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1、 Have you ever known a married couple who just didn't em suitable for each other - yet they are both happy in the marriage, and you don't know why?
I know of such a couple. The man, Alexander, is strong and tall. He is a successful sales man, is active in charities, and plays golf every Saturday with friends. His wife, Christina, on the other hand, is small, quiet and a complete houwife. She doesn't even like to go out to dinner. But they are a textbook couple, who love and respect each other.
What mysterious force drives us into the arms of one person, while pushing us away from another who may be equally charming? According to John Money, professor of medical psychology at Johns Hopkins University, one of the most important factors is our "love map" - a group of messages encoded in our brains that describes our likes and dislikes. It shows our preferences in hair, eye color, voice, smell and body shape. It also shows the kind of personality we are fond of, whether it's warm, friendly, strong or silent.
In short, we fall in love with tho people who most clearly fit our love map. And this love map is largely drawn in childhood. When we're kids, parents are the center of our attention, and we are the center of theirs. So parents' characteristics leave an important impression and we are somewhat attracted to people with their facial features, body types, personality and even n of humor.
The mother has an additional influence on her sons: she not only gives them clues to what they will find attractive in a partner, but also affects how they feel about women in general. Just as mothers influence their sons' general feelings toward women, fathers influence their daughters' general feelings about men. If a father, for example, prai his daughter and shows that she is a worthwhile person, she'll feel very good about herlf in relation to men.
(1)、The best title for this passage is ______.
A：国羽Solving Problems for Unsuitable Couples
B：Love Map and its Effects on Our Marriage
C：How Parents' Personalities Affect Children
D往届生考生来源：The Love Story of Alexander and Christina
答案： B
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(2)、The cond paragraph is to ______.
A：give an example of emingly unfit couples
B：teach new couples how to respect each other
lob头 C：explain the force that makes us charming
D：disagree with the opinion of the "love map"
答案： A
评析：空
(3)、The "love map" is a group of messages describing our ______.
A：intelligence quality
B：knowledge and art
C：likes and dislikes
D：mental health
答案： C
评析：空
(4)、We formed our "love map" mostly when we are ______.
A：children
B：teenagers
C：married
D：old
答案： A
评析：空
(5)、Mothers can influence their sons' preferences in the aspects EXCEPT ______.
A：facial features
B：body types
C：general impression
D：work abilities
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答案： D
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评析：空
2、 Castles were brought to Britain by William the Conqueror, when he invaded England in 1066 from his homeland in France. One of the most powerful ways for William to take control of his new kingdom, which included England, Scotland and Wales, was to have castles built throughout the land. At first, he ordered the construction of very simple castles, called motte and bailey castles.
The early castles consisted of an earthen mound, topped by a tower built of wood. The bailey was a large area of land enclod by a shorter fence. Inside the bailey were the main activities of the castle, such as workshops, stables and livestock, houhold activities, etc., while the tower on the motte was ud as the lord's residence and as an obrvation post. Before long, the earthen castles were replaced by the stone castles, which were much sturdier, did not rot like wood, and also were much more able to withstand any attack by an invader.同在阳光下
From the 11th to 13th centuries the stone castles were booming. They were not just ud by the king. Most castles, in fact, were granted by a king to their most loyal knights
or barons who fought bravely in battle and supported their king. The king, starting with William the Conqueror, gave his loyal knights vast estates and permission to build castles. In return, he expected the men to control their lands as the king's reprentative, to keep the local population from rebelling, and to force them to work and pay rent to the lord, who then pasd it onto the king. The knights and barons built castles almost everywhere in Britain, rved to strike fear into the local peoples, and to symbolize their power and wealth.
By the 15th century the stone castles began declining. For the one thing, military necessity changed in Great Britain. There was less emphasis placed on defen and more on comfort. Earlier stone hous were gradually modified, or abandoned completely and replaced by great hous of a richer and more relaxed style. The development of firearms and the increasing u of gunpowder, for the other one, also ended the castles' endurance. 炸耦合
