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Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

With the rapid progress in the economy, it is natural that people's ideology is bound for change. Being  26  is no longer a virtue to some people, and they are not alone in holding this view. Each might have different viewpoints on how to lead one's lifestyle: some prefer simplicity, some love luxuries, some spend  27  , some accumulate as much as they can like a country mouse. As I was born poor and in the countryside, the simple rural life seldom loses its  28  to me, but as my station changes, I have an opportunity to  29  with the newly rich, an experience which has revolutionized my view of lifestyle.

It is evil or sinful to spend little and to save much, an idea only recently being revealed to me.Actually the whole world is in a  30  to borrow and to spend, with the USA leading the trend. The USA is still the richest and most powerful country in the world, but the  31  is that they borrow money from us. Though a  32  of economics, at least I know that investing with borrowed money will turn the borrower into the  33  rather than the decent and kind lender. An apparent case is real estate. Those who are  34  and have got loans from the bank become relatively rich by selling their purchased home at a price several folds higher. Even education is not immune from this theory. Many of those poor parents who have the vision to send their children to college have benefited from this investment, even though they have to  35  a living. It is reasonable to conclude that spending is praiseworthy, supposing it is not beyond your means.

A) appeal

B) extravagantly

C) intrinsically

D) irony

E) layman

F) literally

G) majestic

H) malicious

I) meadow

J) mingle

K) predator

L) rage

M) scrape

N) shrewd

O) thrifty

Section B

Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

Are Forgotten Crops the Future of Food?

A) On a small fruit farm near the Straits of Malacca, Lim Kok Ann is down to just one tree growing kedondong, a crunchy, sour berry that Malaysians mostly use in pickles（腌菜）and salads. "It's not very well-known," says the 45-year-old, who is instead focusing on longan（龙眼）berries and pineapples, which have bigger markets. "We have to grow what is profitable," he says.

B) But less than an hour away in the Malaysian countryside, inside three giant, silver domes, scientists are trying to change the future of food. They' re pushing the boundaries of what humans eat by growing and processing so-called "alternative" crops——such as kedondong. At the headquarters of global research centre Crops For the Future (CFF) this particular under-used fruit has been turned into a sugar-free juice, high in vitamin C and getting top marks in sensory evaluations. "Anything you see here is a forgotten crop," says Sayed Azam-Ali of the abundant plants weaving through the gardens of CFF outside Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur.

C) Prof Azam-Ali explains that just four crops——wheat, maize, rice and soybean——provide two-thirds of the world's food supply. "We' re dependent on these four," he says. "But actually there' re 7,000 crops we' ve been farming for thousands of years. We ignore all of those." Researchers are trying to unlock the potential of these ignored crops——plants they describe as forgotten, under-used or"alternative" as they are displaced by increasingly uniform diets fuelled by processed ingredients from the major crops.

D) It's a timely quest. The food sector is already responsible for nearly a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. By 2050 it estimates the world must produce 50% more food to feed the projected global population of 10 billion. Meeting this demand without contributing to climate change calls for urgent solutions.

E) Forgotten crops hold key answers. By investing in neglected local plants, countries can reduce their reliance on imported crops and their carbon-heavy supply chains. Bringing back the variety of crops humans once ate also boosts food security at a time warming climates threaten existing crops. On top of that forgotten crops are among the most climate-resilient（具有气候韧性的）and nutritious, argues Azam-Ali. His summary is plain:"Dietary diversification is critical to the future of humanity."

F) Food security experts agree. "There is no food insecurity in the world, there is food ignorance," says Cecilia Tortajada, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Water Policy at the National University of Singapore. "Whenever we have native crops we tend to disregard them as if they were not valuable but they are," she adds.

G) Azam-Ali knows that scepticism firsthand. He came across alternative crops in the 1980s through the work of women farmers he met in Niger. The then-PhD student remembers marvelling at the crops they grew in their backyards, without the benefits of technology, to feed their families when the big crops failed. He saw a tremendous opportunity to build alternative food systems. But"the resistance was enormous," he recalls.

