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III.Reading Comprehension (2 points each; 38 points in total) : Choose the most appropriate answer.Passage One: Questions 32-37Perhaps a little boredom is good, if not actually rewarding. In How Should a Person Be, a 2012 novel by Sheila Heti, her character says, “I like boring people. I think it’s a virtue. People should be a little bored.” And increasingly, experts agree，saying boredom forces our brains to go on interesting tangents and be a little creative.“Boredom is the brain’s way to tell you you should be doing something else，” Gary Marcus, aprofessor of psychology at New York University, told The Times. “But the brain doesn’t always know the most appropriate thing to do. If you’re bored and use that energy to play guitar and cook, it will make you happy. But if you watch TV, it may make you happy in the short term, but not in the long term.”When bored, we can leam to entertain ourselves and gain more self-control, eventually feeling comfortable away from constant activity and technology. We’re forced to be imaginative with simple things. But children are constantly stimulated by video games, gadgets and television. Researchers say adolescence is a peak period for boredom, and the toy industry has been trying to vamp up its producer for maximum engagement. Lego, creator of the plastic building blocks with scant instructions, has seen a resurgence in popularity, but parents are lamenting the fact that the construction sets are tied to billion-dollar franchise like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. They now come with detailed instructions and ready-made stories, leaving children without the need to create on their own.Clifford Nass, a sociologist professor at Stanford University in California, told The Times that some essential qualities were lost when Lego became more like other toys. “You sit back and the Legos say, we will do the work，” he said. Learning about frustration，he told The Times，“is a hugely important thing,” Those children may fidget in frustration and boredom, but research shows that it actually helps them leam more and retain more information than those who are forced to sit still, Mark J. Fenske, an associate professor of neuroscience at the University of Guelph in Ontario, told The Times. Squirming and doodling，seen as signs of boredom, can actually help people physically alert, he said. But don’t be too alert all the time. Unplug and enjoy it when the noise shuts down. As Ms. Heti told The Times: “I think stimulation is overrated, and persistent stimulation is exhausting. You sometimes have to be banal，tedious; make the rhythm go soft and slow，give the mind a rest.”
32. What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) The virtue of being a bored person
(B) The nature of a boring mind
(C) The advantages of boredom
(D) The necessity of banality

參考答案

答案：C
難度：適中0.666667
統計：A(0),B(0),C(4),D(2),E(0)

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