2017年考研英语一真题

Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and markA,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,itturns 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 thiswinter.In a recent study 5 over 400 healthy adults,researchers from CarnegieMellon University in Pennsylvania examined the effects of perceived socialsupport and the receipt of hugs 6 the participants'susceptibility todeveloping the common cold after being 7 to the virus.People whoperceived greater social support were less likely to come 8 with a cold,andthe researchers 9 that the stress-reducing effects of hugging 10about32 percent of that beneficial effect.11 among those who got a cold,the oneswho felt greater social support and received more frequent hugs had lesssevere 12."Hugging protects people who are under stress from the 13 risk forcolds that's usually 14 with stress,"notes Sheldon Cohen,a professor ofpsychology at Carnegie.Hugging "is a marker of intimacy and helps 15 thefeeling that others are there to help 16 difficulty."Some experts 17 the stress-reducing,health-related benefits of huggingto the release of oxytocin,often called "the bonding hormone"18 itpromotes attachment in relationships,including that between mothers and theirnewborn 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