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Science can't explain the power of pets, but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer.

Any owner will tell you how much joy a pet brings. For some, an animal provides more comfort than a husband/wife. A 2002 study by Karen Allen of the State University of New York measured stress(緊張) levels and blood pressure in people—half of them pet owners—while they performed 5 minutes of mental arithmetic(心算) or held a hand in ice water. Subjects completed the tasks alone, with a husband/wife, a close friend or with a pet. People with pets did it best. Those tested with their animal friends had smaller change in blood pressure and returned most quick to base line heart rates. With pets in the room, people also made fewer math mistakes than when doing in front of other companions. It seems people feel more relaxed around pets, says Allen, who thinks it may be because pets don't judge

A study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog not only raises your spirits but may also have an effect on your eating habits. Researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital spent a year studying 36 fat people and their equally fat dogs on diet-and-exercise programs; a separate group of 56 people without pets were put on a diet program. On average, people lost about 11 pounds, or 5% of their body weight. Dog owners didn't lose any more weight than those without dogs but, say researchers, got more exercise overall—mostly with their dogs—and found it worth doing.

1.The underlined word “subjects” refers to ______.

A．what students learned at school

B．people that were studied

C．those who had pets with them

D．those people without pets

2.A person with heart disease has a better chance of getting well if _______.

A．he has a pet companion

B．he has less stress of work

C．he often does mental arithmetic

D．he is taken care of by his family

3.Why did the people do better with pets around when facing stressful tasks?

A．They have lower blood pressure.

B．They become more patient.

C．They are less nervous.

D．They are in higher spirits.

4.The research mentioned in the last paragraph reports that ________.

A．people with dogs did more exercise

B．dogs lost the same weight as people did

C．dogs liked exercise much more than people did

D．people without dogs found the program unhelpful

5.What does the text mainly discuss?

A．What pets bring to their owners.

B．How pets help people calm down.

C．People's opinions of keeping pets.

D．Pet's value in medical research.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文就是關于養寵物的好處，科學不能解釋寵物的力量，但很多研究都表明有了寵物的陪伴(company of pets)，可以幫我們降低血壓和恢復心臟功能，并且減少我們的孤獨感。寵物不僅能調節你的精神而且還能改善你的飲食習慣。

1.詞義猜測題。根據上下文可知受試者完成了任務，故選B。

2.細節理解題。根據the company of pets can help lower blood pressure and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer.

有寵物陪伴可以降低血壓，提高、心臟病恢復的幾率，減少孤獨感和傳播快樂。故選 A。

3.細節理解題。根據It seems people feel more relaxed around pets, 和寵物在一起人們感到更加的放松。故選C。

4.細節理解題。根據Dog owners didn't lose any more weight than those without dogs but, say researchers, got more exercise overall—mostly with their dogs—and found it worth doing. 雖然養狗的主人的體重沒有多大變化，但是卻比沒有養狗的人得到更多的鍛煉，因為是和他們的狗在一起，他們認為很值得。故選A。

5.主旨大意題。根據首段，很多研究表明，寵物可以降低血壓，提高、心臟病恢復的幾率，減少孤獨感和傳播快樂。故選A。

考點：新聞報道類短文閱讀。

點評：主旨大意題要識別和理解主題句，可迅速準確地抓住短文的中心思想，從而把握住全篇的主要內容。在確定文章的主旨思想時，選項的內容既不能太具體也不能太籠統。在選擇和確定主旨思想時，題中給出的四個選擇項往往都是事實，要求考生從中選出最能概括文章主旨思想的一項作為正確答案。在這方面考生容易犯以下兩種錯誤：一種是把主題的一部分看成是文章的“主旨思想”，這樣選擇的“主旨思想”太具體，不能準確地概括出整個文章或段落的主旨思想。另一種是在表達作者的主旨思想時，詞語概括的范圍太大，太籠統，超出了作者的本意。