H) Undeterred, he ploughed on. Project after project helped prove these crops were viable in different environments as alternatives to the staple ones. But the question of whether these crops would be marketable remained. "That's the critical thing," he says. In one of the centre's domes, food technologist Tan Xinlin uses powdered moringa（辣木）leaves in place of some wheat flour to bake a cake lower in gluten（谷胶）and higher in nutrients. Tan's job is to create recipes with these stillunfamiliar ingredients that will appeal to both local and international tastes. In recent years she has used some of the forgotten crops grown at CFF, such as moringa and bambara groundnut, to make everything from instant soup to Indian snacks. "I try to modernise forgotten crops instead of using old recipes." says Tan, who is also a trained chef. It's a strategy to appeal to the world's growing middle classes who are increasingly turning to the fast and processed food industries. It's also a way to help counter perceptions of local crops as"old or poor people' s food" or as inferior"women' s crops", adds Tan.

I) The roots of these connotations about local foods can run deep. The bambara groundnut, a protein-rich native crop of sub-Saharan Africa that is also grown in parts of southeast Asia, can trace its marginalisation to colonial rule. "African women who grew bambara groundnut were actually punished for growing it," says Azam-Ali. "Colonial powers said you can't grow that because there's no oil. We can't get a market for it." But today the bambara murukku is one of CFF's best reviewed foods and they are aiming to get it into grocery stores, pointing to the success of crops like quinoa to potential investors. Some 30 years ago, quinoa was virtually unheard of outside its native mountains in Bolivia and Peru. Today the nutritious grain is found on the menus of lavish restaurants across the world.

J) Measuring crops by nutrition instead of yield is at the heart of the forgotten foods enterprise. Ever since the"green revolution" of the 1960s, high-yielding crops have dominated modern agriculture.That was in part a crucial response to devastating famines at a time when the world needed to increase its food supply. Today"nutrition is becoming a time bomb", says Azam-Ali, as growing carbon dioxide levels strip crops of their minerals. Instead of bio-fortifying major crops we should be investing in those forgotten crops that are already more nutritious, he asserts.

K) In the bowels of CFF's third dome, lab manager Gomathy Sethuraman opens a window into the centre' s"crown jewels", revealing vines of winged beans growing under a bright yellow light. It' s one of multiple chambers where scientists are studying the impact of higher temperatures and carbon dioxide levels on the nutritional make-up of alternative crops. This research is"the game changer",says Azam-Ali, ensuring that"future crops" are also the healthiest ones in warmer climates.

L) There is a growing global momentum around forgotten foods, says Danielle Nierenberg, president of Food Tank, a US-based think tank. Other than CFF, which bills itself as the world's first research centre dedicated solely to under-utilised crops, there are other key groups championing agricultural diversity including Crop Trust, Slow Food, Icrisat and Bioversity International. Add to that more middle-income consumers searching for nutritious foods and others eager to try the unprocessed foods their grandparents once ate, she says.

M) But the rising interest in forgotten foods in some quarters is overtaken by the global spread of Westernstyle diets heavy in sugar, fat and processed foods in others.

N) A key obstacle to promoting fading local crops in Malaysia, for example, is"the obsession with imported products", says Jenifer Kuah, co-founder of a restaurant that champions locally-sourced food in an affluent suburb of Kuala Lumpur. Customers at Sitka, regarded as a pioneer in the country's small farm-to-table dining scene, still seek foreign ingredients as a"status symbol", she says.

O) The argument for forgotten foods feels intuitive. Some analysts say it is in fact inevitable. "Climate change is going to mean almost certainly tastes are going to be forced to change," says Tim Lang,professor of food policy at City, University of London. We"have to get used to eating other crops" as yields of staple crops fall, he says.

36. According to a senior researcher, we will have secure food supply if we rid ourselves of ignorance about native crops.

37. Most of the world's food supply comes from a tiny number out of thousands of crops that have been grown for centuries.

38. To provide their family with food when the staple crops failed, some African women farmers grew local crops in their backyards.

