专题04 【第12期】地市级一模阅读理解七选五20篇-2024届新高考英语二轮好题汇编

2024届新高考英语二轮好题汇编 专题04【第12期】地市级一模阅读理解七选五20篇 原卷版 技能专区：冲刺备考名师提醒，洞悉高考命题规律，提供高效提分干货 考向一 七选五说明文 考向二 七选五记叙文 考向三 七选五议论文 模拟专区：做好题才有好成绩！练技能，补漏洞，提分数，强信心！ （2023·四川南充·一模）How We Talk about Fear Matters Lately, there seems to be plenty to fear in the world. How we talk about what we fear might offer clues to how we perceive that emotion socially and culturally. Get the root of fear. 1 . In Anglo Saxon times, “fear” primarily referred to sudden danger. The root of the word dates back to “pēr” from Indo-European about 6,000 years ago. This root suggests that fear developed from a sudden (frightening) experience you passed through. Figure out the emotional meaning of fear. Whether emotions are viewed positively or negatively varies from culture to culture. 2 . For instance, in English, the word “anxious” can be used to mean “worried” or “eager”. But the word meaning “anxious” just means “regret” in Dargwa. Therefore, many English speakers may not view anxiety as negatively as Dargwa speakers. Find out a fearful pattern. In looking at such patterns across the major language families, researchers found that the word “fear” was often associated with anxiety, envy and grief in Indo-European languages. But in Austronesian languages, “fear” more often was associated with surprise. 3 . 4 How we talk about fear changes how we react to it. When we talk about what frightens us, it may be useful to disrupt associated meanings. In addition, how our language categorizes an emotion seems to impact whether we perceive those emotions negatively or positively. In conclusion, fear is something that can be changed by cultural and linguistic experience. 5 . Perhaps Roosevelt was right when he in famously said “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” A．Talk more about fears B．Change our perception of fear C．The word fear has a long history in English D．There seemed a fearful pattern across the major language families E．This is based on what people