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【題目】 Being forgiving to yourself and others can protect against stress and the harm it does to mental health, according to a new study in the Journal of Health Psychology．

Researchers looked at the effects of lifetime stress on a person’s mental health，and how more forgiving people got along compared with people who weren’t so forgiving．To do this, they asked 148 young adults to fill out questionnaires that assessed their levels of lifetime stress，their tendency to forgive and their mental and physical health．

No surprise，people with greater exposure to stress had worse mental and physical health．But the researchers also discovered that if people were highly forgiving of both themselves and others,that characteristic alone almost removed the connection between stress and mental illness．

“It’s almost entirely erased—it’s zero,”says study author Toussaint.“If you don’t have forgiving tendencies，you feel the immediate effects of stress in a severe way．You don’t have anything to cushion you against that stress．”

How a forgiving personality protects a person from the influence of severe stress is hard to determine．The researchers infer that people who are more forgiving may adopt better skills to deal with stress，or their reaction to major stressors(壓力源)may be slow．

Though more research is needed to fully understand the benefits of being more forgiving，Toussaint believes“100％”that forgiveness can be learned．His own previous research has shown that saying a short prayer on forgiveness can help people take the edge off. “I think most people want to feel good and forgiveness offers you the opportunity to do that，”he says．

【1】The researchers got the effect of forgiving by_____．

A.analyzing questionnairesB.doing scientific experiment

C.writing research papersD.communicating with 148 adults

【2】What can we infer from the passage?

A.Forgiving tendencies can deal with all mental problems．

B.It remains unknown why forgiveness helps to reduce stress．

C.Toussaint’s study has fully discovered the benefits of being forgiving．

D.Saying a short prayer on forgiveness is the key to getting rid of stress．

【3】What does the underlined phrase “take the edge off’ in the last paragraph probably mean?

A.Look ahead．B.Become relaxed．

C.Make up their mind．D.Stick to their goals．

【4】What may be the best title for the passage?

A.A new study on physical health

B.Forgiving yourself makes you feel good

C.Forgiveness is good for mental health

D.Getting rid of stress is good for your health

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

這是一篇議論文。研究發(fā)現(xiàn)擁有一顆寬容的心，能減少焦慮和壓力，讓人心理健康，但到底是如何做到這一點(diǎn)的還不確定。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段的To do this, they asked 148 young adults to fill out questionnaires that assessed their levels of lifetime stress，可知，為了弄明白真相，研究人員讓148個(gè)人填寫(xiě)了問(wèn)卷調(diào)查，即他們是通過(guò)研究問(wèn)卷調(diào)查來(lái)得出寬容的影響。A. analyzing questionnaires（分析問(wèn)卷調(diào)查）符合以上說(shuō)法，故選A項(xiàng)。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第五段的How a forgiving personality protects a person from the influence of severe stress is hard to determine．可知目前很難確定寬容是如何防止人們不受?chē)?yán)重壓力的傷害，故推斷寬容可以減少壓力的原因是未知的。B. It remains unknown why forgiveness helps to reduce stress．（為什么寬容可以幫助減少壓力依然是未知的）符合以上說(shuō)法，故選B項(xiàng)。

【3】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)畫(huà)線(xiàn)部分下文的I think most people want to feel good and forgiveness offers you the opportunity to do that，可知寬容能讓人感覺(jué)良好，故推測(cè)畫(huà)線(xiàn)部分所在句子意思是：說(shuō)一個(gè)和寬容相關(guān)的禱言能讓人感覺(jué)良好。故劃線(xiàn)部分的意思和“感覺(jué)良好”接近。B. Become relaxed．（變得放松）符合以上說(shuō)法，故選B項(xiàng)。

【4】主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，第一段為主題段，根據(jù)文章第一段的Being forgiving to yourself and others can protect against stress and the harm it does to mental health,可知本文主要講述寬容對(duì)精神健康有好處。C. Forgiveness is good for mental health（寬容對(duì)精神健康有好處）可以作為本文標(biāo)題，故選C項(xiàng)。