【題目】Many songs, poems, and books have been written on love’s strong effect on people. The state of being in love has even been compared to being sick or mad. A study by Professor Semir Zeki of University College London has found that love does affect people’s brains by making them feel great.

Zeki studied young men and women who had recently fallen in love. He found that, when they were looking at photos of their loved ones, there was heightened activity in four areas of their brains. These areas deal with emotions, and one of them, in particular, is known to respond to drugs that cause feelings of great joy and excitement.

Interestingly, the study also found a lack of activity in two other areas of the brain when the volunteers looked at their lovers’ photographs. One of these areas is linked to feelings of sadness, while the other is often active in people suffering from depression. It seems love really can be uplifting.

The state of being in love, according to some scientists, may actually be good for your health. Although scientists know that being in love can make a person feel great, the exact influence of love on a person’s health is harder to determine. However, scientists say that people do need love in order to live healthy lives.

According to Dr. Thomas Lewis, people need to be in relationships because that is how we are designed. He says the brain can only maintain(保持) the overall stability of a person’s immune(免疫) system, bodily rhythms, and heart if it receives input(輸入) from outside the body in the form of emotional connections with others.

Professor Antonio Damasio has a similar view. He says that love enriches a person’s imagination and creativity, and makes a person’s body work better. He also believes that love can even improve the body’s ability to fight against disease. Damasio’s wise words of advice are “ Choose love and you will live longer.”

【1】What is the main idea of this passage ? __________.

A. love can really cause people active

B. love has an effect on songs and books

C. love is linked with emotion

D. love is what we need

【2】What does the underlined word “uplifting” mean? It means __________.

A. inspiring B. available C. cold D. mad

【3】From the passage we can conclude that__________.

A. People write songs, poems and books to say love is the sweetest thing

B. nobody but Professor Semir Zeki has understood love does affect people’s brains

C. being in love sometimes may make someone act as if he/ she were mad

D. love causes heightened activity in all areas of a person’s brains

【4】Which of the following statements is not true?

A. Some scientists have the idea that love does good to people.

B. It is possible for scientists to decide how much influence love can give people.

C. People are born to be in need of getting on touch with each other.

D. A person’s health depends on partly on emotional connections with others.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇說(shuō)明文�？茖W(xué)家的研究表明愛(ài)情的確會(huì)影響人類(lèi)的大腦，戀愛(ài)似乎真的能使人精神振奮，有科學(xué)家表示，為了過(guò)健康的生活，人的確需要愛(ài)情。有科學(xué)家相信愛(ài)情甚至可以增強(qiáng)身體對(duì)疾病的抵抗力。

【1】D主旨大意題。全篇都在講述根據(jù)科學(xué)家的研究，愛(ài)情的確會(huì)影響人類(lèi)的大腦，能使人精神振奮，為了過(guò)健康的生活，人的確需要愛(ài)情，它甚至可以增強(qiáng)身體對(duì)疾病的抵抗力，文章最后一句再次點(diǎn)題“Choose love and you will live longer.”選擇愛(ài)情，你會(huì)活得更久。故選D。

【2】A詞義猜測(cè)題。uplifting出現(xiàn)在文章第三段，本段講述這項(xiàng)研究同時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)，在志愿者觀看戀人的照片時(shí)，大腦中有其它兩個(gè)區(qū)域是不活動(dòng)的。其中一個(gè)區(qū)域與悲傷的感覺(jué)有關(guān)，在罹患憂郁癥的人身上另一個(gè)區(qū)域則經(jīng)�；钴S。由此看來(lái)，愛(ài)情似乎真的能使人精神振奮。所以u(píng)plifting是令人振奮的意思。故選A。

【3】C細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段The state of being in love has even been compared to being sick or mad.可知處在戀愛(ài)中的狀態(tài)甚至被比擬成生病或發(fā)瘋。故選C。

【4】B細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)文章第四段Although scientists know that being in love can make a person feel great, the exact influence of love on a person’s health is harder to determine.可知，雖然科學(xué)家知道戀愛(ài)使人感覺(jué)棒極了，但是愛(ài)情對(duì)于一個(gè)人健康的精確影響卻比較難以測(cè)定。故選B。

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