If you could be anybody in the world,who would it be?Your neighbour or a super star?A few people have experienced what it might be like to step into the skin of another person,thanks to an unusual virtual reality(虚拟现实)device.Rikke Wahl,an actress,model and artist,was one of the participants in a body swapping experiment at the Be Another lab,a project developed by a group of artists based in Barcelona.She swapped with her partner,an actor,using a machine called The Machine to Be Another and temporarily became a man."As I looked down,I saw my whole body as a man,dressed in my partner's pants,"she said."That's the picture I remember best."
　　The set-up is relatively simple.Both users wear a virtual reality headset with a camera on the top.The video from each camera is sent to the other person,so what you see is the exact view of your partner.If she moves her arm,you see it.If you move your arm,she sees it.
　　To get used to seeing another person's body without actually having control of it,participants start by raising their arms and legs very slowly,so that the other can follow along.Eventually,this kind of slow synchronised(同步的)movement becomes comfortable,and participants really start to feel as though they are living in another person's body.
　　Using such technology promises to alter people's behaviour afterwards-potentially for the better.Studies have shown that virtual reality can be effective in fighting racism-the bias(偏见)that humans have against those who don't look or sound like them.Researchers at the University of Barcelona gave people a questionnaire called the Implicit Association Test,which measures the strength of people's associations between,for instance,black people and adjectives such as good,bad,athletic or awkward.Then they asked them to control the body of a dark skinned digital character using virtual reality glasses,before taking the test again.This time,the participants'bias scores were lower.The idea is that once you've"put yourself in another's shoes"you're less likely to think ill of them,because your brain has internalised the feeling of being that person.
　　The creators of The Machine to Be Another hope to achieve a similar result."At the end of body swapping,people feel like holding each other in their arms,"says Arthur Pointeau,a programmer with the project."It's a really nice way to have this kind of experience.I would really,really recommend it to everyone."
　　1、We can infer from the experiment at the Be Another lab that______.
　　A.our feelings are related to our bodily experience
　　B.we can learn to take control of other people's bodies
　　C.participants will live more passionately after the experiment
　　D.The Machine to Be Another can help people change their sexes
　　参考答案：A
　　参考解析：根据文章第三段的最后一句话：Eventually,this kind of slow synchronised(同步的)movement becomes comfortable,and participants really start to feel as though they are living in another person's body.可知从Be another lab的体验可以推断出我们的感觉和身体的经验有关，所以选A
　　2、The word"swapping"(paragraph 1)is closest in meaning to______.
　　A.building
　　B.exchanging
　　C.controlling
　　D.transplanting
　　参考答案：B
　　参考解析：根据第一段的最后的描写：She swapped with her partner,an actor,using a machine called The Machine to Be Another and temporarily became a man."As I looked down,I saw my whole body as a man,dressed in my partner's pants,"she said."That's the picture I remember best."可知女演员和男演员互换角色，所以swapping的意思是“交换”，所以选B。
　　3、It can be concluded from the passage that______.
　　A.technology helps people realize their dreams
　　B.our biases could be eliminated through experiments
　　C.virtual reality helps promote understanding among people
　　D.our points of view about others need changing constantly
　　参考答案：C
　　参考解析：根据文章最后一段的句子："At the end of body swapping,people feel like holding each other in their arms,"says Arthur Pointeau,a programmer with the project可知虚拟现实帮助促进人们之间的理解，所以选C。
　　4、In the Implicit Association Test,before the participants used virtual reality glasses to control a dark skinned digital character,______.
　　A.they fought strongly against racism
　　B.they scored lower on the test for racism
　　C.they changed their behaviour dramatically
　　D.they were more biased against those unlike them
　　参考答案：D
　　参考解析：根据文章第四段的句子：Studies have shown that virtual reality can be effective in fighting racism-the bias(偏见)that humans have against those who don't look or sound like them.可知在the Implicit Association test中，在参与者使用虚拟现实的眼镜控制一个深色皮肤的人物之前，他们对不像他们的人物更有偏见，选D。
　　参考译文：
　　如果你能成为世界上的任何人，那会是谁？你的邻居还是超级明星？由于一个不寻常的虚拟现实设备，一些人已经体验到了进入另一个人皮肤的感觉。女演员、模特和艺术家Rikke Wahl是另一个实验室（由巴塞罗那的一群艺术家开发的一个项目）身体交换实验的参与者之一。她与她的搭档，一个A.克托，用一台叫“机器”的机器做另一个人，暂时变成了一个男人。“当我往下看的时候，我看到我的整个身体就像一个男人，穿着我搭档的裤子，”她说，“这是我记忆中最好的画面。”
　　设置相对简单。两个用户都戴着一个顶部有摄像头的虚拟现实耳机。每个摄像头的视频都被发送给另一个人，所以你看到的是你伴侣的确切视图。如果她移动手臂，你就会看到它。如果你移动手臂，她就会看到它。
　　为了习惯于在没有实际控制的情况下看到他人的身体，参与者开始缓慢地抬起胳膊和腿，以便另一个人可以跟随。最终，这种缓慢同步的动作变得舒适，参与者真的开始感觉好像生活在另一个人的身体里。
　　使用这种技术可以在以后改变人们的行为，可能会有更好的效果。研究表明，虚拟现实可以有效地对抗种族主义，即人们对那些看起来或听起来不像他们的人的偏见。巴塞罗那大学的研究人员向人们提供了一份称为“内隐联想”的调查问卷。测试，它测量人们之间的联系强度，例如黑人和形容词，如好的，坏的，运动的或笨拙的。然后，他们要求他们在再次参加测试之前，用虚拟现实眼镜控制一个深色皮肤的数字人物的身体。这次，参与者的偏见分数较低。其想法是，O当你“把自己放在别人的位置上”时，你就不太可能对他们产生不好的想法，因为你的大脑已经将成为那个人的感觉内化了。
　　这台机器的创建者们希望能达到同样的结果。“在身体交换结束时，人们感觉像是抱着彼此的手臂，”项目的程序员亚瑟·波佩托说，“这是一种非常好的体验方式。我真的，真的会向每个人推荐它。”