单选题 Who doesn't love being in love? A true love listens to you talk about work, lets you have that last     28    of pie, and usually remembers to take out the trash. He is ready to forget all kinds of     29    . And he always thinks you're beautiful, even without     30    .
    Scientists have long been keen to prove that love gives us health     31    too. Researchers can't say for sure that a lover is more important than a loving family or warm friendship when it comes to wellness. But they are learning more about how a romantic partner makes us     32    , with health gains that     33    from faster healing and better control over illnesses to living longer.
    The benefits of love are     34    and measurable. A study last year from the University of Pittsburgh found that women in good marriages have a much lower risk of heart disease than those in high-stress relationships. The National Love and Health Study has been     35    more than a million subjects since 1979. The study shows that married people live longer, have fewer heart attacks and lower cancer rates, and even get pneumonia less frequently than singles. A new study from the University of Iowa also found that cancer patients with a strong sense of connection to others and in     36    relationship were better able to fight off cancer. It seems that love helps people     37    their immune system.
    A. range      B. makeup      C. stronger            D. righteous
    E. tracking    F. slice        G. health              H. strengthen
    I. benefits    J. refreshing  K. misunderstandings    L. designing
    M. satisfying  N. suggested    O. explicit
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【正确答案】F
【答案解析】此词位于of之前,可以猜测可能是一个量词,可以形容派的量词是slice,意为“最后的一片派”,故选F。
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【正确答案】K
【答案解析】此句缺少宾语,需要一个名词,作者的意思是“爱人可以忘了……”,所有名词中只有“误会,误解”符合题意。故选K。
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【正确答案】B
【答案解析】without后一般接名词或者doing,又根据前面的beautiful,推测这里填化妆makeup,意为“即使你不化妆也觉得你很美”,故选B。
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【正确答案】I
【答案解析】此从句中缺少与health组成的宾语,需要名词,由后文可以推测科学家是在验证爱情对人的健康有好处,选项中的benefits符合题意。
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【正确答案】C
【答案解析】make sb. +adj. 是固定搭配,意为“使人……”,此段作者一直在说爱情是否可以使人健康,这里是说“爱人让我们变得……”,可是一定是与健康有关,故选stronger。
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【正确答案】A
【答案解析】此从句缺少谓语动词,作者在此处是对之前陈述的举例,range from...to...是固定搭配,意为“从……到……”。故选A。
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【正确答案】O
【答案解析】这里的词与measurable并列,故也为形容词。此句是此段的中心句,引起以下的研究结果,则这里应该是对爱情作用的客观形容和科研结果的表达,故选explicit,意为“明确的”。
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【正确答案】E
【答案解析】这里缺少动词组成现在完成进行时,故这里需要一个动词的现在分词,故选tracking,意为“跟踪调查”。
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【正确答案】M
【答案解析】这里缺少形容词修饰relationship,作者在此处说的是爱情对人身体的好处,故一定是褒义词,故选satisfying,意为“令人满意的关系”。
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【正确答案】H
【答案解析】help sb. do sth. 是固定搭配,此处缺少一个动词原形。可选动词中只有strengthen合适,意为“加强人的免疫系统”。故选H。