Question

5．Have you ever felt somebody else's pain？You're not alone，with new research showing some people do have a physical reaction to others'injuries．
British researchers used brain-imaging technology （影像工程学） to show that people who say they feel the pain of others have heightened activity in pain-sensing brain regions（区域） when they see someone else being hurt．For the study，the researchers exposed 108college students to images（图象） of painful situations，ranging from athletes suffering sports injuries to patients receiving an injection．Nearly a third said that，for at least one image，they not only had an emotional reaction，but also felt pain in the same site as the injury in the image．
The researchers found that while viewing the painful images，both people who said they felt pain and those who did not showed activity in the emotional centers of the brain．But those who felt pain showed greater activity in pain-related brain regions compared with the others．
"Patients with functional pain experience pain in the absence of an obvious disease or injury to explain their pain．This confirms that at least some people have an actual physical reaction when observing others being injured or expressing pain，"Dr．Stuart Derbyshire of the University of Birmingham，one of the researchers，told reporters．
He noted that the people reported feeling pain also tended to say that they avoided horror movies and disturbing images on the news-so as to avoid being in pain．
The findings were published in the December issue of the journal Pain．

9．The underlined words"a third"probably refer toB．
A．sportsmen experiencing pain
B．the 36 students involved in the study
C．patients receiving an injection
D．the 108 students exposed to the images
10．The researchers observed the students'emotional activity in theirA．
A．brain regionsB．eye regionsC．facesD．voices
11．If you are allergic to pain，you'd better get away fromB．
A．reading journals
B．seeing scary movies
C．listening to the news
D．going to the concert
12．What would be the best title for the text？C
A．Emotional Centers of Your Brain
B．You Can Use Brain-imaging Technology
C．You Can Feel Others'Pain
D．Painful Images to the Researchers．

Answer 1

分析 一项研究发现有的人可以对别人的痛苦感同身受，科学家对这些人的大脑影像做了详细研究．

解答 9．B．猜测词义题．根据第二段的句子For the study，the researchers exposed 108 college students to images of painful situation，ranging from athletes suffering sports injuries to patients receiving an injection．可知后面的a third指的是参与研究的36个学生．故选B．
10．A．细节理解题．根据第三段的句子The researchers found that while viewing the painful images，both people who said they felt pain and those who did not showed activity in the emotional centers of the brain．可知研究人员观察学生大脑区域的情感活动．故选A．
11．B．细节理解题．根据倒数第二段的句子He noted that the people reported feeling pain also tended to say that they avoided horror movies and disturbing images on the news-so as to avoid being in pain．可知如果对痛苦敏感，最好不要看恐怖电影．故选B．
12．C．主旨大意题．根据第一段的句子Have you ever felt somebody else's pain？You're not alone，with new research showing some people do have a physical reaction to others'injuries．可知这篇文章介绍的是有的人能感觉到别人的痛苦．故选C．

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