Passage Three-|||-Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:-|||-The good news we get from TV and radio makes us feel more kindly toward other people,but bad-|||-news - especially news of cruelty and violence -stirs up suspicion and a sense of competition-|||-toward others.-|||-These are the findings of 10 years of experiments by research psychologists (心理学家)atCo--|||-lumbia University,who conclude that broadcaster encourage hostile(敌对的)behavior by stressing-|||-bad news.-|||-"We found that the news people are exposed to either encourages them to concentrate on the-|||-differences betweenthemse and others,or on the common problems that make them feel, "We`re-|||-all in this together,""explained Dr.Harvey Hornstein.-|||-"News about one human being helping another...brings out feelings of trust and cooperation.But-|||-news about one person actually doing harm to another changes our estimate of other people for the-|||-worse."-|||-In an early experiment in 1968,Dr.Hornstein and his associates,who had been dropping wallets-|||-(钱包)for two years to test the honesty of people,discovered that on June 4,1968,not one wallet was-|||-returned.-|||-"That was the night Robert F.Kennedy was shot,"he recalled."Strangers suddenly seemed-|||-dangerous, and nobody wanted to return a lost wallet to a stranger.-|||-"But good news on the other hand,lifts us up,"he stressed,citing the date fJuly 4,1976,America`s-|||-Bicentennial(两百年的)celebration."On that day,we all felt safe and good.Being American was the-|||-thing.We all felt as if we all belonged together."-|||-Recent tests support these conclusions.In one experiment,60 subjects were exposed to good-|||-news,bad news or music.Then they were told to play a game with a non -cxistent person supposed in-|||-another room.It was a game of choice that emphasized cooperation or competition.-|||-After hearing good news,the overwhelming majority,91 percent,played cooperatively.But after-|||-hearing bad news,competitive responses wer over three times as high -up to 28 percent,from 9-|||-percent.-|||-"If we watch television and see a lot of blood,"said Dr.Homstein,"we`re probably assuming that-|||-the world is a dirtier place than we assumed before we saw that TV violence.And we`ll deal with the-|||-next individual we come upon as if he is part of that grim (冷酷的)picture of humanity.After the good-|||-news,it`s the reverse."-|||-36.According to the findings of researchers at Columbia University,when people hear good news,-|||-they feel __ _.-|||-A) happier-|||-B)more kindly toward others-|||-C) safer than they really are-|||-D) more competitive-|||-37.Dr.Harvey Hornstein found that when people hear news about one person actually doing harm to-|||-another,they tend to __-|||-A) regard other people as worse than they really are-|||-B) treat total strangers as suspects of cruel crimes-|||-C) become hostile towards neighbors and friends-|||-D) think about the common problems facing mankind-|||-38.What did Dr.Harvey Hornstein and his associates discover on the night of June 4,1968?-|||-A) Robert F.Kennedy was shot.-|||-B)Their wallets were lost.-|||-C) People in America suddenly became dishonest.-|||-D)Nobody returned the wallets they dropped.-|||-39.We can infer from the passage that on July 4,1976,most probably __-|||-A) people drank and sang and danced-|||-B) lost wallets were returned to their owners-|||-C) everybody wanted to be American-|||-D) even criminals were friendly to others-|||-40.We can conclude from the passage that __-|||-A) violence on TV leads to more violence on the streets-|||-B) broadcasters should emphasize good news rather than bad news-|||-C) the world is a dirtier place than we assume it to be-|||-D) people are more competitive when they are faced with challenges-|||-Direetions: There are four passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions or-|||-unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C),and-|||-D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the An--|||-swer Sheet with a single line through the center.