高考英语二轮专题阅读理解练习：积极态度与感冒关系研究.pdfVIP

2015届高考英语二轮专题检测精品练习：阅读理解（14）

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[1]Comparedtopeoplewithbadattitudes，peopleareslikelyto

sufferfrom

colds．It’spossiblethatbeingpositivehelpsthebodyfightil1nesses.

[2]Inapreviousstudy，peoplewhotendedtobecheerfulandlivelywereleast

likelyto

developcoughsandothercoldsymptoms．Peoplewhoshowedpositivefeelingswere

alsoslikelytomentionsymptomstotheirdoctors，evenwhenmedicaltests

detectedthosesymptoms．

[3]Thosefindingswereinteresting，buttheydidn’tprovethata’s

attitudeaffects

whetherheorshegetssick．Instead，itwasstillpossiblethata’s

underlyingalityiswhatmatters．

[4]Evidencesuggests，forinstance，thatcertainpeoplearenaturallymorelikely

tobeoutgoing

andoptimistic，withhighself-esteemandasenseofcontroloverlife．This

wouldmeanthatwhoweare，nothowwefeel，ultimatelydecidesourchancesof

catchingcolds.

[5]Tofigureoutwhichmatteredmore，alityoremotions，theresearchers

interviewed

193healthyadults．Theresultsshowedthateveryoneinthestudywasequally

likelytogetinfected．Theirsymptoms，however，differeddependingonthetypes

ofemotionsthattheyhadreportedoverthepreviousfortnight．

[6]Amongthosewhoreportedgoodmoodsandhadbeeninfectedwiththefluvirus，

forexample,28percentdevelopedcoughsandstuffynoses．Ontheotherhand，

thosesymptoms

struck41percentofpeoplewhohadbeenspositive．

[7]Scientistsargueaboutwhetherneiveemotionsorpositiveemotionshave

2015届高考英语二轮专题检测精品练习：阅读理解(14)

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[1]与态度不好的人相比，人们患感冒的可能性较小。乐观情绪可能有助于身体对抗疾

病。[2]在之前的一项研究中，性格开朗、活泼的人最不容易出现咳嗽和其他感冒症状。

表现出积极情绪的人也不太可能向医生提及这些症状，即使医学检查发