Question

【題目】 Recently, a new study suggests that staying positive through the cold season could be the best defense(抵御) against getting sick.

In an experiment that exposed（暴露）healthy volunteers to a cold of flu virus, researchers found that people with a generally sunny emotion were less likely to fall ill. The findings, published in the journal “Psychosomatic Medicine”, build on evidence that a “positive emotional style” can help defend the common cold and other illnesses.

“People with a positive emotional style may have different immune responses to the virus,” explained Dr Sheldom Cohen of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. And when they do get a cold, they may experience their illness as less serious.

Cohen and his colleagues had found in a previous study that happier people seemed less susceptible(易受影響的) to catching a cold, but some questions remained as to whether the emotional quality itself had the effect.

For the new study, the researchers had 193 healthy adults complete standard measures of personality qualities, physical health and “emotional style”.

Those who tended to be happy, energetic and easy-going were judged as having a positive emotional style, while those who were often unhappy and tense had a negative style.

Afterwards, the researchers gave them nose drops containing either a cold virus or a particular flu virus that causes flu-like symptoms. Over the next six days the volunteers reported on any aches, pains, sneeze they had. Cohen and his colleagues found that positive emotions really have the big effect of fighting virus.

【1】The results of the experiments by researchers suggest that _______.

A.people in excellent spirits are less likely to fall ill.

B.the emotional quality itself has the greatest effect of fighting virus

C.people with a positive emotional style seemed more likely to get ill

D.positive emotional people and negative people response similarly to the virus

【2】Dr Sheldom Cohen made studies and reached his conclusion by _______.

A.comparing the experimental results of different groups

B.looking into the forms completed by the volunteers

C.collecting data among people with a cold

D.observing the volunteers’ symptoms

【3】According to the passage, what quality should we develop to fight virus?

A.Clever.B.Hard-working.

C.Optimistic.D.Friendly.

【4】We can conclude from the passage that _______.

A.positive life can lead to success in one’s career

B.physical health is more important than mental health

C.the happier we are, the less likely we will be to fall ill

D.the more we are together, the happier we will be

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】C

【4】C

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。最近，一項新的研究表明，在寒冷的季節(jié)保持積極的心態(tài)可能是防止生病的最佳防御措施。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中In an experiment that exposed（暴露）healthy volunteers to a cold of flu virus, researchers found that people with a generally sunny emotion were less likely to fall ill.在一項讓暴露健康志愿者接觸流感病毒感冒的實驗中，研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，情緒樂觀的人患病的可能性較小�？芍�，研究人員的實驗結(jié)果表明 精神狀態(tài)良好的人不大可能生病。故選A項。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第六段中Those who tended to be happy, energetic and easy-going were judged as having a positive emotional style, while those who were often unhappy and tense had a negative style.那些傾向于快樂的人，精力充沛和隨和的人被認為有一種積極的情緒風格，而那些經(jīng)常不快樂和緊張的人則有一種消極的風格。由此判斷出，謝爾多姆科恩博士進行了研究，并通過比較不同實驗組的實驗結(jié)果得出了他的結(jié)論。故選A項。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中Cohen and his colleagues found that positive emotions really have the big effect of fighting virus.科恩和他的同事們發(fā)現(xiàn)，積極的情緒確實對抗擊病毒有很大的作用�？芍�，我們應(yīng)該培養(yǎng)樂觀的品質(zhì)來對抗病毒。故選C項。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中In an experiment that exposed（暴露）healthy volunteers to a cold of flu virus, researchers found that people with a generally sunny emotion were less likely to fall ill. The findings, published in the journal “Psychosomatic Medicine”, build on evidence that a “positive emotional style” can help defend the common cold and other illnesses. 在一項讓健康志愿者接觸流感病毒的實驗中，研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，通常情緒開朗的人患病的可能性更小。該研究結(jié)果在《身心醫(yī)學》期刊上發(fā)表。研究結(jié)果進一步證明，“積極的情緒”有助于預(yù)防普通感冒和其它疾病。以及最后一段中Cohen and his colleagues found that positive emotions really have the big effect of fighting virus.科恩和他的同事發(fā)現(xiàn)，科恩和他的同事們發(fā)現(xiàn)，積極的情緒確實對抗擊病毒有很大的作用。從文章中我們可以推斷出：我們越快樂，生病的可能性就越小。故選C項。