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1、托福阅读资料汇总 托福阅读离不开多加练习，下面我就供应一些托福阅读资料给大家参考学习。 托福阅读资料：相由心生 “相由心生”是一句成语，那原委是不是这么回事呢，科学家们探讨表明这种说法是有依据的，可以成立的。所以说我们的祖先们是多么的睿智!下面我们来看这篇托福阅读练习。 If you exhibit positive traits such as honesty and helpfulness, the chances are that you will be perceived as a good looking person, for a new study has found that
2、the perception of physical attractiveness is influenced by a person's personality. The study, led by Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr, found that people who exhibit negative traits, such as unfairness and rudeness, appear to be less physically attractive to observers. In the study, the participants viewe
3、d photographs of opposite-sex individuals and rated them for attractiveness before and after being provided with information on personality traits. After personality information was received, participants also rated the desirability of each individual as a friend and as a dating partner. Information
4、 on personality was found to significantly alter perceived desirability, showing that cognitive processes modify judgments of attractiveness. "Perceiving a person as having a desirable personality makes the person more suitable in general as a close relationship partner of any kind," said
5、Lewandowski. The findings show that a positive personality leads to greater desirability as a friend, which leads to greater desirability as a romantic partner and, ultimately, to being viewed as more physically attractive. The findings remained consistent regardless of how "attractive" th
6、e individual was initially perceived to be, or of the participants' current relationship status or commitment level with a partner. What would you think of this lady's physical attractiveness if she exhibited bad personal traits? "This research provides a more positive alternative by re
7、minding people that personality goes a long way toward determining your attractiveness; it can even change people's impressions of how good looking you are," said Lewandowski. 假如你表现出诚恳和乐于助人等美妙品质，那么别人会觉得你的外表也很迷人。一项最新探讨发觉，一个人的性格会影响别人对他或她的外表吸引力的看法。 该项由盖里W勒万多维斯基负责的探讨发觉，人们认为，表现出不诚恳和粗鲁等恶劣品质的人外表也不
8、够吸引人。 探讨对象首先观看了一组异性的照片，随后分别在得知照片中人物的性格特点之前和之后给他们的外表评分。 探讨对象在得知照片中人物的性格特点后，还对与其中每个人交挚友或做恋人的期望值进行了评分。 探讨人员发觉，有关人物性格特点的信息大大变更了之前的喜好度评分，探讨对象的认知过程变更了他们比照片中人物外表的评价。 勒万多维斯基说：“总的来说，假如人们认为一个人的性格较好，那么他们会觉得无论与这个人做挚友还是做恋人都更合适。” 探讨结果表明，人们更期望与性格较好的人交挚友、成为恋人，从而会认为他们的外表更迷人。 无论照片中人物给人的“第一印象”怎样、或者探讨对象目前的情感关系状况以及与伴侣的密
9、切程度如何，探讨结果都是一样的。 勒万多维斯基说：“该探讨提出了一个更为主动的观点，它提示人们，性格在很大程度上能确定你的吸引力;性格甚至能够变更人们对于你外表的印象。” 托福阅读资料：开车太慢也危急 开车慢点就肯定平安么?答案是不肯定。今日的新托福阅读特训资料我们就来聊聊慢速开车的危害。 Slow drivers 'are among most dangerous on roads' and cause crashe. 慢速前行的司机是道路上最危急的因素之一并且会简单引发撞车事故。 Slow drivers are one of the biggest dangers on
10、the road and should be treated like speeders, a report says. 一篇报道称：慢性子司机是道路上最危急的因素之一，也必需像处理超速者一样对待。 Nearly a third of motorists have had a 'near miss' caused by someone travelling slowly. 将近三分之一的司机由于慢速司机差点出了车祸。 These drivers create such frustration that six out of ten motorists feel stress r
11、ise and about half are tempted to 'undertake'. 这些司机会产生这样的懊丧感，非常之六的司机会感到压力上升，有一半司机试图尝试去“接受”。 It has led to calls for a crackdown on slow drivers including the setting of minimum limits or even slow speed cameras. 它呼吁打击慢行司机，包括调到最低速度的人或者甚至是慢速的“照相机”。 Transport Department figures show 143 acciden
12、ts a year are caused directly by slow drivers. 交通部门的数据表明每年有143个事故是干脆由慢行司机引起的。 The report notes: In reaction to these slow drivers, almost half (45%) of motorists risk overtaking, thus increasing the chances of an accident. 这篇报道指出：“对于这些慢行司机，几乎45%的司机会冒险超车，这反而增加了发生事故的概率。” 'Although minimum speed li
13、mits are enforced on some UK motorways, there are few preventative measures that are used widely.' 尽管一些英国高速马路上执行着最低车速限制，但并没有一些广泛运用的爱护措施。 In 2022 the government introduced a scheme which allows for 100 on-the-spot fine for careless driving-including those that drive too slow, though there is litt
14、le evidence of this being taken seriously by the authorities. 在2022年，政府出台了一个安排，对不当心驾驶的司机允许收取100英镑的罚款，这其中也包括驾驶速度过慢的司机，尽管有很小的迹象表示当局会正式的执行这个安排。 More than a quarter (27 per cent) of drivers questioned want an explicit slow lane on roads to combat slow drivers. 超过四分之一(27%)的司机质问须要一个明确的慢车道来打击这些慢行司机。 Hot-sp
15、ots for low middle lane hogs include the main A3 road between Surrey and Hampshire and the capital. 设置中低速的车道的热点地带，包括A3萨里和新罕布什尔州和首都之间的主要马路。 以上就是今日的托福阅读材料，每天做几篇阅读，坚持下来，肯定会有不小的进步，阅读的同时不要遗忘，积累生疏词汇与优秀的句子，以便考试的时候能派上用场，英语不是一朝一夕的事，所以大家肯定要勤加练习。 托福阅读资料：近半英国女性懊悔读高校 Vicky Tuck: 'I believe women should only
16、go to university if they have a genuine interest in learning'. Young women are losing faith in the university system with nearly half believing it is not worth getting a degree. Tuition fees and little chance of landinga good job make higher education an unattractive prospect for them, a study s
17、uggests. It found that nearly half of female graduates would not go to university if they had the chance again. The research will cause concern because it was carried out before the Government announced that fees will almost treble to 9,000 in 2022. The findings have prompted warnings that a generat
18、ion of ambitious young women will miss out on a high-flyingcareer and the opportunity to continue their education. Louise Court, editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, which conducted the survey, said young women seem to think university a waste of time. Its never been harder to be a young woman with ambi
