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阅读理解From wearing a lucky pair of socks to following family traditions, rituals (仪式) are embedded in our everyday lives. Rituals are central to actually all of our social institutions. They are held by the army, governments and companies, in parades or ceremonies. They are used by athletes who always wear the same socks for important games.As we study rituals in a humanistic and scientific way, even if people perform those rituals without a clear purpose, or even when they do have a purpose, there is no particular causal (因果的) connection between the actions they take and that purpose. For example, when I perform a rain ritual, there is no connection between my movements and water falling from the sky.But even so, just because ritual does not have any direct causal effect on the world, it does not mean that it has no effect on the world at all. In fact, rituals have very important functions in human societies. They help individuals through their anxieties；they help groups of people connect to one another；they help people find meaning in their lives.In fact, even rituals that seem to be painful, stressful, or dangerous have measurable functions for people who perform them. For example, in the context of a fire walking ritual in Spain, we found that during this ritual, people's heart rates synchronized (同步). This was not just an effect of people moving at the same time—their heart rates would synchronize no matter what they were doing at the same time: walking on fire or just watching it.What happened was that people started either adapting traditional ceremonies or creating new ceremonies. That's like what we saw when people in big cities came out on their balconies and started banging pots and pans together, in a show of solidarity (团结). （1） What does the underlined word "embedded" mean in paragraph 1? A . Be sound asleep. B . Be deeply rooted. C . Be easily noticeable. D . Be additionally needed. （2） What do we know about rituals that people perform with a clear purpose? A . They don't have any causal effect that can be measured. B . They help people with what they want to achieve. C . They don't play a role in human societies. D . They help people take effective actions. （3） Why does the author mention the fire walking ritual? A . To explore the meaning of the ritual. B . To prove some rituals are dangerous. C . To invite people to learn more about the ritual. D . To show rituals influence those attending them. （4） In which part of a magazine can we probably read the text? A . Education. B . Science. C . Culture. D . Travel. 答案： B A D C

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