Pinocchio may be just a children's fairy tale，but Spanish scientists at the University of Granada recently investigated the so-called "Pinocchio effect" and found that our noses don't grow when we tell a lie，but actually shrink a bit．
Dr．Emilio Gómez Milán and his team developed a lie detector test that used thermography to tell if people were lying，and found that whenever participants in their research were being untruthful，the temperature of the tips of their noses dropped up to 1.2℃，while the temperature of their forehead increased up to 1.5℃．Scientists also found that drop in temperature at nose level actually caused it to slightly shrink，although the difference is undetected by the human eye．
"One has to think in order to lie，which rises the temperature of the forehead，" Dr．Gomez Milan explained the findings． "At the same time we feel anxious，which lowers the temperature of the nose．"
For this study，researchers asked a number of 60 students to perform various tasks while being scanned by thermal imaging technology．One of these tasks involved calling a 3 to 4 minutes call to their parents，partner or a friend and telling a significant lie．Participants had to devise the lie by themselves during the call，and the thermal cameras picked up this "reverse Pinocchio effect" caused by the fluctuation （起伏） in temperature in the nose and forehead．
Interestingly，the thermal lie doctor picked up the temperature difference in 80 percent of test subjects，which is a better rate of success than that of any modern lie doctor．
"With this method we have achieved to increase accuracy and reduce the occurrence of 'false positives'，something that is frequently with other methods such as the polygraph （測謊儀） ，" said Dr．Emilio Gómez Milán，who added that law enforcement interviewers could one day combine other lie detection technology with thermal imaging to achieve better results．
The thermal lie doctor has been the most reliable in the world，10% more than the popular polygraph．
（1）Why does the author mention "Pinocchio" at the beginning？ CC
A．To tell a fairy story
B．To warn us not to lie．
C．To introduce a research．
D．To inspire us to doubt old beliefs．
（2）According to the research，what might happen if you tell a lie？ BB
A．Your nose gets longer．
B．Your nose becomes smaller．
C．Your temperature gets higher．
D．Your temperature remains stable．
（3）What can we learn about the research？ DD
A．Researchers conduct the study by interviewing．
B．Researchers design difference lies for participants．
C．The thermal lie detector will prove a popular one．
D．The thermal lie doctor may assist law enforcement．
（4）Which might be the best title for the passage？ BB
A．Will lie detectors tell the truth？
B．Will lying make your nose longer？
C．Will lying make your temperature rise？
D．Will thermal imaging technology be reliable？
【答案】C；B；D；B
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1．The best-loved pig in Hong Kong is called McDull．His mom makes a wish that he would look like Chow Yun-fat or Tony Leung，two movie heartthrobs，but he is distinguished only by a birthmark around his right eye．
The cartoon piglet is not smart，either．Everything he tries，he fails．He wants to be an Olympic champion of qingbaoshan，but the sport of grabbing the most steamed buns from a pile doesn't really exist，of course．He dreams of going to the Maldives，but ends up on a one-day tour of a Hong Kong landmark instead．
However，the slow，dumb pig has won over Hong Kong people，often stereotyped as eager to quick success．So far，there are five McDull movies showed in both the mainland and Hong Kong．
The popularity of McDull occasionally confounds his creator Alice Mak．
"Maybe people see themselves and their friends in McDull，" she says．
Mak had never seen a real pig before she drew McDull．She was born and spent most of her life in Tai Kok Tsui，an ordinary Hong Kong community where she can still buy cheap food．It is also where McDull grows up．
Like McDull，Mak moves and speaks slowly．She describes herself as a simple person，who does not try to draw too much meaning from the McDull stories．As a Christian，she has some simple beliefs，such as God creates humans because he loves them and wants them to be happy．
In the late 1980s Mak worked at a press company as a summer intern．The company boss，Brian Tse，later became her husband and scriptwriter of all McDull movies and books．
McDull was at first a supporting character in a story about his cousin McMug，a smart piglet and "what parents expect of their children"．But it turned out that the woodenheaded McDull was more appealing．
When McMug promises his classmates that if he becomes the class president he will treat everyone to strawberry cakes，McDull struggles to utter one sentence in his speech： "If you choose me，you will be …painful．"
He gives up his favorite chicken thigh to his mom and practices sports he dislikes to make her happy．He has many dreams，most of which end up in disappointment．He is still happy，however．When he gets an "H"，he thinks it looks "only a bit different" from an "A"．According to his headmaster，he isn't that stupid，and he is just too kind．
"McDull reminds people they used to be as simple and happy as him，" Mak says． "If there is a theme in all the McDull movies，it is about how a simple person keeps his or her simplicity in a complicated world．"
Although many children love McDull，the story is far more than its surface funniness．It is delightful and acidic at the same time．
In one of the McDull movies，he talks to the audience： "I suddenly realized that there is something you just cannot have．No noodles，no Maldives，no golden medal，no treasure …it turns out that being stupid is not funny，it could mean failure．Disappointment is not funny，fat is not funny，fat does not even mean you have more strength When I grow up，when I face the stern world that is not funny，what should I do？"
"What he has been doing in the movies is to find new dreams．Most of them keep failing him，but he always starts again with a new one，" Mak says． "Maybe that's why both children and adults find him adorable．"
（1）Which of the following is TRUE？
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（2）The underlined word "confounds" most probably means？
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A．HongKong people like McDull very much．
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D．Both Mak and McDull move and speak slowly．發(fā)布：2024/12/27 8:0:2組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5 -
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