39. High-yielding crops have occupied a dominant position in modern agriculture since the green revolution in the last century.

40. Growing alternative crops proved feasible in a variety of environments, but the critical question was whether they would be marketable.

41. According to a professor, when the yields of staple crops fall, we will have to adapt to eating foods from alternative crops.

42. Urgent measures have to be taken to provide food for the projected world population without aggravating the climate.

43. Colonial rule marginalised local crops by punishing Africans who grew them.

44. As existing crops are endangered by global warming, we can increase food security by bringing back the many forgotten food crops.

45. Researchers are trying to find out how higher temperatures and CO₂ levels affect the nutritional composition of alternative crops.

Section C

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B),C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

Imagine you' re an alien sent to Earth to document the behaviour of the mammals inhabiting the planet.You stumble into a movie theatre that's showing the latest Hollywood horror film.

Several dozen humans are gathered together in a dark, undecorated room. They' re all staring at a rectangular area on which patterns of light change rapidly.

They are clearly in a state of high arousal. Their heart rate is elevated, they occasionally glance around nervously, and they sometimes jump collectively in their seats, and emit high-pitched warning calls.

Eventually, the lights come up and the rectangular screen goes black. The humans stand up and leave the room, chatting and laughing, and showing signs of pleasure.

Why do these humans voluntarily expose themselves to what appears to be a deeply unpleasant experience?And why do they react so strongly to those patterns of light on a screen?

I am fascinated with the paradox of horror——the strange fact that many people seek out scary entertainment.

I think the answer to the puzzle lies in human nature.

My research suggests that we humans evolved to find pleasure in situations that allow us to experience negative emotions in a safe context. You can see these elements of horror in children's games. Take hide-andseek for example, which is a simulation of a predator-prey interaction. The kid hides and the adult pretends to be a predator, searching for the child while howling like a dangerous beast.

This simulation gives the child crucial information about how to avoid becoming prey, and children tend to find that kind of activity deeply satisfying, presumably because it gives them a safe experience of a potentially catastrophic scenario.

They find it pleasurable, and pleasure is evolution's way of motivating us toward adaptive behaviour.

Horror is pleasurable to many people because it lets us play with negative emotions and develop coping strategies. We learn what it feels like to be truly afraid, and we learn how to handle negative emotion.

How, then, does horror work? My research suggests that horror works by exploiting an ancient set of biological defence mechanisms—an evolved fear system, which we share with other animals. But humans are uniquely imaginative, and we use our evolved imagination to travel into virtual worlds that are full of danger.

There are good reasons for watching a horror film, even if you' re not a loyal horror fan. If you make it through the film in one piece, you' ll probably experience a strong sense of mastery, a sense that you were able to make it through an appalling experience. Anyway, watching a horror film makes you better at handling your own fear, and who knows when that will become critically relevant?

46. The alien finds the audience in the movie theatre clearly in a state of _____ .

A) total mindfulness.

B) extreme excitement.

C) spiritual elevation.

D) intense curiosity.

47. Why do many people seek out scary entertainment, according to the author's research?

A) They gain experience in overcoming horror in real life.

B) They find joy in going through simulated horrible experiences.

C) They have learned from hide-and-seek as kids the thrill involved.

D) They have evolved to gain pleasure in escaping life-threatening situations.

48. What do children learn from hide-and-seek?

A) How to avoid falling prey to an attacker.

B) How to simulate a predator-prey interaction.

C) How to keep themselves from catastrophic errors.

D) How to turn a dangerous scenario into a safe one.

49. Why is horror gratifying to many people?

A) It reminds them of an ancient set of biological defence mechanisms.

B) It triggers their imagination to travel into dangerous virtual worlds.

C) It allows them to learn what fear feels like and how to tackle it.

D) It activates their evolved fear system and their unique fantasy.

50. What will one experience if they watch a horror film through without being hurt?

A) A strong sense of clear relevance.

B) A profound sense of good fortune.

C) A profound sense of intense relief.

D) A strong sense of being in control.

Passage Two

Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.

