問題詳情：
When a friend comes to you after a stressful day, how do you comfort them? Do you let them complain? Do you pour them a glass of wine? ThOSe could work. But a new study finds that a very effective technique is also simple and easy — hugging.
Michael Murphy is a psychology expert at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He wanted to know if people who received hugs regularly could handle stress and conflict belief. " Individuals who report perceiving the availability of a network of supportive individuals lead to show better adaptation when faced with stress. But your just having a support network does not mean that you definitely feel that support, he said. "So some researchers have argued that many of the behaviors we use to support others who are stressed might actually be counterproductive, because behaviors might unintentionally communicate to others that they're not able to manage stress." he added.
Murphy and his team interviewed 404 men and women every evening for two weeks. During these interviews, the participants were asked a simple yes — or — no question — whether somebody had hugged them that day — and a simple yes or no question of whether they had experienced conflict or tension with somebody that day.
They also were asked questions about their social interactions — how many social，interactions they had that day and responded to questions about negative and positive mood states . And the researchers found that individuals who experienced a conflict were not as negatively affected if they received a hug that day as were participants who experienced conflict and didn't get a hug. Murphy and his team also saw that people who received a hug didn't carry the negative effect to the next day, while those who did not receive a hug would. The findings are in the journal PLOS ONE.
Murphy does include this warning: "So our findings should not be taken as evidence that people should just start hugging anyone and everyone who seems distressed. A hug from one boss at work or a stranger on the street could be viewed as neither agreeable nor positive. " The idea is to relieve stress. Not add to it.
12．What does the first paragraph serve as?
A．A lead-in B．A background
C．An argument D．A summary.
13．Why did the researchers interview those people?
A．To test the influence of hugging.
B．To find out causes of their conflicts.
C．To ask for advice on relieving stress.
D．To seek ways to comfort troubled people.
14．What do Murphy's words warn in the end?
A．The interview results prove their findings.
B．A boss should comfort workers by hugging.
C．There are some limitations of their findings.
D．People should hug others regularly and actively.
15．Which can be the best title for the text?
A．Everyone Needs Hugs B．A Hug Could Do Anything
C．How to Comfort Your Friends D．Hugs Seem to Reduce Stress
【回答】
12．A
13．A
14．C
15．D
【解析】
【分析】
本文屬於説明文閲讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了新的研究發現，安慰別人的一個非常有效也是簡單易行的方法－擁抱。
12．推理判斷題。 第一段指出Those could work. But a new study finds that a very effective technique is also simple and easy - hugging.但一項新的研究發現，一種非常有效的技術也是簡單易行的。接下來文章講述了對這一發現進行的研究調查可知知，第一段用來導入主題。故選A。
13．推理判斷題。根據文章第二段 Michael Murphy is a psychology expert at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He wanted to know if people who received hugs regularly could handle stress and conflict belief.邁克爾•墨菲是匹茲堡卡內基梅隆大學的心理學專家，他想知道那些經常接受擁抱的人是否能處理壓力和衝突信念。可知研究人員要採訪這些人，為了測試擁抱的影響。故選A。
14．細節理解題。根據文章最後一段"So our findings should not be taken as evidence that people should just start hugging anyone and everyone who seems distressed. A hug from one boss at work or a stranger on the street could be viewed as neither agreeable nor positive.因此，我們的調查結果不應被視為人們應該開始擁抱任何人和每一個看起來很痛苦的人的*據。從一個老闆或一個陌生人在街上擁抱可以被認為是既不愉快也不積極的，可知墨菲的話*告了他們的發現有一些侷限*。故選C。
15．主旨大意題。文章介紹了一個新的研究發現，擁抱可知減緩人的壓力，尤其是根據文章第一段 But a new study finds that a very effective technique is also simple and easy - hugging.但一項新的研究發現，一個非常有效的技術也是簡單易行的就是擁抱。可知，擁抱似乎能減輕壓力最適合這篇文章的標題。故選D。
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