2017年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

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 healthy 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 mothers 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.　(275 words)

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

2. [A] equal　[B] restricted　[C] connected　[D] inferior

3. [A] view　[B] host　[C] lesson　[D] choice

4. [A] avoid　[B] forget　[C] recall　[D] keep

5. [A] collecting　[B] affecting　[C] guiding　[D] involving

6. [A] on　[B] in　[C] at　[D] of

7. [A] devoted　[B] attracted　[C] lost　[D] exposed

8. [A] along　[B] across　[C] down　[D] out

9. [A] imagined　[B] denied　[C] doubted　[D] calculated

10. [A] served　[B] restored　[C] explained　[D] required

11. [A] Thus　[B] Still　[C] Rather　[D] Even

12. [A] defeats　[B] symptoms　[C] errors　[D] tests

13. [A] highlighted　[B] increased　[C] controlled　[D] minimized

14. [A] presented　[B] equipped　[C] associated　[D] compared

15. [A] assess　[B] generate　[C] moderate　[D] record

16. [A] in the name of　[B] in the form of　[C] in the face of　[D] in the way of

17. [A] attribute　[B] commit　[C] transfer　[D] return

18. [A] unless　[B] because　[C] though　[D] until

19. [A] remains　[B] emerges　[C] vanishes　[D] decreases

20. [A] experiences　[B] combines　[C] justifies　[D] influences