2012年雅思阅读考试考前冲刺试题（15）_第3页

　　Do the following statemets reflect the claims of the writer in Reading Passage 1?

　　Write your answer in Boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet.

　　TRUE if the statement reflets the claims of the writer

　　FALSE if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer

　　NOT GIVEN if it is possbile to say what the writer thinks about this考试用书

　　1.The belief of neoclassical economics does not accord with the increasing evidence that humans make use of the emotions to make decisions.

　　2.Animals are urged by emotion to strive for an optimal outcomes or extract maximum utility from any situation.

　　3.George Loewenstein thinks that modern ways of shopping tend to allow people to accumulate their debts.

　　4.The more active the nucleus accumens was，the stronger the desire of people for the product in question became.

　　5.The prefrontal cortex of the human brain is linked to monetary loss and the viewing of upsetting pictures.

　　6.When the activity in nucleus accumbens was increased by the sense of a good bargain，people tended to purchase coffee.

　　Questions 7-9

　　Choose the appropriate letters A-D and write them in boxes 7-9 on your answe sheet.

　　7.Which of the following statements about orthodox economics is true?

　　A.The process which people make their decisions is rational.

　　B.People have a clear idea of their best interests in any situation.

　　C.Humans make judgement on the basis of reason rather then emotion.

　　D.People weigh the present good against future alternatives in shopping.

　　8.The word “miserliness” in line 3 of Paragraph J means__________.

　　A.people's behavior of buying luxurious goods

　　B.people's behavior of buying very special items

　　C.people's behavior of being very mean in shopping

　　D.people's behavior of being very generous in shopping外语学习网

　　9.The three researchers are now designing the future experiments，which test

　　A.whether people with very different spending behaviour experience different amounts of pain in response to products.

　　B.whether buying an item with credit cards eases the pain of the same individuals compared with paying for it by cash.

　　C.whether the abstract nature of credit cards may modulate the “con” side of the calculation in favour of the “pro”.

　　D.whether the credit cards may subvert human instincts in ways that seem pleasurable but with a terrible effect.