4. What made the research so different?

A. Adopting a way of meaningful talk.

B. Combining the two ways to treat depression.

C. Treating depression with special medicine.

D. Comparing the depressed with the non-depressed.

答案　B

解析　推理判断题。根据第二段中的"It is the first time that both of these two behavioral ways have been looked at together for dealing with depression."可知，这项研究第一次将冥想和有氧运动两种途径结合起来治疗抑郁。故选B。

5. The underlined word "combating" in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by " ".

A. fighting .identifying

C. distinguishing .examining

答案　A

解析　词义猜测题。根据第一段可知，将冥想和有氧运动结合起来对治疗抑郁有很明显的效果，以及第三段第二句后半句"使患有抑郁症的学生不让问题或消极思想打败他们"，因此"combating"的意思应该为"防止；与......作斗争"，与fighting意思一样。故选A。

6. What did the participants do in the research?

A. They did oxygen sport half an hour before thinking.

B. They thought quietly and then took exercise.

C. They took exercise longer than they thought.

D. They took exercise while thinking quietly.

答案　B

解析　细节理解题。根据第四段第一句可知，这项研究的参与者先冥想30分钟，然后再做30分钟的有氧运动。故选B。

7. What is Shors' main purpose of her studies?

A. To find out certain brain cells of humans.

B. To study the production of new brain cells.

C. To offer people a new method to treat stress.

D. To decide the links between stress and exercise.

答案　C

解析　推理判断题。根据第六段中的"...she says，with the main goal of helping individuals acquire new skills so that they can learn to recover from stressful life events."可知，Shors 所进行的研究的主要目的是帮助人们获得一些新的应对压力的技能。故选C。

Ⅱ.七选五

(2018•江西抚州临川一中高二期中)

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving Day and the Friday before Cyber Monday in the United States. It is a busy shopping day and is a holiday in some states. Many people have a day off on Black Friday. Some people use this to make trips to see family members or friends who live in other areas or to go on vacation. 8

Shopping for Christmas presents is also popular on Black Friday. Many stores have special offers and lower their prices on some goods，such as toys.

9 Many people take a day off on the day after Thanksgiving Day. Many