2018年6月英语六级考试真题及答案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用户)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.

【参考答案】

51-55：ADCBD

【参考翻译】

摄影曾经是一项昂贵而艰苦的考验，是为人生最重要的里程碑预留的。现在，给一顿饭这样普通的东西拍无限张照片的明显成本就是你硬盘上的空间和你的用餐伙伴的耐心。

但是，记录一种生活体验而不是简单地享受它是否还有另一种成本，一种更深层次的成本呢?南加州大学马歇尔商学院(University of Southern California Marshall School of Business)市场营销学副教授克里斯汀·迪尔(Kristin Diehl)表示:“你听说你不应该拍下所有这些照片，打断你的体验，这对你来说是不好的，我们也没有活在当下。”

迪尔和她的同事们想知道这是不是真的，于是他们在实验室和现场进行了一系列九项实验，测试人们在有或没有相机的情况下的快乐程度。发表在《个性与社会心理学杂志》(Journal of Personality and Social Psychology)上的研究结果让他们大吃一惊。拍照实际上让人们更享受他们正在做的事情，而不是减少。

迪尔解释说:“我们发现，你对世界的看法略有不同，因为你在寻找你想要捕捉的东西，你可能想要抓住它们。”“这让人们更投入其中，他们也更享受其中。”

观光。在一项实验中，近200名参与者乘坐双层巴士游览费城。两个巴士旅游团都禁止使用手机，但有一个旅游团提供数码相机，并鼓励人们拍照。拍照的人比不拍照的人更享受这种体验，他们说自己比不拍照的人更投入。

迪尔说，抓拍照片能吸引注意力，无论你在看什么，都能增加你的愉悦感。它适用于像考古乏味(考古的)博物馆,人们眼球追踪眼镜和指示拍照或不是。“人们会花更长的时间去看他们想拍的东西，”迪尔说。他们也更喜欢这些展品。

缓解Instagrammers(Instagram用户)无处不在,它甚至可以使食物更愉快。当人们被鼓励在吃饭时至少拍三张照片时，他们会比那些没被告知拍照的人更专注于吃饭。

是相机令人满意的咔哒声吗?抓拍的身体动作?不，他们发现，仅仅是计划拍照的行为——而不是实际拍照——就会产生同样的愉悦感。迪尔说:“如果你想在脑海里拍照，方法是一样的。”“想想自己想拍什么也能让你更投入。”

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