B. why we cough when we suffer from a cold

C. why we smile when we see someone else smile

D. why we yawn when we see someone else stay up late

答案：C 细节理解题。从文中Or how hard it is to be among people laughing and not laugh yourself? Well, apparently it's because we have mirror neurons (神经元）in our brains.

可以看的出来。

68. The underlined word "triggered" in the third paragraph probably means ―____‖.

A. set off B. cut off C. built up D. broken up

答案：A词义猜测题。根据下文的perform和本句的含义可知“如果他们给人们一些句子来

听，那么他们就会发出同样的神经元和进行一些行为动作一样。所以划线部分单词意为“发

出”和set off近义。

69. We can learn from the passage that mirror neurons _____.

A. relate to human behavior and interaction

B. control human physical actions and feelings

C. result in bad behavior and social disorders

D. determine our knowledge and language abilities

答案：A推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句Research into mirror neurons seems to provide us with ever more information concerning how humans behave and interact(互动）可知答案。

70. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Ways to find mirror neurons. B. Problems of mirror neurons.

C. Existence of mirror neurons. D. Functions of mirror neurons.

答案：D主旨大意题。根据第一段的疑问句引出神经元和下文解释神经元对于人类行为和互

动提供更多的信息可以知道本文主要告诉我们mirror neurons的作用，D项能概括文章大意。

E

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