英语考研模拟测试：英二 Text 1-2

　　原文第二段：In the popular imagination,of course,guilt still gets a bad rap.It is deeply uncomfortable—it’s the emotional equivalent of wearing a jacket weighted with stones.Yet this understanding is outdated.“There has been a kind of revival or a rethinking about what guilt is and what role guilt can serve,”says Amrisha Vaish,a psychology researcher at the University of Virginia,adding that this revival is part of a larger recognition that emotions aren’t binary—feelings that may be advantageous in one context may be harmful in another.Jealousy and anger,for example,may have evolved to alert us to important inequalities.Too much happiness can be destructive.

　　题目：According to paragraph 2,many people still consider guilt to be______.

　　A）deceptive

　　B）burdensome

　　C）addictive

　　D)deception

　　解析：

　　<B>burdensome

　　根据题干According to paragraph 2,many people still consider guilt to be______.定位到第二段第一句In the popular imagination,of course,guilt still gets a bad rap.另外第二句It is deeply uncomfortable—it’s the emotional equivalent of wearing a jacket weighted with stones.也进一步解释了第一句。由这两句可知许多人认为内疚是不好的，令人不舒服的，让人感觉沉重，就像是衣服口袋里有石头一样，因此答案为B选项burdensome。