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Itisn'tjustthebeautyofvastnaturalwondersliketheGrand

Canyonthatcantakeyourbreathaway.Youcanfindawein

everydaythings.Anewresearch,publishedinthejournal

Emotion,foundthatolderadultswhotook""awewalks”felt

morepositiveemotionsintheirdailylives.

Inthestudy,52olderadultsaged60to90weredivided

randomlyintotwogroups.Theyweretoldtotakeatleastone

15-minutewalkeachweekforeightweeks.Volunteersinthe

“awegroup"wereinstructedinhowtoinspireaweasthey

walked."Weaskedthemtotrytoseetheworldwithfresheyes

一totakeinnewdetailsofaleaforflower,forexample/7Sturm

says.Forexample,oneparticipantfromtheawegroupwrote

about“thebeautifulfallcolorsandhowtheleaveswereno

longercrunchy（嘎吱响）underfootbecauseoftherain”—the

wonderthatsmallchildrenfeelastheyembracetheirexpanding

world.However,peopleintheothergroupwerelessfocusedon

theworldaroundthem.Oneparticipantwrote,"Ithoughtabout

ourvacationinHawaiinextThursday.”

Inadditionparticipantswereaskedtotakeselfies（自拍）inthe

beginning,middle,andendofeachwalk.Researchersfoundthat

participantswhotookawewalksshoweda"smallself",inthat

theyfilledlessoftheirphotographswiththeirownimageand

morewiththebackgroundscenery."Whenwefeelawe,our

attentionshiftsfromfocusingonourselvestofocusingonthe

worldaroundus,"Sturmsays."Aweaffectsoursocial

relationshipsbecauseithelpsustofeelmoreconnectedwiththe

world,universe,andotherpeople."Theirsmilesalsogrew

broaderbytheendofthestudy."Weanalyzedtheintensityof

theirsmilesintheselfies,andparticipantswhotookawewalks

displayedgreatersmilesovertimethanthosewhotookcontrol

walks.Theformerreportedgreaterpositiveemotionsingeneral,

includingmorejoyandgratitude.”

Participantsinthecontrolgrouptookmorefrequentwalks

thanthosepeopleintheawegroup,theresearchersdiscovered.

Butwalkingmoredidn'tresultinpositivechangesinemotional

healthorinthewaytheirselfiesweretaken.Thissuggeststhat

theresultsweremainlyduetoexperiencingawe,andnotjustin

spendingtimeexercising.

32.Whatwereparticipantsinthe"awegroup"requiredtodoin

Paragraph2?

A.Totakeawalkeachweek.

B.Tofocusontheirinnerworld.

C.Tocollectleavesaftertherain.

D.Toexplorewithchildlikecuriosity.

33.Whatcanweseeintheselfiesfromtheawewalks?

A.Close-upimageswithwidesmiles.

B.Moreattentiononthemselves.

C.Simplythebackgroundscenery.

D.Smallfigureswithbiggersmiles.

34.Whatcanweknowfromthelastparagraph?

A.Experiencingawecounts.

B.Morewalks,morejoy.

C.Exercisescanbenefitus.

D.Awecomeswithwalking.

35.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitle?

A.AweWalksPromoteYourPhysicalFitness

B.ExperiencingAweDoesWondersforEveryone

C.AweWalksImproveYourPositiveEmotions

D.FrequentWalksContributetoEmotionalHealth

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【湖南长沙长郡中学2023届高三月考卷】Hundredsofnative

NorthAmericanplants,oftendismissedasweeds,deservealot

morerespect,accordingtoanewstudy.Theseplants,distant

cousinsoffoodslikesunflowersandlettuce（黄苣）,actually

representabotanicaltreasurenowfacingincreasedthreatsfrom

climatechangeandhabitatloss.Thecropsthatthehumanrace

nowdependson,includinggrainslikewheatandtreefruitlike

peaches,originallywereselectedorbred（培育）fromplantsthat

grewwildhundredsorthousandsofyearsago.IntheU.S.,there

arewildancestorsofblueberries,sweetpotatoes,onions,

potatoes,andmanyotherfoodcrops."Someofthemarequite

common,"saysColinKhoury,aresearchscientistatthe

InternationalCenterforTropicalAgriculture."Wildlettuce

plantsgrowalongsidewalks,orinbackyards,butgo

unrecognized.H

Othercroprelativesarerareandthreatened.OneofKhoury's

favoritesistheparadoxicalsunflower."Itgrowsjustinwetlands

ofthedesertsofNewMexicoandTexas.Littlesaltyareaswhere

there'salittlebitofwaterbeneaththesoil,“hesays.Soplant

growerscrossbreditwithcommercialsunflowersandcreated

newvarietiesthatcangrowinplaceswherethesoilcontains

moresalt.Otherwildrelativesmaybehidingsimilarly

remarkablegifts,Khourysays,suchasgenesthatcouldhelp

theirdomesticatedrelativessurvivediseases,ordealwithpests.

Khouryandsomeofhiscolleaguesjustfinishedasurveyof

about600wildcroprelativesthatgrowinNorthAmerica,and

theyfoundthatmostoftheseplantsarethreatenedbythings

likefires,farminganddevelopment.Thescientistsarguethat

theydeservemoreprotection.Foronething,“genebanks”

shouldcollectandpreservethem.Inaddition,theseplantsneed

moreprotectionintheirnaturalhabitat.

AccordingtoKhoury,thatdoesn'tnecessarilymeansetting

asidelandforthem.Inmanycases,theplantsalreadyare

growingonpubliclandthat'smanagedbytheU.S.ForestService

(USFS)ortheBureauofLandManagement(BLM)."It'smore

aboutjustbeingawarethattheseplantsactuallyexist,"hesays.

28.Whatdidthenewstudymainlyfocuson?

A.Endangeredplantspecies.

B.Wildrelativesoffoodcrops.

C.Theimpactsofclimate