2024 年考研英语(一)完整真题及答案 Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, 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, it turns 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 this winter. In a recent study ___5__ over 400 healthy adults,researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania examined the effects of perceived social support and the receipt of hugs ___6__ the participants susceptibility（敏感性） to developing the common cold after being ___7__ to the virus. People who perceived greater social support were less likely to come ___8__ with a cold, and the researchers __9___ that the stressreducing effects of hugging ___10__ about 32 percent of that beneficial effect. ___11__ among those who got a cold, the ones who felt greater social support and received more frequent hugs had less severe __12___. Hugging protects people who are under stress from the ___13__ risk for colds thats usually __14___ with stress, notes Sheldon Cohen, a professor of psychology at Carnegie. Hugging is a marker of intimacy and helps __15___ the feeling that others are there to help ___16__difficulty. Some experts ___17__ the stressreducing,healthrelated benefits of hugging to the release of oxytocin （ 后 叶 催 产 素 ） , often calledthe bonding hormone __18___ it promotes attachment in relationships, including that between mothers and their newborn babies. Oxytocin is made primarily in the central lower part of t...
