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     Science can't explain the power of pets, but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure (血壓) and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer.

     Any owner will tall you how much joy a pet brings. For some, an animal provides more comfort than a husband/wife. A 2002 study by Karen Allen of the State University of New York measured stress (緊張) levels and blood pressure in people - half of them pet owners –while they performed 5 minutes of mental arithmetic (算術) or held a hand in ice water. Subjects completed the tasks alone, with a husband/wife, a close friend or with a pet. People with pets did it best. Those tested with their animal friends had smaller change in blood pressure and returned most quickly to baseline heart rates. With pets in the room, people also made fewer math mistakes than when doing in front of other companions. It seems people feel more relaxed (放松)around pets, says Allen, who thinks it may be because pets don't judge.

     A study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog not only raises your spirits but may also have an effect on your eating habits. Researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital spent a year studying 36 fat people and their equally fat dogs on diet-and-exercise programs; a separate group of 56 people without pets were put on a diet program. On average, people lost about I1 pounds, or 5% of their body weight. Their dogs did even better, losing an average of 12 pounds, more than 15% of their body weight. Dog owners didn't lose any more weight than those without dogs but, say researchers, got more exercise overall-mostly with their dogs - and found it worth doing.

1．What does the text mainly discuss?

    A．What pets bring to their owners.

    B．How pets help people calm down.

    C．People's opinions of keeping pets.

    D．Pet's value in medical research.

2．We learn from the text that a person with heart disease has a better chance of getting well if

    A．he has a pet companion

    B．he has less stress of work

    C．he often does mental arithmetic

    D．he is taken care of by his family

3．According to Allen, why did the people do better with pets around when facing stressful tasks?

    A．They have lower blood pressure.

    B．They become more patient.

    C．They are less nervous.

    D．They are in higher spirits.

4．The research mentioned in the last paragraph reports that

    A．people with dogs did more exercise

    B．dogs lost the same weight as people did

    C．dogs liked exercise much more than people did

    D．people without dogs found the program unhelpful

Answer 1

【小題1】A

【小題2】A

【小題3】C

【小題4】A

解析:

【語篇解讀】本篇文章是一篇調查報告。講的是人類有寵物的陪伴， 可以降低血壓和提高痊愈的可能性；降低心臟病發(fā)作引起的,孤獨和傳播全方位的喜悅。

【小題1】主旨大意題。本文是一個調查報告，文章講的是有寵物的陪伴， 可以降低血壓和提高痊愈的可能性；降低心臟病發(fā)作引起的,孤獨和傳播全方位的喜悅。故最佳答案為A項。

【小題2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章的第二段Their dogs did even better,， 故選C項。

【小題3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)Karen Allen 的話….It seems people feel more relaxed (放松)around pets, says Allen, who thinks it may be because pets don’t judge.可知最佳答案為C項。

【小題4】段落大意題。文章的最后一段講的是在調查中發(fā)現(xiàn)一只寵物狗不但鼓舞你的心靈,但也可能會影響你的飲食習慣。和你一起鍛煉，故最佳答案為A。