Question

  Many people turn to doctors or self-help books，but they ignore a powerful thing that could help them fight illness;their friends.

  Researchers are only now starting to pay attention to the importance of friendship in health. A 10-year Australian study found that old people have a large circle of friends. A 2007 study showed an increase of nearly 60 percent in the risk(危險(xiǎn))for obesity(肥胖)among people whose friends gained weight. And last year,Harvard researchers reported that strong social ties could improve brain health as we age.

  "In general, the role of friendship in our lives isn't well realized," said Rebecca, a professor at the University of North Carolina. " Friendship has a bigger effect on our psychologi?cal(心理的)health than family relationships.”

  While many friendship studies are about the close relationships of women, some research shows that it can do good to men too. In a six-year study of 736 middle-aged men,having friendships reduces the risk of heart attack. Only smoking was as important a risk factor(因素) as having little social support.

  Exactly why friendship has such a big effect isn't entirely clear. While friends can send a sick person to the hospital or pick up medicine, the advantages go well beyond physical help. Friendship clearly has a big psychological effect. " People with stronger friendships feel like there is someone they can turn to，" said Karen，a doctor. " The message of these studies is that friends make your life better.”

(   ) 1. The three studies in Paragraph 2 show that      

A.     old people need friends the most

B.     friends can help us lose weight

C.     social ties(關(guān)系)are connected to health

D.     more friends make us healthier

(   ) 2. What do Rebecca's words in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. Friendship has no effect on people's physical health.

B.     What people need most is friends.

C.     Friendship is more important than family relationship.

D.    The value of friendship hasn't been fully understood.

(   ) 3. The author mentioned smoking in the text to discuss      

A. the cause of heart attack    B. the risk of having no friends

C. smoking is bad for men    D. friends' influence on habits

(   ) 4. What would be the best title of the text?

A.     Friends Are the Best Medicine

B.     Friends Are as Important as a Family

C.     Having Good Friends Leads to a Longer Life

D.     Friendship Makes People Happy

Answer 1

1 -4 CDBC  

A篇講述了友誼對(duì)人身體健康，尤其是心理健康的重要性。

1. C主旨大意題歸納三個(gè)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)即可得出

結(jié)論。

2. D句意理解題。

3. B邏輯推理題"Only smoking was as impor?tant a risk factor as having little social sup?port. "意為"只有吸煙是一個(gè)等同于沒(méi)有社交的危險(xiǎn)因素"。言外之意就是：吸煙等同于

沒(méi)有朋友。

4. C全篇講述了朋友對(duì)身體健康的重要性。而A項(xiàng)過(guò)于絕對(duì)；B項(xiàng)與文中觀點(diǎn)"Friend?ship has a bigger effect on our psychological health than family relationships."相悖;D項(xiàng)觀點(diǎn)雖然正確，但僅指友誼對(duì)心理的影響，比較片面。所以，C項(xiàng)最符合題意。