Question

  Many people turn to doctors or self-help books，but they ignore a powerful thing that could help them fight illness;their friends.

  Researchers are only now starting to pay attention to the importance of friendship in health. A 10-year Australian study found that old people have a large circle of friends. A 2007 study showed an increase of nearly 60 percent in the risk(危险)for obesity(肥胖)among people whose friends gained weight. And last year,Harvard researchers reported that strong social ties could improve brain health as we age.

  "In general, the role of friendship in our lives isn't well realized," said Rebecca, a professor at the University of North Carolina. " Friendship has a bigger effect on our psychologi?cal(心理的)health than family relationships.”

  While many friendship studies are about the close relationships of women, some research shows that it can do good to men too. In a six-year study of 736 middle-aged men,having friendships reduces the risk of heart attack. Only smoking was as important a risk factor(因素) as having little social support.

  Exactly why friendship has such a big effect isn't entirely clear. While friends can send a sick person to the hospital or pick up medicine, the advantages go well beyond physical help. Friendship clearly has a big psychological effect. " People with stronger friendships feel like there is someone they can turn to，" said Karen，a doctor. " The message of these studies is that friends make your life better.”

(   ) 1. The three studies in Paragraph 2 show that      

A.     old people need friends the most

B.     friends can help us lose weight

C.     social ties(关系)are connected to health

D.     more friends make us healthier

(   ) 2. What do Rebecca's words in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. Friendship has no effect on people's physical health.

B.     What people need most is friends.

C.     Friendship is more important than family relationship.

D.    The value of friendship hasn't been fully understood.

(   ) 3. The author mentioned smoking in the text to discuss      

A. the cause of heart attack    B. the risk of having no friends

C. smoking is bad for men    D. friends' influence on habits

(   ) 4. What would be the best title of the text?

A.     Friends Are the Best Medicine

B.     Friends Are as Important as a Family

C.     Having Good Friends Leads to a Longer Life

D.     Friendship Makes People Happy

Answer 1

1 -4 CDBC  

A篇讲述了友谊对人身体健康，尤其是心理健康的重要性。

1. C主旨大意题归纳三个研究发现即可得出

结论。

2. D句意理解题。

3. B逻辑推理题"Only smoking was as impor?tant a risk factor as having little social sup?port. "意为"只有吸烟是一个等同于没有社交的危险因素"。言外之意就是：吸烟等同于

没有朋友。

4. C全篇讲述了朋友对身体健康的重要性。而A项过于绝对；B项与文中观点"Friend?ship has a bigger effect on our psychological health than family relationships."相悖;D项观点虽然正确，但仅指友谊对心理的影响，比较片面。所以，C项最符合题意。