2015职称英语(理工类)教材阅读理解文章及译文(4)

　　When Our Eyes Serve Our Stomach

　　Psychologists have known for decades that whats going on, inside our head affects our senses. For example, poorer children think coins are larger than they are, and hungry people think pictures of food are brighter. Remi Radel of University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis，France，wanted to investigate how this happens. Does it happen right away as the brain receives signals from the eyes or a little later as the brains high-level thinking processes get involved.

　　For the experiment, the participant looked at a computer screen. One by one, 80 words flashed on the screen for about lp

　　Hungry people saw the food-related words as brighter and were better at identifying food- related words. Because the word appeared too quickly for them to be reliably seen, this means that the difference is in perception, not in thinking processes, Radel says.

　　词汇：

　　disposal n.处理,处置;配置

　　motive n.动机，目的

　　注释：

　　2.University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis:法国尼斯?索菲亚?安提波利斯大学，简称尼斯大学，1965年经法国政令正式宣布成立。尼斯大学在尼斯市设有7处主校园，另外，还在索菲亚? 安提波利斯市、戛纳市和芒东市设有校区。索菲亚? 安提波利斯是位于尼斯市西南侧的科技园区，是许多髙等学府的所在地。

　　4.at the threshold of:当快要开始时

　　6.at the disposal of:受到的控制

　　1.What does the new study mentioned in Paragraph 1 find?

　　B Hungry people are always thinking of food-related words.

　　D Hungry people do not have lower-level of thinking process.

　　A Because hungry people needed time to fill their stomach.

　　C Because noon was not the right time for any experiment.

　　3.What does the writer want to tell us?

　　B Whats perceived by our senses affects our way of thinking.

　　D Thinking processes guarantee the normal functions of our senses.

　　A 80 words flashed on the screen too fast for the participant to intentionally perceive.

　　C People who had just eaten were better at identifying food-related words.

　　5.What can we infer from the passage?

　　B An experiment with hungry and non-hungry participants is not reliable.

　　D Humans can perceive what they need without involving high-level thinking processes