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【題目】For anyone still doubting the belief that our emotions influence our physical health, a new study from New Zealand should be able to settle the matter. It reports that the physical wounds of healthy seniors healed more quickly if they wrote about their most upsetting experiences.

This confirms the results of a 2010 study, and extends those findings to cover older adults—a group that is likely to suffer wounds (as from surgery), and one with less access to other ways of lowering tension (such as exercise).

Reported in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, a research team led by the University of Auckland’s Elizabeth Broadbent made a study featuring 50 healthy adults ranging in age from 64 to 97. They were asked to write for 20 minutes per day for three consecutive(連續(xù)的) days.

Half were asked to write about the most upsetting experience in their life, describing their deepest thoughts, feelings, and emotions about the events, ideally not previously shared with others. The others were asked to write about their daily activities without mentioning emotions, opinions or beliefs.

Two weeks after the third day of writing, all participants received a standard 4mm skin biopsy(皮下活體組織檢查) on their inner arm. The very tiny wounds caused by the biopsy were photographed regularly over the following days to determine the rate at which they healed.

On the 11th day after the biopsy, the wounds completely healed on 76.2 percent of those who had done the expressive writing. That was true of only 42.1 percent of those who had written about everyday activities.

“The biological and psychological mechanisms(機體) behind this effect remain unclear,” the researchers wrote, noting that those who had done the expressive writing did not report lower stress levels or fewer depressive symptoms than the others in the control group. Even if they weren’t consciously aware of feeling more relaxed or positive, the expressive writing appeared to have caused some sort of bodily reaction—probably involving their immune systems—that hastened their recovery.

【1】What was the difference between the two groups of participants in the study?

A. What they wrote.

B. Where they wrote.

C. When they wrote.

D. How often they wrote.

【2】According to the text, the experiment lasted .

A. about three days B. about a month

C. about two weeks D. about ten days

【3】The underlined word “hastened” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to .

A. speeded B. showed C. limited D. ruined

【4】 What would be the best title of the text?

A. Sharing with others can reduce stress.

B. Skin biopsies are likely to cause wounds.

C. Expressive writing heals physical wounds.

D. Upsetting experiences influence our emotions.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析：本文通過介紹一個科學(xué)實驗告訴我們精神對身體健康有很大的影響，進一步證明了兩者是相關(guān)聯(lián)的觀點。

【1】A 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第四段Half were asked to write about the most upsetting experience in their life, describing their deepest thoughts, feelings, and emotions about the events, ideally not previously shared with others. The others were asked to write about their daily activities without mentioning emotions, opinions or beliefs.可知參加測試的對象中有一半被要求寫出他們最難受的經(jīng)歷，最深層的感受。另外一半被要求寫出日�；顒拥�是不要提到情緒方面的內(nèi)容�？芍�這兩群人的要求是不一樣的。故A正確。

【2】B 計算題。根據(jù)3、5、6段可知They were asked to write for 20 minutes per day for three consecutive(連續(xù)的) days.先連續(xù)寫三天；Two weeks after the third day of writing, all participants received a standard 4mm skin biopsy(皮下活體組織檢查) on their inner arm.兩周以后繼續(xù)皮下活體組織檢查；On the 11th day after the biopsy, the wounds completely healed on 76.2 percent of those who had done the expressive writing. 活體組織檢查11天以后檢測傷口愈合程度。加起來大約是一個月的時間。故B正確。

【3】A 猜測詞意題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段On the 11th day after the biopsy, the wounds completely healed on 76.2 percent of those who had done the expressive writing. That was true of only 42.1 percent of those who had written about everyday activities可知被要求寫出內(nèi)心深層感受的人的傷口愈合得更快，這正可以說明精神對身體是有很大影響的。再根據(jù)本句Even if they weren’t consciously aware of feeling more relaxed or positive, the expressive writing appeared to have caused some sort of bodily reaction—probably involving their immune systems—that hastened their recovery.可知在他們無意識的情況下，表達情緒的寫作可以導(dǎo)致免疫系統(tǒng)的做出回應(yīng)—加快傷口的恢復(fù)。所以該詞應(yīng)該和A項speeded“加速，加快”意義一致。

【4】C 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章主題段第一段For anyone still doubting the belief that our emotions influence our physical health, a new study from New Zealand should be able to settle the matter. It reports that the physical wounds of healthy seniors healed(愈合) more quickly if they wrote about their most upsetting experiences.可知本文主要是關(guān)于表達內(nèi)心感受的寫作可以幫助老年人很快地愈合。故C正確。