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A new study has discovered that meditation（冥想）and oxygen sport together reduce depression. The Rutgers University study found that this mind and body combination, done twice a week for only two months, reduced the symptoms for a group of students by 40 percent.
“We are excited by the findings because we saw such a meaningful improvement in both clinically depressed and non-depressed students,” said lead author Dr. Brandon Alderman. “It is the first time that both of these two behavioral ways have been looked at together for dealing with depression.”
Researchers believe the two activities have an interactive effect in combating depression. Alderman and Dr. Tracey Shors discovered that a combination of mental and physical training (MAP) enabled students with major depressive disorder not to let problems or negative thoughts defeat them.
Rutgers researchers say those who participated in the study began with 30 minutes of focused attention meditation followed by 30 minutes of oxygen sport. They were told that if their thoughts drifted to the past or the future they should refocus on their breathing, enabling those with depression to accept moment-to-moment changes in attention.
Shors, who studies the production of new brain cells in the hippocampus—part of the brain involved in memory and learning—says scientists have shown in animal models that oxygen sport exercise keeps a large number of certain cells alive.
The idea for the human intervention（干预）came from her laboratory studies, she says, with the main goal of helping individuals acquire new skills so that they can learn to recover from stressful life events.
By learning to focus their attention and exercise, people who are fighting depression can acquire new learning skills that can help them process information and reduce the overwhelming recollection of memories from the past, Shors says.
“We know these treatments can be practiced over a lifetime and that they will be effective in improving mental health.” said Alderman. “The good news is that this intervention can be practiced by anyone at any time and at no cost.”
（1）What made the research so different?
A.Adopting a way of meaningful talk.
B.Combining the two behavioral ways to treat depression.
C.Treating depression with special medicine.
D.Comparing the depressed with the non-depressed.
（2）The underlined word “combating” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by ______.
A.fighting
B.identifying
C.distinguishing
D.examining
（3）What did the participants do in the research?
A.They did oxygen sport half an hour before thinking.
B.They thought quietly and then took exercise.
C.They took exercise longer than they thought.
D.They took exercise while thinking quietly.
（4）What is Shors' main purpose of her studies?
A.To find out certain brain cells of humans.
B.To study the production of new brain cells.
C.To offer people a new method to treat stress.
D.To decide the links between stress and exercise.

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）B
（2）A
（3）B
（4）C
【解析】本文介绍新的研究：治疗压力的新方法。

（1）B细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句It is the first time that both of these two behavioral ways have been looked at together for dealing with depression．可知这是第一次用两种方法来治疗抑郁。故选B。

（2）A词义猜测题。根据第三段第二句的后半句enabled students with major depressive disorder not to let problems or negative thoughts defeat them．使抑郁症患者生不让问题或消极思想打败他们。Researchers believe the two activities have an interactive effect incombatingdepression．可知两个活动相互作用对抗抑郁，不让抑郁打败他们。故选A。

（3）B细节理解题。根据第四段第一句Rutgers researchers say those who participated in the study began with 30 minutes of focused attention meditation followed by 30 minutes of oxygen sport．可知他们静静地思考然后进行锻炼。故选B。

（4）C主旨大意题。根据第六段with the main goal of helping individuals acquire new skills so that they can learn to recover from stressful life events．提供给人们一种新的治疗压力的方法。故选C。