2018年6月英語六級考試真題及答案5（第1套）

Passage Two

Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.

Photography was once an expensive,laborious ordeal reserved for life's greatest milestones.Now,the only apparent cost to taking infinite photos of something as common as a meal is the space on your hard drive and your dining companion's patience.

But is there another cost,a deeper cost,to documenting a life experience instead of simply enjoying it?"You hear that you shouldn't take all these photos and interrupt the experience,and it's bad for you,and we're not living in the present moment,"says Kristin Diehl,associate professor of marketing at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.

Diehl and her fellow researchers wanted to find out if that was true,so they embarked on a series of nine experiments in the lab and in the field testing people's enjoyment in the presence or absence of a camera.The results,published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,surprised them.Taking photos actually makes people enjoy what they're doing more,not less.

"What we find is you actually look at the world slightly differently,because you're looking for things you want to capture,that you may want to hang onto,"Diehl explains."That gets people more engaged in the experience,and they tend to enjoy it more."

Take sightseeing.In one experiment,nearly 200 participants boarded a double-decker bus for a tour of Philadelphia.Both bus tours forbade the use of cell phones but one tour provided digital cameras and encouraged people to take photos.The people who took photos enjoyed the experience significantly more,and said they were more engaged,than those who didn't.

Snapping a photo directs attention,which heightens the pleasure you get from whatever you're looking at,Diehl says.It works for things as boring as archaeological(考古的)museums,where people were given eye-tracking glasses and instructed either to take photos or not."People look longer at things they want to photograph,"Diehl says.They report liking the exhibits more,too.

To the relief of Instagrammers(Instagram用戶)everywhere,it can even make meals more enjoyable.When people were encouraged to take at least three photos while they ate lunch,they were more immersed in their meals than those who weren't told to take photos.

Was it the satisfying click of the camera?The physical act of the snap?No,they found;just the act of planning to take a photo—and not actually taking it—had the same joy-boosting effect."If you want to take mental photos,that works the same way,"Diehl says."Thinking about what you would want to photograph also gets you more engaged."

51．What does the author say about photo-taking in the past?

A．It was a painstaking effort for recording life's major events.

B．It was a luxury that only a few wealthy people could enjoy.

C．It was a good way to preserve one's precious images.

D．It was a skill that required lots of practice to master.

52．Kristin Diehl conducted a series of experiments on photo-taking to find out _______.

A．what kind of pleasure it would actually bring to photo-takers

B．whether people enjoyed it when they did sightseeing

C．how it could help to enrich people's life experiences

D．whether it prevented people enjoying what they were doing

53．What do the results of Diehl's experiments show about people taking pictures?

A．They are distracted from what they are doing.

B．They can better remember what they see or do.

C．They are more absorbed in what catches their eye.

D．They can have a better understanding of the world.

54．What is found about museum visitors with the aid of eye-tracking glasses?

A．They come out with better photographs of the exhibits.

B．They focus more on the exhibits when taking pictures.

C．They have a better view of what are on display.

D．They follow the historical events more easily.

55．What do we learn from the last paragraph?

A．It is better to make plans before taking photos.

B．Mental photos can be as beautiful as snapshots.

C．Photographers can derive great joy from the click of the camera.

D．Even the very thought of taking a photo can have a positive effect.

【參考答案】

51-55：ADCBD

【參考翻譯】

攝影曾經(jīng)是一項昂貴而艱苦的考驗，是為人生最重要的里程碑預(yù)留的。現(xiàn)在，給一頓飯這樣普通的東西拍無限張照片的明顯成本就是你硬盤上的空間和你的用餐伙伴的耐心。

但是，記錄一種生活體驗而不是簡單地享受它是否還有另一種成本，一種更深層次的成本呢?南加州大學(xué)馬歇爾商學(xué)院(University of Southern California Marshall School of Business)市場營銷學(xué)副教授克里斯汀·迪爾(Kristin Diehl)表示:“你聽說你不應(yīng)該拍下所有這些照片，打斷你的體驗，這對你來說是不好的，我們也沒有活在當(dāng)下?！?/p>

迪爾和她的同事們想知道這是不是真的，于是他們在實驗室和現(xiàn)場進行了一系列九項實驗，測試人們在有或沒有相機的情況下的快樂程度。發(fā)表在《個性與社會心理學(xué)雜志》(Journal of Personality and Social Psychology)上的研究結(jié)果讓他們大吃一驚。拍照實際上讓人們更享受他們正在做的事情，而不是減少。

迪爾解釋說:“我們發(fā)現(xiàn)，你對世界的看法略有不同，因為你在尋找你想要捕捉的東西，你可能想要抓住它們。”“這讓人們更投入其中，他們也更享受其中?！?/p>

觀光。在一項實驗中，近200名參與者乘坐雙層巴士游覽費城。兩個巴士旅游團都禁止使用手機，但有一個旅游團提供數(shù)碼相機，并鼓勵人們拍照。拍照的人比不拍照的人更享受這種體驗，他們說自己比不拍照的人更投入。

迪爾說，抓拍照片能吸引注意力，無論你在看什么，都能增加你的愉悅感。它適用于像考古乏味(考古的)博物館,人們眼球追蹤眼鏡和指示拍照或不是。“人們會花更長的時間去看他們想拍的東西，”迪爾說。他們也更喜歡這些展品。

緩解Instagrammers(Instagram用戶)無處不在,它甚至可以使食物更愉快。當(dāng)人們被鼓勵在吃飯時至少拍三張照片時，他們會比那些沒被告知拍照的人更專注于吃飯。

是相機令人滿意的咔噠聲嗎?抓拍的身體動作?不，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)，僅僅是計劃拍照的行為——而不是實際拍照——就會產(chǎn)生同樣的愉悅感。迪爾說:“如果你想在腦海里拍照，方法是一樣的。”“想想自己想拍什么也能讓你更投入?！?/p>

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