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For John Eastwood, the central feature of boredom is that people cannot 24…………………… ,
答案:focus
关键词:John Eastwood、cannot
定位句:根据关键词定位到 D 段第六行:For Eastwood, the central feature of boredom is
a failure to put our “attention system” into gear. This causes an inability to focus on
anything, which makes time seem to go painfully slowly. 在 Eastwood 看来,厌烦情
绪的核心特质是无法将我们的“注意力系统”挂挡启动。这造成了无法专注在任
何事上,从而令时间流逝的速度似乎慢得令人痛苦。
解 析:题目中的关键词 Eastwood 在定位句中重现,定位句中的 inability to 和题目中的
cannot 是同义替换,答案就是 focus。
考 点:同义替换。inability to = cannot。
His team suggests that those for whom 25…………………… is an important aim in
life may have problems in coping with boredom,
答案:pleasure
关键词:those for whom、important aim
定位句:根 据 关 键 词 定 位 到 E 段 第 三 行:People who are motivated by pleasure seem to
suffer particularly badly. 那些受追寻快乐所驱动的人们似乎格外深受其苦。
解 析:定位句中的 people who、 motivated by 分别和题目中的 those for whom、important
aim 是同义替换,答案就是 pleasure。
考 点:同义替换。people who=those for whom;important aim=motivated by。
whereas those who have the characteristic of 26……………………can generally cope
with it.
答案:curiosity
关键词:characteristic
定位句:根 据 关 键 词 定 位 到 E 段 第 四 行:Other personality traits, such as curiosity, are
associated with a high boredom threshold. 其他的性格特质,例如好奇,通常构成
了一个很高的厌烦情绪门槛。
解析: 定位句中的 personality traits 和题目中的 characteristic 是同义替换,答案就是
curiosity。
考 点: 同义替换。personality traits=characteristic。