Higher cognitive abilities may come with

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问题 Higher cognitive abilities may come with a pitfall-a susceptibility to judging people based on stereotypes.A new study from New York University l that highly intelligent people are quicker to learn stereotypes and base decisions off them.It may come down 2 someone's ability to detect and encode patterns.It's not all bad news 3,as these high-intelligence people are likely to quickly update and 4 their ideas on stereotypes when introduced to new information.For the study,1,257 individuals were shown a（n）5 0f computerized male faces that were paired with a description of past behavior,either positive or negative However,the researchers manipulated avatar faces 6 people with noses that were purposely wider were associated with negative traits,7.those with more narrow noses were associated with positive traits.8this,individuals were asked to complete a task in 9 they had to trust an individual online who was represented by an avatar face 10 those the volunteers were shown in the trait association task.Individuals who 11 higher on pattern detection,12 0f higher intelligence,were also more likely to associate wider noses with negative traits,and were 13 likely to trust wide-nosed avatars in the final task.Pattern detection is an essential part of human intelligence,and is one of the main features that helped our brains evolve 14 what they are today,but the skill has its limits."Finding that higher pattern detection ability 15 people at greater risk to detect and apply stereotypes,but also to reverse them,implicates this ability as a cognitive mechanism 16 stereotyping,"added co-author Jonathan Freeman in a statement.While stereotypes can be useful and a way to avoid danger,17 associating police officers with safety or gunmen with danger,there are pitfalls t0 18 people based on a generally held idea.Stereotypes cause you to judge people 19.knowing anything about them-we wouldn't want others to do that to us,20 why not afford them the same Courtesy 4选？A.holdB.turnC.changeD.adopt

选项 A.hold
B.turn
C.change
D.adopt

答案 C

解析本题考查句内语义十动词辨析。空格所在从句说明“这也并非全是坏消息”的原因（as…），故空格词应和and前的upclate（更新）为同向并列关系，共同说明高智商人群的优点；change与update-起，可以表现“（好在）他们随时可能打破自己的模式化思维”的语义逻辑，因此C.change正确。B.turn表“改变”时，多用于turn A into／to B结构，文中不存在into/to.…（成为……），因而语义不完整。

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