2017年职称英语 考试 报名:2017年职称英语(理工类)常考完形填空文章模拟练习及译文10

　　Chicken Soup for the Soul: Comfort Food Fights Loneliness

　　Mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, may be bad for your arteries, ____1____ according to a study in Psychological Science, they’re good for your heart and____2____. “comfort food1 ” and how it makes people feel.

　　“For me____3____, food has always played a big role in my family”, says Jordan Troisi, a graduate student2 at the University of Buffalo3，and lead author4 on the study. The study came out of the research program of his co-author Shira Gabriel. It has____4____ non-human things that may affect human emotions. Some people reduce loneliness by bonding with their____5____ TV show, building virtual relationships with a pop song singer or looking at pictures of loved ones. Troisi and Gabriel wondered if comfort food could have the same effect____6____ making people think of their nearest and dearest5.

　　In one experiment, in order to make____7____ feel lonely, the researchers had them write for six minutes about a fight with someone close to them. Others were given an emotionally neutral writing assignment. Then, some people in each____8____ wrote about the experience of eating a comfort food and others wrote about eating a new food. ____9____ the researchers had participants____10____ questions about their levels of loneliness6.

　　Writing about a fight with a close person made people feel lonely. But people who were generally____11____ in their relationships would feel less lonely by writing about a comfort food. “We have found that comfort foods are consistently associated with those close to us,” says Troisi. u Thinking about or consuming these foods later then serves as a reminder of those close others.” In ____12____ essays on comfort food, many people wrote about the____13____ of eating food with family and friends.

　　In another experiment,____14____ chicken soup in the lab made people think more about relationships, but only if7 they considered chicken soup to be a comfort food. This was a question they had been asked long before the experiment, along with many other questions, so they wouldn’t remember it.

　　Throughout everyone’s daily lives8 they experience stress, often associated with our ____15____ with others, “Troisi says. ‘‘Comfort food can be an easy remedy for loneliness.

　　词汇：

　　mashed 被捣成糊浆的 macaroni 通心粉

　　cheese 奶酪 artery 动脉

　　assignment 指定作业 reminder 起提醒作用的东西

　　remedy 治疗方法，药物 virtual 虚拟的
　　注释：

　　1.comfort food：爽心食品

　　2.graduate student：研究生

　　3.The University of Buffalo：布法罗大学，建校于1846年，位于水牛城(Buffalo City)，属于纽约州立大学，因此称为纽约州立大学水牛城分校。

　　4.lead author：首席作者

　　5.their nearest and dearest：他们最接近和最亲爱的人

　　6.levels of loneliness：孤独程度

　　7.only if：只有(在……情况下)

　　8.Throughout everyone’s daily lives：在每一个人的日常生活中。through有“贯穿”的意思。

　　练习：

　　1.A　but B　if C　though D　while

　　2.A　personality B　movement C　emotions D　will

　　3.A　privately B　usefully C　awfully D　personally

　　4.A　looked for B　looked at C　looked after D　looked up

　　5.A　favorite B　trustful C　boring D　annoying

　　6.A　with B　on C　by D　at

　　7.A　professors B　participants C　assistants D　scientists

　　8.A　group B　class C　section D　part

　　9.A　Previously B　Formally C　Initially D　Finally

　　10.A　remember B　explain C　rewrite D　complete

　　11.A　sad B　secure C　shy D　angry

　　12.A　your B　our C　his D　their

　　13.A　accident B　harm C　experience D　model

　　14.A　eating B　exchanging C　buying D　keeping

　　15.A　expressions B　estimation C　cooperation D　connections

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