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1、四六级阅读练习：年龄与智慧-姜真的是老的辣吗?【今口阅读推荐】本篇阅读材料“年龄与智慧：姜真的是老的辣吗？”选自《经济学人》（原文标题：Ageandwisdom:Olderandwiser?2012.4.7）。Americansgetwiserwithage.Japanesearewisefromthestart.ONEstereotypeofwisdomisawizenedZen-mastersmilingbenevolentlyattheanticsofhispupils,whilereferri
2、ngtothemaslittlegrasshoppersorsomesuchaffectation,safeintheknowledgethatonedaythey,too,willhavebeensetonthepaththatleadstowizenedmasterhood.Butisittruethatagebringswisdom?AstudytwoyearsagoinNorthAmerica,byIgorGrossmarmoftheUniversityofWaterloo,inCanada,
3、suggestedthatitis.Inasmuchasitispossibletoquantifywisdom,DrGrossmannfoundthatelderlyAmericanshadmoreofitthanyoungsters.Hehas,however,nowextendedhisinvestigationtoAsia一thelandofthewizenedZen-master—and,inparticular,toJapan.There,hefound,incontrasttotheWe
4、st,thatthegrasshoppersaretheirmasters1equalsalmostfromthebeginning.stereotypen.刻板印彖；老套benevolentadj.仁慈的；亲切的；仁爱的quantifyv.量化;为……定量DrGrossmann^study,justpublishedinPsychologicalScienee,recruited186Japanesefromvariouswalksoflifeandcomparedthemwith225Americ
5、ans.Participantswereaskedtoreadaseriesofpretendnewspaperarticles.Halfdescribedconflictbetweengroups,suchasadebatebetweenresidentsofanimpoverishedPacificislandoverwhethertoallowforeignoilcompaniestooperatetherefollowingthediscoveryofpetroleum.（Thoseinfav
6、ourvieweditasanopportunitytogetrich;thoseagainstfearedthedisruptionofancientwaysandpotentialecologicaldamage.)Theotherhalftooktheformofadvicecolumnsthatdealtwithconflictsbetweenindividuals:siblings,friendsandspouses.Afterreadingeacharticle,participantsw
7、ereasked“Whatdoyouthinkwillhappenafterthat?"and"Whydoyouthinkitwillhappenthisway?"Theirresponseswererecordedandtranscribed.walksoflife各界；各行各业impoverishedadj.穷困的；用尽了的，无创造性的infavor赞同：偏向disruptionn.破坏；毁坏siblingn.兄弟姐妹spousen.配偶transcribev.转录；抄写DrGrossmarman
8、dhiscolleaguesremovedage-relatedinformationfromthetranscripts,andalsoanycluestoparticipants'nationalities,andthenpassedtheeditedversionstoagroupofassessors.Theseassessorsweretrainedtoratetranscribedresponsesconsistently,andhadbee
