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What’s the engine that drives American business? Innovation? Sweat? Capital? Try coffee. From the shop floor to the boardroom, J

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问题     What’s the engine that drives American business? Innovation? Sweat? Capital? Try coffee. From the shop floor to the boardroom, Java—and I don’t mean the soft ware—fuels workers and shapes office culture. What’s more, a steaming cup of coffee may be as good for your health as it is for the bottom line.
    Many people take their coffee with a small dose of guilt, worried that it isn’t good for the body. That’s a misunderstanding from studies done in the 1950s and 1960s showing that coffee drinkers were prone to heart disease and other sufferings. These studies failed to account for cigarette smoking, which once went hand in cup with coffee drinking. Since then, the medical community has done a gradual turn on the health effects of coffee.
    Large, long-term studies show that coffee doesn’t promote cancer and may even protect against some types. It’s safe for the heart—so safe that the American Heart Association says it’s OK for heart attack survivors to have a cup or two a day even as they recover in the coronary care unit. Results from the long-running Health Professionals Follow-Up and Nurses’ Health studies show that drinking coffee cuts the risk of dying early from a heart attack or stroke.
    It’s possible that the bean improves productivity, too. A bit of caffeine wakes up millions of workers in the morning. Controlled laboratory experiments indicate that it causes feelings of well-being and increases energy, alertness, and motivation. Functional MRI scans show that coffee activates parts of the brain involved in short-term memory, the kind that helps focus attention on tasks at hand.
    For all that, a word of warning is in order. The average cup of coffee serves up about 100 milligrams of caffeine, and a large specialty coffee can deliver five times that much. If you aren’t used to caffeine, it can make you restless, boost your blood pressure, and dehydrate you. But the biggest health hazard is the extra stuff that drinkers add to coffee. Taken black, coffee is a nearly calorie-free beverage full of antioxidants and other vegetable nutrients. Add cream, sugar, fresh cream, and flavorings, and it turns into a fat- and calorie-laden dessert, which can add pounds that offset any possible health benefits. For most people, though, the health and social benefits of coffee outweigh the hazards, and the daily grind keeps American business spreading.
According to Paragraph 4, the benefits of caffeine include ________.
选项 A、inadequate hours of sleep
B、having an addictive property
C、bringing about refreshment
D、prolonging duration of attention
答案C
解析 根据题干中的关键词caffeine定位到文章第四段。第三段提到，咖啡不会诱发癌症，而且可能还帮助预防某些类型的癌症，以及降低因心脏病或中风早逝的风险。第四段承接上一段，进一步说明咖啡所带来的益处，其中第二至第四句描述了咖啡因的好处，第三句谈到咖啡因增强活力(energy)，C项中的refreshment与此相吻合，故C项为正确答案。第四段第二句表示少量咖啡能让许多人在早晨醒来，即它能让人提神醒脑，而非指责其减少了人们的睡眠，A项理解错误，且并非好处。B项addictive“上瘾的”一词表贬义，与题干中的benefits“好处”语义相反。该段第四句只是说咖啡因能帮助人集中注意力(helps focus attention)，并不是延长了注意力的持续度， D项表述有误。
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