National Entrance Test of English for MA/MS Candidates (NETEM)
2021年全国硕士研讨生入学共同考试英语（一）
Section I Use of English
Directions:
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 health adults, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania examined the effects of perceived social support and the receipt of hugs _6_ the participants’ susceptibility 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 stress-reducing 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 that’s 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 stress-reducing , health-related benefits of hugging to the release of oxytocin, often called “the bonding hormone” _18_ it promotes attachment in relationships, including that between mother and their newborn babies. Oxytocin is made primarily in the central lower part of the brain , and some of it is released into the bloodstream. But some of it _19_ in the brain, where it _20_ mood, behavior and physiology.
1．[A] Unlike [B] Besides [C] Despite [D] Throughout
【答案】B
【解析】答案为B。根据本句句内逻辑联络，“it turns out that hugs…”阐明拥抱还有其他成果。因而，前文的逻辑联络大约为“除此以外”。
2．[A] connected [B] restricted [C] equal [D] inferior
【答案】A
【解析】答案为A。本题实为逻辑联络题。根据语句前后规划“helping you feel close and ______(2)”，咱们可以判别，因为空格处与前面内容经过and联接，阐明咱们要选择一个单词与feel close同义，而且要与后边介词to 连用。因而，经过关于四个选项意义判别，选项A有“相关的”意义最为契合。
3．[A] choice [B] view [C] lesson [D] host
【答案】D
【解析】答案为D。此题为固定分配。“a host of”标明许多的。其他选项分配不合理。
4．[A] recall [B] forget [C] avoid [D] keep
【答案】C
【解析】答案为C。根据题干信息“a warm embrace might even help you ______(4)getting sick this winter.”中，呈现“even”，标明“甚至”，阐明此句话与上一句话存在递进的逻辑联络。上一句话的语义标明“拥抱可以带来许多的优点”，因而，这句话也大约标明拥抱的优点。选项C“避免患病”最契合辞意。
5．[A] collecting [B] involving [C] guiding [D] affecting
【答案】B
【解析】答案为B。本题查询如今分词做后置定语，需要选择一个如今分词润饰前面的“study”。根据语句意义，大约表达“关于触及400人”的研讨。
6．[A] of [B] in [C] at [D] on
【答案】D
【解析】答案为D。本题为固定分配。根据句义“examined the effects of perceived social support and the receipt of hugs______(6)the participants'…”查询固定分配“examined the effects…on sth”。
7．[A] devoted [B] exposed [C] lost [D] attracted
【答案】B
【解析】答案为B。根据句义“common cold after being______(7)to the virus.”，可知选项B：露出在细菌中，契合辞意。
8．[A] across [B] along [C] down [D] out
【答案】C
【解析】答案为C。本题为固定分配。联系语境，选项C：得伤风，分配最为合理。
9．[A] calculated [B] denied [C] doubted [D] imagined
【答案】A
【解析】答案为A。本题为动词与宾语从句分配疑问。根据原文“the researchers______(9)that the stress-reducing effects of hugging ______(10)about 32 percent of that beneficial effect.”动作的主语是“研讨人员”，联接后边的宾语从句“拥抱减小压力的作用”，而且稀有据支撑。宾语从句有些应为研讨人员核算估测出的成果。
10．[A] served [B] required [C] restored [D] explained
【答案】D
【解析】答案为D。本题为动词意义查询。根据文章内容，“the stress-reducing effects of hugging ______(10)about 32 percent of that beneficial effect.”本题相同查询研讨人员做出的研讨成果，选项D?得鳌逼鹾嫌锞承枨蟆?
11．[A] Even [B] Still [C] Rather [D] Thus
【答案】A
【解析】答案为A。本题为逻辑联络题。根据文章上下文逻辑，下文是对上文做进一步阐明，因而选择递进联络比照契合逻辑联络。正确答案为选项A。
12．[A] defeats [B] symptoms [C] tests [D] errors
【答案】B
【解析】答案为B。描述词与名词分配疑问。根据语境“the ones who felt greater social support and received more frequent hugs had less severe______(12)”所选词要与severe构成合理分配，再联系前文语境是关于关于拥抱实验的成果。因而，正确选项为B。
13．[A] minimized [B] highlighted [C] controlled [D] increased
【答案】D
【解析】答案为D。本题为描述词润饰。根据原文“Hugging protects people who are under stress from the ______(13)risk for colds that's usually ______(14)with stress”，需要选择一个描述词来润饰risk。选项D：添加的风险，更契合原文语境。
14．[A] equipped [B] associated [C] presented [D] compared
【答案】B
【解析】答案为B。此题为固定分配题。A 和B选项不可以以和with联接。B.associated可以和with联接，意为“与……有相关”。D.compared和with联接标明“和……比较”不契合文章需求。
15．[A] assess [B] moderate [C] generate [D] record
【答案】C
【解析】答案为C。此题查询动宾分配。根据原文“Hugging is a marker of intimacy and help
______(15)the feeling…”，需要选择一个动词可以和后文的“the feeling”分配。
16．[A] in the face of [B] in the form of
[C] in the way of [D] in the name of
【答案】A
【解析】答案为A。此题为短语分配题。A. in the face of，意思为：面临。联系文章语境，“面临困难”分配最为合理。
17．[A] transfer [B] commit [C] attribute [D] return
【答案】C
【解析】答案为C。此题为固定分配题。即：attribute sth to sth。
18．[A] because [B] unless [C] though [D] until
【答案】A
【解析】答案为A。此题为逻辑联络题。原文语境：“often called "the bonding
hormone"______(18)it promotes attachment in relationships”从本句来看，前后文归于因果逻辑联络。
19．[A] emerges [B] vanishes [C] remains [D] decreases
【答案】C
【解析】答案为C。本题为动词分析。语境信息“But some of it ______(19)in the brain”，选项C标明它仍然在大脑里存在，最契合文章需求。
20．[A] experiences [B] combines [C] justifies [D]influences
【答案】D
【解析】答案为D。本题为动词分析。根据原文语境，“where it ______(20)mood, behavior and physiology.”可以分配后边并排的三个宾语“心境、行为、和生理”，只需D“影响”。
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