2022年河南省驻马店市新蔡县高二上学期1月份月考英语试题.docx

2021-2022学年河南省新蔡县高二上学期1月份月考英语试题

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节；满分40分）

第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Manychildren’shospitalsalreadyhavestorytellingprogrammesthataimtocheeruppatients.Butnewresearchsuggeststhatstorytellingalsohasphysiologicalbenefits.“Untilnow,thepositiveevidenceforstorytellingwasbasedon‘commonsense’thatinteractingwiththechildmaydistract,entertainandreducepsychologicalsuffering,”saidDrJorgeMoll,ofD’OrInstituteforResearchandEducation(IDOR),Brazil.“Buttherewasalackofasolidscientificbasis.”

“Duringstorytelling,somethinghappensthatwecall‘narrativetransportation’.Thechild,throughfantasy,canexperiencesensationsandthoughtsthattransporthimorhertoanotherworld,aplacethatisdifferentfromthehospitalroom,andis,therefore,farfromtheunpleasantconditionsofhospitalization,”saysGuilhermeBrockington.

Theteam,basedatIDORandtheFederalUniversityofABC,Brazil,studied81childrenbetweentheagesoftwoandseven,allofwhomwereintheintensivecareunit(ICU)atahospitalinS?oPaulo.Agroupof41childreneachhadasessionwithastoryteller,lasting25to30minutes.Acontrolgroupof40childreneachhadthesameamountoftimewiththesameprofessionals,buttheytoldriddlesinstead.Beforeandafterthesessions,theteamtooksalivasamplesfromeachchildandassessedtheirpainlevel.Thesalivasamplesallowedtheresearcherstomeasurelevelsofthehormonecortisol,whichisrelatedtostress,andthehormoneoxytocin,whichplaysaroleinempathy.

Bothgroupsofchildrenbenefitedfromthesessions:theyallhadlesscortisolandmoreoxytocinintheirsaliva,suggestingtheywerelessstressed,andtheyreportedlesspainanddiscomfort.However,theresultsweretwiceasstrongforthestorytellinggroupasthecontrolgroup.Attheendofthesessions,thechildrenalsotookpartinaword-associat