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goodisgoodforthedoer.Actsofkindnesscanimprovehealth
,
helpa
personreachgoalsandevenaddyearstoaperson
slife.
Thefirststudytoshowtheconnectionbetweendoinggoodandliving
alonglifewasastudyonaging.Beginningin1956
,
scientistsstudied
agroupofmarriedmothersfor30years.Theythoughtthewomenwiththe
mostchildrenwoulddiefirst.Butthenumberofchildrenawomanhad
didnotmatter.Wealthdidnotmatter.Educationdidnotmatter.What
didmatterwaswhethertheyvolunteered.Womenthatvolunteeredhad
fewerdiseasesduringtheirlife.
Manyotherstudieshavefoundthesamepositiveeffects.Helping
otherpeopleimproveslong
⁃
termhealth.Thegainsarethesameformen
,
women
,
oldpeopleandtheyoung.Thosewhovolunteeredhadfewerserious
diseasesthanthosewhodidnotvolunteer.Thisincludeddiseasessuch
asheartattack
,
cancerandstroke.
Scientistsareresearchingmanypossiblecauses.Onepossiblecause
isanincreaseinantibodies
(
抗体
),
whichhelpfightagainstdisease.
Onestudyshowedthebodyproducesmoreantibodiesafteranactof
kindness.Thisincreaseinantibodiescanlastnearlyanhourafterone
actofkindnessisfinished.
Anotheroneisanincreaseinachemicalthatfightstheeffectsof
stressfromlife.Scientistshavefoundalinkbetweenbeingkindto
peopleandanincreaseinthechemicaloxytocin.Oxytocinisachemical
producedinthebrain.It
reducesmanyoftheharmfulchemicalsthebody
producesunderstress.
【语篇解读】文章主要讲述了科学家发现不仅仁慈对给予食物的人有影响而
且行善对行善的人也是有益的。换句话来说,帮助别人就是帮助自己。
4.Whatdidthestudyinparagraph2show
?
A.Diseasesagepeoplefast.
B.Doinggoodisgoodforone
shealth.
C.Womenwithmorekidsdieearlier.
D.Alongmarriageleadstoalonglife.
答案与解析
B
细节理解题。根据第二段中的
“
Womenthatvolunteeredhad
fewerdiseasesduringtheirlife.
”
可知,做志愿者的女性一生中患的疾病次数
较少。由此可见,行善有益健康,故选
B
。
5.Whatcanweinferaboutantibodiesfromparagraph4
?
A.Moreantibodiesmaynotbegood.
B.Theyhelppeoplereducepressure.
C.Theyincreasewithone
skindacts.
D.Themoreantibodies
,
themoreoxytocin.
答案与解析
C
细节理解题。根据第四段内容可知,科学家们正在研究许多可能的
原因。一个可能的原因是抗体(
antibodies
)的增加,这有助于对抗疾病。一项研究表