2024高考英语大一轮复习考点规范练16Unit1Womenofachievement新人教版必修4.docxVIP

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考点规范练16Unit1Womenofachievement

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(2024·云南高三其次次检测)

“Actingistheleastmysteriousofallcrafts,”MarionBrandooncesaid.Butforscientists,workingoutwhatisgoingoninanactor’sheadhasalwaysbeensomethingofapuzzle.

Now,researchershavesaidactorsshowdifferentpatternsofbrainactivitydependingonwhethertheyareincharacterornot.

DrStevenBrown,fromMcMasterUniversityinCanada,said,“Itlookslikewhenyouareacting,youaresuppressing(压制)yourself;almostlikethecharacterispossessingyou.”

DrBrownandhiscolleaguesreporthow15actors,mainlytheatrestudents,weretrainedtotakeonaShakespearerole—eitherRomeoorJuliet—inatheatreworkshop.Theyweretheninvitedintothelaboratory,wheretheirbrainswerescannedinaseriesofexperiments.

OnceinsidetheMRIscanner,theactorswereaskedtoansweranumberofquestions,suchas:wouldtheygototheparty?Andwouldtheytelltheirparentsthattheyhadfalleninlove?

Eachactorwasaskedtorespondtodifferentquestions,basedontwodifferentpremises(前提).Inone,theywereaskedfortheirownperspective,whileintheother,theywereaskedtorespondasthoughtheywereeitherRomeoorJuliet.

Theresultsrevealedthatthebrainactivitydiffereddependingonthesituationbeingtested.Theteamfoundthatwhentheactorswereincharacter,theyusesomethird-personknowledgeorinferencesabouttheircharacter.

Theteamsaidtheyalsofoundadditionalreductioninactivityintworegionsoftheprefrontalcortex(前额皮质)linkedtothesenseofselfcomparedwithwhentheactorswererespondingasthemselves.

However,PhilipDavis,aprofessorattheUniversityofLiverpool,wasunimpressedbytheresearch,sayingactingisaboutfarmorethan“pretending”tobesomeone—itinvolvesembodying(体现)thetextandlanguage.

1.HowdidDrBrown’steamconducttheirresearch?

A.Byscanningthebrainactivityofsomeactors.

B.Bydoingasurveywithsometheatregoers.

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