… the tonic of a … (Para. 1 Line 3)Literal Meaning: a medicine that makes you feel stronger and healthier, taken especially when you feel tiredImplication: People quite the sense of being scared by horror film.
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… fuel the muscles… (Para. 13 Line 3)Literal Meaning: to supply sth. with material that can be burnt to produce heat or powerImplication: The body is and ignited by the blood sugar spike, just as an engine being added with fuels.
A. installed with
B. instilled with
… are paralyzed by … (Para. 14 Line 4)Literal Meaning: to make somebody unable to feel or move all or part of their bodyImplication: Some people are by the strong fear reflex and could not make a corresponding reaction.
A. overwhelming
B. overwhelmed
Direction: Read Text A and Complete the following table about the mechanism that the brain undergoes.● Situtation 1 When people can not control their fear:People respond immediately: the (1) __________ sends alarm to the cerebral cortex, which produces the energizing(2)__________(glutamate, dopamine and serotonin) to amplify the fear without second thought. The (3)__________ got more time to process more information, confirming whetherthe threat is real or not.● Situation 2When people can control their fear→If the threat is not real, threat signal has already gone through the (4) __________ , the hormone adrenaline, which stimulates the production of (5)_________ and (6), is produced.→If the threat is real, the fear response continues and (7)_________ is produced by the adrenal glands.
Match the people (listed A-C) with the opinions (listed 1-5) based on the information of the text. Some people match more than one opinion.