An awakening has been taking place in the physical world against the beauty model that has been dictated to us for years. But in the digital arena, social media determines what is considered beautiful.

The two opposing struggles are taking place in parallel. In the physical world, the struggle goes against the underlying pressure exerted on women to conform to an unrealistic beauty ideal. As part of the struggle, various media outlets have presented women whose bodies don't correspond to the so-called ideal. All those women who had previously been excluded from the covers of magazines, television series and the public agenda, have become"legitimate". At the same time, a group of influencers have begun to upload to social media photos of themselves without makeup, and even photos in which they highlight supposed flaws.

Technology has reshaped our beauty ideal and is doing a great job communicating that message to the masses. One of the bizarre legacies of the past decade is the popularity of the"cyborg look", which illustrates what Americans will look like in 2050.

The cyborg look spread rapidly. Today, however, the Instagram face has become the new beauty ideal.

The internalization of accepted beauty norms is much more effective when there is active involvement in the learning process. The active involvement of users is reflected in the gamified（游戏化的）interaction offered by the social media platforms—the ability to like, write a comment, compare, share.

Once the desired beauty ideal has been internalized, users are given tools or features to change their appearance to suit the accepted beauty ideal such as editing the image, choosing the ideal filter, the right background.

A survey conducted in the United States revealed that more than 50% filter the images before posting them. And you will not be surprised to hear that the majority of them are women. One of the significant consequences of obsessive filtering is the emerging tendency to treat oneself as an object to be observed and valued, in the same way another person observes and judges from the side.

The effect of the filters is already far beyond amiable amusement. The filters and the entire game played on the networks affect the mental health of the users. According to a study, apps like Instagram, Snapchat and FaceTune allow users to achieve a level of perfection that was previously only observed in beauty magazines.

Even though humanity has always cherished beauty, in the last decade our obsession with looks has reached an unprecedented peak. The time spent on social media creates an urge to achieve an impossible beauty ideal so powerful that the only thing that can fix it is not cosmetic intervention, but mental health care.

51. What do we learn about beauty in the digital arena?

A) It dictates the taste of digital media.

B) It has been in the making for years.

C) It has ushered in a new awakening.

D) It is defined by social media.

52. What does the passage say about beauty in the physical world?

A) Women are under constant pressure to keep up with beauty models.

B) Women are encouraged to pursue a beauty ideal that has never existed.

C) A fight is going on to remove pressure on women to conform to an absurd beauty ideal.

D) Media outlets have begun to present as beauty models trendy women without any makeup.

53. What do we learn from the passage about the Instagram face?

A) It is now regarded as the new beauty ideal.

B) It is what most women will go after in 2050.

C) It is being much talked about on social media.

D) It is a perfect illustration of the ultimate beauty.

54. What has obsessive filtering resulted in?

A) A good many women striving to reach an impossible level of perfection.

B) An urge to turn the entire game played on the network to one's advantage.

C) A tendency to regard one's body as an object of observation and judgment.

D) An increasing number of women filtering their images before uploading them.

55. What does the author want to emphasize at the end of the passage regarding Americans' obsession with looks?

A) Cosmetic surgery should be made more accessible to the masses.

B) Psychological intervention should be introduced to alleviate it.

C) Their time spent on social media should be strictly controlled.

D) Its root cause should be meticulously examined and analyzed.

26.O)【语义判断】前一句提到随着经济的飞速发展，人们的思想观念自然会发生变化，本句承接前一句进一步指出一些过去的观念现在不再被认为是美德，下一句接着指出人们对生活的不同观点：有人喜欢简朴，有人喜欢奢侈品，有人挥霍，有人攒钱。结合语境可知，这里是指节俭成了不合时宜的观念，故O）thrifty“节约的，节俭的”为答案。

27.B)【语义判断】空格所在句列举了人们各种各样的生活方式，为了突出其中的差异，作者用了两两对比的方式，先用simplicity“简朴”和luxuries“奢侈品”作对比，再用“spend_____”与后面的accumulate as much as they can作对比，与后面的“尽力储存”意思相反的是“大力消费”，B)extravagantly“奢侈地，浪费地；过度地，放纵地”修饰spend，表示挥霍无度，符合语义，故为答案。

