2017年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语一
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2017年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(一)
Section I Use of English Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word (s for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points
Could a hug a day keep the doctor away? The answer may be a resounding “yes!” _1_ helping you feel close and _2_ to people you care about, it turns out that hugs can bring a _3_ of health benefits to your body and mind. Believe it or not, a warm embrace might even help you _4_ getting sick this winter.
In a recent study _5_ over 400 health adults, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania examined the effects of perceived social support and the receipt of hugs _6_ the participants' susceptibility to developing the common cold after being _7_ to the virus .People who perceived greater social support were less likely to come _8_ with a cold ,and the researchers _9_ that the stress-reducing effects of hugging _10_ about 32 percent of that beneficial effect. _11_ among those who got a cold, the ones who felt greater social support and received more frequent hugs had less severe _12_ .
“Hugging protects people who are under stress from the _13_ risk for colds that's usually _14_ with stress,” notes Sheldon Cohen, a professor of psychology at Carnegie. Hugging “is a marker of intimacy and helps _15_ the feeling that others are there to help _16_ difficulty.”
Some experts _17_ the stress-reducing , health-related benefits of hugging to the release of oxytocin, often called “the bonding hormone” _18_ it promotes attachment in relationships, including that between mother and their newborn babies. Oxytocin is made primarily in the central lower part of the brain , and some of it is released into the bloodstream. But some of it _19_ in the brain, where it _20_ mood, behavior and physiology.
1.[A] Unlike [B] Besides [C] Despite [D] Throughout 【答案】B
【解析】答案为B。根据本句句内逻辑关系,“it turns out that hugs…”说明拥抱还有其他结果。因此,前文的逻辑关系应该为“除此以外”。
2.[A] connected [B] restricted [C] equal [D] inferior 【答案】A
【解析】答案为A。本题实为逻辑关系题。根据句子前后结构“helping you feel close and ______(2”,我们可以判断,由于空格处与前面内容通过and连接,说明我们要选择一个单词与feel close同义,并且要与后面介词to 连用。因此,通过对于四个选项含义判断,选项A有“关联的”含义最为符合。
3.[A] choice [B] view [C] lesson [D] host 【答案】D
【解析】答案为D。此题为固定搭配。“a host of”表示大量的。其他选项搭配不合理。
4.[A] recall [B] forget [C] avoid [D] keep 【答案】C
【解析】答案为C。根据题干信息“a warm embrace might even help you ______(4getting sick this winter.”中,出现“even”,表示“甚至”,说明此句话与上一句话存在递进的逻辑关系。上一句话的语义表示“拥抱可以带来大量的好处”,因此,这句话也应该表示拥抱的好处。选项C“避免生病”最符合文意。
5.[A] collecting [B] involving [C] guiding [D] affecting 【答案】B
【解析】答案为B。本题考查现在分词做后置定语,需要选择一个现在分词修饰前面的“study。”根据句子含义,应该表达“关于涉及400人”的研究。
6.[A] of [B] in [C] at [D] on 【答案】D
【解析】答案为D。本题为固定搭配。根据句义“examined the effects of perceived social support and the receipt of hugs______(6the participants'…”考查固定搭配“examined the effects…on sth。”
7.[A] devoted [B] exposed [C] lost [D] attracted 【答案】B
【解析】答案为B。根据句义“common cold after being______(7to the virus.”,可知选项B