2024 年考研英语真题及答案 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the followingtext. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D onthe ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) Could a hug a day keepthe doctor away? The answer may be a resounding yes! 1 helping youfeel close and 2 to people you care about, it turns out that hugs can bring a 3of 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 5over 400 health adults, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University inPennsylvania examined the effects of perceived social support and the receiptof hugs 6 the participants susceptibility to developing the common cold afterbeing 7 to the virus .People who perceived greater social support were lesslikely to come 8 with a cold ,and the researchers 9 that the stressreducingeffects of hugging 10 about 32 percent of that beneficial effect. 11 amongthose who got a cold, the ones who felt greater social support and receivedmore frequent hugs had less severe 12 . Hugging protectspeople who are under stress from the 13 risk for colds thats usually 14 withstress, notes Sheldon Cohen, a professor of psychology at Carnegie.Hugging is a marker of intimacy and helps 15 the feeling that others arethere to help 16 difficulty. Some experts 17 thestressreducing , healthrelated benefits of hugging to the release ofoxytocin, often called the bonding hormone 18 it promotesattachment in relationships, including that between mother and their newbornbabies. Oxytocin is made primarily in the central lower part of the brain , andsome of it is released into the bloodstream. But some of it 19 in the brain,where it 20 mood...
