1、高三英语培优外刊阅读班级：_学号：_姓名：_外刊精选火遍全网的MBTI，到底靠不靠谱？最近，MBTI人格测试火爆全网。如果说以前交友靠一句“你是什么星座？”来破冰，那现在年轻人们更喜欢用一串神秘字母来定义自己：“我是ESTP，你呢？” 其实，MBTI测试并非新事物；它诞生于上世纪四十年代，也曾是很多美国五百强企业面试必备环节。MBTI为何在今年火遍中国社交网络？它究竟靠不靠谱？Why Myers-Briggs Is Totally Useless but Wildly PopularBy Anna NorthIf youve ever filled out a Myers-Briggs per
2、sonality test only to feel the results didnt describe you at all, take heart. According to Voxs Joseph Stromberg, The test is completely meaningless.The Myers-Briggs test, for those few who havent been called upon to take it, assigns people personality types based on four sets of opposing qualities:
3、 extroverted/introverted, sensing/intuiting, thinking/feeling and perceiving/judging. If that sounds unscientific, it may be: Mr. Stromberg writes that the tests categories were developed without the benefit of any systematic psychological experimentation. And most people dont fit neatly into them M
4、r. Stromberg writes, there arent really pure extroverts and introverts, but mostly people who fall somewhere in between. Part of its appeal may be that regular people just like taking it. In a critique of Myers-Briggs at Business Insider, Drake Baer writes: When taking a personality test (or looking
5、 into a horoscope), you get the feeling of a-ha! Yes, I am an introvert, so please dont bother me. And thats satisfying.Being able to put oneself in a category may be satisfying, too the psychology professor Brian Little tells Mr. Baer that some people use their results as a badge that they stamp on
6、 their forehead and use as an identity marker.【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.wildly waldli adv. _2.opposing pz adj. _3.experimentation kspermenten n. _4.badge bd n. _【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。1.填写_2.振作起来，鼓起勇气_3.被召唤去做某事_4.指派某人做某事_5.基于_6.缺乏某方面的支持，在没有的情况下完成_7.归入，纳入_8.介于二者之间_拓展练习阅读理解The Myers-Briggs Type Indi
7、cator (MBTI) was invented by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers. It is a self-report questionnaire indicating differing psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions. The MBTI personality inventory (量表) sorts people into 16 type categories, eac
8、h of which is represented by four-letter codes such as INFP and ESTJ. Every year, about 1.5 million people have enjoyed discovering their personality type by completing the MBTI. Many companies, as well as hundreds of universities, use it in hiring and training. Nevertheless, the MBTI has received a
9、 noticeable criticism from the academic community. Some research suggests the MBTI is unreliable because the same person can get different results when retaking the test. Other studies have questioned the validity of the MBTI, which is the ability of the test to accurately link the “types” to outcom
10、es in the real world -for example, how well people classified as a certain type will perform in a given job. Merve Emre, a professor a Oxford University, points out that it would be more scientifically advisable to score the MBTI scales continuously to show people the degree to which they resemble t
11、he types. Even when the MBTIs results dont quite match your intuition (直觉) about yourself or are just wrong, they can still provide self-insight and insight into differences and similarities between people.Scoring and interpreting the MBTI the way other personality inventories are scored and interpr
12、eted might be less fun than finding. All of the folklore (民间看法) about INFPs, ESTJs, etc. would have to be dismissed. But, in the end the MBTI is sufficiently reliable and valid enough to be useful in a number of real-world contexts.13.What do we know about the MBTI from the first paragraph?A.It is a
13、 personality-testing tool.B.It is divided into 16 categories.C.It is a study of personal preference.D.It is a questionnaire on four-letter codes.14.Why does the MBTI invite criticism?A.It performs badly in job interviewsB.Its reliability has been questioned.C.It requires people to retake the testD.I
14、ts advantages are not fully shown.15.What does Merve Emre think of the MBTI?A.It is beyond criticism.B.It is a more scientific test.C.It is less fun than other tests.D.It is useful for self-exploration.16.Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?A.How Can We Use the MBTI?B.Why do We C
15、riticise the MBTI?C.Is the MBTI Totally Meaningless?D.Is Scoring the MBTI Really Necessary?外刊精选答案【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.wildly waldli adv. 极其，非常2.opposing pz adj. 截然相反的，完全不同的，站在对立面上的3.experimentation kspermenten n. 实验4.badge bd n. 徽章【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。1.fill out填写2.take heart振作起来，鼓起勇气3.be c
16、alled upon to do something被召唤去做某事4.assign someone something指派某人做某事5.based on something基于6.without the benefit of something缺乏某方面的支持，在没有的情况下完成7.fit into归入，纳入8.somewhere in between介于二者之间【全文翻译】为何MBTI测试毫无意义，但仍非常受欢迎如果你曾填写过迈尔斯-布里格斯人格测试（MBTI测试），但却发现测试结果根本没有描述出你的样子，尽管放宽心。用Vox网站记者约瑟夫斯特龙伯格的话来说：“这项测试是毫无意义的。”如果还
17、没人让你做过这项测试，那我为你介绍一下。基于四组两两相对的特质，MBTI测试将人们的性格进行分类：外向型与内向型、实感型与直觉型、思考型与情感型以及感知型与判断型。如果你觉得这听起来没有科学依据，那可能的确没错：斯特龙伯格写到，这项测试的性格分类，是在没有任何系统的心理学实验成果的基础上设计出来的。而且，大多数人并不能正正好好地被纳入其中。斯特龙伯格称：“实际上并没有纯粹的外向型人和内向型人，人们通常是介于两者之间。”这项测试的一部分吸引力在于，普通人就是单纯地喜欢做测试。新闻网站Business Insider发表过一篇关于MBTI测试的评论文章，其中特约编辑德雷克贝尔写到：“在进行性格测试（或查看星座运势）时，人们会获得一种恍然大悟的感觉：没错，我就是个内向型人，所以请不要来打扰我。 这会给人带来很大的满足感。”能把自己归类也会让人感到心满意足。心理学教授布莱恩利特尔告诉贝尔，有些人会把他们的测试结果视为“一枚徽章，他们会在自己脑门儿上盖章，做为他们的自我标识。”拓展练习阅读理解参考答案13.A 14.B 15.D 16.C
