中国科学院大学考博英语试题样题

　　Passage 6

　　Whenever we are involved in a creative type of activity that is self-rewarding, a feeling overcomes us—a feeling that we can call “flow.” When we are flowing we lose all sense of time and awareness of what is happening around us; instead, we feel that everything is going just right.

　　A rock dancer describes his feeling of flow like this: “If I have enough space, I feel I can radiate an energy into the atmosphere. I can dance for walls, I dance for floors. I become one with the atmosphere.” “You are in an ecstatic state to such a point that you don’t exist,” says a composer, describing how he feels when he “flows.” Players of any sport throughout the world are familiar with the feeling of flow; they enjoy their activity very much, even though they can expect little extrinsic reward. The same holds true for surgeons, cave explorers, and mountain climbers.

　　Flow provides a sort of physical sensation along with an altered state of being. One man put it this way: “Your body feels good and awake all over. Your energy is flowing.” People who flow feel part of this energy; that is, they are so involved in what they are doing that they do not think of themselves as being separate from their activity. They are flowing along with their enjoyment. Moreover, they concentrate intensely on their activity. They do not try to concentrate harder, however; the concentration comes automatically. A chess player compares this concentration to breathing. As they concentrate, these people feel immersed in the action, lost in the action. Their sense of time is altered and they skip meals and sleep without noticing their loss. Sizes and spaces also seem altered: successful baseball players see and hit the ball so much better because it seems larger to them. They can even distinguish the seams on a ball approaching them at 165 kilometers per hour.

　　It seems then that flow is a “floating action” in which the individual is aware of his actions but not aware of his awareness. A good reader is so absorbed in his book that he knows he is turning the pages to go on reading, but he does not notice he is turning these pages. The moment people think about it, flow is destroyed, so they never ask themselves questions such as “Am I doing well?” or “Did everyone see my jump?”

　　Finally, to flow successfully depends a great deal on the activity itself; not too difficult to produce anxiety, not too easy to bring about boredom; challenging, interesting, fun. Some good examples of flow activities are games and sports, reading, learning, working on what you enjoy, and even day-dreaming.

　　61. What is the main purpose of the article?

　　A. to illustrate the feeling of “flow”

　　B. to analyze the causes of a special feeling

　　C. to define the new psychological term “flow”

　　D. to lead people to acquire the feeling of “flow”

　　62. In this article, “flow” refers to a feeling which probably results from _____________.

　　A. awareness

　　B. ecstasy

　　C. unconsciousness

　　D. self-rewarding

　　63. The word “immersed” (in boldface) is closest in meaning to _____________.

　　A. occupied

　　B. engrossed

　　C. soaked

　　D. committed

　　64. What does one usually act while “flowing” in reading?

　　A. thinks what he is doing

　　B. wonders how fast he can read

　　C. turns the pages

　　D. minds the page number

　　65. The activity which can successfully bring about “flow” is most probably ____________.

　　A. gripping

　　B. difficult

　　C. boring

　　D. easy

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