Could a hug a day keep the doctor away? The answer may be a resounding " yes!" 【B1】______helping you feel close and【B2】______to people you care about, it turns out that hugs can bring a【B3】______of health benefits to your body and mind. Believe it or not, a warm embrace might even help you【B4】______getting sick this winter. In a recent study【B5】______over 400 healthy adults, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania examined the effects of perceived social support and the receipt of hugs【B6】______the participants' susceptibility to developing the common cold after being【B7】______to the virus. People who perceived greater social support were less likely to come【B8】______with a cold, and the researchers【B9】______that the stress-reducing effects of hugging【B10】______about 32 percent of that beneficial effect. 【B11】______among those who got a cold, the ones who felt greater social support and received more frequent hugs had less severe【B12】______ " Hugging protects people who are under stress from the【B13】______risk for colds that' s usually【B14】______with stress," notes Sheldon Cohen, a professor of psychology at Carnegie. Hugging "is a marker of intimacy and help【B15】______the feeling that others are there to help【B16】______difficulty. " Some experts【B17】______the stress-reducing, health-related benefits of hugging to the release of oxytocin, often called "the bonding hormone"【B18】______it promotes attachment in relationships, including that between mothers and their newborn babies. Oxytocin is made primarily in the central lower part of the brain, and some of it is released into the bloodstream. But some of it【B19】______in the brain, where it【B20】______mood, behavior and physiology.
单选题
【B1】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析:根据本句句内逻辑关系,“it turns out that hugs”说明拥抱还有其他结果。因此,前文的逻辑关系应该为“除此以外”,结合选项,[A]Besides(除此之外)最为合适。
单选题
【B2】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析:根据句子前后结构“helping you feel close and 2 ”,我们可以判断,由于空格处与前面内容通过and连接,说明我们要选择一个单词与feel close同义,并且要与后面介词to连用。因此,通过对于四个选项含义判断,C选项有“关联的”含义最为符合。
单选题
【B3】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析:此题为固定搭配。“a host of”表示大量的。其他选项搭配不合理。
单选题
【B4】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析:根据题干信息“a warm embrace might even help you 4 getting sick this win—ter.”中,出现“even”,表示“甚至”,说明此句话与上一句话存在递进的逻辑关系。上一句话的语义表示“拥抱可以带来大量的好处”,因此,这句话也应该表示拥抱的好处。根据四个选项含义,[A]avoid(避免)[B]forget(忘记)[C]recall(回忆)[D]keep(保持),可知A选项“避免生病”最符合文意。
【答案解析】解析:本题为固定搭配。根据句义“examined the effects of perceived social support and the receipt of hugs 6 the participants’…”可知是考查固定搭配“examined the effects…onsth.”,因此,本题正确选项为A。
单选题
【B7】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析:根据句义“common cold after being 7 to the virus.(通常感冒是在 7 细菌之后发生的)”,再结合选项含义[A]devoted(致力于)[B]attracted(吸引)[C]lost(丢失)[D]exposed(暴露于),可知D选项“暴露在细菌中……”符合文意。
单选题
【B8】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析:本题为固定搭配。[A]come along with(和……一起,随同)[B]come acrosswith(偿付)[C]come down with(得病,感染)[D]come out with(出版,提出),结合语境,根据后面与cold(感冒)搭配,C选项“得感冒”搭配最为合理。
单选题
【B9】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析:根据原文“the researchers 9 that the stress—reducing effects of hugging 10 about 32 percent of that beneficial effect.”可知动作的主语是“研究人员”,连接后面的宾语从句“拥抱减小压力的作用”,并且有数据支撑。从选项含义[A]imagined(想像)[B]denied(否认)[C]doubted(怀疑)[D]calculated(计算,推测)来看,宾语从句部分应为研究人员计算推测出的结果。因此,选项D符合要求。
单选题
【B10】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析:根据文章内容,“the stress-reducing effects of hugging 10 about 32 percentof that beneficial effect.”本题同样考查研究人员做出的研究结果,因此,结合选项含义[A]served(服务)[B]restored(存储)[C]explained(解释)[D]required(要求),C选项“解释”符合语境要求。
【答案解析】解析:形容词与名词搭配问题。根据语境“the ones who felt greater social support andreceived more frequent hugs had less severe 12 ”可知所选词要与severe构成合理搭配,再结合前文语境是关于对于拥抱实验的结果。因此,[B]symptoms(症状)符合语境要求。正确选项为B。
单选题
【B13】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析:本题为形容词修饰。根据原文“Hugging protects people who are under stressfrom the 13 risk for colds that’s usually 14 with stress,”可知需要选择一个形容词来修饰risk。在选项中,[A]highlighted(突出的)[B]increased(增加的)[C]controlled(被控制的)[D]minimized(最小的),对比选项含义,“增加的风险”更符合原文语境。
【答案解析】解析:此题考查动宾搭配。根据原文“Hugging is a marker of intimacy and help 15 the feeling…”,需要选择一个动词能够和后文的“the feeling”搭配。[A]assess(评估)[B]generate(产生)[C]moderate(缓和)[D]record(记录),四个选项中,只有B“generate thefeeling”(产生感觉)搭配最为合理。因此选B。
单选题
【B16】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析:此题为短语搭配题。分析选项含义[A]in the name of(以……为名)[B]inthe form of(以……的形式)[C]in the face of(面对……)[D]in the way of(以……的方式),结合文章语境,应为“面对困难”搭配最为合理。因此,正确选项为C。
单选题
【B17】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析:此题为固定搭配题。即:attribute sth to sth.,因此正确选项为A。
单选题
【B18】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析:此题为逻辑关系题。[A]unless(除非)[B]because(因为)[C]though(虽然)[D]until(直到……才)。结合原文语境,“often called‘the bonding hormone’ 18 it promotesattachment in relationships,”意为经常被称之为“形成亲密关系的荷尔蒙”, 18 它促进了关系的依赖。从本句来看,前后文属于因果逻辑关系。因此正确选项为B。
单选题
【B19】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析:本题为动词辨析。[A]remains(仍然)[B]emerges(出现)[C]vanishes(消失)[D]decreases(减少)。结合语境信息“But some of it 19 in the brain,”可知C和D选项与文章含义相反。而B选项只表示一种动作。A选项表示它仍然在大脑里存在,最符合文章要求,因此正确选项为A。
单选题
【B20】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析:本题为动词辨析。[A]experiences(经历)[B]combines(结合)[C]justifies(替某人辩护,证明合理)[D]influences(影响)。根据原文语境中的“where it 20 mood,be—havior and physiology.”可知能够搭配后面并列的三个宾语“情绪、行为和生理”,只有D“影响”,因此正确选项为D。