阅读理解Toronto—Apleasantattitudecandowondersforpatientsrecoveryaccordingtoresearcherswhoreviewed16studiesthatlookedatpatients’attitudestowardhealth.Thestudieslasted30yearsandlookedatpatients’att

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Toronto—A pleasant attitude can do wonders for patients recovery according to researchers who reviewed 16 studies that looked at patients’ attitudes toward health. The studies lasted 30 years and looked at patients’ attitudes after operation.

“In each case the better a patient’s expectations about how they would do after operation or some health procedure the better they did ” said the author Donald Cole of the Institute for Work and Health in Toronto.

“This mind-body connection that we have been toying with for the past couple of decades really does have hard science behind it. The result shows that the power of positive thinking is real ” Cole said.

New York—A Pablo Picasso painting sold at Christie’s auction house in New York Wednesday for 55-million dollars. The price set a new auction record for a Picasso and is the fifth-highest price ever paid for any work of art at auction.

The painting—Woman with her arms crossed—was purchased （购买） by an telephone bidder( 投标者 ).Painted in 1902 in Barcelona the portrait is one of the best-known works from what is called Picasso’s blue period.

Christie says the painting by the famous Spanish artist is of a quality not seen on the market in more than 10 years. It sold for more than twice its pre-sale estimate.

Xinhua Agency—A report that three kindergarten teachers knelt down before a South Korean couple to apologize in Nanjing of East China’s Jiangsu Province has triggered wide criticism （批评） .

At a local kindergarten a Chinese teacher frightened a South Korean child by saying she would cut off his fingers if he continued to make mischief. Although the kindergarten had apologized to the couple and dismissed the teacher surnamed Yang the mother insisted that Yang should kneel down before her.

Sheng Dalin a columnist wrote in the XINXI SHIBAO that it was enough to fire the teacher and make an apology to the couple but the mother’s request was beyond all reason.

1.News Item 1 intends to make us believe that ______.

A. positive thinking can make people healthy

B.a better attitude results in a better operation

C.researchers have observed 16 patients recovery during the past 30 years

D.great attention has been paid to how attitudes affect health

2.Which of the following is NOT true about the painting Woman with her arms crossed ?

A.The painting was once thought to be worth around $25 million.

B.The painting is one of the most expensive pictures ever sold at auction.

C.The painting was purchased through telephone.

D.The painting has not been seen on the market for more than 10 years.

3.The report in News Item 3 has caused wide criticism because ______.

A.the kindergarten fired the teacher surnamed Yang

B.the mother demanded an unreasonable apology from the teachers

C.the teacher frightened a South Korean boy

D.the kindergarten punished a boy so severely

 

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答案：1A2D3B解析：1、该题为主旨大意题。该段文章概括说明了正面的思考可以促进人的健康。 2、文章中表达的意思是像这样品质的画在市场上已经10多年未见过了。 3、可以根据最后一句话作出判断。