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10．Science can't explain the power of pets，but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure （血壓） and raise ch ances 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 （算術(shù)） 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 quickly to baseline 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 （放松）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．Their dogs did even better，losing an average of 12 pounds，more than 15% of their body weight．Dog owners didn't lose any more weight than those without dogs but，say r esearchers，got more exercise overall-mostly with their dogs-and found it worth d oing．
29．What does the text mainly discuss？A
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．
30．We learn from the text that a person with heart disease has a better chance of getting well ifB．
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
31．According to Allen，why did the people do better with pets around when completing stressful tasks？C
A．They have lower blood pressure．
B．They become more patient．
C．They are less nervous．
D．They are in higher spirits．
32．The research mentioned in the last paragraph reports thatA．
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．

Answer 1

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者主要向我們介紹了科學(xué)不能解釋寵物對我們的影響，比如有寵物的陪伴可以幫助降低血壓，提高心臟病恢復(fù)的機會，并且可以感到放松，擁有一只寵物狗也會改變你的飲食習(xí)慣，使你得到更多的鍛煉．

解答 ABCA
32．A  主旨大意題，通讀全文可知本文主要講述了寵物給它們的主人帶來的好處，故選A．
33．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第一段but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure （血壓） and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack，reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer．但是許多研究表明寵物的陪伴能幫助降低血壓，提高心臟病恢復(fù)的機會，減少孤獨感而且會傳播多方面的勇氣．可知本題答案為B選項．
34．C  細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第二段It seems people feel more relaxed （放松）around pets，says Allen，who thinks it may be because pets don't judge．認(rèn)為寵物不會判斷的艾倫說似乎人們與寵物在一起時會更放松．可知面對壓力時做的更好的原因是因為他們沒那么緊張，故選C．
35．A  推理判斷題，根據(jù)最后一段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．"研究者說養(yǎng)狗的人體重并沒有比那些不養(yǎng)狗的人減少但是得到了更多的全身鍛煉--主要是和他們的狗在一起--并且發(fā)現(xiàn)這樣做是值得的"．可知養(yǎng)狗的人們會更多的鍛煉，故選A．

點評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．