Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A）, B), C) and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
News Report One
[ 1 ] Have you noticed how similar you are to your friends? It may be because your brains operate in harmony with each other.
We know that friends are more likely to be the same age, gender and ethnic background as each other. Now it seems their brains are alike, too.
Researchers at the University of California scanned the brains of 42 classmates while they watched videos intended to provoke varying responses. Some people might find a romantic scene touching, for instance, while others would feel it was embarrassing.
The activity of friends’ brains was more similar than that of people who didn’t know each other, particularly in regions involved in attention, emotion and language. This similarity was strong enough that it could be used to predict whether two people were already friends or not.
[ 2 ] The relationship probably goes two ways. We are drawn to people who think like us. We then influence their thoughts over time, which may push their brain activity into more closely resembling our own.
新闻一
你有没有发现自己和朋友之间有多么相似？这或许是因为你们的大脑运作步调一致。
我们知道，朋友之间更可能拥有相同的年龄、性别和种族背景。如今看来，他们的大脑运作模式也很相似。
加利福尼亚大学的研究人员扫描了 42 名同班同学的大脑活动，这些学生当时正在观看旨在引发不同反应的视频。例如，有些人会觉得浪漫的场景很动人，而另一些人则会感到尴尬。
朋友之间的大脑活动比陌生人的更为相似，尤其是在涉及注意力、情绪和语言的脑区。这种相似度高到可以用来判断两个人是否已经是朋友。
这种关系很可能是双向的。我们会被和自己想法相似的人吸引，久而久之又会影响他们的思维，这或许会让他们的大脑活动模式变得和我们的更为接近。
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- 单选题
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What may be the reason that friends are similar to each other, according to the recent research?
问： 根据最新研究，朋友之间彼此相似的原因可能是什么？
A. 他们的兴趣十分相似。
B. 他们通常年龄相同。
C. 他们的大脑运作步调一致。
D. 他们拥有相同的种族背景。
解析：
A. 不正确，新闻中未提及 “兴趣相似” 是朋友相似的原因。
B. 不正确，“年龄相同” 是已知的朋友间共性，但并非题干询问的 “相似的原因”。
C. 正确，新闻开头明确提到 “朋友相似可能是因为大脑运作步调一致（operate in harmony）”，与选项表述完全对应。
D. 不正确，“种族背景相同” 是已知的朋友间共性，但并非题干询问的 “相似的原因”。
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- 单选题
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What does the news report say about the relationship between friends?
问： 这篇新闻报道说明了朋友之间的关系是怎样的？
A. 它是双向的。
B. 它可能很动人。
C. 它很难预测。
D. 它类似于亲情。
解析：
A. 正确，新闻末尾明确指出 “朋友间的关系很可能是双向的（goes two ways）”，与选项表述完全对应。
B. 不正确，“动人” 是新闻中举例的视频场景的感受，并非对朋友关系的描述。
C. 不正确，新闻提到大脑活动的相似度可用来预测朋友关系，并非说 “关系本身难以预测”。
D. 不正确，新闻中未提及朋友关系与亲情的相似性。
