(四)(2015•杭州)Areyoushy?Ifyouareyouarenotalone.Infactcloseto50percentofpeopleareshy.Almost80percentofpeoplefeelshyatsomepoint^intheirlives.Thes
(四)(2015•杭州)
Areyoushy?Ifyouareyouarenotalone.Infactcloseto50percentofpeopleareshy.Almost80 percentofpeoplefeelshyatsomepoint^intheirlives.Thesedaysshynessisbecomingmoreandmorecommon.Nowscientistsaretryingtounderstandshyness.Theyhavesomeinterestingideasaboutwhypeopleareshy.
Isitpossibletobebomshy?Manyscientistssayyes.Theysay15to20 percentofbabiesbehaveshyly.Thesebabiesarealittlequieterandmorewatchfulthanotherbabies.Interestinglytheseshybabiesusuallyhaveshyparents.Asaresultscientiststhinkthatsomeshynessisgenetic.
Familysizemightcausepeopletobeshyaswell.ScientistsatHarvardUniversitystudiedshychildren.Theyfoundthat66percentofthemhadolderbrothersandsisters.Asaresulttheybecameshy.Atthesametimechildrenwithnobrothersandsistersmaybeshyaswell.Growingupalonetheyoftenplaybythemselves.Theyarenotabletolearnthesamesocialskillsaschildrenfrombigfamilies.
Youmayalsobeshybecauseofwhereyouwerebom.Whenscientistsstudiedshynessindifferentcountriestheyfoundsurprisingdifferences.InJapanmostpeoplesaidtheywereshy.ButinIsraelonlyoneofthreepeo-plesaidso.Whatexplainsthedifference?OnescientistsaystheJapaneseandIsraelishavedifferentopinionsoffailure.InJapanwhenpeopledonotsucceedtheyfeelbadaboutthemselves.Theyblame(责备)themselvesfortheirfailure.InIsraeltheoppositeistrue.Israelisoftenblamefailureonoutsidereasonssuchasfamilyteachersfriendsorbadluck.InIsraelfreedomofopinionandrisktakingarestronglysupported.ThismaybewhyIsraelisworrylessaboutfailureandarelessshy.
Forshypeopleitcanbedifficulttomakefriendsspeakinclassandevengetagoodjob.Butscientistssayyoucangetoveryourshyness.Theysuggesttryingnewthingsandpracticingconversation.Anddon'tforget—ifyouareshyyouarenottheonlyone.
()1.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?
A.Happiness.B.Shyness.
C.Kindness. D.Loneliness.
()2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“genetic”inParagraph2probablymean?
A.Passeddownfromparents.
B.Learnedfromf