2017年考研英语真题与翻译 .pdf

2017年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（一）试题

SectionIUseofEnglish

Directions:

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankand

markA,B,CorDontheANSWERSHEET.(10points)

Couldahugadaykeepthedoctoraway?Theanswermaybearesounding

“yes!”1helpingyoufeelcloseand2topeopleyoucareabout,itturnsoutthat

hugscanbringa3ofhealthbenefitstoyourbodyandmind.Believeitornot,a

warmembracemightevenhelpyou4gettingsickthiswinter.

Inarecentstudy5over400healthadults,researchersfromCarnegieMellon

UniversityinPennsylvaniaexaminedtheeffectsofperceivedsocialsupportandthe

receiptofhugs6theparticipantssusceptibility’todevelopingthecommoncold

afterbeing7tothevirus.Peoplewhoperceivedgreatersocialsupportwereless

likelytocome8withacold,andtheresearchers9thatthestress-reducing

effectsofhugging10about32percentofthatbeneficialeffect.11amongthose

whogotacold,theoneswhofeltgreatersocialsupportandreceivedmorefrequent

hugshadlesssevere12.

“Huggingprotectspeoplewhoareunderstressfromthe13riskforcolds

that’susually14withstress,”notesSheldonCohen,aprofessorofpsychologyat

Carnegie.Hugging“isamarkerofintimacyandhelps15thefeelingthatothersare

theretohelp16difficulty.”

Someexperts17thestress-reducing,health-relatedbenefitsofhuggingtothe

releaseofoxytocin,oftencalled“thebondinghormone18itpromotesattachment”

inrelationships,includingthatbetweenmotherandtheirnewbornbabies.Oxytocinis

madeprimarilyinthecentrallowerpartofthebrain,andsomeofitisreleasedinto

thebloodstream.Butsomeofit19inthebrain,whereit20mood,behaviorand

physiology.

1[A]Besides[B]Unlike[C]Throughout[D]Despite

2[A]