Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage
three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen
carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time,
you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact
words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to
fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact
words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.
Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you
have written.
Don’t worry, be happy and, according to a new research, you will also be
healthy. It is estimated that over the course of one year,
Americans suffer 1 billion colds. But new research shows that all it may take to
(36) this common affliction is a positive and upbeat
attitude. People who are happy, relaxed and (37)
, are less likely to catch a cold than those who are depressed,
nervous or angry, according to a new study (38) in the
journal Psychosomatic Medicine. Healthy volunteers were first
asked to rate their (39) to experience positive and negative
emotions - how often they felt pleased, relaxed, happy, or anxious, depressed
and hostile. The (40) were next given a squirt up the nose
of a rhinovirus (鼻病毒), the nasty little germ that cause colds. Researchers then
watched the volunteers to see who came down with a cold and how the unlucky ill
(41) their cold symptoms. "We found that
people who regularly experience positive emotions, when exposed to rhinovirus,
are (42) protected from developing illness," said Dr.
Sheldon Cohen, (43) author of the study and a psychology
Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. (44)
. So how can your emotions influence your health In simple terms,
(45) . In addition, happy and relaxed people
are prone to better health practices than their negative and stressed
counterparts. (46) .