from the latter is applicable to the former

  C.the outcome of the latter aggravates the former

  D.both of them have turned from bad to worse

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• 8Researchers have come to believe that dreams ________.

  A.can be modified in their courses

  B.are susceptible to emotional changes

  C.reflect our innermost desires and fears

  D.are a random outcome of neural repairs

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• 9By referring to the limbic system, the author intends to show ________.

  A.its function in our dreams

  B.the mechanism of REM sleep

  C.the relation of dreams to emotions

  D.its difference from the prefrontal cortex

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• 10The negative feelings generated during the day tend to ________.

  A.aggravate in our unconscious mind

  B.develop into happy dreams

  C.persist till the time we fall asleep

  D.show up in dreams early at night

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