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There are hundreds of personality quizzes online that assert they can ascertain whether the right or left half of
your brain is dominant. Left-brained people are supposedly logical and excel at language and math while right-
brained people are more imaginative, emotionally intelligent and skilled with spatial reasoning. There’s just one
problem: That’s not how brains work.

Popular science enthusiasts sort of took this idea and ran with it, and it’s become woven in popular culture
now, and it’s not going away.

Despite this enduring belief, there’s no such thing as being “right-brained” or “left-brained”. Whether you’re
someone who tends more towards creativity or logic has nothing to do with one hemisphere of your brain being
dominant over the other. But the actual science of how the two halves of our brains work together is sometimes
stranger than fiction.

The human brain is divided into two hemispheres, the left and right. In all vertebrate (脊椎的) animals，the
right hemisphere controls the left side of the body and vice versa. And scientists have long known, thanks to the
behaviors of patients who suffered brain injuries, that different areas of the brain do different things.

But many scientists struggled with this idea, because the very suggestion that the left and right halves of the
brain operate differently disrupted the idea that nature tends toward perfect symmetry.

Work by neuroscientists (神经科学家) has revealed the importance of different hemispheres of the brain for
different activities. However, their research quickly saw some misinterpretations in the general public: Some
presumed creative people must be right-brained and logical people left-brained. It is proven that not only is
personality unrelated to the different halves of the brain, but people aren’t really right- or left-brained to begin
with. The idea that we have left-dominant people and right-dominant people, and that this is related to personality,
is categorically false. That’s never been supported in the neuroscience community. Neuroscientists don’t believe
that and never have.

What scientists learned is that there are really important differences between the left hemisphere and the right
hemisphere. It’s just that they have nothing to do with personality or whether cognitive strategy is more logical or
free spirited or creative. While researchers have shown the limitations of how the hemispheres of our brains
influence our lives, it’s not difficult to understand the appeal of such ideas. People are endlessly fascinated by
themselves and their friends, and the subtle differences in how people think about the world are really meaningful
to them. When you come up with an online quiz that tells us something about ourselves, we’re drawn to that. It’s
irresistible. But you have to take it with an enormous grain of salt.

题目一

46. What do numerous personality quizzes online claim they are able to do?
A. Distinguish between the two hemispheres of one’s brain.
B. Determine whether one is left-brained or right-brained.
C. Tell if one is more of a linguist or of a mathematician.
D. Ascertain how one’s brain performs different tasks.

什么是众多个人检测在线声明他们可以做的

A 区分一个人的两个半圆的大脑

B 决定是否一个是左脑或者一个是右脑

C 告诉是否一个人更加是语言学家或数学学家

D 确保一个人如何大脑执行不同的任务

盯住目标

There are hundreds of personality quizzes online that assert they can ascertain whether the right or left half of
your brain is dominant. Left-brained people are supposedly logical and excel at language and math while right-
brained people are more imaginative, emotionally intelligent and skilled with spatial reasoning. There’s just one
problem: That’s not how brains work.

他们可以确保是否是右大脑或者是左大脑被控制

检索思路，反复思考

B 很明显

题目二

47. What does the author say is sometimes stranger than fiction?
A. How one hemisphere of the brain impacts creativity.
B. How the two halves of our brains work alternately.
C. How the two hemispheres of our brains cooperate.
D. How one half of the brain dominates the other.

什么是作者说有时异常的（stranger）比小说

A 如何一个半球影响一个人的创造

B 如何2半的脑子交替工作

C 如何2半的脑子合作

D 如何一半的脑子统治另一半

盯住目标

Despite this enduring belief, there’s no such thing as being “right-brained” or “left-brained”. Whether you’re
someone who tends more towards creativity or logic has nothing to do with one hemisphere of your brain being
dominant over the other. But the actual science of how the two halves of our brains work together is sometimes
stranger than fiction.

实际科学如何两半脑子一起工作是有时异常的比小说

检索思路，反复思考

虽然我翻译的一坨，但这个答案很明显了

C

题目三

48. Why did many scientists have difficulty endorsing the idea that different areas of the brain do different things?
A. It contradicts the assumption that the two hemispheres of the brain are symmetrical.
B. It dismisses the view that the universe has been evolving in a consistent manner.
C. It is in conflict with the suggestion that the left and right halves of the brain work together.
D. It disrupts the idea that the right hemisphere of the brain controls the left side of the body.

为什么许多科学家有困难去支持这个 想法 - 不同地区的大脑做不同事情

A 它是矛盾的假设两边大脑的对称性

B 它否定了观点 - 宇宙已经进化的一致的方法

C 它冲突和这个建议 - 左和右半脑一起工作

D 它打破了这个想法 - 右脑控制着身体的左半身体

盯住目标

But many scientists struggled with this idea, because the very suggestion that the left and right halves of the
brain operate differently disrupted the idea that nature tends toward perfect symmetry.

因为非常建议 - 左和右半脑操作不同中断的想法 - 自然界倾向完美的对称

检索思路，反复思考

A 可以的

B 宇宙？自然界！

C 没说

D 没说

题目四

49. What belief have neuroscientists long rejected according to the passage?
A. There are left-dominant people and right-dominant people with different personalities.
B. There are noticeable differences between the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
C. One’s personality is hardly related to the different halves of the brain.
D. Different areas of the brain are responsible for different activities.

什么观点（belief）在神经科学有长期的拒绝 通过文章

A 左脑控制的人们，和右脑控制的人们 有不同的 性格

B 明显的区别在左和右脑

C 一个人性格很难关联到不同的半脑

D 不同脑子的地方有负责不同活动

盯住目标

Work by neuroscientists (神经科学家) has revealed the importance of different hemispheres of the brain for
different activities. However, their research quickly saw some misinterpretations in the general public: Some
presumed creative people must be right-brained and logical people left-brained. It is proven that not only is
personality unrelated to the different halves of the brain, but people aren’t really right- or left-brained to begin
with. The idea that we have left-dominant people and right-dominant people, and that this is related to personality,
is categorically false. That’s never been supported in the neuroscience community. Neuroscientists don’t believe
that and never have.

这个主意 - 左脑控制人们和右脑控制人们，这是关联到个人，是绝对（categorically）错误的，（后面就是题目了）

检索思路，反复思考

A 送

题目五

50. What are we advised to do with an online quiz that tells us something about ourselves?
A. Challenge its authority.
B. Scrutinize its originality.
C. Evaluate its popularity.
D. Question its reliability.

在线测试 - 告诉我们一些关于我们自己的情况有什么建议

A 权威的挑战

B 仔细审查原创

C 评估欢迎度

D 质疑可靠性

盯住目标

What scientists learned is that there are really important differences between the left hemisphere and the right
hemisphere. It’s just that they have nothing to do with personality or whether cognitive strategy is more logical or
free spirited or creative. While researchers have shown the limitations of how the hemispheres of our brains
influence our lives, it’s not difficult to understand the appeal of such ideas. People are endlessly fascinated by
themselves and their friends, and the subtle differences in how people think about the world are really meaningful
to them. When you come up with an online quiz that tells us something about ourselves, we’re drawn to that. It’s
irresistible. But you have to take it with an enormous grain of salt.

当你提出（comp up with）在线测试 - 告诉我们一些事情关于我们，我们被吸引（drawn），这是难以坚持的，但是你不得不带着一大粒的盐？？？

检索思路，反复思考

神人题目，这里带着一大粒的盐是英语惯用语，报有怀疑态度和批判性思考

选D，闹麻了