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.
小題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
小題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
小題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.
小題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
小題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.

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:A

試題分析：本文就是關(guān)于養(yǎng)寵物的好處，科學(xué)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(fù)心臟功能，并且減少我們的孤獨(dú)感。寵物不僅能調(diào)節(jié)你的精神而且還能改善你的飲食習(xí)慣。
小題1:詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)上下文可知受試者完成了任務(wù)，故選B。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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(fù)的幾率，減少孤獨(dú)感和傳播快樂。故選 A。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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(yǎng)狗的主人的體重沒有多大變化，但是卻比沒有養(yǎng)狗的人得到更多的鍛煉，因?yàn)槭呛退麄兊墓吩谝黄�，他們認(rèn)為很值得。故選A。
小題5:主旨大意題。根據(jù)首段，很多研究表明，寵物可以降低血壓，提高、心臟病恢復(fù)的幾率，減少孤獨(dú)感和傳播快樂。故選A。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：主旨大意題要識(shí)別和理解主題句，可迅速準(zhǔn)確地抓住短文的中心思想，從而把握住全篇的主要內(nèi)容。在確定文章的主旨思想時(shí)，選項(xiàng)的內(nèi)容既不能太具體也不能太籠統(tǒng)。在選擇和確定主旨思想時(shí)，題中給出的四個(gè)選擇項(xiàng)往往都是事實(shí)，要求考生從中選出最能概括文章主旨思想的一項(xiàng)作為正確答案。在這方面考生容易犯以下兩種錯(cuò)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(zhǔn)確地概括出整個(gè)文章或段落的主旨思想。另一種是在表達(dá)作者的主旨思想時(shí)，詞語概括的范圍太大，太籠統(tǒng)，超出了作者的本意。
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