Passage One
Keeping a diary is bad for your health, psychologist said recently. They found that regular diarists were more likely than non-diarists to suffer from headaches, sleeplessness, digestive problems and social awkwardness.
Their finding, published in the British magazine New Scientist, challenges assumptions that people find it easier to get over a painful event if they write about it.
“We expected diary keepers to have some benefits, or be the same, but they were the worst off,” says Elaine Duncan of the Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland. “In fact, you are probably much better off if you don‟t write anything at all.”
Elaine Duncan, together with David Sheffield of Staffordshire University, England, studied 94 regular diarists and compared their health with that of 41 non-diarists. The subjects, all students at Staffordshire University, answered questions about their diary-keeping habits, and filled in a standard health questionnaire.
Statistically, the diarists scored much worse on health measures than the non-diarists. Worst affected of all were those who had written about troubles from the past. “They were susceptible to headaches,” says Duncan.
Although she does not have proof, Duncan speculates that diarists go against the usual trend of forgetting because they continually go over their misfortunes instead of a single, healthful outpouring to get rid of their troubles.
According to some psychologists, regular diarists usually _____ at social gatherings.
文章第一段指出“...regular diarists were more likely than non-diarists to suffer from headaches, sleeplessness, digestive problems and social awkwardness.”即每天记日记的人更容易出现头痛、 失眠等精神问题。 b项feel ill at ease（心神不宁， 局促不安） 与之意思相近， 故为正确答案。 talkative爱说话的， 健谈的。 feel at home感觉自在； 感到宾至如归。 confident自信的。
It‟s a common notion that to write about a painful event may help you to_____.
第二段提到“Their finding challenges assumptions that people find it easier to get over a painful event if they write about it.”由此可推断人们普遍认为遇到苦恼把它们写下来有助于减轻和克服。 C项符合文意。
The psychologists‟ finding indicates that regular diarists _____ than non-diarists.
根据文章倒数第二段“Statistically, the diarists scored much worse on health measures than the non-diarists.”写日记的人比不写的人相对健康指数更低， 即更易患病， 故A正确。
In Elaine Duncan‟s opinion, those diarists who had written about their misfortunes were _____ to headaches.
根据Elaine Duncan定位至文章第四、 五两段， 其中“They were susceptible to headaches”， they指代把自己的不幸写在日记里的人， susceptible意为“易得病的；易受影响的”， C项vulnerable与之同义， 故选C。
In this passage, the author warns us that _____.
文章反复提到写日记的人尤其是把自己的苦恼烦心事写进日记里的人总比不这么做的人更易患病， 因此选项b（写日记可能会引发健康问题） 符合文意，故为此题答案。