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1、Passage1Thesecretofbeingbornluckyisasummerbirthday,withMaybabiesmostlikelytoenjoyalifetime’sgoodfortune,accordingtoastudyofmorethan40,000people.Thetimeofyearatwhichyouarebornhasanenduringinfluenceonlevelsofoptimismandself-reportedluck,accordingtoresearchbyBrit
2、ishandSwedishscientists.Maywastheluckiestmonthinwhichtobeborn,with50percentofthosebornthenconsideringthemselveslucky,whileOctoberwastheleastluckymonth,withjust43percentclaiminggoodfortune.Thefindingsaddtogrowingevidencethatthephenomenonofluckisnotalldowntochan
3、ce,butisaffectedbyaperson’sgeneraldisposition.Otherresearchhasshownthatwhetherpeoplethinkthemselvesfortunatedependslessonobjectivesuccessthanonhavinga“glasshalf-full”or“half-empty”approachtolife.“Whatweareseeingsuggeststhatsomethingisinfluencinghowpeoplepercei
4、vetheirluckiness.Myhypothesisisthatpeoplecreatetheirownluckbytraitssuchasoptimism,thatluckisapsychologicalphenomenonratherthanamatterofblindchance,”saidProfessorRichardWiseman,wholedtheresearch.Thepatternoftheresults,withthoseborninspringandsummerreportingthem
5、selvesluckierthanthoseborninautumnorwinter,couldhavetwopotentialexplanations,ProfessorWisemansaid.1.Accordingtothepassage,whetherpeoplethinkthemselvesluckynotdependsonthefollowingfactorsEXCEPT______A)one’sobjectivesuccessB)one’sgeneraldispositionC)one’sattitud
6、etolifeD)one’splaceofbirth2.Accordingtothepassage,thosewhowerebornin_______regardthemselvesasthemostfortunate.A)MarchB)AprilC)MayD)October3.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?A)Optimisticpeopletendtobeluckier.B)Devotedpeopletendtobeluckie
7、r.C)Objectivesuccessismoreimportantthanone’sgeneraldispositioninfeelinglucky.D)Peopledrinkingmorewatertendtobeluckier.4.Whichofthefollowingwordscanbestreplacetheword“trait”(Line8,Para.2)?A)quality.B)expectation.C)belief.D)idea.5.Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage
8、?A)LuckisSomethingBorn.B)LuckisNotAllDowntoChance.C)LuckisAMatterofBlindChance.D)LuckandAge.Passage2Researcherssaymostofusmakeinstantjudgementaboutapersononthebasisofhowtheylook.Th
