207年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题与解析答案.pdf

National Entrance Test of English for MA/MS Candidates (NETEM) 2017 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（一） Section I Use of English Directions: Readthe following text. Choosethe best word (s) for eachnumbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) Could a hug a day keepthe doctor away? The answer may be a resounding “yes!_1_”helping you feel close and _2_ to peopleyou care about, it turns out that hugscan bring a _3_ of health benefits to your body and mind. Believe it or not, a warm embracemight even help you _4_ getting sick this winter. In a recent study _5_ over 400 health adults, researchersfrom Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvaniaexaminedthe effects of perceivedsocial support and the receipt of hugs_6_ the participants susceptibility’ to developing the common cold after being_7_ to the virus .Peoplewho perceivedgreater social support were less likely to come _8_ with a cold ,andthe researchers_9_ that the stress-reducingeffects of hugging_10_ about 32 percentof that beneficial effect. _11_ among thosewho got a cold, the oneswho felt greatersocial support and received more frequent hugs had lesssevere_12_ . “Huggingprotects people who are understressfrom the _13_ risk for colds that usually’s _14_ with stress, notes”Sheldon Cohen, a professorof psychology at Carnegie.Hugging “isa marker of intimacy and helps_15_ the feeling that others are there to help _16_ difficulty. ” Someexperts_17_ the stress-reducing, health-relatedbenefits of hugging to the releaseof oxytocin, often called “thebonding hormone _18_” it promotesattachment in relationships, including that betweenmother andtheir newborn babies.Oxytocin is madeprimarily in the central lower part of the brain , and someof it is releasedinto 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] Through