【題目】Want to stay away from colds? Put on a happy face.

Compared to unhappy people, those who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer from colds, according to a new study. It's possible that being happy helps the body fight illnesses, say the researchers from New York University.

“It seems that positive(積極的) feelings may reduce (減少) the danger of illness,” said the study's chief researcher Sheldon Cohen.

In an earlier study, Cohen found that people who were cheerful and lively caught coughs and colds less often. People who showed feelings were also less likely to tell their doctors that they felt ill.

In this study, Cohen's interviewed 193 adults every day for two weeks. During the interviews, the people told researchers about the happy or sad feelings they had that day. After the two weeks, the people were given colds by doctors and had to stay alone in a room for six days.

The result showed that everyone in the study was equally(相等地) likely to get ill. But for people who said they felt happy during the research period, their illness was less serious and lasted for a shorter time.

Cohen believes that when people experience positive feelings, their body may produce a chemical that helps fight illness and disease. So if you are worried about your health, look on the bright side more often.

【1】Which of the following was NOT a part of the study?

A. People talked about their feelings every day.

B. People were kept alone for six days.

C. People were given colds by doctors.

D. People were made to feel unhappy.

【2】What did the study find?

A. People who felt happy never got ill.

B. People's feelings didn't influence their health.

C. People with good feelings became ill more easily.

D. People with positive feelings had less serious illnesses..

【3According to Cohen, which of the following may help fight illness?

A. Eating. B. Crying. C. Laughing. D. Sleeping.

【4This passage is a/an_________.

A. advertisement B. newspaper report

C. story D. scientist's diary

【5】What is the best title for this passage?

A. Smiles can fight colds B. Cause of colds found

C. The danger of colds D. How people get sick

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

試題分析:本文主要介紹了一項顯得研究:相比較不高興、消極的人而言,積極、高興、心情舒暢的人更不會患上疾病,例如:感冒。在調(diào)查中,人們需要告訴研究者那天他們高興的心情或者是他們傷心的心情。在兩周后,那些被醫(yī)生患上感冒的人不得不獨自待在房間里六天,最后得出結(jié)論:我們應(yīng)該保持好自己的心情以減少疾病。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。從文中第五段里“During the interviews, the people told researchers about the happy or sad feelings they had that day.”在調(diào)查中,人們需要告訴研究者那天他們高興的心情或者是他們傷心的心情?芍狝正確!癆fter the two weeks, the people were given colds by doctors and had to stay alone in a room for six days.”在兩周后,那些被醫(yī)生患上感冒的人不得不獨自待在房間里六天?芍狟、C正確。故選D。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。從文中第二段里“It's possible that being happy helps the body fight illnesses.”保持愉快地心情可能幫幫助身體對抗疾病。故選D。

【3】細理解題。結(jié)合全文及里的解析,人靠保持好心情的愉快是對疾病有一定的抵御作用的,而笑是愉悅心情的一種表達形式,故選C。

【4】文章推斷題。本文主要介紹了一項顯得研究:相比較不高興、消極的人而言,積極、高興、心情舒暢的人更不會患上疾病。根據(jù)整個文章的內(nèi)容以及布局,符合新聞報道的形式。故選B。

【5】文章主旨題。結(jié)合本文,和以上的幾個小題的選擇解析,以“笑容可以對抗疾病”為題,比較貼切整篇文章的內(nèi)容,也很吸引人。故選A。

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