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【題目】 People who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer from colds.It's possible that being full of vim and vigor helps the body fight illnesses,say the researchers from Carnegie Mellon University(CMC)in Pittsburgh.

＂We need to take more seriously the possibility that a positive emotional style is a major player in disease risk,"says psychologist Sheldon Cohen,the study's lead researcher.

In a previous study,Cohen and his colleagues found that people who tended to be cheerful and lively were least likely to develop sniffles,coughs and other cold symptoms.People who showed positive feelings were also less likely to mention symptoms to their doctors,even when medical tests detected those symptoms.

Those findings were interesting,but they didn't prove that a person's attitude affects whether he or she gets sick.Instead,it was still possible that a person's underlying personality is what matters.

Evidence suggests,for instance,that certain people are naturally more likely to be outgoing and optimistic,with high self-esteem and a sense of control over life.This would mean that who we are,not how we feel,ultimately decides our chances of catching colds.

To figure out which mattered more,personality or emotions,the researchers interviewed 193 healthy adults.The researchers talked to each person over the phone every evening for 2 weeks. They told the researchers about the positive and negative feelings they had experienced that day.

The results showed that everyone in the study was equally likely to get infected.Their symptoms,however,differed depending on the types of emotions that they had reported over the previous fortnight.

Among those who reported good moods and had been infected with the flu virus,for example, 28 percent developed coughs and stuffy noses.On the other hand,those symptoms struck 41 percent of people who had been less positive.Scientists argue about whether negative emotions or positive emotions have a stronger effect on how healthy we are.For now,it can't hurt to look on the bright side more often than not!

【1】What is the text mainly about?

A.How to get rid of colds.

B.Attitude determines life.

C.Smiles turn away colds.

D.Different opinions about colds.

【2】The phrase"full of vim and vigor"underlined in Paragraph 1 probably means"

A.ignorantB.well-informed

C.energeticD.passive

【3】According to the finding,a leading factor of catching colds should be one's.

A.healthB.personality

C.qualityD.mood

【4】By saying the last paragraph,the writer intends to suggest

A.the saying-every coin has two sides

B.positive emotions are as good as negative emotions

C.it is not necessarily good for you if you always look at problems positively

D.it will be good for your health to always keep up an optimistic state of mind

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】

本文是一篇說(shuō)明文。CMU大學(xué)的研究人員經(jīng)研究表明快樂(lè)放松的人們更不容易患感冒，他們與旁人比較起來(lái)很少會(huì)有咳嗽、鼻塞等感冒癥狀。研究人員指出這可能是因?yàn)槿藗儍?nèi)在的性格影響著身體健康狀況，并且建議人們?yōu)榱私】狄�保持積極樂(lè)觀的心情。

【1】

主旨大意題。本文是一篇科學(xué)研究類(lèi)短文，文章開(kāi)頭提出中心“People who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer from colds.(心情愉快放松的人不太可能患感冒。) ”，然后在下文進(jìn)行詳細(xì)講述，所以文章主要是關(guān)于快樂(lè)能夠抵抗感冒。故選C。

【2】

詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)文章首句“People who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer from colds(心情愉快放松的人不太可能患感冒。)”和helps the body fight illnesses幫助身體抵抗疾病,可知文章主要介紹快樂(lè)、積極的情緒對(duì)健康的作用，由此推測(cè)full of vim and vigor指“精力充沛，積極樂(lè)觀”。故選C。

【3】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段“Instead,it was still possible that a person's underlying personality is what matters.” 相反，一個(gè)人潛在的人的性格仍然起著很重要的作用。可知人的性格是人們是否容易患感冒的主要因素。故選B。

【4】

推理判斷題。在文章末段作者給出了一些數(shù)字來(lái)證明積極樂(lè)觀的心態(tài)對(duì)感冒的影響，而且最后提出“it can’t hurt to look on the bright side more often than not!(經(jīng)常看到光明的一面并沒(méi)有壞處!) ”，由此判斷作者的目的是要建議人們?yōu)榱私】档木壒室�保持愉悅的心情。故選D。