雅思周计划(阅读学术类第5版)

【考点点拨】 For John Eastwood, the central feature of boredom is that people cannot 24…………………… , 答案：focus 关键词：John Eastwood、cannot 定位句：根据关键词定位到 D 段第六行：For Eastwood, the central feature of boredom is a failure to put our “attention system” into gear. This causes an inability to focus on anything, which makes time seem to go painfully slowly. 在 Eastwood 看来，厌烦情 绪的核心特质是无法将我们的“注意力系统”挂挡启动。这造成了无法专注在任 何事上，从而令时间流逝的速度似乎慢得令人痛苦。 解 析：题目中的关键词 Eastwood 在定位句中重现，定位句中的 inability to 和题目中的 cannot 是同义替换，答案就是 focus。 考 点：同义替换。inability to = cannot。 His team suggests that those for whom 25…………………… is an important aim in life may have problems in coping with boredom, 答案：pleasure 关键词：those for whom、important aim 定位句：根 据 关 键 词 定 位 到 E 段 第 三 行：People who are motivated by pleasure seem to suffer particularly badly. 那些受追寻快乐所驱动的人们似乎格外深受其苦。 解 析：定位句中的 people who、 motivated by 分别和题目中的 those for whom、important aim 是同义替换，答案就是 pleasure。 考 点：同义替换。people who=those for whom；important aim=motivated by。 whereas those who have the characteristic of 26……………………can generally cope with it. 答案：curiosity 关键词：characteristic 定位句：根 据 关 键 词 定 位 到 E 段 第 四 行：Other personality traits, such as curiosity, are associated with a high boredom threshold. 其他的性格特质，例如好奇，通常构成 了一个很高的厌烦情绪门槛。解析： 定位句中的 personality traits 和题目中的 characteristic 是同义替换，答案就是 curiosity。 考 点： 同义替换。personality traits=characteristic。