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2026年全国1卷 Passage D

难度：困难主题：心理来源：2026年全国1卷 Passage D

A team of Cambridge psychologists conducted an experiment to compare the cognitive (认知的) effects of merely seeing art with actively judging how beautiful it is.

In the study, 187 people were invited to visit Kettle’s Yard gallery during an exhibition of handmade clay objects. Participants were randomly divided into two groups: the “beauty” group was asked to actively consider and then rate the beauty of each object they viewed, while the control group just matched a line drawing of the object with the artwork itself. All participants were then tested on how they process information, and whether it’s in a more practical or abstract way.

Across all participants, those in the beauty group scored almost 14% higher on average than the control group in abstract thinking. While they were told the study was about cognitive processes, participants were asked about interests, with around half saying they had an artistic hobby. Among those, the effect was greater: those with an artistic hobby in the beauty group scored over 25% higher on average for abstract thinking than those with an artistic hobby in the control group.

Emotional states of participants were also measured by asking about their feelings while completing the gallery task. Across all participants, those in the beauty group reported an average of 23% higher levels of “transformative and self-transcendent feelings” — such as feeling moved, enlightened and inspired — than the control group. Importantly, however, the beauty group did not report feeling any happier than the control group, suggesting that it was the engagement with beauty that influenced abstract thinking, rather than any overall positivity from the experience.

“We usually think in very concrete terms when doing something on a screen,” said Simone Schnall, senior author of the study. “It’s becoming much rarer to zone out and just let the mind wander, but that’s when we think in ways that broaden our minds. Admiring the beauty of art may be the ideal way to initiate the abstract cognitive processes.”

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  1. 32. What was the beauty group asked to do with the clay objects?

    1. A. Draw their outlines.
    2. B. Give each piece a rating.
    3. C. Compare their prices.
    4. D. Make a copy of each piece.

    答案：B

  2. 33. Which participants got the highest score on average in the test?

    1. A. Beauty group, with an artistic hobby.
    2. B. Beauty group, without an artistic hobby.
    3. C. Control group, with an artistic hobby.
    4. D. Control group, without an artistic hobby.

    答案：A

  3. 34. Why were the participants’ emotional states measured?

    1. A. To discover their attitudes towards art.
    2. B. To identify their specific thinking patterns.
    3. C. To examine the difficulty of the tasks.
    4. D. To determine factors behind the test results.

    答案：D

  4. 35. What is the major finding of the study regarding the appreciation of art?

    1. A. It enhances emotional ties.
    2. B. It needs critical thinking skills.
    3. C. It creates positive feelings.
    4. D. It encourages abstract thinking.

    答案：D

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