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The Science of Risk-Seeking

Sometimes we decide that a little unnecessary danger is worth it because when we weigh the risk and the reward, the risk seems worth taking. 【小题1】 Some of us enjoy activities that would surprise and scare the rest of us. Why? Experts say it may have to do with how our brains work?

The reason why any of us take any risks al all might have to do with early humans. Risk-takers were better at hunting, fighting, or exploring. 【小题2】 As the quality of risk-taking was passed from one generation to the next, humans ended up with a sense of adventure and a tolerance for risk.

So why aren’t we all jumping out of airplanes then? Well, even 200,000 years ago, too much risk-taking could get one killed. A few daring survived, though, along with a few stay-in-the-cave types. As a result, humans developed a range of character types that still exists today. So maybe you love car racing, or maybe you hate it. 【小题3】

No matter where you are on the risk-seeking range, scientists say that your willingness to take risks increases during your teenage years. 【小题4】 To help you do that, your brain increases your hunger for new experiences. New experiences often mean taking some risks, so your brain raises your tolerance for risk as well.

【小题5】 For the risk-seekers a part of the brain related to pleasure becomes active, while for the rest of us, a part of the brain related to fear becomes active.

As experts continue to study the science of risk-seeking, we’ll continue to hit the mountains, the waves or the shallow end of the pool.

A.It all depends on your character.
B.Those are the risks you should jump to take.
C.Being better at those things meant a greater chance of survival.
D.Thus, these well-equipped people survived because they were the fittest.
E.This is when you start to move away from your family and into the bigger world.
F.However, we are not all using the same reference standard to weigh risks and rewards.
G.New brain research suggests our brains work differently when we face a nervous situation.
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   One of the executives gathered at the Aspen Institute for a day-long leadership workshop using the works of Shakespeare was discussing the role of Brutus in the death of Julius Caesar. “Brutus was not an honorable man,” he said. “He was a traitor(叛徒). And he murdered someone in cold blood.” The agreement was that Brutus had acted with cruelty when other options were available to him. He made a bad decision, they said—at least as it was presented by Shakespeare—to take the lead in murdering Julius Caesar. And though one of the executives acknowledged that Brutus had the good of the republic in mind, Caesar was nevertheless his superior. “You have to endeavor,” the executives said, “our policy is to obey the chain of command.”
During the last few years, business executives and book writers looking for a new way to advise corporate America have been exploiting Shakespeare’s wisdom for profitable ends. None more so than husband and wife team Kenneth and Carol Adelman, well-known advisers to the White House, who started up a training company called “Movers and Shakespeares”. They are amateur Shakespeare scholars and Shakespeare lovers, and they have combined their passion and their high level contacts into a management training business. They conduct between 30 and 40 workshops annually, focusing on half a dozen different plays, mostly for corporations, but also for government agencies.
The workshops all take the same form, focusing on a single play as a kind of case study, and using individual scenes as specific lessons. In Julius Caesar , sly provocation(狡诈的挑唆) of Brutus to take up arms against the what was a basis for a discussion of methods of team building and grass roots organism.
Although neither of the Adelmans is academically trained in literature, the programmes, contain plenty of Shakespeare tradition and background. Their workshop on Henry V, for example, includes a helpful explanation of Henry’s winning strategy at the Battle of Agincourt. But they do come to the text with a few biases (偏向): their reading of Henry V minimizes his misuse of power. Instead, they emphasize the story of the youth who seizes opportunity and becomes a masterful leader. And at the workshop on Caesar, Mr. Adelmans had little good to say about Brutus, saying “the noblest Roman of them all” couldn’t make his mind up about things.
Many of the participants pointed to very specific elements in the play that they felt related Caesar’s pride, which led to his murder, and Brutus’s mistakes in leading the  after the murder, they said, raise vital questions for anyone serving as a business when and ho w do you resist the boss?
【小题1】According to paragraph 1, what did all the executives think of Brutus?
A.Cruel.B.Superior.
C.Honorable.D.Bade
【小题2】According to the passage, the Adelmans set up “Movers and Shakespeares” to ________.
A.help executives to understand Shakespeare’s plays better
B.give advice on leadership by analyzing Shakespeare’s plays
C.provide case studies of Shakespeare’s plays in literature workshops
D.guide government agencies to follow the characters in Shakespeare’s plays.
【小题3】Why do the Adelmans conduct a workshop on Henry V?
A.To highlight the importance of catching opportunities.
B.To encourage masterful leaders to plan strategies to win.
C.To illustrate the harm of prejudices in management.
D.To warn executives against power misuse.
【小题4】It can be inferred from the passage that ____.
A.the Adelmans’ programme proves biased as the roles of characters are maximized.
B.executives feel bored with too many specific elements of Shakespeare’s plays.
C.the Adelmans will make more profits if they are professional scholars.
D.Shakespeare has played an important role in the management field.
【小题5】The best title for the passage is _____.
A.Shakespeare’s plays: Executives reconsider corporate culture
B.Shakespeare’s plays: An essential key to business success
C.Shakespeare’s plays: a lesson for business motivation
D.Shakespeare’s plays: Dramatic training brings dramatic results

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【小题1】The window leaving open was broken by the strong wind last night.
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【小题2】Children must attend school during the ages of 5 and 16.
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【小题3】The clothes, newly designed by our company, will be in exhibition.
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【小题4】The football match was so exciting that the children kept their eyes fixing on the television screen.
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【小题5】In a cold evening, as a medical student, I was in a hospital, gathering data for my graduation paper.
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【小题6】The building which roof we can see from here is our teaching building.
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【小题7】More and more people equip themselves with a higher education compete more effectively with others.
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【小题8】Tom practices basketball very hard; he is often seen sweat heavily before his teammates arrive at the gym.
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【小题9】It was typical for him to get angry about this kind of thing.
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【小题10】Out of expectation, the painting was sold as much as $300,000.
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【小题1】Nowadays an increasing number of people are enthusiastic with public service activities.
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【小题2】—Where is Peter? I can’t find him anywhere.
—He went to the library after breakfast and was writing his essay there ever since.
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【小题3】Marty has worked really hard on his book and he thinks he’ll have it finished by Friday.
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【小题4】—What do you think of his lecture?
—Wonderful. It is the most instructive lecture that I attended.
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【小题5】The old tree has died for about two years due to lack of water.
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【小题6】By the end of this month, all the work that had been delayed will have been completed.
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【小题7】It is the first time that she had been to the United States, so she enjoys herself a lot.
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【小题8】It has been ten months since he had graduated from Beijing Normal University.
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【小题9】My friend, Jack, will have a holiday as soon as he will finish his work next week.
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【小题10】You are excellent to win a gold medal in the Olympics and all of us get you tell us your present thought.
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