26. According to the first paragraph, social psychologists have found that.
- A. our self-ratings are unrealistically high
- B. illusory superiority is a baseless effect
- C. our need for leadership is unnatural
- D. self-enhancing strategies are ineffective
答案：A
答案句：Social psychologists have amassed oceans of research into what they call the “above average effect”, or “illusory superiority”, and shown that, for example, 70% of us rate ourselves as above average in leadership, 93% in driving and 85% at getting on well with others – all obviously statistical impossibilities.
参考译文：社会心理学家们对他们所谓的“高于平均效应”或“虚幻的优越感”进行了大量研究，并表明，例如，我们中70%的人认为自己在领导力方面高于平均水平，93%的人在驾驶方面，85%的人在与人相处方面——这些显然在统计上都是不可能的。
定位线索：题干“According to the first paragraph, social psychologists have found that”→答案句取自第1段“Social psychologists have amassed oceans of research...”；文中“all obviously statistical impossibilities”对应选项A“our self-ratings are unrealistically high”中的“unrealistically high”。
解析：题干问社会心理学家发现了什么，答案句直接给出研究结果：70%、93%、85%的人自评高于平均，但“all obviously statistical impossibilities”说明这些自评不真实，对应A项“our self-ratings are unrealistically high”。B项“baseless effect”无中生有，文中说这是“effect”但未说无根据；C项“leadership”只是例子，且“unnatural”偷换概念；D项“ineffective”文中未提及策略无效。
27. Visual recognition is believed to be people’s.
- A. rapid matching
- B. conscious choice
- C. intuitive response
- D. automatic self-defence
答案：C
答案句：Visual recognition, reads the study, is “an automatic psychological process, occurring rapidly and intuitively with little or no apparent conscious deliberation”.
参考译文：研究指出，视觉识别是“一个自动的心理过程，发生得迅速而直观，几乎没有或根本没有明显的有意识思考”。
定位线索：题干“Visual recognition is believed to be people's”→答案句取自第3段“Visual recognition...is an automatic psychological process”；文中“intuitively”对应选项C“intuitive response”。
解析：题干问视觉识别被认为是什么，答案句直接定义其为“automatic psychological process, occurring rapidly and intuitively”，其中“intuitively”与C项“intuitive response”同义改写。A项“rapid matching”只提到“rapid”但未提“matching”，且“matching”无中生有；B项“conscious choice”与原文“little or no apparent conscious deliberation”相反；D项“self-defence”文中未提及。
28. Epley found that people with higher self-esteem tended to.
- A. underestimate their insecurities
- B. believe in their attractiveness
- C. cover up their depressions
- D. oversimplify their illusions
答案：B
答案句：In fact, those who thought that the images higher up the attractiveness scale were real directly corresponded with those who showed other markers for having higher self-esteem.
参考译文：事实上，那些认为吸引力等级更高的图像是真实的人，与那些在其他方面表现出更高自尊标志的人直接对应。
定位线索：题干“Epley found that people with higher self-esteem tended to”→答案句取自第4段“those who thought that the images higher up the attractiveness scale were real directly corresponded with those who showed other markers for having higher self-esteem”；文中“thought that the images higher up the attractiveness scale were real”对应选项B“believe in their attractiveness”。
解析：题干问高自尊的人倾向于什么，答案句指出高自尊的人与认为更吸引人的图像是真实的人直接对应，即他们相信自己的吸引力，对应B项“believe in their attractiveness”。A项“underestimate their insecurities”文中说无证据表明自我增强是为了弥补不安全感，但未说低估；C项“cover up their depressions”文中最后说抑郁的人不会自我增强，但未说高自尊者掩盖抑郁；D项“oversimplify their illusions”无中生有。
29. The word “viscerally” (Line 2, Para.5) is closest in meaning to.
- A. instinctively
- B. occasionally
- C. particularly
- D. aggressively
答案：A
答案句：Knowing the results of Epley’s study, it makes sense that many people hate photographs of themselves viscerally – on one level, they don’t even recognise the person in the picture as themselves.
参考译文：了解了Epley的研究结果后，很多人发自内心地讨厌自己的照片，这是有道理的——在某种程度上，他们甚至不承认照片中的人是自己。
定位线索：题干“The word 'viscerally' (Line 2, Para.5)”→答案句取自第5段“many people hate photographs of themselves viscerally”；文中“on one level, they don’t even recognise the person in the picture as themselves”提供语境，对应选项A“instinctively”。
解析：词义题需结合上下文。答案句中“viscerally”修饰“hate”，后文解释“on one level, they don’t even recognise the person in the picture as themselves”，说明这种讨厌是本能、非理性的，对应A项“instinctively”。B项“occasionally”表示偶尔，与“many people”不符；C项“particularly”表示特别，但语境强调本能而非程度；D项“aggressively”表示攻击性，文中无此含义。
30. It can be inferred that Facebook is a self-enhancer’s paradise because people can.
- A. present their dishonest profiles
- B. define their traditional lifestyles
- C. share their intellectual pursuits
- D. withhold their unflattering sides
答案：D
答案句：Facebook, therefore, is a self-enhancer’s paradise, where people can share only the most flattering photos, the cream of their wit, style, beauty, intellect and lifestyles. It’s not that people’s profiles are dishonest, says Catalina Toma of Wisconsin-Madison University, “but they portray an idealised version of themselves.”
参考译文：因此，Facebook是自我增强者的天堂，人们可以只分享最讨喜的照片、他们智慧、风格、美丽、才智和生活方式的精华。威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的Catalina Toma说，这并不是说人们的资料不诚实，“而是他们描绘了一个理想化的自己。”
定位线索：题干“It can be inferred that Facebook is a self-enhancer's paradise because people can”→答案句取自第5段“Facebook...is a self-enhancer's paradise, where people can share only the most flattering photos”；文中“share only the most flattering photos”对应选项D“withhold their unflattering sides”。
解析：题干问Facebook是自我增强者天堂的原因，答案句指出人们“share only the most flattering photos”，即只分享最讨喜的一面，隐含不分享不讨喜的一面，对应D项“withhold their unflattering sides”。A项“dishonest profiles”与原文“It’s not that people’s profiles are dishonest”相反；B项“traditional lifestyles”无中生有；C项“intellectual pursuits”只是“intellect”的一部分，且不是主要原因。