28.A)【语义判断】空格所在句开头的as是一个连词，意思是“因为”，作者用它提出原因：自己出身贫寒，生在农村，根据因果逻辑关系可推断这里的意思是：所以“我”很喜欢简朴的农村生活，因此填入A)appeal“吸引力”, appeal to sb.表示“对某人的吸引力”，放在本句中表示农村生活对作者很有吸引力，故为答案。

29.J)【语义判断】空格所在句前半句提到作者生在农村，后半句用but将话锋一转，指出随着社会地位的变化，作者有了一些机会，这些经历彻底改变了他的生活观念。可见作者后来接触的是与农村完全不同的生活，也就是空格后提到的the newly rich“新富阶层”的生活,J)mingle“（尤指在社交场所）应酬，交际”，与后面的with搭配表示“与……交际”，准确表达了作者与新富阶层交往的情形，这使得其生活观念被彻底改变，符合文章意思，故为答案。

30.L)【语义判断】空格所在句的前一句提到少花钱多储蓄是邪恶或者罪恶的，可见人们现在对这种保守的消费观念有多摈弃，空格所在句开头的actually“实际上”通常表示下文的语义比前文更进一层，后面又提到the whole world以及to borrow and to spend，可见全世界都在借钱花，大家都在做的事是一种流行，因此填入L)rage“流行，风行一时的事物”，恰当概括这一潮流，后面的trend是对rage的同义替换，前后呼应，语义通顺。

31.D)【语义判断】空格所在句的前半句提到美国仍然是世界上最富有、最强大的国家，后半句提到美国的钱是从我们这里借的，前后内容对比明显、反差巨大，各名词选项里只有irony“具有讽刺意味的情况”能概括此处语义，故D)为答案。

32.E)【语义判断】空格前的though意思是“虽然，尽管”，表让步，后面提到economics“经济学”，下半句用at least I know“至少我还知道”说明作者具备经济学常识：用借来的钱进行投资会让借款人变成社会中的⋯⋯，而不是正直善良的放款人。可见作者这里使用了欲扬先抑的表达手法，先退一步表明自己的无知，再说自己具备的知识，所以填入E)layman“外行，门外汉”,a layman of economics表示“经济学的门外汉”。

33.K)【语义判断】空格前提到用借来的钱进行投资使借款人的身份发生了变化，变化后的身份与后面正直善良的放款人形成对比，分析各选项可知K)predator“掠夺者”符合语义，故为答案。

34.N)【语义判断】空格处的词说明借贷买房者的特征，后面具体说明他们做了什么：通过借贷买房，再以高出几倍的价格卖出，变得相当富有，可见这些人非常有头脑，能够概括这些人特点的词是N)shrewd“精明的”，故为答案。

35.M)【语义判断】前文举了精明的人借贷投资房地产并因此变得富有的例子，接着又说教育也不能免俗，许多有远见的贫困父母将子女送进了大学，并从这项投资中获益匪浅。与冒着风险借贷投资房地产类似的行为就是父母艰难维持生计将孩子送入大学读书，因此填入M)scrape“艰难取得，勉强获得”, scrape a living表示“艰难维持生计”，两种投资行为都是透支目前的生活，为将来作打算，类比合适，符合文章意思。

36.【定位】由题干中的secure和ignorance定位到文章F)段第二句。

F）【精析】同义转述题。F)段第二句引用新加坡国立大学水政策研究所高级研究员塞西莉亚·托塔哈达的话，她认为，世界上没有粮食不安全，只有对粮食的无知，结合上下文可知，此话的意思是，一旦消除了对许多替代食物的无知，就能确保粮食供应。由此可知，题干是对F)段第二句的转述。题干中的secure food supply对应原文中的no food insecurity,故答案为F)。

