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【题目】 People who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer from colds.It's possible that being full of vim and vigor helps the body fight illnesses,say the researchers from Carnegie Mellon University(CMC)in Pittsburgh.

＂We need to take more seriously the possibility that a positive emotional style is a major player in disease risk,"says psychologist Sheldon Cohen,the study's lead researcher.

In a previous study,Cohen and his colleagues found that people who tended to be cheerful and lively were least likely to develop sniffles,coughs and other cold symptoms.People who showed positive feelings were also less likely to mention symptoms to their doctors,even when medical tests detected those symptoms.

Those findings were interesting,but they didn't prove that a person's attitude affects whether he or she gets sick.Instead,it was still possible that a person's underlying personality is what matters.

Evidence suggests,for instance,that certain people are naturally more likely to be outgoing and optimistic,with high self-esteem and a sense of control over life.This would mean that who we are,not how we feel,ultimately decides our chances of catching colds.

To figure out which mattered more,personality or emotions,the researchers interviewed 193 healthy adults.The researchers talked to each person over the phone every evening for 2 weeks. They told the researchers about the positive and negative feelings they had experienced that day.

The results showed that everyone in the study was equally likely to get infected.Their symptoms,however,differed depending on the types of emotions that they had reported over the previous fortnight.

Among those who reported good moods and had been infected with the flu virus,for example, 28 percent developed coughs and stuffy noses.On the other hand,those symptoms struck 41 percent of people who had been less positive.Scientists argue about whether negative emotions or positive emotions have a stronger effect on how healthy we are.For now,it can't hurt to look on the bright side more often than not!

【1】What is the text mainly about?

A.How to get rid of colds.

B.Attitude determines life.

C.Smiles turn away colds.

D.Different opinions about colds.

【2】The phrase"full of vim and vigor"underlined in Paragraph 1 probably means"

A.ignorantB.well-informed

C.energeticD.passive

【3】According to the finding,a leading factor of catching colds should be one's.

A.healthB.personality

C.qualityD.mood

【4】By saying the last paragraph,the writer intends to suggest

A.the saying-every coin has two sides

B.positive emotions are as good as negative emotions

C.it is not necessarily good for you if you always look at problems positively

D.it will be good for your health to always keep up an optimistic state of mind

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。CMU大学的研究人员经研究表明快乐放松的人们更不容易患感冒，他们与旁人比较起来很少会有咳嗽、鼻塞等感冒症状。研究人员指出这可能是因为人们内在的性格影响着身体健康状况，并且建议人们为了健康要保持积极乐观的心情。

【1】

主旨大意题。本文是一篇科学研究类短文，文章开头提出中心“People who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer from colds.(心情愉快放松的人不太可能患感冒。) ”，然后在下文进行详细讲述，所以文章主要是关于快乐能够抵抗感冒。故选C。

【2】

词义猜测题。根据文章首句“People who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer from colds(心情愉快放松的人不太可能患感冒。)”和helps the body fight illnesses帮助身体抵抗疾病,可知文章主要介绍快乐、积极的情绪对健康的作用，由此推测full of vim and vigor指“精力充沛，积极乐观”。故选C。

【3】

细节理解题。根据第四段“Instead,it was still possible that a person's underlying personality is what matters.” 相反，一个人潜在的人的性格仍然起着很重要的作用。可知人的性格是人们是否容易患感冒的主要因素。故选B。

【4】

推理判断题。在文章末段作者给出了一些数字来证明积极乐观的心态对感冒的影响，而且最后提出“it can’t hurt to look on the bright side more often than not!(经常看到光明的一面并没有坏处!) ”，由此判断作者的目的是要建议人们为了健康的缘故要保持愉悦的心情。故选D。