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1、2009考研英语考前模拟题练习（五） Text4 Fewthingssay“forgetI'mhere”quitesoeloquentlyastheposeoftheshy—theavertedgaze,thehunchedshoulders,thebodypivotedawayfromthecrowd.Shynessisastatethatcanbepainfultowatch,worsetoexperienceand,insurvivaltermsatleast,awfullyhardtoexplain.Inaspeciesashungryforsocialinte
2、ractionasours,atraitthatcausessomeindividualstoshrinkfromthegroupoughttohavebeensnuffedoutprettyearlyon.Yetshynessiscommonplace.“Ithinkofshynessasoneendofthenormalrangeofhumantemperament,”saysprofessorofpediatricsWilliamGardnerofOhioStateUniversity. Butnormalforthescientistfeelsdecidedlyl
3、esssoforthepainfullyshystrugglingmerelytogetby,andthat'sgotalotofresearcherslookingintothephenomenon.Whatdetermineswho'sgoingtobeshyandwho'snot?Whatcanbedonetotreattheproblem?Justasimportant,isitaproblematall?Aretherecannyadvantagestobeingsociallyaversethattheextrovertsamongusneversee?With
4、thehelpofbehavioralstudies,brainscansandevengenetictests,researchersareatlastansweringsomeofthosequestions,comingtounderstandwhatacomplex,andinsomewaysfavorable,stateshynesscanbe. Forallthethingsshynessis,thereareanumberofthingsit'snot.Forone,it'snotsimpleintroversion.IfyoustayhomeonaFrid
5、aynightjustbecauseyoupreferagoodbooktoaloudparty,you'renotnecessarilyshy—notunlesstheprospectofthepartymakesyousoanxiousthatwhatyou'rereallydoingisavoidingit.“Shynessisagreaterthannormaltensionoruncertaintywhenwe'rewithstrangers,”sayspsychologistJeromeKaganofHarvardUniversity.“Shypeopleare
6、morelikelytobeintroverts,butintrovertsarenotallshy.” Still,evenbythatdefinition,thereareplentyofshypeopletogoaround.Morethan30%ofusmayqualifyasshy,saysKagan,aremarkablyhighnumberforaconditionmanyfolksdon'tevenadmitto.Therearealotofreasonswemaybesokeyedup.Oneofthem,newresearchsuggests,isth
7、atwemaysimplybeconfused. Inastudypublishedearlythisyear,Dr.MarcoBattagliaofSanRaffaeleUniversityinMilan,Italy,recruited49third-andfourth-gradechildrenandadministeredquestionnairestorankthemalongacommonlyacceptedshynessscale.Heshowedeachchildaseriesofpictureso