37.【定位】由题干中的the world's food supply和thousands of crops定位到C)段第一、三句。

C)【精析】细节归纳题。C)段第一句提到，世界粮食供应的三分之二是仅由4种作物提供，而第三句则指出，实际上，有7000种作物人类已经种植了数千年。题干是对上述两处信息的归纳，其中的most of对应原文中的two-thirds of, thousands of crops that have been grown for centuries是对原文中7,000 crops we' ve been farming for thousands of years的转述，故答案为C)。

38.【定位】由题干中的African women farmers和backyards定位到文章G）段第二、三句。

G)【精析】同义转述题。G)段定位部分提到，在博士生的时候，阿扎姆-阿里通过在尼日尔遇到的女农民的劳作发现了替代作物。当主要庄稼歉收时，她们在自家后院种植庄稼来养家糊口。题干是对该部分信息的转述。题干中的provide their family with food是对原文中feed their families的同义转述，题干中的the staple crops failed对应原文中的the big crops failed,故答案为G)。

39.【定位】由题干中的high-yielding crops和green revolution定位到J)段第二句。

J)【精析】同义转述题。J)段定位句提到，自20世纪60年代的“绿色革命”以来，高产作物主导了现代农业，题干显然是对该句的转述。题干中的have occupied a dominant position in modern agriculture是对原文中have dominated modern agriculture的转述，题干中的in the last century是对原文中the 1960s的转述，故答案为J)。

40.【定位】由题干中的a variety of environments和marketable定位到文章H)段第二至四句。

H)【精析】同义转述题。H)段定位部分提到，一个又一个的项目帮助证明了这些作物在不同的环境中作为主食的替代品是可行的，但这些作物是否能推向市场尚存疑问。阿扎姆-阿里说，这是关键所在。题干中的feasible in a variety of environments是对原文中viable in different environments的转述，题干中的the critical question was whether they would be marketable则对应原文中的the question of whether these crops would be marketable remained和that's the critical thing,故答案为H)。

41.【定位】由题干中的the yields of staple crops fall定位到O)段最后一句。

O)【精析】同义转述题。O)段定位句是引用伦敦大学城市学院一位教授的观点，他认为，随着主要作物的产量下降，我们“必须习惯吃其他作物”。题干中的adapt to eating foods from alternative crops是原文中get used to eating other crops的同义转述，故答案为O)。

42.【定位】由题干中的urgent和the projected world population定位到文章D)段第三、四句。

D)【精析】细节归纳题。D)段定位部分提到，到2050年，世界必须多生产50%的粮食来养活预计100亿全球人口，想要满足这一需求而又不加剧气候变化，就需要紧急解决方案。题干是对这两处信息的归纳。题干中的urgent measures have to be taken对应原文中的calls for urgent solutions,题干中的without aggravating the climate对应原文中的without contributing to climate change,故答案为D)。

43.【定位】由题干中的colonial rule marginalised和punishing定位到文章I)段第二、三句。

I)【精析】细节推断题。I)段第二句提到，在撒哈拉以南非洲和东南亚部分地区种植的班巴拉花生是在殖民统治时期遭到边缘化的，随后一句介绍具体情况，指出非洲女性会因为种植班巴拉花生而受到惩罚。根据这两处信息可以推断出，殖民者对种植当地作物的惩罚措施导致了其边缘化。题干中的local crops所指的就是原文中的bambara groundnut,题干中的 punishing Africans who grew them对应原文中的African women who grew bambara groundnut were actually punished for growing it,故答案为I)。

44.【定位】由题干中的existing crops和bringing back定位到文章E）段第三句。

E)【精析】同义转述题。E)段定位句提到，在气候变暖威胁现有作物的时候，恢复人类曾经吃过的各种作物也可以促进粮食安全。题干中的existing crops are endangered by global warming是对原文中warming climates threaten existing crops的同义转述，题干中的increase food security对应原文中的boosts food security,题干中的many forgotten food crops对应原文中的the variety of crops humans once ate,故答案为E)。

