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Recent biological research indicates that there is a biochemical basis to love, which explains why
people in love feel as if they were in a more beautiful world. Psychologists such as Dr. Elaine Hatfield,
Robert Sternberg and Zick Rubin posit that love
consists of three or more stages. The three main stages
are lust, attraction, and
attachment
, while some of the other stages are intimacy, trust, and jealousy. Each
stage is ruled or initiated by specific hormonal controllers. In their studies, every love
some of these stages and occurs due to the mediation of certain molecules in these specific chemical
Biological research has shown that the hormones dominant in the different phases include testosterone
xual hormones); dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin (these are the “pleasure
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the hormones invoking feelings of pleasure and excitement); and oxytocin (the “cuddle
- the hormone producing feelings of attachment to another person).
For example, in the second
phase of attraction, when people have the feeling of being in love, the little molecule phenylethylamine
(known as PEA), controlling the love chemicals dopamine and noreinephrine, can cause feelings of
elation, exhilaration and e
uphoria. People feel excited and fulfilled.
Additionally, biological anthropologist Helen Fisher, an expert on romantic love, discusses what
happens in the brain when people are in love and proposes that there is a dramatic increase in the amount
pamine and norepinephrine present in the brain when one first becomes infatuated with another
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36.
What is the passage mainly about?
(B) Love in different cultures
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37.
According to the researchers, which of the following chemicals is most closely related to the feeling
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38.
Which of the following is closest in
meaning to the word “attachment”?
3[A或B]
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According to the scientists, which of the following about how love occurs is
NOT true?
(A) Every love passes through three or more stages
- lust, attraction, attachment, etc.
(B) PEA is a hormone our bodies produce that promotes mutual feelings of
connection and bonding.
(C) There is an increase in the amount of dopamine present in the brain when people are in love.
(D) People’s brains are influenced by hormones and chemicals that cause them to feel the way they
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passage imply about love?
(A) Most people are not controlled by love.
(B) Science may help explain how love takes place.
(C) Love can be expressed precisely by words or actions.
(D) People can easily find the right person everywhere.