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Have you noticed how similar you are to your friends? (1)It may be because your brains operate in harmony with each other. We know that friends are more likely to be the same age, gender, and ethnic background as each other. Now it seems their brains are alike, too.
Researchers at the University of California scanned the brains of 42 classmates while they watched videos intended to provoke varying responses. Some people might find a romantic scene touching, for instance, while others would feel it was embarrassing. The activity of friends' brains was more similar than that of people who didn't know each other, particularly in regions involved in attention, emotion, and language. This similarity was strong enough that it could be used to predict whether two people were already friends or not. (2)The relationship probably goes two ways. we are drawn to people who think like us; we then influence their thoughts over time, which may push their brain activity into more closely resembling our own.
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1. What may be the reason that friends are similar to each other according to the recent research?
A)。新闻开头提到，我们与自己的朋友非常相似。紧接着说了原因：这可能是因为我们与朋友的大脑运作协调一致，故A项为正确答案。新闻中提到，朋友之间更可能在年龄、性别和种族背景方面相似，但新闻并未提到这就是我们与朋友相似的原因，故排除B项和D项。C项新闻并未提及，可排除。因此,答案为A)。
2. What does the news report say about the relationship between friends?
C)。新闻末尾部分提到、朋友关系可能是双向的。与我们想法相似的人会吸引我们，然后我们也会影响朋友的想法，故C项为正确答案。新闻后面提到，朋友间的大脑活动更为相似，这种相似性非常强大，足以用来预测两个人是否已经成为朋友，因此可排除B项。其余两项新闻并未提及，可排除。因此,答案为C)。