45.【定位】由题干中的higher temperatures和CO₂levels定位到文章K)段第二句。

K)【精析】同义转述题。K)段定位句提到，科学家们正在研究高温和二氧化碳水平对替代作物营养组成的影响。题干中的trying to find out对应原文中的are studying,题干中的affect对应原文中的impact,题干中的the nutritional composition则是对原文中the nutritional make-up的同义表达，故答案为K)。

46.【定位】由题干中的clearly in a state of定位到第三段第一句。

B)【精析】同义转述题。文章第一、二段设置了一个情境：想象自己是一个外星人，看到地球上的人类看恐怖片的场景。而第三段开头指出“They are clearly in a state of high arousal.”,其中的they 指代的便是第二段中的several dozen humans,即看电影的观众，对应题干中的the audience in the movie theatre.high arousal“高度兴奋”与B)项extreme excitement属于同义替换，故答案为B)。

47.【定位】由题干中的seek out scary entertainment和the author's research定位到第八段第一句。

B)【精析】细节归纳题。文章第六段提到了作者对于为什么人类会寻求恐怖娱乐很感兴趣，第七段提到作者对于这个问题的答案，随后在第八段中，作者详细阐释了自己的答案，并提到了自己的研究结果：人类在进化过程中，愿意在安全的环境中去感受负面情绪，并从中寻求乐趣。而根据前5段中恐怖电影的例子以及第八段后面捉迷藏的例子可知，“安全的环境”都是一些模拟的恐怖情形。总结可得，人们能够在模拟的恐怖经历中寻求快乐，故答案为B)。

48.【定位】由题干中的hide-and-seek定位到第九段。

A)【精析】细节辨认题。文章第八段第三句开始以儿童游戏中的捉迷藏为例支撑自己的观点。而第九段开头提到了gives the child crucial information,即为孩子们提供了重要信息，可知本句讲述孩子们能够从捉迷藏游戏中学到的知识，即how to avoid becoming prey“如何避免成为猎物”，故答案为A)。

49.【定位】由题干中的gratifying to many people定位到第十一段。

C)【精析】细节归纳题。第十一段开头提到了"Horror is pleasurable to many people...",其中pleasurable与题干中的gratifying为近义词，后面是because引导的原因状语从句，说明原因：这一情绪让我们与负面情绪共处，并发展出应对策略。下一句补充说明我们体会到了真正的恐惧是什么感觉，也学会了如何处理自己的负面情绪，故答案为C)。

50.【定位】由题干中的if they watch a horror film through without being hurt定位到文章最后一段第二句。

D)【精析】细节辨认题。最后一段第二句提到“If you make it through the film in one piece……”,原文中的make it through和in one piece分别与题干中的“watch... through”和without being hurt为同义词组.因此后半句便是看完整部电影且未受到伤害的人的感受，即你会体验到a strong sense of mastery“一种强烈的掌控感”，与D）选项为同义词组，故答案为D)。

51.【定位】由题干中的beauty in the digital arena定位到第一段第二句。

D)【精析】事实细节题。第一段第二句指出，在数字领域，社交媒体决定了什么是美。故答案为D)。

52.【定位】由题干中的beauty in the physical world定位到第二段第二句。

C)【精析】事实细节题。定位句指出，在现实世界中，这场斗争反对向女性施加潜在压力，要求她们符合不切实际的美丽标准。故答案选C)。

53.【定位】由题干中的the Instagram face定位到第四段第二句。

A)【精析】事实细节题。第四段第二句指出，如今，"Instagram脸"已成为新的美丽标准。故答案选A).

54.【定位】由题干中的obsessive filtering定位到第七段第三句。

C)【精析】事实细节题。第七段第三句说明了过度使用滤镜的消极影响：用户有把自己当作被观察和评价的对象的趋势。故答案为C)。

55.【定位】由题干中的Americans' obsession with looks定位到第九段第二句。

B)【精析】推理判断题。文章结尾强调了人们对外貌的痴迷已经达到空前的程度，这种对不现实的美丽标准的追求会对人们的心理健康造成消极影响。作者指出，解决这一问题的方法不在于整容，而在于心理健康干预。故答案为B)。