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Could a hug a day keep the doctor away? The answer may be a resounding "yes!"【C1】______helping you feel close and【C2】______to people you care about, it turns out that hugs can bring a【C3】______of health benefits to your body and mind. Believe it or not, a warm embrace might even help you【C4】______getting sick this winter. In a recent study【C5】______over 400 healthy adults, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania examined the effects of perceived social support and the receipt of hugs【C6】______the participants' susceptibility to developing the common cold after being【C7】______to the virus. People who perceived greater social support were less likely to come【C8】______with a cold, and the researchers【C9】______that the stress-reducing effects of hugging【C10】______about 32 percent of that beneficial effect.【C11】______among those who got a cold, the ones who felt greater social support and received more frequent hugs had less severe【C12】______. "Hugging protects people who are under stress from the【C13】______risk for colds that' s usually【C14】______with stress," notes Sheldon Cohen, a professor of psychology at Carnegie. Hugging "is a marker of intimacy and helps【C15】______the feeling that others are there to help【C16】______difficulty." Some experts【C17】______the stress-reducing, health-related benefits of hugging to the release of oxytocin, often called "the bonding hormone"【C18】______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【C19】______in the brain, where it【C20】______mood, behavior and physiology.
【答案解析】考查固定搭配。本句句意为“来自于宾夕法尼亚州卡内基梅隆大学的研究人员检查了感受到的支持和收到的拥抱对参与者在______病毒之后对于普通感冒的敏感性的作用”。exposed to the virus“被暴露在病毒中,接触病毒”,符合语意,故B项正确。devoted to“致力于…”,lost to“败给”,attracted to“被吸引到…”,均不符合语意。
单选题28.【C8】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】考查上下文语义及固定搭配。本句句意为“感受到更多社会支持的人们更不太可能______感冒”。come down with“染上(病)”,符合句意及搭配,故C项为正确答案。come along with“随同,和…一起”,come across with“碰到”,come out with“说出,出版,发表”,均不符合语意。
【答案解析】考查形容词辨析。本句句意为“拥抱保护压力之下的人们免受______感冒风险,其通常______压力”。increased risk for colds“越来越大的感冒风险”才需要保护,increased“增强的”符合语境,故D项为正确答案。highlighted“突出的”,minimized“最小化的”,controlled“受控制的”,均不符合题意。
单选题34.【C14】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】考查固定搭配。本句句意为“拥抱保护压力之下的人们免受越来越大的感冒风险,其通常压力”,该题考查定语从句中谓语动词,定语从句还原后为:that’s usually______with stress.that指代increased risk for colds,即increased risk for colds is usually______with stress。be associated with“和…有关系”,符合语义,故A项为正确答案。be equipped with“装有…”,be presented with“使发生,使经历”,be compared with“与…相比较”,均不符合句意。
【答案解析】考查固定搭配。本句句意为“拥抱是亲密度的标志,并且帮助产生这种感觉,即______困难时,其他人将过来帮忙”,in the face of difficulty“面对困难”,符合语义,故A项为正确答案。in the form of“以…的形式”,in the name of“以…的名义”,in the way of“妨碍,关于…方面”,均不符合语境。