You might not know it, but there is something wonderful at your fingertips. You can make people happier, healthier and more hard-working just by touching their arms or holding their hands.

Doctors say that body contact is a kind of medicine that can work wonders. When people are touched, the quantity of hemoglobin (血紅蛋白)-a type of matter that produces the red color in blood increases greatly. This results in more oxygen reaching every part of the body and the whole body benefits. In experiments, bottle-fed baby monkeys were separated from their mothers for the first ten days of life. They became sad and negative. Studies showed the monkeys were more probable to become ill than other babies that were allowed to stay with their mothers.

Human babies react in much the same way. Some years ago, a scientist noticed that some well-fed babies in a clean nursery became weak. Yet babies in another nursery were growing healthily, even though they ate less well and were not kept as clean. The reason, he concluded, was that they often had touches from nurses.

Experiments show that most people like being touched. And nearly all doctors believe touch helps to reduce patients' fear of treatment. Of course there is time when a touch is not welcome. But even if we don't like being touched, a smile can make us feel better. Smiling increases blood flow and starts the production of "happy brain" chemicals. So let's have a big smile and don't forget to keep in touch.

1.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Everyone knows that body contact can make people happier.

B. People may work harder because of body contact.

C. Your fingertips can do something.

D. People may not understand the importance of touching.

2.According to the passage _____.

A. human brains need oxygen and blood supply now and then

B. touches from doctors and nurses have nothing to do with treatment

C. new-born baby monkeys should stay away from their mothers

D. not all the people like being touched

3.The word "benefits" in the second paragraph probably means _____.

A. to be useful or helpful

B. to get something useful or helpful

C. to be ill

D. to be hurt

4.The best title for the passage might be _____.

A. Why People TouchB. Smile and Touch

C. Wonders of TouchD. Touch or Not

 

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析:文章大意:醫(yī)學(xué)專家們認(rèn)為,身體上的接觸是具有一種奇妙的治療功效。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章的首句You might not know it, but there is something wonderful at your fingertips可知A項(xiàng)表述錯(cuò)誤。故A正確。

2.2】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段第一句Experiments show that most people like being touched.可知并非所有人都喜歡被觸摸。故D正確。

3.This results in more oxygen reaching every part of the body and the whole body benefits.可以推測benefit為“有益的”。故B正確。

4.醫(yī)學(xué)專家們認(rèn)為,身體上的接觸是具有一種奇妙的治療功效。故C正確。

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