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【题目】 Being forgiving to yourself and others can protect against stress and the harm it does to mental health, according to a new study in the Journal of Health Psychology．

Researchers looked at the effects of lifetime stress on a person’s mental health，and how more forgiving people got along compared with people who weren’t so forgiving．To do this, they asked 148 young adults to fill out questionnaires that assessed their levels of lifetime stress，their tendency to forgive and their mental and physical health．

No surprise，people with greater exposure to stress had worse mental and physical health．But the researchers also discovered that if people were highly forgiving of both themselves and others,that characteristic alone almost removed the connection between stress and mental illness．

“It’s almost entirely erased—it’s zero,”says study author Toussaint.“If you don’t have forgiving tendencies，you feel the immediate effects of stress in a severe way．You don’t have anything to cushion you against that stress．”

How a forgiving personality protects a person from the influence of severe stress is hard to determine．The researchers infer that people who are more forgiving may adopt better skills to deal with stress，or their reaction to major stressors(压力源)may be slow．

Though more research is needed to fully understand the benefits of being more forgiving，Toussaint believes“100％”that forgiveness can be learned．His own previous research has shown that saying a short prayer on forgiveness can help people take the edge off. “I think most people want to feel good and forgiveness offers you the opportunity to do that，”he says．

【1】The researchers got the effect of forgiving by_____．

A.analyzing questionnairesB.doing scientific experiment

C.writing research papersD.communicating with 148 adults

【2】What can we infer from the passage?

A.Forgiving tendencies can deal with all mental problems．

B.It remains unknown why forgiveness helps to reduce stress．

C.Toussaint’s study has fully discovered the benefits of being forgiving．

D.Saying a short prayer on forgiveness is the key to getting rid of stress．

【3】What does the underlined phrase “take the edge off’ in the last paragraph probably mean?

A.Look ahead．B.Become relaxed．

C.Make up their mind．D.Stick to their goals．

【4】What may be the best title for the passage?

A.A new study on physical health

B.Forgiving yourself makes you feel good

C.Forgiveness is good for mental health

D.Getting rid of stress is good for your health

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。研究发现拥有一颗宽容的心，能减少焦虑和压力，让人心理健康，但到底是如何做到这一点的还不确定。

【1】细节理解题。根据文章第二段的To do this, they asked 148 young adults to fill out questionnaires that assessed their levels of lifetime stress，可知，为了弄明白真相，研究人员让148个人填写了问卷调查，即他们是通过研究问卷调查来得出宽容的影响。A. analyzing questionnaires（分析问卷调查）符合以上说法，故选A项。

【2】推理判断题。根据文章第五段的How a forgiving personality protects a person from the influence of severe stress is hard to determine．可知目前很难确定宽容是如何防止人们不受严重压力的伤害，故推断宽容可以减少压力的原因是未知的。B. It remains unknown why forgiveness helps to reduce stress．（为什么宽容可以帮助减少压力依然是未知的）符合以上说法，故选B项。

【3】词义猜测题。根据画线部分下文的I think most people want to feel good and forgiveness offers you the opportunity to do that，可知宽容能让人感觉良好，故推测画线部分所在句子意思是：说一个和宽容相关的祷言能让人感觉良好。故划线部分的意思和“感觉良好”接近。B. Become relaxed．（变得放松）符合以上说法，故选B项。

【4】主旨大意题。通读全文可知，第一段为主题段，根据文章第一段的Being forgiving to yourself and others can protect against stress and the harm it does to mental health,可知本文主要讲述宽容对精神健康有好处。C. Forgiveness is good for mental health（宽容对精神健康有好处）可以作为本文标题，故选C项。