3．If you're ever apart from your children，a new study says just talking on the phone will help just as much as a hug（拥抱）．
If you're a parent who spends long hours on the job，you probably feel sorry for spending so much time away from your kids．But the results of a new study show that a mother's voice alone can be just as comforting to an anxious child as physical contact．
In an experiment，researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison asked a group of girls between the age of 7and 12to solve math problems in front of judges-a stressful（充满压力了）situation for anyone．Before the girls were set to solve math problems，the researchers measured their levels of two hormones（荷尔蒙）：cortisol，which goes up during stressful periods，and oxytocin，the"love"hormone．
After they were finished，some of the girls got to meet up with their mothers right away．The mums came in and hugged the girls．Another group of the girls didn't see their mothers，but received phone calls from them，in which their mothers told them how well they'd done．The final group had no contact with their mothers，but watched an animal movie，March of the Penguins instead．
Finally，the girls'hormone levels were measured again．although the movie was interesting，it did noting to ease（缓解）the children's anxiety-but，surprisingly，both the physical contact and phone calls from their mothers had the same effect on easing the girls'stress levels．
So，no matter how old you are，if you're feeling stressed about something in your life，a phone call to Mom might be just the key to help you feel better．
34．The first two paragraphs suggest thatA．
A．a mother's voice can comfort her anxious kid
B．the results of the study can't be accepted by mothers
C．parents are too busy to talk with their kids
D．mothers should spend enough time staying with their kids
35．Which of the following is the right order in which the study was carried out？C
a．The girls'levels of hormones were measured again．
b．The girls solved math problems．
c．The girls'levels of hormones were measured．
d．The girls were divided into three groups．
A．b-c-d-a
B．d-b-c-a
C．c-b-d-a
D．d-c-b-a
36．According to the passage，we can infer thatB．
A．it is easy for girls to solve math problems
B．the girls who had watched the movie remained anxious
C．mothers should hug their kids as often as possible
D．older girls have higher cortisol than younger ones．
37．What is the author's attitude towards the study？A
A．Supportive．
B．Doubtful．
C．Uncertain．
D．Worried．
分析 文章大意：
文章是通过一个有趣的实验来验证一个结论，那就是"母亲的声音和与母亲的身体接触对于焦虑的孩子而言有相同的功效"．在实验中，小女孩们被随机分成三组，在压力干扰下完成数学测验，之后一组与母亲见面，一组与母亲通电话，一组看卡通，并且在分组考试之前及打电话之后检测荷尔蒙水平，由此证实了上述那个假设，就是与母亲的物理接触同电话联系一样，可以让自己的孩子感到轻松．
解答 34．A，推理判断题，文中提到"a mother's voice alone can be just as comforting to an anxious child as physical contact"母亲的声音和与母亲的身体接触对于焦虑的孩子而言有相同的功效，由此确定选择A．
35．C，推理判断题，文中提到"Before the girls were set to solve math problems，the researchers measured their levels of two hormones"在解决数学问题之前，先测量所有女孩的荷尔蒙水平，确定一二步为cb；之后所有的女孩被分成三组，一组与母亲见面，一组与母亲通电话，一组看卡通，所以第三步是d，文中提到"Finally，the girls'hormone levels were measured again"最后，再次检测女孩的荷尔蒙状况，由此确定选择C．
36．B，推理判断题，文中提到"although the movie was interesting，it did noting to ease（缓解）the children's anxiety"即使电影很有趣，但是看电影的女孩焦虑感并没有得到任何缓解，由此确定选择B．
37．A，推理判断题，文中提到"both the physical contact and phone calls from their mothers had the same effect on easing the girls'stress levels"最后得出的结论是与母亲的物理接触同电话联系一样，可以让自己的孩子感到轻松，与文章一开始的假设一致，所以是实验结果支持预期假设，选择A．
点评 对于阅读表达题，一定要记得首先通读全文，了解文章大意，然后再根据文章关键词，关键句，掌握细节问题，并进行推理判断，再去回答具体的问题．