19、tion, she said. Understandably, women are angry and frustrated about their future and this is having a damaging affect on their self-esteem. The survey of 1,353 women also looked at the career prospects and financial outlook for women in 2022. Two thirds of those questioned said they thought it woul
20、d be almost impossible to get their dream job and a quarter were unable to follow their preferred career. Only 14 per cent said they felt safe from the sack. And the financial situation for graduates was especially bad, with half saying they had so much student debt they could not save. The same pro
21、portion believed they faced worse financial hardship than their parents. One in seven women said they had been forced to postpone getting married because a wedding would be too expensive. And more than one in six admitted that financial constraints had made them postpone trying to start a family. Vi
22、cky Tuck, a campaigner for womens education and former head of Cheltenham Ladies College, said: The rise in fees is going to make a lot of people reflect on why they are going to university. Before the introduction of fees it was not an automatic assumption that a degree would lead to a good job. It
23、 is only recently that we have seen that relationship. I believe that women should only go to university if they have a genuine interest in learning, a precious opportunity. If they go purely to get a job, many will be disappointed. 托福阅读资料 Music and Verbal Memory Even if you havent touched a piano i
24、n years, if you suffered through music lessons as a kid you may have benefited from those lessons in ways you wouldnt expect. When you train on a musical instrument your brain is stimulated and changes and develops as a result. Because the parts of the brain are interconnected this stimulation doesn
25、t affect musical ability only. Psychologists have discovered that the stimulation musical training enacts on the left temporal region of your brain enhances verbal memory. People with musical training are significantly better at recalling words from a list and learning new words. Whats more, the lon
26、ger the duration of musical training, the better the verbal memory. So while children who study music for two years demonstrate better verbal memory than children who have not studied music, children who continue to study music continue to improve their verbal memory. The good news for those of us w
27、ho trained on musical instruments but quit at some point is that we dont seem to lose the verbal benefits we gain from this training. Scientists are particularly interested in what this suggests about the interconnectedness of the brain and thus the predictability of the effects of stimulation to a
28、brain area on cognitive functions located in that area. Further research may lead to developments in cognitive rehabilitation for people with brain injuries. For example, in order to rebuild verbal memory in patients with injury to that part of the brain, doctors may prescribe music lessons. 托福阅读资料
29、Exercise keeps you younger Exercise may hold the key to youth, according to a study published on Monday which showed people who keep fit are up to nine years biologically younger than those who do not. The findings are the first to show in humans how keeping fit affects the ageing process. The study
30、 of 2,401 twins found that a sedentary lifestyle raises the risk of a range of problems from heart disease to cancer and appears to play a key role in the ageing process. It all appears to boil down to the length of structures called telomeres - which protect the DNA on the chromosomes, the research
31、ers from King's College London wrote in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Many studies have shown telomeres get shorter over time, suggesting the cells are ageing or dying. The study, which extracted a DNA sample from their volunteers, found people who exercised more each week had longer telome
32、res. Exercise lowers the risk of a range of problems such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer, the researchers said. "It is not just walking around the block. It is really working up a sweat," said Tim Spector, a genetic epidemiologist who led the study, in a telephone interview. The stu
33、dy found people who exercised vigorously 3 hours each week had longer telomeres and they were 9 years biologically younger than people who did under 15 minutes. Spector's team, who also adjusted for body weight, smoking, economic status and physical activity at work, also said moderate exercise
34、for 1-1/2 hours each week provided a four-year advantage. Studying twins also provided a unique opportunity to gauge the effects of exercise on people with the same or similar genetic make-up, the researchers said. The reason why exercise has this effect is not clear but the researchers said they be
35、lieve physical activity somehow defends against the natural process called oxidative stress, which damages and kills cells. 托福阅读资料汇总本文来源：网络收集与整理，如有侵权，请联系作者删除，谢谢！第15页 共15页第 15 页 共 15 页第 15 页 共 15 页第 15 页 共 15 页第 15 页 共 15 页第 15 页 共 15 页第 15 页 共 15 页第 15 页 共 15 页第 15 页 共 15 页第 15 页 共 15 页第 15 页 共 15 页