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If this weekend is yawning ahead of you, offering nothing but the same old routines and household duties, then don’t despair: bo
If this weekend is yawning ahead of you, offering nothing but the same old routines and household duties, then don’t despair: bo
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2022-01-04
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If this weekend is yawning ahead of you, offering nothing but the same old routines and household duties, then don’t despair: boredom is good for you, a new study claims.
Far from【C1】________the mind and leading to a lack of productivity, boredom can【C2】________people to seek out ways of being selfless and to engage in prosocial tasks,【C3】________uneasy ones such as giving blood. "Bored people feel that their actions are【C4】________and so they are motivated to engage in meaningful behavior," said Wynand van Tilburg, co-author of the paper, A Pragmatic Meaning—Regulation Hypothesis on Boredom and Prosocial Behavior. If prosocial behavior【C5】________this requirement, boredom promotes prosocial behavior.
" Investigating the link between boredom and prosocial behavior is not only highly【C6】________but also counter-intuitive," said Van Tilburg, "Past research has【C7】________boredom almost exclusively with disgusting correlates,【C8】________closer inspection suggests a much richer【C9】________of potential consequences that may well go beyond merely negative outcomes, such as prosocial behavior. Boredom makes people【C10】________different and purposeful activities, and as a result they turn towards more challenging and meaningful activities, turning towards what they【C11】________to be really meaningful in life. Of course, this does not mean that boredom is necessary for prosocial behavior. It is one positive【C12】________of an utterly negative experience, demonstrating the【C13】________character of how people attempt to re-establish a【C14】________of meaningfulness."
The paper has been【C15】________by Adrian Savage, an editor at the online life coach site. "Being bored turns your mind【C16】________and encourages reflection. When you’re rushing【C17】________, there’s no time to think. When you’re bored, there’s nothing else to do but think," he said. "Boredom is nearly always【C18】________to creativity. It isn’t true that creativity is mostly【C19】________by having a specific problem to be solved. It’s far more likely to arise because the person is bored with the way something has been done a thousand times before and wants to try something new. Boredom stimulates the search for better【C20】________to things like nothing else does."
【C4】
选项
A、boring
B、ridiculous
C、meaningless
D、useless
答案
C
解析
前后两句包含因果关系。后一分句“他们会被激发去从事一些有意义的活动”为果,故可推出,因为无聊的人觉得自己的行为没有意义,所以他们才会想去做些有意义的事情。空格刚好与后一分句的meaningful相对应,故选C项meaningless “无意义的”。A项boring“无聊的”一般用来形容人或物,几乎不用来修饰action(行为)。B项ridiculous“荒唐可笑的”语义过重,就算无聊的人一般也不会觉得自己的行为荒唐。D项useless“不起作用的,不行的”,“觉得行为无用”与“做有意义的行为”关联不大。
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